Gel makeup

Chapter 242

The mother and daughter going to Yanzhou took another passenger ship northward at Liangji Ferry, because it was already late when they disembarked, Siqing, his wife and Sun Chengfu discussed and found an inn along the lake to rest for the night first.Although it took time to enter and leave Pengcheng and cross the provincial border, it was more than enough to arrive at Daming Mansion before August [-]th.

This inn is built near the lake, and there are not many guests.The clerk spoke Mandarin fluently and was very considerate, saying that the provinces and borders are sad these days, and there are even fewer customers in the shop.

Siqing and Xiao Yi lived in a room on the second floor near the lake, and Sun Chengfu lived in the opposite room.

Looking from the room facing the lake, the fishing boats are cruising in the lake, and the lotus in the distance is in flowering stage, the setting sun is setting, and the lake is sparkling, which reminds Siqing of the house she once lived in Jiahe.

For a while, the staff brought the food into the house, including fresh Karma rice, fresh fish and fresh lotus root from the lake.Siqing was seasick and coughed, so she didn't eat much, she just sat by the window and looked at the scenery in a daze. In a daze, she said, "Have you ever been a bandit?"

"Ah?!" Xiao Yi was taken aback.

"No, no, have you seen bandits?"

Xiao Yi laughed, "No."

"Sorry, I thought you might have seen him when you returned to the Imperial Capital from Xijing."

Xiao Yi asked: "What's wrong?"

"It's not safe to go to Daming Mansion from here if you don't take the waterway. 'The ashes are not cold and the Shandong is chaotic', it's safer to focus on bandits."

"Sorry, I haven't seen it before, so I don't know how to learn it. This Shandong is not that Shandong. Besides, I'm pretending to be a bandit. What are you?"

"Bandit woman." Si Qing said very easily.

Xiao Yi was speechless, "You don't have to be so careful, right?"

"Be careful sailing for thousands of years, we can't make any mistakes now."

Xiao Yi loves to be clean, but Si Qing doesn't care about that.The two live in the same room, Xiao Yi can only make do with cleaning.Si Qing saw that he carefully swept the broomstick with one finger and swept the bed a few times, and accidentally swept all the dust onto his clothes, so he dropped the broom to shake the clothes in horror.Siqing wanted to laugh, but she didn't work and was too embarrassed to laugh.Shaking the bed curtain, Xiao Yi asked, "What are you thinking?"

Siqing said: "There is no news in Beijing, I always feel a little uneasy."

"What are they doing, I have to go back to Beijing and settle accounts with them." After speaking, he sighed.

"Thinking about going to the Daming Mansion?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "I was thinking about another thing. I really didn't expect that Lao Jiu would also expand the old vassal land to collect rent."

Siqing smiled, "He's short of money? I don't think so."

"He doesn't get married either, so he doesn't know what he's doing all day long."

"Getting married has nothing to do with making money. When he has money, he can buy ten or eight, and he is even less willing to hire a concubine."

"Ignore him for now, and think about how we will go next, which is safer."

Xiao Yi said: "Don't sit under the window, the wound is afraid of the wind." He raised his hand to close the window, his sleeve slipped down under his armpit, revealing his snow-white skin under the setting sun.Siqing compared her own arm, and she couldn't help being angry. This beautiful woman's skin is whiter than snow, overwhelming all the beauties, but it's a pity that this milky white and smooth arm didn't grow on her body.

She couldn't help reaching out to touch the jade man's snowy skin, but Xiao Yi grabbed her hand, "It's reasonable, you haven't washed your hands yet."

Siqing couldn't help but rushed forward and giggled, "I'm going to touch, I'm going to touch, let's see what you can do?"

The night falls, the moon is reflected in the lake, like the land of weeds in a freehand painting, the sound of water can still be faintly heard when the windows are closed.Siqing thought Linhu was humid, so she lay on the bed without taking off her big clothes.Xiao Yi said with a smile: "Tomorrow's clothes are too wrinkled to look at."

Siqing said: "I haven't slept well all the way, so I'm sleepy today, let me sleep for a while. Don't you think the bed cover is not clean? Just use my clothes as the bed cover."

Xiao Yi had no choice but to blow on the lamp and put on his clothes and fell asleep.

Siqing slept lightly, woke up in the middle of the night by the smell of smoke, and coughed continuously.When she got up, she saw a faint fire outside the door, and hurriedly pushed Xiao Yi awake, "Third Brother! Third Brother!"

Xiao Yi woke up in a daze, coughed and said, "Why are you so choking?!"

Siqing quickly pushed the door open, and Sun Chengfu was standing at the door when it opened, "There's a big fire downstairs, hurry up!"

The three of them went to the stairs on the second floor, but they were forced back by a burst of hot fire smoke.Downstairs there were faint screams, the sound of burning wood, and even the sound of weapons clashing.The three were forced to return to Siqing and Xiao Yi's room, Sun Chengfu said helplessly, "Could it be a black shop?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "Black shops will not burn down their own houses."

Siqing said, "Are you here for us?"

Xiao Yi pushed open the window, and there was lake water under the window. Seeing that the smoke was getting bigger and bigger, choking people, Si Qing pointed to a small boat not far from the window and said, "I'm running out of time, I'll row the boat over and jump off the boat." let's go."

The three of them don't know if there are people waiting in the water, so the first person to jump down is the most dangerous.Although Sun Chengfu couldn't swim, he couldn't put Siqing in danger by saying anything, and said, "I'll go." After speaking, he jumped out of the window.

When both Siqing and Sun Chengfu were paying attention to the boat, the raging fire spread into the house, and the girder suddenly collapsed, and Xiao Yi hurried forward to pull Siqing away.

A moment later, a fire lighted up on the boat, and it was Sun Chengfu who successfully jumped onto the boat, shook the fire, and rowed the boat to the nearest house.

That bit of fire was getting closer and closer to the back wall of the inn, and any closer it would be affected by the flames.Xiao Yi didn't know how to swim, and looked dizzy at the lake. He saw Sun Chengfu move to the bow of the boat and urged them to jump off.Seeing that the fire in the house was getting bigger and bigger and began to collapse, Si Qing didn't even want to grab Xiao Yi by the belt to throw him out first.

Xiao Yi wanted to pull Siqing together, holding Siqing's sleeve tightly, but the moment Siqing threw him out, he tore Siqing's sleeve when he fell, and watched Siqing's figure about to be crushed by raging fire. The fire engulfed.

He roared, fear choked his throat, what he feared most was not drowning, but the separation at this moment.They cannot be separated, no matter how many difficulties and obstacles they have gone through to get to this point, they must not be separated.In desperation, he wanted to call out Siqing's name, but he couldn't hear the sound of the flames burning, he could only hear his own heartbeat.

Since Xining was 18 years old, even though they get together less and leave more, every time he is in a dangerous situation, he believes that with her, everything will turn around.She is sometimes delicate and tactful, but more often indifferent and restrained.He lived under the shadow of his elders since he was a child, and after taking over everything, he made an unfathomable gesture, and finally enjoyed the pleasure of life and death, but he always felt that there was something he lacked, and he couldn't tell.

It wasn't until she was willing to come to Weiyang alone to find him regardless of all dangers, and he hugged her tightly in the rainy night, that he felt that he had everything in this life, beautiful women, love and family, everything was real.Although at a high place, it is not too cold.

He can't lose her, absolutely can't lose her.

Did Xiao Yi fall or jump? He was very clumsy when he fell, and the boat shook violently, almost throwing him into the water.Xiao Yi subconsciously grabbed the edge of the boat, but fortunately Sun Chengfu stood firm and gave him a hand.He frantically moved towards the direction of the flames, and just when he was about to lose his mind, a figure fell from the flames, with fluttering clothes and a light figure, escaped from the engulfment of the flames, he quickly opened his arms, she fell down, he Finally, he hugged her tightly again.

Nothing can beat the joy of regaining something lost, he murmured: "Siqing, Siqing..."

He felt that there was something hard around her neck, and when he looked closely, it was the ruby ​​filigree ring that Xining gave her on the Dantai of Nanshan in the autumn of 21.She went to Yangzhou in modest clothes, wearing a cloth shirt, only a pair of silver hairpins, no jewelry, but tied the ring with a silk thread and hung it around her neck.

Si Qing had just escaped from birth, and she didn't have so many emotions as Xiao Yi, so she immediately brought him back to reality, "The building is about to collapse, let's go."

With a swing, the boat quickly rowed towards the center of the lake.The three of them looked back at the inn, only to see that the two-story building facing the water had been completely engulfed by the fire, and they didn't know if the guests on the first floor and the shop assistants ran away.

Siqing murmured: "Aiming at us? I don't know if other people have run away." Xiao Yi still hugged her tightly, and Siqing said again: "Third brother, I didn't choke to death just now, now I want to I was tied to death by you."

Xiao Yi quickly let go of her, and Sun Chengfu shrank from the bow and looked in another direction.

Ruining Xiao Yi's sentimental and joyful state of mind, Xiao Yi felt as if he had just had a dream, "Are you okay?"

Siqing picked up the broken sleeve, "I'm fine, the sleeve is torn."

Seeing that the whole small building was completely engulfed by the fire, burning ragingly in the dark night, the three of them were all terrified.Siqing said: "If I knew I wouldn't get off the boat, maybe I could go to Daming Mansion safely."

Xiao Yi said: "This should be aimed at us? Does anyone know that we have crossed the provincial border?"

Siqing shook her head, and the boat rowed vigorously to the distance.

I don't know how far they traveled, the three of them were tired and thirsty, Siqing didn't drink raw lake water, the boat happened to approach a small island in the lake, it looked like there was a hill on the island, so the three of them stopped the boat .The three dragged the boat to the case and tied it to a big tree.Siqing and Sun Chengfu suddenly looked up at the same time, Xiao Yi was wondering, but was pushed by Sun Chengfu.Immediately afterwards, a cold sword swished from the dark, and Sun Chengfu and Siqing drew out their weapons at the same time to fight back.

Xiao Yi was taken aback, but he didn't have a weapon on him, and his skills were far inferior to Sun Chengfu and Siqing. He subconsciously stood in front of Siqing, but when he turned his head, Siqing pushed him away, so he had to stand aside Staring at him and ready to help at any time.

The person who jumped out of the dark was short in stature, but nimble in his hands, jumping up and down, with a light body and excellent lightness skills.This person, like Siqing, always plays fast.But before staying at the hotel, Siqing changed a long sword at the pier and held it in the open. This sword was not easy to use, so she gradually couldn't insert the sword, and Sun Chengfu mainly fought with the opponent.

In the dark, Xiao Yi saw a piece of silver light stirring, Siqing was injured, and he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable after struggling with the sword.Just as Sun Chengfu was about to succeed, the man suddenly yelled "Stop!" and put away the sword.

Siqing and Sun Chengfu withdrew their swords at the same time, Xiao Yi was about to step forward, but was blocked by Sun Chengfu.Siqing asked puzzledly, "We are just passers-by, and there is no malice. Who are you?" She got used to it these days and still spoke Wu dialect.The man seemed relieved after hearing this, and even bowed in salute, speaking in a young voice, "May I ask why the three of you are here?"

Xiao Yi wanted to speak, but was stopped by Siqing, who said: "We are going to Dongchang Mansion to visit patients, and we are in a hurry, thinking that if we don't go for two days, we won't be able to see each other for the last time, so we hurry on our way at night. Tired, I want to go to the island to boil some water to drink."

The man stared at Siqing's sword and said, "This...all of you are going to Dongchang Mansion?"

"That's right," Siqing said, "Why do you use your sword indiscriminately, Your Excellency?"

But this person asked: "This... little madam, what is your relationship with Zhong Nanshan Xuan Weiwei?"

Xiao Yi and Sun Chengfu's expressions changed drastically as soon as this sentence came out. Fu Linchuan was Xuanweiguan's lay disciple when he was still called Lu Yuan.The kendo medical skills that Gu Heng Siqing and his sister practiced came from Fu Linchuan, and Fu Linchuan was Xi Zixuan Weiguan.

Siqing smiled, "Then what about your Excellency? You are the first to strike, and you still have to ask me about my connections. There doesn't seem to be such a rule in the road."

The man bowed again and said: "Don't blame me for being rude. Is the young lady a layman or a layman? What is the relationship with Taoist Xuanwei of Zhongnan Mountain?"

Siqing said: "You see through it all, why ask me? It's unnecessary."

The man seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "There is no place to find if you break through the iron shoes, and it will take no effort..." After hearing this, Sun Chengfu pulled out his sword, but was stopped by Siqing, who said: "What are you going to do? "

"Little madam, please don't get me wrong. I know that there is a Daoist priest in Guiguan who is from the Xinglin country. I want to ask my little madam for a favor. I don't know. Now several states south of Daming Mansion are investigating foreigners. There are several boats patrolling. Outsiders have to be interrogated many times in the open and in the dark. Like you, it is impossible to go to Dongchang before the August Festival. As long as the little lady is kind enough to help the next one, then I will definitely help a few I will arrive in Dongchang within three days." The man said respectfully.

Siqing said, "What do you want me to do?"

The man said: "To detoxify, the poison in Guiguan is so powerful, I still hope that the little lady will help."

Siqing asked, "Who was poisoned? Why?"

The man bowed again and said: "My teacher was caught by a strange poison by mistake, it's really a misunderstanding. I searched for Zhong Nanxuan's micro-cosmic disciples in many ways, but I couldn't find it, so..."

"If you have the time to search in many ways, don't you have the time to go directly to the temple to ask?" Si Qing pointed out, "I'm afraid there are other complications, so why don't you dare to go?"

The man's complexion changed, and Siqing continued: "As the saying goes, it is convenient for others to be convenient for oneself. I don't need to ask why you are poisoned, but if you say that you can go to Dongchang safely, you have to do what you say. If we need to save If you buy medicine in the city, you also have to help us."

The man turned into a smiling face, "Of course, it's easy to say. My master is very poisoned, and he is right behind. Please help me, my little madam."

Xiao Yi always felt uneasy, followed the man around the hill on the island to a shelter from the wind, and saw a thatched house.The man said inwardly, "Master, I'm coming in."

As he spoke, he led the three of Siqing in, and said as they walked: "Please take a look, my little lady. If you want any medicinal materials, I will do it immediately." Then he said to the dark room, "Teacher, this little lady is the last one. Nanxuan Weiguan's sect may be able to cure the poison of the mentor."

(End of this chapter)