not bound

At the beginning of October, the Xihai Beishi Kingdom entered the midwinter season.

The sudden change of weather caught people who were on their way in the past two days by surprise. The whimpering wind rolled up cold and gray snowflakes, making them unsteady.

A man in a black shirt walked slowly on the official road holding an umbrella, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.

Passers-by who wrapped themselves up until only their eyes were left outside frequently stopped to peek at him, but he didn't seem to notice it.

What a weirdo.

Not only because he only wore a black thin shirt in the snowy weather, not only because it is useless to use an umbrella in such a big snow, but the most incredible thing is that the umbrella he is holding has no umbrella surface, and the green bamboo handle is The dark rattan umbrella ribs spread out one by one, looking like dry plum branches at a glance, but it looks like spider legs with teeth and claws, which makes people a little scary.

Under such attire, few people have noticed that the snowflakes that came all over the sky did not fall on him, as if an invisible "umbrella" blocked all the wind and snow, and even the thin shirt was hanging down , without floating a corner.

A person came out of the felt curtain of the tavern that was sharpened by the roadside, and happened to bump into the man, and after secretly saying that he was unlucky, the man left in a hurry.And the man in black shirt entered the tavern.

The tavern was very warm, with large and small fire cages piled up in the corner, smoky and dry.

A tall man with an open leather jacket was leaning against a wine jar taller than others, holding a sheepskin cap in one hand and a large notched wine bowl in the other. People looked up like stupid mules that had just been pulled out of the pen to go to the market.

"Speaking of which, Qucheng is very uneasy recently. Some people say that they witnessed the human skin trade..."

Recently, there has been news in Qucheng that the matchmaker took the poor people who could not survive underground, and the poor people reached an agreement with the mysterious person to take my body and life and give my family wealth.

The mysterious person sent the dead to "Gentle Township", where a cobbler peeled off the whole piece of human skin. The rich and noble people watched the skinning process, and they could buy the human skin, and then gave it to the painter, embroiderer, to get a wall picture of the human skin.

And these rich people still think that they are doing good deeds, and they are compassionate and helping those poor people.

When this incident was revealed, it was a woman whose family was in trouble when she was young, and then lost her mother.Her father single-handedly brought her up, relying on a sum of savings in the family to make money slowly, and finally had a small fortune. At the age of 17, she married a small official.

A few years later, at a party, a wealthy businessman brought out a treasure that he had treasured for many years, the Peach Blossom Picture with Human Face.

The paper is well preserved, warm and delicate, because it has been drawn for too long, there will always be a little wrinkle, but almost no one can notice it.

The distant mountains are like daisies, and the peach blossoms carefully depicted by the painter are all over the mountains and fields, layer upon layer. What's more wonderful is that those places with the same natural loose skin texture are just painted with slightly withered and floating pink petals, which is almost fake.

Half of a lady's face outlined in light ink was vaguely revealed among the flowers. The paper on the cheek was extremely white, with a small peach blossom imprint on it.

"...The woman almost collapsed when she saw the picture. She remembered very clearly that the peach blossom was originally printed on her mother's weak back. The underground organization was finally dug out, but it is said that several people I was not caught. I hope that Skynet will be fully restored, and some righteous people will catch those people..."

Everyone listened very enthusiastically, and almost no one noticed the man in black shirt entering.

He looked around, as if looking for someone.

At this time, a young man jumped up from the crowd leaning against the wine jar and waved at the man in black.

This young man had a black face, and his smile was full of big white teeth. He threw away the stupid audience in front of him, and jumped in front of the man in black shirt like a monkey.

"Chasing Wind Escort, Yan Hong. Are you looking for me? Where are the goods?"

When this young man named Yan Hong opened his mouth, it turned out to be a girl.

The man in black frowned, seemingly very dissatisfied.

"I don't want you, get someone else."

The man in the black shirt turned around and left, and Yan Hong immediately followed with his hips in his arms.

"What's the matter, you look down on women? You don't even inquire, who in this area doesn't know the fast-legged Yan Hong of Chasing the Wind Escort? My foot strength is not for nothing! I can travel hundreds of miles every day! Hey! Don't go, I'll charge you less money!"

Yan Hong is the trot of Chasing Wind Escort.

The half-year-old girl has short messy hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and carbon-black skin. She wears the old cotton-padded jacket her brother used when he was young, and carries a large rough sheepskin bag. From a distance, he looks like a young man.

Her elder brother is considered to be a good player in the bodyguard bureau, tall and powerful, and has a little reputation for walking in the business world, but she is only responsible for the escort of some small objects.

In fact, it is an escort, and it is like a messenger.

On weekdays, it is to help give the small handkerchief of the lady from the host family to the son of the Xi family, or give the steamed buns from the Zhang family to the aunt of the Li family.The farthest time was to send a group of curly sheep in the city to graze on the mountains outside the city.

It's not that there is no demand in the city, but that everyone in the escort agency thinks that she is a girl and will marry sooner or later, so why make herself look like a rough old man just to walk in the escort.

But Yan Hong doesn't think so. She always thinks that dart walking is a very honorable job. Even if she doesn't marry, she should walk a long dart once in this life, so that life will be perfect.

So in the morning, Yan Hong took the brothers in the bodyguard agency on his back to pick up a private job with a good price at the horse station at the gate of the city.It wasn't her turn to do this job, but she insisted every day that the uncle at Mazhan felt sympathy for her, and quietly stuffed the list into her hands.

Three days later, there will be a shadow puppet troupe coming to the city. Yan Hong's task is to deliver the goods to this troupe, and the goods need to be picked up from the delivery person at the Beifeng Tavern.

As for the connection code, there is none.

Uncle Ma Zhan said that she would recognize the delivery man immediately.

Sure enough, she recognized the man in the black shirt with his face wrapped so that only his eyes remained. This was the image that best suited her image of a mysterious delivery man.

Who knew that the man who delivered the goods would show his dislike at the very first moment!

How does this work?

It's Yan Hong's first time accepting a private escort. It's not a good start, but it can't be ruined by the first order, right?

So Yan Hong used the ability she had trained in dealing with old and young neighbors for a long time, stuck to the man in black shirt, and pulled his sleeve to continuously improve her ability and lower her price.

I don't know if it's true that sincerity is as good as gold and stone, when Yan Hong's saliva was almost dry, the man finally stopped walking towards the horse station.

"Why do you have to go?"

"Because it's my life."

Yan Hong spread her hands and looked at the sky, like every time her brother walked back to the city.

That is the most fulfilling posture for every dart walker. When the dart walks, the person returns home.

The man in black looked at Yan Hong's light-colored pupils, which reflected Beishi's sky and Beishi's snow. Although the sky was gray, the snow was white and extremely pure.

The man sighed, and fished it from the hem of his clothes as if conjuring, and a small suitcase appeared in his hand.

After all, Yan Hong was a half-grown child, and she was so shocked by this hand that she couldn't speak, and the yearning light in her eyes almost overflowed.

"Give it to the most handsome man in the shadow puppet troupe, and then leave immediately, don't talk too much."

"No problem, guest." Yan Hong spread out her hands, motioning for the man to hand over the box to her.

"Remember, never look at the contents of the box."

The man put the box in Yan Hong's hand, and put an ingot of fine silver on top of the suitcase.

Yan Hong said loudly: "The Chasing Wind Escort still has some credibility."

The man nodded, patted Yan Hong's messy hair, then turned and left.

Yan Hong looked at the man's back and felt that at that moment, he seemed very sad.

She weighed the box, the box was not heavy, it was made of crocodile skin that would not soak in water, what was inside was unknown, but Yan Hong really didn't think about opening it at all.

My brother said that escorts have a gold medal life-saving skill, not to control their curiosity, but not to have curiosity at all.

Yan Hong's eyes widened with a smile, this was his real first dart.

She secretly encouraged herself, she must get off to a good start!

On the third day, the troupe arrived in the city as scheduled.

The troupe will only start at night. After all, when the night falls and the dim lights are dim, shadow puppetry is the most attractive time.

Under Xi Qin's leisurely mood, the behind-the-scenes people held up those living or dead characters with both hands, and illuminated their brilliant or tragic lives with lamp shadows.

A set of shadow puppets and a piece of white cloth set up the long history of the mainland, depicting the rise and fall of the rivers and lakes.

Today's performance is the "Three Acts of the Central Plains" that has been very popular in recent years.

The first scene is mainly about Lu Yan, the Gale Sword. First, Lu Yan was born in an enviable scholarly family, then Lu Yan turned his back on Lu Xiangye and ran away from home because of the death of his mother when he was young, and finally he abandoned literature and became a self-taught man. Repel the Dark Hall.

The second scene is about the first acquaintance between Ning Changhua, the purple civet cat, and Yan Qiubai, a sword judge. The two made a bet under the Qianzhang screen. In the end, the two finally got married and managed the story of Lanwu City together.

The third scene is a big drama. First, the son Wuyan got the spirit sword and promised Mrs. Changhua three things, then the son Wuyan became a demon, and finally Ning Shanghua and Lu Yan appeared, telling everyone that the so-called son became a demon is actually a rumor , Young Master Wuyan is a hero.

Yan Hong has read these stories in the storybook, but she feels that this time the drama is more touching than the storybook, especially the part where the son has no face is very real.Young Master Wuyan's spirit sword was coveted by countless people, but Young Master Wuyan resisted it and helped Ning Shanghua do the same thing as Lu Yan. He alone took all the infamy and repelled Guangmingtang.

In the storybook, the young master Wuyan meets a beautiful woman who understands and tolerates him on the road, and both of them go into seclusion. This ending is almost exactly the same as Lu Yan's ending.But the ending of this troupe is a little different from the ending of the story. Ning Shanghua and Lu Yan appeared in front of the tombstone of Young Master Wuyan, telling everyone that Young Master Wuyan is dead, and they are with Guangmingtang.

Yan Hong was sitting on a bench outside the stage with a small suitcase. Like many girls, she cried so badly at the ending that her hands were red from applause.

No wonder everyone said that this troupe has been doing very well recently, and it only performed for two days in each place. It was really a wonderful show.

The author has something to say:

The puppet chapter begins.

Somebody is coming back.