In front of the North Gate

Chapter 19

When it was getting late, Lou Huaiyu had already dressed up.

Zhou Liang said it was Xie Li, but it didn't mean he didn't go on stage at all, he just changed a relaxed role and put on the makeup of a maid.Both of them were handsome, and after putting on makeup, they looked almost like real maids, very eye-catching.

Before the two went out, Lou Huaiyu packed up some silver taels and precious jewelry and hid them on the excuse of taking clothes.He took one of his thick coats and put it on for Zhou Liang, and he also put on one.

Xiaodong carried the huge wooden box for Zhou Liang.

The three walked out unhappily together, and just before stepping over the threshold, Lou Huaiyu suddenly said in a moderate voice, "Be careful."

Both Xiaodong and Zhou Liang were stunned, and Zhou Liang even took back half of his leg that had crossed the threshold.

After a short silence, Xiaodong thought that Lou Huaiyu was talking to him, so he answered him naturally, "Hey, good!"

Zhou Liang, on the other hand, looked back suspiciously, but Lou Huaiyu didn't look at him and didn't explain, so he didn't pursue it.

It was getting dark quickly in winter, and it was still bright when the three of them went out. When they walked into the courtyard in the front yard, the sky was already dark blue, and the moon was only a small half, so many stars could be seen.

Lou Huaiyu first looked up for a while, then was stimulated by brighter light, lowered his head, and saw that in the middle of the courtyard, on the temporary stage, a large row of lamps with high wattage had been lit.

It can be seen that Yamaguchi really cared about this reception. The stage was set up very luxuriously, the table was covered with red velvet cloth that looked very comfortable, and the masters who played and sang by the side also took care of each one with great energy. Sitting beautifully is better than most of Lou Huaiyu's outfield songs.

Shan Kou came to meet them, Lou Huaiyu saw Shan Kou grab Zhou Liang's back very briefly, and then grabbed himself again.

"Well done," Yamaguchi said with a smile, reached out to touch Lou Huaiyu's powdered cheek, and told him, "Sing well later."

Lou Huaiyu's heart was beating very fast, as fast as when he was caught by Yamaguchi for the first time and his life and death were uncertain.

For a moment, he was very resistant to Yamaguchi and Ji Chang touched his face like that, but soon overcame it, regained his proper state, smiled sweetly at him, and said coquettishly, "I'm so nervous."

It may be that the change in attitude was too obvious, Zhou Liang couldn't help but look at him undisguised.

Lou Huaiyu looked directly over and smiled at him.

Zhou Liang felt guilty and took a half step back to the side.

Shankou didn't know how to talk, so he casually comforted Lou Huaiyu a few words, and said sideways: "Boss Zhou, you are already familiar with it."

He seemed to pull the man over naturally, and said: "In the future, I want to put him in the courtyard that was vacated earlier, not far from yours. You two will have a companion in the future."

The house that was vacated before can accommodate Zhou Liang again, probably Lan'er.

Thinking of Lan'er, Lou Huaiyu felt a little complicated.

He smiled and said yes, Zhou Liang seemed a little nervous and didn't dare to look up.

Shankou has a lot of things to do today, and it is impossible to stay with the two opera singers all the time. After he finished what he had to say, he left.

Zhou Liang seemed even more nervous, and he swallowed before opening his mouth: "I, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Lou Huaiyu didn't know what he had to pay attention to, but to him, many things would be meaningless after tonight, so he didn't say much.

The two stayed in a strange atmosphere for a while, and the music in front of the stage finally sounded.

Zhou Liang stepped onto the stage and sang as he walked, "Miss, look at the moonlight tonight."

Lou Huaiyu poked his head out, holding a champagne in his hand, as if he was really looking at the moon, but his eyes fell on the person in the center under the seat.

That person and Yamaguchi looked exactly the same, and it was almost indistinguishable without looking carefully, with the same body and face shape, and the same metal-rimmed glasses.

It's just that the clothes on the body are different. Yamaguchi is wearing a Chinese-style gown, but the man is wearing a Japanese-style kimono.

Judging by the way Yamaguchi spoke respectfully with that person, it should be Yukawa Watanabe.

The two chatted and laughed, and turned their heads to look at the stage again.

Lou Huaiyu turned his gaze away at the right time, and sang smoothly: "Look at the clear sky and the ice wheel surges. The wind sweeps the red in the Buxiang steps, the Niu and the female star traverse the space, and the reunion moon shines on the lonely sky."

After a few words, some cheers rustled from under the stage, and then stopped quickly.

Zhou Liang sang again: "Miss, look at the end of the moon tonight, I'm afraid there will be wind tomorrow!"

As if to cooperate with him, a gust of wind really blows in the air.

The night wind was still cold, and it blew on the person, making Lou Huaiyu's soft skin extremely cold. He shivered slightly, and the person couldn't help but tense up, and looked around.

Singing in his mouth: "Sigh in the world, the jade face is deeply locked in the embroidered shoe curtain... Today, there is a feast in the East Pavilion, and I only talk about harmony and singing like Luanfeng."

The two exchanged a few words back and forth, and the people in the audience gradually became more relaxed. Everyone's sitting posture changed from the regular one at the beginning, with their backs straight, to a relaxed posture.

Lou Huaiyu saw that the spears of several soldiers had been lying on the ground because they didn't pay attention, and their owners didn't realize it, and kept applauding while eating peanuts.

Zhou Liang has a good figure and looks good when he walks, smiling sweetly: "Miss, don't worry, look at the moonlight like this—"

When Lou Huaiyu heard his good words suddenly change the tone, his facial expression became uncontrollably terrified, which complemented the chaotic music behind him.

Shi Jichang and his men came from behind, as if they appeared suddenly, but in the blink of an eye, with the intensive gunshots, many corpses were already lying on the ground densely.

Lou Huaiyu was a little slow, Zhou Liang beside him had already screamed and ran off the stage, Lou Huaiyu suddenly realized that his heart was beating violently.

He also scrambled to get off the stage, and the more and more intensive gunshots behind him only made people tremble continuously.

Lou Huaiyu kept reminding himself to remember Shi Jichang's phrase "find a place to hide", but his brain seemed to be unable to think anymore, he even had difficulty breathing, and almost fell down on the way off the stage with his knees knocked to the ground , feel no pain.

The backstage of the stage was already in a mess, a few lights went out, and the remaining one was dark, as if shaken by the sound, making everything look even more terrifying.Lou Huaiyu got up and was about to squat and walk a few more steps when he heard someone calling him, "Lou Huaiyu?"

He looked up, unexpectedly seeing Lan'er.

Before there was any reaction, Lan'er had already grabbed him with great strength: "Follow me!"

It wasn't until tonight that Lou Huaiyu understood Shi Jichang's intention to familiarize him with the escape route that Shi Jichang had said some time ago.

Although the front yard was separated from the outside by fewer walls, it was still dangerous. Lan Er still dragged Lou Huaiyu and ran towards the back yard.

"Now the peacekeeping team in the backyard is dead, and those who are not dead have rushed to die," Lan'er said, "The backyard is safe."

Lou Huaiyu didn't expect Lan'er to speak so directly, and she was a little at a loss.

He looked through the moonlight, and Lan Er's hair was shorter than when he first met, flying up and down with her running.

Lou Huaiyu's physical fitness has improved a lot after practicing, but she still can't keep up, and she is out of breath when running.

Lan'er didn't seem to feel it, she led the person to the wall, squatted down, and said, "You step on me to go up."

Lou Huaiyu was nervous, and after running for so long, his heartbeat and breathing were so fast that he couldn't speak, and before he could refute, Lan'er was already pulling his ankle.

Lou Huaiyu didn't expect that Lan'er was stronger than Du Juan, and Lou Huaiyu almost fell when he grabbed it.

"Hurry up!" she urged.

Lou Huaiyu had no choice but to step on her and climb up the first wall.

Laner also jumped over the wall and over the ground quickly.

But no one greeted Lou Huaiyu with open arms.

"What are you doing?" Lan'er still raised her head to urge him, naming names, "Didn't Shi Jichang say that you can already climb over the wall?"

Lou Huaiyu had to close his eyes, imagining in his mind the appearance of Ji Chang with his hands outstretched, gritted his teeth and jumped down.

When she landed, Lou Huaiyu's foot was knocked by a stone, and her waist was pierced by the gold hairpin she was carrying, and she couldn't help but hissed in pain.

Lan'er's laughter was heard in the next second.

Lan'er was completely different from the quiet one when they first met, she was dressed more like a boy than him, and she was also more cheerful than when he first met, she smiled and said: "You really are exactly what Shi Jichang said. "

Lou Huaiyu couldn't help asking her: "What did he say about me?"

Ke Lan'er talked about her own, but she didn't listen to others. After she finished speaking, she turned around and ran away.

Lou Huaiyu had no choice but to chase her.

The two of them ran and stumbled across the road that Lou Huaiyu and Ji Chang walked the last time. It may be that the peacekeeping team was called back to support. This time there were a lot fewer people on the road and it went much smoother.

They soon came to the last river.

But this time, there was an extra boat beside the big locust tree.

"I'll take you here." Laner said.

Lou Huaiyu became nervous, he even wanted to grab Lan'er: "What about me?"

Lan'er seemed to be wondering why Lou Huaiyu asked such a question, and she pointed to the people on the boat: "If you follow him, go down the river, and then go ashore, it will no longer be within the jurisdiction of Pingcheng."

After Lan'er finished speaking, she ran back quickly, reminding Lou Huaiyu of the agile and bold wild cats in the south that she had seen when she was a child, and disappeared from sight.

The people on the boat called him: "Brother? Let's go?"

Lou Huaiyu boarded the boat.

The snow has melted.

Lou Huaiyu stared at the clean stones beside the big pagoda tree, thinking so.

The snowman he had hesitated to see before, he could never see again after all.

The rhythm on the boat obviously slowed down, and it was no longer as scary as it was when he escaped just now. Lou Huaiyu entered the safe range and relaxed, but he didn't have the excitement and happiness he imagined. He only felt very helpless.

After getting up, Shi Jichang patted his head again, pinched his face, before hiding, Shi Jichang said to Lou Huaiyu: "Be careful at night, and be careful when you go out."

For some reason, Lou Huaiyu felt a sore nose, as if he would never see her again.

No, it is true that we will never see each other again, right?

When I was on stage today, I didn't have a chance to see where Shi Jichang was.

The young man on the boat interrupted him: "Where are you going? An County is just a few steps away from the elbow, and I will take you to Bazhou a little further away?"

Lou Huaiyu followed his master all over the world, but he had no idea where it was, so he blinked blankly.

Looking back, the old locust tree has become very small.

"Huh?" The young man asked him through his nasal cavity while pushing the boat pole back vigorously.

Lou Huaiyu suddenly became a little nervous, like a flower that only lives indoors, and one day it will finally be moved outside. The next day, it may be able to see the long-awaited sunshine, but it may also be broken by the wind and rain.

"I—" He paused for a long time, and then asked suddenly, "Are you also with them?"

The young man seemed to think this was nonsense, and he grinned with white teeth: "Of course!"

Lou Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and then he heard himself say in a pleading tone, "Then can I go to your place?"