The worst is the next cousin

"Someone stayed here, even though the fire was extinguished, the smoke still hasn't cleared."

From Mao Xiaofei's perspective, he could only see a man with his back turned to kick the pile of wet ashes with his feet.

Suddenly a child broke free from the man's arms, inspected the ground, picked up the water bag next to it and smelled it carefully.

Mao Xiaofei's eye circles were a little hot, and his fingers tightened on the stone.

"Father, it's my father!" Fu Dong called out in a crisp voice, and the moment the child got up, Mao Xiaofei walked out.

A bright light flashed through Xu Qi's eyes, he came over and hugged Mao Xiaofei fiercely, beat him on the back twice, then pushed Mao Xiaofei away, looked him over carefully, this time he couldn't help frowning.

"How did you make it look like this? I didn't expect you to go so far. If it wasn't for your son's insistence, I would have changed my direction a long time ago, and it was the wrong direction."

Mao Xiaofei bent down and picked up Fu Dong. Fu Dong clung to his neck tightly, sniffed Mao Xiaofei's muddy and sweaty neck deeply, and exclaimed excitedly, "It's my father! It's my father's smell!"

"Yes, it's your father's stink." Xu Qi flicked Fu Dong's forehead.

The child ignored him, and went straight to Mao Xiaofei's chest.

"Xu Qi..." Mao Xiaofei said hoarsely.

Xu Qi waved his hand, "Wait a minute, we are all hungry, let's eat first." Seeing that Mao Xiaofei's face was also livid and pale, he decided to let him relax first.

So Xu Qi went to pick up dry firewood again, lit a fire, and the light of the fire jumped on Fu Dong's dirty little face. Mao Xiaofei cleaned him carefully, patted his butt, and let him play by himself.

But Fu Dong lay in his arms and couldn't get up. Seeing his bare mouth, Mao Xiaofei reached out and hugged Fu Dong, letting him lie on his body limply.The child's body was like a small stove, and soon Mao Xiaofei also felt warm.

The events of the day took shape in his mind.

Xu Qi brought pancakes and jerky, and he ate them himself. Mao Xiaofei cooked the dough pancakes and shredded meat for the child.

"Give your son some food, thanks to him for the journey." Xu Qi bit off a piece of cake, drank some water, and then looked at Mao Xiaofei carefully. It was obviously strangled by the rope.Holding the cake on her tongue, Xu Qi swallowed and asked Mao Xiaofei, "Who did you meet? Where are the other two?"

After a short period of surprise, Mao Xiaofei realized that they had stopped in many places on the road, and there were traces of cooking fires and possibly footprints.Xu Qi can even use the legendary kung fu such as lightness kung fu lightly and deftly. I'm afraid he is some kind of expert who has rich experience in traveling in the wild.

Moreover, Mao Xiaofei lowered his head and glanced at Fu Dong's white and tender face, he was very grateful that Xu Qi really brought the child out.

"It's Mu Canshang. He was near the ruined temple at that time. We walked together for a while, and met a gang of people. The whole gang turned into three or four-year-old villains. They asked us to help find out the The murderers who harmed them wanted to find a solution based on this. They were probably afraid that we would run away, so they sent someone with us. As a result, their people were taken away, and Mu Canshang went to the nearest town to borrow troops. I'll wait for him here."

"Three or four-year-old villain? Does any gang know?" Xu Qi asked.

"Black Dragon Gang."

Xu Qi's face changed, "This gang is still there?"

Mao Xiaofei nodded, "I live somewhere up this river, but it's not on the bank of the river, it's some distance away from the bank. Didn't you meet when you came here?"

"No, your son sniffed everywhere when he got to a place. At first I was very impatient and almost beat him. If he hadn't really found you, I'm afraid he would have to be beaten tomorrow."

Mao Xiaofei took another look at Xu Qi.

"what happened?"

Mao Xiaofei grabbed a handful of hair, and his hair was almost turning into mud.Now that Xu Qi and the others are here, they can go down to the river to take a bath later.He also had some idea about Shu Tong being taken away.

"You're not like when you were in the barracks, so..."

"So rigid?"

"No, when I was in the military camp, I felt that you were often there, studying me."

Xu Qi laughed loudly, and pointed at Mao Xiaofei's forehead, "Aren't you also studying other people?"

"I'm afraid." Mao Xiaofei lowered his head, holding a grass stalk in his hand, and weaving a worm, "I don't know any martial arts, I don't have any skills, and I was tricked into Qingxi for no reason. Here, I just Being able to pretend to be stupid, but not too stupid, must be of some use. I just discovered today that I am really useless at all."

Xu Qi couldn't help but reached out and touched Mao Xiaofei's head, "Who said that you can raise chickens, trust me, you can learn more things in the future." A word came to Xu Qi's mouth, but he didn't say it , He originally wanted to say: Your father will not let you live a mediocre life.

Mao Xiaofei was so depressed that his heart seemed to be filled with dark clouds, he didn't pay much attention to Xu Qi's movements, he only paused for a moment, then Mao Xiaofei said again: "Just now, from your tone, it seems that you know this Black Dragon Gang?"

"There is no one in Jianghu who doesn't know this gang. There were 32 gangs in the water back then, headed by the Black Dragon Gang, with nearly 1000 members. The money and food they exploited every year through water transportation was enough to feed several people in Shangnan City. They also had sword skills. The gang leader who is unique in the world is a bit arrogant and domineering, but he also became famous as a young man. Many notorious devils died under his sword. Under his many years of management, the Black Dragon Gang has truly become a tyrant in Jiangzhong. But just now 12 years ago, overnight, the Black Dragon Gang withdrew from its territory, and soon, another Qinglong Gang took over the place of the Black Dragon Gang. The names of the two are similar, and the Qinglong Gang is well managed. The cronies of the leader of the Black Dragon Gang, or the Black Dragon Gang has changed its name and made a comeback. In fact, the two have nothing to do with each other. The Qinglong Gang is still going around asking where the members of the Black Dragon Gang are. "

Mao Xiaofei's eyelids twitched, and the grasshopper was braided in his hand, and hung directly around Fu Dong's neck.

"The one who took over the place of the Black Dragon Gang is the Qinglong Gang?"

"Yes."

"You really know a lot." Mao Xiaofei said.

Xu Qi looked at Mao Xiaofei seriously for a while, and wanted to rub his head again, but this time he held back.

"People in Jianghu have news channels for people in Jianghu. Everyone is in a big network. Unless you die, there will be traces to follow. Even if a person dies, there will always be traces of what he did during his lifetime."

Mao Xiaofei nodded, took a deep breath, and looked into Xu Qi's eyes, "The person who captured the person given to us by the Black Dragon Gang is a member of the Qinglong Gang."

"As expected." Unexpectedly, Xu Qi was not surprised.

Mao Xiaofei was stunned for a moment, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, "We encountered a sudden storm on the water. Although we met by chance, this young man from the Black Dragon Gang is a well-behaved, honest young man. Originally, I wanted to chase after him. Let’s go, the Qinglong gang will not accept them. If I am like you, with good martial arts, I can catch up with them, wait for the opportunity, and rescue him.” Saying that, Mao Xiaofei’s heart became even more blocked.For an ordinary person, earning a living is the most important thing. He has never thought that martial arts are useful, but what happened recently made him feel that things that can be done with hands are often not the turn of the mind.

"Speaking of which, he should be the Black Dragon Gang who came to monitor you. Wouldn't you be free if you were taken away?"

Mao Xiaofei hesitated for a moment, didn't say anything about the poisoning, but curled his lips.

Xu Qi kept looking at him, and let out a sigh of relief, "I see, I was going to take you to a certain place, why don't you save your little brother first, and then we go together."

"Where?" Mao Xiaofei asked curiously.

"I won't tell you for now, but you will know in the future." Xu Qi stared at Mao Xiaofei's black eyes, feeling a little distressed, probably knowing that Mao Xiaofei hadn't eaten or slept well during the journey, "Do you need to go to the river to take a bath? ?”

Mao Xiaofei gave a low hum, his head was full of different thoughts, he gave Xu Qi Fu Dong who was hanging on his body like a monkey, took the clean clothes that Xu Qi brought, and went to take a bath.

In the grass, Mao Xiaofei can be seen taking a bath from a distance.

Fu Dong twitched in Xu Qi's arms, with a very unhappy expression on his face. He knew that he usually spoke a little loudly, so he deliberately lowered his voice, "Bastard, if you peek at my dad taking a shower again, I'll tell him .”

People who practice martial arts have excellent eyesight, Xu Qi's eyes fell on Mao Xiaofei's narrow waist, there was a red mark on the back waist, above the looming waist, the size of a baby's fist.

"If you keep talking, I'll throw you out." Xu Qi threatened him in a low voice, pointing at Fu Dong's left ear, the biggest discovery he made along the way was that Fu Dong's ear was as problematic as Mao Xiaofei said, but only one Only one ear can't hear clearly.

"No, I want to watch too!" Fu Dong twisted his body and climbed onto Xu Qi's chest, and the two hid in the grass to peek at Mao Xiaofei taking a bath.

"You little pervert, peeking at your father taking a bath."

"You pervert, peeking at other people's father taking a bath!" Fu Dong was so angry that his cheeks swelled up. He was not interested in Mao Xiaofei taking a bath at all, but was just on guard against Xu Qi.The way the man looked at his father made him very uncomfortable.

"To shut up."

"Humph!"

After Mao Xiaofei took a shower, Xu Qi's clothes were a little too big, so he had to roll up his sleeves and trouser legs, and went back to the cave. Xu Qi hugged Fu Dong, and they both fell asleep.

Sitting by the fire, Mao Xiaofei dried himself up and warmed himself up a little. He went to pick up Fu Dong, and Fu Dong naturally found a comfortable place in his arms. The fire didn't go out, and Mao Xiaofei fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, Xu Qi cooked some meatloaf soup early in the morning, and after the three of them hastily stuffed their stomachs, Xu Qi began to pack up the useful things in the cave, making a burden.

"Can't go yet." Mao Xiaofei sat on the ground and yawned. Fu Dong leaned over and rubbed against his face.

"Leave a note for Mu Canshang." Xu Qi threw a black stone that could be used for writing, "Carved on the stone wall."

"He will be back today." Mao Xiaofei said, "Wait a little longer."

"I don't want to go with him, and," Xu Qi said slowly, "do you want to stay in the Qingxi barracks and attack Shangqi's city? Sooner or later you have to leave, now is the best time."

For a while, many clips flooded into Mao Xiaofei's mind. He remembered that the two of them worked together to find a way out in the stone room. The masculine breath of a general.

"I promised to wait for him, and I can't break my promise. If you really don't want to go on the same journey with him, Xu Qi, let's part ways here."

"..." Xu Qi stared at Mao Xiaofei silently for a while, then walked over, sat next to him, and sat down.

Mao Xiaofei obviously had something on his mind, with an absent-minded look on his face.

The sun was shining outside, and the weeds were swaying in the wind. The place he was looking at was exactly where the treasures were hidden.Xu Qi didn't notice anything, sat with arms crossed for a while, and then simply went into the cave to sleep.