Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Escape to a Foreign Land

Besides, Tan Xiaoku, who was trapped in the tomb passage, was desperate when he heard Zhu Zixiang say that more than ten square meters of soil had been piled up at the entrance of the tomb passage, because there was not much air in the tomb passage, and the candles were about to go out. At this critical moment, Zhu Zixiang said: "The problem is not as serious as you think. If we have to shovel this pile of soil to escape, we might as well sit and wait for death." Tan Xiaoku asked: "Could it be that Master has other escape methods?" Zhu Zixiang didn't say much, and while the candlelight was still on, he used a steel drill to dig the wall on the right side desperately. As the bricks fell off one after another, a miracle appeared again-the right side was also a tomb passage!Tan Xiaoku was stunned, he didn't understand how many passages there were in this labyrinth-like tomb.When he walked out of the corridor with his master, he suddenly realized that there are only two passages in this tomb, and these two passages are actually separated by a wall!Xiao Ziyu and the others didn't know this secret, and death became their only ending.

The two masters and apprentices disguised the entrance to the tomb. At that time, the bell of Xianren Temple came from the mountain. In order to save time, they left the scene in a hurry. On the way back to the city, Tan Xiaoku, who was walking in front, noticed two dark figures not far away. He sent a signal to the master, and the two hurriedly hid in the wormwood bushes on one side.After a while, the two black shadows came over, talking while walking.When they left, Tan Xiaoku asked Zhu Zixiang in a low voice: "Master, can you recognize who these two people are?" Zhu Zixiang said: "There is a person whose voice is very familiar, and I can't guess who they are at the moment."

Tan Xiaoku said: "One is Zhang Xianfan, and the other is Jiang Xinghe's housekeeper Li Shiyan. In the middle of the night, it turned out that Jiang Xinghe was also eyeing this place." "People die for money, birds die for food, these people are simply crazy. Xiaoku, you go back and pack your things, I have to go and see these two guys." "Master, where are we going?" "Anyway, I can't stay in Duliang. I'll talk about it when I come back. It's better to bring as little stuff as possible." Before leaving, Tan Xiaoku remembered that the key was still at Xiao's house, so he asked Zhu Zixiang.

Zhu Zixiang said, "My key was searched by the jailer the day I entered the prison, and they said that no metal objects could be brought in. It's all right, I found a strong stick and picked the lock, anyway, I won't be able to come back here in the future." After the master and apprentice separated, Tan Xiaoku returned to Dalang Lane, remembering that the iron rod used by old man Yuan next door was hidden in the stove under the eaves of the corridor, so he found it and picked the lock.After the door was opened, the room was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers. Tan Xiaoku touched the darkness and lit the tung oil lamp, but saw that the objects were covered with thick gray spots.He didn't care too much about it, first found four baskets and two poles, and then got under the bed to take out the suitcase.He wrapped the money in cloth and placed it at the bottom of the basket, and covered it with some rags.When he put the empty suitcase back under the bed, he alarmed the old man next door.Old man Yuan called "Zhu Zixiang" a few times, but seeing no one answered, he said, "Could it be that there are thieves? I have to ask someone to go over and have a look."

When Tan Xiaoku heard that more people were going to be alarmed, he quickly responded, "Old Man Yuan, it's me!" "It's a little suffering, why don't I tell you why, I thought it was a thief." "You're my master, of course I can't agree." "Where is your master? I heard that he has been released from prison—I don't know how much of Zhige Ting's rumors are true." "My master hasn't come out yet, but he's coming out soon." Tan Xiaoku hoped to end the conversation with old man Yuan as soon as possible. "So there is some basis for Zhigeting's words, and it's not all groundless."

"That's right, there are no waves without wind." "Xiaoku, I haven't seen you these days, where have you been?" "I... didn't go anywhere." "How is it possible? A living person wants to eat and drink, but why didn't he go anywhere? You don't want to tell me." "Uncle Yuan, I'm very tired. I'm going to rest. I don't have the energy to talk to you." Only then did Old Man Yuan take a break, Tan Xiaoku finished packing up, just in time Zhu Zixiang came back, he asked, "Are you ready?" Tan Xiaoku didn't speak, but gestured and pointed to the next door, Zhu Zixiang understood and stopped speaking, but his words were still heard by old man Yuan: "Little Ku, Xiao Ku, are you asleep? I heard your master is Tell me, is he back?"

Tan Xiaoku stuck out his tongue, and then pretended to be dreaming: "Bad... almost going to sleep..." "Xiaoku, you are talking in your sleep. You must have lost your soul in fright outside. I have to teach your master to go to the crossroads to call for you for three nights. If your master is not at home, I will call for you—poor boy, even I don’t have any relatives who call me souls.” Old man Yuan kept talking next door, which made the master and apprentice dare not make a sound or move anything.Fortunately, everything has been packed, and the two each picked up a load and went out.Leaving Dalang Lane, the two breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Zixiang saw a quilt on top of one of Tan Xiaoku's baskets, and said, "Throw away the quilt!"

Tan Xiaoku was puzzled: "Anyway, it's not heavy. It just takes up some space. It's already autumn, so I need to use it at night." Zhu Zixiang said: "It's all trivial things, you see for yourself, what does it look like to go out like this?" It was only then that Tan Xiaoku realized that when he went out with the quilt, he could tell at a glance that he was fleeing from famine, and it was easy to expose the target, so he quickly threw the quilt away. At the entrance of the downtown area, it was time to choose the direction. Tan Xiaoku stopped and looked back at Zhu Zixiang: "Master, how do we go?"

Zhu Zixiang was also at a loss. He thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the west. There are high mountains and dense forests, and there are few people. There should be a place for us to live." Tan Xiaoku then went west, out of the city, and couldn't help asking: "What are those two people doing in Tanjia Village?" "You mean Zhang Xianfan and Jiang Xinghe's housekeeper, they also know that tonight is Xiao Ziyu's day to finish work, so they came here specially to inquire about the facts." Tan Xiaoku said: "Then they came late and didn't see anything."

"Exactly. I'm afraid they know where the tomb is." "Do they know?" "Fortunately, they don't know, that Jiang Xinghe's butler is still complaining all the way - if it was half an hour earlier, they would have seen the scene." "Master, you should rest assured now, no one will know about this tomb anymore." "Not necessarily, at least one person knows. Fortunately, even if he knew, he would not dare to touch my family's ancestral grave." "Who is he?" "Xiao Ziyu's old butler, he has been here before."

"Actually, if someone knows, there is no need to worry. There are so many organs and traps in the tomb. Everyone knows that the royal tomb was not easily excavated. Especially this time, so many people died, which will make many people frightened. " The two talked all the way and hurried on the road. When they arrived in Xixiang, it was dawn, and there were early-rising farmers standing in the fields watching the rice that was about to ripen.Zhu Zixiang and Tan Xiaoku dressed like peddlers going out. There are many people dressed like this on the road, so they don't attract attention.After passing Xixiang, there was Fengmu Ridge in front of them. The master and apprentice did not dare to go any further, so they ate at the restaurant on the stilts at the foot of the mountain. There were many out-of-towners living in the shop, and they all rushed here yesterday afternoon, because they were afraid of the robbers in front, they rested and crossed the col together the next day.After Zhu Zixiang's master and apprentice had breakfast, another group of porters and traders arrived one after another, there were nearly a hundred of them, and then everyone encouraged each other. Even so, when the team arrived at Maple Ridge, people were still worried, and they dared not show their spirits... ...Fortunately, the Maple Ridge bandit didn't come out that day.After passing the col, everyone was relieved and talked more. If there are words, it will be long, and if there are no words, it will be short.But Zhu Zixiang claimed to be surnamed Liu, and it was the first time he took his apprentice out to do business.The fellow travelers believed it was true and enthusiastically introduced the business conditions in various places.Zhu Zixiang was just perfunctory, Tan Xiaoku followed the brigade, went out hungry and thirsty, stayed in the hotel every night, and arrived at the Wangxiang Inn in Jingzhou the next afternoon.Wangxiang Inn is Tan Xiaoku's sad place, where his father died.Now that he is fleeing, and the owner of the inn is from Duliang, Tan Xiaoku didn't want to rest here, but the master couldn't stand the persuasion of his companions, and he was really hungry, so he went into the inn and chose a secluded place to sit. up.Even so, Tan Xiaoku was recognized by the boss Yin Baiyuan.He came over and patted Tan Xiaoku on the shoulder, and said, "Zhang Yazai, long time no see, don't you want to go upstairs and sit down? What have you been doing all this time?" Look at the silver dollar, and then look at the master.Yin Baiyuan also looked at Zhu Zixiang, "This master, let's go up together." Zhu Zixiang heard Tan Xiaoku mentioned this inn, so he said: "Zhang Yazai, it's rare that the boss is so polite, let's go up and have a seat." The two of them followed Yin Baiyuan to the private room on the second floor. Yin Baiyuan closed the door and looked back at Zhu Zixiang: "If my guess is correct, this should be Master Zhu Zixiang." Zhu Zixiang was surprised: "How do you know Zhu Zixiang?" Yin Baiyuan said seriously: "Master Zhu, please don't worry, I know it's fine, I'm a feud of the Xiao family. I'm a place where people from Duliang go out to rest. If there is any news in Duliang, it will be here in two days. You His reputation is very great, and it has been spread like a god in the Jianghu." Only then did Zhu Zixiang feel relieved, and said, "I also know a thing or two about the enmity between your Yin and Xiao families. Today I want to tell you something to be happy about—" "I know." Yin Baiyuan interrupted Zhu Zixiang, "This news was only reported here last night. After hearing about it, our family was so happy that we didn't sleep all night!" Zhu Zixiang was surprised and said: "Impossible, this incident happened only yesterday morning, no matter how fast it spread, it would have reached here today. What kind of incident is Boss Yin talking about?" "What I'm talking about is that Xiao Ziru has fallen and returned to his hometown. It is said that he came back the day before yesterday. What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about Xiao Ziyu—" Zhu Zixiang paused, and said in a low voice, "Don't let this matter go to the outside world. Xiao Ziyu and his twenty dealers died in King Zhu's tomb early yesterday morning!" Yin Baiyuan opened his eyes wide in shock, then clapped his hands and said, "Retribution, retribution, what retribution! How do you know?" "Master and I are also in the tomb. It was the master who activated the mechanism of the tomb and crushed them to death." Tan Xiaoku replied first. "Oh... I understand, I understand why you guys escaped, it's amazing, it's amazing!" Yin Baiyuan stretched out his thumb, and then asked: "Have you thought about where to go?" Zhu Zixiang shook his head: "I haven't thought about it." "In my mind, you are both my benefactor and a great hero. If you don't think about a good place, I really hope you can stay in Jingzhou so that I can try my best to take care of you." "I know Boss Yin is sincere, but Jingzhou is not far from Duliang after all, and there are so many people, I'm afraid it's not safe." "Master Zhu's words are wrong. In fact, the more dangerous the place is, the safer it is. In addition, I am a window here, and I will hear any news in time. This is much better than going to other places to be blind or deaf." Tan Xiaoku felt that Yinbaiyuan's words were reasonable, and his father's grave was also here, which urgently needed to be repaired, so he said: "Master, what Boss Yin said is the truth, let's stay here." Zhu Zixiang said: "Since it's Boss Yin's kind intentions, let's stay here. There's only one thing, there are so many people coming and going in this inn, it's absolutely unacceptable. I want to ask Boss Yin to help buy a secluded house. " Yin Baiyuan nodded and said: "This is the best, it's not difficult to buy a house, you live here first, and I'll send someone to do it." The three of them were talking upstairs, and a waiter served the food.Before they finished eating, the fellow travelers who ate below had already finished their meal and were ready to go on the road.Someone remembered Zhu Zixiang's master and apprentice, and shouted: "Master Liu, have you eaten yet? It's time to hurry while the weather is cool." "Eat, eat, come!" Zhu Zixiang put down the bowl and chopsticks and said to Yin Baiyuan, "Please, we have to deal with it." Zhu Zixiang's master and apprentice set off with the team again. Before leaving Jingzhou City, Zhu Zixiang lied that he wanted to see the business situation in Jingzhou, said goodbye to his companions, and returned to the Wangxiang Inn after a half-circle.Yin Baiyuan had already sent his staff into the city to inquire about houses, and he arranged for Zhu Zixiang's master and apprentice to live temporarily in the most remote back hall. Two days later, the house was finally settled. Zhu Zixiang paid the rent and bought some daily necessities, and the savings he brought were exhausted.Yinbaiyuan was very polite and gave the two enough food and oil for two months. The house is in the south of Jingzhou, less than two miles away from the Wangxiang Inn, and the location is relatively secluded, which meets the requirements of the master and the apprentice.After moving, Tan Xiaoku went to Huanggouao.There are luxuriant grasses on the cemetery. This is a random graveyard, and even during the Ching Ming Festival, few people visit it.Tan Xiaoku's sudden arrival disturbed the poisonous snakes and hares in the grass, and they plowed the grass like fast boats sailing through the water as they fled one after another... It took Tan Xiaoku a long time to find the tomb bag with three stones—this is his father's tomb.He took out paper money, joss sticks and offerings to worship his father, and then went to the quarry to order a tombstone, and then set a date to erect the monument and repair the tomb.The stele reads: The tomb of my old father, Mr. Tan, Lao Gua Xianxiao, and the filial man, Tan Xiaoku, were erected in the autumn of the seventeenth year of the Republic of China. The tombstone was erected, and Tan Xiaoku knelt in front of the grave and said, "Father, your biggest wish in this life is not to cut off the incense. My son must live a good life and fulfill your long-cherished wish." When Tan Xiaoku returned to his new home from the cemetery, Zhu Zixiang said, "I finally settled down today, but we still have to eat. After all, his care is temporary. We need to find something to do to make a living." Tan Xiaoku said: "You can ask Yinbaiyuan, he has a lot of experience and knowledge, and he will show us a good way." Zhu Zixiang said: "There is no need to bother others. We are still in our old business. If you don't want to, you can ask the silver boss for help." Tan Xiaoku said: "I don't have any reluctance, I'm just afraid that Master will get tired of this job." Zhu Zixiang said: "You have to do it even if you are tired. I was thinking that a person's career may be a gift from God. Once you do it, you will never want to change it for the rest of your life." After the two masters and apprentices discussed it, they began to go to the streets and alleys of Jingzhou, wherever there was the sound of firecrackers, and then inquired about the financial situation of the bereaved family.If they are rich, they will sneak into the cemetery at night and peel off the "ghost skin".Although they can't make a fortune in this way, they have no worries about food and clothing. Yin Baiyuan really kept his promise, and whenever he heard news from Duliang, he would tell it in time.He said that one day not long after the master and apprentice moved, a suspicious person checked into the Wangxiang Inn and asked about Tan Xiaoku's whereabouts whenever he met.According to Yin Baiyuan's description, this person is most likely Zhang Xianfan. Yin Baiyuan said that this man rode a tall bay red horse. He went out during the day and didn't know where he went. When he came back at night, he was approached by all the old traders and porters who had been walking on this road for many years. Zhu Zixiang told Yin Baiyuan that this person has bad intentions and must not let him know about this place.In order to avoid encountering Zhang Xianfan, the master and apprentice did not go out during the day, and even asked their neighbors to do the shopping for them.On the seventh day, Yin Baiyuan came to tell him that the man had returned to Duliang.The two masters and apprentices went out for activities again.Fortunately, no one came to them after that. Time flies, and it will be the eve of the Qingming Festival in the second year in a blink of an eye.I don't know who made the rules, all tomb robbers have to close their business for a period of time around Qingming.Maybe it is because the descendants of the tomb owner will come back to sweep the tomb during this period, which is easy to be exposed, maybe it is to give the people in the tomb a holiday.What is the reason, even the tomb robber himself can't tell. At this time, Tan Xiaoku also thought of the ancestral graves far away in Duliang, and felt that he had to go back to pay homage to the grave no matter what.He mentioned this to his master, and Zhu Zixiang also expressed his support.Tan Xiaoku asked a blind fortune teller in Jingzhou City to check the date, and decided to go back on the fifth day before Qingming Eve.According to the custom of sweeping graves, "the first three and the last four", it happened to catch up with the time. On the morning when Tan Xiaoku was going back to Duliang to visit the grave, the master and apprentice were about to eat when Yin Baiyuan came over with a basket.There was good wine and fish in the basket, Zhu Zixiang said: "Boss Yin is always like this, so we are embarrassed." Yinbaiyuan was very happy and said, "I'm here for a special treat today!" "Is there a happy event?" Zhu and Tan asked in unison. "There is a big happy event, put it on the table first and then talk about it slowly." Yin Baiyuan put the dishes on the table, filled three glasses of wine, took his own glass first and drank, "Drink it up, and I will talk about the happy event after drinking it all." Seeing that Zhu Zixiang's master and apprentice had finished, he filled another three cups and said after drinking: "The news I just heard - the Xiao family has completely collapsed, all the land has been sold, and the farmers are dismissed. This is not enough. The Xiao family The compound is also sold." Zhu Zixiang put down his cup: "Except for Jiang Xinghe, who can afford such a big yard?" He drank the silver and white yuan again, and gave the empty cup to Zhu Zixiang: "Damn it. You're right, the yard was sold to Jiang Xinghe. Let them live." Zhu Zixiang drank a cup and sighed: "The world is impermanent!" Yin Baiyuan said: "It is impermanent to say that there is permanence—their Xiao family bullied us, and since ancient times, the laws of heaven have been clear, and it will be a matter of time before they fall. What's interesting is that the young master of the Xiao family still wants to save face at this point, saying that he is staying for a while. , and move out when the house in the other place is cleaned up." Zhu Zixiang nodded: "It is wisest for his family to move to another place in the current situation." Yin Baiyuan said: "I heard from my guest that the Xiao family can't afford to buy a house at all, maybe they are going to rent a house to live in, and he can say it if they want to save face!" Tan Xiaoku only wanted to go home, and only hoped that Yin Baiyuan would leave quickly, so he said: "It's not surprising that people need face and trees need bark." Yin Baiyuan turned to Tan Xiaoku and said, "I heard from Master Zhu that you are going home to visit the grave. When are you leaving?" Tan Xiaoku said, "I'm leaving right away, and I have to prepare things like incense sticks and paper money." "All these things are available, don't you think you have nowhere to use your strength?" Yin Baiyuan said. "I can't help it. I also want to save some effort. I'm afraid that people will recognize me on Duliang Street." Yin Baiyuan nodded: "That's right, go get busy, your master and I have to drink a few more drinks." "Then I'll be rude, you guys drink slowly." Tan Xiaoku hurriedly picked up two bowls of rice, and then went to the street to buy incense paper.After buying it, I didn't go home, so I went straight to the post road from Jingzhou to Duliang. But he said, "The grass that eats the rain near the cold is desolate, and the wheat seedlings are blown by the wind and the willows are reflected on the embankment. When you have a home and haven't returned, the cuckoo will stop singing in your ears."Tan Xiaoku held up an umbrella, did not talk to anyone along the way, and stayed overnight all the way, and finally arrived in Duliang on the morning of the third day.He lived in the most secluded Rugui Inn, and slept until night before he dared to go out to eat.In the middle of the night, when people were resting, Tan Xiaoku brought the offerings to the grave of his family in Tanjia Village to sweep the grave. He did not dare to set off firecrackers because he was afraid of disturbing the villagers.Fortunately, he brought a lot of paper money, so he felt worthy of his ancestors psychologically. Tan Xiaoku first came to the cemetery of his grandfather, grandmother and higher ancestors in the west of the village.This is the cemetery with the highest status in Tanjia Village. Even at night, it gives people a sense of order and solemnity.Tombstones are erected in front of each tomb, and pines, cypresses and crabapple flowers are planted in some of them.Although Tan Xiaoku hasn't come back for more than a year, there is not a single weed on the ancestral grave.In Duliang, almost every family has set up a "Tsing Ming Society". According to the rules, all those who go to the "Old Tomb Mountain", even if they have no descendants or their descendants are far away from home, the Qingming Society will collectively pay homage to them. Tan Xiaoku swept the graves of the three generations of ancestors above his grandfather, and then came to his mother's cemetery in the southwest.This is a low loess mountain, facing the tall Tongbao mountain far away, separated by a field and the Meidi River passing through the middle of the field.This hill is a cemetery in Tanjia Village whose rank is only higher than that of the "ghost cub" grave in the south of the village. It has a special title in Duliang - "extreme household grave".Most of those buried here are "extinct households" who did not live to the age of sixty and had no children, and some "injured people" who died abnormally and had children.Tan Xiaoku's mother belongs to the latter. In sharp contrast to the ancestral graves not far away, this is a desolate place that few people visit during the day, and it is even more eerie at night, with flickering will-o'-the-wisps from time to time.But Tan Xiaoku doesn't care about these things, he himself is a "professional" in dealing with ghosts.My mother's grave is easy to find. Most of the graves here are not claimed, so there is no need to erect a monument.Tan Xiaoku came to the grave where the stele was erected and lit a candle, and his name, Tan Xiaoku, was engraved on it. The weeds were dense on the grave, Tan Xiaoku put the candle on the stele, found a sickle from the cloth bag to mow the grass on the grave, then laid out the offerings, and burned the money... Just after Tan Xiaoku finished kneeling and raised his head At this time, he suddenly found a black shadow flashing on the upper half of his body in the cemetery not far away, and then disappeared... Based on Tan Xiaoku's experience, it was definitely not a ghost but a human being. He coughed a few times and shouted: "What? Come out soon, I've recognized you!" Tan Xiaoku called out several times, but seeing no one answered, he picked up a stone from the ground, "If you don't come out, I'll throw the stone right away!" There was finally a response from the cemetery: "Don't, don't smash it...it's me..." Tan Xiaoku felt that the voice was very familiar, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Luo Guo'ai, it's you, what are you doing at my graveyard in the middle of the night?" Luo Guo'ao said, "You know best what I want to do." Tan Xiaoku said: "Since our Tanjia Village moved here, we have been making a living by farming, and there have never been high-ranking officials or rich people. Where can we steal the property for you!" "Although your Tan family has been poor for generations, shouldn't I be jealous that King Zhu is buried here?" "It turns out that you were thinking about the tomb of King Zhu. I advise you to put away this idea early. Not to mention you, Luo Guo'ai, even Xiao Ziyu will die in vain!" Luo Guo'ao simply walked over and sat down next to Tan Xiaoku: "Xiaoku, we are suffering brothers and sisters, please tell me where is Zhu Qifeng's tomb? People are very savage, as long as strangers come to peep at the cemetery, they will let vicious dogs bite them. You know the secret, you must tell me!" Tan Xiaoku said: "Don't say I don't know, even if I know, I won't tell you!" "If you don't tell me, don't tell me. I'll find it myself. Why are you being so cruel to me! Xiao Ku, where have you been all this time?" "I was going to ask you, when did you get out of prison? Don't you still have a companion?" "You said Luo Jiancheng, he was tortured to death by the prison tyrant long ago in the prison. I was destined to die, but God took pity on me and let Xiao Ziyu fall from power, and Shu Zhenqian was replaced by the chief and let me go come out." "Shu Zhen made him the chief? How could he be the chief?" "He, now is Jiang Xinghe's guest of honor. Jiang Xinghe can mix well in the prefecture and the province. Just say hello and Shu Zhenqian will be promoted to the director. Xiao Ku, I am going to tell you that the Xiao family has collapsed. He no longer has the ability to investigate what happened between you. Besides, that nerd Xiao Ziru wanted to save face and suffer. He didn't dare to disclose the disappearance of Xiao Ziyu and Zhuang Ke, saying that he farted under the quilt. Yourselves. So, you guys still come back, don’t hide around outside, if you still feel uneasy, go to Jiang Xinghe’s place to find a pier, and make sure no one dares to touch you!” Tan Xiaoku said: "From your tone, you also came out of prison because you recognized Jiang Xinghe and this pier, right?" "That's not true. I was wronged in the first place. The new official Shu Zhenqian took office three times and let me go. This can show that he is just and strict. Xiaoku, believe me, come back quickly. Moved to live in other places, all his properties have been sold to Jiang Xinghe." Tan Xiaoku looked up at the Big Dipper in the sky, and seeing that it was getting late, he stood up and patted Luo Guo'ao on the shoulder and said, "Everyone has his own ambition, thank you for your kindness." Luo Guo'ao looked at Tan Xiaoku, who was a head taller than him, and said, "I haven't seen you for a year, but you have grown taller and become a real adult. How can I find you in the future?" Tan Xiaoku packed up his things and said, "The green mountains are never old, and the green waters flow forever. If there is a destiny, we will meet again." Tan Xiaoku was afraid of being entangled by Luo Guo'ao, so he ran away as if to escape.He went back to Rugui Inn to inquire about the time from the shopkeeper, and it was already an ugly moment, and at this time, he could arrive at the shop on stilts at the foot of Maple Ridge before dawn.He didn't bring any money with him, and he wasn't afraid of the robbers "locking the sheep". There is little gossip, but he said that two days later Tan Xiaoku returned to his home in Jingzhou and told his master what he had seen and heard in Duliang. Except for meeting Luo Guo'ai, Wangxiang Inn had all the other news.Seeing that it was still early, Tan Xiaoku went to the street to buy a sacrificial gift and a large number of firecrackers to visit his father's grave in Huanggou'ao. When Tan Xiaoku came back from Huanggou'ao, Zhu Zixiang greeted him nervously and asked, "Who did you meet besides Luo Guo'ai on this trip back to Duliang?" Tan Xiaoku shook his head: "The only person I know is Luo Guo'ai, and no one else. What does Master mean by asking this?" Zhu Zixiang said: "Our place has been exposed. Just now Zhang Xianfan came and advised us to move back to Duliang."