Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Trapped by Love

Qiu Jiushi returned to Bazhen Garden, Ruan Xiuzhen wrote a report to Huangfu Tianxiong in the study, Qiu Jiushi went to the study to meet him, sat down and told the situation of seeing Gu Yueming. When Qiu Jiushi finished speaking, Ruan Xiuzhen just finished writing, and he put down his pen and said: "Gu Yueming met the five escaped robbers today." Qiu Jiushi said in astonishment, "Have you seen the Five Dungeons?" Ruan Xiuzhen nodded and said: "To be more precise, he has seen the guy who claims to be the painting fairy Lang Geng. After Gu Yueming talked to me, he went to the Hongye Building, and Fatty Zhou greeted him and sent him to Fengzhu personally. Go to the pavilion. Gu Yueming stayed in Fengzhu Pavilion for more than half an hour, as for what he and Lang Geng said, only the two of them know."

Qiu Jiushi frowned and said, "Gu Yueming and Wudun Pirates are two completely different people. Strictly speaking, they are in opposite positions. What's there to talk about?" Ruan Xiuzhen said: "It was the conversation with Wudun Pirates that changed Gu Yueming's promise not to interfere in our affairs. A withdrawn person like Gu Yueming, even if he knew that Lang Geng was pretending to be Wudun Pirates, he would not go to see him. Five escaped robbers, it can be seen that something happened between him and five escaped robbers that we don't know yet." He sighed again: "The development of the matter is becoming more and more twists and turns, which is unexpected. Gu Yueming is definitely not a person who breaks promises easily, but he really played it beautifully, even though he still broke his promise, it has made me feel comfortable. , can’t bear to blame him.”

Qiu Jiushi nodded and said, "He is a very special person, I believe his words." Ruan Xiuzhen pondered: "His sentence 'the question is who is the prisoner' is especially to the point, and because Qian Shichen has become a prisoner, he instigated us, hoping that we would raise our troops for justice, so that he could fish in troubled waters. There is only this The reason is in line with Qian Shichen's usual style. He only thinks of himself, and he will not care about the lives of ordinary people." Qiu Jiushi was puzzled and said, "How could Qian Shichen suddenly become a prisoner? Hmph! How dare he use us, I will teach him to walk around endlessly."

Ruan Xiuzhen said: "It doesn't matter whether we know it or not. It's just a matter of time before our act of righteousness. Now that we have obtained this precious information from Gu Yueming, we can use it in reverse. Qian Shichen, taking it for his own use is beneficial to our great cause." Qiu Jiushi nodded and said: "Yes! Yueyang City is Qian Shichen's territory, if you want to catch Wudun Pirates, even if you don't rely on Qian Shichen's power, you must not offend him." Ruan Xiuzhen smiled and said: "No matter how we offend Qian Shichen, he will only dare to be angry and not speak out, and he will try his best to cooperate with us in dealing with the five escaped bandits, because we have become his only savior."

Qiu Jiushi sighed: "But Gu Yueming will obviously stand on the side of the five escaped robbers, which will make things more uncertain. I really want to kill Gu Yueming desperately, and then rush into the Hongye Building to capture the five escaped robbers alive." Ruan Xiuzhen said: "Unless we have to, we must not fight against Gu Yueming. Gu Yueming is famous for being cruel and merciless. Take risks and fight him decisively. I and you are not for personal victory or defeat, but for our future great cause." Qiu Jiushi smiled bitterly and said: "Frankly speaking, although he is quite rude, I still can't feel bad for him. But if he protects the five escaped robbers, a battle between me and him will be inevitable."

Ruan Xiuzhen showed a thoughtful expression, and said: "What is it that makes Gu Yueming feel that he has no choice, and even does not hesitate to fight against us?" Qiu Jiushi said: "Gu Yueming made it clear that until now, he still doesn't know what position and attitude he should take on the matter of the five escaped robbers, it depends on the development of the situation, but these words are already difficult to understand." Ruan Xiuzhen said: "It must be related to Gu Yueming's mission to the south this time, and it is also directly related to the fact that Fu Meng and Xue Tinghao suddenly became criminals ten years ago. Because Gu Yueming knows far more than us, so I only After a few words, he suddenly understood that he was trapped in a certain fate, and felt that he had no other choice. Gu Yueming is a very remarkable person."

He also said: "We must deal with the five escaped thieves fairly. Without real evidence, we must not arrest people by force. Otherwise, how will we explain to Baichun?" Qiu Jiushi smiled helplessly. Ruan Xiuzhen said: "The more you know, the more beneficial it is to break the situation. When Gu Yueming arrived in Yueyang, he immediately went to see Baichun. Baichun actually met him in Qingzhu Pavilion, so we know that there is a close relationship between the two. Gu Yueming has seen Baichun. Chun, I will go to visit the five thieves the next day, there must be some connection, so as long as Bai Chun is willing to speak out, it will give us a better understanding of Gu Yueming's mission."

Qiu Jiushi said dejectedly: "I'm done with Baichun, Wuyan went to talk to her." Ruan Xiuzhen said sympathetically: "If you want to achieve great things, personal sacrifice is inevitable. So what if Qian Shichen should do it instead? He must know the real reason why Gu Yueming came to the south. If he dares to conceal it, it will show that he has no sincerity to cooperate. We have no other choice, Gu Yueming has no other choice, and it seems that Wudun Pirates have no other choice, so could Qian Shichen have a different choice?" Baichun discovered that Lang Geng's "Goddess of the Ancient Chariot" had a magical effect on her.

After sadly breaking up with Qiu Jiushi, she was in a bad mood.That guy was right, although she understood Qiu Jiushi's dilemma, she still couldn't help hating him, hating that he didn't choose her.It was a feeling of resentment, but there was nothing to say, only knowing that all the longing and hope, with Qiu Jiushi's confession in Banzhulou, had gone forever.Her thoughts were disturbed, and she didn't know what to think or do to make herself happy. In the past twenty years, she lived in the world of brothels, and the closest people were her master and senior sister, who cared for her the most.Although she is not completely ignorant of the outside world, it is always like a high and safe wall, and the people and things outside the wall can only have a roundabout and indirect influence on her.

The appearance of Qiu Jiushi rushed into her peaceful heart like a torrent.Although she was overwhelmed by Qiu Jiushi's handsome appearance and heroic spirit, it was still only a superficial attraction between a man and a woman. When Qiu Jiushi broke the appointment, she began to realize that he was not like the men she had been in contact with before. Qiu Jiushi is unique and difficult to understand, and its intricacies have a magical and wonderful charm.Obviously he is daring and fearless, but there seems to be something unspeakable.Behind the bright eyes hides inadvertently revealed contradictions and helplessness, hovering between the choice between the great career of a man and the personal relationship between his son and daughter, which leads to the tragic situation of his heroic tenderness.

Baichun knew that he had been fascinated. When Qiu Jiushi poured out his thoughts to her at the moment when the wind and rain were raging in the Banzhulou, the invisible high wall that had been protecting her collapsed, and the outside world finally directly affected her and broke into her heart. The moment she left Banzhulou, she felt heartbroken, which was something she had never tasted before, and it also made her know that she had fallen in love with Qiu Jiushi.She wanted Cicada Wing to invite Lang Geng to meet her, not to find him to vent her anger, but to prove that he was a fake painting fairy, or Wudun Pirate fake. Before seeing Lang Geng, she was sitting in the hall, involuntarily staring at the "Goddess of the Ancient Chariot". A wonderful thing happened, and an inexplicable feeling of intimacy spread in her heart, and a ray of dawn appeared in the dark world. The goddess in the painting seems to have poured warmth into her icy state of mind through some indescribable way, making her feel hopeful that the love affair with Qiu Jiushi has not ended. There was a reason why she summoned Shuangshuang to see her overnight, and she had something to do with Lang Geng.She wanted to ask Shuangshuang directly. The voice of cicada wings came from the outer courtyard door: "Miss! Miss Shuangshuang is here." Baichun packed up her feelings and went to the door to greet her with long steps. Wu Zixu arrived at the small pier outside Fengzhu Pavilion, jumped into the boat, was about to unmoor, but hesitated again.Is it too presumptuous for two big girls to meet and have the cheek to be an uninvited guest? What he said to Shuangshuang today that he would be her assistant seemed like a joke, but it was actually after careful consideration. How to contact Qian Shichen, he already has a complete plan, whether it works is another matter.But how to escape from Yueyang City, he still has no plan.But if he could get a batch of miraculous firearms from the illusion beauty, it would naturally greatly increase the possibility of his escape.So establishing a closer relationship with this beautiful woman and getting to know her better will definitely help things. Thinking of this, Wu Zixu let go of the boat. The Wushuang girl climbed up the long steps expressionlessly. Baichun first said to Cicada Wing: "Little Cicada has been busy for the past few days, let's rest early tonight! Sister Shuangshuang will be in charge of me." Cicada Wing obeyed and left. Wu Shuangnv came to Baichun's side, stopped and said, "Missy came to me, what advice do you have?" Seeing her demeanor of rejecting others thousands of miles away, Baichun thought to herself: If she and Lang Geng exchanged half of their personalities, they might become "normal".She took Wushuang's arm and said with a smile: "Does my sister want me to finish talking outside the door? Let's go in and talk!" What can Wushuangnv do, push Baichun away and walk away?Had no choice but to follow her into the hall reluctantly. Baichun said softly: "The girl looks lonely, is she very unhappy?" Wu Shuang sighed secretly, and was about to speak when her eyes fell on the picture of "Ancient Chariot Goddess" hanging on the wall, her complexion suddenly turned pale, her lips trembled, and her delicate body trembled. Baichun was stunned and said, "What's the matter, sister?" Before she finished speaking, Wushuang turned her eyes up and fell backwards. Baichun was shocked, and passed her hand down her side, supporting her, and shouted: "Sister! Sister!" Wushuang girl passed out, thanks to Baichun's support, she didn't fall to the ground. Baichun helped her to sit on the bench on the other side of the goddess statue, and was about to find medicated oil to rescue her when Wushuang let out a breath and regained consciousness. Seeing the shocked look in her half-opened eyes, and the cold sweat dripping down her temples, Baichun was indescribably surprised.Lang Geng's portrait masterpiece does have extraordinary magic power. It can not only make the ruthless swordsman unable to look away, but also make the woman in front of him who seems indifferent to anything have a strong and faint reaction. Wushuangnv could already sit still with her own strength, but her consciousness seemed to be taken away, and her gradually widening beautiful eyes were at a loss. Baichun put one arm around her shoulder, and grabbed her arm with the other, calling out, "Sister Shuangshuang, are you feeling better?" After a while, Wushuang's face became a little more bloody, she let out another breath, and looked at Baichun, her eyes shot a cold light, as if she was looking at a stranger. Baichun felt terrified when she saw her, and said, "It's me! It's Baichun! The girl passed out just now." As if remembering something, the Wushuang female statue searched around, and finally landed on the goddess statue, her eyes were full of confusion, she shook her head slowly and said: "I have nothing." After saying that, he struggled. Baichun withdrew his hands knowingly and said, "Is the girl unwell?" Wushuang girl lowered her head to avoid her gaze and said, "I'm fine." Then she glanced at the goddess statue and said in a low voice, "Maybe it's because I'm too tired from traveling day and night these days!" Baichun knew that she was insincere, and had a better understanding of Wushuangnv's character, knowing that if she asked her directly, she would not get an answer, so she made a side note and said, "This painting is really weird. Fascinated, every time I look at the painting, I have a strange feeling in my heart." Wushuang was silent for a moment, then said softly: "How do you feel?" Baichun is kind and considerate, Zhi Wushuang wanted to find out how she felt when viewing the painting, and then compared it with herself, and said softly: "It's hard to describe! When you look at her, she seems to be looking at you, although I I don't know her, but she is like a very close person, who understands me, understands me, and can make me happy, and feel alive and hopeful about desperate things." Wushuang Nu slightly nodded, expressing her understanding. Baichun said: "There is another person who looks at this painting endlessly, but unfortunately he will never express his feelings, because he is like a girl and doesn't like to reveal his thoughts to others." Wushuang returned to normal, turned her gaze to the portrait on the opposite wall, and said coldly, "Who is that person?" Bai Chundao: "It's Gu Yueming who is known as the emperor's bounty hunter. Have you heard of him? He just came to Yueyang from the capital. This man is famous for being cruel and ruthless, but only for those who have a reward on his head. .In fact he is a man of principle and never kills without a reward." Wu Shuang knew how to hide her inner thoughts since she was a child, and when she suddenly heard Gu Yueming's name, although she didn't show any abnormality on the surface, there was a huge wave of hatred in her heart.Her uncle was the one who had a reward on his head, so Gu Yueming forced him to take poison.At this time, she was even more sure that Gu Yueming was the murderer of her uncle. Wu Shuangnv calmed down, and said: "Miss called me, what's the matter?" Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't ask these few words. Seeing that she was still staring at the goddess in the painting, Baichun tentatively asked, "Aren't you curious about why there is such a painting hanging here?" Asked. Wushuang's heart trembled, knowing that Baichun had hit her vital point, and what happened between the coma and waking up just now shocked her still unabated.What Baichun proposed is what she wants to know most now, more than anything else. Wu Zixu rowed the oar silently, and the boat glides on the mirror-like lake like stars and moons. His mind is still in that strange mountain city. Occasionally have a dream, no matter how strange the dream is, he will not take it to heart.But the current situation is indeed unusual.After meeting the goddess of the ancient chariot, the dreams not only became frequent, but also unambiguous. Every dream was to go back to the mountain city without people.The dream just now was even more real and intense, that beautiful figure, in retrospect, is quite familiar, if it is the beauty on the ancient chariot, it is very likely that she really met a ghost and entangled her. But even so, he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart, as long as she didn't show her bone-bone ghostly appearance and kept beautiful forever, it wouldn't be a big deal to wrap her up.It's best to be like the goddess of Wushan, falling asleep every night, then he won't have to go to the brothel in the future, just close his eyes and sleep. But the situation is not so simple.Last night, when I was drawing for Lianying, I had hallucinations with my eyes open. How should I explain it? What is her name?Should he know?Why did she want him to call her by her name?What would be the consequences of calling her name? Wu Zixu shivered. According to ancient legends, July is the month of ghosts, and the gates of ghosts will be opened at that time, and the ghosts and ghosts will come out in droves to look for ghosts to replace the dead.Is he, Wu Zixu, one of the chosen targets, as long as he calls her name, the soul will be hooked away?And so many people didn't look for it, why did they choose him, Wu Zixu.Could it be that his lifespan is over and his life is not long? The boat arrived at the shore of the lake. Seeing that Wushuang bit her lower lip and refused to speak, Baichun asked tentatively, "What happened just now, sister?" Wushuang said: "I didn't see anything." Baichun thought: She is neither talkative nor used to lying, I didn't ask her what she saw, but what happened to her, but she answered herself like this, she must have witnessed a vision.This kind of thing cannot be forced, and said softly: "This painting was painted by Mr. Lang Geng that my sister has seen. The woman in the painting appeared in one of his dreams, not a real person." Wushuang's delicate body trembled slightly, she looked at her, and after a while, she lowered her head and said, "If Missy has no other orders, I want to go back and rest, and I have to buy materials tomorrow." Baichun said: "The matter I want to ask my sister is still related to Mr. Lang." Wu Shuang frowned and said, "I don't know him, Missy asked the wrong person." Baichun said: "Why did my sister's eyes light up when she saw Mr. Lang?" Feeling embarrassed, Wushuang felt that she could not tell the truth, and said in a hurry: "That's not the case. Sigh!" Baichun is such an elf, taking advantage of the situation to attack, he smiled and said: "Opposites attract, it's normal in human relations, girls don't have to feel embarrassed. We are all daughters!" Wu Shuang said angrily: "I just wondered why there was an extra person, and I didn't think about other things at all. I won't be tempted by any man." Baichun asked: "Has the girl been hit in this regard? Otherwise, how could she have such a weird idea." A voice came in from outside the door, and said to Wushuangnv: "Yusheng Lang Geng, please see Miss Baichun." Bai Chun and Wu Shuang Nu looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't expect this unexpected guest to come suddenly. Gu Yueming walked along the street towards Hongyelou.The street is brightly lit and pedestrians and horses come and go, reminding him of the Flower Street in the capital.But his state of mind did not change at all. No matter how many people were walking on the street, he still felt that he was walking alone.The cold and lonely world in his heart is in sharp contrast with the lively scene outside. He once revealed to Mrs. Huameng that war was his biggest nightmare since he knew about human affairs. An understatement is far from enough to describe his experience in the nightmare. The nightmares that have plagued him for more than ten years are not fragmented, but seem to be real scenes with flesh and blood, sometimes making him suspect that the world in the dream is not only real, but life in turn is just a dream. He remembered every scene in the dream: the soldier whose throat was slit, the old and weak women and children lying in a pool of blood, and the mother crying for her dead son.One bloody battle after another, one massacre after another.The most painful thing for him was that he felt that everything was started by him, the endless killing was going on day and night, and he had no ability to stop it in his dream. Eunuch Feng was wrong. He understands better than anyone how life is worse than death.Every time he wakes up from the dream, he always feels heart-wrenching pain and guilt.He has been looking for a chance to be killed, the more dangerous the mission is, the more he welcomes it. He only regrets that until now, no one who can put him to death has appeared. He went to Hongyelou tonight to look at the portrait again, and then he would go to Qian Shichen, put Bai Luyu on his neck, and force him to tell the truth about what happened back then. The Goddess Yunmengze touched a certain emotion in his heart that was originally sealed, and this emotion has now been released, making him even more eager for the coming of death.