After Mu Qing and his party entered the city, they parted ways with Ubu who had repeatedly told him to come to him for a drink in the future.
Wang Xiuwei watched everyone enter the city without spending a single gold or silver. He pursed his red lips and sighed helplessly with a smile: "The ten major families in Jinguan City are generally the ten major families in Qingchuan Prefecture. If it weren't for this time, Following the Liu family's path, maybe..."
Having said this, Wang Xiu smiled, feeling that this useless assumption was meaningless, so he stopped talking, turned slightly sideways, and carefully looked at the man next to him with the corner of his eye.
Mu Qing has been quiet for a long time since entering the city.
Among the group of people walking at the front, Tantai Jing was more energetic. She didn't look like she hadn't eaten in a few days. Her clear eyes looked left and right, and from time to time she said, "This is how Shule City is." , "This place is ordinary". In contrast, the thin woman holding the child was the most reserved. She always lowered her head, hugged the swaddle in her arms tightly, and walked unhurriedly. Decorated behind Mu Qing.
Wang Xiuwei's eyes stayed in the woman's arms for a while, with some doubts in his eyes, he looked at Mu Qing and said: "Na Wu Commander said that my mother is a living Bodhisattva, but he didn't know that it was you who wanted to save them."
Mu Qing shook his head, with no emotion in his tone: "He's right, but it's just a waste of effort."
Wang Xiuwei's eyes moved slightly, and he sighed: "In troubled times, it is already difficult to be independent in the world. One person is always weak."
"Sister is right." Mu Qing said with some understanding in his eyes: "I was a little out of control before and thought about letting those people enter the city, but it is true as what Ubu said, after entering Shule City, maybe in Shule City There is still a city waiting for them behind. In fact, I have not thought about what to do next. It is impossible for them to follow me all the time. "
The helplessness in Mu Qing's heart was also felt by Tantai Jing next to her. She came closer at this time, her big eyes were extremely bright, seeming to collect a lot of clear light, "What's this? Brother Gongzi is a spiritual practitioner." You are already acting like a hero. My father said that a real hero would save someone if they encounter thieves on the road. As for what will happen next, why do you have to think so much? Is it because you are worried about the thieves? Is retaliation after the incident a safe journey for the person you saved? There is no such truth."
"Otherwise, this world would be too boring, and I wouldn't be able to see so many good stories about two people meeting each other and drawing swords to help each other without leaving their names, leaving only their silhouettes."
Wu Ling was a little confused when Tantai Jing said this without pause, but Wang Xiuwei understood it. She smiled lightly in her eyes and lightly pursed her red lips: "Sister Tantai is right, Although you should think carefully before doing something, it is not beautiful if you think too much and violate your original intention at that moment."
"What's more, it's difficult to cross the mountain. Who can feel sorry for those who have lost their way?"
Tantai Jing blinked and said seriously: "What my sister said is so good! I remember there is another sentence at the end that says 'meeting by chance is like a guest in a foreign land'."
Wang Xiu slightly hummed. Tantai Jing had obviously received a good education, but the surname Tantai was extremely rare. In the dynasty, he had never heard of anyone named Tantai among the powerful people.
Wang Xiuwei saw that the depression in Mu Qing's heart seemed to be lessened a lot, and he continued to explain with a smile in his eyes: "My mother said that people are born to suffer. When they are alive, they leave their hometown, and when they are about to die, they want to return to their hometown. . The vast majority of people never learn from history or the lessons of others, and they will leave their hometown anyway when they should."
"But we are still a little different from them." Wang Xiuwei looked at the shrunken and thin woman and said, "We still know where we belong."
Where is it going to be...
Mu Qing's eyelids moved slightly, and several pictures appeared in his mind. He sighed softly, turned to look at Tantai Jing and said: "It's a chance meeting, and we are also a passerby in a foreign land. I don't know what your plans are next. You want us to provide you with it." I have some expenses, can I go home?"
Tantai Jing's little face, which she deliberately darkened with plaster, instantly fell down. She guessed that she must have been a little more lively just now and was suspected by Mu Qing.
She held her mouth and her eyes widened, she looked at Mu Qing with a "I knew it, whatever" look and said: "I'm just a poor little girl who ran away from home and was stolen and taken care of, whatever. "
Zhang Shaoyao often behaved like this to Mu Qing. Mu Qing knew that Tantai Jing's identity was not simple, but he still fell in love with it and refused to go into details. He said with a helpless smile: "That's up to you, everyone has been delayed for so long. Find a place to eat first.”
Only then did Mu Qing's eyes fall seriously on the thin woman, and he said seriously: "Follow me too."
In the restaurant box, the woman chose the most inconspicuous seat. When the food was served, she was obviously very hungry, but she just kept picking at the food in front of her.
Wang Yeqing has already looked at his wife this time, especially when his eyes fell on the baby, he stopped predicting many times.
Mu Qing said: "I wonder what Mrs. Wang is going to do when she returns to Suzaku City? Do you still need servants?"
Wang Yeqing smiled and asked elegantly: "After I go back, it depends on my daughter's wishes. If she still wants to return to her previous business, let her do it. Mr. Mu Qing, do you have any suggestions?"
Mu Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What suggestions can I have? I just took this woman into the city on impulse, and finally felt..."
Mu Qing was hesitant to speak, but Wang Xiuwei understood what he meant. There was an inexplicable light in his bright eyes and he asked seriously: "My brother wants to take this woman in, follow us back to Suzaku City, and then she will become my servant." ?”
Mu Qing's face felt a little unnatural, and he nodded and said: "This is indeed a difficult task. After all, madam, you haven't settled down yet."
Wang Yeqing smiled slightly and signaled his daughter to continue speaking. Wang Xiu shook his head slightly and said: "That's not the reason. I saw that she didn't speak to her during the trip, and her identity was unclear. How could she be allowed to be my servant casually? Besides, I My mother and I depend on each other, and I have long been accustomed to doing housework by myself, so I don’t need anyone to wait on me anymore.”
Mu Qing nodded and said nothing more. Wang Yeqing's narrow eyes asked curiously: "Is the young master so helpful because he knows this woman, or for some other reason?"
Mu Qing raised his head and looked directly at Wang Yeqing, his eyes clear and said: "Madam, don't get me wrong, I just think this person is a little too pitiful."
"Too pitiful?" Xiao Wuling was also there. At this time, Tantai Jing was the woman. He couldn't help but take a look at the woman.
The woman had actually been listening to Mu Qing and the others talking. When she noticed Xiao Wuling's eyes, she just lowered her head, not too scared.
Tantai Jing was speechless at this time. After a pause, she continued: "The baby in Auntie's arms is so quiet. It doesn't cry or fuss. It seems like it has no breath."
"Ah?" Xiao Wuling said in surprise, but found that he was the only one who was very surprised. He didn't understand that it took everyone a long time to find out.
Mu Qing nodded silently, and couldn't help but recall his gaze just now.
Among the many dull-eyed refugees, it was not difficult to spot this thin woman. The baby in her arms easily caught his eye.
Ever since he entered the state of psychic enlightenment on the moonlit night not long ago, even if Mu Qing's spiritual consciousness was not exposed, his feelings about the things around him had become very keen. He never expected that he would inadvertently look at The snooping movements of the swaddling clothes happened to witness the passing of a little life in her mother's arms.
Mother and son were connected. Although this thin little woman must have been looking at him at that time, she also felt the warmth of the baby in her arms no longer beating. He couldn't describe the look Mu Qing saw at that time. It was a kind of The last glimmer of hope suddenly escapes into the numb eyes of extreme sadness.
Somehow, part of the scene he remembered most seemed to automatically emerge. It was also a city gate, and he seemed to be lying in the swaddling clothes of a woman. The woman's arms were warm enough and her milk was abundant, nourishing him most easily. The time of death.
Now I think that woman is probably Shaoyao's mother, but Shaoyao and he are not the same age...
Mu Qing was immersed in deep memories, and his face showed a slight but extremely sad look. Wang Yeqing did not let go of any of his exposed emotions. A bright light flashed in his eyes. At this time, he asked the woman Said: "What's your name? What happened?"
The thin woman did not answer. She just took two more bites of the food in front of her and was about to untie her collar. She seemed to be impatient to feed her child.
"He is dead." Mu Qing sat opposite the woman and said in an unusually indifferent tone as he had just escaped from the memories: "He died just now."
After listening to the feeding movements of the thin woman, she was so thin that she could already see the skeleton of her shoulders trembling wildly. Her dry eyes silently squeezed out tears that had not been seen for many days. She lay on her fairly fair cheek. There is no sound when a person cries, but he looks at the baby in his arms with love and says: "Good boy, good daughter, why don't you cry for mother, mother has milk, just take a bite. .”
Wang Xiu looked at this scene slightly, her red lips pursed slightly, but she remained silent and cowardly. When she turned her head, her eyes met the eyes of the master next to her who had long been her mother. There seemed to be a kind of happiness in their eyes.
Mu Qing seemed to be the first to recover. He stood up and walked to the woman's side, forcefully snatching the swaddling clothes from her arms. When he held it in his hands, he was slightly stunned, feeling like he was holding a feather.
"I'm sorry, I found out a little late." A small, quiet face could be vaguely seen next to the clean and soft cotton cloth. Mu Qing moved cautiously, only glancing at the swaddle, and then shifted his gaze to look at the baby who was crying all over. Even though he was helpless, he said to the woman who had been captured in swaddling clothes: "You can easily die in this state. I have saved you. You can't just die before you can repay me."
"my child……"
"When we get out of the city, you can choose a place to bury her." Mu Qing watched the woman calm down a little and returned the baby clothes to her, "Now you can tell me what your name is and what happened."
