Chapter 122 Leaving Beijing overnight, the third snake

After hearing what Lou Baili said, Lou Lianyu said weakly, "Dad, you should also go to bed early."

After that, he dragged his heavy steps back to his room.

After washing up and lying on the bed, Lou Lianyu clearly felt that his body was extremely sleepy, but he just couldn't fall asleep. He kept thinking about the person in his memory.

The second son of the Lou family, unparalleled in the world.

This was the evaluation of Lou Qingzhi by people in the capital at that time.

The Lou family is full of geniuses. The old Grand Tutor Lou Yuhuan was born in a poor family. He entered the government through the imperial examination and became a sixth-rank official as the top scholar. After many hardships, he became the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, which added a noble family with the surname "Lou" to the capital.

Lou Yuhuan's eldest son Lou Baili was no less talented. He also entered the government as the top scholar. Following the path opened up by his father, he rose rapidly in the officialdom.

When Lou Baili passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, Lou Qingzhi was only twelve years old, but at that time he had already shown a different intelligence from his peers, and was even more outstanding than Lou Baili at the age of twelve.

Lou Lianyu recalled the words his mother used to tease him: "Lianyu, your second uncle knew a thousand words at the age of three, recited a hundred poems at the age of four, and could recite the Four Books and Five Classics by heart before he was ten. He was familiar with the classics, history, and literature at will. The emperor praised him as a rare genius. You run after him every day, but don't just play around. Learn more from your second uncle and let him teach you to be smarter..."

Such a brilliant second uncle, who was famous at the age of a teenager, Man was a famous calligrapher and painter in Beijing. His brushes and inks were worth a fortune, but he was not at all annoyed when he was torn up for fun. He just shook his head and laughed, "My dear nephew, you dare to be so unruly in front of me. If it were my elder brother, I would definitely make you kneel down to copy books, hahaha..."

Everyone was waiting to see the second son of the Lou family enter the court and stir up the storm, but they never thought that the third daughter of the Lou family committed suicide on the eve of her wedding, and then Lou Qingzhi disappeared without a trace.

It was clear that the imperial examination would be held in another month, and everyone was waiting for the Lou family to produce another number one scholar, but for more than 20 years since then, there was no "Lou Qingzhi" in the world.

"Second uncle..."

Lou Lianyu called softly in the dark, and there was a stinging pain around his eye sockets, and he felt a wetness in the corners of his eyes.

At 3:30 in the evening,

Jiang Ning waited until the housekeeper Ma came out of Wei Fangxiong's house in a rage.

"How dare you tease me, Wei Fangxiong? You lied to me that there was a jade gourd, but it turned out to be a broken stone sculpture!"

Housekeeper Ma cursed as he walked, while Wei Fangxiong followed behind with a flattering smile: "Oh! Housekeeper Ma, I was wrong this time, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."

"Humph! Stop talking nonsense, even if you, Wei Fangxiong, are blind, you can't be unable to distinguish jade, you are obviously teasing me in the middle of the night!" Housekeeper Ma didn't believe this at all, but became even angrier because of this poor excuse.

"Alas~ What are you talking about, Steward Ma? How dare I..."

Before Wei Fangxiong finished his words, Steward Ma had already stepped out of his yard, flicked his sleeves and strode away.

The smile on Wei Fangxiong's face disappeared without a trace in a moment. He carefully climbed the gate and stuck his head out, looking around the alley. Except for Steward Ma who was gradually walking away, he could no longer see anyone else.

"Huh~"

After closing the door, Wei Fangxiong leaned against it, rubbed his face that was sore from laughing, and let out a long breath.

After taking a few breaths, seven or eight servants came over and asked in a lowered voice: "Master, everything is packed, and the carriage is ready. Are we leaving now?"

"Go! Let's go now!" Wei Fangxiong said decisively.

The woman who came to see him the day before yesterday was so scary. She came and went without a trace. No one saw how she came or how she left.

If it weren't for the dead big wolf dog and the dog blood stains on Wei Fangxiong's clothes, he would have thought it was just a nightmare.

Now he has tricked Butler Ma out according to the woman's request. Butler Ma should be in danger. He doesn't know if the woman will come back and stab him again.

He is over sixty years old and has only a few years left to live. He doesn't want to gamble with his life.

So yesterday and today, Wei Fangxiong was busy settling all matters, and by the way, he asked someone to take a letter to Blind Yang in Qushui City. He was going to Qushui City to spend his old age. He would never get involved in those shameful and immoral things again in his life.

After Butler Ma went out, he became angrier and angrier. He ran so far in the middle of the night with great expectations, only to see a broken stone.

"Damn Wei Fangxiong!" Butler Ma couldn't help but curse.

Butler Ma, who was walking alone, suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder from behind. He was startled and turned around quickly. The next moment, the scenery in front of him changed drastically.

The alley disappeared, the cold wind at night disappeared, the moonlight on the ground disappeared, and the smooth stone road under his feet turned into gravel that hurt his feet in an instant.

The dark night suddenly became bright, but why was the light red?

Steward Ma looked up at the sky in doubt, but he saw that the sky was like an inverted bowl covering the whole world. There were no stars or moon, no sun or clouds in the sky, only large and lush blood-red lotus flowers, which were enchanting and weird.

"What is this?" Steward Ma widened his eyes with disbelief.

"Ka~zhi!"

The sound of the door opening came, and Steward Ma's heart was pounding. He turned his head to look at the sound, and then he found that there was a small bamboo house here.

Compared with the blood-red sky, the bamboo house is nothing big.

But the problem is...

the door of the bamboo house is slowly opening!

Butler Ma stared at the door intently. He felt his throat tighten and swallowed hard. His heart seemed to be pinched by someone's hand, beating harder and harder.

Finally, the door was fully opened, and there was nothing behind it.

What a surprise.

"Huff~Huff~Huff~"

Butler Ma gasped for breath, feeling a little relieved. He raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his face.

However, he did not notice that behind him, a man in tattered and bloody clothes and disheveled hair raised the corners of his lips.

This person was naturally Jiang Ning.

When people face unknown things and are in an environment where they know nothing, fear is inevitable.

However, fear can adapt and will show a declining trend over time.

If you want to completely release the fear in a person's heart, you must not give him a warning, but must let him face the fear in the most unexpected way when he is relaxed.

"Which one do you think is more frightening, a snake you see in the wilderness or a snake that suddenly falls from a tree and gets on your neck while you are walking?"

The woman gave this example to Jiang Ning.

The young Jiang Ning answered without thinking, "The second one!"

"Hehehe..." The woman laughed coquettishly and charmingly, and then said, "In fact, the scariest one is the third snake. That is, you walk through a forest, and you know that snakes will fall from the trees. You are terrified and on guard at all times, but you don’t see any snakes when you walk out of the forest. Just when you are overjoyed, you hear a hissing sound in your ears, and when you turn your head, the snake opens its mouth full of fangs and bites your face..."

The woman taught Jiang Ning many things, but Jiang Ning only remembered this sentence clearly, word for word.

Now, she is going to be the third snake!