Chapter 12 The twelfth return to the peak circuit turns again
Panda saw that they were all drunk, and after a while, Panda suddenly jumped up, looked at Zhu Qiqi and said, "Look, I got rid of him."
Zhu Qiqi said: "You are capable, but... But you shouldn't make him look like this."
After all, she is still for Shen Lang.
Panda was stunned for a while, then murmured, "Women...women...when you help her, she helps others..."
Zhu Qiqi arranged Shen Lang on the couch, and then followed the panda out of the house.The two had their own concerns in their hearts, and neither of them spoke.
Going straight to the outside of the courtyard wall, Zhu Qiqi turned his head and said: "Shen Lang will not clear the way for us tonight, you and I have to be very careful."
Panda said: "Hmph!"
Zhu Qiqi smiled and said: "You are not drunk after drinking, don't be jealous but drunk."
The two rushed into the high wall, and there was still silence inside the high wall. There was no sign of strict security at all, not even a night watchman.
The two walked forward without hindrance.
I don't know how long I've been walking, but from a vague look, it's the back garden, and the surrounding scenery is indeed somewhat similar to the "devil's cave" that Zhu Qiqi saw that day.
Pine forests, bamboo forests, pavilions, pavilions, rockery...
Snow-covered gravel roads, frozen lotus ponds...
The more Zhu Qiqi looked at her, the more she looked like her, and the more she looked at her, the more nervous she became.Even in such severe cold, she could not help sweating from her palms and forehead.
Suddenly, Panda laughed and said: "Good wine, good wine, let's have another pot..."
Zhu Qiqi was so frightened that his heart jumped out of his throat, he turned around abruptly, pulled Panda to the ground, and they both rolled towards the shadow of the rock.
After a while, the wind blew the pine and bamboo, and there was still silence all around. The panda's laughter did not disturb the people in the garden.
Only then did Zhu Qiqi heave a sigh of relief, he pulled up the placket of Panda's shirt, and said bitterly, "Are you crazy?"
Panda'er giggled and said, "Crazy, crazy, drinking is the best..."
Zhu Qiqi turned pale and said, "No, you... are you really drunk?"
Panda's face suddenly changed, and he said: "Who is drunk, I was just trying to see if there is anyone here."
Zhu Qiqi said: "If you try this way, don't you want to kill people?"
Panda Er suddenly said loudly: "Okay, if you don't tell me to try it, I won't try it."
Zhu Qiqi broke out in a cold sweat again, quickly sealed his lips with his index finger, and said, "Shh - don't talk."
Panda also sealed his mouth with his index finger, and said, "Shh - don't talk."
Zhu Qiqi was shocked and angry, he couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't know what to do.She has already seen that although Panda was pretending to be drunk at home just now, now that he is blown by the wind, he is really drunk.
It was good that he was drunk just now, but now that he is drunk, he is really anxious to death.
Unexpectedly, the panda stood up again, tiptoed, and walked out.His movement was still exceptionally fast, Zhu Qiqi couldn't hold back, so he had to follow closely behind him.
After walking for a while, Panda actually walked lightly and quickly without making a sound, Zhu Qiqi couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "I hope he is really not drunk, otherwise..."
Unexpectedly, before she finished her thoughts, the panda suddenly ran towards a pine tree, bang bang puffy, punched the tree a few times, and yelled, "Okay, if you say I'm drunk, I'll beat you up!" ... beat you to death."
Surprised, angry, and angry again, Zhu Qiqi ran over with one step, pressed the panda on the tree, slapped it, and slapped the panda more than a dozen ears in a row.
Panda didn't struggle or resist, but still smiled.
Zhu Qiqi cursed bitterly: "Stupid cat, drunk cat, I really want to beat you to death."
Panda Er said: "Good girl, don't beat me to death...just beat me half to death."
Although Zhu Qiqi was angry, she couldn't help being a little funny, but at this moment, danger was everywhere, and she was accompanied by a drunk cat, how could she laugh.
Looking around, there is still no movement in the garden, and no one is vigilant to investigate.
Zhu Qiqi lowered his voice and said viciously: "Drunk cat, listen, if you continue to quarrel, I will press your acupoints and throw you here, and let others chop you up piece by piece, do you understand?"
Panda nodded again and again, "Understand, understand."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Do you still dare to quarrel?"
Panda shook his head repeatedly and said, "Don't dare, don't dare."
Zhu Qiqi exhaled, and said: "Okay, follow me gently, as long as you make a sound, I will kill you!"
The panda said: "Okay, gently, follow you, as long as you make a sound, you will kill me."
He actually spoke clearly and plainly.
Zhu Qiqi thought to himself happily: "Although he is drunk, he is still somewhat sober... It seems that I am really lucky. He made such a fuss just now, but he didn't wake up others."
So the two walked forward, one behind the other.
One of these two people was drunk to the point of ignorance, and the other was young and inexperienced, speaking the vernacular, they didn't expect Panda Er to make such a scene just now, even if they were dead, they should be woken up by him.
What's more, how could this garden be full of dead people?
At this moment there is still no movement in the garden, there must be some strange reasons for this, but Zhu Qiqi not only did not think of this, but secretly complacent, saying that he was lucky.
Isn't this also a dumbfounding thing?
Zhu Qiqi's guess was right, this "brothel" was indeed the "devil's lair" where she had suffered countless dangers that day, and after walking a few steps, she could already see the small building.
Although it was dark at the moment, she could still see the beautiful middle-aged woman who was as beautiful as peaches and plums and as poisonous as snakes and scorpions, leaning on the railing on the building, waving and smiling at her.
In an instant, she couldn't help but felt a chill in her heart, she couldn't help pulling up the panda, and hid behind a big tree.
Panda said: "What..."
After saying two words, Zhu Qiqi covered his mouth.
She pointed to the small building with her other hand, and said, "That's... that's right there."
Panda Er kept silent and nodded again and again.
Zhu Qiqi whispered: "When you get here, you must not make any more noise...not at all, the woman living in that small building is simply more terrifying than demons, as long as you make a sound, she will be gone immediately. But I heard, at that time... At that time, you and I will never even think about going back alive, you know?"
Panda nodded again, and sure enough, he even stopped breathing.
Only then did Zhu Qiqi let go of his palm, and sighed softly: "Although we have found this place, I still don't know what to do. Should we go and have a look first? Or go back to find Shen Lang first?"
Panda also whispered to himself: "Let's go and have a look first."
Zhu Qiqi sighed: "It's good to have a look first, but you will never guess how scary that woman in the small building is, not to mention, you are so drunk..."
Panda Er said: "No problem."
Before he finished speaking, the person rushed out like an arrow from the string.
Zhu Qiqi didn't pull her back, screamed but didn't dare to scream, her expression changed in shock.She wanted to follow, but her legs were really weak.
I saw the panda rushing straight to the small building, kicked up the door downstairs with a "bang", and broke in with a high-sounding appearance.
His kick really felt like kicking Zhu Qiqi's heart, Zhu Qiqi felt a "buzz" in his ears, his head became dizzy, and his heart stopped beating!
She couldn't help but fell limply on the ground, her fingertips were already icy cold, her eyes were so frightened that tears burst out, and she said in a trembling voice, "It's over...it's over..."
She calculated that Panda would never come out alive after rushing into the small building this time.She wanted to rush in to live and die with Panda, but she couldn't stand up anymore.
She fell to the ground, gritted her teeth, and said to herself, "Who told you to get drunk, who told you to be so drunk, you...you...you deserve it when you die, and I won't have any mercy on you..."
Although she spoke like this in her mouth, for some reason, as she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes as bright as autumn water.
I only heard the panda yelling in the small building, saying: "Ghost woman, female devil, you come out, you...you have the ability to fight this hero to the death, look at me, panda, scary."
His voice was vague, his tongue was so big that he couldn't even speak clearly.
Then, there was another sound of "bang bang, bang bang", and the panda screamed indistinctly. It was obvious that a life-and-death battle had taken place in the small building.
No matter how good the martial arts and dexterity of Panda Er, he will never be the opponent of the beautiful woman in the small building, not to mention he is very drunk at the moment.
Zhu Qiqi was already crying like a tearful person.
While weeping, she whispered, "It doesn't matter if you're drunk or not, if it wasn't for me, you... you... how could you be drunk, why would you come here... I'm the one who killed you... ...I killed you, but I'm sitting here, I can't go and die with you...I'm damned, I'm damned...damn...damned."
Raising her hand, she bit down on her own tender lotus root-like arm, and the bite was actually dripping with blood.
At this time, the small building suddenly became silent.
This silent silence, strange silence, was more terrifying than any noise, Zhu Qiqi raised his head in surprise, his eyes blurred with tears, and stared in astonishment.
I saw that quiet, dark small building standing alone in the darkness, without sound, light, or figure...
She was surprised and curious, and thought to herself: "What's going on... What's going on? Could it be that he...he's dead? But even if he's dead, there should be some movement."
In her eyes, the lifeless little building looked like a cunning and secretive ghost.The delicate eaves are like the pale hair of this old and treacherous ghost, and the closed windows are like the closed eyes of this ghost, which refuses to reveal any secrets-no one can ever get out of a pair of closed eyes. You can see the secret in his heart in his closed eyes, don't you?
But the door under the small building that has been kicked open by the panda is like the mouth of a ghost—the door is shaking in the night wind, just like the ghost mocking and mocking Zhu Qiqi, "it" lives It seemed to be saying to Zhu Qiqi: "Do you dare to come in? You are usually so courageous, how dare you take a step in now?"
Zhu Qiqi shivered all over his body, shivering continuously.
Her body was already drenched by snow, and her pants were already covered with mud, but she didn't notice it.She stared straight at the small building, and couldn't care about anything else.
The door was still shaking in the cold wind.
This not only seemed to be a mockery to Zhu Qiqi, but also a challenge to her.
Zhu Qiqi clenched his teeth desperately, struggled to get up, and cursed himself: "Why should I be so afraid! I'm not even afraid of death, so why should I be afraid?"
But she didn't know that "fear" is the fundamental weakness in human nature, an inherent weakness, unless the person is dead and completely numb, he will never be free from fear.
Just like at this moment, what she is afraid of is not "death", what she is afraid of is only "fear" itself.This is not ridiculous, let alone shameful, because it is unavoidable, and she can't help it... Throughout the ages, those loyal ministers and martyrs, when they sacrificed their lives for righteousness and calmly died, they were more or less afraid in their hearts, but they could rely on that A wave of righteousness will only curb fear.
Although Zhu Qiqi couldn't stop his "fear", he finally stood up.
Although she can't say that she also has that kind of righteousness in her heart, she is competitive, she wants to be strong, and she still has a kind heart. She vows to reveal this secret for Wulin, this terrible secret!
She walked towards the small building step by step.
The door is open.
But the inside of the door was even darker than the outside, Zhu Qiqi stood in the snow, even with all his eyesight, he still couldn't see what was going on inside the door.
Her heart almost jumped out of her chest, and she became more and more frightened.
But she still gritted her teeth and walked forward without looking back or stopping.
The distance from the place where she fell to the door was not far, but this short distance seemed to be unattainably long when she was walking now.
Finally, she came to the door.
When she reached the door, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength.If someone rushed out from the door at this moment, she could be put to death with a single move of his hand.
Suddenly, with a bang, the door closed!
Zhu Qiqi's mind was shocked, and he almost couldn't help exclaiming out loud.
But that was just the wind, "The cold wind doesn't understand things, why is it so frightening?" Zhu Qiqi bit his lips, stroked his heart with his left hand, and gently pushed open the door with his right—there still seemed to be no one in the door , and absolutely no response.
She bravely walked in quietly.
At this time, although she still shivered from time to time, her limbs were full of strength, and her whole body was under strict alert.
She is always on guard against surprise attacks in the dark.
But after she walked a few steps, nothing unexpected happened—the room was so dark that she could barely see her fingers, she couldn't see or hear anything—except for the sound of her own heartbeat.
This "no accident at all" surprised her a lot; the strange silence surprised her even more.She couldn't figure out what was going on.
What kind of traps and tricks are lurking in this small building?
Where did the panda go?is it dead?live?
Why didn't the people in this small building attack her?What are they waiting for?
Now that the matter was over, Zhu Qiqi had no choice but to bite the bullet and move forward.
After arriving in this small building, she didn't want to go out anyway.No matter what traps or tricks there are in this small building, she can only resign herself to fate.
She walked step by step, cold sweat dripping from her palms.At this moment, her situation and state of mind can only be described in two words, that is - a blind man rides a blind horse, facing a deep pool in the middle of the night.
She blindly breaks through the barrier, and may fall into the trap of killing herself at any moment. Apart from her, there are really few people who dare to go forward.
Suddenly, she stepped on something soft under her feet, as if it was a human foot. She fell forward and touched another soft thing.
This thing is not only wet and soft, but also has a rough smell unique to men-it is a mixture of sweat, wine, and leather.
Shocked, Zhu Qiqi turned over and backed away, sternly saying, "Who?"
There was no response in the darkness, but there was a sound of laughter.
Zhu Qiqi hissed, "What are you? You..."
Before he could finish speaking, the lights suddenly came on.
There are lights on all sides, illuminating the room as bright as day.
Zhu Qiqi, who had been in the dark for a long time, felt a sharp pain in his eyes, closed them involuntarily, and stepped back involuntarily.
Suddenly, her back bumped into something soft again, which looked like a man's body. She was startled again and rushed forward desperately.
Unexpectedly, at this time, hands grabbed her shoulders.
She wanted to struggle, but a man's voice said beside her: "Stand firm, don't fall."
The voice was so familiar, it sounded like Shen Lang's voice.
Zhu Qiqi was able to open her eyes at this moment—she was startled, and suddenly opened her eyes——
It's fine if she didn't open her eyes, but when she opened them, she was even more surprised, so she froze there, opened her mouth wide, unable to speak a word.
The lights are bright, and the tables and chairs in the room are orderly. How can there be any signs of fighting?A person with a smile on his face sat in front of the door, but it was Wang Lianhua.
She was surprised enough to see Wang Lianhua here suddenly, and what surprised her even more was that Shen Lang was sitting next to Wang Lianhua with a smile on her face.
She suddenly saw Shen Lang here, and she felt complacent, but she would never believe it in her dreams. At this moment, the person sitting next to Shen Lang, who is so proud, is--it was the one who was already drunk, unconscious, and ignorant. The noise caused her to worry a lot and shed a lot of tears.
She suddenly saw these three people, although it was strange, it was not very strange.
What surprised her the most was the person sitting next to Panda.
This person has a high forehead, sharp eyes, and the corner of his mouth is split like a blood basin——he is actually the Iron Crane that has been unknown for a long time!
All four of them are here.
These four people were originally enemies but not friends, but now they were sitting together with smiles on their faces, and there was absolutely no hostility between them.
What is going on here, Zhu Qiqi doesn't understand, really doesn't understand.
Where the light was bright, all four of them stood up.
Wang Lianhua cupped her fists and smiled, and said: "I admire, Zhu Qiqi is really amazing in courage, she really is the husband of a heroine, and the one at the bottom is completely admired."
Tie Huahe clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Miss, for the sake of us, she did not hesitate to take such risks and hardships, and I don't know how much hardship and grievances she has endured. I am even more grateful, and I will never forget it."
Shen Lang said with a smile: "After you have gone through this incident, you have increased a lot in terms of knowledge and courage. Although you have suffered a lot of shock, it is worth it."
Panda laughed loudly and said, "They said you might not dare to break in, but I said you would definitely break in, I..."
Zhu Qiqi suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Shut up! Shut up, all of you!"
She rushed to Shen Lang in one step, twisted Shen Lang's skirt, and shouted: "What's going on, tell me quickly! Tell me quickly! I'm going crazy."
Panda came over and persuaded with a smile: "Young lady has something to say, why bother..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "pop".
Panda's face had already been slapped crisply and crisply by Zhu Qiqiqing, he was stunned by the slap, with his hands on his face, he didn't know what to do.
Zhu Qiqi had turned to face him, put his hands on his hips, and said loudly: "It's easy to say? It's easy to say a fart! Let me ask you, aren't you drunk? Why are you suddenly sober now? Are you pretending to be drunk just now?"
Panda smiled wryly, "I...I..."
Zhu Qiqi aimed at his ear and shouted: "You lied to me, why did you lie to me?"
This cry almost broke the panda's ears.
He took three steps back and said in a low voice, "This... this..."
The eloquent panda was speechless at the moment; the majestic panda looked pitiful at the moment, looking at Wang Lianhua beggingly.
Wang Lianhua coughed dryly and said: "There are indeed many twists and turns in this matter, but next..."
Shen Lang cut his mouth and said: "But we have no malice in treating you like this."
Zhu Qiqi stomped his feet and said, "There is no malice, and you still say you have no malice! Let me ask you, why did he lie to me? Why did you lie to me? Why are you ghost men lying to me?"
Although she was yelling, her voice was already a little choked up.
Shen Lang said: "The secret, we were going to tell you..."
Zhu Qiqi roared: "Then why don't you say it?"
Shen Lang sighed, and said: "You look like this, but tell me how to talk."
Zhu Qiqi jumped up again, and said loudly: "I look like this? How dare you blame me for my bad looks! You lied to me like this, do you want me to apologize and kowtow to you as soon as I come in?"
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "But the girl should have listened to the inferior words, and it's not too late to lose her temper."
Shen Lang said: "That's right, just sit down and let me explain to you."
Zhu Qiqi said: "I won't sit down, so what about you?"
She took a few steps back, but found a chair and sat down - for some reason, as long as Shen Lang said the words, to her, these words seemed to have a kind of magic power.
Shen Lang breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay! This matter is a long story, so I'd like to ask Brother Wang to start from the beginning."
Wang Lianhua also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This matter is really too complicated, even I don't know where to start."
Zhu Qiqi seemed about to jump up again, and said loudly: "You don't know what to say, why don't you say it?"
Wang Lianhua smiled and said, "Of course I want to say it, but..."
Zhu Qiqi stared, and said, "What else?"
Wang Lianhua said: "But since I don't know where to start, it's better to let the girl ask. The girl asks a question, and the next answer, there is always an answer, and there is no concealment."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Okay, let me ask you first—"
Having said that, she was also stunned.This matter is really complicated, with twists and turns, and she really doesn't know where to start asking.
She lowered her head, raised her head again, and turned her eyes around in her thoughts. Suddenly, she found a huge picture hanging on the opposite wall.
For some reason, her eyes were immediately attracted by this picture, and even the thoughts in her mind stopped immediately.
It was a colored painting, and it was painted in the middle of the night.
The desolate and mysterious moonlight shrouds the whole picture faintly. A rough and narrow road stretches out from the bottom left of the painting, zigzags through the center of the picture, and disappears into the misty night, faintly showing a kind of The mysterious meaning of "I don't know where I came from, and I don't know where I'm going".
On both sides of the road, there are towering dangerous rocks, lush green trees, covering the upper part of the rocks, and the bottom is heavy gray-brown rocks, soil - behind the rocks on the left, half a red wall and a cornice are exposed, like a jungle The ancient temple is also like the Shenyun Villa in the deep mountains.
Behind the rock on the right, half of a figure is exposed, with black hair like clouds and bright eyes flowing. It is a picture of a stunning girl, who seems to be hiding or spying.
Under the eaves, there is also a woman, equally beautiful and young, with a half-turned body, as if about to walk out, but also like to go in.
The third woman, standing in the middle of the winding road, turned her head sideways, showing half of her face, as if she was going to look back, or avoiding the eyes of the woman under the eaves.
The three women are all extremely beautiful, but there is an indescribable gloomy expression between their brows, like resentment, or hatred.
It seems to be escaping, and it seems to be looking forward to it.
What are they looking forward to?
Who are they expecting?Still waiting for something to happen?
Although this is a dead picture, the whole picture seems to be alive.
Each of the three women in the frame seems to have their own unique thoughts and unique behaviors, and each of them seems to be about to do—or is doing a strange thing.
Although the people looking at the painting didn't know what they were going to do, as long as they stared at the picture for a long time, a chill would involuntarily appear in their hearts...
It seems that what they are going to do is a chilling thing.
The desolate moonlight made all this seem even more mysterious, as if there was a kind of suspense that made people sweat coldly—something was about to happen, but it didn't happen.
This makes the viewers feel a sense of anticipation, expecting something to explode soon, breaking the mysterious depression.
If you focus on this painting for too long, you may even feel breathless—this seems to be the mood of the person in the painting, which has actually infected the viewers.
The composition of this painting is strange but very simple.
Although this painting is lifelike, the brushwork is not very subtle.
Simple composition, ordinary brushwork, can draw such a delicate picture, can reveal so many mysterious and complex meanings——
Obviously, the person who drew this picture must have very strong emotions when she wrote the pen, and the situation in this picture seems to have been experienced by herself.
Only real experience can trigger such strong emotions, and the two strongest emotions are love and hate.
But what caught Zhu Qiqi's eyes at this moment was not the intertwined love and hate in this painting, but the characters in this painting.
Her gaze was fixed on the woman standing on the road in the painting, and her expression was a little frightened and a little excited.
I saw the woman's eyes flowing, her clothes fluttering, her graceful demeanor and moving charm, covering the whole picture like moonlight.
Although only half of this woman's face was drawn, Zhu Qiqi didn't need to take a second look to see that she was the stunning beauty in this small building who was as gorgeous as peaches and plums and as poisonous as snakes and scorpions.
Zhu Qiqi finally said: "Let me ask you first, who is this?"
Wang Lianhua said: "Master..."
Zhu Qiqi yelled: "Nonsense, I clearly heard you call her mother."
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "It's just because my teacher loves her son, she disappeared in the past years, so that she can take me under her family. Her old man loves me as her own, so I naturally call her mother."
Zhu Qiqi said "oh", obviously accepted his explanation, but then said sharply: "So, you admit that I have seen her."
Wang Lianhua nodded and smiled, "Not bad."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Do you also admit that she once imprisoned me in the dungeon downstairs, and you released me later, and I did escape from the coffin shop?"
Wang Lianhua nodded and said, "Not bad."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Then, Zhan Yingsong, Fang Qianli and the others were indeed taken all the way here by you, and they were also imprisoned in the dungeon below this small building."
Wang Lianhua smiled and said, "Not bad."
Zhu Qiqi's voice was stern, pressing every sentence, Wang Lianhua admitted everything, and her expression remained unchanged, with a smile on her face all the time.Zhu Qiqi couldn't help but jumped up again, and said angrily, "Okay! You didn't admit it until now! Why did you deny it then, making others think I'm a lunatic talking nonsense?"
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "Because I didn't know whether Brother Shen was an enemy or a friend at that time, naturally I had to deny everything for the time being, but at this moment..."
Zhu Qiqi said: "So what now? Could it be that Shen Lang is on the same line with you at this moment?"
Wang Lianhua said: "Exactly, at this moment, I already know that brother Shen and this subordinate are really fighting against each other. No matter what happens at this moment, I will never hide it from brother Shen again."
Zhu Qiqi's body shook, and he was stunned again.
She saw Wang Lianhua and his "mother" do so many secret things, each of which is endangering others, even endangering the martial arts. She really can't believe that Shen Lang is also venting his anger with them. It is impossible to believe that Shen Lang, who has always been chivalrous, would do such a thing.
She couldn't help shouting: "Shen Lang, tell me quickly, what he said is not true at all."
With a smile on his face, Shen Lang said slowly: "Every word that Brother Wang said is true."
Zhu Qiqi was startled again, and hissed, "I don't believe it... I don't believe it..."
She rushed in front of Shen Lang with one step, with tears streaming down her face, and hissed: "I never believe that you will join forces with them. I...I never believe that you will participate in their plots."
Shen Lang shook his head and sighed: "You are wrong..."
Zhu Qiqi slumped down and sat down, looking up at Shen Lang, with surprise, anger, and sadness in his eyes, he said in a trembling voice, "Could it be... are you really that despicable?"
Shen Lang said: "You are even more wrong."
Zhu Qiqi beat the ground with his hands, and hissed loudly: "What's going on? What's going on? I don't understand...I don't understand...I don't understand more and more."
Shen Lang said: "Let me tell you, no matter what, you can't just look at the surface, but you only see the surface of this matter, so you not only don't understand, but also misunderstood."
Zhu Qiqi's hair was disheveled, and her face was full of tears.
She raised her head and said, "Misunderstanding..."
Shen Lang said: "That's right, I misunderstood. Mr. Wang is not the devil you imagined, and what Mrs. Wang did is not what you imagined..."
Zhu Qiqi yelled loudly: "But those things were clearly witnessed by me."
Shen Lang sighed: "What you saw is not wrong, Tie Daxia, Fang Daxia, Zhan Biaotou, these people were indeed rescued from the ancient tomb by Mrs. Wang. She has already sneaked into the ancient tomb, you and I When she was entangled with Jin Buhuan, Xu Ruoyu and others, her old man had already rescued Zhan Biaotou and others, and sent them here again, this action can be said to be completely out of chivalry, without any malice."
Zhu Qiqi said loudly: "She didn't have any malicious intentions, why did she do it so mysteriously, and... moreover, she also fascinated the minds of Zhan Yingsong and others, and then asked those shepherdesses to drive them here like cattle and horses? She If saving people is really out of a chivalrous heart, once they are rescued, they should be sent away."
Shen Lang said: "It's just because Mrs. Wang knows very well that the person responsible for this matter is a cunning devil, no matter how scheming or martial arts are, they are by no means capable of resisting the enemy, if her old man would let them go at that time It’s hard to guarantee that these people will no longer fall into the hands of that devil, don’t you think so?”
Zhu Qiqi hummed, barely agreeing.
Shen Lang went on to say: "Her old man has to save people to the end. Naturally, he can only send them here temporarily to protect them, because this is the safest place."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Since that's the case, she shouldn't have rushed them like cattle and horses..."
Shen Lang stopped and said: "If she sends them here in the usual way, she will be discovered within a hundred miles. If the demon is intercepted halfway, wouldn't this move be a failure?"
Zhu Qiqi pondered for a while, then snorted again as an answer.
Shen Lang continued: "What's more, the timing was tight at that time, Mrs. Wang didn't have time to explain the mystery to Zhan Biaotou and the others, even if they explained, Zhan Biaotou and the others might not be willing to follow her old man's advice. Also in order to buy time, they had to be sent here in an extraordinary way. It was only because the matter was very important at that time, and the person to be dealt with was an extraordinary person, so her old man used this extraordinary method... just as Because this method is too unusual, you will have misunderstandings."
Zhu Qiqi said: "But...but...but I followed here, why did she treat me like that?"
Shen Lang smiled and said: "At that time, how did she know what kind of person you were? And how did she know that you were not the henchmen of the devil?... Her old man treated you like that, it is just and right, it should be done."
Zhu Qiqi said: "But...but..."
But exactly how, she couldn't tell anymore.
Although she felt that Shen Lang's explanation was a bit far-fetched, but it was extremely far-fetched and reasonable, for a while, she couldn't find any loopholes in it.
Naturally, she couldn't argue with it.
After a long while, she only said in a voice of hatred: "You know it clearly, you... how could you know it so clearly?"
Shen Lang smiled and said, "Brother Wang will tell you the secret."
Zhu Qiqi said loudly: "He told you? How could he tell you? Why didn't he tell me?"
Shen Lang said: "This..."
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "It's just because last night, I have to tell Brother Shen."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Last night? Why did you have to tell him last night?"
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "It's just because I have hidden some things from the girl, but I haven't hidden them from Brother Shen. Rather than telling Brother Shen about this matter, it's better to say that Brother Chen discovered it himself."
Zhu Qiqi said: "I don't understand, I don't understand, I still don't understand."
Wang Lianhua said: "Ever since the girl brought Brother Shen to the coffin shop, Brother Shen has already noticed the flaws in it, but the girl didn't notice it."
Zhu Qiqi turned to Shen Lang and said, "What flaw did you find, why didn't I find it?"
Shen Lang smiled slightly, and said, "Actually, those things are very obvious and easy to see, no matter who pays a little attention, they can find it, it's just that you were impetuous at that time..."
Zhu Qiqi said loudly: "What exactly is it, tell me quickly, what are you talking about?"
Shen Lang said: "You can see the shop signs and couplets hanging outside the shop..."
Zhu Qiqi said: "I'm not blind, so I saw it naturally. It's a wooden signboard. It's engraved and painted with black lacquer so it won't fade for a long time. It says..."
Shen Lang smiled and said: "What is written on it, don't read it."
Zhu Qiqi said: "It doesn't matter if I read it or not. In short, I not only see it clearly, but also remember it clearly. I have already observed it, so there is nothing wrong with it."
Shen Lang said: "But have you noticed that the shop's couplets, the wood is very old, and the paint is gradually peeling off, at least it is more than seven or eight years old."
Zhu Qiqi said: "They are an old store, and an old store naturally has an old signboard, what's so strange about that?"
Shen Lang said with a smile: "The strange thing is that the store is an old store with old signboards, even the tables and chairs in the store are old, but only the counter is obviously newly erected, not only that the paint has not yet been painted. It's dry, and the construction is very rough, which doesn't match the exquisite signboards, tables and chairs in the store."
Zhu Qiqi was taken aback for a moment, and said: "This... I didn't pay attention to this, but..."
There was a slight pause in the voice, and suddenly he shouted again: "But what does it matter?"
Shen Lang smiled and said, "That's where the relationship lies. You saw that the counter was already there that day, so why is this counter newly built in a hurry?"
Zhu Qiqi was stunned again, and said in a low voice, "Really?...Why?"
Shen Lang said: "Also, no matter which coffin shop, there is a unique smell. Since Wang Senji is an old shop, the smell should be stronger."
Zhu Qiqi said: "That's right, the smell of the coffin shop is always very unpleasant, then... that's not exactly the smell of wood, but rather gloomy and musty, almost like the smell of a dead person."
Shen Lang smiled and said: "That's it, but that day when I was in Wang Senji's coffin shop, what I smelled was not the smell of the dead, but a scent of incense candles."
Zhu Qiqi said: "Yes!...and why."
Shen Lang said: "Also, no matter which coffin shop, the most important thing to pay attention to is the candles, because the coffin shop is full of flammable things, if Zhu Rong visits, it will be out of control."
Zhu Qiqi was fascinated by what he heard, and unconsciously nodded, "That's right."
Shen Lang said: "But when I was in Wang Senji's coffin shop, in the backyard where the coffins were made, I found that most of the walls and corners had been blackened by smoke."
He smiled slightly and continued: "I touched the wall lightly when you didn't pay attention, and my fingers were immediately blackened by oily smoke. It can be seen that not only has the place been continuously smoked by fireworks, For a long time, and just a few days ago, it was still being smoked by fireworks..."
朱七七忍不住接口道：“这句话我有些不懂，你再说清楚些好么？”
沈浪道：“要知墙壁若要被烟火熏黑，必定要一段极长的时间。”
朱七七道：“不错，我小时到家里的厨房里去偷菜吃，瞧见厨房的墙壁全是黑的，那厨房可至少已被烟火熏了好几十年了。”
沈浪笑道：“但我用手一摸，染在我手上的油烟，却是新迹，这自然可见那些地方在最近几年中，一直都在被烟火熏着……”
朱七七道：“哦，我明白了……”
突又眨了眨眼睛，苦笑道：“但我还是不明白，这又有什么关系？”
沈浪笑道：“有两点重要的关系。”
朱七七道：“死人，你快说呀！”
沈浪道：“第一点，那制造棺木的地方，本应最避烟火，而如今四面墙壁之上却被烟火熏得乌黑，这岂非怪事。”
朱七七颔首道：“不错，真奇怪……还有第二点呢。”
沈浪道：“第二点，我既已断定那地方已被烟火继续不断地熏了许久，却又绝未发现那里有半点火烛，这岂非也是怪事。”
朱七七又自寻思半晌，道：“是呀，这又是为什么？”
沈浪一笑道：“在那时我心中已将此事加以猜测，但既未曾证实，也不能断定，直到我走出店门便可完全断定了。”
朱七七奇道：“走出店门，你便可断定了？你凭什么断定的？”
沈浪道：“我发现那棺材店隔壁，乃是家香烛铺。”
朱七七更是奇怪，道：“香烛铺开在棺材铺隔壁，正如当铺开在赌场隔壁一样，本是再也平常不过的事，你又凭这点断定了什么？”
沈浪笑道：“我断定这棺材店在数日前还是家香烛铺，那香烛铺才是原来的棺材店，两家店必定在这三两日间匆匆搬了个家。”
朱七七茫然道：“搬家……”
沈浪道：“正是搬家，那棺材铺的后院，昔日本是香烛铺制造香烛的所在，墙壁自然早就被烟火熏黑了……”
他语声微顿，瞧见朱七七仍是满面茫然，便又接道：“只因他们是在匆忙中搬的家，而别的东西都可搬，柜台却是搬不动的，所以棺材铺便必定要做个和以前完全一样的柜台……在匆忙中做的柜台，自然便极为粗率，你说是么？”
朱七七道：“不错……不错……不错……”
她在说前面两个“不错”时，其实心头仍是茫然不解，直到说第三个“不错”时，整个人突然跳了起来。
只见她满面俱是兴奋之色，大喜呼道：“我知道了……我明白了……”
沈浪含笑道：“你且说说你知道了什么？”
朱七七道：“原来的棺材店里有地道，原来的香烛店却没有，王怜花算准我要到棺材店去找地道，所以就先将两家店搬了个家，我再到棺材铺去寻地道，自然将整块地都翻过来也找不到了。”
沈浪笑道：“好，你总算明白了。”
朱七七道：“那一排几间房屋，建造的格式本来就完全一样，而且显然都是王怜花的产业，他要搬来搬去，自是轻而易举之事。”
王怜花笑道：“也并不太简单，还是要费些工夫的。”
朱七七也不理他，自管接道：“两家店搬家，当地的老住户，虽然难免觉得奇怪，但我们对那条街根本不熟，自然完全不会留意。”
沈浪笑道：“这便是王兄的妙计，他利用的正是人们心理的弱点，对有些十分显而易见的事，便不会去加以留意了。”
王怜花笑道：“此计虽妙，却还是瞒不过沈兄……在下实未想到沈兄的观察之力竟是如此敏锐，连那些小事都未错过。”
沈浪笑道：“其实那些本就十分明显，只不过别人未曾留意罢了，而在下却深信世上有许多秘密，都是从一些明显而普通的事上泄露出来的，是以在下观察的角度，便与别人有些不同。”
熊猫儿叹道：“但要训练成沈兄这样的观察力，真是淡何容易，否则人们都有两只眼睛，为何沈兄能瞧见，咱们却瞧不见。”
朱七七道：“他那两只鬼眼睛，本就比别人厉害。”
她眼睛瞪着沈浪，恨声道：“我问你，你既已早就瞧出来了，为何不告诉我？无论如何，这件事总是因为我你才能发现的呀。”
沈浪笑道：“只因我生怕你那火烧星的脾气，忍耐不住，在那时就胡乱发作起来，便将我整盘计划全都搅乱了。”
朱七七跺足道：“你好，你聪明，你能忍耐，你……你可有什么鬼计划？”
王怜花笑道：“沈兄当时完全不动声色，在下也丝毫未曾发觉沈兄已窥破了这其中的秘密，但到了那日晚间……”
他含笑瞧了熊猫儿与朱七七一眼，接道：“当日晚间，姑娘在窗外人影一闪，咱们可全都瞧见了，但只有这猫儿一人追了出去，我本也想溜出去瞧瞧，却被沈兄拖住不放。”
他大笑几声，又道：“于是在那天晚上，我便已想将沈兄灌醉了。在下的酒量，在这洛阳城中，实还未遇过敌手。”
朱七七撇了撇嘴，道：“你吹牛也未遇着敌手。”
王怜花直做不闻，接道：“哪知我在灌沈兄，沈兄也在灌我，两人酒到杯干，也不知喝了多少杯，沈兄未醉，我倒真有些醉了。”
朱七七道：“小酒鬼遇着大酒鬼，自然要吃苦了。”
王怜花笑道：“我竟在桌子上迷迷糊糊的打了个盹儿，等我醒来时，沈兄竟已踪影不见。我自知万万追不着他，只有先赶到这园子里。”
朱七七道：“沈浪，你老实说，你那时到哪里去了？”
王怜花道：“沈兄竟赶到那香烛铺里，神不知，鬼不觉，将铺里的伙计，全都点了睡穴，在后院中寻着了那地道的入口。”
朱七七突然惊呼一声，道：“不好，那地道入口处，有个力大无比的巨人在守着，沈浪，你……你……你怎么能吃得消他？”
她嘴里骂着沈浪，心里对沈浪还是关心的。
沈浪笑道：“那巨人果然是天生神力，我一入地道，便遇见了他，幸好地道中甚是狭窄，那巨人身形又太过笨重，在狭处自然转动不便，更幸亏他天生聋哑，不能出声惊呼，否则，那一关我便过不去了。”
朱七七道：“你……你杀了他？”
沈浪摇头道：“我怎会下此杀手，只不过点了他穴道而已……唉，说来也真是惊人，我不停地点了他十二处大穴，他身子方才倒下。”
朱七七这才松了口气，口中却道：“哼！你被他抓死最好，免得留在世上骗人。”
王怜花道：“那地道中除了巨人一关外，到处都埋伏着暗卡，遍地都是机关陷阱，寻常之人，实难越雷池一步。”
他叹了口气，接道：“但沈兄却走过了埋伏，在地道中三十六条大汉，竟被沈兄无声无息的点倒了二十一人，还有十五人，根本连沈兄的影子都未瞧见，至于那些机关陷阱，在沈兄眼中更有如儿戏一般。”
朱七七道：“这些邪门外道的鬼花样，他本来就知道得不少。”此刻谁都听得出她这句骂沈浪的话里，其实正暗合着无限爱慕与欢喜。
熊猫儿耸了耸鼻子，道：“这些鬼花样我也知道得不少。”
朱七七瞪他一眼，道：“你知道个屁。”
熊猫儿大笑道：“要佳人骂我一句，当真是颇不容易。”
朱七七道：“你放心，少时我不把你骂得狗血淋头才怪，但此刻……喂，沈浪，你先说你走出地道后又怎样？”
沈浪道：“那地道之中，确是危机四伏，步步杀机，我侥幸走了出来，但一出地道，行踪便已被王老夫人发现了。”
朱七七情不自禁，又惊呼了一声，道：“她对你怎样？”
沈浪道：“她老人家似是算准了我要来的，竟坐在地道出口外等着我。我大惊之下，只道难免要有一场剧战。”
朱七七道：“打起来了没有？谁打胜了？”
沈浪笑道：“哪知她老人家非但全无与我动手之意，反而含笑招呼我坐下。她老人家机智之高，风仪之美，端的是我平生仅见。”
朱七七“哼”了一声，瞧了瞧王怜花，总算没有说出骂人的话来——虽然她那双眼睛里早已说出来了。
王怜花道：“那夜我一赶来这里，向家母说出了整个事情的经过，又向家母说出沈兄……那时家母便对沈兄极为留意，再三问我沈兄的模样与来历，然后便突然走下楼来，坐在那里。我本觉奇怪，哪知沈兄却真的从那里来了……唉，家母推测事理之准，当真非他人能及。”
朱七七又“哼”了一声，转向沈浪，道：“她对你说了些什么？”
沈浪道：“她老人家向我说明了此事的经过，我才知道她老人家如此做法也是为了对付快乐王的。快乐王此刻足迹虽然还未踏入关内，但实已将成为武林中的心腹之祸，若是被他得手，江湖中的劫难、灾祸……便将接连不绝，我武林同道，也必将永无宁日。”
他苦叹一声，接道：“我听她老人家说出一切后，自然除了请她老人家恕我冒昧闯入之罪外，还要请她老人家继续主持此事，我虽无用，也少不得要为此事稍尽绵薄之力……”
王怜花接口笑道：“于是从此以后，沈兄自然便与在下等站在同一阵线之上，昔日的误会，从此谁也不能再提起了。”
沈浪忽又笑道：“但在她老人家话还未说完之前，却还有段趣事。”
朱七七瞪眼道：“什么趣事？”
沈浪笑道：“那便是你两人……”
朱七七截口道：“我两人又怎样？”
王怜花笑道：“姑娘与这猫儿还是在外面时，行迹便已被我等发现了。家母本待故作不知，由得你两人四下随便走走，但是沈兄却要将你两人惊退，那种种便全部都是沈兄所做出的手段，在那窗下，亦是……”
朱七七想到那夜在窗子下偷听的情况，想到她偷听到的声音，脸不觉飞也似的红了，大呼道：“不要说了……不要说了……”
她又冲到沈浪面前嘶声道：“我问你，我有哪点对不住你，你……你为何要这样对我？你为什么不让我也进来，反要将我惊退？”
沈浪叹道：“只因那时事态还未分明，我一来生怕你闯入后胡乱发作，怒恼了王老夫人，也坏了大事，二来……”
他瞧了王怜花一眼，含笑住口。
王怜花却代他接了下去，笑道：“二来亦因那时事态还未分明，双方敌友也尚未分明，沈兄生怕你闯入涉险，但那时他势必又不能当着我母子的面说出这话来，是以便惟有弄些手段，先将你惊退了……沈兄，是么？”
沈浪笑道：“不瞒王兄，正是如此。”
王怜花道：“由此可见，沈兄全属好意……”
朱七七跺足道：“什么好意，骗鬼……他只不过存心要捉弄捉弄我，让我出丑，他才得意，还有你。”
她身子突然转向熊猫儿，恨声道：“你这死猫，臭猫，瘟猫，癞皮猫，偷嘴猫，混账猫……我问你，这些事你是否早已知道了？”
熊猫儿强笑道：“我……我……”
王怜花接口笑道：“今日午后，我与沈兄已将此事始末告诉了这猫儿……”
朱七七指着熊猫儿道：“是么？他们可是早已告诉了你？”
熊猫儿愁眉苦脸道：“好像是的。”
朱七七厉声道：“那么，今日晚间，你们彼此灌酒，原是装给我看的。”
熊猫儿道：“那酒不错……咳……咳……”
朱七七怒道：“你装什么咳嗽，我问你，你酒醉胡闹，是否也是假的？”
熊猫儿道：“我的头有些晕晕的，但……但还未那么醉。”
朱七七大声道：“那么，你为什么要骗我？害我出丑，害我着急，我问你，到底为什么？……为什么！”她一步步向熊猫儿逼过去。
熊猫儿一步步往后退。
朱七七说到这里，熊猫儿已退到墙角，退无可退，突然一个翻身，直到沈浪身后，苦笑着道：“沈兄还不向朱姑娘解释解释。”
朱七七眼圈又早已红了，跺足道：“解释什么？有什么好解释的？”
沈浪道：“但此事委实怪不得熊兄。”
朱七七道：“不怪他怪谁？”
沈浪微一沉吟，道：“你可曾注意，今日有个人你始终未曾瞧见。”
朱七七道：“未瞧见又怎样，我根本……呀，不错，金无望不见了，他到哪里去了？难道他……他已被你们……”
沈浪截口道：“我们怎会对他如何。今日清晨，他便已不知去向。他是何时走的，走去哪里，我们根本全不知道。”
朱七七怔了半晌，喃喃道：“他想必也已发现了什么，所以乘夜走了……”眼睛一瞪，突然大声呼喊起来，跺足呼道：“但他走了与你们骗我何关？”
沈浪道：“我只怕他突然回来，或者在暗中窥视，是以未便将秘密说出……唉！这人虽然是条好汉，但终究也是快乐王的手下。”
朱七七道：“你不肯将秘密告诉我，为何又告诉了那死猫？”
沈浪笑道：“只是熊兄决不敢泄露其中秘密，而你……”
朱七七怒道：“我怎样？难道我是长舌妇，多嘴婆？”
沈浪道：“你虽不多嘴长舌，但心里委实太存不住事，金无望若在暗中窥探，你纵未将秘密说出，神情间还是难免要露出来。”
朱七七道：“不错，我天生直肠直肚，我本就是直心眼儿，不像你们这样沉得住气，不像你们这么诡计多端，但……”
她语声渐渐嘶哑，眼圈更红，反手揉了揉眼睛，接道：“但你们纵不将秘密告诉我，也不该如此捉弄我。”
沈浪道：“这个……”转目望了望熊猫儿。
熊猫儿笑道：“那……那只不过是我酒后高兴，跟你开开玩笑而已，其实绝对没有丝毫恶意，你又何苦如此生气。”
朱七七嘶声道：“酒后高兴？何苦生气？你……你……可知道方才我为你多么着急？你可知道我闯进来是拼了性命来救你的？”
熊猫儿怔了一怔，不由自主，垂下头去，他面色也不觉有些变了。他心中又是惭愧，又是感激，也不知究竟是何滋味。
朱七七道：“我知道你们都是聪明人，你们串通好了来骗我这个呆子。但你们可曾想到我这呆子所作所为，为的是什么，难道是为了我自己？”
沈浪、王怜花面面相觑，说不出话。
朱七七冷笑道：“你们这些聪明人，以为这样做法，根本没有什么关系，最多不过只是让我闹闹笑话而已，反正我也不会受到伤害，事过境迁，大家哈哈一笑也就罢了，由此可以更显出你们是多么聪明。”
她咬牙强忍着目中的泪珠，嘶声接道：“但你们这些聪明人难道从未想到，如此做法，是多么伤我的心？你……你们凭什么要伤我的心？”
沈浪干咳一声，道：“其实这也……”
朱七七大喝道：“住口，我不要听你说话，我……从此再也不要听你们说话，我……我……从此再也不愿瞧见你们。”
她脚步渐渐后退，嘶声接道：“现在，我就要走出去，永不回来，你们若是有一个人追出来拦我，我便立刻死在他面前。”
话犹未了，转身狂奔而出，再也不回头瞧一眼。
熊猫儿大惊之下，喝道：“朱姑娘，留步。”
他纵身要追出去，沈浪却将他一把拉住。
熊猫儿着急道：“你……你真的让她走么？”
沈浪叹道：“不让她走又有什么法子？她那烈火般的脾气，谁拦得住？而且，她素来说得出便做得到，你此刻追出去，她便真的会死在你的面前。”
熊猫儿道：“但……但她如此脾气，一个人又不知要闯出什么祸来！”
沈浪微微一笑，道：“这个熊兄只管放心，她走不远的。”
熊猫儿道：“走不远？为什么？”
沈浪道：“只因她心中还有些疑问，不问个清楚，她连睡觉都睡不着的。她方才激动之下，虽忘记问了，但只要一想起，便少不得要回来问个清楚。”
王怜花接口笑道：“以沈兄对朱姑娘相知之深，沈兄说的话想必不会错的。”
熊猫儿只得点了点头，轻叹道：“不会错……但愿不会错。”
凝目望着门外，但愿朱七七早些回来。
门外夜色更深，雪，又落了下来。
雪花满天。
朱七七放足狂奔，也不知奔了多久，只见前面高墙阻路，原来她不知不觉，竟一口气奔到了城脚。
城门未开。
朱七七脚步一顿，身子再也支持不住，斜斜跌倒。她索性不再站起，伏在城脚下放声大哭起来。
她也不知哭了多久。
悲恸的哭声，在静夜中自是分外刺耳，也传得分外遥远，若非守城的巡卒已自醉卧，此刻早该过来察看。
但纵然有人过来察看，朱七七也不管了。
她此刻早已将任何事都暂且抛开，只想将心中的悲哀与委屈，借着这一场大哭，尽情发泄出来。
在家里，她是千金小姐，她是下人们眼里的公主，兄妹们眼里的宠儿，父母眼中的掌珠。
她受尽了人们的尊重与宠爱，她只觉人间充满温暖。
然而，到了外面，她才发觉，这世界竟是如此冷酷，她只觉世上再没有人对她关心，对她爱护。
这本是个弱肉强食的世界，热心的人、直率的人、坦诚的人、任性的人……在这世界上，本就注定了要受到委屈和灾难。
她突然对世界，对人类痛恨起来。
家，本是她当作牢笼一样的地方，是以她不顾一切，也要逃出来，她想要闯一闯她自己的天下。
然而，在受过这许多打击、折磨、委屈之后，她也不觉灰心，失望——她迫切地想回家去。
寒风，冷雪，使得她的心，渐渐冷静了下来。
她突然想起了一些她方才未曾想起的事。
那王老夫人与沈浪一席长谈后，又到哪里去了？今日为何始终未曾出来与她相见？这为的是什么？
铁化鹤虽在那小楼中，但展英松、方千里等人呢？
他们是否也被放了出来？
他们若被放了出来，为何也不曾瞧见？
还有，那王老夫人既曾去过古墓，火孩儿的失踪，便不知是否也与她有关？若是真的与她有关，她