The villain is being forced to whitewash again

The cool-toned clouds piled up together, and the wind suddenly stopped moving, like a child holding his mouth to accumulate anger and was about to burst out at any time. All the vendors on the street finished packing up their stalls and goods early, and the big bags carried small bags to their homes. The direction is rushing, and the passers-by don't linger, in a hurry for fear that the thunderstorm that is about to crash will pour down with the heavy rain, crushing the tall tents on the street, and even the mud in the cracks of the stone steps will not be spared.

At this gloomy and depressing moment when everyone was rushing home, an ordinary carriage came from nowhere and creaked in the opposite direction.

The groom sitting outside was wearing a hay-colored coir raincoat, and the bamboo hat he was wearing was half hanging down, covering most of his face. His slightly split black hair, which was not very clean, was long and long on his shoulders, which seemed to be nourishing. Defective, the hands holding the rope are yellow, but when you look closely, there is a faint light-colored white from inside.

Sitting there was like an unshakable stone elephant, and the unattractive horse with hoofs in front was obviously much more alive than him.

As he was driving ahead, a ball bounced and fell in the middle of the road, like a toddler chasing after him, his short fingers trying to hug the ball that was about the size of his head. The ball, but it may be because of the mud, and the strength is too small, he slammed it hard and fell back to the ground.

He suddenly heard the startled cry of the horse. He raised his head and saw that the huge horse hoof was about to step down. The force seemed to crush his own face until he sank into the road hole. His pupils dilated and his mouth Opened it, and stood there dumbfounded, too late to react.

Two ropes grabbed the horse's neck, and an exaggerated posture appeared that was almost impossible. Only two hooves were left on the ground, and the rest were all hanging in the air. The carriage was about to fall over solidly. But the groom didn't feel nervous at all, he still twisted and tugged at the two ropes and didn't let go.

The child finally came back to his senses, fell down and sat in the middle of the road, and cried out loudly, his face was bulging, tears streaming down his face, and his hands suddenly grabbed him from his armpits to stay away from this dangerous area.

Finally, the four hooves returned to the ground, and the carriage that almost fell over in the middle of the road landed again with a bang. By the way, it bounced upwards before it stopped moving. The horse shook its head violently, obviously also surprised by what happened just now Things, the restlessness can be clearly seen from the big eyes, and the heavy breathing is wheezing in the nose, saying that another messy surprise is also possible.

The groom jumped down and walked to the front, stroking its red neck soothingly, but this had little effect, so he took out a wooden jar from his bosom with his right hand, scooped up some bright yellow semi-solidified water with his index and middle fingers together. The gelatinous thing in the state dangled twice beside its nose.

Attracted by the mellow sweet scent, it licked its mouth subconsciously. The groom didn't tease it for too long, and rubbed its mouth to indicate that it could be eaten directly. It all said so. Arch groom wants to taste it again.

But without giving the little thing a chance to act coquettishly, the groom left it in time, pretending not to see the pitiful look in those two big eyes at all.

He walked up to the woman who was holding the crying child, and squatted down, "Are you all right?"

The woman quickly shook her head, fearing that this person would insist on begging for money, "It's all right, it's all right, even if something happens, it's my fault, if I didn't take good care of it, I almost made a mess of you all, hurry up, and apologize to uncle."

The child huddled in her arms in fear, not daring to raise his eyes, his little fingers clutching his sleeves tightly as if he was dumb.

The woman reprimanded: "You unlucky child, you are usually very bold when you see others, why are you so rude when you become a shrinking turtle at this time, if it weren't for uncle, you would have died today, do you know that!"

"Okay, don't scare him anymore." He took out two caramels wrapped in paper, dangled them in front of him, and successfully diverted his attention to himself, and stretched out his hand to mean that he would do the same, child Although timid, he really wanted to touch those two caramels.

"It's done." He smiled softly, with his palms facing down, and stretched out his crooked fingers one by one. The small thing the size of a broad bean wrapped in paper was moving freely. The child hurriedly stretched out his arms, The two little things fell into their hands and bounced a few times, nearly rolling to the ground. When they lowered their heads, the paper felt very soft and could be crumpled with a little effort.

I really want to know what this taste is like. The chubby fingertips peeled off the wrapped paper. It is thick like honey, but much lighter than it. I open my mouth and swallow it. The sweetness is heavy and sticky to the teeth. , but it is very delicious.

Mouth gurgling, holding it on the left and on the right for a while, holding the only caramel left in his hand, the child seems to be taking care of it like a baby, holding it in his chest, and the expression of small eyes looking at him is also Not as scared and timid as before, but a little more curious.

The woman said apologetically, "It was us who bumped against you, but it turned out to cost you money. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, it's just a few candies, it doesn't mean anything." He touched the child's soft hair and stood up from the half-squatting ground, "Be careful next time, don't let the child run around on the road, Still too young to understand many things."

The woman nodded quickly, hugging the child in her arms and urging: "Eat the candy given by my uncle, without even saying thank you, hey, hurry up and say goodbye to my uncle."

The child seemed to understand and said softly: "Susu...boy...no matter how close, Fresh Tangtang."

"Thank you, not new." He scratched the tip of the child's nose with his index finger, and he smiled helplessly.

After saying goodbye to the woman holding the child, he turned around and walked towards the carriage before stepping on it again. When the curtains were lifted, the emperor asked worriedly, "What happened? Why was there such a big commotion just now?" .”

Qin Shi replied: "It's a toddler who picked up a ball and walked to the middle of the road and was almost hit by a carriage. I'll go see if there is any injury."

The emperor suddenly realized and asked: "It turns out that this is the case. Is that child okay? If they are injured, give them some money. We have brought enough troubles and don't need to save this little money."

"Your Majesty, they bumped into us first, the road is a long way, and we didn't bump into it on purpose." Mr. Jia couldn't bear it and said, "Why do you have to give these ordinary people who don't have eyes a good look? They deserve it."

The emperor's face turned cold, "Don't talk about such things."

"..." Mr. Jia held his breath in his heart, sat back and folded his arms in front of his chest, and stopped talking.

The emperor turned his head again and asked, "Is that child okay now?"

Qin Shi nodded, "There's no major problem, and the scratches don't exist, it's just that he cried from fright, and his mother should coax him to be fine."

The emperor thought about it and said: "That's good, let's go on, we are not far from the Beigong palace, it looks like the weather will soon start to rain cats and dogs, the rain is too heavy, we don't have an umbrella, and we will be drowned by then , maybe my niece will be stupid on the spot and can't tell who is who, it's too embarrassing to even have a chance to enter the gate."

Before the curtains fell, another person ran over from a distance. Qin Shi and the emperor turned their heads at the same time, only to see that it was the woman whose child was almost hit just now, panting and handing an umbrella to Qin Shi Shi explained: "Little brother, it's the rainy season during this period, if you don't dislike it, you can take this umbrella, at least it can come in handy at this time."

Qin Shi took it over, and at a glance, the umbrella stand was actually made of elephant bone, while the umbrella surface was made of high-quality silk, a cool green color, it was a waste to use it to keep out the wind and rain.

"Madam, did you take it wrong? This umbrella is not an ordinary item, and it will cost a lot of silver to sell it."

The woman said embarrassingly: "I didn't take it wrong, I didn't take it wrong. This is what I want to give you. In fact, our family makes umbrellas. It's just that the family has fallen in recent years. If it weren't for your kindness today, my children I'm going to die, I really don't have any money as a thank you gift, so please accept this little favor."

Qin Shi pushed back without saying a word, "No, it's just a trivial matter. You can exchange this umbrella for money if you sell it, but you won't get anything for us. Why don't you buy more clothes or food for the children? .”

The woman said unhappily: "You don't want to refuse. Although our family is poor, it doesn't mean that we can be shameless at any time. If we don't accept it, I will be angry. Please accept it so politely. "

However, the other party acted so stubbornly, Qin Shi could only say: "Okay, thank you here."

"Isn't that right, little brother, you don't seem to be locals, are you here to play or do you have something to do?" The woman became happy now, and asked curiously before leaving.

Qin Shi put away his umbrella, "I have something to do, maybe I'll leave after a day."

The woman smiled like a spring breeze, "Oh, that's true. If you are free, come to my house for a meal some other day. It's not delicacies from mountains and seas, but my husband is a good cook, even if the emperor of the dynasty eats it." I have to admire it, and it will definitely make you have endless aftertaste.”

The emperor in the carriage couldn't help being amused by this sentence, and answered for Qin Shi, "I will definitely go someday when I have time, not only him, but I am also looking forward to it."

Suddenly there was lightning and thunder above her head, and big raindrops hit the surrounding ground. The woman covered her head with her hands and said, "Don't talk anymore, I have to go back quickly, and I haven't had time to get my clothes back yet."

After saying that, he turned around and left quickly. The emperor nodded to Qin Shi and said, "Let's go too quickly. If it rains too much, there will always be unnecessary things. It's better to enter the Beigong palace as soon as possible."

The carriage continued to sway under the gloomy sky, but there was an extra blue umbrella on the side outside, which was placed at an angle.