girl riding a horse

Chapter 33
Later, the fighting in the north was tense, and Father Shen didn't come back for a long time.

Shen Liuzhen has been kept by Xie's father to study literature and classics, and the daily homework schedule is very tight, except for eating and sleeping, there is no free time at all.

It seems that Father Xie suddenly wished that Shen Liuzhen could put all the books in Xie's library into his mind at once.

He expected so much from Shen Liuzhen, but he was completely overwhelmed by Xie Yuan.Even if she got into trouble sometimes, Father Xie used the excuse that he was busy to hand over her case to Mrs. Xie.

Xie Yuan has never felt so lonely...

Every day on the Shen family's martial arts training ground alone, as if competing with everyone, she swung her sword thousands of times, and she shot through several bow and arrow targets until she was so tired that she lay down and never wanted to get up again.

She was lying on the ground, looking at the white clouds drifting away in the sky, a sentence popped up in her heart: no one cares whether she works hard or not, no one even cares what she is doing...

Because of these words, desolation suddenly occupied her heart, so she no longer had the motivation to continue practicing, she hung the saber on her body, left the gate of Shen's house, and rode a horse to the city alone .

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A little maid stood at the door of the family study class, and saw father Xie and Shen Liuzhen inside discussing something seriously.

She didn't understand at all, but she didn't have the guts to disturb her, so she just stood with her head down, hoping to wait for Father Xie to notice her before she could speak.

Shen Liuzhen turned his face towards the door, Yu Guang had noticed it a long time ago, but because he had to listen to the teacher carefully and couldn't get distracted, he deliberately ignored it.

But for some reason, he suddenly thought of Xie Yuanlai, fearing that the maid came because of Xie Yuan.The more I think about it, the more possible it is in my heart, where can I concentrate and listen to what the teacher is saying...

Xie Yuan was already angry with him and avoided him everywhere.Coupled with the tight schedule these days, it feels like I haven't seen her for a long time...

Father Xie saw that he was absent-minded, sighed and asked, "Liu Zhen, are you too tired?"

Shen Liuzhen shook his head, stretched out his hand and pointed out, at this time Father Xie turned around and saw the little maid who had been standing in front of the door for an unknown amount of time.

"What's the matter?" Father Xie asked.

"Master... just now the girl rode away on a horse, and the servants couldn't help but scream..."

Father Xie became angry when he heard this, and threw the book on the table with his eyebrows raised, saying: "I told you that there has been chaos outside these past two days, so I won't let you go out! The streets are full of wounded soldiers who have retreated from the front, and the order is chaotic. When will she let people worry?!"

After hearing this, Shen Liuzhen said cautiously: "Teacher... I know where Xie Yuan has gone. How about I take a few soldiers from my family and bring her back. By the way, I also want to go get some fresh air."

He said this in a soft tone, with a taste of prayer.

Father Xie's anger dissipated in an instant, he looked at Shen Liuzhen and sighed and said:

"I was too anxious and pushed you too hard, a child..." He raised his eyelids tiredly, "Go, go and come back quickly, and I will take a rest by the way."

Shen Liuzhen pursed his lips and smiled, revealing the two dimples on his cheeks again, which was indescribably cute.

He stood up from behind the desk, swung his sleeves and bowed to Father Xie in a dignified manner. Confucian scholar's demeanor and etiquette were impeccable, and said respectfully: "Thank you teacher, the student has gone."

Only then did he leave the door of the school.

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Xie Yuan was wandering around the market boredly on his horse alone.The usually crowded streets became even more chaotic due to the influx of many wounded soldiers and the refugees from outside the city.

All of a sudden there are so many new faces on the street, the new ones are uncomfortable, and the old ones are also uncomfortable, not to mention the difference between those who fled and those who have families in the city.

So when they met each other's eyes, they both showed disgust, and there was an atmosphere of tension and tension everywhere.

Before Xie Yuan was born, the border between the north and the south had just been delineated, and they had been peaceful for several years without interfering with each other.

Even when they moved, they only met many poor people on the road, but they never experienced any scenes of war.

She looked curiously at the slow-moving wounded soldiers on the side of the road...

The wounded soldiers also looked at her curiously, guessing the origin of such a half-grown child on a horse.

Their expressions were tired, their bodies were covered with dirt, and the way they looked up at her was definitely not friendly.

At this moment, there was a burst of shouting and beating and cursing from the side:
"Fucking little Beiyi bastard! You deserve to live! Kill you! I'll fucking kill you..."

Xie Yuan looked over looking for the sound, and saw three wounded soldiers beating a young man. The young man curled up on the ground with his head in his arms, and was kicked by those people without saying a word.

"What are you doing?!" Xie Yuan questioned.

Her voice is immature, anyone who hears it is a child, who would put a child in their eyes, so after mending a few more feet, she looked up at the source of the voice.

Then I saw a child about ten years old, sitting on the horse with his back straight, one hand on the hilt of the sword, the other hand holding the rein, a pair of red phoenix eyes without anger and prestige, just like an adult...

Even, it has some military taste.

But he is obviously a child... Several people suppressed the weird feeling in their hearts, and shouted at her:

"Who's little hairy kid dares to meddle in other people's business, so get lost!"

After hearing this, Xie Yuan not only didn't roll away, but also got off his horse neatly, tied the rein to the pillar of the tea shed next to him, walked not far from them, and asked:

"Why beat him?"

At this time, the boy who was beaten struggled to get up from the ground, and leaned against the wall far away... After all, Xie Yuan was a half-old child, and at most he could reach his chest, and was beaten by these three soldiers. At the first stop, he couldn't see who was speaking, but felt... an inexplicable sense of familiarity...

Seeing that he was so ignorant, the three wounded soldiers were speechless for a while.

But seeing her attire and horses, they knew that his family background was definitely beyond their reach, so they sneered and explained:

"Can't you see? That brat is of Beiyi blood, how many of us have been killed by his mother's Beiyi, can't I beat him up?!...Boy, we don't blame you if you don't understand, now man I have taught you, can you get out?"

Hearing this, Xie Yuan turned his face to the side, looked back from the gap where the three of them were standing, and happened to see the boy's face, and the boy happened to be looking at her...

Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, she knew this person - the little bastard who led someone to rob Shen Liuzhen last time...

"He's not from Beiyi. I recognize him. He lived here before you guys came. How could he be from Beiyi?" Xie Yuan said.

The fine tradition of the Xie family is to speak the truth...

(End of this chapter)