He steals money, perhaps with unknown afflictions.

"It's okay, thank you this time, but I've already sold the sword, so if you want to report it, just report it. But please give me some time, and I'll go to the government with you later. ”

After Xiao Er finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the house.

Wu Song followed into the room, which collapsed, and the beams hung down on the ground, forming a triangular space.

There was a pile of straw on the ground, and an old man was lying on it.

The old man was thin and small, his eyes were closed, and there was not the slightest blood on his face. The smell of medicine was in the air, and in the clearing next to it, there was a fire with a medicine jar on it.

"Grandma, I'm back, are you feeling better today?"

Xiao Er knelt next to the old man and said softly.

"Xiao Er is back...... I'm much better......"

The old man was angry, opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Er, and a loving smile appeared on his pale face.

"Grandma, you have a good rest, I'll give you a decoction of medicine. ”

Xiao Er said carefully.

He got up and walked to the fire next to him, took out a packet of medicine from his bosom, poured it into the medicine jar, and began to decoction it.

"Who's that granny?"

Wu Song walked over and asked. He was confused by all this in front of him, in a dilapidated compound, there were so many children, who were they, where were their parents? Who was that old grandmother?

"She is Grandma Liu, the best person in the world. For many years, she has been taking in homeless orphans, caring for them and raising them to adulthood.

If it weren't for Grandma Liu, I would have starved to death on the streets, and my body was eaten by wild dogs nearby. She was the one who raised me, and to me, she was my reborn parent, and I will never be able to repay her kindness for the rest of my life. ”

Xiao Er said emotionally, and his voice was already a little choked.

"If that's the case, then does she know that you are a thief?

Wu Song asked.

"Hmph! If there is a choice, who wants to be a thief? Do you see those children outside? They need money for food and drink, and if I don't steal, where will I get the money to feed them?"

When Grandma Liu was young, there weren't so many orphans here, and she could also work in the town to support us. But now that she is too old to do it, to make matters worse, there are more orphans here.

"If I don't figure it out, what will they do?"

Xiao Er said helplessly, the thief is disgraceful, he doesn't know it, but everyone has their own hardships, and he has no choice but to do so.

"Why are there so many orphans here? What happened to their parents?

Wu Song was puzzled that generally speaking, the government would provide some help to orphans, either by giving money or by finding suitable adoptive parents for them.

"Don't ask, the more you know, the worse it will be for you. You're a passerby, there's no need to get into trouble. This is the money from the sale of the sword, and you take it. Now that I've cooked the medicine for my grandmother, I can go with you and go to the government together. ”

Xiao Er handed the money to Wu Song, stood up, and walked outside.

"Wait, when did I say that I was going to take you to the government? You keep this money for Grandma Liu's treatment, the matter of the sword, we will talk about it later, I want to know now, what happened to these orphans?"

Wu Song stuffed the money into Xiao Er's arms, and Xiao Er's words just now made him feel that the things behind this must not be simple.

"Who the hell are you? Well, since you want to know, I'll tell you. The orphans' parents, both villagers in the town and nearby villages, were beaten to death by a group of wicked men five years ago. ”

Xiao Erdao, he didn't know who Wu Song was, but he inexplicably felt that this person could be trusted.

"Who are those wicked people, and why do they do such a hurtful thing?"

Wu Song said.

"Five years ago, a gold mine was discovered in the town, and a group of people bought it from the government, and they hired local people to mine it. As a result, within a few months, the mine collapsed somehow.

At that time, more than a dozen miners were buried directly underneath, and the other miners gathered together, some for the dead miners to ask for explanations, and some for their own arrears of wages, and went to the gang to theorize together.

The gold mine didn't last long, and the gang didn't make any money at all, so they were naturally reluctant to give money to the miners. The two sides fought back and forth, and finally the gang used force to drive the miners away.

A lot of miners were killed, and their children were the orphans you see today. ”

Little Erdao.

"Damn! Do these people still have humanity? How dare they be so rampant? Who are they? Why does the government care?"

Wu Song said in an air, these people committed such acts, so what is the difference between them and bandits and robbers?

"The government has already colluded with those people in private, I don't know how much benefit they have received, and if something happens, the government will only stand with those people, and it's too late to wipe their butts, so how can they go for trouble.

The gang claimed to be businessmen, but it was actually an underworld gang, and we later learned that the gang was called the Golden Crow Gang. ”

Xiao Erdao, his tone was full of helplessness, in the face of collusion between officials and businessmen, they were powerless to resist at all.

"The Golden Crows!

Wu Song exclaimed, he didn't expect to meet the Golden Crow Gang again here. This gang has really done all the bad things, and they can be seen everywhere.

"You know the Golden Crow Gang, too?"

Xiao Erdao, this was beyond his expectations.

"I don't just know, I've fought with them. You know the Sahatui Desert in the West? I fought with one of their rudder there, and I had a mortal enmity with them. ”

Wu Song said.

"Then can you help us? Now the power of the Golden Crow Gang in the local area is very strong, and the three gangsters who came to find trouble just now are the disciples of the Golden Crow Gang. We've been planning to go to the Empire and find a bigger government to denounce the Golden Crows.

However, we were afraid that we would be attacked by the Golden Crow Gang on the road, so we did not dare to act. ”

Xiao Er said earnestly, at this moment, Wu Song is a savior in his eyes, able to get them out of the sea of suffering and see the light of day again.

"Don't worry, we went south to deal with the Golden Crows, and now that we know about the evil deeds of the Golden Crows here, then I will definitely help you eradicate them. ”

Wu Song said.

"That's great, I'm sorry I stole your sword before. I sold the sword to the pawnshop in the town, and I will take you there, and I will return the money to them, and I will get the sword back. ”

Xiao Erdao, Wu Song's appearance was a complete surprise for him, he thought that Wu Song was here to arrest him and see the official, but he didn't expect him to help them.

"By the way, why did you think to steal my things?"

On the way to the pawnshop, Wu Song asked. He was very curious about this problem, and in the post station, he gave Xiao Er a reward, which was good to Xiao Er, and I don't know why he would take revenge.

"It's because of your tipping that I steal you. As soon as you made a move, it was an agate, and I thought, you must be a rich man. Although I am a thief, I also divide people when I steal.

I only steal from the rich, because the rich have money, and stealing from them will not cause them any trouble. Moreover, most of the rich people do evil, and stealing their money is also considered to be doing the right thing for heaven. ”

Xiao Er said proudly, this criterion he has set for himself since the first day he was a thief, and he has always been proud of it.

"So, you're still a thief. ”

Wu Song joked that although he hadn't been together for too long, he had already regarded Xiao Er as a friend.

"Suffice it to say, but it's not easy to be a thief who also has a way. Everyone in the town who has a little money in their hands has hired a nursery, and a thief like me, who has no cultivation, can't enter their courtyard.

That's why I had to go to the post house as a buddy. Because the people who live in the inn are traveling, they should be more lax. ”

Little Erdao.

As they spoke, the two came to a pawnshop.

The plaque at the door is written with the three words Gu Yunxuan, the pawnshop is two stories high, and the decoration is antique, very classy.

The two entered the pawnshop, and Chao Feng greeted him warmly, saying, "What do you two want to be?"

Xiao Er took out a pawnshop receipt and said, "I was a sword with you just now, and I want to redeem it now, this is money." ”

"Little brother, I think you are mistaken, this receipt is our Gu Yunxuan's receipt, yes, but we really haven't received any swords here. I think you should be mistaken, did you write us here in another semicolon?

Our Gu Yunxuan is a big pawnshop with semicolons all over the empire, you think about it again. ”

Chao Feng said, and returned the receipt to Xiao Er.

"No, I'm not mistaken. How could I be wrong when I thought that sword was just a few hours ago? It was another courtier who received me at that time, and you asked him to come out, and you asked him to understand. ”

Little Erdao.

"I think you're really mistaken, I've been on duty all this day, and I haven't received a single sword a few hours ago. ”

Chao Feng said with a smile, completely denying Xiao Er's words.

"No, how can you do this here? I obviously gave you the sword, how can I say that I didn't? Brother, I didn't lie to you, I really took the sword here. ”

Xiao Er's face turned red and hurriedly explained to Wu Song. He was afraid that Wu Song would think that he was lying, but now that Wu Song was his savior, he didn't dare to offend at all.

"Xiao Er, I believe you, let me ask. ”

Wu Song waved his hand and said to Xiao Er with a smile.

"Chaofeng, you said that you didn't receive the sword, and said that you are the only one here. Then can you call the other pilgrims out and let my brother recognize him?"

Wu Song said with a smile, he could see at a glance that something was wrong with this court. On the surface, it looks very polite, but behind the scenes, I don't know what I'm planning.