Jiaohua

Chapter 558 A pair of brothers and sisters (one more)
In the early morning when the clouds were dark, Xia Zhaoyi and Zhili ran thirteen laps in a row, finally climbed up the mountain and rested in the gazebo on the mountainside.

With her hands propped on her thighs, she was out of breath. Xia Zhaoyi was relatively better. After recovering, she wiped off her sweat with a handkerchief, and went to the edge of the cliff.

It was supposed to be sunrise, but the sea of ​​clouds covered the sun, and the sky and the earth were gloomy.

"I heard that there has been a large army mobilization recently," Zhili said, "Several troops stationed in Anjiang may be going to Muye, but it seems that it is quiet now, and there is no movement at all."

"The conscription in the past two days may still be replenishing manpower." Xia Zhaoyi said.

As she spoke, she looked out of her small courtyard.

Outside the peach blossom forest, a man in black with a big sword on his back stared at the gate of the small courtyard from a distance.

Zhi Li also looked over, with a twitch of his lips: "It's been two days, and this person hasn't left much, he is indeed the secret guard trained by the Guo family."

"I'll leave later." Xia Zhaoyi said.

"Hey," Zhi Li Le said, "We'll see how his kung fu is doing then."

"You go back first," Xia Zhaoyi looked sideways at Zhili, and said, "The people Qingque Pavilion found for us may be coming soon."

"Okay," Zhili nodded, "Are you coming back at noon?"

"I'll go back later." Xia Zhaoyi said.

"Okay, little senior sister, don't worry, everything is up to me, and I will take care of it."

Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "Yes."

After Zhili left, Xia Zhaoyi stood for a while, then turned and went to the gazebo.

Today is the last day of conscription, and the atmosphere in several nearby villages and countryside is not as tense and serious as before.

On the other side of the river, there is smoke from cooking, even if it is about to rain, there are still fishermen going out, leaving one after another in small boats.

At the same time, the number of boats on their shore was also increasing, and many people docked nearby, some carrying sacks, some carrying bamboo baskets, and hurried to the village road.

When Sishi was approaching, the sky was falling with continuous rain, which gradually became bigger and bigger. Passers-by who hiked up the mountain to save boat money covered their heads and ran to the pavilion to hide from the rain.

Xia Zhaoyi got up and made room for them.

More and more people came, but the rain showed no sign of stopping.

Another half an hour later, a man and woman in their thirties came, dressed plainly, they looked like brother and sister.

The people in the booth had been chatting for a long time, saying that the days went by ups and downs, and sometimes they felt better and had hope, and soon there was another battle. Those who came to collect rations wanted to give their rice vats to Scrape off a layer of paint.

The middle-aged elder brother stood by the gazebo, and after listening for a while, the elder brother said: "Song Zhiyi is a rebel, and his ambition lies there. If you want him not to fight, unless other people obediently give him the land, it is impossible."

"Don't dare to talk nonsense." An old man said hastily, "If you say such things here, you will kill us all!"

Xia Zhaoyi turned around when he heard the elder brother's accent.

The younger sister at the side saw it out of the corner of her eye, and raised her eyes to look at her, her eyes brightened.

The girl is dressed in a black dress, with a tall and straight figure, a long neck, and rolled up sleeves, revealing half of her white arms like a lotus root. She has beautiful features and a natural appearance. She seems to be indistinguishable from male and female, but her younger sister can still recognize it as a woman at a glance. .

Such a quiet and cool wonderful person, standing in a group of simple and honest peasants, suddenly pulled out his temperament.

Seeing the other party looking at her, Xia Zhaoyi didn't feel displeased in the slightest, but instead smiled at her with a smile on her lips.

If you don't smile, it's all right. With such a smile, it shines like a spring flower. The younger sister can't help but be infected. She couldn't help walking, and said with a smile: "The little girl is also hiding from the rain because she is on the road?"

"Well," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Hi girl, where is the girl from?"

The younger sister smiled and did not answer, but said, "Little girl, come in, the rain is easy to splash in here."

Xia Zhaoyi nodded and smiled again.

It looks really good up close, with a palm-sized face, icy muscles and bones, delicate and bright, although it is still not as stunning as many famous beauties, but placed in this rural field, it is also second to none beautiful, not to mention the beauty Temperament, no one can lose in the world.

"We are here to find someone," said the younger sister. "You should know that there is a deserted tomb at the turn of the Sanchakou over there."

"Are you here to find Mr. Qi?"

"It seems that there are quite a few people looking for him," the younger sister said with a smile, "Has Mr. Qi appeared in recent days?"

Xia Zhaoyi shook his head: "No."

"My brother and I came to learn about water control," the younger sister sighed softly. "We both came the year before and last year. The year before that he went to the grave a few days earlier and left. Last year we came in time, but we missed him." Yes, I'm really sorry."

"How did you miss it?" Xia Zhaoyi said.

"He went to the grave in the middle of the night for two consecutive nights."

"..."

"This temperament... I'm afraid that if we meet him, he may not be willing to teach us anything." The younger sister sighed again.

"No," Xia Zhaoyi said, "meeting is fate, he will teach."

"Is the little girl a local?" The younger sister looked at her with a smile, "It sounds like your accent, but it doesn't quite look like it."

"My house is at the foot of the mountain. If you have nowhere to stay these few days, you can go to my house to rest. There are many vacant rooms in the house, so it doesn't matter if you live with a few more people."

The younger sister was overjoyed, but quickly concealed her joy, and said: "How can I bother you, a little girl like you brings a stranger to your house, your parents will say you, and the neighbors will probably complain."

"It's okay," Xia Zhaoyi smiled lightly, "My parents are gone, and the neighbors will not extend their meddling hands to me."

The younger sister nodded, but after she calmed down, she felt that it might not be feasible. It is necessary to be cautious about inviting others to be guests at home as soon as they meet, so she said: "My brother and I have relatives here, I have to discuss it with my brother. See if it is more convenient to go to a relative's house, or to live at the foot of the mountain..."

"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi said, "my house is by the river, and there are peach forests in front of the door and behind the door. After going down, the small courtyard that is closest to the river is my house, and it is easy to find."

"Thank you little girl, by the way, dare to ask the little girl's name?"

"Ah Li," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "Pear Blossom's pear."

My sister thinks it sounds familiar, but it's not surprising that a name like Ali is familiar, there are so many people with the same name in the world.

"My surname is Su, my name is Su Yumei, and my brother's name is Su Heng." The younger sister said.

Xia Zhaoyi nodded and looked towards her brother.

Su Heng, thinking about their brothers and sisters coming here to learn about water control, maybe this Su Heng is the Su Heng who likes to compile all kinds of workbooks and specializes in masonry cars and other miscellaneous things.

Speaking of which, Xia Zhaoyi has also read many of his books, and Xia Zhaoyi can already predict that some of them will be passed down from generation to generation in the future, which will greatly promote the progress and development of the whole world.

This Su Heng, he seems to have always wanted to join the Ministry of Industry, but his performance in the imperial examination was too poor. He was always a scholar. Someone once interceded with Song Duna, and in the end Song Du broke the rules and gave him a very small job as an official in the prefecture. It can be regarded as a petty officer.

No wonder Fang said that Song Zhiyi was a rebel, and those who had been officials in Li Qian, no matter whether they liked Emperor Xuanyan or not, hated Song Zhiyi deeply.

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