Chapter 16: birthday

"The breath of a real person is on the heel, and the rest is on the throat."
[The Archaic Ideas and Tricks] These two sentences are the beginning. The second monk Qin Xiao looked at was puzzled. Looking back, the sentences in the book were also obscure. He frowned, turned to the second page, but found that It is a picture of a human body sitting cross-legged.
The people in the picture meditate in a weird posture, but the body points out the meridian points, and they are connected by black lines, which are thick and thin.
Qin Xiao looked at the text in front, then combined with the picture to think about it, but slowly realized.
It took more than half an hour to realize that this is the method of breathing.
He didn’t know why the mysterious man gave [Tai Gu Yi Qi Jue] to himself to let him practice, but the mysterious old lady saved him several times. In addition to his gratitude and awe, he thought about the other party since he wanted to practice himself , It will not always hurt yourself.
Knowing the meaning in the book, he sat cross-legged according to the method inside, posed half-ringed with both hands, and breathed.
The mysterious old lady asked him to take half an hour to practice every day. He was afraid that there would not be enough time. He didn’t know how long it took to sit. He only opened the eyes and heard the sky outside when he heard the roar of the rooster. It was already bright, unconsciously, he had already meditated for at least two hours.
It’s strange to say that he didn’t sleep this night, and when he opened his eyes at this time, not only did he not feel tired, but he felt a trace of refreshment, and even more strangely, there was obviously a warmth in his chest. breath.
Not long before the meditation, the warm breath suddenly appeared, and with the breath, the warm breath spread along the meridians to the body and limbs of the body, and the whole body seemed to be bathed in warm sunlight. It was the kind of comfortable feeling that made him drunk, and he didn't stop until he was woken up by the cock.
As soon as the eyes opened, the warm sensation around Zhou quickly disappeared, and only the residual temperature in the chest remained.
Qin Xiao looked at the sky, and then put away [Taiko Yiqi Jue], and found a hidden place in the house to hide. Last night, the ghost hand was killed. Although it was cleaned up, the house was still full of smell. The smell has dissipated a lot.
Ghost Hand III was mistaken by Zhen Yujiang for betraying Hou Mansion, so he sent someone to take his life but was escaped by Ghost Hand III.
Zhen Yujiang will escape from the death of Guishou San, and he will surely know, and he will probably send someone to search for Guishou San's whereabouts.
The Zhen family is full of eyeliners in Zhen County. The ghost hand III returned to the city and even came to find his trouble. I don’t know if it was seen. If someone was found to appear in the wooden lane, Zhen Yujiang might not make people Find it in secret.
Qin Xiao knew that once Zhen Yujiang knew that he lived in Mud Lane, and that the traces of Guishou San had also appeared in Mud Lane, he would immediately let himself be involved.
He only hopes that the ghost's three trails are hidden, and no one will find him when he comes to Muxiang.
However, Guishou San had already turned into blood, and Zhen Yujiang could not find him again even if he had the power of heaven.
Qin Xiao had already left the courtyard as soon as it was getting brighter, seeing that the oil shop at the diagonally opposite door of Ma Po opened as early as ever. When passing by the door, he saw Ma Po leaning on the broom and sweeping the floor. Qin Xiao knew that Ma Po must be I didn't care about myself as before, but still called "Mother" over there.
In fact, as he expected, Ma Po didn't seem to hear it, let alone ignore it.　　Qin Xiao could only smile to herself, walked a few steps forward, suddenly frowned, and backed back to the oil shop, and then looked inside, Ma Po was still sweeping the floor.
Looking at Ma Po's back, Qin Xiao had a strange feeling.
Looking from behind, this mao's back is somewhat similar to the mysterious old lady last night.
With the thought together, Qin Xiao only felt that his ideas were really ridiculous.
Although the mysterious man was also an old lady last night, the martial arts skills are obvious, and he is obviously an expert.
Ma Po is an old man guarding the oil shop. The wind candles are still in their dying years. Before moving to Mu Xiang, he had lived in Mu Xiang for years.
The old man was deaf, and even a gust of wind might blow her down. Although her back looked somewhat similar, she thought of the mysterious old lady’s ghost-like body last night, linking the mother-in-law with the mysterious old lady in front of her, Qin Xiaodu I feel like I'm thinking about it.
Perhaps they are all old people who have passed the flower nails, and their bodies are rickets, so their backs are somewhat similar.
He abandoned this ridiculous idea and went to Yamen, but he wondered whether he would inform Han Duwei or Meng Shutou of what happened last night.
In the whole Guicheng, only those two people can make Qin Xiao truly awe and trust.
What happened so big last night, Qin Xiao only felt a little wrong if he didn't mention the two of them.
But I also thought that the mysterious old lady had told her to forget everything she had done before she left. Naturally, the meaning of that sentence was to tell Qin Xiao not to disclose even a single word.
He was a bit tangled in his heart, and when he arrived at the Yamen, he made up his mind. Since the mysterious old lady had told him, he still rotted the matter to his stomach.
After all, Guishou San was once a member of Zhenhou Mansion, and Zhenhou Man was staring at Du Wei Mansion. Qin Xiao really did not want Han Yunong and the two to be involved in this matter. He was not willing to bring any trouble to those two.
Before entering the Jiazi prison, a person came and saw Qin Xiao. He already shouted, "Qin Xiao, I am looking for you."
Qin Xiao looked up and saw that Bu Hong was catching his head Lu Hong, and he said: "Lu catching his head."
Han Yunong is in charge of Duwei Mansion, and under Duwei Mansion, there are two groups of horse-driving fast catchers, each of which has twenty people.
The so-called horse fast is the catch fast that is good at riding and shooting. Everyone is equipped with a fast horse, and the fast step is naturally no horse.
For this reason, Ma Kuai is usually responsible for the arrest of the entire Zhen County, while Bu Kuai is mainly responsible for the security and arrest of Guicheng.
In addition, the Duwei Mansion is in charge of the prison, and the four-character prisons of A, B, C and D all have jailers. For the sake of the A-jail, only ten prison guards in addition to Qin Xiao are responsible for guarding inside and outside the prison.
Mencius Mo and Lu Hong are the catchers of Ma Kuai and Bu Kuai respectively.
Guicheng Duwei Mansion once became the running dog of Zhenhou Mansion, watching Zhenhou Man's eyes acting, so the court transferred Han Yunong to sit in Duwei Mansion.
Han Yunong was very popular and not only did several major cases in a row, but also carried out a major rectification of Du Wei Mansion. Many people were expelled from Du Wei Mansion, and a group of bureaucrats were re-selected. These bureaucrats were personally trained by Han Yunong. But also a group of elite soldiers.
Before Han Yunong came to Guicheng, Lu Hong was already a bureaucratic officer in Duwei Mansion. He was very popular in Guicheng, and his ability was not weak. He was able to cut the sword. Because he was really capable, he was promoted by Han Yunong.
"Xing Cao's papers should be given to you, that is, on the eighth of March, the one called Wen Budao will be sent to Fenggan Mansion." Lu Hong smiled indifferently every day, pulling his face all day long, just like everyone owes him money. In general, Qin Xiao rarely sees him laugh.
Qin Xiao immediately said: "I have received it."
"I'll come to pick up people in those two days." Lu Hong said: "I was sending a few people to it. Just when I went to Fenggan to have something to do, I escorted them by the way. I just heard Niu Zhi say that Wen Budao seems to have returned I don’t know if this case is going to be re-examined. You will come back and let him know and let him be prepared."
Qin Xiaodao: "I'll go back and tell him." I stepped forward and asked softly: "Lu arrested the head, this case hasn't been finalized yet, why do we have to retry?"
"Let's just catch people to guard the prisoners and ask so many irrelevant things to do?" Lu Hong frowned, thinking about it, and looked around, before he lowered his voice and said: "The night before yesterday, you went to Zhenhou Mansion, what happened What? Why did Zhenhou House put Meng arresting head out like that?"
"They framed Meng arrested the head, and later misunderstood it clearly, naturally want to let go." Qin Xiaodao said: "Master Du Wei did not tell you?"
Lu Hong was slightly embarrassed, but he still asked: "What misunderstanding?"
"In fact, it's nothing. They thought that Meng Shoutou had stolen their things, but in the end they found them, and the Qing people cleared themselves." Qin Xiaodao said: "Master Du Wei also said that this matter has passed, don't discuss it outside. ."
Lu Hong nodded, pondered slightly, and thought of something, and asked, "Oh, how old are you this year? Which month was you born?"
Qin Xiao was stunned, and didn't understand why Lu Hong suddenly asked about his age, but he still replied: "The fifth day of August, and sixteen months in five months."
"The fifth day of August? Sixteen?" Lu Hong shook his head and said, "That's not right."
"Head catcher, what's wrong?" Qin Xiao felt stranger.
Lu Hong said: "It's nothing. Go ahead first." Without further ado, he walked past Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao looked at Lu Hong's back and touched his head. The monk Zhang Er was puzzled.
When he arrived at the Jiazi prison, Niu Zhi had already packed up in the class room. When he saw Qin Xiao coming in, he immediately poured a glass of water for Qin Xiao and put his hands on the table to put it down. I have received a document that has been transferred away from me, and I said I have got it."
"I saw him." Qin Xiao sat on the chair and stretched out his legs comfortably.
"Did he ask about your birthday?" Niu Zhi asked in a low voice.
Qin Xiao immediately sat up, staring at Niu Zhi and asked, "Did he ask you?"
"Ask." Niu Zhi's disappointed expression: "Unfortunately, I'm not right, I don't have that luck."
"Good luck?" Qin Xiao was even more surprised: "What the is going on? Why should Lu Shoutou know our birthday?"
Niu Zhi smiled mysteriously, and then came close to Qin Xiao's ear and lowered his voice and said: "My cousin is in Hucao. When I heard yesterday, Hucao began to count the household register a few days ago. Look for people in a pile of household books."
"Look for someone? Don't be wordy, explain what is going on?" Qin Xiao grabbed Niu Zhi's wrist: "Why does Hu Cao count the household register, who are they looking for?"
"Look for a man who was born in October and turned 17 this year." Niu Zhilue was a little excited: "If you find the man said by the governor, and you are sure that it was ordered by the court, that person will have to fly into the sky. Even the people who found him are rewarded."