Stir up a pool of spring water

Chapter 39

With the Qingqi guards following him, Long Xi dared to stay in Jinzhou. Although this area is relatively chaotic, because it happens to be the intersection of the north and the south, it combines the customs of the south and the north, and there are many novel and interesting things to do. thing.

That day when they were walking on the street, they saw a lot of people pointing and pointing in front of them from a distance, and they didn't know what happened.

Since Long Xi walked forward, he saw clearly that it was a young girl kneeling on the ground, beside a dead body wrapped in a straw mat, with a sign on it: "Sell yourself to bury your father."

The young girl was handsome, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in filial piety, kneeling with a mournful expression.

The territory of Jinzhou is too chaotic, and the people's lives are poor. There are many people watching the excitement, but there are no real buyers.After a while, I saw a big man with a thick face coming over, and said to the girl: "I'll give you ten taels, hide your father well, and then come with me."

The girl shook her head, but refused.

When the strong man saw it, he became angry, "Didn't you sell yourself to bury your father? What if you think you don't have enough money?"

Many people whispered, "Is that from Aunt Chen's side? If this girl leaves with him, life will be difficult in the future."

Someone asked puzzledly, "Who is Aunt Chen?"

"The old bustard in the drunken red building has a lot of good girls in his hands."

"So that's the case, that's unacceptable."

The strong man's expression became more and more impatient, and he began to drag the girl.

The little girl turned pale with fright, and cried and refused to go with him.

Long Xi, who had been watching for a long time, said to Xiao Hongzao, "Go and get her 20 taels."

Xiaohongzao took 20 taels and handed it over, and said to the girl, "Take the money, and after you hide the people, you can live a good life with the rest."

The girl thanked her very gratefully. When the big man saw someone cut off his beard, he immediately became unhappy. Seeing that it was a petite woman wearing a gauze hat, he gained confidence and stared fiercely at Xiao Hongzao: "Is it true that you don't have eyes?" Isn't it? I can't see that I came first?"

Not to be outdone, Xiaohongzao stared back at him: "The girl doesn't want to go with you, so don't continue to do evil."

"What are you talking about? I gave her money with good intentions, what did I do?" The strong man swung his palm over, wanting to scrape the little red date.

But his hand was blocked, Qing Yi drew out his sword and looked at him coldly.

Xiaohongzao hurriedly hid behind Qingyi, and continued: "We have paid out the money, and this girl belongs to us, if you continue to entangle, call the government to arrest you!"

The burly man saw Qingyi and the others, all of them with swords, and their eyes were not friendly, and knew that they had caused trouble, so he forced himself to say a few harsh words, and left in despair.

Long Xi didn't care about a small farce, 20 taels of silver was a small amount to her.

Just when she was about to leave, the girl took a few steps to stand in front of her, and said in a mournful voice: "Please take me away, master, since my father is dead, I will have no relatives in this world, and I can't live without money. I beg you to take me away, I can be a slave or a handmaid, I will work hard and repay you well."

Long Xi refused: "Our purpose of this trip is to travel around the mountains and rivers, and there is no shortage of servants. The girl should seek refuge in another family. If you are agile, there are still many rich families who lack maids."

Unexpectedly, that woman had a very stubborn temper, she kowtowed to the ground, and she wanted to follow Long Xi no matter what she said.

Seeing that she was pitiful, Xiao Hongzao helped her and pleaded: "Master, why don't you take her with you, anyway, it's not bad to have more people serving you, look at her pitiful."

Long Xi nodded helplessly, "All right, you take her with you."

Qingyi and the others helped to bury the girl's father first, and then they followed them on the road.

This girl claims to be Lin Yue. She is fifteen this year. She is a local. Her mother died of dystocia when she was born, and her father passed away due to overwork. She is helpless, illiterate, and has no special skills. Ask for a living.

On the way, Lin Yue also behaved well-behaved and sensible. It was the first time for Xiao Hongzao to be taken care of by her subordinates, but she was overwhelmed. On the way, she kept preaching to Lin Yue, telling her how to be a good maid, and Lin Yue nodded her head one by one. With no impatience.

After a few more days like this, Lin Yue also became familiar with other people, and her expression was no longer reserved and introverted, and gradually became lively.

She can use grass leaves to weave various small animals, such as grasshoppers, rabbits, birds, etc., which amazes Hong Momo and often pesters her to teach them.Lin Yue is also patient, teaching Hong Momo how to weave bit by bit, and she doesn't dislike her for being small and clumsy.

After observing for a few days, Long Xi slowly felt relieved. It seemed that she was indeed a clean little girl, so there should be no problem.

On this day, they had crossed the border of Jinzhou and arrived at the next capital city—Huoyun City.

Huoyun City is relatively small, but there are many businessmen coming and going, because a kind of red agate stone is abundant here, which is very beautiful and is a good material for making jewelry.

Women can't move their legs when they see jewelry, and Long Xi is the same, she is still a very rich woman, so she lingers even more.

But she has high eyesight and looks down on ordinary goods. After visiting more than a dozen shops, she finally settled on a string of blue agate bead bracelets. The color is excellent and the hand is smooth.

Seeing that Long Xi was also a good shopkeeper, the store owner was very enthusiastic, and after haggling over the price, he won it with 200 taels of silver.Wrapped it twice, and put it on Hong Momo's wrist.

Hong Momo didn't know how much 200 taels of silver was. She grew up in a wealthy environment and had seen many jewels and jades since she was a child. At this time, she didn't think this agate was rare. It was just given to her by Long Xi, so she obediently wore it as a treasure. small toy.

Long Xi said casually: "Shopkeeper, since you have bought a bunch of such expensive things from you, then cut off some small things for me as a bonus."

The store owner was also generous, and gave away a small piece of Buddha statue carved from red agate. The color is average, but it is enough to add to the head.

Long Xi handed it to Lin Yue casually: "It's the first time I've arrived, this is a welcome gift for you, and follow Xiao Hongzao well from now on."

Lin Yue took it flattered. She didn't know the price of the jade, but the small string of bracelets she saw just now cost 200 taels, and she didn't know how much silver the Jade Buddha cost.Thinking about how she knelt on the side of the road for a whole day, and no one was willing to give her a few taels of silver to bury her father, she felt extremely embarrassed.In this world, the poor are really poor, and the rich are full of oil.

Little Red Date was envious, "Master, why don't you buy me something? I've worked so hard to follow you for so many years!"

Long Xi knocked her on the head angrily, "Don't think I don't know how much private money you have hidden."

She is almost becoming a little rich woman, and she is still called poor.

"Humph, I'll buy it myself!" Xiao Hongzao pouted, she didn't know how to distinguish the fineness of jade, so she just picked a little Pixiu she liked, and after paying the money, she handed it to Qingyi happily: "Here you are." !"

Qing Yi: "... I'm ashamed of myself."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, you are my savior!" Xiao Hongzao continued to hold back, thinking that if you don't accept it, I won't let go.

Qingyi struggled for a while, so he had no choice but to take it.

Staying at the inn at night, Long Xi and Hong Momo shared a room, Xiao Hongzao and Lin Yue shared a room, more than a dozen Qingqi guards, and a few guards brought by Long Xi, separated and kept vigil in shifts.

After dinner, Long Xi said softly to Qing Yi: "Be more vigilant tonight, I'm afraid something will happen."

Qingyi: "You also found out?"

Long Xi nodded, "Lead the snake out of the hole."

In the dead of night, a figure quietly sneaked in and searched around the room.

"Don't look for it, I didn't bring that thing out at all." Long Xi sat up lazily, looking at the figure in the room who was wearing night clothes and blended into the night.

The figure turned around, and several silver needles were shot towards them, blocked by a sharp sword, knocking them all down.

In the next second, the candles in the house were lit and the light was restored.

The Qingqi guards worked together to capture the man in black and tore off the mask on her face. It was Lin Yue.

"When I gave you that piece of red agate." Long Xi said: "Although you tried your best to be excited and flattered, as if you had received a great favor. But after receiving a piece of valuable jade, you just put it away and didn't give it away. You didn’t pay as much attention to it as you showed. It can be seen that I should have seen this thing before and didn’t take it seriously.”

"Combined with Qingyi's judgment, she said that you have a steady footsteps, which is something only martial arts practitioners have. This is very strange. A woman from a poor family is precarious, how can she practice martial arts?"

"Tell me, who sent you here?"

"Since it has been seen through, I have nothing to say." Lin Yue took the long sword around her neck, wiped it hard, and killed herself directly.

"A dead soldier was sent here?" Long Xi rubbed his chin, he didn't know which side it was from, how many people knew about the Atlas of Hundred Soldiers so far, it seemed that this journey was going to be lively.

Qing Yi cupped her hands and said, "Ms. Long, why don't you go back to Hangzhou first? It's too dangerous to stay outside."

Long Xi shook his head: "I've been hiding for so many years, and I'm worried every day. I've had enough. Why don't you go out for a stroll, be a bait, and see how many ghosts and monsters you can attract."

Qing nodded and said no more.

"Clean up the corpse, don't startle Momo, is she sleeping well in your room?"

"Qing Er guards her, no problem."

Long Xi smiled lightly: "Maybe it's a good thing to really give this thing to your Patriarch."

Qing Yi: "A wise move."

"But I'm not reconciled. This thing...I've guarded it for so many years and paid such a painful price, why didn't Han Jinli show up sooner?"

The author has something to say: I haven't finished writing, there are still three thousand, and I will make up at [-] noon