Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 34
The three original chiefs of Qingfeng Village had all died, and the new chief, Jiang Yingchen, was just elected temporarily. Although he was fair and strict, his resourcefulness and martial arts were not as good, so he would inevitably be a little unconvincing.Furthermore, because of Zhang Kuisu's previous fight with Wen Fengming, there was a gap between the leaders and rudder masters in the village. Although the two are dead at the moment, the gap is not easy to make up. In just half a month, the village The people in the middle have been divided into several factions.

Qingfeng Village, the former overlord of the Taihang Mountains, is about to collapse.Not to mention the surviving old people in the village, even Qiu San, who only stayed in Qingfeng Village for more than a month, couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he got the secret report.After hearing that Chen Nian was injured and comatose, and struggled between life and death for half a month, Qiu San felt so worried that he pulled his hair. Should he report such a thing to Feng Junyang?
He kept circling the room with his hands behind his back, and after a full quarter of an hour, he turned around and told his confidant soldier at the table, "Write another piece of paper, copy those few sentences as they are, and attach them at the back."

This confidant soldier was none other than the little brother Qiu San had befriended when he was in Qingzhou City, the one named Xiaobao.Qiu San found him after returning to Qingzhou with Xue Shengying, and specially took him with him to raise him.Although he is a personal soldier in name, he did not follow Qiu San into the barracks, but instead invited a teacher to teach him how to read.This Little Treasure himself is also up to the task, he has only been in school for two or three months, although he can't do poetry, he knows a lot of characters, which is a great help to Qiu San who doesn't know a single character.

But Xiaobao couldn't help asking: "Third brother, this secret report is all about important matters, it's really weird to add such a few nonsense words all of a sudden."

Qiu San went over and slapped Xiaobao on the back of the head with his palm, cursing: "Little kid knows what a fart! Your article is full of important matters, and I'm afraid it's not worth as much as these few words of nonsense!"

No matter how smart Xiao Bao was, he was only in his tenth year of age, so he didn't understand these things, so he listened to Qiu San's instructions, and honestly copied those few words, and then handed them over to Qiu San.Although Qiu San was illiterate, he still carefully read the letter several times, both front and back, before sealing it, and handing it over to the secret guard to deliver to Feng Junyang who had already arrived in Shengdu.

Yunxi had its own secret way of sending the letter, and this secret letter arrived in Shengdu in just a few days, and turned into a hot potato in Shunping's hands.Regarding the love-hate entanglement between Feng Junyang and Chen Nian, I am afraid that no one knows more and sees it more clearly than Shun Ping.

Ever since Feng Junyang returned from outside the city that day, although his speech and demeanor were still as modest and calm as before, Shunping felt that his master had changed a lot. Distracted, since then, he can't even touch one or two points.

Should this secret letter be reported or not?
Facing the piece of thin paper, Shun Ping scolded Qiu San countless times in his heart, then pretended not to put the paper between a pile of important secret reports, and handed it to Feng Junyang.

Feng Junyang is used to reading these secret reports on the soft couch. He has an excellent memory and has the ability of photographic memory. Therefore, he only glances at most of these secret reports, and then returns them to Shunping, and then through Shunping's hands burnt.

Shunping was already very familiar with these things, but this time he was a little nervous. He didn't dare to steal a glance at Feng Junyang's expression, so he could only prick up his ears to listen to his movements with all his attention.

After a while, Feng Junyang sneered softly, picked out a piece of paper and threw it at Shunping.The piece of paper was infused with his inner strength, and it flew flatly in front of Shunping before falling down.Shunping hurriedly stretched out his hands to catch it, and then Feng Junyang asked with a half-smile: "How do you do it? You have to put such things in it? If you are thinking about that dilapidated village, why don't you just go over there and build a mountain?" Your Majesty."

Shunping was sweating on the tip of his nose, and secretly cried out bitterly, thinking that you asked me to write to Qiu San in the middle of the night to inquire about the situation in Qingzhou, wasn't it because of this little aunt?Why are you suddenly playing this trick again now?Although he was slandering in his stomach, he knelt down and confessed: "It's the young one who didn't see clearly for a while, I beg my son to punish me."

"Get up, remember next time." Feng Junyang said lightly.

Only then did Shunping dare to stand up, and stood there holding his breath, waiting for Feng Junyang's orders.After a while, Feng Junyang finished reading the secret reports, threw them back to Shunping, and asked, "What news does the princess have?"

Shunping replied: "The princess said that the emperor has already agreed, and there will be an imperial decree to grant marriage in two days."

Feng Junyang nodded slowly, and asked again: "Xue Xian'er is still in the palace?"

Since Xue Xian'er arrived in Shengdu, she was summoned into the palace by Concubine Feng, and has never come out.Hearing Feng Junyang's question, Shunping carefully replied: "Yes."

Feng Junyang closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "Then let her stay in the palace first."

Within two days, the emperor really issued an imperial decree to marry the prince of Yunxi to the daughter of the He family, and also the prince of Yue and the daughter of the Xue family of Jizhou.This King of Yue is one of the few princes with real power remaining in the Xia royal family. His son is young and heroic, and he is quite talented. What's more, he is not as old as the weak crown, so he can just wait until Xue Xianer's filial piety is over. marriage.This marriage is really a good marriage.

After the imperial decree, He Ze was the first to breathe a sigh of relief.Because of the Qingzhou incident, he was afraid that Feng Junyang would take revenge.He is not afraid of Feng Junyang's schemes here, and it is easy to say with Yunsheng, Xue Xian'er is the only one who is worried.So along the way, they defended by day and night, and when they arrived in Shengdu, they sent Xue Xian'er to the Palace of Noble Concubine Feng.After worrying and suffering for many days, it was not until he got such news that his heart was relieved.

Xue Xian'er was also secretly happy. Her father was dead, and her two elder brothers could not rely on her. Her mother's family was only a branch of the Feng family in Yunxi. With such a family background, it was really rare to be able to marry into the Yue Palace and become the son and concubine. .

Because the marriage went well and Concubine Feng treated her kindly, Xue Xian'er's mood improved a lot.

This day, Yunsheng came to see her in the palace, and for some reason, he also talked about Fuyuan Temple, and heard the maid beside him said that Fuyuan Temple in Cuishan was the most effective for marriage, so the two of them simply went to ask the imperial concubine Feng for orders on a whim. Thinking of going to Fuyuan Temple to offer incense together.

Just in time for the empress to be at Concubine Feng's place, seeing the two young girls lively and joyful, she unconsciously remembered when she was young, without waiting for Concubine Feng's consent, she smiled and said: "Go, call more guards and nurses to accompany you." But don’t disturb the people, all living beings are equal before the Buddha, don’t stop men and women from seeking marriage.”

Since the empress had said this, Concubine Feng couldn't say anything more, so she arranged for the nanny to accompany Yun Sheng and Xue Xian'er out of the palace.Fuyuan Temple was full of incense, and the nobles in the palace often went to Fuyuan Temple to offer incense. This was a very common thing, but I didn't want something to go wrong this time.

There were so many pilgrims in Fuyuan Temple, Xue Xianer and Yunsheng got separated for some reason, although Xue Xianer was anxious, but she was more careful, she didn't rush around everywhere, just guarded in the hall, and told her side A nanny of mine went to look for Yunsheng.Unexpectedly, when the nanny found Yun Sheng and came back, she found that Xue Xian'er had disappeared together with her personal maid.

Yun Sheng faintly sensed that something was wrong, his hands and feet couldn't stop trembling, he ordered everyone to look for Xue Xian'er in secret, and they must keep quiet, and then sent his confidant maid to deliver a letter to He Ze.But just as the messenger left, Xue Xian'er was found in a small courtyard on the west side of the temple.

The first person to be discovered was Xue Xian'er's personal maid.Coincidentally, the person who found this maid was none other than Xue Xianer's future mother-in-law, Princess Yue.Concubine Yue had nothing to do, she came to Fuyuan Temple with some noble ladies from Shengdu to offer incense, and she accidentally saw a maid guarding the gate of the courtyard poking her head and looking around, she quickly shrank back when she saw a few people. He ran in without looking back.

Princess Yue saw that the maid was acting sneaky, so she ordered someone to chase after her, but she didn't want to but blocked Xue Xian'er and a young man in disheveled clothes in the room.That man was none other than the twelfth son of the He family, He Ze, who had escorted Xue Xian'er all the way from Jizhou to Shengdu.

Princess Yue saw it clearly, snorted coldly and walked away.

Xue Xian'er was dumbfounded, she just sat on the bed in a daze and said nothing.He Ze was sent here after being knocked down with sweat medicine. When he opened his eyes and saw this scene, he didn't care if his head was still dizzy. His first reaction was to arrest that maid. In a word, the maid suddenly died of poison.When Yunsheng got the news, he rushed over. Seeing the situation inside the house, he felt his legs go limp, and he sat down on the ground.

He Ze sneered sternly, and only said to Yunsheng, "Take care of Xian'er", then turned around and strode out of the house, snatched a horse outside, and went straight to Feng Junyang's residence with a whip.

Feng Junyang was in the mansion, and He Ze rushed in all the way, punching without saying a word, Feng Junyang calmly stretched out his hand to block He Ze's fist in front of him, and said lightly: "He Twelve, don't fight with me. If I do it, you can't beat me."

The He family is a family in the military, and most of the children's education is military education. They learn the art of war, horseback riding and archery. They all learn the kung fu of charging and attacking the enemy immediately. When it comes to kung fu on the ground, He Ze is not Feng Junyang. opponent.But at this moment, He Ze hated him so much, he just attacked Feng Junyang recklessly, after a dozen moves, Feng Junyang clamped his neck and fell to the ground.

Feng Junyang said unhurriedly: "I said before, you can't beat me."

After several struggles, He Ze couldn't break free from Feng Junyang's restraint, so he could only shout angrily: "Feng Junyang, you bastard! You have no humanity at all! You are trying to force Xian'er to death! She is your cousin after all. , you are trying to force her to death!" He couldn't help crying as he spoke, "I let your Xie Chennian go, I didn't hurt her at all, but you want to force Xian'er to die!"

Even if this happened before the marriage was granted, he could still take Xue Xian'er as his concubine. Although he had wronged her, he would still save her life.Up to now, the emperor has issued an imperial decree to bestow marriage, and Xue Xian'er is already the fiancee of the prince of Yue. After such a thing happened, Xue Xian'er is left with a dead end.

He Ze lay on the ground covering his face and crying, Feng Junyang let go of him, took a step back, looked at him coldly with lowered eyes, and said indifferently: "You can still take her as a concubine, as long as you are willing."

He Ze lay there blankly, how could he take Xian'er as his concubine now?When today's incident happened, the He family and the King of Yue had become enemies.If he goes to Na Xian'er now, it means that he will go up and slap the emperor and the king of Yue loudly across the face, which means that he will completely offend his wives and clan, and that he will lose everything he has now, be reviled by others, and be betrayed by everyone. !
Seeing him like this, Feng Junyang sneered slightly, and asked again: "Why, you can't give up everything for her? Then why do you drag her into our fight? You and I Man, who caused Xue Xianer to come here?"

After he finished speaking, he smiled slightly, ignored He Ze who was stunned on the ground, and walked out of the room.

Yunsheng guarded Xue Xianer in the palace for five days, but in the end he still failed to keep Xue Xianer's life.Yun Sheng came out from the palace and went straight to find Feng Junyang.

"Xian'er is dead, are you satisfied?" She stared at the still modest and gentle Yunxi prince in front of her, and asked him word by word, "I also contributed to that matter, why didn't you come to revenge me? "

Feng Junyang said lightly: "Yunsheng, don't talk about children, you are my aunt's daughter and my fiancee."

Yun Sheng held back his tears, gritted his teeth and said, "I won't marry you, I will never marry you. Sister Xie is the most discerning, the first to see through your despicable insidiousness, so she ran away from you recklessly."

For a moment, Feng Junyang's eyes were as sharp as a knife's edge, forcing Yun to fight a cold war.Fortunately, those eyes were fleeting, so fast that Yun Sheng almost thought he was delusional.He looked at her quietly for a moment, lowered his eyes and said softly: "Yunsheng, it doesn't matter whether you marry me or not. It's just that there are some things you need to understand. It's not that I insist on Xue Xian'er's death, but that your twelve Brother refused to save her. I think Xue Xianer knew it very well, so she waited for another five days, waiting for He Ze to rescue her, but unfortunately He Ze didn't."

Yun Sheng froze all of a sudden, unable to speak for a while, but his body began to tremble uncontrollably.Her twelfth brother had already returned to Taixing, and on the second day after the incident, the He family secretly sent He Ze away in fear that King Yue would take revenge on He Ze.

She suddenly remembered a sentence her mother once said: Everything stems from the ambitions of men, from their struggle for power, and the first sacrifices are women. woman.

Yunsheng stood there in a daze for a long while, said nothing, wept silently, turned and left silently.

Under the cover of people with good intentions, the scandal that happened in Fuyuan Temple was not publicized, and several parties involved in the incident chose to remain silent.Even the death of Xue Xian'er, when it was reported from the palace, she died of a sudden illness. When people heard about it, they just sighed a few more times, sighing that this noble daughter from a family who had just passed the age was really a confidante. That blessing can be married to Yue Wangfu as a concubine.

It's just that Xue Xian'er's death made Concubine Feng really sad for a few days, even in front of the emperor, she couldn't help crying several times.The emperor saw Concubine Feng crying sadly, and felt more pity for her. He stayed in Concubine Feng's palace for many days, and even the empress who always respected and loved her was left out a lot.

At the end of September, Concubine Feng was diagnosed with a happy pulse, so she no longer cared about mourning for Xue Xian'er.Xue Xian'er's death was as small as a pebble falling into the bottomless clear lake, and only stirred up a few splashes before disappearing under the surface of the lake.

It was late autumn in the Taihang Mountains, and the disease in Chen Nian came on like a sting, but it went away like a coagulation, and it took almost a month before I could get out of bed.Fortunately, she was young and her bones were always strong. Since she was able to get out of bed, she recovered much faster. By the beginning of October, except for the wound on her left arm, she was fine.

Chen Nian has grown up so much since he was a child, and has never been sick for such a long time.However, this serious illness is not without its benefits, at least it has whitened her tanned skin in summer, and the fat on her cheeks has also been reduced, making the curve of her chin more beautiful.The originally jerky facial features also quietly changed, and inadvertently receded immaturity, revealing a unique beauty and delicacy.

That day, Lu Xiao squatted in front of her and looked at her carefully for a while, then said solemnly: "Xie Chennian, you look very good-looking."

Chen Nian was sitting in front of the room with his eyes closed, basking in the warm early winter sun. Hearing this, he opened his eyes to look at Lu Xiao, but was blinded by the light. After a while, he said, "Thank you for your compliment."

But Lu Xiao said again: "That Jizhou military officer surnamed Fang really had vision."

Chen Nian looked at him calmly for a moment, and said, "Since you are praising him, then I won't thank you."

Lu Xiao leaned against her and sat down by the wall. After a while, he asked again: "Where are you going?"

After Chen Nian's injury got better, she thought about leaving Qingfengzhai. Although Jiang Yingchen and others tried their best to persuade her to stay, she had made up her mind to go. She only had to wait for Xu Langzhong to remove the splint on her left arm in two days before leaving.Chen Nian looked into the distance, cleared his eyes, and replied, "I don't know."

Lu Xiao turned his head to look at her, thought for a while, and said suddenly, "I'll take you back to Mobei."

Chen Nian smiled and shook his head: "No, since foster father doesn't want me to go, I won't go to make people bored."

"We're not going to Wang Ting. There are still many places to go in Mobei, all of which are good." Lu Xiao explained, he pursed his lips, and then said, "And your adoptive father will not hate you. He won't call you I went to look for him, but I didn’t want you to be put in danger, the royal court in Mobei is in a mess right now.”

"You don't understand." Chen Nian said softly, and after a moment of silence, he asked Lu Xiao, "Lu Xiao, if the woman you love the most dies at the hands of her husband and leaves you a child with that husband, What will you do? That child is the child of the person you love the most, but also the child of the person you hate the most, how will you treat her?"

Lu Xiao frowned unknowingly, and didn't know how to answer after thinking about it for a while, so he could only honestly say, "I don't know."

Chen Nian bent the corner of his mouth, showing a lonely smile, and said: "I didn't understand it before, and then I suddenly understood it. In fact, he didn't know it either. I think he may have been contradictory all the time, but he didn't know that he was seeing it." When I am, do I think of my lover more, or do I think of my enemy more.” She spoke slowly, but suddenly shrugged her nose in disgust, and said, “It should be because I think of my enemy more. Do you mean my daughter, Father Xiao?"

Lu Xiao sat in a daze for a while, then suddenly turned to Chen Nian to look at her face carefully, and asked a little excitedly, "Are you talking about your own life experience?"

Chen Nian was a little surprised by his sudden reaction, and asked, "What's wrong?"

It was as if a gap had been split open in Lu Xiao's mind, and the light poured in from the outside in an instant, and many doubts that he couldn't figure out seemed to be clear all of a sudden!The more Qiu Muling lied to him, the more Qiu Muling lied to him from the beginning!Chen Nian is not Qiu Mu Lingyue's illegitimate daughter at all, she is the one they have been looking for!
He suddenly touched the lapel of Chennian's collar, Chennian raised his arm to block his hand, and said, "What are you doing?" Lu Xiao pressed down her right arm with one hand, and tore open her collar with the other He took a look, but didn't see what he was looking for, so he couldn't help but ask, "Where's the spirit bone?"

Chen Nian frowned unconsciously: "What?"

Lu Xiao compared with her while talking: "It's a wolf tooth, about two inches long, different from ordinary wolf teeth, the root is blood-colored, and the texture is like ancient jade."

Chen Nian shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before."

Lu Xiao took a serious look at Chen Nian's expression, and seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, he felt a little puzzled. Could it be that she wasn't the person they were looking for?But she is not Qiu Mulingyue's illegitimate daughter, why would Qiu Mulingyue lie?And if she is really the person they are looking for, why is the spirit bone not on her body?

Chen Nian watched coldly, and already guessed that Lu Xiao and Mu Zhanyue must be hiding many things from her. In the past, she would try every means to get the truth out of Lu Xiao's mouth, but now she has no such thoughts at all.She smiled nonchalantly, leaned against the wall again to bask in the sun, and said, "Lu Xiao, I want to go to the Xihu Grassland. Go west and see what else is on the grassland."

Lu Xiao's mind was still on the matter just now, and he replied casually: "Desert."

"What about the desert?"

"do not know……"

In mid-October, Chen Nian and Lu Xiao left Qingfeng Village.It was already very cold in the mountains at this time, Chen Nian didn't feel that much in previous years, but this year because of this serious illness, he felt a little chilly.Thanks to Lingque's carefulness, in the few days before Chennian left, he rushed to sew two leather robes day and night, and gave them to Chennian and Lu Xiao.

Chen Nian was not polite to Ling Que, and only said "thank you" after receiving it.Lu Xiao was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lingque to sew a leather robe for him. He was taken aback for a while before accepting it, and said to Lingque: "I will write down your love, and I will have it in the future. If I have the chance, I will definitely pay you back.”

He spoke so solemnly that Jiaoling Que was a little embarrassed, so he glared at him and said fiercely: "For Chen Nian's sake, I happened to have enough leather, so I sewed it for you by the way." , who needs you to remember love!"

Lu Xiao didn't expect that he would talk to her well, but in exchange for her treating her like this, he didn't feel a little annoyed.When he was about to speak, Chen Nian grabbed him and said, "Okay, let's go quickly, otherwise we won't be able to reach the resting place before dark."

She bid farewell with Jiang Yingchen and others, got on her horse and headed north.Seeing this, Lu Xiao ignored Ling Que, hurriedly urged his horse to catch up, and asked Chen Nian, "Are you really going to Xihu?"

Chen Nian nodded and said, "Yes."

The two passed through Feilongxing to the north, and entered Beitaihang along the mountain road.The weather was getting colder and colder. On this day, Lu Xiao saw Chen Nian's face was flushed by the cold wind in the mountains, and his heart softened, so he discussed with her: "Why don't you find a place to shelter from the wind, and wait for the wind to calm down? Hurry up."

Chen Nian shook his head and said: "The wild wolves are too powerful at this time, we have to find a safer place first, so we can spend the night."

The two walked forward for a while, and Lu Xiao felt that the surrounding rocks were somewhat familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered that this was the place where they encountered bandits robbing their way last time. He couldn't help but said to Chen Nian: "I don't know where What happened to the bandits, would they come out to rob in such a cold day?"

"I don't know." Chen Nian replied.

Lu Xiao asked again: "When you were in Qingfengzhai? Will you come out at this time?"

Chen Nian grew up to be 16 years old in Qingfeng Village, although he can be regarded as domineering in the village, he rarely followed the crowd down the mountain to do business.Some times, when Mu Zhanyue was not in the village, she and Ye Xiaoqi sneaked out and followed behind to watch the fun.The only time when he was a leader, he ran into Feng Junyang without thinking about it, and then he didn't rob him of any property, but was robbed by him.

Chen Nian felt a dull pain in his heart, and after a moment of silence, he replied lightly to Lu Xiao: "My adoptive father is very strict with me, and I am not allowed to go down the mountain with everyone to do business."

Lu Xiao originally intended to tease Chen Nian to say something more, but he didn't want her to be more depressed, and he didn't know which sentence he said wrong again, so he kept his mouth shut.The two of them walked for a while, when they suddenly heard a loud shout in front of them, a dozen people suddenly appeared from among the rocks on the side of the road, all of them armed with knives and sticks, blocking the front and back of the mountain road like a ghost.

The man in his forties shouted loudly: "My friend, if you want to live, quickly take out all your belongings!"

Lu Xiao looked at the man carefully, but couldn't help but smiled, turned his head and said to Chen Nian, "Hey! What a coincidence, it's them again!"

It was a coincidence that these bandits were none other than those mentioned by Lu Xiao just now.It's just that when I met them last time, Chen Nian was still dressed as a woman, but now when I met them again, he changed into men's clothes, and because of the thick clothes in winter, his body shape also looked a lot different, as if he had changed completely.Even Lu Xiao changed his attire and grew a beard.The bandits watched them for a long time in the dark, but they didn't recognize them.

As soon as Lu Xiao made such a sound, the man in front realized that his voice was somewhat familiar, so he tentatively asked, "Are you two—"

Chen Nian smiled and asked him, "Master, is the business going well these days?"

The head of the family took two steps forward with a knife in his hand, looked at them carefully, and then said "Oh, it's you two! It's really flooding the Dragon King Temple, and the whole family doesn't know each other." People! Ashamed, ashamed!"

He hurriedly put the steel knife in its sheath, and hurriedly called out to the brothers in the surrounding area, shouting: "Hurry up and put them away, these two are old friends!"

The head of the family came forward to greet him while talking, and Chen Nian and Lu Xiao also dismounted.Chen Nian glanced at the gangsters who had gathered here, seeing that the number of bandits was a bit more than before, including both young and old, he smiled and said: "Master, seeing that you have many more brothers, it can be seen that the business is good. "

"Oh my, don't make fun of me, Wen Da Ya, the heroine." That Wen Da Ya waved his hand with a wry smile, then pointed out the people next to him to Chen Nian, and said, "Only these people, take a look, how many can do it?" The material for our business? They were all forced to die, so they wanted to make a living with me."

Just as they were talking, a child's cry suddenly came from behind the crowd. Lu Xiao and Chen Nian were startled for a moment, but Wen Da Ya turned around angrily, and shouted at a thin young man behind them: "Cui Xiaoer, take good care of your sister! She will throw her into the mountains to feed the wild wolves if she calls me mourning again!"

After yelling, he complained to Chen Nian and Lu Xiao: "Look, is there anyone who brings a nursing child to do business?"

Lu Xiao asked strangely, "Why are there still children?"

Hearing his question, Wen Daya couldn't help sighing, "I can't help it, it's pitiful to say it, the whole family went to see relatives, but they didn't expect to meet wild wolves in the mountains, and there were only two brothers and sisters left. This kid ran with his sister for a whole night, and when he passed out, he was still hugging his sister tightly, and we just happened to see him, it was really pitiful to see, and he was rescued in a moment of soft-heartedness."

While talking, Wen Daya became anxious again, and said: "Damn! I have never seen such a stubborn boy, no matter where he goes, this little girl always carries him on his back, it's really fucking annoying!"

He kept complaining here, while the boy over there was frantically coaxing the child in his arms, but the child was crying more and more.Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, but couldn't bear it in the end, walked over to look at the child in the boy's arms, he looked only about one year old, wearing only a thin layer of cotton clothes, his face turned blue, he didn't know if he was crying The ones were still frozen.Without thinking about it, she took off the cloak on her body, handed it to the young man, and said, "The child is too lightly dressed, you should wrap her up thicker."

The young man raised his eyes and looked at her somewhat warily, took the cloak over in silence, and wrapped the child in his arms carefully.However, Chen Nian noticed his hands, slender and white, although there were many scars, it could be seen at a glance that he was used to being pampered before.The young man noticed that Chen Nian's gaze was on his hand, subconsciously hid his hand in his sleeve, and thanked Chen Nian softly, "Thank you, lady."

"No need." Chen Nian replied, glanced at the child who had gradually stopped crying because he was unable to cry, and asked, "How old is this child?"

There was more sadness in the boy's eyes, he was silent for a while, and then he replied: "It's been eleven months."

Chen Nian nodded, looked at the child a few more times, and then returned to Lu Xiao's side.Lu Xiao didn't say anything, just took off his cloak in silence and put it on Chen Nian.

After such a delay, the wind in the mountains became much stronger.Wen Daya knew that he couldn't afford to offend these two people, so it's better to coax them and show more affection so that we can see each other in the future, so he warmly invited the two of them back to the village with him, persuading them: "I'm afraid this day It’s about to change, if the two of you are not in a hurry, why don’t you go to our village to take shelter from the wind and snow, although there is nothing delicious to eat, but at least you can have a mouthful of hot soup to warm your stomach.”

Although Chen Nian saw that Wen Da Ya was not a villain, but after all he was still wary of these people, so he didn't want to go, and didn't want Lu Xiao to worry about her body, but he agreed first, then turned to her and said: "You Don’t you also say that the wild wolf is powerful at this time? Why don’t we just let him go, and save us looking for a place to stay.”

"That's right, that's right." Wen Daya said hastily.

Chen Nian is not good to talk about other things, and I think it is better to have a house to shelter from the wind and snow than to sleep in the open in the wild. Besides, Lu Xiao is by my side, so I am not afraid of these people making troubles, so I replied: "That's fine, it's just I'm going to bother Mr. Wen."

When Wen Daya heard that they were willing to go, he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates, and shouted: "You idiot, hurry back and ask Old Wangtou to cook a pot of hot soup."

A big man responded and ran ahead, Wen Daya led Chen Nian and Lu Xiao to the village.Although his big family name sounds good, he is so poor that he can barely support his subordinates, let alone raise horses.He walked ahead and led the way, Chen Nian and Lu Xiao were not good at riding horses, so they had to lead the horses.A group of people walked around the mountain a few times along a narrow path, and finally arrived at the small dilapidated cottage.

The village is really too poor, there are only seven or eight broken houses, and a half-height courtyard wall was randomly built with stones, and two wooden gates were installed to serve as the gate of the village.Such a village is neither afraid of being stolen nor robbed, so Wen Daya only left an old man who was about to lose his teeth to guard it.When everyone arrived, the main room was already on fire. There was a large pot hanging on the fire. Brown rice porridge should be cooking in it.

"This year's life is really difficult, and there is nothing to entertain you two. It happened that they killed a wild boar the day before yesterday, and there are still some left. I will ask someone to fetch it, and let's roast it." Wen Daya let Chen Nian and Lu Xiao sat down by the fire, served them a bowl of gruel, and handed it to Lu Xiao first, "You two should drink a bowl of hot porridge to warm up first."

Chen Nian was still wary of these people, fearing that they would tamper with the diet, so he grabbed the bowl before Lu Xiao, but was not in a hurry to drink the hot porridge, and just held it in his arms to keep warm, smiling. Said: "Master Wen doesn't have to work too hard, the two of us can do it with one bowl."

The village is so poor, naturally there are only a few bowls, and there is really no way to divide them according to the head, so Wen Daya didn't think much about it, he called the rest of the people to come and share the porridge, and specially ordered: "Take the thick porridge Leave it to Cui Xiaoer, so that he can feed his sister."

Chen Nian saw it in his eyes, and said to Wen Da Ya, "Da Dang Wen is a kind-hearted person."

Wen Daya didn't know why she said that, he laughed a few times, and said: "Don't tease us, people in our business don't have any good intentions."

Chen Nian gave him a faint smile, without further explanation, turned his head and said to Lu Xiao: "I forgot, our dry food is still on the horses outside, bring it here and eat with everyone."

Lu Xiao got up and went outside the house to get the bag on the horse and came in. He took out the dry food brought by the two and distributed it to everyone.Wen Daya was very embarrassed, and said straightforwardly: "How did this happen! Now that we are here, how can I still eat your food." Having said that, when Lu Xiao handed over the bread, But without hesitation, he reached out and took it.

Quite a few people nearby had already finished their share of porridge, and thankfully took the bread that Lu Xiao handed over, and ate it voraciously.The big man in the middle who was called "Silly Big" even exclaimed loudly while eating: "But it's been a long time since I ate this cake, and it's still so good to chew!"

Wen Daya blushed when he said this, and immediately turned around and scolded that stupid Daoist: "Eat yours honestly, even bread can't stop your big mouth!" Xiao explained, "In fact, they are not very hungry. We often go hunting, and we can eat meat almost every day."

Chen Nian smiled, and inadvertently handed the bowl in his hand to Lu Xiao beside him, but Lu Xiao pushed it back to her, pointed to the wild pork that had just been roasted on the fire, and said, "I only eat this That's enough." Chen Nian lowered his head and drank half a bowl of hot porridge, stuffed the remaining half bowl into Lu Xiao's hand, and said with a smile: "You drink it, this meat is roasted very fragrant, and it will kill my gluttons. Check it out, I’m waiting to eat some of this too.”

This time Lu Xiao didn't say anything, took the bowl and drank the still warm porridge, but raised his head and asked Wen Da Ya, "Why are you so poor?"

He spoke too directly, and made Wen Daya very embarrassed when he asked him all of a sudden.However, Chen Nian knew that these words were considered euphemistic to Lu Xiao, and he probably wanted to ask more: How did you become such a poor bandit?She smiled and replied for Wen Daya: "Life in Taihang Mountains has always been poor."

Wen Daya smiled wryly and nodded in agreement, and said: "The Taihang Mountains are already poor, and the North Taihang is poorer than the South Taihang. In previous years, at least some merchants passed by. We can also do a few tickets and ask for some hard-earned money. But this year there was a military disaster. It's too heavy, who dares to come here, our money will be cut off completely."

Lu Xiao was confused and frowned, "I don't know much about your business."

Chen Nian was silent, and then explained in a low voice: "The land in the Taihang Mountains is barren, and the rain can't keep up with it. There is no food on the ground. In previous years, it was all relying on the little money from the past merchants, and then went to Jizhou to buy it." Grain is coming back. Not only is there chaos in the Taihang Mountains this year, Qingzhou and Jizhou are also at war, the price of grain will be much higher, and it will not be available.”

Wen Daya nodded and said, "That's it."

Several people were talking in low voices, the young man who had been sitting in the corner had silently fed his sister rice porridge, hesitated for a moment, walked over with his sister in his arms, handed back Chen Nian's cloak, and said, "My sister has already Warm up, no need, thank you."

But Chen Nian didn't take the cloak: "Give it to you, when you take the child out, wrap it thicker for her."

The young man took the cloak back, thought for a while and said to Chen Nian: "May I ask the girl's name, and I will repay you when I get a chance in the future."

Chen Nian smiled and shook his head: "No need."

The boy looked at her twice, then said nothing, and carried his sister to sit in the corner again.

When the wild pork on the fire was cooked, Wen Daya asked Chen Nian and Lu Xiao to eat it first, and then divided a little among the crowd, but asked people to put away the rest and save it for tomorrow.Seeing him like this, even Lu Xiao could see that the village owner's life was really tight, and he couldn't help feeling a little regretful, secretly thinking that he had eaten so much meat just now, and the village owner didn't know how painful it was.

Although there are a few rooms in the village, but because it is too dilapidated, there are only three or five rooms that can accommodate people. Everyone wants to keep warm at night, and most of them sleep together.Only the boy Cui Xiaoer, afraid that his sister would disturb everyone by crying at night, took her to sleep alone in the east side hut.Wen Daya felt sorry for the young child, so he asked someone to repair the hut, and blocked all the big holes, it was the second best room in the village after this main room.

When Chen Nian came, Wen Daya specially asked someone to clear out the room where Cui Xiaoer slept, and said: "The heroine can rest here at night, if you have something to do, just call us."

Chen Nian didn't want to occupy the room of the brothers and sisters, so he declined: "No need, let Brother Cui bring his sister to sleep in that room, we can rest in this room for a while, it doesn't matter so much, let's talk It’s warmer here with a fire.”

She said this sincerely, and Wen Daya couldn't help but increase his affection for her. He felt that this heroine is not only good-looking, but also has an easy-going temperament, unlike some heroines who walk in the rivers and lakes and rely on their martial arts. Look down on others, even if someone accidentally looks at them one more time, and chases after the other person to destroy their pair of eyes.

Wen Daya spoke politely with Chen Nian again, seeing that she was really persistent, he gave up.At night, everyone went back to their houses to sleep.Wen Daya combined the tables and chairs in the main room into two simple beds, and specially divided two quilts for Chen Nian and Lu Xiao.They were useless in Chen Nian, sitting cross-legged with their backs as usual, watching the fire and meditating to adjust their breath.

(End of this chapter)