Chapter 18 Chapter Two

King Ruyang has been a little irritable recently because everything is not going his way.So he really wanted to take advantage of his birthday to get rid of the bad luck of these days.Unexpectedly, such a thing happened again, which made him a little confused.He arranged Xia Liangmei to live in the side hall of the front yard, and sent two of his most powerful men to monitor his every move.He also ordered to send more people to the back house, and no outsiders were allowed to enter. He wanted to see how this madman Xia could cheat his daughter's love. He couldn't get close to Xiao He at all.

On the first day, those two came to report that Xia Liangmei was drinking and singing alone in the house, as if she didn't know that his life was only two days away.King Ruyang listened, smiled coldly, and didn't say anything. The next day, King Ruyang received news again that Xia Liangmei was sleeping soundly with her head covered and hadn't gotten out of bed all day, probably because she drank too much yesterday.King Ruyang frowned, doubts arose in his heart. It was the third day in a blink of an eye.This day until dusk, Xia Liangmei didn't see any movement, and he still didn't leave the house.Now King Ruyang can't sit still, what exactly does this young man want to do?

Xia Liangmei had a relaxed expression on his face. He knew that his every move in the past few days had been watched by others, and he reported it to King Ruyang. This move was what he wanted.He knew that now he had whetted the appetite of everyone in Ruyang Palace, including the person he wanted to pursue. Sure enough, just when the rosy clouds in the sky had just faded away, leaving a color like bloodshot into the clear water, Xia Liangmei had already tidied up from head to toe, he had had a good rest, and what was shown in the bronze mirror was a Pianpian Zhuoshijia son. Just when he had just picked up the folding fan, he heard a soft sound coming from the rear window, it was the sound of accidentally stepping on a branch, someone had already come outside the window, maybe it was the person he had been waiting for all this time.He laughed softly: "Come in, the window is unlocked." He waited for a while, but there was no movement, so he couldn't help frowning, quietly came to the window, and suddenly pushed the window open.

Outside the window was a field of flowers and grass, and there was a person standing on the ground, a woman, but it was not Xiao He, but another person.The woman was wearing a light yellow dress and a black gauze, her face could not be seen clearly, but judging from her figure, she was also a beauty.Standing among the flowers, this woman is as light as a chrysanthemum, and seems to have merged with the surrounding flowers and trees. People are beautiful because of flowers, and flowers are fragrant because of people.It seems that she was born to stand among the flowers, and only the flowers can match her charm.

Xia Liang froze, he didn't know this woman, but after seeing her suddenly, he didn't know what to say.The woman didn't keep him silent for a long time, she opened her mouth and said: "How much worry can you have?" Xia Liang paused, and then said: "An inch of lovesickness and an inch of gray." These two sentences are not related to each other. I was afraid to laugh, but when the woman heard this sentence, her eyes lit up, but her tone was still as cold as ice: "Are you sick?" Xia Liangmei said lightly: "It seems not." The woman said: "Then what the hell are you doing? You only have one night of work left. If you fail, you will be killed in front of the door. Is this true or false?" Xia Liang said with eyebrows: "Of course it is true. I never Don't tell lies." The woman's eyes turned cold, and she said: "Then what about your mission? No one will let you waste time chasing girls." Xia Liang's eyebrows moved, and a note flew in front of the woman, saying : "I never waste time. This night's work, I am sure to succeed. Take a closer look..." The woman stretched out her hand and hesitated for a moment. Suddenly, Xia Liangmei's ears moved slightly, and she turned her head towards the door. Looking around, he said in a low voice: "The Lord is here. In order not to cause misunderstanding, you'd better leave quickly, lest she think..." When he turned his head, he found that there was no one outside the window, only a few roses swaying. In the evening wind, I can no longer see what color it is.

As soon as Xia Liangmei closed the window, the door was kicked open. Xiao He was still dressed in that frightening way, rushing in like a ball of flames. Anyone in this mansion would be as big as a bucket at this time. No one can afford to mess with this aunt, she pouted at some point, causing you to get dozens of boards on your butt.At this time, she rushed straight to Xia Liangmei, staring at him with a pair of big eyes.Xia Liangmei didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and smiled for her to see. Xiao He watched for a long time, then snorted softly, said: "Coward, bah!" Turned around and left.Xia Liangmei didn't ask her, and said to herself: "What are you going to eat tonight? This is the last dinner. If you hit your head to death tomorrow, you won't be able to eat anymore. What are you going to eat..." Xiao He didn't walk fast, as if he was also listening to him, but he didn't say it out loud. He couldn't help hearing it impatiently, turned around and stood still, and said, "I'm going to die tomorrow, and I'm still in the mood to eat? Don't think that I will I have pity on you." Xia Liangmei ignored her, and continued to talk about herself: "There is nothing delicious in this capital city, by the way..." He clapped his hands, his eyes lit up, and said: "Why is it so early? I didn't expect that he was right next to the city, if I could eat the dishes he cooked before I died, it would be worth it."

After he finished speaking, he tore off a curtain in the room excitedly, spread it on the ground, and lit it with a big burning wax, and the room was ablaze for a while.Xiao He was taken aback, thought he was going to burn the house down, and called out: "What are you doing..." As soon as the words fell, two people rushed in from outside the house, they were two cronies of King Ruyang, Xia Liangmei It was them who were waiting, he didn't wait for the two of them to fall to the ground, he was already behind them, one with each hand, grabbed the back of the neck, and bumped the two heads, the two of them knew each other, and passed out without a groan.

Xia Liangmei stepped on the fire extinguisher, opened the window at the back, and walked away on her own, as if she didn't see Xiao He at all. Xiao He yelled at him a few times, but he didn't hear any response. She couldn't help becoming interested in this person, but she said in her mouth: "Don't think that I can be fooled by you. If you want me to fall in love with you, dreaming ! But... going out to play is not bad." On summer nights, the city is still very lively, with red lights everywhere, and the railings of bridges and bridges everywhere are covered with colorful lights. Is it the fairyland that has come to the world, or the tourists who have ascended to the heaven.

Xia Liangmei waved the folding fan in his hand, and walked slowly while looking at the beautiful scenery around him. He really wanted to linger, but he didn't stop. He went straight to the west city.A few steps behind Xia Liangmei, Xiao He pretended to watch the lantern and followed him closely.Occasionally, when Xia Liangmei looked back, Xiao He turned her face away and did not meet him. In this way, the two of them arrived at the west of the city, which was close to the edge of the city. There was a small alley here. place of entry and exit.What delicacies can be found here? But Xia Liangmei looked around, nodded, and walked into the dark alley.Xiao He glanced inward a few times, his face changed a few times, he didn't want to go in, but it seemed to show his courage, anyway, in this city and even within 800 miles away, it is his father who decides, what are you afraid of!

When she saw Xia Liangmei again, it was outside a small restaurant, the restaurant was dirty everywhere, a large fire was lit in front of the door, and a large pot was placed on it, and the white soup inside was boiling. There was a scent she had never smelled before. It smells so good.Her stomach couldn't help rumbling, she hadn't eaten for half a day, Xia Liangmei deliberately walked slowly along the way, and walked straight for more than an hour, it's no wonder she wasn't hungry. Xiao He walked into the restaurant, picked the cleanest table and sat down, a boy with crooked eyebrows came to greet her and asked her what to eat, Xiao He had never been to such a place, and she didn't know what to ask for. He glanced at Xia Liang's eyebrows and saw that he was eating with his head buried. It seemed that he had never eaten such a good thing.He pointed at Xia Liangmei and said, "Give me that." The boy's eyes widened and he said, "You want that too? Then... you girl..." Xiao He He patted the table and shouted: "Grandma wants to eat, bring it quickly."

The man didn't dare to say anything, so he found a big man, pointed at Xiao He, and said a few words. The big man looked at Xiao He, was startled for a moment, then walked to the side of the pot, and fished out a big man with a big strainer. Pass the large piece of meat in cold water, then pick up a two-foot-long thin knife, put the back of the knife on your arm, hold the knife handle upside down, and with a light wave, a piece of meat falls off , which is as thin as paper.The man kept his arms, and in the blink of an eye, a large piece of meat turned into a large plate of meat slices, which were neatly stacked on the plate. The man took a small packet of powder, sprinkled it on the meat slices, and asked the waiter to deliver it. Before Xiao He could eat it, she was first attracted by a strange fragrance.She has never smelled such delicious food since she grew up.At this time, I was hungry and tired, I didn't care about anything, I ate it as soon as I picked it up, I was even more surprised when I took it, the aroma was indescribable. She ate half of the plate before she raised her head and saw Xia Liangmei was looking at her with a smile. He shook the folding fan lightly in his hand, and a new fan surface appeared, with five large characters written on it: Man has no plan or tiger's will. Xiao He glanced at him, but ignored him, at this time Xia Liangmei came over, sat opposite her, shook her head slightly, and sighed a few times.Xiao He has seen this way of striking up a lot of times. Those idle boys and buddies usually put on an unpredictable look to attract her attention, but she doesn't like any of them. Neither can they. Seeing that she didn't respond, Xia Liangmei didn't get angry, and said lightly: "Miss, you are too careless. What kind of place is this, but you can come here at will?" Xiao He snorted and said: " I can go anywhere, do you care?" Xia Liang said with eyebrows: "I can go anywhere, but I may not be able to eat food." Xiao He's heart moved, but her face remained calm, and said: "Auntie can Eating the same food as you is considered a blessing you have cultivated in eight lifetimes, understand? Country bumpkin." Xia Liang raised her eyebrows and folded the fan, revealing the five large characters on the other side: Tigers hurt people's hearts. He smiled lightly and said, "I can eat it, but you can't." As soon as this sentence was finished, Xiao He felt as if a bucket of lead juice was suddenly poured into her head, which was extremely heavy, but her feet were as light as stepping on clouds, and Xia Liang's eyebrows in her eyes suddenly turned into Three, she was taken aback, knowing that she had been fooled, the food was drugged, she shouted: "You dare to attack me, you are not afraid of my father..." She only said these words, She just leaned back, if Xia Liangmei hadn't grabbed her by the hand, the back of Xiao He's head would have hit the blue stone on the ground firmly. Xia Liangmei and the big man who cut the meat looked at each other, and they both smiled slightly.The big man put down the knife and stood with his hands behind his back, his manner was not like a cook selling food in a back alley, but like a third-rank official standing in a government office.But the most unexpected thing is that this person is actually a court official. Xia Liang smiled, and said: "I never thought Mr. Qian's 'White Water Sheep's Head' is really good." Qian Daye also smiled lightly: "Where, these are all the skills of Ma Changshan, an old man in the capital, I can only learn superficially. .If it wasn't for him being sick and unable to come, where would I be able to extend my hand?" Xia Liangmei said: "Master Qian is too modest, in my opinion, even if you are not an official, opening a sheep's head shop must be a daily progress Dou Jin, don't talk about others, my surname Xia will be the first to praise you." Qian Daye raised his eyebrows, and said: "It's not certain. I'm a fool, maybe the store sells dog meat. I just hope that you, Mr. Xia, don't follow me." Xia Liang closed her folding fan, and said with a faint smile: " That depends on who the client is." He suddenly pointed at Xiao He who was leaning on the table, and said, "Is the medicine heavy for her?" Qian Daye said, "It's not too heavy, and I'll wake up in a while, but I can't speak for a day, and my hands and feet can't move." It's numb, just can't stand up." Xia Liangmei nodded, and said, "Where is Zhou Shangshu?" Qian Daye pointed to the back, Xia Liangmei carried Xiao He and walked towards the back door, before he walked out of Qian Daye In front of his eyes, Qian Daye suddenly asked: "You... You are in the Ruyang Palace, can you see that person?" Xia Liangmei turned her head and found that there seemed to be something special in Qian Daye's eyes. Xia Liangmei paused for a moment, then said, "I think I saw it." Qian Daye's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How is she?" Xia Liang said with eyebrows: "Very good." Qian Daye nodded and stopped asking. Xia Liang walked through the back door with Xiao He on his shoulders, and saw a long corridor with long burning lights on both sides, without a single figure, making the sound of his footsteps very clear.After passing through this corridor and through a secret door, he came to a small courtyard, which was elegant and quiet. Two little girls with yellow flowers stood at the end of the courtyard and pushed open the door of the main room for him. . Zhou Wen had already arrived in Zhongdu City early in the morning, and the only ones protecting Zhou Wen along the way were the 300 old troops from when he was a general, all of whom entered the city in disguise. His visit this time was sent by the emperor, it was extremely secret, even the ministers in the court didn't know about it, only knew that the two adults from the Ministry of Punishment had been dispatched as imperial envoys to patrol outside, but they didn't know that their real destination was Zhongdu.And why did they come here secretly?They hide their identities so much, do they have any ulterior secrets? Xia Liangmei put Xiaohe on the big chair in the middle, and Zhou Wen came over immediately. There was still a person standing in the room, who was an insider in Zhongdu City. She, that's her." Zhou Wen glanced at Xia Liangmei with admiration, and said, "How did you trick her out?" Xia Liangmei smiled lightly, and said, "Confucius said that only women and villains are difficult to support. The daughter of the royal family is even more difficult, if it weren't for Mrs. Qian's superb craftsmanship, it would not be so easy." Zhou Wen sighed, and said: "I can't think of a word, I can deceive her, if I knew it, why would we bother?" Excuse me?" Suddenly he shouted in a low voice: "She is about to wake up, be careful not to reveal my identity." He took a handkerchief and covered Xiao He's eyes so that she could not see his own. face. Xiao He snorted softly in her nose, as if she had woken up, she suddenly let out an exclamation, but she couldn't move.Zhou Wen drank hoarsely: "Don't speak loudly, or your little life will be sent here." Xiao He didn't dare to speak anymore, because she couldn't move, and couldn't see any light, she was so scared that she shed tears out.After all, she has grown up so much, and she has never encountered such a situation. Xia Liangmei said: "Okay, I have finished what you want me to do, where is the person I want?" Zhou Wen still hoarse: "It's in the inner room, you can go and see for yourself, after you have seen it, you can take it with you." she left." Xiao He seemed to recognize Xia Liangmei's voice, and let out another half cry, but swallowed the second half in her stomach.Xia Liangmei didn't care about anything else, turned around and walked into the inner room. The room was brightly lit, and there was a large chair in the middle, on which a woman in colorful clothes was sitting quietly with her head down.The hair cascaded down like a waterfall, covering her face.But just from this figure, it can be seen that it is a beautiful woman. Xia Liangmei's hands trembled a little, he approached slowly, and said dryly: "You...I'm here." The woman seemed to be asleep and didn't hear her.Xia Liangmei walked a few steps closer, and repeated it again, but the woman still ignored her, Xia Liangmei had already walked up to the woman, he stretched out his hand, and slowly lifted the woman's long hair. Under the long hair was a pale and bloodless face. Although it was beautiful, it was lifeless. It was the face of a dead person.Xia Liangmei's body froze suddenly, and at this moment he felt something was wrong. At the moment when Xia Liangmei was startled, the woman suddenly extended her arms, and the two sharp knives drew two black lights, stabbing at Xia Liangmei's chest. After being able to react, he slammed on the iron bridge, and the back of his head almost touched the ground, avoiding the blow.Then he snapped back like a spring and punched out. The woman missed a hit, but she saw the opportunity very quickly, she immediately turned sideways and flew five feet away, at the same time, countless ambushes suddenly appeared in the room. There were two clanks under the chair, and two steel tongs were stretched out, pinching Xia Liangmei's legs to death. An iron cage fell from the ceiling out of thin air, covering him, the chair and the occupants. Each iron bar was as thick as a chicken. Suddenly, more than 20 big men rushed in from all directions, each with a spear in their hands, aiming at Xia Liangmei in the cage. Xia Liangmei's legs were pinned, unable to turn around, he has become a caged bird. Zhou Wen walked in slowly, stood in front of Xia Liangmei, sneered, and said, "I didn't break my promise, you saw her, to be exact, you saw her face, now you can go with her." Xia Liang His eyebrows trembled violently suddenly, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets: "Why did you do this to her? What did she do wrong?" He questioned Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen suddenly smiled bitterly: "I don't know what she did wrong, but what did my wife do wrong? Why do you insist on her? After she was insulted by you, she hanged herself. She died a good death, a good death! ..." He turned around suddenly and shouted, "Kill!" As soon as the word was uttered, thirteen long spears pierced through the iron bars and stabbed in together.At this time, Xia Liangmei has no way to go to the sky, no way to enter the earth, he is already a mouse in a cage, a fish in a net, what else can he do? He survived.Xia Liangmei suddenly roared, threw away the fan in her hand, stretched out her hand from her bosom, and took out his weapon. No one had ever seen him use a weapon, and there was no second person in the world who used this kind of weapon, even people Can't even think about it. He uses books.A book without words, a book without words. As soon as the book was released, it turned into two copies. He swung his hands left and right, and six and a half pairs of the thirteen spears were broken. Going to the forest of guns, and then I pushed my feet hard, and the chair and the steel tongs "cracked" and split into two halves. Amid the shouts of everyone, Xia Liangmei cut off the steel tongs and came out through the surrounding area. With iron shrouded on all sides, how could he break out?Of course Xia Liangmei has a solution, the Wordless Book in his hand can break both the gun barrel and the iron fence.But how could Zhou Wen only do this?As soon as he clapped his hands, countless cold lights flew from the walls in all directions. They were countless hidden weapons, throwing knives, poisonous needles, steel darts, crossbow arrows, soul-chasing threads, and soul-destroying threads. These hidden weapons have only one target. iron cage.The people outside the cage have already retreated to the side. Xia Liangmei shouted loudly, flashed off the coat on her body, turned it around, and the cold light in the sky disappeared. Xia Liangmei blocked a burst of arrows, and before the second wave of attack launched, there was no word in the book With one swing, three iron bars were cut off, and he kicked the broken bars away with one kick, and jumped out.But at this moment, his body shook suddenly, his legs went limp, and he almost sat on the ground. This is not a poison attack, but a sign of numbing, and the feeling is spreading rapidly to the extremities.But it didn't make him lose consciousness physically.It seemed that the anesthetic was not heavily applied, perhaps because he would have noticed if it had been applied heavily.This anesthetic is exactly the same as the one in Xiao He. That white water sheep head! Zhou Wen sneered: "Since you're here, can I still let you go? The anesthetic is not heavy enough to prevent you from noticing it, but as long as you use your true strength, you will find its effectiveness." What he said was not bad, Xia Liangmei looked as if she drank ten catties of strong wine, and her limbs and bones were almost out of order.Several big men broke their iron spears, but drew out the Burmese knives behind them, and chopped off their heads.Xia Liangmei broke his life, kicked his feet, squeezed out from between the two of them, and he had already jumped into the outer hall. Xiao He was paralyzed on the chair, her eyes were still covered with cloth, and she couldn't see anything, but she heard everything in the room clearly.She only felt that a powerful arm pulled herself into her arms violently, and the huge force pinched her blood rushing to her forehead, and she almost fainted.Then his body shot into the night outside the door like an arrow. Xia Liangmei probably didn't expect that when he was under the anesthetic, he could still have such supernatural power to snatch Xiao He out of the tiger's den, but he was slow after all, and Zhou Wen snatched him from behind and smashed his palm on his back Heart, Xia Liangmei is the master of masters after all, and he can still fight back at this time. With his left hand, he slashed down half of the wordless heavenly book, only to hear a sharp sound, and the sharp page had already cut a line on Zhou Wen's sleeve. The big gap, the energy stored in it immediately leaked out, and the green grass with a radius of three feet under the feet was smashed into powder, and even the ground sank into a piece. It is inconceivable that Zhou Wen, as a civil servant, has such martial arts. Xia Liangmei didn't take this into consideration. His only purpose now was to escape from danger.Although the little lotus in his arms was not heavy, after a long time, it was like hugging a big iron block, and he gradually felt overwhelmed.Zhou Wen stood with his hands behind his back, sneered a few times, he didn't chase after him, it seemed that he didn't bother to chase after him, he just issued orders again and again, ordering his subordinates to block all the only roads leading to the Ruyang Palace, he knew that Xia Liangmei's Physical strength will not last long, as long as he is not allowed to enter Ruyang Palace, he will die.And Xiao He will eventually fall into his hands. In the dark night, Xia Liangmei stood on a corner of the eaves, tried to open his eyes wide and looked around, and saw that the streets and alleys were covered with vigorous men, who were coming to this place, he took a look The brilliant lights in the center of the city, knowing that with his current physical strength, he would never be able to reach there no matter what.He understood Zhou Wen's intentions almost immediately, and Xia Liangmei immediately made a decision, a very bold one. He is out of town. Since the enemy thought that he must go back to Ruyang Prince's Mansion, he would not go back. As long as he went outside the city and escaped from this round of pursuit, he would be able to survive this calamity safely. Xia Liangmei made up her mind, tried her best to use up her last bit of energy, and ran towards the city wall. Xiao He couldn't speak, couldn't move, but she could hear clearly. At this moment, being carried behind his back, she felt that something was leaking from the man's back. Sweat has soaked the clothes on his front. All of a sudden, her body flew upwards, and then it seemed to fall into an abyss. The huge falling force made her fall from Xia Liangmei's arms to the ground, and even the cloth over her eyes fell off.Only then did she see the situation around her clearly. This is outside the city, the brilliant lights in the city seem like a lifetime away, Xiao He has never really been to the wilderness late at night alone, if there is no Xia Liangmei by her side, her heart will definitely fall into despair.But Xia Liangmei was not optimistic, he felt that the power in his body was disappearing rapidly, and he could no longer stay any longer. He couldn't hold Xiao He anymore, so he could only drag her feet forward. Fortunately, the drug in him was not too heavy, otherwise he wouldn't even have the strength.After waiting like this for half an hour, he finally arrived at a shed selling jelly on the side of the road. Of course the door was closed, Xia Liangmei couldn't care less about knocking on the door, so he slammed into it. The door panel wasn't too thick, but it was knocked out a big hole, and Xia Liangmei's body rushed in. There was no one inside, only during the day was there to be patronized, and at night it was empty, Xia Liangmei looked around and was relieved.If he can slow down until midnight, he can return to normal. But his little wish also came to nothing. Xia Liangmei had just breathed a sigh of relief when a ghostly figure appeared outside the door. Under the light of the stars, a man walked in slowly. This man was wearing loose clothes that covered his whole body. He was tall, short, fat and thin. He was wearing a mask with a shining skull painted with silver powder on it. When I saw it, it was indeed frightening to death. Xia Liang frowned, didn't speak, just leaned quietly on the chair, Xiao He couldn't move at all, even if she was afraid, she couldn't scream, so the room was as silent as death for a while.