She Quli!
This name suddenly hit Xiao Yu's heart like a blunt wooden arrow that left the string.
He couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that there was such a coincidence in this world! This was the barbarian friend that the little boy Gouer asked him to save that night in Chunhefang.
It's all my fault. After returning to the palace, I got busy with other things and forgot about my promise to the little boy.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel angry and annoyed about not keeping his promise, and his face became uncertain.
Liu Boxuan saw that Xiao Yu's mood seemed to have changed. After thinking about it for a moment, he seemed to understand most of it.
He couldn't help but ask: "Little prince, you know She Quli. If you have any clues, you might as well tell Uncle Shi."
Xiao Yu paused for a moment, and then roughly recounted what happened when he spent the night at Chunhefang when he returned to the palace, and met the dog and was asked by the little boy to save his friend.
After hearing the end, Liu Boxuan said happily: "It's such a coincidence."
Xiao Yu smiled bitterly and laughed at himself: "It's also a matter of loyalty, but Liu Boxuan kept the promise in his heart, but I put that matter behind me. Really... what kind of person am I? To a person The little ones are so unfaithful to their promises, if word spreads, everyone will know that Prince Jiangxia is a man who breaks his word."
Liu Boxuan shook his head: "Young prince, why should you blame yourself? People are divided into high and low. A simple commoner has no right to ask for anything from the young prince. The young prince agreed. No matter whether he does it or not, they will all be grateful. Today, the young prince can say this." Come on, it can be seen that the young prince’s mind and magnanimity are absolutely extraordinary.”
"Why should Uncle Shi worry about me? Since I know that the orphan that Uncle Shi is looking for and the child that I want to save are the same person, there is no need to trouble Uncle Shi to take action."
Liu Boxuan's eyes were complicated: "My young prince, this matter is not simple. I'm afraid it involves too much. If the young prince is deeply involved, how should I explain to him in the future?"
Xiao Yu was a little anxious.
"Oh! Uncle Shi, we have the same purpose, to save people! Even if you find a place, how can you save people in your current physical condition? Besides, those who are imprisoned The place where the barbarians live is heavily guarded and cannot be approached by ordinary people. If you try to break in alone, you will only be hitting the stone with an egg."
"My young prince, do you know how I feel? It should be more than half a month since that night in the arena!"
Xiao Yu calculated in his mind that about seventeen days had passed.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu suddenly felt nervous. If the other party's purpose was to kill people and silence them, would the child still be alive now?
"Little prince, why am I uneasy about staying here? No matter what, I will go find the dead Hu man's child! Whether it succeeds or not, is God's will."
Some of Liu Boxuan's words were cryptic, but Xiao Yu could feel the urgency of his mood.
Not to mention that the life or death of the child and his tribe was uncertain at this time. Even if they were alive, if they were delayed for a moment, they would be in more danger.
"Xiao Yu already understands Uncle Liu Shi's mood." Xiao Yu stood up and cupped his hands: "But uncle Shi, there is no need to say more. He needs to recover here. This is also a matter of loyalty to my nephew. He will go to Dongfang Laoxiang early tomorrow morning. Method."
After that, Xiao Yu turned around and left. Liu Boxuan shouted from behind: "Hey! Little Prince!"
"Uncle Shi, don't worry. I won't let the muddy water flow. I will only save people. After the rescue, I will have nothing to do with the fight with the court!"
Looking at Xiao Yu's running back, Liu Boxuan felt a little uneasy in his heart.
But at this moment, the pain all over his body once again swept through his body, making him suddenly break out in a cold sweat.
"Dendrobium!" Liu Boxuan shouted.
In the shadow not far away, a short-lived young man stood up slowly. Seeing Liu Boxuan's expression of pain, he went to help him.
Liu Boxuan waved his hand: "I knew you hadn't left."
I saw Shi Hu babbling and wanted to explain something, but was interrupted again by Liu Boxuan.
"There's no need to say anything, Shi Hu. If you're worried about the young prince, just go ahead! Let me protect him."
Dendrobium nodded repeatedly, said "uh uh" twice, and helped Liu Boxuan walk towards the bedroom.
…
The sky in the east turned a little white just now.
A carriage, accompanied by several retinues, slowly left the Jiangxia Prince's Mansion and headed along the broad avenue in the direction of Chunhefang.
Xiao Yu couldn't sleep all night, but he didn't feel sleepy.
He sat alone in the carriage, looking out through the half-open window, his body swaying slightly with the bumps of the carriage.
The roadside was covered with morning fog, and a few figures could be vaguely seen, disappearing and disappearing silently in the light mist.
The shops and restaurants on the roadside have not yet opened for business, and the rows of ancient buildings are cold and lifeless.
Xiao Yu closed the car window and closed his eyes.
Before the carriage reached the first gatehouse, the morning bell rang eighteen times, the gates opened wide, and the road to the front became unimpeded.
After passing through several lanes that gradually came to life, about an hour later, I saw a gatehouse with a brand new plaque of "Chunhe Square" in front of me.
"My young prince, Chunhefang has arrived." Manager Cui reminded him carefully outside the window.
Xiao Yu opened his eyes slightly at this time, opened the window and looked out curiously.
The sound of construction can still be heard in the ears, but the street that comes into view can be said to be brand new. There are busy residents in front of each house, giving people a feeling of prosperity.
Xiao Yu knocked on the car wall, and Manager Cui appeared next to the car window again.
"My young prince, what do you want me to do?"
"Do you know where Dongfang Lao lives now?"
"Old slave, I'm going to inquire about it now."
Xiao Yu nodded, sat on the soft cushions in the car, and waited quietly.
He vaguely heard Manager Cui's voice, which was asking passers-by.
Soon, Xiao Yu felt that the direction of the carriage had changed. It seemed that it had turned around somewhere in front and turned a corner.
Soon the carriage turned into a narrow alley that could only accommodate two carriages traveling in parallel.
Manager Cui's voice came from outside the car: "Young prince, it's not far away. It's just ahead. Go through this alley and it's on the other side of the road."
Xiao Yu nodded, and then he leaned against the car window and looked out.
This is a completed street in front of you, and you can still vaguely smell the strange smell of damp wood and soil mixed with grass ash in the air. The smell is not unpleasant.
The originally scantily clad expatriates now wore rough but relatively neat clothes and were busy shuttling in front of their respective houses. Children were playing along the streets, and the place gradually gained a strong flavor of life.
At this time, the carriage drove to the door of a courtyard. The middle-aged woman who was collecting a pile of vegetables at the door raised her head and happened to look into Xiao Yu's eyes.
The simple face was filled with surprise, which turned into a warm smile.
The middle-aged woman shouted: "Come quickly! The young prince is back!"
Neighbors in the whole street rushed out of their homes after hearing the news, gathered around the carriage to say hello to Xiao Yu, and some even brought out hot wheat rice.
The road was congested for a while.
Xiao Yu originally had many things on his mind. Faced with such enthusiastic expats, it was difficult for him to cover everything.
Xiao Yu cupped his hands at the car windows on both sides and said, "Fellow elders, please come back! Please come back!"
No one wanted to leave, so they all gathered around the carriage and walked forward for a while.
Manager Cui and several retinues persuaded them for a long time before sending all the enthusiastic expats back.
At this time, Manager Cui's voice came from outside the car again.
"The benevolence of the young prince..."
"Manager Cui, stop flattering me, we're almost there!"
"Uh... uh uh, the house in front is Dongfang Lao's residence. You can get off the bus right away."
"Oh, I see."
The carriage quickly passed through this narrow alley, turned eastward, and stopped on the side of the road.
The driver jumped out of the carriage and opened the door for Xiao Yu.
After Xiao Yu got off the car, he looked up and saw that there was just an ordinary house in front of him. Looking at the residents on both sides, he felt that the house seemed a bit narrow, as if a house was forcibly squeezed between the two houses. A crappy courtyard.
Xiao Yu frowned when he saw it. This "one-family house" was really the house chosen by the leader of the Qingzhou Gang for himself. This was too petty.
The house is not big, but the sound coming from the house is very noisy, as if it is crowded with people.
Xiao Yu frowned and glanced at Manager Cui.
Manager Cui understood and was about to step forward to report.
But at this moment, the outer door of the courtyard opened.
Dongfang Lao and several brothers were walking out angrily. Judging from their posture, it seemed that they were going to seek revenge and fight.
But when they saw the young prince standing in front of the door, they were all stunned. For a moment, they seemed a little at a loss. After a while, they remembered that they had not bowed to the young prince yet, so they stepped in and bowed one by one.
Xiao Yu waved his hand and said in surprise: "General Dongfang is going out?"
Dongfang Lao had a solemn look on his face, and his usual playful and businesslike appearance was gone for a while, and the brothers behind him were all worried.
Seeing that they were silent, Xiao Yu asked, "What are you doing? You went to find someone to fight with, and you had a conflict with someone from Qiaozhou. Can't you solve the problem properly?"
"That's not the case." Old Dongfang's face was still ugly. He and his brothers hurriedly found a path, "Little Prince, please, Yun Niang... Yun Niang... is inside..."
Yun Niang?
Xiao Yu didn't react at first, but he suddenly thought of Gou'er, who was Gou'er's sister, the girl who used to follow Dongfang Lao all the way from Henan with a dirty face.
Xiao Yu seemed to realize that something was wrong, so he followed Dongfang Lao into the house, leaving Manager Cui and his servants outside.
After entering the room, Mr. Dongfang motioned for Xiao Yu to sit down.
Xiao Yu was not polite. He sat in the master's seat and looked around the whole room.
Everyone else also sat down, and the whole room seemed extremely small at that moment.
Before Xiao Yu could say anything, Dongfang Lao cupped his hands and said, "Little prince, you come to my humble residence so early, but what can you do for Dongfang Lao?"
Xiao Yu did not answer. He first glanced at everyone in the room, and all of them seemed to have expressions on their faces.
After scanning to the end, his eyes fell on the girl kneeling in the corner.
That was Yun Niang. At this time, she was completely different from before in terms of clothing. She was wearing a decent short home outfit that was not gorgeous but clean and tidy, giving people a refreshing feeling.
But his fair oval face was full of worry, his eyes were red, and there seemed to be traces of crying.
When Xiao Yu came this time, he originally wanted to see Gou'er, but he was not here.
Beside Yun Niang was another child, with a pretty face, slightly taller than Gou'er, but not as aura as Gou'er.
After reading this, Xiao Yu's eyes returned to Dongfang Lao.
"Leave me alone, what are you doing in such a hurry this morning? Where is the dog?"
As soon as Xiao Yu said this, he heard Yun Niang sobbing again. None of the old men in the room could coax people.
"Yun Niang, what's wrong, where is the dog?" Xiao Yu asked.
Yun Niang's crystal tears fell down, and she trembled: "Dog... I'm afraid the dog won't survive."
Xiao Yu was shocked. He looked around, but no one spoke.
"What's going on here?
"Xiao Yu still moved his eyes to Dongfang Lao.
Dongfang Lao sighed and looked away.
"Xiao Shunzi, tell the young prince!"
"It's none of my business! It's none of my business! I have advised the dog not to go there more than once. I know how terrible it is there, but he just doesn't listen! He keeps sending food there again and again. It was originally my meal, but now I am stealing the rations from the gang, it really has nothing to do with me.”
When Xiao Shunzi said this, Xiao Yu roughly understood, and began to blame himself faintly in his heart.
At this time, Mr. Dongfang said sternly: "Say something useful, whether you have food or not is another matter!"
Xiao Shunzi stuttered, and there was basically no adjustment at all. Perhaps the previous experience had frightened the child!
Some people scolded him for not saying anything about such a big thing yesterday: others said nice things, and it was understandable that the child was scared and did not dare to say anything.
At this time, Xiao Shunzi cried again and said: "I have been waiting in front of the dog cave for several hours, but the dog didn't come out. Usually he usually only stays in there for a stick of incense and then comes out. Then it's almost dark. I couldn't wait any longer. I had no choice but to climb in. I saw the dog. He was hung up and covered in blood. And... I also saw them killing people. Kill a barbarian."
Xiao Yu was shocked, and everyone was also shocked. Xiao Shunzi was really frightened before, but he didn't mention these words just now.
Hearing the woman's shrill cries resounded throughout the room, Yun Niang was crying so hard that she fainted.
The elders in the room didn't even know what to do.
Xiao Yu hurried over, held her in his arms, rubbed her temples, and pinched her philtrum. After a while, the girl woke up again.
Thinking of her brother, her originally pretty face twisted together in sadness. She sobbed and tears flowed down her cheeks and fell on the back of Xiao Yu's hand.
The girl looked at Xiao Yu, unable to control herself. He sobbed and said, "I have told Gou'er many times, don't go there, don't go there. The young prince has promised you that he will help you save them. Dog." The son refused to listen. He told the slave that those who were imprisoned could not survive. Only when they saw the dog every day and heard from the dog that a noble man was working hard to save them could those people feel at ease. Gritting their teeth for another day, if they can't hear anymore, then they will definitely not be able to survive. So the dogs will pass over again and again even if they know the danger."
Hearing what Yun Niang said, Xiao Yu's heart was filled with ups and downs. He felt like there was a piece of cotton stuffed in his throat, which made him feel uncomfortable all over.
He originally wanted to say some words of comfort to Yun Niang, but he couldn't say anything at this time. He just felt that he was unworthy of Gou'er's trust. At this point, he was really not as good as his Uncle Liu Shi. Son.
At this moment, Yun Niang suddenly held his hand, with a begging look in her eyes.
"Little prince, you have a high status. Although you have helped us so much, but... please save the dog. The person the dog trusts and admires the most is you. Please save it." Him!"
Xiao Yu didn't speak, he just nodded silently, and he didn't feel good at this time.
He felt Yun Niang's hold on his hand getting tighter, and the cold and moist palm seemed to be connected to his own.
The girl's eyes were desolate and determined, with a begging that was hard to refuse. She couldn't care less about social status, nor about the relationship between men and women. She, like her brother, believed in the man in front of her.
She firmly believed that the young prince would rescue her brother and would not let her down.
If the young prince really brought the dog back to her, she swore a poisonous oath that she would spend her whole life repaying the young prince's kindness.
The embrace between a man and a woman in front of them seemed to be nothing in the eyes of the two parties involved.
But he embarrassed the faces of a bunch of grown men around him.
Dongfang Lao stood aside and saw that the stubborn girl who had followed him all the way from Henan to Jiankang City was lying in the arms of the young prince. There was always an indescribable feeling in his heart. It's not some kind of carnal desire.
He turned his face away from the window: "My young prince, without further ado, let's set off right now! We will discuss countermeasures while walking on the road."
…
Chaogou Wharf is now the busiest waterborne cargo distribution center in Jiankang City. Merchants gather here and trade is busy, delivering fresh blood to the prosperity and wealth of Jiankang City.
On the east bank of this lively and noisy dock, there are a large number of warehouses for storing goods.
One of the seemingly ordinary courtyards is particularly inconspicuous, but as long as you walk along the outer wall of the courtyard, you will know that this courtyard is unusual. It occupies an extremely vast area.
At this time, a box carriage slowly stopped on the long street outside the courtyard gate.
The surrounding area was bustling with people, traders, and coolies moving goods on the docks, mingling and intertwining.
This made the beautifully boxed carriage appear less obvious, and no one cared why it was parked there.
Instead, the driver of the car and several tall men who looked like nursing homes came to the side arm in arm, sat down in front of a tea stall, drank tea and chatted.
Judging from the situation, they seemed to be the servants of a wealthy businessman, waiting for their master to return from business negotiations.
But no one noticed that the window of the carriage was always half open, and a pair of eyes was always looking out the window.
A moment after the carriage stopped, there was a sudden noise from the east side of the long street.
Pedestrians on the roadside were running away, and they saw two or three strong men holding sharp weapons walking towards this side.
Places like the wharf are originally a mixed bag and a place where various forces compete, but such a large group of people still go to seek revenge and fight in broad daylight. This kind of situation is really rare in Jiankang. People can't help but I wonder what the background of this group of people is.
Just when people were speculating, this group of ferocious weirdos stopped in front of the ordinary courtyard door and surrounded the door.
