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After watching Su Qing humbly follow Mrs. Li, Bai Feng and others, surrounded by three or five servants, went to their respective rooms for "house arrest" for several days.
Their diet and daily life were strictly monitored and controlled. Even before they wanted to go out, they had to be with the maid sent by Madam Li to carry clothes with them, and they had to return to their room before the curfew.
Under this rule, Murong Yan or Zichai, who had never practiced any martial arts, were already the turtles in the jar. Now, only the young swordsman could still move freely.
After a night's rest, the four visitors had all recovered to a certain extent. This must have been the most peaceful sleep they had in several days. Su Qing, on the other hand, asked Mrs. Li to order them outside the mansion early in the morning. , not knowing where to go.
After Zichai heard the news, she immediately ran to get rid of Bai Feng and asked him to sneak out to see what good things her young master and that "bad woman" were going to do. She wanted to take advantage of Su Qing and tell her when she reunited with Mrs. Xiang in the future: "The good-hearted man in her eyes is actually as unruly and dissolute as before. They will never be able to live together." !”
After all, in Zichai's heart, only her young lady is the best woman. Whenever she sees Xiang Chuchu worrying and fearing such a prodigal day and night, she feels very tortured.
Seeing Zichai treat each other so sincerely, Bai Feng thought about it a little and felt that this move was necessary. He thought in his heart: "This is not only to know what kind of person Su Qing is, but maybe he can also find someone else." How to get rid of this pretty widow as soon as possible!"
Soon, the young swordsman patted his chest, agreed to the matter, and then thought of a brilliant plan to sneak out.
Just whispering to Zi Chai, the two of them went to the door of Murong Yan's room together, and explained to the doorman, "We are all traveling artists, and we are just about to get together to learn new music scores. I hope you will be accommodating..." After that, he showed his flute to everyone to prove his words. At this time, he did not have the Longming Sword on his waist, his clothes were sloppy and casual, and his appearance was indeed no different from that of a wandering artist.
The guard boy hesitated for a moment, but thinking that his wife just asked them to keep an eye on these three people and report their whereabouts at any time, he opened the door and welcomed the two people in.
After a while, the clang of arpeggios and the sound of flutes rang out in the side room. At first the sound was intermittent, sometimes high and sometimes low. After some trial and error, the first complete melody finally appeared.
The boy outside the door felt at ease and listened at ease, thinking that such an ordinary person would never try his best to sneak away. However, in fact, before the first melody sounded, Bai Feng had climbed over from the edge of the window and climbed onto the roof, condescending.
Bai Feng's skill at flying over walls and flying over walls is not bad. Although he is still inferior to Su Qing, who has already mastered light kung fu, if he only needs to worry about himself, he can use the help of the potholes on the wall in front of him to grab. The strength of the arms, psoas muscles, thighs and cervical vertebrae keeps crawling and leaping upward.
Seeing the right opportunity, he returned to his room, picked up his sword, and then walked to the end of the wall in the mansion, stepped on the wall, and escaped over the wall.
The young swordsman was walking on the street, wearing a dark blue coarse cloth lining and a leather waistcoat. His attire was no different from that of an ordinary trafficker. He found that not everyone in Beizhen paid as much attention to people's livelihood development as Yuyi Town. Take Huaishuo Town as an example. There were very few street vendors and very few pubs. Along the way, the most common ones he saw were the Officials posting draft notices everywhere, as well as crippled men and down-and-out women wandering the streets looking for work.
Every time you go to an alley corner, you can see beggars fainting from hunger, or people eating food scraps that others have thrown into the corner.
He looked around at a loss, not knowing where to start.
Suddenly, a group of excited young people passed by, chasing a quartermaster who was recruiting troops, and they all expressed their strong willingness to join the army.
Some of them want to achieve military success and join the ranks of the powerful; some of them are from low-income families and just want to make a living. One of the men even said meaningfully: "Besides joining the army, do we have any other way of living? Look at the widow of the Li family who just galloped past on her horse. She has no money and no power. How can she invite you to her house? Showing her ambition to conquer the world? Today she hooked up with some general or rich man. She smiled happily and almost hit me..."
After saying that, Bai Feng immediately went over and asked, "Brother, did you ever see the widow of the Li family you just mentioned?"
"On the west side of the town, they went to the villages outside the town." Seeing Bai Feng's eagerness, the man thought that the young swordsman was also coveting Mrs. Li's youthful beauty. He did not forget to taunt Bai Feng when he parted, saying: "With your appearance, you can't even get through the gate of Li Mansion. Brother, don't think so!"
Bai Feng looked sideways and smiled, then thanked him and left.
After a while, he followed the road to the outside of the town. The gravel road turned into lawn or sand under his feet. He followed several newer tracks and found a place where herders were doing business.
Herds of cattle and sheep were still howling behind several tents, and the smoke had just risen from the middle. The fire was raging, and the ruts bent the grass and quietly extended to the place where the carriage was parked.
Bai Feng hid behind the carriage and quietly observed the surrounding situation. Soon, he saw an indescribable sight.
I saw a clear sky on this day, and the wind was blowing flags and flags, making a lot of noise, as if it was a continuation of yesterday's strong wind. However, today's wind was not strong enough to affect people's normal lives. On the contrary, it added a lot of interest to boring life. .
Look, it's a pair of paper kites, they are dancing in the air. One outlines the shape of a dragon, and the other outlines a phoenix pattern. Sometimes it is higher, sometimes it is lower, like competitive children competing with each other to see who is higher and who is lower - not for the joy of victory, not for the defeat, just to express feelings for a moment. .
Bai Feng was pleasantly surprised and looked down along the string pulling the kite, and found that it was the pair of happy enemies. They completely ignored the disdain of others, tied the silk thread of the paper kite in their palms, held it in their hands, and at the same time used various methods to interfere with each other to make their own paper kites fly higher.
Mrs. Li's servants only watched from the side, and they could feel how happy Mrs. Li was after meeting Su Qing. They kept waving their hands to cheer for his wife.
Next to them are the sheepfold and the tent, and the endless sky and earth, clouds and sunshine.
Mrs. Li was wearing a Hufu short skirt and purple breeches. The skirt just reached her knees, making her look like a Hu girl. This time she still didn't wear shoes, and the words "Brother Su" and "Su Qing" were indispensable in every sentence she shouted.
"Brother Su... your ability to control the paper kite is not as good as mine now!"
"Su Qing, how dare you beat me!"
"Damn it, don't pull my strings! Su Qing, you shameless little thief!"
Su Qing also said without any grudge: "Anu, you are still playing with kites at your age, are you really not ashamed?"
"It was just a momentary failure. I will definitely not defeat you next time!"
"Anu was punching and kicking me just now..."
They chased and beat me in front of everyone, without any scruples. Seeing this, Bai Feng couldn't help but think: "Is this really a pretty widow with countless lovers and a thief who has experienced everything in the world?"
When they were tired of fighting and running, they walked to the place prepared by the shepherd for them to rest. Eat roasted whole lamb and drink delicious fruit wine.
Just when they were feeling happy, a group of people who behaved strangely appeared in front of them. They were very polite to Mrs. Li and repeatedly asked her to hand over Su Qing.
Even though Mrs. Li never looked at them once, this group of wanderers would not tolerate them. They were just afraid that it would be difficult to do dirty work under the clear sky and in broad daylight, so they retreated and hid in the darkness.
