Although the mountain village is small, it still has a simple two-story inn. Dongfang Shiming followed Jia Qian to find this place, watched him go in, and followed him in to stay.
Yue Qu Inn...? When Dongfang Shiming entered, he looked up at the door plaque and almost laughed out loud.
However, what is dissatisfying is that not only the outside of the inn is shabby, but the inside is even more shabby. After entering, Dongfang Shiming found that the environment here was extremely poor and the facilities were dilapidated, so he could only barely stay the night.
After paying the fee, Dongfang Shiming followed him upstairs. Some of the wooden stairs were broken in the middle. If you step on them accidentally, you will fall down. Dongfang Shiming carefully held the wall and walked slowly up step by step. Even so, the narrow staircase made him feel dangerous.
After turning a corner, he was about to continue walking up the stairs, when suddenly a ball of something fell straight in front of his eyes. He was caught off guard and rolled down the stairs.
Dongfang Shiming hurriedly dodged, and then heard a muffled sound, and the thing hit the wall at the corner of the stairway.
Dongfang Shiming came up to take a look. As soon as he took a closer look, he was surprised to recognize that it was Jia Qian.
I saw that he seemed to be a little confused after the fall, and he got up from the ground in disgrace. He was stunned for a while, and then he held his head and seemed to be conscious.
"What...what's going on..."
Jia Qian rubbed his bruised cheek, looked at Dongfang Shiming who appeared in front of him with some confusion, and asked dreamily: "How do I remember... that I have left Jiangliang City? Brother Xian, how do you... it's here?"
Eastern poetry is somewhat ironic.
The two went to their respective rooms to tidy up, and then went downstairs to have dinner together. There was a strong musty smell in the guest room, and there were traces of moss and water seepage on the wall panels in the corners. Dongfang Shiming smiled bitterly and seemed to understand why this inn was called "Yue Qu Inn".
"Although it feels like the grass is as green as the curtains, I still feel that this kind of consumption experience is very disappointing."
At the dinner table, Jia Qian held up his chopsticks and talked while eating hungrily.
"The ancients said that when heaven assigns a great responsibility to a person, he must first work hard on his determination. Brother Jia, this is actually God testing you." Dongfang Shiming said to him half-jokingly.
Jia Qian was stunned for a moment, then wiped his mouth and his eyes shone brightly: "As expected of a wise brother, he can always hit the mark. King Wen acted in "The Book of Changes" and Zhongniu wrote "Spring and Autumn", so now I Living in such a difficult situation, facing bad luck, and escaping every day means that I will become a successful person and become a saint!" At the end of the sentence, he became more and more excited and almost threw his chopsticks away.
Dongfang Shiming looked at him dancing happily. It was definitely not a disguise, and it had nothing to do with the rumors of the "evil-eating scholar". But in this way, the reason is even more intriguing, and he must ask carefully.
"Alas, but Brother Jia, you are too ruthless. You left without saying goodbye early this morning, leaving Bu Cai to work hard to catch up." Dongfang Shiming tried to say, "But Brother Jia is really good at walking with heavy loads, especially if he can do this quick."
Jia Qian took a mouthful of vegetables, chewed a few times, then frowned and sighed: "Brother Xian, this is not because I am ruthless, but because I have considered the best of both worlds."
"I am in danger. If I stay with you, you may also be implicated. For you, having me as a brother is indeed a companion to you. So I left secretly on the fourth day of the night. This is both beneficial to me. It saves your life and prevents your virtuous brother from being in danger." Jia Qian explained to him in a clear-headed manner.
Seeing that Dongfang Shiming was still looking at him with unfulfilled interest, he continued to say with a grimace: "To be honest, brother Yu, I broke my leg today. I was so tired that I was crawling like a dog. It can be said that my bones are broken and I am dying. I don't have good foot strength." "
He then bent down to take off his shoes, trying to prove to Dongfang Shiming: "Brother Yu's feet have already been swollen with blood blisters, but there is no other way."
Dongfang Shiming waved his hand repeatedly so that he didn't have to show it.
Now that Jia Qian said this, he also had some new ideas. Regarding this matter, he gradually got the outline of the answer.
After dinner, Dongfang Shiming invited Jia Qian to go out for a walk. Jia Qian had nothing to do at night, and the musty smell in the room was unbearable, so he readily accepted Dongfang Shiming's invitation.
The two went out side by side and walked into the wilderness outside the mountain village.
The forest is sparse at night, the moon is bright and the breeze is clear. In the refreshing night, dogs barking and distant birdsong can be heard from time to time. Compared with the daytime, there is a different vitality and interest. The sky is full of stars, and the clear and deep night is like an endless cage, gently soothing the heat of a tiring day.
Dongfang Shiming and Dongfang Shiming kicked stones and breathed in the fragrance of fresh vegetation at night, walking silently to each other.
Dongfang Shiming only needed verification, but he was still thinking about how to ask; Jia Qian was undecided, and the confusion of the night was reflected in front of his eyes.
After walking for a while, farmhouses became increasingly rare. Without the light from the oil lamp shining through the window paper, the surrounding areas were completely dark, with only the moonlight above slowly casting a hazy layer.
Jia Qian suddenly spoke:
"Brother Xian, you really shouldn't have followed me here."
Dongfang Shiming heard him speak first, which solved a lot of trouble. He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Brother Jia is in trouble, and I also want to share his worries."
The whispers of insects came from the grass, like the sound of sand blown by the night wind.
Jia Qian looked at Dongfang Shiming and said, "It's... indistinguishable. Brother Xian, you are so smart, you should also know that I... I am in trouble."
Dongfang Shiming heard that he took the initiative to touch on the topic, and immediately echoed his guess:
"I think it's the rumor about the scholar who eliminates evil."
"You are now both a scholar who eliminates evil, and you are not a scholar who eliminates evil. But the wide public opinion makes your defense meaningless. You yourself are just an ordinary scholar returning home, but there is currently a person behind the scenes who is using your identity to eradicate the Jiuche Xiaoying people everywhere."
Dongfang Shiming explained his speculation, "What special purpose does he have to use such an eye-catching method? He kills people in the middle of the night and puts them outside your residence for people to watch. It seems that he is deliberately guiding public opinion to create I chose you as a ‘scholar who eliminates evil’ with great martial arts skills.”
