Li Heng made an appointment with someone to go horseback riding today, but unfortunately his equestrian skills were not good, so he gave a foundation, Heng Xiaojun Wang was not very happy, and then everyone made an appointment to go to Yanming Lake to listen to a little song when Li Heng didn't want to go, so he left alone.

When he was halfway down, Li Heng suddenly remembered that he had an appointment with a child yesterday. looked at the sky, although it was a little late, but Li Heng still went to the alley of Guan Gong Temple, today his brother's guard Gao Feng did not come with him, what is surprising is that the alley that is like a spider web Li Heng actually did not get lost, and really found him the place where he made an appointment with Xiao Mu yesterday, but the child was not there.

Li Heng waited patiently for a while, but he couldn't help but feel a little impatient, and was about to ask his followers to ask around to inquire where the child lived, but heard someone coming.

One person said: "Aunt Ma said that he only went to drink once yesterday, and he didn't see him today, and this little cub doesn't know where he ran away, could it be that he ran away?"

Another said: "I remember that when I came here today, I saw a child about four or five years old, and he ran away as soon as he saw me coming. ”

"It stands to reason that he hasn't seen you, and he doesn't know that you are here for his business today, so how can he run away when he sees you?"

"I don't think it's strange, if he is really the child of the group of criminal officials who were raided a few months ago, as you said, and has witnessed his family being arrested by officers and soldiers, then he is scared away when he sees me in my official uniform. ”

"So there's a real problem with the identity of this little cub?

"How far can a kid run? I remember he was running in this direction, so let's chase after him. Maybe I'll be able to get it back. ”

"Say yes, go!"

The two men said and quickly ran away.

Li Heng touched his chin and thought about it, and then raised his hand towards his two entourage: "Let's go, follow and take a look." The master's jade pendant has to be taken back. ”

Li Heng followed behind the two and also chased after them, but the two people in front of them split into two ways at a fork in the road, and Li Heng chose to follow behind the man who was wearing an official uniform.

Yang Lao Liu chased in one direction, he was tall and long-legged and fast-paced, one step could reach the child three or four steps, and he chased for a long time without breathing, and Li Heng, who was following behind Yang Lao Liu, was not good at following too closely. can't outrun Yang Lao Liu. I can only rest while running, and hang far behind.

Suddenly, Yang Lao Liu stopped his steps and moved his ears, and he heard the cry of a child. Yang Lao Liu immediately lightened his steps and quietly ran towards the place where the cry was heard. I didn't go far when I saw a little boy in the alley in front of me, sitting on his knees and leaning against the wall crying.

Yang Lao Liu took a closer look. This kid was the one who had turned around and ran away when he saw him before.

Little Wood sat there crying for a long time. Still didn't wait for his sister, his throat was dumb, and suddenly he felt someone approaching him. Xiao Mu immediately looked up in surprise, but he didn't want to see the official he had met before.

Xiao Mu was startled, and immediately got up from the ground and ran in the opposite direction of the official, and he didn't even have time to pick up the burden on the ground, but he ran past Yang Lao Liu, Yang Lao Liu ran a few steps and stretched out his hand to twist Xiao Mu's back collar.

"Hey, little cub, you're quite good at running! you can run again!" Yang Lao Liu picked him up with the back leader of the little wood.

Xiao Mu struggled hard, not wanting his throat to be more uncomfortable the more he struggled, he was almost out of breath by his collar, and his face was red.

Yang Lao Liu let his feet hit the ground, and Xiao Mu wanted to run as soon as he stood firm, but his collar was still in Yang Lao Liu's hand, and he couldn't break free.

Yang Lao Liu's face was grim and said to Xiao Mu: "Don't move for me obediently, otherwise Lao Tzu will beat you to death." ”

Although Xiao Mu's face was pale, he really didn't struggle anymore after listening to Yang Laoliu's words.

Yang Lao Liu was satisfied, looked at Xiao Mu and asked, "You are the child who lives in Li Lao Er's house?" ”

Xiao Mu touched his throat and coughed a few times, lowered his head and whispered, "Xiao Mu." ”

Yang Lao Liuhu was stunned, and he was about to slap the little wood: "Lao Tzu is asking about your name! If you don't have a big name, tell Lao Tzu what your father's name is, if you dare to deceive Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will slap him to death, do you believe it?"

Xiao Mu pursed his lips and hung his head silently, but a pair of small hands clenched into fists in his sleeves. He thought he couldn't tell anyone else's name about his father, or his cousin might be caught by them. If they want to catch him, they can catch him. Thinking so, Xiao Mu's hand clenched into a fist slowly let go, and suddenly he felt the fingertips of his right hand cold, and touched a hard object, and only after touching it did he realize that it was the jade pendant left by the person yesterday.

Yang Lao Liu stared at Xiao Mu tightly, seeing that he didn't speak, he was about to slap him to scare him, but he saw the child's hand hidden in his sleeve move. Yang Lao Liu's heart moved, grabbed Xiao Mu's right hand, and took out the things he had hidden in his sleeve.

When he touched the jade pendant in his hand, Yang Lao Liu found that it was a jade pendant, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had won a windfall, but when he took the jade pendant in his hand and took a closer look, he was surprised: "This ...... It's ......"

Xiao Mu stared at Yang Lao Liu with a wary expression.

Yang Lao Liu's expression changed a little when he looked at Xiao Mu, but his tone was a little softer: "Child, where did you get this jade pendant?

Although Xiao Mu is young, he has a keen intuition like a beast when he senses the emotions of others. Xiao Mu glanced at the jade pendant that was held in Yang Laoliu's hand. When he was at home, he had learned some family crests of some families in Beijing with his sister superficially, although he had not yet learned them all, but he remembered the emblems of the Jin Palace.

When I met Li Heng yesterday, Xiao Mu recognized him when he saw his jade pendant, that person was from the Jin Palace, and the guard also called him the king of the county......

Yang Laoliu's patience was limited, and he was about to use the method of persecution again, but Xiao Mu raised his head and said softly: "This is my jade pendant, not to pick it up." ”

Yang Laoliu was shocked when he heard this, looked at the jade pendant and then looked at the small wood, although he was just a servant in the yamen, but he still remembered the token of the Jin Palace, how could this child have the token of the Jin Palace?

Yang Lao Liu's eyes narrowed: "This is yours, kid, do you know what this is?"

Xiao Mutou raised his little chin when he heard this, and suddenly had some of the style of a little prince of the family: "This is something from the Jin Palace, it's not something you can touch, you'd better give it back to me!"

Yang Laoliu was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect this child to really be able to tell the origin of this jade pendant, and couldn't help but hesitate, if it was really a child who picked it up, he definitely didn't know what it was, could it be that he and Li Erchai were wrong about the identity of this child? He is not the son of a criminal minister but is involved in the Jin Palace? Yang Laoliu never thought that a four or five-year-old child would lie to him, the four or five-year-old children he has come into contact with are all similar to Li Guo'er, and he has never encountered a little demon like Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu snorted angrily: "Don't hurry up and return the jade pendant to me!"

Yang Lao Liu was not annoyed when he heard this, he was a little unsure of the identity of the child, so he asked tentatively: "Child, the jade pendant will be returned to you, but you have to tell me what your name is." ”

Xiao Mu glanced at Yang Laoliu: "I...... My surname is Lee. He remembered that the emperor's and princes' surnames were Li, and the people in the Jin Palace's Mansion must also be surnamed Li.

Yang Lao Liu was secretly shocked in his heart, and immediately asked, "Then who is your father?"

Xiao Mu couldn't help but be a little secretly anxious, he didn't remember the names of the people in the Jin Palace, but he saw that Yang Lao Liu's attitude was much better than before, so he had an idea and said: "Who my father is, what does it matter to you! I won't tell you!" Sure enough, after Xiao Mu finished speaking, Yang Lao Liu didn't get angry, but thought about the identity of this kid What is the ulterior motives? For example, he is the illegitimate son of which master of the Jin Palace? That's why he was hidden? Yang Lao Liu has also heard a lot of dirty things in the inner courtyard of those princes and nobles.

However, although Yang Lao Liu has doubts about Xiao Mutou's identity, he is also a very cautious person after so many years in the yamen, and he will not be gullible so easily.

So after thinking about it, Yang Lao Liu said: "Since you don't want to tell me, how about going back with me first?" But...... Kid, why did you run away when you saw me before? Is it because of my official uniform? Are you afraid of official errands?"

Thinking of this, Yang Lao Liu looked at Xiao Mu with some suspicion.

Xiao Mu was already in a cold sweat, and his legs were a little weak, although he was not as smart as a person of this age, but after all, he was still just a child, he had little experience, and he lacked the experience of dealing with people like Yang Lao Liu.

Just when Yang Lao Liu began to doubt the authenticity of what Xiao Mu said before, there was another footstep from there.

Yang Lao Liu and Xiao Mu both turned their heads to look, Li Heng appeared out of breath, and when he saw Yang Lao Liu and Xiao Mu, the only thing Li Heng thought of was that he finally didn't have to run anymore. Li Heng leaned against the wall and panted, pointing to the small wood with one hand: "You, you ......"

Xiao Mu was stunned, and Yang Lao Liu was also stunned.

Xiao Mu stayed for a while, and then suddenly pushed away Yang Lao Liu in front of him, and rushed towards Li Heng quickly, Li Heng was hit by Xiao Mu and almost sat on the ground, just about to get angry and teach the child a lesson, but he didn't want the child to hug his legs and cry loudly.

"Brother...... Why are you here......"

Li Heng froze, looked down at his child who was crying with a look of grievance, and looked at his child with accusatory eyes, not knowing how to react for a while.

Over there, Yang Lao Liu was also stunned, although he didn't quite recognize Li Heng himself, but he recognized the clothes on the two entourages that followed behind Li Heng, which were the house slaves of the Jin Palace. (To be continued......)