she won't live to twenty

Orion smiled and gave some instructions, and his wife also came over halfway, concerned about whether the food was suitable for the three of them, whether they were not used to it, and their attitude was extremely enthusiastic.

The three of Wuming ate half of the meal, and the Orion couple were also eating at the side. Wuming glanced at it for a while. Although the food for the Orion couple was not as rich as theirs, it was still not bad for meat.The two old couples were talking and laughing, their faces were always very kind.

A thin little boy came limping from outside with a roe deer on his back.

The little boy was only seven or eight years old, and the roe deer was almost twice his size. He was carrying very hard, and his body was covered with blood, but he continued to walk forward without saying a word.There was a huge wound on the roe deer's back and right shoulder, which was badly rotten, and the dirty blood flowed out of it.

There was an ax hanging on the little boy's waist, and the wound was probably cut with an ax.However, Wuming and Nanyue looked at the injury, but quietly lowered their eyes and thought for a moment.

For a seven-year-old child, it is not easy to hunt such a big prey.

Tang Chiyu raised his eyebrows appreciatively, but the old Orion at the next table stood up abruptly, with a burst of anger in his cloudy eyes: "How many times have I told you that when you shoot a roe deer, you should start from the abdomen and neck! This roe deer skin I can sell it for a full 30 taels of silver, but I can’t afford to sell you!"

The little boy didn't speak, but after all, he was young and couldn't hide his emotions. An unconcealable disgust flashed across his face, like a wild wolf cub that might pounce on its prey at any time and bite the neck of its prey.

"Fuck your mother's white-eyed wolf!" The old hunter was panting heavily after drinking just now, grabbed the boy by the collar, and slapped him across the face, "I feed you with delicious food, don't you?" I want you to be an uncle!"

Tang Chiyu wanted to protect the little boy, but Wuming stopped him.

Orion was also concerned about the outsiders at the side at this time, so he didn't continue to beat and scold.The little boy regained his numb expression, picked up the roe deer again without saying a word, and walked slowly into the backyard.The roe deer fell to the ground just now, and there were bloodstains all over the ground.

The Orion couple regained their simple and honest smiles, and while cleaning up the stains on the ground, they apologized to the three of them: "Three girls, I'm really sorry... That child escaped from the other side of Daxing Mountain. We kindly took him in, but he knew Getting into trouble is really bad luck.”

Tang Chiyu looked at the smiles of the husband and wife again at this time, and suddenly recalled in his mind the caring eyes of King Qin when he looked at her on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

There is obviously no similarity between the old couple's smile and King Qin's gaze, but Tang Chiyu feels that they are essentially the same at this moment.

It's all so cold.

Nanyue looked at Tang Chiyu with concern, and said softly, "Seven...seventh sister." They made an appointment in the carriage, and when they went out, they stopped calling His Highness Tang Chiyu to avoid revealing their identities.

Tang Chiyu came back to his senses, and silently buried himself in the food.

Wuming patted her shoulder reassuringly.

There are only two guest rooms in the small inn, the coachman chose one of them to go to bed early, and the three of them naturally slept in the other room.The room was poorly furnished, with only two floor beds, the creaking windows leaked the wind, and the sound of mice running could be heard in the corner.

The three of them had already visited before dinner, and agreed that Wuming and Nanyue would sleep together, and Tang Chiyu would sleep alone on the other side.

As soon as he returned to the room at this moment, Tang Chiyu frowned and asked inexplicably, "Wu Ming, why did you stop me just now?"

Nameless didn't answer, but just pointed in the direction of the window.

At this moment Nanyue was lying by the window, staring at the moonlight in a daze.Although the moon only showed a small tooth today, the moonlight was extremely bright.

Tang Chiyu frowned and sat down, then looked out the window seriously.

Wuming also sat behind Nanyue and hugged her gently.

Nanyue looked at the crescent moon in the sky, then looked back at Wuming, and suddenly raised her hand to cover Wuming's eyes.

Through the fingers, Wuming could only see Nanyue's big dark and bright eyes.There was a soft smile on her face, but there was a little redness at the base of her ears.She was thinking, on the night when she got drunk on the New Year's Eve, she really went berserk in front of Nanyue, facing the moon in the sky, it was really embarrassing...

Tang Chiyu didn't care about the friendship between the two people around him, and focused on staring out the window.

It was very late now, the lights in the Orion couple's room were turned off, and there was the creaking sound of the bed's feet colliding inside.Under the cover of this voice, a small figure crept into the kitchen.

The little boy fiddled for a while, and when he came out of the kitchen, he had a lot of food in his hands, and even a bowl of hot meat porridge.He looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that he was not found, he quickly slipped into the forest.

Wuming pinched Nanyue's wrist at some point, hugged her into his arms, and asked Tang Chiyu with a light smile, "Go and see?"

Tang Chiyu nodded, fled out of the room, Wuming hugged Nanyue and followed behind, the three of them followed the little boy's pace quietly.

After about half a stick of incense, the boy stopped in front of a cave made of boulders with his food in his arms.

The little boy waved towards the cave and said softly, "Come out."

A little girl who was thinner than the little boy, but with extremely clear eyes, got out of the hole, followed by a gray wolfhound who was blind in her left eye.

The little boy brought the porridge to his sister's mouth, broke open a steamed bun, and carefully fed it to her.As for most of the remaining food, it went into the mouth of the gray-haired wolf dog.

Tang Chiyu's expression was complicated.The little boy would be beaten up by the hunter if he damaged the skin of the prey while hunting. If the hunter found out that he stole such a large piece of meat to feed the dog, what would he do to him?And judging by the little boy's proficiency, this is obviously not the first time. He has stolen a lot of food over time, and it will be easy to be skinned by the old Orion.

The little girl took a sip of the porridge by herself, and immediately pushed the porridge bowl towards the boy with a weak voice: "Brother, drink it."

"I drank enough at their house just now. If you're not hungry, just drink." The little boy said softly, "You should eat more, so that you can recover quickly."

It was only then that Tang Chiyu noticed that the little girl was not only thin and thin, but also had a terribly pale complexion. She was actually a sick child.

"Ahem..." As soon as the boy finished speaking, the girl coughed violently, tears leaked from the corners of her eyes, and her small body trembled unceasingly, like a rootless grass that would break if the wind blows.

The little boy hugged her in a panic and patted her on the back. The gray-haired wolfdog also stopped eating, and whimpered into the arms of the two little masters.

In the night wind, three homeless beings hug each other tightly.

……

"No name..." Tang Chiyu turned around in a daze, "When did you guess...?"

"When he came back with a roe deer," Wuming explained softly, "That roe deer had no trace of being caught by traps. For a seven or eight-year-old child, it would take an ax to kill a roe deer that was running around alive. The roe deer, it is impossible."

"Moreover, that roe deer had two huge wounds, one was from the back of the spine to the left abdomen, and the other was from the neck to the right shoulder. The wound on the right shoulder was cut to a bloody mess. The wound on the shoulder was not Fatal, why did that child chop so many knives? I felt at the time that he was covering up some traces."

"Xiaoqi, you know, I met Master and Second Master in the wilderness. Before that, I lived among wolves for eight years, and I am very familiar with how wolves prey. When wolves hunt, they usually catch the softest prey. Attacking parts, such as the neck, such as the belly."

"But if the bite is crooked, the thick shoulders and buttocks will be bitten. Although the prey cannot be killed at this time, it can also delay their footsteps, waiting for the companions who are ambushing in the dark to rush up and finish the prey."

"The wound from the right neck to the shoulder of the roe deer is too much like the mark left by a wolf dog accidentally biting the prey." The nameless finger tapped on the side of the body, and the fox's eyes curled up, "No, it's not Too similar, but almost exactly the same. In addition, it is impossible for the child to hunt roe deer by himself, so I guess he must have a hound."

Speaking of this, Wuming turned his head to take a look, and sure enough, he saw the shining look of worship in Nanyue's eyes, so he raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

Tang Chiyu pondered: "So... that wolf dog grabbed the roe deer by the shoulder and dragged it, and that little guy chopped off its spine with an ax?"

Nameless nodded.

"So Wuming, you stopped me earlier because you noticed that the boy was stealing something?" Tang Chiyu asked.

"No." Wuming shook his head, his voice rambling, "Although the fur of his roe deer is ruined, the meat can be sold for a lot of money, and according to the reaction of the old Orion, this is not the first time he brought back this kind of roe deer. The prey is gone. The income he brought to the Orion family far exceeds the food he stole."

Tang Chiyu frowned: "If that's the case, why did he send him under the fence, why not go hunting and selling by himself?"

Wuming said: "Because he is just...an ordinary kid who can hunt."

Tang Chiyu was stunned: "...I understand."

So what for a homeless eight-year-old who can hunt?Does he know how to sell his prey for a good price at the fair?Can he take good care of his frail and sick sister?They have no parents or relatives, no identity tokens, if they are accidentally cheated...or even sold by someone else, what should they do?

If it is Wuming, there are naturally many solutions, but she has already lived a lifetime, but the child is an ordinary little boy.

Nameless rubbed Nanyue's head, and continued to explain: "I just stopped you from protecting that child because I want you to know whether you want to save him, or are you just not used to bullying the weak, and you are kind-hearted for a while. hair?"

Tang Chiyu blinked blankly, and it took a long time to realize the meaning of Wuming's words.

She did want to protect the child out of kindness, but even if she temporarily prevented Orion from beating and scolding the little boy.As soon as she leaves tomorrow morning, Orion will definitely punch and kick the little boy again, or even worse.

If Tang Chiyu acted just out of momentary kindness, he would actually harm the child.

Tang Chiyu bit her lip: "I want to save him."

"How to save?" Wuming asked back.

Tang Chiyu said, "Take them away."

Tang Chiyu is a princess of a country. It couldn't be easier for her to save two homeless children.

"On the way, you will encounter countless similar things, and you can't save them at all... If so, do you still want to save them?" Wuming asked.

Tang Chiyu nodded firmly: "As long as you see it, you must save it."

Wuming smiled softly: "You and the master's portrait. I have seen a lot, and know that I can't save it, so I won't meddle in other people's business. Well... probably because I am cold-blooded. But back then, the master and you Same, as long as he sees it, he will take action. He can't understand the injustice in the world, can't understand the displacement of the people and suffer from the cold, can't understand the bullying of Jiaoliang children... There are too many things that he can't understand. I used to ask If you overthrow him, you only save the people in front of you, and don’t solve the problem from the root, then those dark things will continue to happen in places he can’t see, what should he do? Xiao Qi, guess how he answered?”

Tang Chiyu opened his mouth slightly and shook his head: "I don't know."

"He didn't answer." Wuming patted Tang Chiyu on the shoulder, "Xiaoqi, do you know why? Because there is only one way to solve this worldly chaos from the root, but he dare not go that way .”

Tang Chiyu clenched his fists tightly, sweat dripping down his back.

Wuming hugged Nanyue tightly, and comforted him: "It's okay, there is no one else here."

After a while, Wuming changed the subject and asked, "Do you really want to save those children?"

Tang Chiyu didn't come back to his senses for a while, but instinctively nodded firmly.

Not only Tang Chiyu, Nanyue also looked up at Wuming seriously.

Wuming no longer hid herself, she walked out from the bushes.

The big gray dog ​​suddenly heard the sound, turned up its mouth, and rushed towards the unknown direction with its teeth bared.

The little boy stood up vigilantly, and when he saw the unattractively beautiful barbarian woman not far away, his face suddenly turned pale.That beautiful sister he just met in the lobby!If Da Hui bites her, the old Orion will definitely kill him!

"Big Hui, stop!" The little boy put down the food in his hand and shouted anxiously.

But it was already too late, the big gray dog, like a ferocious wild wolf, had already pounced on Wuming!

The little boy looked terrified, and immediately covered his sister's eyes.

But the bloody scene he imagined did not happen.

Not only was Wuming not bitten, but he pressed the big gray dog ​​firmly to the ground, picked it up and shook it, but after a few movements, the gray dog ​​trembled with its tail between its legs, and was subdued.

Nanyue and Tang Chiyu also walked out of the bushes.

"Little guy, your dog?" Wuming raised an eyebrow at the two children, shaking the dog by the neck.

The big gray dog ​​whimpered pitifully.

The little boy opened his mouth wide open for a long time, and finally remembered to let go of his hand covering his sister's eyes, walked up to Wuming, and tried to put on a fierce look: "Yes! Demon girl, return the big gray to me...!"

Wuming chuckled and threw the dog out casually.

Nanyue froze for a moment reflexively.

Ten years ago... because of Little Moon's momentary soft-heartedness, Xiao Wuming let go of that ferocious wolf, but was bitten and bruised all over.

But now ten years have passed.

After the Greyhound was thrown out by Wuming, not only did he not dare to bite back, but instead lay pitifully beside the boy, trembling and whimpering constantly, surrendering to Wuming's murderous intent.

Tang Chiyu leaned down, looked at the boy's dirty face without any distaste, and asked, "What's your name?"

The boy pouted, looked away stubbornly, and did not answer.

At the same time, Nanyue walked up to the little girl and stretched out a hand to her tenderly.

The girl stared at the girl with clear and beautiful eyes in front of her, and was stunned for a moment, then stretched out her hand trustingly, and with Nanyue's support, she walked over to the other people.

When the girl heard Tang Chiyu asking her brother's name, she pursed her lips and answered him in a weak voice: "My brother's name is Wang Liao, and my name is Wang Duo."

The first time the boy heard his sister's voice, he turned around ferociously like a wolf cub with fried hair, trying to snatch his sister from Nanyue's arms, but when he turned around, Wuming grabbed his collar.

"Let go of my sister! You, you can report to Old Wang that I stole food, but don't hurt Xiaoduo... Please!" Wang Liao's ferocious voice gradually turned into a begging trill.

"Wang Liao, do you like your sister very much?" Wuming said frivolously, holding his collar.

"Xiaoduo is more important than my life!" Wang Liao said with red eyes.

"She's sick." The nameless voice softened.

"I..." However, it was Wuming's three light words that made Wang Liao, a ferocious wolf cub, suddenly discouraged, with tears in his eyes, "I didn't take good care of her. When we separated from Daddy, he Clearly told me to protect Xiaoduo, but I failed..."

"Do you want to cure her?" Wuming asked softly.

"I think, but..." Wang Liao suddenly realized something, his eyes lit up, "Beautiful sister, you, are you willing to save Xiaoduo?"

The child is clever, and just now she was called a witch, but now she has become a beautiful sister.

Wuming let go of Wang Liao's collar and asked, "But we saved him, what reward will you give?"

"I...I know how to hunt!" Wang Liao said hastily.

"Me too." Wuming blinked innocently.

"I, I will..." Wang Liao blushed, and finally forced out a sentence, "I can tell fortunes."

"Really?"

Wang Liao's cheeks became more and more red: "Yes, yes."

The little Wang Duo next to him said honestly: "Brother doesn't know how to tell fortunes, but Dad can."

Wang Liao glared at her anxiously, Wang Duo's voice was very weak, but he said very seriously: "Daddy said, don't lie."

Wuming laughed loudly, and changed the question: "I heard that you came all the way from Daxing Mountain, so can you find the way to Daxing Mountain?"

"I found it!" Wang Liao excitedly said, "I have been hunting for half a year, and I have already figured out the route of this mountain thoroughly, and I know how to get to Daxing Mountain!"

"Can you drive a horse?" Wuming asked again.

Wang Liao nodded heavily: "Yes!"

"Okay then, let's take Xiaoduo to the medical clinic in the city for treatment. After that, you take us into Daxing Mountain." Wuming chuckled lightly.

Wang Liao immediately kowtowed to the three Wuming people: "Thank you pretty sister!"

"No thanks." Wuming wanted to stretch out his hand to rub Wang Liao's head, but just as he stretched out his finger, it paused in mid-air for a moment, but retracted it again.Wuming glanced at Nanyue, then turned his gaze back to Wang Liao: "We're leaving tomorrow morning, you pack your things tonight."

Wang Liao jumped up with a smile.

Nanyue handed over Wang Duo to him, and then returned to Wuming's side.

Wuming quickly reached out his hand, and while pulling her into his arms, he rubbed her head fiercely until the hair was messed up.

On the first day of the trip, Nan Yuezao was so exhausted that she got into Wuming's arms and fell into a deep sleep after returning to her room to wash up.Listening to her shallow breathing, Wuming gradually fell asleep.

Tang Chiyu tossed and turned, but couldn't fall asleep.

Seeing that the sky was about to light up, Tang Chiyu still didn't feel sleepy at all, she let out a long sigh, got up and opened the window.

A red shadow stood on the top of a tree in the forest, looking at her across the bushes.

Just as Tang Chiyu was about to close the window, Si Lian took the initiative to hide himself.

Tang Chiyu didn't move, staring at the bushes in a daze.

……

In the early morning, several people rushed to a nearby town with two children and a greyhound.

The doctors in the city checked and confirmed that Wang Duo was only weak and contracted a cold, and he could prescribe a few packs of medicine for a few days, so Wang Liao felt relieved.

The coachman brought by Wuming from the capital left here, and Wang Liao was asked to be the coachman to take them to Daxing Mountain for the rest of the journey.As for Tang Zhi's fury and madness when he found out that their coachman returned to the capital and the three of them disappeared, Wuming didn't know anything about it, and he didn't care at all.

There is a lot of space in the carriage, although there is one more person, it doesn't look crowded.Wang Duo and Tang Chiyu sat on one side, their bodies were still a little weak, but their eyes were bright, their sitting postures were very upright, and their temperament was not like that of refugees fleeing refugees.

Maybe it's because of the cute little girl, Nanyue and Wang Duo would chat for a few words from time to time.

Nanyue brought a plate of snacks to Wang Duo, picked up another piece of snacks, and gently fed them to Wuming.

"Xiaoduo, how old are you and brother?" Nanyue asked softly.

"I am nine years old, and my brother is ten years old." Xiaoduo replied obediently.

"Ah... I thought you were only seven or eight years old." Nan Yue blinked.

Wang Duo thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because my brother and I wandered with daddy for a while, and then we got separated from daddy. We had a harder life than before, and we didn't eat well... so we didn't grow up."

"However, it's amazing to be able to hunt in the mountains at such a young age..." Nanyue boasted sincerely, "When I was nine years old, I couldn't do anything."

Although Nanyue has lived among wolves for two lifetimes, she is weak and unable to join the hunt.In her previous life, when she was nine years old, she was still trying to learn to speak.And at the age of nine in this life, she tried hard to escape from home and go to the wilderness to find her sister, but she still couldn't escape, so she could only stay at home resigned to her fate, burying everything in the past deeply in her heart.

"Brother, he's very powerful...it's just me, I don't know anything yet." Wang Duo lowered her head embarrassedly, her face flushed slightly.

Wuming intervened in the conversation between the two little girls at this moment: "Xiao Duo'er, was your brother's hunting skills taught by your father?"

"No... Dad doesn't know martial arts." Wang Duo said honestly, "Daddy relies on fortune-telling to support the family, but my brother and I are relatively stupid, and we haven't learned anything from Dad yet."

It turned out that the father of the two brothers and sisters was a fortune teller, Wuming didn't ask any more questions, and dozed off with Nanyue in his arms, leaving only one ear to listen to the chatting between the two little girls.

"Xiaoduo, do you miss your father?"

"Sometimes, every time I think about him, I think about what he once said. Dad said that there is a definite destiny, even if our family is separated, the master will meet again one day. Just think about this In a word, I don't feel bad."

Wang Duo knew that the reason why Nanyue asked this was to help her find her father, but the sky and the earth were so big that she didn't know where her father was, so how could she find him?So she changed the topic sensibly: "Sister Nanyue, is there anyone you miss very much?"

Nanyue looked at Wuming who was resting with his eyes closed, and there was an unconcealable liking in his eyes.

"No." Because she was by my side.

Wang Duo changed the subject: "Sister Nanyue, why are you going to Daxing Mountain? It's a mess over there. When my brother and I escaped from there a year ago, we almost ran into bandits."

"When I returned to Beijing half a year ago, I also met bandits. I was terrified at that time."

"Ah...? Is it dangerous?"

"Wuming saved me. Those bandits can't beat her."

Wang Duo praised sincerely: "Sister Wuming is so amazing! Much, much better than my brother."

"En!" Nanyue nodded heavily.

The corners of Wuming's lips, who closed their eyes and rested, curled up into a slight smile.Tang Chiyu also shook his head with a smile, and added for Nanyue: "Our trip is to visit the old bandit den."

Wang Duo opened his eyes wide expectantly and fearfully.