Exclusive golden branch

Chapter 443
Fang Zhiyao just felt stuffy in her head, but behind her seemingly out-of-the-ordinary approach, she had already gone many steps ahead of her.

"Then... what should we do?" Fang Zhiyao heard herself asking what was in her heart.

"Miss Jiang Si asked us to hide Miss Fang San in the city. Don't let the two people in the yamen find Miss Fang San's whereabouts. When Miss Fang San leaves the city, she will tell us what to do in advance." Jiang Pingping said He looked at Fang Zhiyao in front of him.

Fang Zhiyao nodded in response, and said with a wry smile, "I see."

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The clapper knocked three times, and it was midnight.

The city of Yancheng was completely silent, and the Earth Temple, which was usually only crowded with people during festivals, had almost no visitors on weekdays, and only a few elderly people who lived nearby would come to the Earth Temple to deliver some offerings such as dried steamed buns.

Of course, these offerings are the same as those temples and Taoist temples that do not have enough incense. The ordinary homeless people in the village are being used by the blind old man who is arranging a place to live in the local area.

With a sound of "creak", the shifter who was knocking on the clapper was yawning and walking on the road. The sound of opening and closing the door for no reason startled the shifter who passed by, and he fell asleep and then flew to the sky. to the source of the sound.

The night wind blew through the half-open earth temple door, and with a "creak", the temple door opened and closed.

If this situation is placed in a mountain village and wild forest, it may scare people half to death.But put it here... through the opening and closing of the temple door, look at the land enshrined in the temple: the appearance of kindness, kindness and righteousness, really... don't be afraid.

If there are ghosts and monsters, why would they come to this temple? Is it because the gods and Buddhas inside are not evil?

The watchman shook his head and looked at the door of the earth temple that was blown open and closed by the wind: this earth temple is also a little old, and only a blind old man lives there, so it is a bit dilapidated.

But what does that matter to him?He is just a watchman, he can only support his own mouth, how can he control the gods and Buddhas in the temple?
Thinking in this way, the watchman continued to walk forward while knocking on his clapper.

When the sound of clappers got farther and farther away, someone poked his head out from the door of the Earth Temple that was opened and closed just now, and after confirming that there was no one around, that person stretched out his hand to close the door of the Earth Temple, and then Picking up a branch and plugging it in the door, he turned around and said, "Doctor Liu, come out!"

Even though the voice was deliberately lowered, it was still clear that it was a woman's voice.

Doctor Liu, who came out from the chubby land god enshrined in the middle of the earth temple, sighed slightly, and looked at the girl in front of him.

When she escaped from the Fang family mansion together with him, she was still dressed in brocade robes, with two or three seemingly inconspicuous but valuable hairpins on her hair.

Right now, she has changed into a dirty robe, her hair is messy wrapped in a scarf, her face is dark, she looks like a beggar who came from nowhere.

Seeing this, Dr. Liu couldn't help but sighed again, and looked down at himself: She is a little beggar, and he is an old beggar, they are just the same.

He's just an ordinary doctor, and he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Fang family and the two adults in the yamen. How can you refuse if you want to refuse when you come to the door?
I had no choice but to accept this job. I thought this job would be very simple. I just need to lead Miss Fang San out, and then take Miss Fang San to the yamen.

It's just that a task of leading the way that seems simple no matter how you think about it will be outrageous until the moment he leads Miss Fang San out of the Fang family mansion.

The two of them had just come out of the Fang family's mansion. After a little disguise, when they reached the gate of the yamen, they saw that Miss Fang's people were already guarding the gate of the yamen.

The reason for guarding is obvious, as long as the two of them show up, they will be arrested immediately.

The two of them are not masters of disguise, it's good that they are not familiar with this disguise ability, they appeared at the gate of the yamen majestically, and it's strange that they entered the gate of the yamen under the eyes of everyone.

He failed to enter the yamen within an hour after leaving Fang's house, and it became more and more difficult after that.The members of the Fang family took turns guarding three rounds a day, just to prevent the two of them from showing up.

The two people at the yamen are not easy to mess with. During these days when the two of them stayed in the Earth Temple, they saw countless waves of people passing by here to search for the whereabouts of the two of them.

If it is said that a few days ago, they could only search secretly, but these days, due to the victimization of a young woman outside the city, the entire Yancheng has already started a house-to-house search.

Even though they were hiding in this earth temple, no one except the blind old man knew their whereabouts, but they searched from house to house, maybe they would not find themselves one day.

The two huddled in the land temple tremblingly, and could only borrow food from the "land". It was a trivial matter not to have enough to eat and not to wear warm clothes. Doctor Liu took the steamed bun handed over by Miss Fang San, took a hard bite, and burst into tears Rushing down: "Miss Fang San, we didn't do anything evil, did we?"

He is a doctor, not only has he not done any evil things, but he is serious about prescribing medicines to help people treat diseases, and sometimes wipes zeros on people.Even if he is not a great person, he has never done anything wrong.

If it was placed in the past, he would definitely not feel that one day he would need to hide in the earth temple like this, and borrow food from the "earth" every day to survive.

"Miss Fang San, I'm just a doctor. I don't want to be rich, but I also don't want to live such a hard life." After biting off a mouthful of dry steamed buns, Doctor Liu wiped his tears with his sleeve indiscriminately, in a low voice Said, "I don't want to hide."

The opposite party was not much better than him. Fang Zhixiu, who had changed from a lady from the richest family in Baoling to a "beggar", paused when she heard the words, but didn't speak immediately.

Dr. Liu didn't wait for her answer, but continued, "I won't hide it from you. In fact, Lin Shaoqing asked me to invite you out in the first place. Miss Fang San, you... you better go back!"

As long as Miss Fang San goes back, he can go back to his Liu Rentang in an open and honest manner.

The moonlight slanted in from the door of the earth temple with several big holes in it, illuminating the face of the girl on the opposite side. The dirty face looked ridiculous, but the expression on the face was calm.

"I know the two people in the yamen deliberately asked Dr. Liu to tell me." The girl took a bite of the steamed bun, chewing slowly, probably after chewing for a long time, and the dry steamed bun also chewed out a bit of sweetness , she chewed slowly, and said, "It is enough that Zhou Fang's high fever persists as a fact."

The astonishment on Dr. Liu's face didn't stay for a moment before it turned into relief and helplessness: "So you already knew."

"I know you all think I'm worrying about Zhou Fang's affairs, and I'm in a daze." The girl bit the steamed bun and said, "Actually, I knew it was a bait from the beginning, but...just..."

The girl spoke with tears in her eyes, she stretched out her hand to wipe her eyes indiscriminately, and said: "You don't understand, Doctor Liu, I haven't told him... Tell him I like him, I'm afraid I won't tell him at this time It's too late."

Is it just for this reason?Dr. Liu's relief and helplessness turned into astonishment: he understands the truth, but is it just because of this reason?
"Life and death are impermanent, I don't want to gamble." The girl said sobbingly, squatting down against the temple door.

Dr. Liu bit the steamed bun and looked at the girl squatting down against the temple gate, with a complicated expression on her face.

The Fang family, the richest man in Baoling, is probably unknown in the entire Jiangnan Road.Knowing that the Fang family is not only rich, but the family's wealth is probably the most famous in the entire Jiangnan Road.

If it's just money and wealth, it's not enough to be called "few people don't know about it". Compared with Jiangnan's farewell to the wealthy family, this Fang family is a little more special in that the head of the Fang family is a woman.

No matter what the reason is that there are no males in the Fang family of this generation, one thing is certain is that the four sisters of the Fang family are indeed women who can be singled out in the entire Jiangnan Road.

This kind of woman who is running around outside and dealing with men is no less inferior is certainly not the kind of frail woman who hides in the back house and cries.

The Fang family sisters have different temperaments, but one thing is the same, these girls are all tough people.

The third Miss Fang in front of him is also the same, and Yancheng also has the property of the Fang family. As one of the famous doctors in Yancheng's platoon, he may have known the sisters of the Fang family for a long time.

In his impression, Miss Fang San was an intelligent, decisive, and meticulous person.But since Zhou Fang's accident, she has changed, and she echoed Miss Fang's words: Third Sister is in a daze.

After decades of practicing medicine, he has seen everyone. It seems that he has seen a lot of men and women who are so deeply involved in love. Therefore, the change of Miss Fang San's "goofing off" is not surprising to him. .

It's not that it's "fainted" and it doesn't know that it's a trap that hasn't gotten in without thinking.

But at this moment, listening to the sobbing girl leaning against the temple gate, she took off the mask called "toughness" in the usual days, and the other side of the girl in front of her appeared in front of her without any concealment.

There was more pity in Dr. Liu's eyes: the parents of the previous generation of Fang's family left early, but the few girls who did not have their parents' protection had a hard time.Maybe it's because the girls of Fang's family are too strong, and sometimes people forget that they are also girls, have emotions, cry, and have a soft daughter's side.

The sweetheart is suffering because of herself, and it is very possible that she will be separated from life and death. She can't ignore it after all.

"I quarreled with him before he left," the girl covered her face, biting the steamed bun in her hand with tears in her eyes, "I was dizzy by Chen Wanyan's death, but he suddenly He ran over, pulled me out of the house, and told me that he liked me very much, liked me very much, and it was the first and only time in his life that he liked a girl so much. I... Of course I am happy, but I am not surprised, I know he likes me, and I can feel that he likes me. But at that time, for some reason, what I said actually told him, "Don't talk, don't love each other all day long, it's important now", he said the next day I have something to leave, and then I heard from him again..."

Doctor Liu felt sore when he heard this: Miss Fang San, who was always sensible, was also rational at that time, but her reason finally came to an end before Zhou Fang went to her death. No wonder such annoyance and remorse made her ignore it even though she knew it was a trap. up.

"I..." Dr. Liu opened his mouth, sighed, and said, "I see, Miss Fang San. Just ask Zhou Fang, don't rush into the yamen like this, otherwise, Miss Fang, you are trespassing on the yamen. , Mr. Lin and the others seem to be trying to trick Zhou Fang into saying something."

He guessed the clichés in Zhou Fang's mouth. He didn't know much about these things, but he could vaguely guess the intentions of both parties.In fact... Dr. Liu was silent about the note in his sleeve pocket: He was planning to find a way to deliberately reveal his whereabouts, after all, the days of hiding in the ruined temple were very uncomfortable.Now that Miss Fang San said that, it made his already somewhat "unbearable" mood more complicated.

Infatuated children in this world!Dr. Liu shook his head: Maybe it's because I'm getting older, and I'm more likely to be moved by such things!

Seeing Dr. Liu shaking his head and nibbling on steamed buns, he turned to the God of Earth enshrined in the middle, and the back of the God of Land was moved aside.

Only then did Third Miss Fang put down her hand covering her face, but the scattered tears on her face had already been wiped dry.

They have been hiding in the body of this "land" these days, and they just stay in it like this.As long as they don't deliberately make any noise, people outside will not notice the two of them.But Dr. Liu couldn't bear it any longer. Two days ago, when someone came, she made a noise. Fortunately, she pretended to be "meow" in time to dispel the doubts of outsiders for the time being.

If this goes on, if Dr. Liu doesn't cooperate, the whereabouts of the two of them will be discovered sooner or later.Miss Fang San got up and stuffed the last mouthful of dry steamed buns into her mouth: what she said just now was not false, and she really regretted it.

But she, Fang Zhixiu, is not the kind of person who just stays in place and just regrets and cries, she must find a way to meet Zhou Fang.

Now that Dr. Liu is moved by her, for the time being, she has one heart with her, she has to find a way quickly.

Although Dr. Liu mentioned "house-to-house searches in the city" just now, he didn't mean to persuade her to take the initiative to show up, but this matter itself is a fact. Those guards are very meticulous, and sooner or later they will find the Earth Temple. What should I do?Fang Zhixiu thought.

The house-to-house searches, though meticulous, were not quick.After all, it is a matter of "not having both" to be fast and meticulous.

It was five days later when the officers and soldiers in the city found the street where the Earth Temple was located.

Although they promised not to say anything and not reveal their whereabouts, the two of them are considered to be "a group" at the moment. Seeing that the officers and soldiers will find them in half a day, even Dr. Liu was a little scared, so he swallowed his saliva and asked Fang Zhixiu: "Miss Fang San, what should we do now?"

He agreed to cooperate, but if Third Miss Fang couldn't help it, the two of them would be caught.

Fang Zhixiu glanced at Doctor Liu, and said, "Don't worry, Doctor Liu, I already have a solution."

What can you do?Dr. Liu muttered, looking at Fang Zhixiu who hadn't left these days, and thought.

Fang Zhixiu didn't make a sound, nor did she look back at Dr. Liu, she just clenched a hairpin hidden in her hand that had been sharpened over time, bit her lip and lowered her eyelids: If there is no other way then, she might have to I'm sorry for Dr. Liu, the worst thing is to take Dr. Liu as a hostage and leave.

It's a pity that there are officers and soldiers patrolling all the streets in Yancheng now, and there are almost more officers and soldiers in the city than ordinary people. She just wants to leave, but as soon as she leaves this land temple, she runs the risk of being discovered on the street.In the past few days, even the beggars who used to come to the earth temple to rest have disappeared.

Fang Zhixiu didn't believe it was a coincidence, the two people in the yamen should have temporarily "invited" the beggars in the city out of the city early in the morning in order to prevent the possibility of "beggars".

Right now, apart from taking Dr. Liu hostage, she really can't think of any other way.Of course she knew it was a stupid way, but... Fang Zhixiu smiled wryly: She really couldn't do it.

This earth temple has protected her for a long time. Fang Zhixiu bowed to the dilapidated earth statues in the middle: Gods and Buddhas have spirits. If she can protect her this time and see Zhou Fang, the believer will definitely come back and rebuild. Earth Temple, so that gods and Buddhas no longer suffer from dilapidation!
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