"Yes, sure! I don't dare to deceive you two!"
The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly. He was sweating profusely and pretending to be calm, for fear that the bandits would see the clues.
The two bandits looked at the portraits in their hands, and then looked at each other.
"I heard that some Miao men look just like women. I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to deceive us!"
"Let's go, take these two portraits and go find the boss!"
The two bandits hit it off immediately and immediately left the shop with the portrait.
After the two figures disappeared from sight, the shopkeeper, who was pretending to be calm, lost his legs and fell to the ground suddenly.
He didn't want to get involved in the grudge between them, but he didn't dare to lie and refuse directly, so he had to play tricks on both sides.
When describing the appearance of Tantai Si and Jiang Jingyu, he secretly changed their faces in an attempt to get away with it.
Fortunately, the two bandits finally believed it.
In order to save his own life without offending both parties, he could only come up with this method.
"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, are you okay?"
Zhu Zhu hurriedly ran over to help the shopkeeper who fell to the ground.
The shopkeeper pointed at him, his fingers trembling with anger: "You, you, you almost hurt me, do you know?"
"I'm sorry, shopkeeper, I was wrong. I really know that I was wrong. Don't worry, shopkeeper. I am responsible for everything. If they come to visit me again, I will risk my life to prevent them from bothering the shopkeeper again!"
Knowing that his greed for money had almost killed someone, Zhu Zhu's eyes were red and he kept apologizing to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes at him: "Hurry up and help me up!"
Finally, the shopkeeper stood up with the help of the pillar and sighed: "Now I can only do my best and obey fate..."
…
The people from Qingyun Village searched all the inns in the town but found no trace of Tantai Si and Jiang Jingyu, so they had to rush back to the headmaster to recover.
"Master, the inns we are looking for are not available!"
"We didn't find it either!"
Just when everyone was discouraged, a bandit ran towards them.
"Report! Report to the head of the family, the shopkeeper and waiter of an inn said that the two people stayed at their inn last night and left on horseback early in the morning!"
The boss gritted his teeth and turned the horse's head vigorously: "Damn it! Chase me!"
Seeing this, the others also got on their horses and followed the leader in front!
Before the two bandits who came out of the shop could deliver the portraits in their hands to the headmaster, several horses passed in front of them and sped away.
The two then folded the portrait and stuffed it into their arms.
"Let's go, let's follow quickly!"
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Jiang Jingyu and Tantai Si rode their horses in the direction of Fengdu at a leisurely pace. When they reached the foot of a mountain, they found that the route on the base map had disappeared.
Instead there are mountains and forks in the road.
Jiang Jingyu's mouth twitched: "Come on, I can't read the map my father gave me anymore."
He is really a father who specializes in cheating on his daughter!
After learning that Jiang Jingyu wanted to go to the martial arts competition to see the world, Jiang Yushan immediately took out the map he kept at the bottom of the box.
Unexpectedly, time has changed, the original route has already changed, and the route on the map has been blocked.
"Sister, let's go inquire about the situation and see if we can meet someone asking for directions."
Jiang Jingyu nodded: "Let's go."
The two rode horses and walked slowly towards one of the forks. As they walked, they actually saw a figure under the tree.
Jiang Jingyu and Tantaisi looked at each other and smiled, then rode their horses towards the man.
The man was lying under the tree to rest. When they got closer, they discovered that the gray robe he was wearing was covered with patches and his hair was messy. He looked dirty, and there were even flies surrounding his head.
Out of politeness, Jiang Jingyu and Tantaisi dismounted and walked up to the man.
"Excuse me, old man, which way is the way to Fengdu?"
After hearing their voices, the man with his eyes closed slowly sat up.
He raised his hand to push his hair away from his face, and his eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Jingyu and Tantai Si.
"Cough cough cough."
He first put his hand to his mouth and coughed twice, then looked at the two of them with red eyes.
"Good boy, have mercy on me, an old man. I haven't eaten in three days."
He said as he squeezed out two tears and put his hand on his stomach to rub it.
The moment his hair was parted to the sides, Jiang Jingyu and Tantai Si could see his appearance clearly.
His face was covered with ravines, his old face was thin and yellow, and he looked like a beggar with a dusty face.
Tantai Si looked at the surrounding mountains and asked, "Old man, what are you doing here alone? Where is your family?"
When Xu Shitantai Si mentioned someone's sad story, the old man burst into tears immediately after hearing the words.
"It's gone, it's all gone. A fire took away all my family members. Where can I still have a home? Only this old life is still hanging on!"
The old man said, patted his chest with a sad look on his face, and sighed.
"I can't walk very far with my old bones, so I have to live all over the world. When I get tired, I stop to rest for a while. I meet kind-hearted people who ask for some money to eat, and the days just pass by."
"I originally thought I was going to starve to death in this deep mountain and old forest today, but God's will allowed me to meet you two. Good boy, you have pity on my old man and give me some money to eat!"
The old man wiped away his tears as he spoke, his shoulders shaking, looking pitiful no matter what.
Jiang Jingyu stood beside Tantai Si with her hands folded across her chest, looking at the old man's hand wiping tears with a half-smile.
Perhaps her gaze was too intense, so the old man subconsciously raised his head and looked over. After catching Jiang Jingyu's gaze, he lowered his hands and hid them in his sleeves guiltily.
Jiang Jingyu grabbed the money bag from her waist and walked towards the old man with a smile.
"Old man, don't cry yet. Let's talk about what you have to say."
After seeing the bulging money bag in her hand, the old man felt happy, thinking that he had finally met a soft-hearted God.
Jiang Jingyu held the money bag and leaned over to the old man. The old man subconsciously reached out to take it.
"Hey, old man, don't be impatient."
Jiang Jingyu's red lips curled slightly, and she grabbed the old man's hand: "Before you take the money, why don't you tell me what's going on with the human skin mask on your face?"
At the mention of the human skin mask, the old man's eyes instantly dodge.
"Little girl, are you kidding me? Let me go! If you don't pity my old man, I'll just leave. Why are you still framing someone!"
The old man struggled to escape from Jiang Jingyu's hands. At this time, Tantaisi came to him and pulled off the human skin mask behind his ears!
"ah--"
The man was pulled so hard that he accidentally exposed his childish voice!
Under the old human skin mask, there is actually the face of a fifteen or sixteen year old boy!
