"Nonsense," Gu An's eyebrows stood up and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you and Hong'er go to Jiangning? What are you still here to do!"

The woman ignored her father's anger and said in a slight voice: "Dad, I won't go to Jiangning. I'm here watching Dad beat the riots to the point of falling."

Chen Jian, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "Mr. Gu has a well-behaved and sensible daughter like Xiuxiu, which makes me envious."

Gu An snorted coldly and said, "She is sensible? She has been spoiled by her mother and her brother since she was a child, and she has developed a willful and arbitrary temper. She can't listen to anyone's words."

"Haha," Chen Jian smiled and said to Gu An: "It's over, so you might as well ask Xiuxiu what purpose she is here."

When Gu An heard this, before he could ask, he saw the woman speak first: "Dad, I found that some people in the city have frequent nights these days. I'm afraid there are Manichae spies in the city."

Gu An said coldly: "Of course I know this, you are here to say this?"

"I'm here to give advice to my father," Gu Xiuxiu blinked and raised her head like a proud swan. "Dad can impose a curfew in the city, and also prohibit the people from going out during wars. In this way, once people who are found to have any abnormal movements are arrested, they can prevent spies from doing bad things in the city."

After hearing his daughter's words, Gu An was stunned for a moment. He knew that there were Manichae Spy in the city, but he did not expect the method of using curfew and access control to attract them to appear.

"Great sage," Chen Jian said seriously, "Mr. Gu, Ling Ai's suggestions are not bad, so we should implement them as soon as possible."

"I'll ask someone to do it right away," Gu An stood up and was about to walk out the door. When he passed by Gu Xiuxiu, he said to her: "It's an extraordinary time now, and there are not enough guards in the mansion. You should try not to go out these days."

"Oh." Gu Xiuxiu flattened her mouth.

Gu An glared at her and left the chamber directly. Gu Xiuxiu looked at his back, smiled secretly, and followed...

In Wuxian Building, Zhou Ti and his friends have been living there for nearly a month.

But the house and meal expenses for a day were not paid, and the shopkeeper's wink made many hints. Every time Mingxia wanted to pay, Zhou Ti said that he would remember first and pay together when he left.

Fang Baihua didn't say anything, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to force him.

After more than twenty days, Mingxia and Fang Baihua became much more familiar. In her opinion, this cold-hearted person in the "Yijie" plane was just responsible for the uprising, so he was a little indifferent to keeping people from thousands of miles away. Whenever news from Xu Ziling came, Fang Baihua would whisper to her, and whenever she said that when she was excited, she would curl the corners of her mouth slightly.

Zhou Ti lived a life of retirement in this storm city. He went out early and returned late every day, lingered in the teahouse next to Wuxian Building, chatted with some unfamiliar elderly people, played chess, and sometimes went to the brothel to hear stories about folk stories.

Just as Mingxia felt that life gradually returned to a special peace, news about the rebels began to come from the mouths of the guests and the merchants. Even if the city gate was closed, it seemed that the outside world could not be prevented from spreading into the market.

She only cares about Xu Ziling's safety. Even though she often hears the feeling of "the rebels seem to be very powerful" from Fang Baihua's words, she only treats that as if she is listening to stories, does not think deeply about the rebels, and has no practical concept of the rebels.

Until the day before yesterday, Fang Baihua suddenly said to her: The rebel army is going to attack Hangzhou.

She woke up as if she was dreaming. Is the rebel army already so powerful? Hangzhou is the capital of Liangzhe Road.

By this afternoon, the government suddenly came to Wuxian Building and said that the curfew was imposed from today tonight. After the Xu Dynasty, all shops were not allowed to open and everyone was not allowed to travel on the street.

Zhou Ti was also forced to return from the tea shop to Wuxian Building. Before the official had left, he smiled at Fang Baihua and said, "Are you siege the city today or tomorrow?"

The official officer was immediately startled. Fortunately, the shopkeeper's reaction was quick, so he pulled the official officer aside and explained quietly, and at the same time offered a few ingots of silver, which made the official officer let go of his guard and left cursingly.

Fang Baihua was not angry about this. After the official left, he said two words to the old man: Tomorrow.

As expected, the next morning, the official came to Wuxian Building again, saying that the rebels attacked the city today and implemented access control. No one was allowed to go out. Those who went out would be treated as a rebel party.

By noon, the people sitting in the building could already feel the movement of fighting at the north city gate, and could vaguely hear words such as "Shenggong" and "Zhu Xie".

Mingxia was a little nervous about the battle outside the city. Although it did not have much impact on her, whether the rebels or the official troops won, the maid Yue'er was a little excited and shouted that she wanted to go out and take a look.

Fang Baihua and Zhou Ti both looked calm and gentle, as if the shouts outside did not exist.

After a long silence, Zhou Ti asked Fang Baihua casually: "When will you go out?"

"When the city was broken," Fang Baihua replied calmly.

Zhou Ti turned to Yue'er and asked, "You want to go out and have a look, right?" Seeing the maid nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, she smiled and said, "I will take you out and have a look when the city is broken."

However, the sound of fighting at the city gate continued until the hour of Hai before returning to peace. There was no movement in the city, and the outcome was obvious.

Everyone who had been waiting for the day scattered and went to wash and rest.

In the middle of the night, everyone was sleeping well, and a slight knock on the door suddenly sounded at the door on the first floor. The waiter in charge of the night was dozing off. He woke up after hearing the sound. He went to the crack of the door and squinted his eyes and looked out, and found that it was a man in black.

The man in black was wearing a mask. The waiter couldn't recognize his identity and dared not open the door. When he was about to ask the shopkeeper, he saw the man pull out a red sword.

The waiter immediately showed joy and hurriedly opened the door and let the man in black walk in.

"Enter Xu," the waiter pointed upstairs and whispered: "Do you want to call Saint Fang and the others?"

The man in black shook his head and said, "No hurry, the rebels are not going to attack at night, don't disturb them."

The waiter immediately gave up.

The next day, when the first ray of sunlight in the morning passed through the door and sprinkled in the building, Mingxia got up and went to fetch water and wash himself.

Although Yue'er is her maid, she actually does not have much maid's obligation. Mingxia has never asked her to do things like washing and dressing.

When Mingxia finished washing up and walked downstairs as usual, she found a young man in green standing in the hall, staring at her with a smile and slowly spreading his arms.

After not seeing each other for more than a month, the boy's temperament has become much more mature. Even if his smile is sincere and gentle, he can feel some of the aura of killing and fortitude from his eyebrows. This is not deliberately revealed, but is condensed by the grinding of all ages over the years.

Mingxia looked at the boy and was stunned for a while before she ran to him gently. Before she could speak, she was held in her arms by both hands.

"You have changed a lot," Mingxia murmured, "I almost recognized you."

The boy stroked her hair and chuckled, "Where has it changed?"

Mingxia put her head on his chest, listened to his steady and powerful heartbeat, and whispered: "Zi Ling seems to have changed from a big boy to a big man at once."

The young man said, "Then you are happy..."

"Bah", a sudden voice interrupted the young man's words. The maid Yue'er was standing on the stairs downstairs, looking at them with disgust, "Are you two embarrassed, hugging each other in public?"

Mingxia suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so she gently broke out from Xu Ziling's arms.

"Hmph!" Yue'er snorted lightly, walked downstairs, pulled Mingxia to her side, pouted, and said to Xu Ziling: "You have not gotten married yet, so you are not allowed to do anything to the lady."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Mingxia with his waist and said, "You are still young lady, don't spoil him..." As he was speaking in a coquettish voice, the maid gradually widened her eyes and her cheeks slowly turned red.

Xu Ziling put his head to Mingxia's face, watched her speak, and kissed Mingxia, then turned around and pursed her lips.

Even though the maid had seen many slutty scenes in the alum building, she had never seen such a thing. She blushed and pointed at Xu Ziling with her fingers, "You, you, you," for a long time, but she couldn't say a word. Finally, she turned around and ran upstairs with her head in her arms.

Mingxia also blushed and reached out to pinch him, but he held it with his backhand and could not pull it out.

At this moment, Fang Baihua slowly walked down from the upper floor, ignored the two of them holding hands, and said in surprise: "Xiao Ling, why are you here?"

Xu Ziling then let go of Mingxia's hand and said to Fang Baihua: "Sister, the rebel army will probably be able to break the city today. There are 20,000 rebels outside the city. It's no different if I have it or not. I heard your message saying that Mingxia is here, so I can't wait to come."

Fang Baihua looked at him and sighed, "Thank you for your hard work, I should have done these things."

Xu Ziling shook his head repeatedly and said, "Sister, what are you saying? Isn't it natural to be my brother's help to my sister? What's there to thank for? The reason I am in a hurry to come back is that the strength of the rebel army is enough to defeat the official army, and the other is that I really don't want to get involved in the murderous crime again."

Speaking of this, Xu Ziling showed a little melancholy on his face: "Many people shouldn't actually die. Whether it is the government army or the people, they are just pitiful people. What they deserve is the corrupt officials who collude with each other in the court.

Before coming to Hangzhou, I met a master of Pudong. He reminded me that I would suffer from many causes and effects and told me to do more good deeds. Along the way, I did all the good and evil deeds. I would not want to kill people if I was not necessary."

Fang Baihua stared at him, remained silent for a long time, opened her mouth slightly, and finally said the word "ok".

Xu Ziling smiled and did not explain anything. The closer he got to the people, the more he could know what the people really wanted, and the more he was reluctant to take them on this path of no return.

Most of the people are pure and kind. Even if they work hard all year round, as long as they can have some surplus grain, silk, and some hope, they will definitely not participate in the uprising. It is just that the appearance of Hua Shigang and the appearance of Cai Jing, Zhu Xie and others is a coincidence. Manichaeism used the lunarity of the people and allowed them to resist the hoe and embark on the road of no return.

Not long after, Zhou Ti walked down from the building and saw Xu Ziling and Mingxia who were tired of being together. He smiled and sat next to them, which made Xu Ziling feel embarrassed and stopped some small movements in his hand.

Then the shopkeeper asked the kitchen to make some porridge, steamed buns and other breakfasts, and they were eaten with everyone.
Chapter completed!