The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 97: Four Array Gates
The following days were a bit boring. She read and wrote every day, ate and slept every day. Every day she secretly went to meet Gao Xining. She told her what she had learned and eaten that day, and she said she had found out about a beautiful girl.
A girl like Gao Xining's would naturally have some playmates of similar social status. Several of them were daughters of tutors' families who grew up around the same age as her and they would often hang out together.
The girls that Gao Xining had inquired about recently were all very good, but she found that Li Diudiu didn't seem to care at all. When she asked him anxiously, he said that he was only twelve years old and there was no need to rush.
Gao Xining thought that if there was no one else Li Chi felt he could get along with, then he would have to betray his best friend.
There were four or five girls who had a very good relationship with her. Three of them were daughters of teachers in the academy, two were from relatives' families, and the closest one was the daughter of Mr. Yuan from the academy, Yuan Jiabei, who was the same age as Gao Xining. She had a completely different personality from Gao Xining.
Yuan Jiabei has a gentle personality and is a little shorter than Gao Xining. She already has the temperament of a lady from a noble family, with a natural gentleness and grace that comes from being well-read and well-read.
"Under the moon and flowers" is a very beautiful phrase, but every day after dark, when Li Diudiu and Gao Xining meet under the moon and flowers beside the small woods in the backyard, there is always a bit of a thief atmosphere.
"Jia Bei Ke is fine, ten times better than me."
Gao Xining said with a cruel heart.
Li Diudiu said nonchalantly: "You are 10 points bad, and she is 10 times better than you, which is only 1 point bad, how much better can she be."
Gao Xining kicked Li Diudiu on the butt, but Li Diudiu, who was squatting in horse stance, did not shake at all, and his horse stance remained as solid as a rock.
Gao Xining was stunned, thinking that Li Diudiu's butt was so perky and the kick just now felt so bouncy, probably because he often did horse stance.
Thinking of this, her face turned slightly red, and she thought to herself, what nonsense is this? She was talking about the important things in life, why was she thinking about Li Diudiu's butt at this moment?
But then I thought, why not just do horse stance every day?
So his face turned even redder.
Li Diudiu saw that she had a strange expression and couldn't help asking, "Can't you hold it in and go to the toilet? Go quickly."
Gao Xining kicked again. When she kicked Li Diudiu, she never used any force. Of course, even if she did, it might not have been very powerful.
"You want to go to the toilet!"
Li Diudiu said, "Isn't it? I see your face is a little red, probably because daddy is holding it in. If I was really holding it in, it would be like this, my face would be as red as a monkey's butt...Huh? Daddy is holding it in, it seems to have some rhythm."
Gao Xining took a deep breath, and told himself that it was he who promised to help this silly boy find a wife. It was he who took on the job, and everything was his fault. He couldn't let him be angry with himself, right?
After persuading herself seven or eight times, Gao Xining felt better, because after the sixth sentence, she couldn't help but kicked Li Diudiu in the butt again.
Gao Xining said fiercely: "You rascal, you think about your butt all day long."
Li Diudiu asked in confusion: "When did I ever think about my butt?"
Gao Xining said: "Just now."
Li Diudiu: “No…I haven’t thought about it at all.”
Gao Xining was too lazy to pay attention to him. After a moment of silence, he said, "You can practice by yourself. I'm going back now."
Li Diudiu waved his hand: "Goodbye."
Gao Xining turned around and walked back angrily. Li Diudiu was a blockhead, but he had a trick. When he saw that Gao Xining's ponytail did not shake when he turned around and walked away, he thought that something was wrong.
So Li Diudiu asked, "I'm going to Yunzhai Teahouse tomorrow. Can I bring you some Yueji dim sum when I come back?"
Gao Xining said without looking back: "What delicious dim sum is there at Yueji?"
Li Diudiu said, "Then... do you want the scented bag from Wenxianglou next door to Yueji?"
Gao Xining said: "What's so strange about that?"
Li Diudiu said, "I've come up with a new song. I'll play it for you tomorrow. Can you give me some pointers?"
Gao Xining finally stopped, looked back at Li Diudiu and said, " It's not like I'm listening to the music for free. If you want me to correct you, it will be even more expensive. Can you afford it?"
Li Diudiu asked: "How much?"
Gao Xining waved his fingers and said, "At least one serving of Yueji's puff pastry lotus seeds and one Wenxianglou's embroidered butterfly sachet."
Li Diudiu immediately said, "The embroidered deer sachet from Wenxianglou is also good. How about another one?"
Gao Xining nodded, turned and left.
Li Diudiu laughed.
Because he saw Gao Xining's ponytail shaking again.
Gao Xining had no shortage of those things, and they were not particularly valuable. She just knew very well when to give Li Chi a way out and when to make Li Chi feel that he had coaxed her into submission.
But Gao Xining was not really angry. She kept thinking again and again that if she was really angry, she would probably not want to see Li Chi a long time ago.
She had not touched any of the small gifts Li Chi had given her. There was a small wooden box in her room, and she had kept all of the gifts in the box in good condition, thinking that if that silly guy had a girl he liked in the future, she would help give away these small gifts.
Gao Xining felt that being a matchmaker to her extent, she was almost worthy of the word great.
That guy doesn't have much money, so he can't waste these things. He can save as much as he can, and he can cheat as many people as he can...
Li Diudiu watched Gao Xining leave, then squatted there for a while before standing up. He looked at the sky and saw that it had become completely dark. It was cloudy tonight and the moon was not bright, so it should be a good day to rob the rich and help the poor.
After changing into a nightgown with three-quarter sleeves and three-quarter pants and putting on the mask with a black face and white teeth, Li Diudiu left the academy like a ghost.
On the rooftop of Banyue Building, Li Diudiu sat on the ridge looking at the street below. He had been waiting for nearly an hour. It seemed that there would be no business coming tonight.
Xiahou Zhuo, who was drinking next to him, asked him, "Your eager look tells me that you are disappointed that there is no business tonight."
Li Diudiu said: "So what you said is nonsense."
Xiahou Zhuo said, "Opportunities are not waited for, but found. You sit on the roof of Banyue Building for an hour every night. The roof is covered with patina by your buttocks. How can you have business?"
Li Diudiu asked curiously, "Why are you and Gao Xining interested in my butt today?"
Xiahou Zhuo: "I'm talking about you being lazy."
Li Diudiu said: "Because I can't go on patrol."
"why?"
"Walking too much will consume your energy, and if you consume too much energy, you will feel hungry."
"Eat when you're hungry!"
"The academy provides three meals a day, which are free. But you have to eat your own midnight snack, which is not acceptable."
After Li Diudiu finished speaking, he looked at Xiahou Zhuo, who immediately turned his head and said, "I won't invite you."
Li Diudiu sighed: "Child labor is so hard. Every day a child laborer works is a history of blood and tears."
Xiahou Zhuo: "You ate my midnight snack nine out of ten nights. What's your blood and tears? Which night did you eat yourself? Where's your humanity?"
Li Diudiu said, “I missed out on eating it by one day, it’s a big loss.”
At this moment, Xiahou Zhuo's eyes suddenly widened, because he saw a firework burning in the distant sky. On this moonless night, the firework looked particularly dazzling.
"Walk!"
Xiahou Zhuo shouted, "Something happened."
Li Diudiu also knew that it was the distress signal from the Qingyi formation. When the fireworks exploded after seeing such a signal, all the people in the Qingyi formation who saw it must rush over as soon as possible.
Two people were flying across the roof, one in front and one behind. Xiahou Zhuo's long gown fluttered in a very graceful manner, but as for Li Diudiu... there was nothing much to say about his three-quarter sleeves and three-quarter pants.
After passing about three or four rows of roofs, Xiahou Zhuo gestured to stop. A horse-drawn carriage was parked on the street not far away. The lantern on the carriage was still on, and several people were lying outside the carriage.
"I'll go first, and you provide support in secret."
Xiahou Zhuo whispered something and Li Diudiu nodded slightly, reaching out to take off the crossbow hanging on his belt.
Xiahou Zhuo jumped down from the roof and slowly approached the carriage, with his left hand in front and his right hand raised to hold the handle of the long sword tied to his back. The long sword tied at an angle had been pulled out of the scabbard a little, and a cold light could be seen faintly.
"Array Gate?!"
Xiahou Zhuo suddenly let out a low cry and his pace became much faster. He ran to the side of the carriage, squatted down, picked up one of the corpses and looked at it carefully.
The person who died was one of the four formation members in green.
Even among the people in the Qingyi formation, those who don't have the fifth knot don't know who the true identity of the formation leader is. Xiahou Zhuo has the fourth knot, but it goes without saying that his identity is special.
The leader of the blue-clothed formation was the Jiedushi Zeng Ling. There were four formation masters, two of whom were fifth-rank generals under Zeng Ling. They were all Zeng Ling's personal soldiers. After arriving in Jizhou, they were dispatched to lead their own troops.
The other two are martial arts masters, and they all have very remarkable identities on the surface. Once they are exposed and say that they are the formation of the Qingyi formation, the martial arts forces in Jizhou City will be shocked.
The commander who was lying on the ground now was Lei Yuan, one of the fifth-rank generals under Zeng Ling.
He had just left Banyue Tower, and less than a moment later, he was lying dead on the street.
Li Diudiu came over from the darkness, stood beside Xiahou Zhuo and said, "I checked around, but didn't see anyone."
As soon as he finished speaking, people in green clothes lined up in formation and rushed over from all directions. When they saw that the leader of the formation was dead, everyone's face became ugly, full of sadness and anger.
"There are words on the carriage."
Li Diudiu suddenly saw a line of words left in blood on the carriage. The words were not big and the lanterns on the carriage were not that bright, so no one noticed it just now.
Gate one, send you back to the west, gate two, why rush?
Twelve words, written in blood.
The blood was naturally Lei Yuan's blood.
"Send the gate back."
Xiahou Zhuo stood up and gave an order. He looked at Li Diudiu and said seriously, "Go back to the academy now. Tomorrow night, the night after tomorrow... until this matter has a conclusion, you don't have to come out. Stay in the academy honestly."
Li Diudiu looked at Xiahou Zhuo, who felt that what he had just said was like talking to a cow.
"Hello!"
Just then, a voice came from the roof opposite.
Li Diudiu and Xiahou Zhuo immediately looked up and saw a dark shadow sitting on the roof. Maybe it had just arrived, or maybe it had always been there, but there was no noticeable aura.
"How about the dozen or so words I wrote?"
The shadow said, "I learned the calligraphy from Mr. Song Ming, and even rhymed it on purpose."
The shadow slowly stood up, walked to the edge of the eaves and glanced at the people below, then smiled and said: "My name is Yao Wuhen, Yao Wuhen, I will kill you four, you should all remember this person, because I am the god of the assassin industry..."
After he finished speaking, he uttered an "eh" and then said something else to himself.
“It actually rhymes again.”
