The girl in green clothes seemed to have expected the old woman's words. She was not angry, but said sadly: "Is Zhao really a coward?"
The old woman thought that her demeanor had frightened the girl. When she saw that she looked gloomy and regretted that she was angry at a little girl despite her age, she softened her tone and said, "Girl, please don't blame me. I just heard that the girl He said that we, Qi Yun, usurped the world of the faint king of the Zhao family, and he was a little angry for a while, but it was not directed at the girl."
The girl in green clothes said sadly: "Please tell me in detail, was the former Emperor Zhao really a foolish king?"
The old woman said angrily: "Back then, the Zhao family was a cruel and ruthless king. Since he became the emperor, the taxes over the years have made it impossible for us people to live. Later, I heard that he was collecting young girls from all states and cities for his pleasure. "
The old woman calmed down the anger in her chest and continued: "Later, this fatuous king of the Zhao family actually began to favor a demon. I heard that the demon said that he could refine the elixir of immortality, but he wanted boys and girls born in the time of Xu to refine the elixir. .”
"From then on, the foolish king ordered the whole country to search for children born in Xu Shi." The old woman seemed to recall that inhumane scene. The old woman couldn't bear to continue talking, so she had to keep silent.
"Is this really the case?" The girl in green clothes frowned and said to herself sadly.
Just when the girl was secretly feeling sad, three people walked in the distance. One of them, a bearded man, looked around and finally found the girl next to the vegetable stall.
"Ma'am...Miss, why did you disappear again just as I turned around?" The man with the beard said in a rough and arrogant voice.
Before the girl in green clothes could reply, a milky-white figure got into the arms of the girl in green clothes first.
The girl caressed the soft fur in the snow in her arms, her dejection faded away, she raised her head and said back to the bearded man: "Xue Hu, I told you just now, but you have been getting angry with Uncle Li, so I will Let’s go to the front and take a walk first.”
After the girl finished speaking, she looked at the scarred-faced man and the young man wearing a green cloak who were walking behind the bearded man.
This group of people is Gu Xiao and Lin'er, Xue Hu and Lao Li, and of course, Ta Xue. That day, Gu Xiao and Lin'er finally followed the unique mark left by Uncle Li, entered Liangzhou City, and found the inn.
If Gu Xiao and Lin'er had arrived later, I'm afraid that all the furnishings in the inn would have to be replaced due to Xue Hu's impulsive character.
Seeing Gu Xiao and Lin'er stepping into the inn, Xue Hu put down the table and chairs in his hands, ran to the girl, prostrated on the ground, and shouted "death penalty".
Gu Xiao and Uncle Li were quite surprised. Although Xue Hu was a guard, his frightened attitude made Gu Xiao and Uncle Li feel that the girl's family was too harsh on their servants.
Lin'er looked at the weird looks in everyone's eyes at the inn, and hurriedly pulled Xue Hu and went to the guest room with Uncle Gu Xiao and Li to talk in detail.
The few people finally talked clearly about what happened in the guest room. Seeing that the owner and Gu Xiao were chatting happily, Xue Hu did not dare to pursue the matter of Gu Xiao's injury to himself in the foot shop. Uncle Li told Gu Xiao and Lin'er quite calmly that since the people of Liangzhou knew about the fire in Liuzhuang in the west of the city, the village was destroyed and everyone died. No matter where I go these days, I can hear people talking privately. The people all say that the sky has eyes, and Liuzhuang in Liangzhou has finally received its retribution for its evil deeds.
Gu Xiao and Lin'er were both surprised for a long time when they heard the news. Especially Gu Xiao, he only thought that Liuzhuang was only doing some small evils, but judging from what Lao Li said, there must be many unknown evil deeds in Liuzhuang, which made the people of Liangzhou applaud so much. .
Lin'er and others did not take the matter at Liuzhuang seriously, but Gu Xiao had fought against the Liu couple and the elder Fei. He knew very well that these people were highly skilled in martial arts, and the fire at Liuzhuang was by no means what it seemed. It's so simple. In the past few days in private, Gu Xiao also visited Liuzhuang again, but the Liuzhuang had been reduced to ashes under the fire. Gu Xiao sneaked in several times but failed to obtain any clues. And just today, Gu Xiao and others saw a notice from the Liangzhou government on the bulletin board in Liangzhou City that the case of the Liuzhuang fire had been closed.
Although Gu Xiao had doubts in his heart, he could not go into details anymore. Since the matter at Liuzhuang was over, Gu Xiao and Uncle Li discussed that they should buy the festival items according to the time when they went down the mountain, and go back to the mountain to celebrate the New Year's Day with the master. .
In the past few days, Lin'er has been discussing with Gu Xiao how to redeem Yingli's post from Fengling after the festival. The two opened Fengling's pawn ticket and saw that the redemption amount required ten thousand taels. They couldn't help but Gu Xiao gasped when he saw it. Lin'er's words shocked Gu Xiao's jaw. Lin'er told Gu Xiao that it was only a mere ten thousand liang, and that Gu Xiao didn't have to worry about it. All he had to do was go to redeem the pledge together, but how to find the place to redeem the pledge needed to be carefully considered.
When Gu Xiao saw Lin'er readily opening her mouth to bear the money, she couldn't help but wonder who this girl was. She could easily get these ten thousand taels of money. After several attempts, Lin'er just gave him a perfunctory explanation, so Gu Xiao stopped asking further questions and agreed with Lin'er on a place to meet after the holiday.
Seeing that Gu Xiao was about to go out with Uncle Li, Lin'er asked out of curiosity and learned that Gu and Xiao were shopping on the street. Lin'er liked the excitement, so she pulled Xue Hu to join the shopping team.
The combination of these four people and a mink, especially Xue Hu's muscular body, is particularly eye-catching on the street. As Lin'er and Gu Xiao gradually became familiar with each other in the past few days, Taxue also regarded Lin'er as one of his own, especially Lin'er who always liked to take Taxue to the street to buy some fresh meat to feed it. Instead, Ta Xue became Lin'er's pet and refused to follow Gu Xiao back to his room even at night. In desperation, Gu Xiao had no choice but to let Ta Xue pester Lin'er.
The purchasing team took to the street. Lin'er originally wanted to join in the fun and followed Gu Xiao and Uncle Li to wander around and purchase, but after a long time, it became a bit boring. Xue Hu, on the other hand, walked around with great interest and even gave Uncle Li his opinions when he was purchasing.
After this back and forth, Uncle Li became unwilling. The scar-faced man and the big man with the curly beard got into an argument over whether to buy plum-blossom paper. Even Ta Xue, who was in Uncle Li's arms, joined in the argument and raised his soft hair. The people around him burst into laughter.
Gu Xiao followed them shopping from afar, still thinking about Liuzhuang, but he didn't notice that Lin'er had slipped into the crowd and went to look for fun on his own.
After that, Xue Hu and others couldn't find Lin'er. They searched all the way to the stall where the old couple was selling vegetables, and found Lin'er who looked gloomy.
Gu Xiao saw that Lin'er was in high spirits when he went out, but now he was holding Ta Xue with a sad look. He hurriedly walked to Lin'er and said, "What's the matter, Lin'er? Just now he said in high spirits, after shopping, let's find a good place." It’s a great restaurant.”
Seeing his master's dejected look, Xue Hu said that the old couple selling vegetables had bullied his master. With his beard standing on end and his eyes wide open, he squeezed in front of Gu Xiao, picked up the old woman and shouted, "Yes." It’s not you who bullied my young lady.”
"Xue Hu, don't be rude." Lin'er quickly stood up and said when she saw Xue Hu looking like he wanted to eat someone.
After hearing Lin'er's words, Xue Hu quickly left the old woman behind and walked around his master. After confirming that his master was fine, he felt relieved.
"Xue Hu, apologize." Lin'er seemed to be offended by Xue Hu's actions and scolded.
Since traveling with his master, Xue Hu has never seen Lin'er's master so angry. Now, I don't know what made her so angry. She hurriedly lowered her head and came to the old woman and her husband. She bowed and said, "I am a rough person." , and I focused on protecting him, but I was a little anxious, so I would like to ask the two old men to forgive me."
The old vegetable seller and the old woman had never seen such a battle before. The old woman smiled and waved her hands and said: "It's okay, the girl likes to listen to stories, so I told her to write about old memories. Maybe the story disturbed the girl. "
Lin'er once again heard about all the evil deeds of the previous emperor Zhao from the old woman's mouth, and she was already ashamed and angry. Xue Hu attacked the old vegetable seller and his wife, which made Lin'er angry. Seeing that the old vegetable seller and his wife had forgiven Xue Hu, they hurriedly took out a piece of silver from their arms, stuffed it into the hands of the old couple, and said: "This guard of my family has recklessly disturbed the uncle and auntie. This little thought , please accept it.”
Only then did Gu Xiao understand the cause of the matter. Gu Xiao knew that Lin'er was very wealthy, so he smiled and said to the old woman and his wife, "You can just accept it, sir. This girl of ours is a rich man with a lot of money. If you don't seize this opportunity to kill her properly, then you have missed a good opportunity. Whether you two see it as an apology or as a reward for the girl's stories, in short, just accept it."
Lin'er was amused by Gu Xiao's 'fallacies', and the sadness she felt just now was swept away, and she smiled and said: "You know some nonsense, I'm not that fat rich man."
The old couple waved their hands and refused. The girl was accompanying the escort in such a posture. It was unknown which family's daughter was traveling. The old couple could not afford to cause unnecessary trouble due to a small misunderstanding.
Seeing that the old couple still refused to accept the money, Lin'er forced the money into the old woman's hands, pulled up Gu Xiao's sleeves and turned around to leave. Xue Hu saw Lin'er hugging Ta Xue and got into the crowd again, and hurriedly bowed to the old woman and her husband again. He bowed, pushed aside the crowd, and chased after his master.
Lao Li on the side was sitting far away to rest, drinking Chunri Zui from the wine bag, and watching the show with great interest. When he saw Gu Xiao and the others walking into the crowd, he closed the lid of the wine bag and followed Gu. The pace of Xiao and others.
Just as Lao Li stood up, he saw the old vegetable seller and his wife looking towards the blacksmith shop across the street. The submissive look just now was completely gone, and the aura now revealed by these two people was nothing like that of farmers selling vegetables.
The old woman and her husband looked across the street. Their aura suddenly changed, and then they turned back into the old couple selling vegetables. The Lantern Festival was approaching, and the streets were already crowded. How could anyone notice the old vegetable seller on the street? But this scene was discovered by Lao Li, who was drinking and watching a movie.
The old couple looked at the blacksmith shop across the street. At this time, the red "iron" flag was replaced by black. The couple looked at each other and changed their expressions, but then changed back to the expressions of the vegetable sellers. The people looked at each other speechlessly, but at the same time they started to clean up the stall.
While closing the stall, the old woman's eyes shone with shrewd light as she scanned the people walking around. Lao Li watched clearly from the side. Seeing that the old woman's eyes were about to glance towards him, he hurriedly opened the wine bag and filled it. He acted like an alcoholic, lying half by the roadside steps, raising his head and drinking.
The old woman swept around and saw that no one noticed her and her husband, so she and the old man accelerated the closing of the stall. After a while, the old couple put away the vegetable stall. The old man used his shoulders to hold up the pole and carry the vegetables. The couple trembled and gradually disappeared into the crowd.
