Walking to the steps under the corridor, Qi Shan raised his hand and took off his bamboo hat, bent down and put his clogs side by side, lifted up the hem of his clothes and stepped on the steps with bare feet. He took off the water ladle hanging on the wooden pillar, scooped up the rainwater from the stone basin under the corridor, and washed away the mud on his feet.
Shen Tang also took off his clogs and subconsciously looked for indoor shoes. He scanned around but couldn't find any replacement shoes. Qi Shan rolled up the dirty clothes and tied them to the crook of his legs. He took out a special handkerchief from his sleeves and wiped the water stains on his feet, then handed the water ladle to Shen Tang.
The movement of the two was not slow, and the middle-aged man had already taken off his pair of wooden clogs that didn't fit well and had worn soles. He stepped on the wooden steps with his bare feet, leaving a few wet footprints with muddy water - although the courtyard was very clean. It was clean, and many places were paved with stones, but if it rained heavily, there would still be muddy puddles, and it would be easy to get your feet dirty. Seeing Shen and Tang busy, he laughed out loud.
"You two can do whatever you want, no need to go to such trouble."
When Shen Tang heard the man's words, he washed his feet with two gourds, smiled, threw the gourd into the stone basin, and stepped up the wooden steps with two clangs.
There is a bit of sternness in the words of prayer.
"Youli, where are your etiquette?"
Shen Tang smiled and waved to him: "Don't lobbyists just do as they please? Brother, you are too polite. Why don't you come up and take shelter from the rain?"
Qishan took a deep breath, seemingly unable to deal with Shen Tang's move. He turned around and apologized to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was very well-mannered. He kept smiling and said "nothing" several times. He didn't show any displeasure on his face. Instead, he praised Shen Tang for his lively temperament.
Qishan sighed helplessly: "But my brother is already 12 this year, and he is still so unsteady. I am worried that he will suffer a big loss in the future..."
The middle-aged man's expression froze slightly.
"Brother-in-law? Is this a young gentleman?"
Qishan nodded: "Yes, this is the youngest brother in the family. He takes after his mother in appearance. Because he looks like a boy or a girl, he has often caused misunderstandings over the years."
The middle-aged man sneered twice and said that he had made a mistake and mistook the man for the daughter Jiao'e.
After saying that, he led the two of them to a side room and asked Shen Tang and the others to wait for the rain here. If the rain continued unabated, they could stay there for the night.
The middle-aged man suddenly said: "I remembered that there is still a pot of ginger soup warming in the kitchen. Please wait for a while and drink some ginger soup to warm yourself up."
Qi Shan crossed his arms and thanked the middle-aged man.
As the footsteps gradually faded away, Shen Tang put away his cynical smile and looked serious: "This man is lying and full of flaws. No matter whether he goes to the kitchen to serve ginger soup or not, we have to be careful."
Qishan: "Of course you have to be vigilant. Muramasa said that Ayan had a brain disease and was abandoned in Zhuangzi since he was born. He ignored her and ignored her, which caused many servants to be careless. This can also be seen from the children's clothes hanging in the courtyard. But this man said that Ayan was his son, ha!"
Shen Tang walked around the room, touching the furnishings in the room with his fingers from time to time. He rubbed his fingers and found that his fingertips were clean and free of dust.
There were several bookshelves piled with bamboo slips in the room, and there were two neatly arranged bookcases near the window, one large and one small. Shen Tang picked up the bamboo slips on the table and opened them to find that they were for children's enlightenment. There are adult handwritings and children's doodles.
She said: "The cleaning is quite clean. It seems that the servants are not not working at all... It's just that on this rainy day, the wind and rain are so strong that it can blow the hut into the sky, but no one comes out to take in the clothes hanging in the courtyard. This It’s very unreasonable.”
Qishan said calmly: "Also, that man is dressed as a scholar, but he has a fierce look, fierce eyes, and blood on his body. To say that he is a scholar is more like a reckless man, and he is full of lies - I'm afraid it's not that he doesn't want to accept it. But I can’t collect it…”
In other words, I have no life to collect it.
Shen Tang raised his eyebrows: "A bandit?"
Qishan said: "The current situation is turbulent, and it is not uncommon for people to fall into the trap of bandits and rob homes and homes."
Not only is it not uncommon, it has even become the only means of livelihood for some people, and it can even lead a whole village to "get rich."
"That's the worst possible outcome."
"It is very likely that no one will survive. He is either a bandit or a thief. Anyway, he will not be the owner of this village."
After looking for Ayan, he didn't find it, but instead came across a murder case.
Shen Tang took a breath of air.
Qishan said in a funny tone: "Mr. Shen Xiaolang, are you afraid?"
Even he himself didn't believe what he said.
Shen Tang sat down on the mat and blinked: "I am a good and law-abiding citizen. How can I not be afraid of these thugs who are very likely to be extremely vicious and kill people all over the house? Mr. Qi, we are now in the wolf's den. We are hungry wolves. A plate of lunch…”
As he spoke, he took out the hatchet stuck in his waist.
The hatchet was hidden by his clothes so that the middle-aged man could not see it.
Holding the handle of the knife, she felt somewhat safe.
Qishan didn't bring out his sword, so the only thing the two of them could rely on was this hatchet. In fact, she can't figure it out now, why should she, a homebody painter who is content at home, experience such an exciting thing?
although--
Although she killed an official and calmly accepted the reality afterwards, she thought it was self-defense, and the remaining factors in the body made her a homebody who couldn't lift it with her hands or carry it on her shoulders. A fierce and cold-blooded side.
She is very friendly in person.
After all, what bad intentions can there be in a painter who is pushed and yelled at by the editor but still gets angry but dares not speak out?
Qishan: "..."
"We have entered the wolf's den, but we still don't know who is the hungry wolf." When he said the four words "obey the law" from Shen Tang's mouth, his expression became numb, and he unceremoniously broke down the situation and said with a smile, " A good citizen who abides by the law will not become a fugitive."
Unexpectedly, Shen Tang said: "Mr. Qi didn't know something, and I was wronged. If I died on the distribution road, or on a collapsed building in the Xiaocheng Jiaofang, in the future, Mr. Qingtian would overturn the case and find that I was still there." An innocent person, but he was already dead by then, leaving only regrets. In order to prevent this scene from coming true, and to defend the justice of the law, I have to save my life, and it is reasonable to be a fugitive."
Qishan: "..."
He looked at Shen Xiaolangjun who was talking eloquently, and lamented that he had lived for a long time, but his face was not as thick as that of a young boy.
Just as he was about to say something, the smile on Shen Tang's face suddenly disappeared, he straightened up and looked in the direction of the door, raising his hand to his lips to signal Qi Shan not to say anything. After a while, heavy footsteps came closer and closer, and the middle-aged man came over with two bowls of steaming ginger soup.
"You two have been waiting for a long time."
Qi Shan and Shen Tang nodded in thanks.
Under the gaze of the middle-aged man, Shen and Tang held up their respective bowls, lowered their eyes to their lips, and were about to open their lips and drink. Seeing that the two of them were unprepared, the middle-aged man's lips were about to raise a hint of sarcasm, but the next second, a bowl of steaming ginger soup poured over his noodles.
Then the low table flew up and hit the front door.
Praying for good deeds, Shen Tang flipped the table.
Then--
Qishan quietly retreated behind Shen Tang and said calmly and calmly: "Know the male and guard the female. If something cannot be done, retreat. This is the wise way to protect yourself."
Shen Tang: "???"
Shen Tang: "!!!"
