The night was dark and windy, very cool, and the mosquitoes had disappeared a lot.
Wei Bao and others took turns keeping watch, hiding in the dark, and were overjoyed.
I thought to myself, if the enemy is attacking, the light at the door of the room will not go out, giving a clear view. Even if you are really sleepy and take a nap for a while, as long as your snoring cannot cover up the sound of insects, it will be difficult for the enemy to detect it for a while.
Despite this, Wei Bao and others still worked hard to observe all the movements around them, not daring to slack off even a moment. After all, the dark moon kills people on a night, and the wind blows high and sets people on fire. The more favorable the environment is to oneself, the more favorable it will be to the enemy if they are willing to attack.
The night was sometimes too quiet. In order to relieve their fatigue and avoid falling asleep, Wei Bao and the three of them imitated the literati and tried to recite poems and compose poems.
Wei Bao looked at the stars in the sky, thought hard for a while, and recited happily: "Weaver Girl will have endless sorrow this night."
The other two people felt that they had no talent in this area, so they gave up and said, "Old Wei, how about changing the topic or telling a story."
In order to get rid of Wu Manzi's identity, Wei Bao encouraged: "It's not difficult. If you think about it for a while, you can meet him."
The two of them imitated Wei Bao, looking up at the stars and thinking hard. After a long time, a man was full of joy and said loudly: "Hehan looks at the morning glory at midnight."
Wei Bao said cheerfully: "That's right, Lao Ma, if you give up martial arts and follow literature, you can start."
Lao Ma replied with a smile: "You have to push the duck to the shelves. If it doesn't work, you have to do it. You can't let it go by the wayside."
Wei Bao chuckled twice and said: "Since it's possible to drive the ducks to the shelves, then I'll think about it again and let Lao Song come and fight a pair." Looking around, there was silence, and he began to think hard. Suddenly I heard the sound of the third watch drum outside, and my thoughts were like divine help, and I said quickly: "It's three and a half in the middle of the night."
Lao Ma said: "Old Song, it's your turn."
Lao Song, who was sitting aside, said, "Aren't you making things difficult for me?"
Wei Bao smiled and said: "This is not to embarrass you, but to help you."
Lao Song didn't think so, and said quickly: "I don't know how to write and write. If you insist on me doing that thing of 'replacing old talismans with new peaches', you are helping me, but you are obviously trying to trick me."
Wei Bao heard this and sighed slightly: "Old Song, Brother Bai Tianyu was not good at adapting to changes in the past. He only asked about right and wrong when things happened. He didn't know how to be merciful and merciful. Those who might not be enemies became enemies. Someone. It was difficult to take the lead, but the heroes responded. Overnight, the number one hero in the Central Plains became a public enemy of the martial arts that everyone could quickly eliminate. Why?"
Lao Song replied: "I am a reckless martial artist, and I don't know where to go to know this."
Wei Bao said: "Ten years ago, I passed through Mount Tai and stayed overnight in a temple. An old monk met me. When he talked about Brother Bai Yu, he felt sorry for him. He told me that the reason why Brother Bai was not allowed to be tolerated in the world was because He is too serious about everything and lacks the leisurely attitude of 'laughing at the gentle breeze and looking up at the floating clouds', which makes many people fearful, fearing that one day they will fall into his hands and strike first."
Lao Ma then sighed slightly and continued: "Now that the young master is out of the mountain, if you want to avoid making the same mistakes again, you must cherish the use of force, be reasonable when you should be reasonable, and learn to make concessions in a timely manner when you cannot be reasonable. Over the years, in order to survive, , running around, gradually figured out one thing. The reason why people are bad is their bad heart. This heart can neither be developed in a short while, nor can it be changed by others in a short time. ,Habit is second nature."
Wei Bao said: "So, those of us who are subordinates, although we should be brave, we can't be like before, always talking about fighting and killing. We should learn from the broad-mindedness of literati and help the young master gain some strength. , Those who can turn conflicts into friendship should try not to make enemies."
Lao Song said: "But I don't know a few Chinese characters, so I'm really not good at reciting poems."
Wei Bao smiled and said: "Old Song, do you know why the Mid-Autumn Festival is chosen on the half moon?"
Lao Song said: "How do I know?"
Wei Bao said: "The world advocates the golden mean and likes to use both sides, half of the front and half of the back. Isn't it equal to being both civil and military?"
The old horse said: "You are talking nonsense, it is obviously the moon and the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"The Mid-Autumn Festival in August is still the middle of the month." Old Song muttered to himself, suddenly became excited, and said cheerfully: "Yes, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the middle of August."
"It's three and a half in the middle of the night, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the middle of August." Wei Bao was slightly startled and said cheerfully: "Okay. The old Song Dynasty who doesn't like reading and literacy finally got the idea, okay. Lao Ma, write it down and find some time to study it. Celebrate.”
"Third and a half in the middle of the night, Mid-Autumn Festival, August and mid-August." Old Ma read it, but felt that several numbers were crowded together, and it was not particularly pleasant to read. He said: "Old Wei, although these two sentences are neatly contrasted, they are still good to read. I always feel uncomfortable when I wake up, so I might as well change it.”
Wei Bao was very happy after hearing this. He recited the two sentences twice and said, "It's just that it's not particularly refreshing to read."
The three of them calmed down and brainstormed. After a long time, Lao Ma said, "Would you two think it would be better to change it to this?"
Wei Bao said: "Isn't it like this? It's midnight, midnight, mid-autumn in August, mid-autumn in August."
Lao Ma said: "How do you know?"
Wei Bao smiled and replied: "We have been brothers for more than 20 years, how can we not think of being together!"
The three of them laughed, chatted for a while, returned to silence, looked around, and concentrated.
The moon was heading west and it was past the third watch. There were a few light footsteps outside the yard, which attracted the attention of the three of them and they listened carefully.
After a while, five or six black figures silently jumped over the wall. After looking around, they quickly dispersed and quietly approached the doors of Ning Zhenan, Ximen Qing, Gui Haiming, Lu Lianhai and others. , the sword in his hand was shining brightly, and the chill was chilling.
Wei Bao saw this and shouted: "Who is here?" He showed up with brothers Lao Ma and Lao Song.
The six black figures were frightened, turned around, picked up the guy, and surrounded Wei Bao and the others. Just as they were about to attack, six or seven room doors were opened at the same time, and one or two people emerged.
As soon as a black figure saw it, he stopped in a hurry and shouted: "There is an ambush, retreat!" He jumped up to the eaves and ran away.
When the other five black figures saw that Wei Bao and the others were outnumbered, and they didn't know what their martial arts skills were, they jumped up to the house and ran away.
When Wei Bao saw several brothers following him up to the roof, waiting to be chased, he quickly stopped: "Don't chase after poor bandits, be careful of fraud."
The men stopped, jumped off the eaves, said goodbye to each other, went to their places, returned to the room, closed the door, as if nothing had happened, leaving Wei Bao and three people in silence.
Wei Bao, together with Lao Ma and Lao Song, inspected the inside and outside of the courtyard. Seeing nothing strange, they returned to the dark and waited for dawn.
The cock crows three times and the sky lights up slightly.
Bai Yutian woke up and remembered that Wei Bao and others stayed up all night. This is the time when they are most likely to get sleepy. Worried about the safety of Ximen Qing and others, he got up, walked out of the room, and walked towards the yard where Ning Zhenan and others lived.
After entering the courtyard, he looked around and saw nothing strange, then turned and walked towards the courtyard gate. Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot stepped out of the threshold, the back foot heard a strange sound. Looking back, two men in black just crossed the wall and landed. Their eyes were wrapped in black cloth hoods, looking at themselves. I don't know if they were surprised or a little bit. Uncomfortable.
Bai Yutian walked over and said coldly: "Who are you?"
The man in black took advantage of the weak light and took a good look at Bai Yutian. He saw that he was young and had a delicate figure, much like an ignorant young man. He felt that killing a person like Bai Yutian was not something a hero would do. He looked at the surrounding doors and said nonchalantly: "It's none of your business. If you don't want to die, just get away."
Bai Yutian took a few steps forward and replied in a good voice: "If you are here to find friends, it is none of my business. If you are here to seek enemies, it is none of my business."
A man in black lamented: "Boy, I didn't want to hurt you, you asked for it." Before he finished speaking, the long sword in his hand shook, and he stabbed towards the white jade sky with a quick blow, the cool breeze blew.
Bai Yutian dodged and used 30% of his internal strength to slap the man in black with lightning speed.
The man in black was startled, raised his palms to each other, and floated back to the original place with the wind of his palm. He said to the other man in black next to him: "Let's go together and deal with this kid first."
Another man in black also felt that this should be the case. The two of them jumped up, pointed at Bai Yutian, and spoke with the tip of their swords.
Bai Yutian saw the two swords attacking each other from left to right, and did not dare to neglect them. Tao Mu took out the sheath, swung them left and right, and fought together.
After five or six moves, the two men in black didn't get any advantage and were very flustered. As expected, the battle circle was surrounded by people, including Brother Wei Bao and others.
Bai Yutian repelled the attack of the man in black and asked loudly: "Now can you tell me why you are here."
The man in black looked around and saw that Wei Bao and others had weapons in their hands and were ready to make a move. He was very worried. Wen Yan replied: "Obviously, why you are here is why we are here."
Bai Yutian said: "You two, although you are highly skilled in martial arts, you are not invincible. Even if you get the secret book as you wish today, I am afraid that you are just helping others make wedding clothes. In addition to being happy in vain, you may even lose your life for it. . In my opinion, it’s better to leave here and eliminate the covetousness.”
The two men in black looked at each other, and the man in black cupped his hands and said, "Young hero's martial arts are so high that I have never seen him in my life. We will see you later."
Bai Yutian arched his hand and said: "The martial arts of these two are so high that I have rarely seen them in my life. I won't send you far away."
The two men in black cupped their hands and said, "Farewell!" They jumped up, fluttering like swallows, and disappeared in a flash.
Wei Bao came over and said, "Sir, look at the movement skills of the two of them, it looks like Qiupu has two swords."
Bai Yutian said: "Do you know them?"
Wei Bao said: "Qiupu's swords are both good and evil. He is obsessed with martial arts. Apart from sword competition with others, he rarely walks around in the arena."
Bai Yutian said: "We are going north to Bianjing, and Qiupu is the place we must pass through. Will there be any trouble?"
Wei Bao smiled and replied: "Don't worry, young master, the Qiupu swords have a nickname, one is the same."
Bai Yutian said: "What do you mean?"
Wei Bao said: "When these brothers encounter trouble, they always succeed once and never fail again."
Bai Yutian smiled and said: "In that case, you can go and have a rest. I will send someone to call you for breakfast later."
Wei Bao and others said: "Sir, what about you?"
Bai Yutian said: "I will go into the room to see how their injuries are. After breakfast, everyone will rush to Huangshan."
Wei Bao and others bowed to Bai Yutian, said goodbye, and left the courtyard.
Bai Yutian sent Wei Bao and others away, and walked to the rooms of Ning Zhenan, Ximen Qing, Lu Lianhai and others, helping them heal their injuries and talking to them. The good time passed by inadvertently, and the sunshine outside the window ushered in. It's bright and bright, and there's a lot of excitement outside the courtyard.
