It was almost noon, and we arrived at a county town. Cui'er had stopped crying.

The city walls of the county town are well preserved, and four large characters are engraved on the city gates: "The famous states in the world". The streets in the city walls are paved with bluestone slabs, which have been smooth and smooth by the feet and soles of countless people, and look old. On both sides of the street are shops, with various stalls in front of the shop doors, including those who sell buns, those who sell baked goods, those who sell fried noodles, those who sell noodles, those who sell noodles, those who sell pork, those who sell candies, those who sell needles, cloth, those who sell baskets, and those who sell scissors... They line up in two rows, and then move forward,

Turning a bend, I saw a pagoda. There were people and animals. People and animals were shouting, including cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats, rabbits, starlings, grains, carts, toys, leather jackets, doors and windows... There was also a hawk who had a falcon with a leather wrapped around his arm and a chain in his palm. At one end of the chain was connected to the hawks. The hawks stood on his arm, his arm swaying up and down, and the hawks' wings fluttered up and down, and the hawks' wings were flapping up and down, and the wings were flapping up and down.

There was an inn dozens of meters away from the pagoda. We drove the carriage in. The inn staff came up with a smile, tied two horses to the horse house behind the house, and invited us into the wooden house on the second floor.

Gao Shulin said: "Now you can go wherever you want, and come back whenever you want to come back in the evening. Go and have fun and have fun."

I was so happy that I had been in the circus for so many days and finally had a day I could control. I was about to jump up when I suddenly saw Cui'er's face was gloomy and her eyes were swollen, and I was embarrassed to jump up again.

Everyone walked out of the inn one after another, and I also walked out of the inn. Gao Shulin washed his face and shaved in the room. When I passed by an old man selling candied haws, Cui'er caught up with me. She said, "I asked Gao Shulin for your silver dollars, and if I couldn't get it, I would steal it. After we got the silver dollars, we quickly left here."

I asked, "Where are we going?"

Cui'er said: "Go to that old lady's house, did you forget? Be a man for me."

As soon as I talked about being a man for him, I immediately remembered what Cui'er told me that day, and I said, "Okay, I'll go back there."

Cui'er looked around and said, "You come back early and we'll leave tonight."

I said, "Okay."

When Cui'er saw that I agreed to him, she turned around and left. I also turned around and walked onto the crowded street. That day was a rare temple fair, so there were many people on the streets of the county town.

That day, I played on the street for a long time. I first ate zeng cake on the stall, fried noodles, and gnawed a roasted lamb hoof. The roasted lamb hoof was not delicious at all. It looked very large, and there were only a few bites of meat in my hand. The remaining one was long and thick bones. After eating the roasted lamb legs, I saw someone saying that there was a storyteller in front. I had never heard of storyteller, and I didn't know what storyteller was, but since someone said that, it should be very good.

I followed the two people in front into the lecture hall. There were many people in the venue. Looking at the heads, I squeezed into the front of me in the crack. I saw an old blind man sitting in the middle of the platform. His face was thin and thin, his eyes were sinking like a dry well. He held a handful of Sanxian in his hand. He said a few words and then plucked the Sanxian in his hand. The messy sound was scattered like beads.

I thought that storytelling would be very good, but I didn’t expect it to be very good at all. There are so many beautiful women on the street and so many drooling foods, I can’t even see them. Who would like to see you, an ugly and old blind man?

Just as I was about to squeeze out, the blind man on the stage suddenly shouted: "I am Zhang Yide, a native of Yan, who dares to fight to the death with me?" The voice was like a crack of silk and thunder. There were cheers from the audience, and I stopped and wanted to hear what was going on.

The blind man talked about Changbanpo that day, which was the most exciting chapter in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". As I listened, I was fascinated by it. I wandered around the world and followed Zhao Zilong in Changshan to kill in and out, staining the robe with blood. Later, I imagined myself as Zhao Zilong, who was anxious, excited, and happy. I felt as comfortable as drinking a big well of water in the dog days.

Zhao Zilong broke out of the encirclement, and the pursuers behind him were pressing step by step. Did they catch up? I wanted to continue to stop. The blind man suddenly shouted loudly: "If you want to know what happens next, let's hear the decomposition tomorrow."

The crowd dispersed from the bookstore. I was wrapped in a love affair and walked out on the street. I was still immersed in Zhao Zilong's majesty and involuntarily followed a group of people to the city gate. Looking at the tall city gate, I realized that I had taken the wrong path and hurried back.

I had just taken two steps when the heavy sound of the city gate closing came from behind me. The city gate closed with a bang, and my heart also slammed. Cui'er told me to go back early and prepare to escape together tonight. But now that the city gate is closed, how can we escape?

The inn is not far from the pagoda, so I asked two people and found the inn.

Everyone came back in the inn, but Cui'er was not seen.

I asked, "Where has Cui'er been?"

Gao Shulin said: "I haven't come back, I probably went out of the city to play."

I said, "The city gate has been closed, how could she come in?"

Gao Shulin looked at me and then at everyone, and he said, "Yes, the city gates are closed, how could she come in?"

That night, everyone went to bed very late. When there was a turmoil outside, Gao Shulin ran out to check it out. Every time he returned to the room, he said with a sad look: "Why haven't this Cui'er come back yet? She's so playful."

In the middle of the night, I fell asleep. Seeing that the two little ones had already fallen asleep, I fell asleep with my head on their legs.

After waking up the next day, it was already dawn, and the streets were bustling with people. The city gate must have been opened long ago, but Cui'er was not yet seen.

I asked, "Where is Cui'er?"

Gao Shulin suddenly let out a sad voice: "Cui'er probably won't come back. Oh, I just quarreled her a few words, why did she leave?"

Qing'er's eyes were also red.

Gao Shulin cried and said, "It's all my fault that I have caused my daughter to leave. Daughter, where are you? Do you know that my dad misses you?"

I opened my ignorant eyes, not knowing why Gao Shulin cried, not knowing how Cui'er was doing. Yesterday she said she wanted to escape with me and return to the old lady's house, why would she leave alone again?

Until today, I don’t know how Cui'er is doing? Is she dead or ran away?

Without Cui'er, I didn't want to go back to the old lady's house. Even if I wanted to go back, I didn't know where her home was and how to go. I could only follow the circus and continue walking south.

Life is as always. At first I thought of Cui'er, but later, I forgot her and what she looks like. No one in the circus mentioned her, and she disappeared like this, as if she had never been in the world, and she left no trace in the world.

The circus program has been changed. The stool skills were cancelled. Because without Cui'er, Qing'er would not have much attention to performing alone. Qing'er's program was replaced with handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs of various sizes were turned into millstones. Those heavy stools were also thrown away, and the carriage became much lighter at once.

Two little guys, one is called Xiaoqian and the other is called Xiaowan. They learned skills from Bodhi.

There are 360 ​​professions, and every profession is the top scholar. The thief is also one of the 360 ​​professions. Bodhi first shows them how to climb over the wall and how to climb trees. Bodhi's quick hands and feet made them stunned.

Bodhi brought a few more locks, stuffed a curved thin iron wire in, and tinkered it with a little bit, and the lock was opened immediately. They were amazed at that time. The locks at that time were all iron locks made by the blacksmith shop, and the copper locks made by the coppersmith shop. The keys were in the shape of a curved ruler, or a pocket-sized version of weapon spear. The locks were divided into two parts, one inside the other, and they were locked; they were opened with keys one by one. The structure was very simple.

Those two little guys were originally learning acrobatics. Bodhi said, "This is acrobatics." They admire Bodhi so much that they were impressed by Bodhi, so they followed Bodhi to learn this special "acrobatics".

Bodhi carried several special tools. A handful of curved iron wire was used to pry the lock; a thin blade was used to open the door latch. At that time, the door and window sashes were all opened in one side, and were latched with a quadrilateral wooden stick in the middle. As long as the latch was opened with a blade from the outside, the door and window sashes could be opened.

Where is the money hidden? Bodhi also has a set. He said that the corner of the bottom of the box is the place where ordinary people like to hide money the most. In addition, under the mattress and under the mattress, some people like to hide money. Some people like to hide money in their pockets of old clothes. At that time, few rural people wore Zhongshan clothes. Most people wore cotton clothes in winter and single shirts in summer. The pockets of the cotton clothes were sewn inside the lapels, and the pockets of the single shirts were sewn outside the lapels. If there were not yet above, then look at the ground wall. If there were holes on the wall, money would be placed inside; if there were no holes on the wall, it would be to look at the ground. Which brick on the ground was loose, or which brick was slightly different from other bricks. If the land was cleared and the money was buried below. Generally speaking, people who liked to hide money on the ground like to hide under the brick behind the door.

People hide their money in their rooms, which are only that big. If they hide money, they will always leave clues.
Chapter completed!