Return the Sword

Xue Zhao heard a little fight, she wanted to take a closer look, but seeing that Hu Nu was pursued by Shen Mu, she also knew that her three-legged kung fu was useless, although I don't know what the Hu girl did to cause this, but if the left and right want to add to the chaos, then there is no need.

But... this bearded woman is also very skillful, she is put to death and then reborn, going and returning, Xue Zhao unexpectedly found her figure under the banner of the restaurant.Regardless of how she got rid of Shen Mu's pursuit, just let her escape like this, even let her watch like this, there is absolutely no reason to sit idly by.

Wei Wan still guessed wrong, Xue Zhao was not kidnapped, but Xue Zhao took the initiative to chase after her to seek death... Although Hu Nu's internal strength is not comparable to Xue Zhao's, but her moves are often exquisite, and Xue Zhao is the one who chased after her. On the one hand, there is really no suspense that has never experienced a life-and-death battle. A few times of neglect, there are inexplicably a few bloodstains on the arm and cheek. The wound is extremely shallow, but the wound is large, and the snow is falling. That description is plainly a little more solemn.Her eyes were fixed on the dagger in the hand of the bearded girl for a moment, as if she was a lonely ghost in this world.It was as if the pain intensified her pursuit.

Xue Zhao's Qinggong can be regarded as superior, it can be said that it is the only place where he excels, if he is inferior in this point, there is no reason to slacken his martial arts in the future.The two were in front of each other, Xue Zhaochu was still thinking about what happened between the bearded girl and Wei Wan, but when she got to the back, as she narrowed the distance from the bearded girl step by step, the thoughts in her heart also disappeared. There is only: closer, closer, and closer.

Stretching out his hand, he was about to grab it.

Can……

"Sister..." A young child sucked his finger, his eyes that were dim just now suddenly lit up, he saw Xue Zhao, two carrot-thick legs came out from the snow, opened his arms, He ran towards Xue Zhao.

Xue Zhaocai remembered that this child was exactly the one she had rescued earlier.She opened her mouth just to speak, but the child had already run over, with a childlike innocence, and she was exceptionally thorough in seeing people, so she grabbed her dress without any special eyesight, Xue Zhao's The going speed remained the same, but I had to stop temporarily for fear of dragging the child down.Looking up again, the bearded girl had disappeared without a trace. Xue Zhao sighed, but had no choice but to give up. Instead, he shook the child's hand, leaned down slightly, and asked, "But you got lost with your family?"

The child listened to her question, but did not answer immediately. Xue Zhao felt the stiffness on his face, and knew that his face was covered with blood. A child would be scared to cry, but this child , fairly calm.After all, Xue Zhao looked at the child's hand he was holding, the little hand that was contained by the big hand was trembling, not every child could turn a blind eye to things like blood.

Xue Zhao still smiled, regardless of whether her smile would be scarier now, under the child's dumbfounded gaze, she took out a white handkerchief from her bosom, wiped her face with a little force, and repeated it again. The question just now: "I said you, but you got lost with your family?"

The child just woke up like a dream, and nodded quickly: "Yes... yes."

"Do you remember the way home?" Xue Zhao looked at the surrounding buildings. This place is far away from the street. If the child had been separated from his family at the beginning, if it wasn't for the crowds, it would be difficult to come here, but If you know the way home, that's another story.

The child shook his head.

Just knew it was so.Xue Zhao had no choice but to help his forehead, so he had to ask again: "Do you know the names of your parents?"

The toes of the two feet touched, and suddenly separated from the left and right. The child replied in a very low voice: "I don't know."

Xue Zhao frowned: "That's stupid, I'm also a stranger here, I'm afraid I can't help you, I'll take you to Chengwei's Mansion, the laborers recruited by Chengwei's Mansion come from all four gates of Dunhuang City , there may be someone who knows your parents, if they are familiar, you can go home with them..."

Before she finished speaking, the little hand clenched her fist and broke free from her grasp abruptly. The child shook her head vigorously: "I won't go to Chengwei's Mansion. Father said, Chengwei's Mansion has a criminal record." Those who have a criminal record cannot take the imperial examination, and I cannot go to Chengwei's Mansion."

It seems that it is another family who uses the government to fool children, but, should such a young child take the imperial examination?Although there is also a child department... Xue Zhao feels that the child in front of him is taller than his peers, and he should be almost ten years old.The child noticed Xue Zhao's gaze, and his hair blew up. He waved his fists and said loudly, "Don't look down on me. I have passed the "Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius."

"Tongzike." Xue Zhao nodded his chin with his finger and nodded: "Are you over ten years old?"

At that time, the recommendation examination for the Boys' Department had to be under the age of ten. Xue Zhao's words were suspected of starting a war. "I..." The child should have been so angry that he was going to die, but Xue Zhao raised one leg, bent his knee slightly, and resisted his movement to come forward to grab him.

Xue Zhaodao: "Okay, I don't want to joke with you either. You are already a child prodigy, so don't play sloppy eyes with me. Why can't you go to Chengwei's mansion? I can't help you if there is no other reason. You are yourself." Can't find a way home, doesn't ask me, and I don't know."

"There is no other way." Xue Zhao added.

After the child and Xue Zhao looked at each other for a long while, they had no choice but to tell the truth: "I didn't get A Niang's consent when I came out. It was my cousin who helped me. After I was rescued by my sister, the crowd scattered and I lost my way. The reason why I went Coming here is nothing more than walking back along the way I came from, but I will go back alone, and I will be exposed if I don’t make it.”

"Huh?" Xue Zhao snorted, intending to make the child continue talking.

The child was a little embarrassed: "When I came out, I used my cousin as a horse stool and climbed over the wall. If I go back this time and go through the main entrance, I'm afraid I will be found and beaten to death by Auntie, and if my cousin doesn't find me, I'm sure He will walk back like me, maybe I can meet him again."

"The second half of the sentence lacks confidence, and the first half of the sentence is the key point." Xue Zhao laughed again. When he heard the word "wall", the suffocation that was pent up in his heart before was relieved, and he felt I found a fellow, but I still said verbally: "So I was afraid that my family would find out, but I think you look so big and thick. If your body is lighter, it shouldn't be difficult to climb over the wall and enter the house."

Probably it was Xue Zhao's smile that made the child forget that it wasn't long before the two met. The child who was poked in the sore foot immediately showed his original evil face, raised his eyebrows, and said in a slightly disgusted tone: "Stop laughing, blood!" It's all oozing out, it's ugly."

Xue Zhao bit his lip, turned around while wiping his face, and said, "You do what you want, I'll go first." You dislike me, right? You deserve to be beaten to death by your mother. She doesn't care, doesn't care, just doesn't care, that's right , What are you doing to her, Xue Zhao thought to himself.

"Don't... let's go." The child is still a child after all. Seeing that Xue Zhao was gone, he was going to chase him. He fell to the ground without noticing it. The road full of people is no longer covered with snow. Well, even if the child closed his eyes, he should know what a mess he would look like when he fell.

Unexpectedly, a slender and soft hand supported his face, and the child felt as if he had fallen into a mass of white sheets that had been sun-dried in July. It was really warm, and he couldn't help murmuring: "Fire in July, clothing in September, sun in spring..." Suddenly, he stopped talking, patted the dust on the lapel of his clothes for fear of being unnecessary, and lowered his head and did not speak.

Xue Zhaosha was surprised: "Why don't you continue to recite it?"

The child just said: "I don't remember." Then he said: "My cousin's surname is Zhou, people often call him Saburo, maybe you can look for it based on this."

Xue Zhao didn't pursue it, but nodded suspiciously in his eyes.

Wei Wan was riding a horse, holding the rein in one hand, although she was fast.But still covering the wound with one hand, he was distracted to look at the footprints on the snow. After turning left and right, he was separated from the people behind him a lot. Those footprints overlapped one after another. The number of roads is deduced one or two. After the footprints of pedestrians mixed in behind, the footprints of Hu Nu and Xue Zhao were confused. There are all roads, and it takes only a moment to ride a horse. She pulled the rein, but she didn't know which direction to go. went.Asked about pedestrians, but saw a few drunks besieging a wine shop, doing that robbery.

"What's going on here?" After getting the news from Xue Zhao, I was going to rush there immediately, but seeing the intensified behavior of those drunkards, the waiters crouched and shivered , It is also difficult to wait for the people from Chengwei's Mansion to come and ask the pedestrian about the whole story.

The passer-by sighed: "The shopkeeper was originally in the army, but he died cleanly this time, and the affairs behind him have not been dealt with. It's a pity for the orphan and widow, who was bullied by those rascals for no reason."

"Chengwei Mansion, don't you care?"

"Chengwei's Mansion? Where did they get the public food? It's not from those merchants who occupy the prestige of the county. These people come from their mansion. How dare Chengwei's Mansion offend them."

"The newly appointed city lord..."

"I'm not a kid yet. Although I'm a bit angry at outsiders, those merchants are all old foxes who have stood in Dunhuang City for decades. The city lord can play with them. Now they are probably kept in the dark. I heard that Well, the thousand hectares of pastures left by the former city lord's mother's family were divided equally among them, and maybe the city lord will also benefit from it."

The author has something to say:

Baidizi is cotton.The history of cotton planting in China is still very early, but it has not been widely promoted, and there are still some marginal areas in Xinjiang.

Then, Happy Singles' Day!The single dog shivered.