Demon King's Wife

Chapter 382
From the first step into the yard, Mu Ruoxin felt that something was wrong. The surroundings were too quiet, so quiet that there was a strange smell. Although many servants came, in her opinion, these servants were more like to spy on them.

The ghost market is an auction house, a place to do business, and there will be a large auction in three days. It stands to reason that there should be a lot of guests here, but the surroundings are so quiet, so quiet that people Do not feel at ease.

Yan Liheng didn't care about strange scenes like weird ones. Once he entered the ghost city, he would scan the environment here first, especially the place where they lived temporarily. He would not let go of every corner, as long as he felt If there is a slight crisis, he will pay more attention.

As long as it is a strange place, he is not at ease. Even the inn he feels that it is not much different from this so-called ghost city. It is the same wherever he lives outside, so there is no need to think too much.

"You two honored guests, your maidservant's name is Xiaoqing, who was sent by Miss Yahong to serve you. If you have any orders, you can speak to this maidservant." The servant girl Xiaoqing bowed to Mu Ruoxin and Yan Liheng, her voice extremely Sweet, brightly dressed, although she is a maidservant, she has an extraordinary temperament, she looks delicate and weak, but she hides her secrets, she has a calm atmosphere at a young age, and she is not surprised by changes.

In this ghost city, it is not easy for a maid to be so simple, which shows that this place is also very difficult.

"Miss Xiaoqing, right? We've been in Heishui City for half a day, and we haven't eaten anything until now. I wonder if you can prepare some food for us?" Mu Ruoxin was the same as usual, resting when it's time to rest, and eating when it's time to eat. When eating, don't worry that people in the ghost market will poison the food.

According to her intuition, what Ghost City wants should be the elixir she just took out, since it has a plan, it's easy to handle.

"Three, please wait a moment, the food will be delivered in a while." Xiao Qing bowed again to signal, and then stepped back, her words and deeds were all polite, obviously she had received very strict training.

After a while, the food was delivered, and it was quite sumptuous. A table was full of delicacies, but no one moved their chopsticks, just sat and watched.

Jin Jin sat on the edge of the table, staring fiercely at the roast chicken in the middle, and almost couldn't help but pounce on it several times, and ate the roast chicken.But the master didn't move, he didn't dare to move, otherwise the master would be angry.

"Zhizhi..." Master, master, is it ready to eat?
Yan Yi pulled the gold off the table, hugged it in his arms, and told it that it was not edible yet.Although he is young, he knows that this kind of unknown food should not be eaten casually. What if it is poisonous?
Seeing that no one moved her chopsticks, Xiaoqing was so smart that she didn't know the reason, so she took the initiative to explain clearly, "The three distinguished guests can rest assured, as long as they can become the guests of the ghost market, the ghost market will treat them with hospitality and will definitely let the distinguished guests Satisfied. The dishes here are all made by first-class chefs, and they are guaranteed to be delicious and clean. You can eat them with confidence. If you are not satisfied with the dishes, you can ask for a replacement. The ghost market is a place to do business, and it values ​​reputation. Anything that damages reputation Nothing will be done."

"I know these dishes are not poisonous, so I didn't move my chopsticks because I was too surprised. There are only three of us, how can we eat this table's dishes?" Mu Ruoxin has studied medicine since she was a child, and has a good understanding of poisons. It can be seen that these dishes are not poisonous, even if they are poisonous, she is not afraid, but she is surprised by the number of dishes.

This table of food is enough for at least ten people, and the hospitality of this ghost market is really big enough.

"Because I don't know what kind of food the three like to eat, so the servant girl asked the kitchen to serve the best and best dishes. You are welcome, you three, you can eat as much as you want, and you can tell the servant girl if you have any other orders."

"Not for now, you go down first."

"The servant girl will leave first." Just as Xiaoqing was about to leave the room, she saw a little boy outside the door, and frowned displeasedly.

The little boy's hair was disheveled, his clothes were a little ragged, and his face was a little dirty, but his piercing eyes made him unique. It's just that the little boy was too young, about five or six years old, so no one took him seriously. He takes it seriously.

Xiaoqing went outside, glared at the little boy coldly, and scolded him, "Who told you to come here? Leave immediately. If other people find out, you will feel better."

The little boy stared back at Xiaoqing, his bones were very hard, he was obviously reluctant to leave, after glancing at Xiaoqing, he turned his eyes to the table full of delicacies in the room, the meaning was self-evident, but There was a faint gurgling sound from his small stomach.

He was hungry and wanted to eat those delicacies.

Seeing that the boy was not willing to leave, Xiaoqing drove him away, "Hurry up, hurry up, this is not the place for you."

The little boy was still reluctant, and struggled for a while, staring at the delicious food with endless longing in his eyes.

"You brat, why are you so disobedient? Leave immediately." Xiaoqing increased her strength, even using force, to forcibly pull the little boy away. Because of too much force, she accidentally tore the boy's ragged clothes Now, a large area of ​​skin on the shoulders and chest was exposed, with large and small scars on it.

The little boy was very angry when his clothes were torn. He tried his best to grab his own clothes back and try to put them on as well as possible. Even if the clothes were torn, he paid great attention to dressing, and he seemed to have an inherent nobility.But this nobility goes unnoticed because of his rags.

After tidying up and returning the clothes, the little boy glared at Xiao Qing angrily, expressing his extreme dissatisfaction with Xiao Qing tearing his clothes.

Xiaoqing didn't pay attention to the little boy's anger at all, let alone the matter of tearing his clothes. She was very angry when the little boy was disobedient, so she just picked him up and took him away.

This time, the little boy didn't struggle any more, and let Xiaoqing carry him away, his eyes were still looking at the table of rich food, but there was disappointment in his eyes besides longing, because he knew he couldn't eat those food, but Just when he was disappointed, someone in the room suddenly spoke.

"Wait..." Mu Ruoxin observed the little boy for a long time, and also discovered the big and small injuries on his body. It would be a lie to say that she has no sympathy, but she will not easily let her sympathy overflow, but in When she saw the little boy's steadfast temperament, she admired him very much. She liked this little boy for no reason, and she wanted to help him, even if it was to give him a good meal, so she opened her mouth.

"Miss Xiaoqing, which family's child is this?"

Xiaoqing didn't put the little boy down, and just carried him to talk to Mu Ruoxin, "This is the adopted son of a guard in the ghost city. The guard died three years ago on a mission. The president saw that the boy was pitiful, so he let him Stay in the ghost market and give him a bite to eat. This is the place where distinguished guests live, he can't come here, but somehow he broke in today, and this servant will take him away."

"No, let him stay. I think he is probably hungry. There are so many meals, so let him stay and eat with us."

"I'm afraid this is not very good. The three are distinguished guests from the ghost market. This little furry boy is so messy, I'm afraid it will affect the appetite of a few of you."

"It doesn't matter, meeting is fate." Mu Ruoxin saw that Xiaoqing refused to let go of the little boy for a long time, so she went out to 'rescue' the little boy from Xiaoqing's hands, brought him back to the house, and let him Sitting beside Yan Yi.

Xiaoqing was a little at a loss, thinking about it, she should report first and get instructions to act.The superiors explained that these three guests are very important, they must be taken good care of them, and there will be no mistakes, and they must try their best to agree to any orders and requests from the guests.

But this shouldn't be a big problem, as long as the guests have no objections, it's okay to let the kid stay, anyway, he just wants to eat delicious food.

"Little friend, you must be very hungry. Come on, just eat, you're welcome." Mu Ruoxin put a few pieces of meat into the little boy's bowl, showing a trace of love in his words and smiles.

She is already a mother and knows how to take good care of a child, especially a child who lacks parental love since childhood.

The little boy didn't move his chopsticks at first, but just stared blankly at the big white rice in the bowl, and the fragrant meat, the more he looked at it, the more he wanted to eat it, but no matter how much he wanted to eat, he could control it , raised his head to look at Mu Ruoxin who was showing that loving smile to him, his eyes slowly showed emotion, tears were about to come out, but in the end he forcibly held back.

"Food is not for watching, but for eating, let's eat." Mu Ruoxin saw the little boy not moving his chopsticks, so he put the chopsticks in his hand, and put a bowl of soup in front of him.

The little boy became even more excited. The tears that had been pushed back began to emerge again, rolling in his eyes. Just now he was starving to death, and wanted to eat these delicacies, but now he just wanted to look at the person in front of him who touched him. It took a long time to make a hoarse sound.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome! Eat quickly, or the food won't taste good when it's cold. Ah Heng, Xiao Yi, let's eat too."

"Okay." Yan Yi put the gold on the table, first tore off a leg of the roast chicken and gave it to Jin, then picked up the chopsticks to eat, took a bite and glanced at the little boy next to him, took another bite after taking a glance, and then Turning his body to Yan Liheng's side, he asked in a low voice: "Father, is there something wrong with this little boy? Mother and mother are rarely so kind to outsiders. If he has other plans, wouldn't it be very troublesome? "

"Eat well, your mother has a sense of proportion." Yan Liheng believes in Mu Ruoxin's ability to deal with things, and even more in her acuity. She is not the kind of person who will help out casually. If she does, it proves that that person is worthy of her The place of the shot.

The little boy's ears were very sharp, and he seemed to have heard what Yan Yi said. He glanced at him, but he didn't speak. He continued to eat his own food, eating faster and faster, and in the end he was gobbling it. Just grab it with your hands, like a person who has been hungry for hundreds of years.

"Slow down, be careful of choking. There are a lot of things here, and it must be enough for you to eat. Slow down." Mu Ruoxin was worried that the little boy would choke, and kept reminding him, but luckily he didn't choke.

This meal was spent while the little boy devoured it, and the other people took a bite of the steak, and all the dishes on the table were so clean that there was almost no crumbs left, it was really surprising.

This table was enough for ten people, but most of it was eaten by a five or six-year-old boy. Who would have thought that a little boy could have such an amazing appetite.

The little boy was holding a big dish and licking the residue on it. Obviously he hadn't eaten enough, but his face was full of satisfaction. He licked the dish clean and put it down gently. Inexplicably noble, looking at Mu Ruoxin, sincerely thanked her: "Thank you!"

Mu Ruoxin only ate half of the rice in the bowl, and spent the rest of the time looking at the little boy in surprise, until he heard his thank you before recovering, and replied with a smile: "Thank you!"

Although it was just a simple 'thank you', the little boy's eyes and expression were full of 'repayment', but he didn't say it out of his mouth.

He will remember the kindness of this meal, and will definitely repay it in the future.

"This is the meal of the ghost market. We didn't do anything, so you don't have to be too polite."

The little boy didn't respond, but just stared blankly at Mu Ruoxin, and didn't get up to leave when he was full, as if he was reluctant to leave.If it weren't for this beautiful sister, Guishi would not be able to feed him such good food, so the person he should be most grateful to is this beautiful sister in front of him.

The little boy was taciturn, and the aura emanating from his body did not match his age at all, which made people feel a little distressed.

Mu Ruoxin wanted to touch the little boy's head, but the little boy turned his head away, as if he didn't want anyone to touch it, but after he moved away, he moved his head back, as if agreeing to let Mu Ruoxin touch it.

Mu Ruoxin didn't reach out to touch the little boy's head, but withdrew her hand and asked him gently, "Little friend, what's your name?"

"Little abandoned."

"Little Abandon, who gave you this name?" Few people would use the word 'Abandon' for their name, because the meaning of this word is not very good.

"Father."

"Well, since it was your adoptive father's name, then I have nothing to say."

"Thank you!" Xiao Qi thanked Mu Ruoxin again, then got up and left, he only talked to Mu Ruoxin from the beginning to the end, he just glanced at the other two, probably knew what they looked like, and didn't care about the others.

Seeing Xiaoqi leave, Mu Ruoxin did not hold him back, but let him go, and sighed after he was gone: "What a poor child, he has no parents to love him since he was a child, and he still has to beg for love under the eaves of others. Survive, but don’t have the ability to survive, so I have to let others bully me.”

"Mum, that person looks fierce! Especially his eyes, they are fierce." Yan Yi thought of Xiao Qi's eyes just now, although he was not afraid, but he didn't like it very much.

Who would like such a fierce person?

"Maybe he was bullied too much, and he hates everyone. But I can tell that he is a very special child, but it's a pity that his background is too pitiful, hey..."

"There are more than tens of thousands of poor people in this world, so don't think too much." Yan Liheng said lightly, finishing all the words in his heart.It's not that he has never seen poor people, there are many more poor people than Xiaoqi, and he becomes numb after seeing too many people, and he doesn't feel anything.

"Okay, okay! Let's stop here about Xiaoqiu. After a whole day of tossing and drinking, let's take a rest first. Take advantage of the time to recover your energy, maybe there may be a big fight at any time One match." Mu Ruoxin stretched her waist, suppressing her sympathy for Xiao Qi to the bottom of her heart, not letting such sympathy overflow.

Too much sympathy is not necessarily a good thing, and it will often become a tool used by the enemy to deal with you, so you should accept this kind of thing when it should be collected.

She is not a saint, let alone a bodhisattva who cares about the world. As long as she is not someone who cares, she generally doesn't care much.

For the sake of safety, Mu Ruoxin and Yan Liheng didn't let Yan Yi sleep alone in a room, but the family of three squeezed together on one bed to avoid any accidents.

In the middle of the night, there was a rustling sound outside the door suddenly, but the sound was so small that it was like a gust of wind blowing, and most people would not pay attention to it.

Yan Liheng is not an ordinary person. Being vigilant at high places all the year round has allowed him to develop excellent ear strength and senses. Not only did he hear strange sounds outside, but he also felt the breath of other people. This breath is somewhat familiar, that is Xiaoqi who eats with them during the day.

In the middle of the night, this little boy does not sleep, what is he doing here?
Yan Liheng looked at his wife and children next to him, and found that they were sleeping soundly, so he closed his eyes and continued to sleep as if the people outside did not exist.Before he fell asleep, he had already set up a barrier outside the room. Without his permission, people outside could not enter at all.

Xiao Qi was indeed outside the room, huddled against the door, with new scars on his body, his old clothes were half red with blood, his eyes opened and closed, his small face was as pale as paper, he huddled motionless outside the door, his body She was trembling faintly, and after shaking for a while, she stopped shaking, her eyes did not open again, and she fell into the darkness.

The next day, Mu Ruoxin woke up early, dressed her son and opened the door, but as soon as the door opened, she saw someone poured into the room, and she recognized this person at a glance with his small body Who is it, squat down immediately to have a look, "Xiao Qi, what's wrong with you? Xiao Qi...what's the matter? Why are there so many wounds on your body? And so much blood?"

Hearing Mu Ruoxin's cry, Yan Liheng and Yan Yi quickly walked over to have a look, and saw Xiao Qi lying in Mu Ruoxin's arms with a pale face, his stiff arms hugging his body tightly, motionless .

"Mother, dear, isn't he the same person who was called stingy yesterday?" Yan Yi asked, feeling a little sympathetic to the stingy person in his heart.

If it were him who became so miserable, it would definitely be very, very painful.

Yan Liheng didn't speak, but frowned.He knew that Xiao Qi was outside last night, but he didn't expect him to stay until now.

Or it can be said that he fainted until now.

"This child is cold all over, and his pulse is very weak. If he is not rescued, he will die. With so many injuries on his body, it seems that he should have been beaten yesterday. Whoever is so cruel, even a child can Such a heavy hand?" Mu Ruoxin felt Xiaoqi's pulse, and only then did he know that Xiaoqi's situation was critical, so he didn't care so much, picked him up, walked into the room, put him on the bed, and began to care for him. Heal, and order the father and son on the side.

"Ah Heng, go get some hot water. Xiao Yi, go get some ginger soup. Don't let outsiders in until I'm done."

"Oh." Yan Yi glanced at Yan Liheng, seeing that his father had no objection, he could only nod in agreement.

Strange, didn't they come here to find Uncle Xing?How did he become a rescuer of a stranger?
Mu Ruoxin was very attentive when treating people, and didn't like to be disturbed by outsiders. Yan Liheng and Yan Yi knew this very well. After preparing the hot water and ginger soup, they took it with them quietly. When they felt When someone approached outside, the two went out to deal with it.

Xiaoqing brought many maidservants to wait on her early in the morning, and saw Yan Liheng and Yan Yi outside the door, so she bowed and apologized to them, "I'm really sorry, I don't know the three distinguished guests woke up so early and came late, please The three distinguished guests forgive me."

"My mother hasn't gotten up yet! Don't bother her yet, okay?" Yan Yi said, lying so that he didn't blush at all.He knew it was bad to lie, but some lies were not bad.

"Since this is the case, then the maidservant will not disturb the Madam's rest for the time being. Now that the two of you have woken up, do you want to have breakfast first? If the two of you want to eat, the maidservant will send someone to bring it."

"No need, let's wait for mother to wake up before eating."

"Okay, the servant girl will come back later." Xiaoqing bowed again, and then left with all the servant girls behind her. Before leaving, she glanced around and didn't find anything unusual before speeding away.

Strange, where is the little devil who escaped here last night?Why didn't I see anyone?
If it hadn't been repeatedly explained by the superiors, the distinguished guests who lived here must not be disturbed. She must have brought someone to rush in last night and captured that little devil.

Forget it, as long as you don't disturb the distinguished guests, you can let things go for a while.

(End of this chapter)