Empress Chu

And following people's ouch, the girl on the tree also swayed, as if she was about to fall down in the next moment.

This tree is not easy to climb. Several passers-by walked around and failed to climb several times.

The passers-by watching ouched, opened their hands to pick up the child, and were puzzled.

How did the kid get up there?

In the midst of the chaos, horseshoes galloped along the road and another group of horses and horses came running. The people and horses stopped beside them, and a cloud of dust and smoke was stirred up, and a clear and clear shout came from inside.

"Chu Qiqi!"

Accompanied by this shout, the child on the tree stopped and hey, in the eyes of everyone, he giggled and kicked his short legs, and he flew out.

"Ah—" the passers-by under the tree screamed.

Accompanied by this scream, the child flew steadily to the side of the road, and landed in the outstretched arms amidst the dust and smoke.

The eyes of passers-by followed, and the dust and smoke dispersed, and saw that this was a tall and thin man, wrapped in a black robe and a black scarf covering his head and face, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and those eyes were like star jade, which made people unable to move. open sight.

He embraced the girl with his arms, raised his brows and eyes: "Are you—"

Before he could finish speaking, the girl rushed over to stick to his face, softly shouting: "Daddy—Qiqi misses you so much—"

The raised brows and eyes, like ice and snow melting instantly, turned into a sparkling smile.

"Daddy misses you too." He smiled, hugged the girl with one arm in front of him, and urged the horse forward, "Go, go home."

The horseshoe galloped, and accompanied by the laughter of the girl, a group of people and horses moved forward again.

Only then did the people on the side of the road come to their senses, and they also saw the weapons carried by this group of people, as well as their undisguised ferocity.

Now in a peaceful and prosperous age, there are no foreign enemies invading, and there are no bandits and horse bandits. It seems that there are bandits. Prey is sold to them.

Maybe I misunderstood it. Although it looks fierce, it is actually just an Orion.

So what is this group of people?

Although it was a peaceful and prosperous age, the government soldiers and horses were more strict, and if they carried heavy bows and swords privately, they would be questioned.

Looking at the direction this group of people are going, it is the county town. This is a majestic way to enter the city.

"I see." A passerby suddenly said, "They are from Luomu City."

The passers-by were all from other places, and they were not familiar with the prefectures and counties of Yunzhong County, so they looked at a loss, what happened to Luomu City?Can the people there be unscrupulous?

"Luomu City actually doesn't belong to Yunzhong County." A passer-by laughed, "It was originally the territory of Xiliang. Ten years ago, Xiliang was defeated. The king of Xiliang fled away with his people, and their original place was occupied. It's called Fallen Wood."

"Then these people are our Daxia soldiers?" Someone understood and asked.

But the passer-by shook his head again: "It's not soldiers, but they are like a barrier over there, protecting Daxia."

Everyone finally understood that this was the case, that's why they were given preferential treatment for carrying weapons. Although they were not military guards, they could be regarded as Da Xia's guards.

It's a pity that I didn't take a serious look just now, looking at this group of heroes, everyone looked at the road again, and the team of people was no longer visible.

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This team of heroes did not talk about heroes anymore.

They went straight into the city under the watchful eyes of the city gate guards, and the topic of conversation was always around the girl in their arms.

"How many times is this the first time you have run away from home? Count from the time you know how to walk."

"Have you guys forgotten that before Qiqi can't leave, she can crawl away from home?"

Laughter rang out from time to time in the team, mixed with girls' reproaches.

"I didn't run away from home. I'm studying." The girl hugged the man's neck and said seriously to the uncles around her, "I'm going to be a river god in the future."

A man laughed loudly: "This is a new word you just heard."

"That's right, didn't you say you wanted to be a shopkeeper last time?" Another man said.

The girl still wanted to argue, but the man pressed her in front of her, raised her eyebrows and said, "Come on, what trouble did you cause this time?"

The girl giggled at him, as if she wanted to say something.

"Stop flirting with me, your skills are far worse than your mother's." The man reached out and tapped her forehead.

The girl covered her head and said obediently: "I planted Gouwa and the others in the soil and planted them. They said they wanted to see if they could grow taller."

The man laughed, and tapped her forehead again: "That must be you bewitching them."

The men next to him also laughed, "So Qiqi got into trouble, and your mother wanted to beat you, so you ran away?" "Why didn't you go find your grandma?"

The girl sighed: "Don't mention it, grandma is more afraid of my mother than I am, and runs faster than me."

The men laughed again.

Only a one-armed man snorted: "I know that Kapok Red is unreliable."

The eyes of the others dodged and did not speak, but the girl's eyes lit up immediately, she stretched out her hand to the one-armed man, and shouted sweetly, "Grandpa Zhong hugs—"

The one-armed man burst into a smile, and stretched out his hand to the girl: "Good girl."

"Qiqi also misses Grandpa Zhong very much." The girl said, "When you get back, help Qiqi go and tell mother—"

Before she could finish her sentence, she retracted her outstretched hand.

The one-armed man touched his nose with his hand, and coughed twice: "I caught a cold when I went out this trip, it's better to avoid people and raise it for the next two days."

The girl waved her small fist angrily: "Grandpa Zhong, you can't be trusted either!"

The men laughed again.

"Okay." The man hugged the girl in front of him, and said, "Don't try to play tricks, go back and accept the punishment obediently."

The girl sighed dejectedly, if it was something, there was noise from the street ahead.

"on fire--"

"on fire--"

The man's eyes darkened, he looked forward, and saw thick smoke rising in the air not far away.

"Go." He urged the horse forward.

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……

The fire was raging, countless people rushed to pour water on it, and the people in distress were helped out one by one, crying and shouting everywhere.

"my child--"

"My baby is still inside—"

A woman was being carried out, she screamed repeatedly, the man carrying her heard it, handed her over to the other people who greeted her, and rushed into the fire again without looking up.

"Danger--"

"Can't go in any more—"

With the shouts behind him, people have already rushed into the thick smoke.

The fire forced people to retreat step by step, more people came, and officers and soldiers also came, and quickly cleaned up the surrounding area to prevent the fire from spreading.

"My child, my child—" The woman staggered to the scene of the fire, but was stopped by the crowd.

In addition to her, there were a few other ashen-faced men looking anxiously into the fire scene.

"It's over."

"I'm sure I won't survive."

Someone else murmured, "I knew I wouldn't have passed this way."

There was a shout in the confusion, "Come out—"

Accompanied by shouts, a ball of fire rolled out of the fire field, and the officers and soldiers immediately rushed to pat it with water splashes. The fire ball was wrapped in a layer of bedding, and when it was lifted, the baby cried loudly.

This cry was not loud in the fire scene, but it made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

The woman rushed over to hug the child, and then looked at the person in front of her——

The face in front of him was blackened, his hair and clothes were burnt, and the exposed part was bloody, and there was only one arm.

"Benefactor—" the woman knelt down and kowtowed while holding the baby.

The one-armed man didn't retreat in the slightest in the face of the fire, but now he backed away in panic, his voice hoarse, "No, no."

The officers and soldiers said at this time, "Come and treat the wound."

The one-armed man avoided again, "No, no, no." After saying that, he bowed his head and left.

The other men also hurriedly followed. The officers, soldiers and the people watched them come to one place, carrying baskets on their backs, which contained huge stones.

It turned out to be labor.

Everyone suddenly realized that labor and labor are people who are punished by crimes, and they would dismiss them when they see them every day.

But at this moment, everyone didn't look away. Watching the man slowly get up, the heavy stone made him hunched.

"He is one-armed just like Grandpa Zhong." A girl's voice came from not far away, "How brave—"

Perhaps it was the word one-armed. The man who got up froze, subconsciously heard the sound, and saw a man holding a girl.

His face was blackened, but even so, he could still see the shock in his expression.

Then he met the man's eyes.

After a moment of silence, he withdrew his gaze and walked away slowly with his companions, carrying the basket on his back.

"Daddy." The girl reached out and touched the man's face, "Do you know him?"

The man withdrew his gaze and said, "I don't know you."

The girl pursed her lips, "Liar." But she rolled her eyes, leaned close to the man's face, and said flatteringly, "However, Daddy is the most brave."

The man smiled and lifted her away from his face: "But even the bravest father will not help you to intercede with your mother."

The girl was immediately dejected. The father and daughter were talking and laughing when a general came over.

"Jiu—" He hesitated for a moment, then said respectfully, "Master Jiu, the fire has been brought under control."

The man stopped talking and joking, looked at the scene of the fire with a distant look in his eyes: "Check it out, the cause of the fire."

The cause of the fire is mixed here, the kitchen fire is chaotic, and it is inevitable that it will cause a fire. What is there to investigate?But although he was puzzled, the general immediately responded yes.

"Jiuye." His expression was a little excited again, "You are here, do you want to visit the camp?"

The man glanced at him, smiled, and shook his head: "I'm going home."

The men who put out the fire with the officers and soldiers also came back, they didn't care about the black ashes on their faces, got on their horses, and galloped away with the men.

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Crossing one city after another, passing through a ravine, galloping on the rolling grassland, shuttling among herds of cattle and sheep, and then a city appeared in sight.

And seeing them from a distance, colorful flags were waved on the city, and trombones sounded.

The men screamed strangely with the sound of the horns returning home, and at the same time, children playing outside the city also rushed in.

"Qi Qi—"

"Qiqi is back—"

"Qiqi is even stronger this time, after so many days, she was arrested—"

"Qiqi, what amusing story can you tell us this time—"

Looking at groups of children, big and small, the man smiled and threw the girl, who landed firmly on the ground and was overwhelmed by the children.

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly—" Her childish voice was loud.

The man ignored him and urged his horse to go into the city.

The person he wanted to meet was not at home, so he turned his horse and headed in another direction outside the city.

There are tombstones lined up here. At this time, in front of a large mausoleum, there is a woman sitting alone.

"What are you doing?" the man asked loudly.

The woman sitting alone turned her head, immediately put down the pen and paper in her hand, opened her arms and rushed towards him.