Empress, she is beautiful Lu Ziye

The shopkeeper twitched the corners of his mouth, and his smile was a bit far-fetched, "Why do you two guests wake up so early today?"

The news that came out was only the grievances between Gui Ming and the people who were killed, and there was no sign of Xiao Rongxi and Nan Zhen. Naturally, the shopkeeper didn't know that the two were there last night, so he just asked casually.

Xiao Rongxi smiled, "I went out to do something."

"Oh, oh." He replied mechanically, stopped asking, and led the two of them in sideways, then leaned against the door frame as before, staring into the distance in a daze.

Xiao Rongxi skipped him, took two steps inside, thought for a moment, then stopped suddenly.

Turning around, he called out.

The shopkeeper was unknown, so, "What's wrong, young master?"

"Guiming asked me to bring you a sentence," Xiao Rongxi said, his voice was clear, and it seemed that there was morning dew, "He said, thank you for your care, such kindness will be repaid in the next life."

I don't know whether to say it is extreme expectation or extreme disappointment, but I rely on my thoughts in the afterlife.

The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help asking, "He... you, when did you meet him?"

Xiao Rongxi didn't answer, but pursed his lips slightly, "I've brought the words, if there is nothing else, we'll go back to the room to rest first."

After finishing speaking, he nodded to the shopkeeper and went straight to the stairs.

The shopkeeper turned his eyes to Nan Zhen, hoping to get an answer from her, but Nan Zhen had the same attitude, nodded and followed Xiao Rongxi away.

What happened last night, I don't know what Fang Yao said after going back. In short, judging from the results, the Yamen suppressed it.

Xiao Rongxi didn't want to cause trouble, so he simply ignored his question.

The shopkeeper watched the two of them go upstairs, and entered the room one after the other, and then looked away.

He sighed heavily, suppressed the soreness in his eyes, and smiled wryly.

Let's pass this life, what about the afterlife...

"Shopkeeper, bring another jug ​​of wine!"

The voice of the diner brought him back to his thoughts, he hastily responded, and turned to go to the back kitchen.

As the end of summer approached, the sound of cicadas came continuously, as if trying to dissipate all the energy before landing, disturbing people's restless sleep.

Nan Zhen originally had her head covered, but now she tore off the quilt and let out a rather irritated breath.

Xiao Rongxi was reading next to her. Seeing this, she walked to the side of the soft couch, reached out and brushed her slightly sweaty hair, "Woke up?"

"I didn't fall asleep." Nan Zhen muttered, her eyelids slightly heavy.

She pressed her temples slightly, squinted at the scorching sun outside the window, and said vaguely, "There is very little rain this year."

In previous years, there would be a few heavy rains at the turn of spring and summer, and even at the end of summer, but this year it is not common, and there are occasional rains, which are just drizzle.

Exposure to the sun has cracked the crops.

Xiao Rongxi nodded, "This year's harvest may not be very good."

Pingyu Town is still better, but if you go further north to Jincheng, the situation may be even worse.

"Um……"

The voice became lower and lower, and the breathing became more even.

Nan Zhen leaned against him and fell asleep in a daze.

Xiao Rongxi chuckled, raised his hand and patted her on the back, and waited for her to fall asleep before laying her down, covering her with a thin blanket, and continuing to read.

The next day, before the sun came out, Xiao Rongxi and his party bid farewell to the shopkeeper, set off from the Yunbian Inn, and headed north.

Stop and go, finally arrived in Jincheng half a month later.

On the outskirts of Jincheng, there is a stretch of mountains. There are many trees and shrubs on the mountains, but they look droopy.

At this time, two heads, one big and one small, popped up from behind the slope, staring at the carriage slowly moving down the hill, with more nervousness than curiosity in their eyes.

Little Mushroom bit his mouth, a little tangled, "Should we rob or not?"

"Jie, let's..." said the older person, "You haven't opened since you went up the mountain. We have been squatting for several days. We finally met a group of people. We can't miss it. Otherwise, you will come back tonight. Be hungry."

"it is good."

Little Mushroom Head was fast, but he didn't move at all, he just stared at Fei Liu who was driving, "But, I think that man is wearing a saber, he looks very powerful."

"What you are holding is not a fire stick." The other party analyzed seriously, "This kind of guards are usually for display, and the young masters and ladies in the carriage are also irresistible. Let's hold a knife, roar, scare, Just bluffed them. Didn't you forget that Ding Er and the others were like this last time?"

Little Mushroom Head: "I, I still don't dare."

"Snapped--"

The other party slapped him on the head, swallowed, and suppressed the tension in his heart, "Look at me."

He stood up first, and ran down the hill in a hurry, shouting as he ran, as if he was trying to strengthen himself.

Little Mushroom Head followed suit and rushed down, shouting and killing, and almost tripped over the vines lying on the ground.

After finally standing in front of the carriage, he spoke in a stiff voice, "Pay the money without killing, leave the money quickly, and we will let you go."

As early as when the two of them first emerged, Fei Liu had already noticed.

He was on guard at first, but he saw the little mushroom head trembling unconsciously, shaking like a sieve, and it was a little funny.

Before he could speak, the curtain behind him was raised,
Xiao Rongxi looked at the two people in front of the carriage, raised his eyebrows, "You came out to rob at such a young age?"

The older one looks sixteen or seventeen years old, and the younger one is only eleven or twelve years old, still childish and skinny.

Listening to the smile in Xiao Rongxi's words, Little Mushroom poked his neck, "I want you to take care of it, hand over the money quickly."

Nan Zhen looked around, but found no ambush, so she got out of the car with Xiao Rongxi, walked up to the two of them, "Where's the adults at home?"

The forest fell silent for an instant.

What was originally an ordinary sentence made the two people's eyes turn red instantly, and they lowered their heads desperately, not wanting outsiders to see their fragility.

At this time, the stomach made a "cuckoo" sound uncooperatively, and for a while, not only the eye sockets, but also the cheeks and the roots of the ears were flushed.

Xiao Rongxi smiled lightly, and asked Fei Liu to bring some water and dry food to the two of them, "It's poisonous, do you dare to eat it?"

"Of course I dare," the little mushroom head took it, opened his mouth, took a big bite, and said in a vague voice, "If you die, you will be a dead ghost."

One big and one small each held a piece of cake and gnawed it earnestly.

Xiao Rongxi was not in a hurry, and found a tree to lean on with them, and when the two of them had almost eaten, they asked, "What happened?"

As soon as the words came out, the two immediately became vigilant, exchanged a look, and shook their heads, "It's okay."

Xiao Rongxi didn't even need to think about it to know that they were not telling the truth, "Life in the bandit's den is not easy, right? At a young age, you should learn a craft and make a living. Robbing is not a long-term solution after all."

The two were silent.

If there is a way, who would be willing to turn grass into a bandit.

Seeing that the two of them stopped talking again, Xiao Rongxi was also helpless, so he simply changed the subject, "What's your name?"

This can be answered.

"My name is Zhu Yong, and his name is Xu Li."