Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 36
Looking at Lu Xiao's back, Chen Nian felt a tightness in her heart, and even had the urge to turn around and follow him back, but the child in her arms was still crying, she looked down at the child, finally gritted her teeth and got on the horse, Said to Wen Daya and others who escaped with her: "Let's go!"

At this moment, a long whistle suddenly came from the foot of the mountain, the whistle was extremely loud and bright, Chen Nian opened his eyes for a moment, his face couldn't help showing surprise, it was the foster father, it was the foster father!

Lu Xiao, who was fighting with the officers and soldiers, also heard the howl, and immediately lifted his spirits, and let out a long howl to echo Mu Zhanyue at the foot of the mountain.There were several whistles from the foot of the mountain, and it seemed that Mu Zhanyue was not the only one.Those people came extremely fast, and within a short while, the voices became much closer.

Chen Nian's eyes lit up, he stuffed the child into Wen Daya's arms, and shouted: "Take care of her!" After speaking, he turned around and rushed back to the village.She couldn't use her left hand, so she had to swing the army saber with her right hand. Although she had some difficulty in swinging, she still rushed to Lu Xiao's side and shouted loudly: "Come up!"

Lu Xiao chopped down a man with a knife, and lightly pulled Chen Nian's arm with his hand, and the man fell behind Chen Nian lightly.He took the long knife from Chen Nian's hand, held it horizontally by his side, and said in a deep voice, "You control the horse."

Chen Nian held the reins with both hands, and only focused on steering the horse.The long knife seemed to have life in Lu Xiao's hands, and it was inconceivably flexible. The two of them charged back and forth, killing the cavalry so that all the cavalry dodged and did not dare to confront it.

After a while, there was a sudden scream near the gate of the village. Chen Nian turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw several knights in black charging in from the outside on horseback. The man in front of him was the one who had been missing for a long time. Mu Zhanyue.

The cavalry standing in front of Mu Zhanyue was cut in half by him with a single blow. Even the long knife that was desperately facing it was as thin as a piece of paper under Mu Zhanyue's knife.All the officers and soldiers were scared out of their wits by Mu Zhanyue, they didn't even care about resisting for a while, they just rushed out in a panic, thinking that they could escape with their lives.

Mu Zhanyue was under the knife, never leaving a life alive.

Chen Nian had only heard this rumor before, but today was the first time he saw the real scene, and Wen Daya and the others were even more dumbfounded.It seemed that in the blink of an eye, there was no longer a living officer or soldier in the village.The originally chaotic battlefield suddenly fell silent, and the exclamations and screams of people disappeared completely, only occasionally the sad neighing of war horses sounded.

Lu Xiao put his legs between his horse's belly and rushed to Mu Zhanyue's horse. He habitually said a word in Xian's dialect, and suddenly realized that Chen Nian couldn't understand Xian's dialect. Yue said, "Thank you for coming."

But Mu Zhanyue ignored him, his eyes kept on Chen Nian's face and did not leave.

Chen Nian was in a very complicated mood, both pleasantly surprised and aggrieved, and even a little bit of complaining, so many emotions were stuffed in her chest that she couldn't speak for a while, but her eyes turned red unconsciously.

Lu Xiao looked down at Chen Nian, and asked Mu Zhanyue, "How do you know we're here?"

Mu Zhan withdrew his eyes lightly, and was about to answer, but two people from the Xian family who came with him came running out on horseback, talked and laughed loudly in Xian's dialect, and then threw the things they were carrying on the ground. on the ground.Those were the heads of several Qingzhou cavalrymen. They seemed to have been chopped off not long ago, and blood was still dripping, and bone lumps were scattered all over the ground.

Even Chen Nian was used to seeing life and death, so he didn't feel a little terrified when he saw this scene, and subconsciously turned his head away.Lu Xiao was used to it, and only translated the words to Chen Nian in a low voice: "He said that the officers and soldiers outside were also cleaned up, so I'm not afraid that they will flee back and report."

Chen Nian glanced at Mu Zhanyue, and saw that Mu Zhanyue gave those people a few words in Xian's dialect, and those people went to work separately, some went outside to guard, and some got off their horses to tidy up the village like a Shura field.Wen Daya and the others had been standing stupidly outside the gate of the village all this time, and when they saw this moment, they approached in fear, but they bypassed the Xian family members from a distance, came over and asked Chen Nian, "Women, what are we doing?" manage?"

Chen Nian jumped off the horse, first glanced at the crying child in Wen Daya's arms who had fallen asleep again, and then at the dozen or so people who survived, seeing that almost all of them were injured, he said: "Don't be too busy. Let’s do something else, let’s deal with everyone’s injuries first.”

Hearing her words, Wen Daya hurriedly counted the people under his command, excluding the Yang Yi brothers and sisters, there were originally nineteen people in the village, old and young, four of them died, two were seriously injured, and the rest died. Minor injury, just like this result, thanks to Lu Xiao and Chen Nian's all-out rescue, otherwise everyone would have gathered together on Huangquan Road.

Shada was still thinking about Yang Yi, so he hurriedly pulled him out of the dead, listened to his heartbeat on the ground, raised his head and shouted to Wen Daya in surprise: "Big Brother, Big Brother! This kid is still alive! Cui Xiao Two is still alive!"

Everyone hurriedly gathered after hearing the words, and even Mu Zhanyue followed Chen Nian to take a look, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, and threw it directly to Wen Daya: "After the wound is bandaged, feed it to him." Go down, once every two hours." After finishing speaking, he paused, and added indifferently, "If it's dead, don't feed it anymore."

Even though Wen Daya was afraid that Mu Zhan would get cramps in his calves, he still couldn't help but slander, your joke is not good at all.He took the medicine bottle, not knowing what to do, he couldn't help but look up at Chen Nian.

Chen said in a young voice, "He is my adoptive father."

Only then did Wen Daya feel relieved, thanked Mu Zhanyue with a thousand gratitude, and beckoned people to quickly find something to bandage Yang Yi's wound.

Lu Xiao watched Mu Zhanyue and Chen Nian's father and daughter meet and didn't speak for a while, afraid that Chen Nian was still angry with Mu Zhanyue, so he came out to smooth things over after thinking about it: "Don't stand outside Now, if you have something to say, go to the house and talk."

Chen Nian lowered his eyes and said nothing, Mu Zhan took a look at her, and then walked into the main room first.Lu Xiao teased Chen Nian secretly, and pulled her to follow behind.Fortunately, the main room is still in good condition, only the room is a little messy.Chen Nian stepped forward and together with Lu Xiao helped up the fallen tables and stools, and took some firewood to rekindle the fire in the house.

Mu Zhanyue had been sitting silently by the side watching them doing things, seeing that Chennian was only using his right arm, he frowned unconsciously, and asked her, "What's wrong with the left arm?"

"I got hurt a little, it's okay." Chen Nian replied indifferently, and then asked Mu Zhanyue, "Father, how did you get here?"

Mu Zhan glanced at her more, and replied lightly: "Feng Junyang said that you are in Qingfengzhai, and I found it all the way north from Qingfengzhai."

Mu Zhanyue is not good at talking, and he always speaks concisely. In fact, he went to Qingzhou first after returning from Mobei, but Qingzhou already belonged to Xue Shengying.In any case, he is Xue Shengying's father-killing enemy. Mu Zhanyue was not stupid enough to go to Qingzhou City Guard's Mansion to inquire about Chen Nian's whereabouts. When he heard that Feng Junyang had gone to Shengdu, he went straight to Shengdu.

Feng Junyang told him that Chen Nian had already returned to Qingfengzhai. He saw that the man didn't seem to be lying, so he went to Qingfengzhai again. He didn't want to miss again, so he had to chase all the way north. Fortunately, Tonight, I heard Lu Xiao's long whistle when I passed by down the mountain, otherwise I might miss them.

Chen Nian fell silent upon hearing the words, and when Mu Zhanyue was away, she had so many puzzled questions waiting for him to come back to answer her, but when he was really in front of her, she didn't know how to ask them.How to ask?Asked what did foster father do in Mobei these days?Is it related to the struggle for power in the Xian royal court?Or ask who he is and why he has stayed in Qingfeng Village for so many years?
But what if she asked these questions?Will foster father answer her?
After a while, Chen Nian raised his head again and asked Mu Zhanyue: "Father, why did you put me with Feng Junyang that day?" In fact, she wanted to use the word "lose" more.That day, Mu Zhanyue left her at Feng Junyang's place, and didn't even have time to meet her, so he asked Ye Xiaoqi to send her a message.

Mu Zhanyue replied: "When I left, Qingzhou and Jizhou were about to go into chaos, and Taixing was also involved. Only Feng Junyang is the son of Prince Yunxi. He is the most neutral person, and he is the safest around him."

"Why can't you take me to the royal court of Mobei?" Chen Nian couldn't help asking, although she has martial arts, although she is not very strong, she can still protect herself in general.Why can't she go to Mobei with her?Why throw her in the mansion of a prince of Yunxi whom he has never met before?
Mu Zhanyue saw that Chen Nian was agitated, so he frowned slightly, but Lu Xiao, who was next to him, saw the two of them like this, and replied for Mu Zhanyue: "The royal court is not safe at the moment, Qiu Muling The adults are also worried about your safety."

Chen Nian refused to pay attention to Lu Xiao, and only pursed his lips and looked at Mu Zhanyue with a hint of stubbornness, waiting for his answer.

Mu Zhan looked at her quietly for a moment, then suddenly said to Lu Xiao: "Lu Xiao, go out first, I have something to say to Chen Nian."

Lu Xiao was a little worried, but had to get up and leave.After he left the house, Mu Zhanyue looked at Chen Nian again, and then said indifferently: "Chen Nian, I promised your mother to raise you, I don't think I broke my promise to her. Am I alive? For you, I have my own things to do."

Although Chen Nian kept telling himself in his heart not to cry, he still couldn't help crying at this moment.She lowered her head and let the tears fall drop by drop on the front of the leather robe. She waited until the tears stopped falling and her eyes became dry again, then she asked Mu Zhanyue in a low voice: "My mother Who is it? Who is my father?"

Mu Zhan was silent for a while, then answered her: "I can't tell you now, maybe one day I will, but not now."

Chen Nian raised his head and looked at the foster father in front of him who raised him. His face was the same as before, and his eyes were still indifferent.She didn't know which string moved in her mind, and suddenly asked him without thinking: "Do I look like my mother or my father?"

Mu Zhan's heart tightened when he asked this question, the child he raised in front of him had changed unconsciously, and he vaguely saw that bright and kind woman again.The little sister who never disliked his origin and was willing to give him the only jerky he had, the little girl who stood up in front of him to prevent others from bullying, but turned around and scolded him fiercely for being worthless, The most beautiful girl known as the "Pearl of the King's Court", the most noble and pure princess of their Xian clan.

They grew up together, she was the master and he was the servant, but she only regarded him as her younger brother.In the beginning, she was protecting him, and later, he was protecting her.

She once said: "A Yue, you are not humble at all, your father must be a great hero, that's why we girls from the Xian family fell in love with you, and that's why you were born, your bloodline is nobler than any of them! "

She once said: "A Yue, you are a man. If anyone dares to bully you, you will beat me back! If you can only cry again, I will beat you too!"

She also said: "A Yue, I don't like Wang Ting, this place is like a big prison! Let's go to the south secretly, they say that as long as you cross the Wanjiang River, it will be like spring all the year round. The flowers are blooming. The men there are all handsome and handsome, and the women there are all beautiful and gentle."

She yearned for Jiangnan, but stopped by the Wanjiang River.There, she met that handsome man.For him, she willingly cut off her wings and entered the cage smaller than the royal court, but that man caused her to lose her own life.

In the end, she died on his back, and before she died, she whispered in his ear: "A Yue, I'm so sorry..."

Mu Zhanyue's eyes lingered on Chen Nian's face for a long time, then he slowly looked away, and replied lightly, "You look a lot like your mother now."

Just because you look like your mother, I can't let you go into any cage again.Mu Zhanyue's heart, which had been wavering for many days, finally settled down. His purpose of going south this time was to bring Chen Nian back to the royal court in Mobei, but because of Chen Nian's angry question, it touched the bottom of his heart. The deepest string.

She once said that she didn't like cages, so how could he send her only daughter into a cage!

Lu Xiao has been guarding the outside of the house, standing against the wall with a scimitar in his arms, quietly watching the crowd clean up the yard.Wen Daya made arrangements for the dead and injured brothers, and then carefully looked towards the main room.If he used to think that Lu Xiao's fierce face was a bit scary, but since he saw Mu Zhanyue killing people, he only saw Lu Xiao as gentle and amiable.Wen Daya hesitated for a moment, but still held the child in his arms and rubbed towards Lu Xiao, and asked in a low voice: "Miss Xie and her adoptive father are still talking in the room?"

Lu Xiao glanced at him and asked him, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Wen Daya hurriedly shook his head, paused for a while, then couldn't help but whispered, "It's really not like father and daughter."

Lu Xiao smiled unconsciously when he heard the words, and was about to speak when the door of the main room opened.Mu Zhanyue walked out from the inside, without even looking at Wen Daya, he just said to Lu Xiao, "Follow me."

After he finished speaking, he strode out of the village. Lu Xiao looked back at Chen Nian who was sitting in the room with his head bowed. He couldn't think of anything to say, and hurriedly followed Mu Zhanyue to catch up.

Watching them go out like this, Wen Daya just wanted to remind them not to go too far, so as not to encounter wild wolves attracted by the bloody smell, but then he thought about the terrifying big knife in Mu Zhanyue's hand, opened it He hurriedly closed his mouth again, instead he was a little worried for those wild wolves, and secretly wondered if there were any wild wolves with closed eyes who were approaching the knife edge of the killing god.

The village has been cleaned up by the few Xian people who came with Mu Zhanyue. The dead are piled up in one corner, but the dead horses are put in another place. door there.After finishing these tasks, those Xianshi people did not sit or lie on the ground to rest freely like the people in the village, but they all guarded beside their mounts, standing awe-inspiring.

Wen Daya was secretly looking at him in amazement, when he suddenly heard Chen Nian calling him from inside the door, he hurriedly turned his head, and then saw Chen Nian walked to the door at some time, and said to him calmly: "Master Wen Tell everyone to come in and rest, don't sit in the snow, be careful of the cold."

There are not many houses in the village, and a few of them were burned down. Right now, only this main house is usable.Wen Daya felt that he and Chen Nian had lived and died together, so he was not polite to her at the moment, so he called someone to carry the unconscious Yang Yi and the two seriously injured brothers in, and then turned to the man standing in front of him. Several members of the Xian family in the courtyard raised their chins, and asked Chen Nian in a low voice: "Xie Xia, do you still need to ask those people?"

Chen Nian glanced at the five or six Xian family members, shook his head at Wen Daya, and said, "No, besides, they don't understand us."

Just as he was talking, the child in Wen Daya's arms suddenly woke up, opened his eyes and saw that the person in front of him was not familiar, and opened his mouth to cry again.How could Wen Daya know how to coax a child, his brain hurts from crying so much, he looked at Chen Nian begging for help.Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, took the child over and hugged him, and shook the child back and forth like the woman he had seen in Qingfengzhai before coaxing the child. Seeing that she was still crying, he endured He couldn't help asking Wen Da Ya: "Is this child hungry?"

Wen Daya suddenly realized: "You must be hungry!"

However, there is nothing in the village for the child to eat right now.The two people they sent out to buy grain never came back. In all likelihood, they had encountered these officers and soldiers before and had already encountered an accident, and the grain could not be bought back.Wen Daya thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I'll look for those officers and soldiers to see if I can find some dry food, not only for the children, but also for us to eat."

He hastily called out to the idiot beside him to go through the grain bags of those officers and soldiers with him, as expected they found a lot of food, and they took it back and distributed it to everyone.But the child was too young to eat such cold and hard dry biscuits. Wen Daya had an idea, and hurriedly washed the broken pot in the house, scooped some water into it and boiled it, then tore up a piece of dough biscuit and threw it in , turned around and said to Chen Nian confidently: "Cook it and it will rot."

It was getting brighter outside, and on the hillside not far from the cottage, Lu Xiao stood in front of Mu Zhanyue, stared at him and asked, "Is Xie Chennian the orphan of the princess? What about the spirit bone? Where is it?"

Mu Zhan looked at him for a moment, then replied: "Yes, but she doesn't know it herself."

It was so easy to get his affirmative answer, Lu Xiao felt a little bit dumbfounded, and couldn't tell whether he was sad or happy for a moment.They finally found the bloodline of Princess Yashan. As long as Shanyu marries her, no one will be able to trouble him with his bloodline. But for some reason, his heart is not full of joy.Lu Xiao was silent for a while, and then asked Mu Zhanyue again, "What about the spirit bones?"

There are two spirit bones in total, they are the two upper teeth left by the Wolf God of Mobei, and they have always been the sacred objects of the Tuoba clan of the Xian clan.

Decades ago, the Xian family gave birth to a wise and powerful Shanyu—Tuoba Xi, who led the people to move out from the depths of Mobei, and continued to move south to the north of today's Xuanzhou and Yongzhou. Occupy the former homeland of the Northern Desert.Tuoba Xi was regarded as a holy lord of the Xian clan, but his descendants were very thin. He and his wife, the Hegu clan, had only one son and one daughter.Tuobaxi loved these two children like treasures, and gave them these two spirit bones respectively.

Later, Tuoba Xi passed away, and his son Tuoba Jun came to the throne, but his daughter, Prince Yashan, suddenly disappeared from the royal court, and her spirit bone disappeared along with it.

Tuoba Jun didn't live long, he died young after living less than two years, and the position of Shan Yu was taken by Tuoba Jun's cousin, that is, Tuoba Tuiling, the father of the current Shan Yu Tuoba Yao.Tuoba Tuiling reigned for 15 years. After his death, the position of Shan Yu was passed on to his eldest son Tuobayao.

Tuobayao is courageous, courageous and strategic, but because of his mother's humble background and impure blood, he has been repeatedly criticized by the nobles of the Xian family.For this reason, he painstakingly searched for the whereabouts of Princess Yashan. First, he wanted to find another spirit bone, and second, he wanted to find a trace of the blood of the Holy Lord Tuoba Xi.

That's why Lu Xiao was ordered to go south.

Since Xie Chennian is the orphan of Prince Yashan, the spirit bone should be on her body, but she said that she has never seen any spirit bone.Lu Xiao frowned slightly, and asked Mu Zhanyue, "Since Xie Chennian is the orphan of Prince Yashan, why isn't the spirit bone on her body?"

Mu Zhanyue replied: "When I escaped with Chen Nian, I was hunted and killed all the time. I had no choice but to replace Chen Nian with another baby. In order to convince the other party that the child was Chen Nian, I decided to give it a try. Leave the spirit bone on that child."

Lu Xiao frowned and said, "The other party knows the spirit bones?"

"I don't know." Mu Zhan shook his head, "But it's Princess Yashan's personal belongings. The other party knows the importance of that thing. After seeing it, she believed that the child is real."

Lu Xiao thought for a while, then asked, "Where is that child now? Is he still alive?"

This time, Mu Zhanyue didn't answer him immediately, looked at him for a moment, but said: "The child is still alive, but I can't tell you where it is."

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Xiao realized that this matter must involve the privacy of Princess Yashan, so Mu Zhanyue refused to say it.Sure enough, Mu Zhanyue said again: "I will take back that spirit bone and send it to the royal court. There are only two spirit bones in the world. Whether it is true or not, Shan Yu will know by himself."

But Lu Xiao heard other meanings from his words, and couldn't help asking: "Aren't you bringing Xie Chennian back to the royal court?"

Mu Zhanyue said in a deep voice: "The royal court is in great chaos right now. If we bring Chen Nian back now, we will only be attacked by other major surnames. Why don't we just leave her here and wait until the situation in the royal court stabilizes?" Bring her back."

Lu Xiao frowned unknowingly when he heard the words: "But now Shanyu needs to marry the orphan of Princess Yashan to rectify the bloodline, otherwise those stubborn old people in the royal court will continue to use the bloodline to make trouble."

Mu Zhan thought about it more, and said in a deep voice: "I will bring another woman back. What Shan Yu needs now is another spirit bone and a woman who bears the name of the orphan of Prince Yashan. As for whether this orphan is real or not, He won't mind."

Lu Xiao admitted that Mu Zhanyue's words were reasonable, but it was deceiving Tuobayao after all.He was silent for a while, then said: "I want to report this matter to Shan Yu."

But Mu Zhanyue said lightly: "Don't worry, I won't hide it from him."

The two finally reached an agreement on this matter, and then changed the subject and talked about other things.Mu Zhanyue asked Lu Xiao, "Why did Chen Nian go back to Qingfeng Village? Why is his arm hurt?"

When he killed Xue Zhi before, he had foreseen the fate of Qingfeng Village, so he took Chen Nian away from Qingfeng Village, but he didn't expect Chen Nian to go back there again with his arm injured.

Lu Xiao told Mu Zhanyue everything that happened after he came to Chen Nian, but for some reason, he deliberately concealed the love-hate entanglement between Chen Nian and Feng Junyang.Mu Zhanyue was not very sensitive to love between men and women. When he saw Feng Junyang in Shengdu, he felt that he was modest and polite, and he didn't notice anything unusual. Now that Lu Xiao said these things, it didn't happen at all. suspect.

The two stood in the snow and talked for a long time before turning back to the village.

Chen Nian and others were in the main room, the child had been fed the boiled batter, finally stopped crying, and fell asleep beside his elder brother Yang Yi.Only then Wen Daya heaved a sigh of relief, he couldn't help sighing: "It's not easy to think about Cui Xiaoer now, I'm still a half-grown boy, yet I managed to survive with this doll."

After he finished speaking, he remembered that Cui Xiaoer was not actually called Cui Xiaoer, but Yang Yicai.Wen Daya unconsciously glanced at Yang Yi who was still unconscious, and asked Chen Nian in a low voice: "Miss Xie, is that kid really Yang Cheng's son?"

"It should be true." Chennian nodded, but then said softly to Wen Daya, "Master Wen, I think it's best for everyone to forget about it. Since he said his surname is Cui, then he will be surnamed Cui." Choi is fine."

Although those officers and soldiers were killed by them right now, both Qingzhou and Jizhou are still in the hands of the Xue brothers. As long as Yang Yi's identity is leaked out, sooner or later the officers and soldiers will come to kill the grass and roots, and they will inevitably be killed again.

How could Wen Daya not understand this matter, he nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, and said: "That's right, that's right, I'll ask them to go one by one later, not to mention who Cui Xiaoer is, it's just the things that happened last night, everyone You have to forget about it too! When everyone gets their strength back, I will take them to bury the bodies of those officers and soldiers far away, so that no one will know that they have been here. It’s just..." He looked embarrassed again, and looked at the unowned horses in the courtyard, "What about these horses? It would be a pity if they were thrown away for nothing."

Wen Daya hesitated for a long time, and couldn't help but asked Chen Nian, "Why don't we keep some for ourselves?"

Chen Nian shook his head when he heard the words: "No, there are marks on war horses, which can be easily recognized by others, leaving endless troubles."

Wen Daya's face suddenly collapsed, he was used to living a poor life, so he was reluctant to bury these war horses.But with so many dozens of horses, if they were all killed and eaten for meat, even if they eat them every day, they don't know how long they will have to eat!

Seeing his appearance, Chen Nian couldn't help laughing, so he suggested to him: "Although I can't keep it for myself, I can sell it far away, and then I can buy another horse with the money. gone."

Wen Daya was a little puzzled: "Where are you going to sell it?"

Chen Nian bent his lips and said with a smile: "You have to wait for Yang Yi to wake up and ask him to see whether the officers and soldiers who came last night belong to Qingzhou or Jizhou. If they are from Qingzhou, you can secretly send the horses to If it’s sold in Jizhou, if it’s from Jizhou, then you can sell it in Qingzhou.”

Anyway, the Xue brothers are at odds with each other now, so let them be suspicious of each other!

Wen Daya was still puzzled, and was thinking of asking again, but seeing Mu Zhanyue and Lu Xiao coming in one after the other, he was so frightened that he swallowed the words in his mouth immediately, and hurriedly stood up from Chen Nian, Slipped away and went elsewhere.

Chen Nian looked up and saw Mu Zhanyue and the others coming back, the smile on the corner of his mouth faded, he stood up and said: "Father, there are injured people in the house, if you have something to do, let's go to the courtyard and talk about it."

Mu Zhanyue wanted to explain to Chen Nian that these people could not hear, so he took Chen Nian to the courtyard, and said to her: "Chen Nian, I have important things to do, so I have to leave immediately."

Chen Nian had already expected that Mu Zhanyue would leave, so he only nodded lightly when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "I know." She wanted to ask her adoptive father if he wanted to take her away with her, but the words came to her mouth but she didn't come out, just It turned into a slight smile, "Father, don't worry, I will take care of myself."

When Mu Zhanyue left last time, she was still a lively and childish little girl. In less than a year, she seemed to have grown up a lot suddenly.But Mu Zhanyue didn't seem to be happy. He raised his eyebrows unconsciously, looked at Chen Nian, and said, "In two years, Jiangbei may be in chaos. In Chen Nian, you should stay here in Taihang Mountain In the middle, or go to the south of the Yangtze River and avoid it for a few years, and I will come back to find you when I finish my work."

Chen Nian lowered his head slightly and replied, "Okay."

Mu Zhanyue looked up at Lu Xiao who was standing not far away, and said to Chen Nian in a low voice: "I have asked Lu Xiao to swear to serve you as Lord."

Chen Nian looked at Mu Zhanyue in astonishment when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Father, it really doesn't have to be like this!"

But Mu Zhanyue lowered his voice and said: "He has made an oath, you don't need to say any more. The Xian family's oath is the most important, you can use him at ease, but if he says to take you to Mobei Royal Court, you can't listen His words. The royal court is in a state of chaos right now, except for me, if anyone tells you to go, don't go."

Chen Nian couldn't help asking: "Will they use me to blackmail you?"

Mu Zhan looked at her more and replied: "Yes, if you go to the royal court, once they know your existence, they will use you to blackmail me and bind my hands and feet."

Chen Nian bit his lips and said, "Father, I will not go to Mobei Royal Court."

Mu Zhan nodded, and stood there looking at Chen Nian for a while, then stepped forward to give Chen Nian a big hug, and said without thinking: "Don't worry, I will take back everything that originally belonged to you. !" After speaking, he let go of Chen Nian, without even looking at her again, turned around and strode towards those Xian clan warriors, got on his horse, and led them galloping out of the stronghold.

Chen Nian was a little dazed, and waited until the sound of the horse's hoofs disappeared, then slowly turned around, staring blankly at Lu Xiao behind him.Lu Xiao looked at her with a machete in his arms and smiled, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I think it might not be you that he wants to hug."

His words made Chen Nian even more confused, and subconsciously asked: "Who is that?"

After the question was asked, she herself suddenly understood that if it wasn't hugging her, then it should be someone similar to her.Who can she resemble?Nothing but her mother.But what is the adoptive father going to take back for his mother?Who is her mother?Why did he get involved with the Xian family?

Chen Nian was full of puzzles, but Lu Xiao didn't intend to explain her doubts, he just said: "Don't ask me anything, I really don't know, even if I know a few words, it's just hearsay, don't take it for granted. Really, it's better to wait for your adoptive father to tell you in the future."

He just heard some rumors about Princess Yashan from the elders in the clan, and he also knew that there was a loyal warrior of the Xian clan, Qiu Mulingyue, by her side, but rumors would be true or false, so how could he tell Princess Yashan at this time? daughter listen!
Chen Nian knows that although Lu Xiao looks straightforward, he actually has a lot of eyes. As long as it is something he doesn't want to talk about, no matter how many circles you ask, you won't find anything.Chen Nian saw that since he refused to speak, he had no choice but to give up.

Wen Daya and the others in the house had been secretly watching the situation in the courtyard, watching Mu Zhanyue lead those Xian clan warriors on horseback and whipping away, Wen Daya let out a long breath, and finally breathed freely.Xiao Hou'er, the smallest in the village, was not injured because of his thin and nimble body, so he couldn't help but put his sleeves on his sleeves and moved closer to Wen Daya, and whispered to him: "Brother, logically speaking, these people are ours. My savior, but why am I more afraid of looking at them than looking at those officers and soldiers?"

In fact, Wen Daya's own calves were no longer shaking, but when he heard this, he glared at Xiao Hou'er, and cursed in a low voice: "It's worthless! It's a good thing you didn't catch up with Grandpa Mai Shuai who beat the Beimo Tartars." Time, otherwise, if you are such a bear, you would pee your pants in fright when you met that man-eating tartar?"

Xiao Hou'er laughed dryly twice: "That can't be done! Brother, don't look at me, Xiao Hou'er, who is small in size but more courageous than anyone else. I didn't make it to that time, but if I do, even though I I dare not say that I am better than Tang Gong, but I will definitely not be a coward!"

Everyone laughed when they heard it, and some couldn't help but scolded him: "You are the only one who dare to compare with Tang Gong? Tang Gong is a great hero who dares to stand in front of thousands of Tartars. You boy can only drill horses A bear who chops a horse's leg at the crotch."

Last night, Xiao Hou'er relied on his cleverness to sneak around under those cavalry horses, and he often chopped off the horse's legs.Now everyone laughed at him for being cowardly, so he blushed and stretched his neck to argue for himself: "That was taught by Lu Daxia, Lu Daxia said that cutting a horse's leg is more effective than cutting a human."

No one in the room listened to his explanation, they just laughed and teased him.Most of them are simple-minded and optimistic. Although they have just experienced life and death, most of them survived after all, and they got a lot of things from those officers and soldiers, which can be regarded as a windfall.Therefore, the joy in everyone's hearts actually outweighed the sorrow.

Wen Daya didn't participate in the chatting and laughing of the crowd, he just sat there by himself, his eyes moved nimbly, thinking about something.Although Mr. Silly is simple, he has been with Wen Daya the longest time, seeing him like this, he guessed that he must be plotting against someone, subconsciously moved his butt far away.

Sure enough, Wen Daya got up suddenly and poked his probe outside the house. Seeing that Chen Nian and Lu Xiao had gone to the gate of the village to check on the horses, they hurried back and whispered to everyone: "Brothers, stop for a while, let's Say something."

Everyone stopped joking and looked at Wen Da Ya curiously.Wen Daya first asked Xiao Hou'er to watch the wind at the door, then pointed out the house again, and asked everyone in a low voice: "What do you think of those two people?"

When everyone heard that he suddenly asked about Lu Xiao and Chen Nian, they were a little bit dumbfounded for a while, but after a while, you said to each other: "Okay, the two of them are the real chivalrous hearts."

"Just because Xia Xie tied Cui Xiaoer's sister to her body last night, but she didn't hide with us, I will give her my thumbs up, Old Zhao."

"Daxia Lu is also a good person. If he hadn't stopped the knife, I would have to let those dog officers and soldiers take off my shoulders."

Of the dozen or so people who could speak, almost all of them said a few words, but Shada remained silent.Wen Daya then turned his head to look at him, and asked, "Silly, what do you think?"

This stupid person may be because he is really stupid, and he often judges people only by intuition, but the more he is like this, the more he can tell whether the other party is good or bad.Now that Wen Daya asked him by name, he replied without thinking: "Okay, they are both good people, and they are willing to share the bread with us." After finishing speaking, he smacked his lips in recollection, "Or The cakes given by Xie Nuxia are delicious, more fragrant and softer than those taken from officers and soldiers."

Wen Daya heard that he was comparing the tastes of the two kinds of noodle cakes, he jumped up angrily and slapped him on the head, cursing in a low voice: "You foodie, do you think about other things besides eating? Apart from giving you bread, Xie Nuxia has any other benefits?"

Shada shrank his neck from his beating, thought about it seriously, and quickly replied: "Nvxia Xie is pretty."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and even Xiao Hou'er, who was watching the wind at the door, couldn't help but turn around and said excitedly: "Xie Xia is just beautiful, I have never seen someone who looks as good as her." Yes. As long as I see her, I feel my heart beating out of my throat. As long as she can smile at me, I am willing to do anything, and I am willing to die!"

Wen Daya didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard that, he pointed at Shada and Xiao Hou'er, and cursed in a low voice: "Take care of your stinky mouths, you must never say this again, be careful that Daxia Lu will overhear you, you all join together It’s not enough for him to chop!” He was afraid that the threat would not be enough, he turned around and pointed outside, “Did you see the corpses of those officers and soldiers? That’s it, they are still complete. When they want to bury you, they have to get rid of them first. The town has hired a tailor to sew up your arms and legs first."

A more mature man also threatened the two of them, saying: "This is not easy to sew. If you sew your legs and feet together again, you will have to use them together when you go underground."

Shada and Xiao Hou'er looked at each other, one saw that the other's thigh was thicker than his own waist, while the other saw that the other's arm was not much thicker than that hemp stalk, they both secretly thought that if it was sewn wrong, it would be broken , unknowingly shuddered.

Wen Daya turned serious again, and said to everyone: "I'm asking you this, not to joke with you. I just want to discuss how we should live in the future. I, Wen Daya, am incompetent. The good days of meat are not even enough for three meals a day. I am really ashamed of everyone's praise, and since this is the case, I will not occupy this seat."

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted: "Brother! This is impossible!"

Everyone also shouted, Wen Daya waved his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, and then said in a deep voice: "Since I have spoken, I have made up my mind. Brothers, don't try to persuade me anymore. Listen to me first. I have three ways here." : One is for us to re-promote a big leader and bring the brothers to continue to hang out; the other is for each to break up, or wash up in the golden basin, or change to another place."

Wen Daya stopped at this point, only waiting to see everyone's reaction, seeing everyone shaking their heads and saying "no", then he said: "Since everyone disagrees with the first two, then only The last way." He raised his hand and pointed to the outside of the house, "We have to try to climb up to those two outside. Just look at the temperament of those two, but they only stayed with us for two days, and they are willing to take such a big risk. It is dangerous to rescue them. If everyone can follow them wholeheartedly, they will never leave us alone in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent for a moment.At this moment, Xiao Houer suddenly heard Xiao Houer rushing back from the door, saying in a low voice, "They are coming this way."

Wen Daya hurriedly lowered his voice and asked everyone: "I, Wen Daya, want to take this third way, how about it? Have you made up your mind yet?"

Everyone nodded and said: "Follow elder brother, take the third path!"

Some people hesitated and asked, "Will the two of them accept us?"

But Wen Daya smiled slyly: "I have a way, just look at me for a while and act." He hurriedly explained a few words in a low voice, and everyone waited for Chen Nian and Lu Xiao to enter the door together .

(End of this chapter)