A knife in love

Chapter 1235

After walking about half a mile, with the light of the torch in Murong Danyan's hand, he saw two huge willow trees appearing on both sides of the road more than ten steps ahead.Li Qiufeng remembered Zhang Shi's story about what happened in Wangjiazhuang, and thought to himself, this is the entrance of Wangjiazhuang.These two willow trees are so tall that they have been growing for five or sixty years.Wang Yuanwai started his business by selling medicinal materials in Liaodong, and built this Wangjiazhuang after he became prosperous, and it took only more than ten years.It seems that there are two big willow trees first, and then there is Wangjiazhuang.

The three walked up to the big willow tree, and Li Qiufeng could already hear that several people were hiding behind the two willow trees.These people were breathing heavily and didn't know the art of exhalation at all. They were all Zhuang Ding of Wangjiazhuang, guarding the village at night.He could tell that these people were just ordinary strong men, not martial arts masters, so he didn't care.Sure enough, when the three of them walked under the big willow tree, a pine oil torch suddenly lit up on both sides, and then a dozen Zhuang Ding rushed out with sticks in their hands, shouting and surrounding them.It's just that when these people saw Wang Xiaoyu, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.Wang Xiaoyu put his hands on his hips and said, "Boss Zheng and the others are back?"

A head of Zhuang Ding said respectfully: "They came back an hour ago, and I think they have already gone to rest by now."

Wang Xiaoyu nodded, and said in his mouth: "Everyone has worked hard. Keep two people guarding, and the rest can go to rest."

The leader of Zhuang Ding said with a smile on his face: "The owner and the eldest lady have set the rules of vigil, how dare we disobey it? Even though the eldest lady is resting, we must guard the entrance of the village tightly, and we will not let a single fly or mosquito go. "

After the three of them entered Zhuangzi, Wang Xiaoyu was still chattering non-stop.Li Qiufeng glanced left and right as he walked, and sure enough, as Zhang Shi said, the houses on both sides of the road were almost exactly the same.Although it was pitch black under the night, the torch in Murong Danyan's hand had limited light, so he couldn't see these houses very clearly.However, judging from the general outline, the height and shape of these houses are exactly the same.If outsiders break in, it is really easy to get lost.

Li Qiufeng thought as he walked, this village was built on such a large scale, and it cost a lot of silver taels. It is really admirable for Wang Yuanwai to have such a kind heart.

Wang Xiaoyu was still telling stories to Murong Danyan. At this time, she had already talked about Tang Taizong's sleepwalking in the underworld, and the second door god will frighten the ghosts.The story is about Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji who were killed by Li Shimin, as well as the leaders of the 36th Anti-King and the 72nd Yanchen, who were so angry that they turned into a hundred ghosts and wandered around Chang'an City every night. thing.These evil spirits were blocked by the spells in the palace and could not break into Li Shimin's bedroom. They cried and cursed outside the palace every night, which frightened Li Shimin so much that he couldn't sleep.Finally fell asleep, but was invited into the underworld by Black and White Wuchang, and confronted Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, the leader of the 36th Anti-King and the 72nd Yanchen in front of the King of Hades.Fortunately, Cui Jue, the magistrate of the underworld, was an ex-official of the Tang king before his death, and he got the benefit of the minister Wei Zheng, and changed the book of life and death privately, which made Li Shimin return to the world of heaven.General Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao kept watch at the gate of the palace to deter all ghosts. Li Shimin invited Wu Daozi to make portraits of the two of them and put them on the palace gate, so that the palace was quiet.

Not far from the king's mansion, he saw four Zhuang Ding standing in front of the door, each holding a torch in his left hand and a sword in his right, much tougher than those Zhuang Ding at the entrance of the village.Hearing the sound of footsteps from a distance, the four of them drew out their swords one after another, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the three of them.It wasn't until he saw clearly that it was Wang Xiaoyu who had returned that he put away his sword and bowed to salute.

Wang Xiaoyu said: "Where did Boss Zheng go?"

A Zhuang Ding replied: "Boss Zheng and the others are waiting here after they come back. Brother Mao went to see the master. Afterwards, Butler Wang and Brother Mao came out and arranged for everyone to go back to rest. Butler Wang has been busy for most of the time." Time, just returned to the mansion."

Wang Xiaoyu was a little nervous, rubbed his hands together, and said, "Uncle Wang didn't say anything?"

That Zhuang Ding shook his head and said: "Butler Wang didn't say anything, but he looks a little tired since he has been busy since early in the morning."

Wang Xiaoyu nodded, turned around and said to Murong Danyan: "Sister Murong, let's go into the courtyard quietly, don't wake Uncle Wang and the others, go back to the room to rest."

Murong Danyan nodded, his eyes fell on Li Qiufeng, his eyes were full of reluctance.Li Qiufeng cupped his hands and said: "It's already midnight, the two girls should rest as soon as possible. I will take my leave here. If I have time in the next few days, I will visit again."

Although Murong Danyan was reluctant, but Wang Xiaoyu and several Zhuang Ding were standing beside him, and he couldn't talk to Li Qiufeng in private, so he cupped his hands and said, "Brother Zhu, take care on the road."

Wang Xiaoyu said: "Young Master Zhu, you must mean what you say. I will prepare a banquet in the Zhuangzi, and when Young Master Zhu comes, I will treat you to a few drinks."

After she finished speaking, she called a Zhuang Ding and said: "You send this Mr. Zhu out of the village. If someone intercepts you, you say Mr. Zhu is my distinguished guest, so you must not offend him."

That Zhuang Ding agreed, then turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Young Master Zhu, please follow me."

Li Qiufeng nodded, then bowed his hands to Wang Xiaoyu and Murong Danyan, and followed that Zhuang Ding to the way he came.

Seeing Murong Danyan looking at Li Qiufeng's back, Wang Xiaoyu secretly pursed his lips into a smile, and said to Murong Danyan: "Sister Murong, Young Master Zhu has left, let's go back and rest."

Murong Danyan didn't keep his house, just looked at Li Qiufeng's back, but didn't hear Wang Xiaoyu's words.It wasn't until Wang Xiaoyu said it again that she woke up, smiled shyly, nodded, and said, "Just follow my sister's orders."

Wang Xiaoyu took the torch from Murong Danyan, and handed it to a Zhuang Ding, and then entered the mansion hand in hand with Murong Danyan. Enter the yard, walk through the corner door of the right wall, and enter a long alley.On both sides of the alley are two-foot-high stone walls, which look even more eerie and tall in the night.The two walked northward for more than ten zhang, but saw a door on the wall on the right.After Wang Xiaoyu opened the door, he walked in with Murong Danyan.

This is a huge courtyard, the main house faces south, and there are five rooms in total.On the left is the wing room, which is slightly shorter than the main room, but twice as long, with a total of eight rooms.Wang Xiaoyu led Murong Danyan across the courtyard, until he reached the third room on the left wing, opened the door quietly, and let Murong Danyan in.She took out the torch from her bosom, shook it, lit the candles on the table, and the room was lit up immediately.Wang Xiaoyu stretched his arms and said with a smile: "Sister Mu Rong, are you worried about that Mr. Zhu?"

Murong Danyan blushed and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense about things that have no shadow!"

Just as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard someone knock on the door. In the quiet night, the two of them were startled.Immediately afterwards, a woman said: "Miss, Miss Murong, the maid brought hot water, please wash up."

Wang Xiaoyu heard that it was his maid Xiaomei who spoke, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Come in."

Just as she finished speaking, the door squeaked, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid pushed the door open and came in.Holding two white scarves in her left hand and a steaming wooden bucket in her right hand, she staggered into the room.Seeing her struggling to walk, Murong Danyan hurried forward to meet her, reached out to take the barrel, and said apologetically, "Sister Xiaomei, thank you for your hard work."

Maid Xiaomei smiled and said: "Serving the young lady and Miss Murong is the duty of a maidservant, so there is no such thing as hard work."

As she spoke, she brought out a wooden basin and a wooden frame from the room next to her, put two white towels on the wooden frame, poured hot water into the wooden basin, and stretched out her hand to test the water temperature. He said to Murong Danyan: "Miss, Miss Murong, please wash your hands first, and the servant girl will fetch the supper."

Murong Danyan wanted her not to bother, but Wang Xiaoyu said, "Add two more egg rolls. I've been tossing around for most of the night, and I'm going to starve to death!"

Xiaomei agreed, and hastily opened the door and left.Wang Xiaoyu turned her head to look at Murong Danyan, with a half-smile on her face, and said, "Sister, is your surname Murong or Mu Rongrong? Tonight's play really confuses me! This Mr. Zhu has great powers, and the one surnamed Xiao is incompatible. My sister is in the middle of the two, and I look at the three of you a little strangely. I regard you as my own sister, so don’t hide it from my sister!"

(End of this chapter)