There is a village five miles south of the city, which has been abandoned for a long time, called Sanliting.
This is not because the people in Chong'an County are not good at arithmetic, but because the original official road was winding and winding, leading to Longhu Mountain in the west and Xiangshan Mountain in Quzhou in the north. The village was exactly three miles away from the original county seat. Later, it was severely damaged by flash floods and mudlogging, so the official road was rebuilt along the foothills. At this time, the village was already more than five miles away.
But earlier, when no one lived in this pavilion, it was a little-known place with a name called Cao Xie Gorge.
According to the local saying in Wuyi, it is said that there once lived here an immortal wearing straw sandals. He would collect firewood and refine elixirs in the mountain farm every day until he disappeared one day. However, a stone tower was erected in the place where he lived to hide the skeletons. If it's dark, you can hear the sound of bells and drums in the valley.
As the three of them walked further and further along the abandoned official road, the shady atmosphere gradually became apparent. Coupled with the infiltration of streams along the way, the surrounding vegetation became increasingly greener. Strange birds whistled in the trees, and old insects chirped in the wild, adding another dimension to this late-night road. A somewhat gloomy atmosphere.
"I take back what I said before. In addition to picking teammates, you are also good at picking places..."
Jiang Wen walked on the road, listening intently to the sound of the soles of his shoes scraping against the ground.
No one thought that Hongdou and her daughter would place their hiding place in this long-abandoned village, and even the locals didn't know the specific location.
"Coward, we have lived in all the yizhuangs in Jianghu, so what does this mean?" Hongdou sneered.
There is smoke and grass, the ancient road is in depression, and a bright moon shines clearly in the night sky, but it casts a deeper shadow on the ruins of the deserted village. The leaves are rolling and disappearing, as if there is a living thing squirming.
The three of them came to the tall tree at the entrance of the village. The wind blew the old tree, its leaves were withered and blooming, and the ground was covered with rustling yellow leaves. A small earth temple has been razed, and there are no clay puppets in it, only a stone.
Looking outside the village, there was no light. Hongdou checked for a long time, but did not see Zhu Xiaoqian carve the agreed mark on the edge of the tree.
"Did something happen to them along the way?"
Jiang Wen felt vaguely uneasy. He had listened to the noodle stall owner telling ghost stories in the morning, and he arrived at the scene of the incident that day. It was still late at night, and he was really going to day school at Zhong Wanqiu - he couldn't hold it in any longer.
Hong Xiguan thought carefully and noticed something was wrong, but rationality still prevailed.
"It's unlikely. The pursuers have been tied up with us for a long time, so we shouldn't catch up with them easily. We just went back to investigate the surrounding areas, and there's no sign of troops splitting up in the town."
Miss Hongdou said nonchalantly: "My mother is probably with seven children, so she walks slowly. Let's go in first and wait for them."
After entering the deserted village, the three of them searched every place uneasily. More than a dozen farmhouses were in dilapidated condition. What was strange was that there was a round stone buried in the root of the wall at the door of each house, half exposed.
After some rummaging, only the remains of stone stoves, stone mills, sinks, wooden chairs, etc. were found. There were no traces of smoke or fire.
It seems that it was indeed not damaged by war or fire, but was abandoned due to other things.
Arriving at the hiding place arranged in advance by Hongdou's mother and daughter - a house with good walls, the three of them hid in the house one after another without lighting the lights, waiting for any movement outside.
For the rest of the time, the three of them could only stare at each other in the room.
The room was dim and lightless, and one should not be able to see anything. However, the compulsory courses for martial arts practitioners included eye skills, which allowed them to see in a dark room. The picture quality could only change from color to black and white.
But Hongdou might have forgotten this. She took advantage of the fact that there was no light in the room and looked straight at Hong Xiguan's side face with her big eyes.
In this regard, Jiang Wen had no choice but to look at his nose and heart, saying that the poor Taoist is a monk and has long been able to see through the false love between men and women. He only has great love for the people of the world...
But I’m so jealous of you. There are obviously three people in the room. Between loving and being loved, I’m the only one who is option E. I’m plan B. I’m the sixth person in the fifth row. I’m the spare button on my suit. I’m the one who gets wet in the rain. puppy.
Hong Xiguan may have noticed Hongdou's gaze and Jiang Wen's resentment. He ignored everything with a slightly lonely expression, but his tone was still cold.
"Director Jiang, does your poisonous injury really not matter?"
Jiang Wen curled his lips and said that this man was really naughty. He obviously had a crush on Hongdou, but he was not even willing to speak first.
"It's okay, it's just a trick."
Hong Xiguan and Hongdou said in confusion, "Bitter meat trick?"
"Even during the Three Kingdoms Chibi War, Soochow also asked veteran Huang Gai to use the bitter meat trick. Soochow used a wooden box to hold Huang Gai's head and presented it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took a bite and found that the meat was bitter, and then died. The army of the dead will retreat without a fight..."
Jiang Wen was talking eloquently, but the other two felt uncomfortable hearing it.
It was inconvenient for Official Hong Xi to mention his father-in-law directly, so he reminded him tactfully: "Taoist Priest, did you confuse Jing Ke's assassination of Qin with something strange..."
"is that so?"
Jiang Wen frowned and took out a piece of dead green and smelly flesh from the wound, revealing the intact skin underneath, and threw it aside with a little pity.
"Isn't that what the bitter meat scheme is like? It's just a pity that this piece of pig head meat was originally bought as a farmer's stir-fry..."
When Hong Xiguan saw Jiang Wenji's clever behavior, he finally felt relieved. No wonder the man in front of him was still fighting to the death despite being poisoned. He had already planned it.
That's right, Jiang Wen was already prepared.
Although the massacre by the Qing army was caught off guard, Jiang Wen, who had known that Ma Ning'er would appear at Ma's house, was naturally not unprepared.
Placing pork slices on the body to deceive the enemy was only one of them. He had already asked shopkeeper Fang and his family to hide with small stones, and then found Hongdou to play Hong Xi's official name, leaving a way to escape.
"Master Hong, can you tell me who you are waiting for at Ma's house?" Jiang Wen asked.
Hong Xiguan was silent for a moment and said softly.
"Last month, Wen Ding and I returned to Xiangyang. We saw a secret number left by someone and asked me to meet here. Only our sworn brothers at Honghua Pavilion knew these secret numbers. The only other person who knew them was the host. Chen Jinnan, the sworn leader of the Heaven and Earth Society."
Jiang Wen's eyes lit up.
Chen Jinnan!
With Hong Xiguan's words, he was 70% certain that although the story of the New Shaolin Five Patriarchs was completely different, this important character would still appear!
Currently, many scenes have violated his memory, such as the unexpected treasure map, the inexplicable treasure hunting team, and the Fifth Ancestor composed of seven children. If this chaos continues, he is not sure whether Mr. Chen can still be the leader. Showed up on time and followed the script to deliver the kill.
...I just hope that the chief helmsman can have a more generous schedule this time and not stage famous scenes again.
"Since Mr. Chen has arrangements, let's wait for a while again, and there will definitely be a turn for the better. Miss Hongdou, what do you think?" Jiang Wen asked.
Hong Dou's eyes were lively and star-like. She only looked at Hong Xiguan's side face and said blankly: "I will go wherever he goes... huh? No! There are so many people here again, how are we going to divide the treasure!"
When he thought of money, the infatuated Hongdou became alert and looked at Hong Xiguan with an evil look, "There are so many people coming to the Heaven and Earth Meeting, but we can't count them to share the money!"
Hong Xiguan was a little strange at this time, looking straight at Hongdou, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't make the next move.
Hong Dou blushed slightly, stretched out her catkin and waved it in front of him, "What's wrong, why don't you..."
Before she finished speaking, Hong Xiguan suddenly ran into her arms, making Hongdou scream in fright.
"Ah ah ah! I thought you were a gentleman, but you did such a thing! Get up quickly, don't think that I won't beat you because you are handsome! How can I, a yellow flower girl, take advantage of you, a dragster? A bottle of bachelor!"
Jiang Wen looked at Hongdou's behavior speechlessly.
Girl, I suggest you report to the official, but you'd better hide the smile on your face and let go of the hand holding him.
