Chapter 87

Holding back tears and horror, the boy asked, "What do you command, this son?"

As soon as Lin Mu saw that he was no longer struggling, and he was no longer running away, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's your name?"

The boy didn't know where he was sacred, and he didn't know what he wanted to do with himself, but he knew that this person was clever, and he couldn't escape from the palm of his hand, although he was afraid and panicked, he had to answer honestly: "Back to Gongzi's words, the little one has no name......

As he spoke, he saw Lin Muyi's good-looking eyebrows furrowed again, and hurriedly continued: "I am a beggar in this city, without a father or mother, and I don't know who my surname is...... Everyone else calls me Xiao Qi. ”

When Lin Mu heard him say this, he still frowned and asked, "Beggar, why are your hands and feet so unclean?"

When Xiao Qi heard this, he blushed and replied: "Where is it so easy to beg for life in this world? My grandfather is sick, we have no money to buy medicine, and I can't beg for money, so I have to ...... I had to go to the street and get a little money......"

Lin Muyi didn't believe what he said, seeing that this kid was extremely fast, not like a first-time offender, he didn't break it, but continued to ask, "Who is Grandpa Qian?"

Xiao Qi hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes...... He is an old beggar who usually takes good care of us. ”

Lin Mu thought for a while, and then asked, "You just said that at home, where do you usually live?"

Seeing that Lin Muyi asked about the family, Xiao Qi was even more hesitant, and didn't want to reply, but when he heard Lin Muyi snort coldly, his voice was full of displeasure, thinking of his methods, Xiao Qi was scared, so he had to reply: "We usually live in a broken temple in the east of the city. ”

The answer is not surprising, and the beggars who come to this city always have a place to stay. Lin Muyi asked again, "How many of you are there?"

Xiao Qi didn't know what he meant by asking about this, but he didn't dare to disobey him, and replied, "Thirty...... About thirty people, old and young, all lived together. He replied in spite of this, but his heart became even more frightened, and he did not know that the cold-faced boy had asked them what the use of the beggar's house was, for fear that he would bring trouble to the family.

Lin Mu nodded, and said, "Take me to have a look." ”

Xiao Qi heard that he really said that he wanted to go and see, but he was afraid that he really had no good intentions towards his family, so he was so shocked that his eyes widened, and he wanted to run, but he was caught by Lin Mu, who was quick-eyed.

Lin Muyi's face was covered with a layer of frost, and he asked in a cold voice, "What are you running?"

Xiao Qi was so frightened that tears were about to come out, but he still said in a trembling voice: "You...... If you want to harm my family, I won't take you there. ”

When Lin Mu heard this, he laughed angrily, and the hand that grabbed his arm was even harder, and for a while, cold sweat broke out on Xiao Qi's forehead.

"How do you know that I want to harm your family?" Lin Muyi couldn't help but grit his teeth a little, "Your family is a beggar, what is there to harm me?"

When Xiao Qi heard this, he was still struggling silently, and he didn't know if he heard it.

As soon as Lin Mu saw that he didn't listen, he couldn't, his palm turned over, and a silver ingot had fallen into his palm, and Xiao Qi's eyes straightened, and he even forgot about the struggle.

Lin Mu smiled and said, "What did I do to you beggars? I want your help with something." If you take me there, this ingot of silver will be yours, and you will have the money to buy medicine for your godfather, right?"

Xiao Qi couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard him say this, although he didn't know if he could believe his words, but after all, the silver of the white flowers was in front of him, and he was really reluctant to give up. Xiao Qi thought about it for a while, and took him to the house, there are so many people in the family, no matter how powerful he is, he is just alone, even if there is really any bad intentions, what can he do with them?

Xiao Qi thought like this in his mind, and his eyes gurgled. Lin Mu saw it in his eyes, and naturally knew that he was already moved, so he simply let go of his hand and said, "How?"

Xiao Qi was loosened, but he didn't run again, he looked at Lin Muyi again, and saw that he was still expressionless, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, I'll take you there! But you have to give me that first!" As he spoke, he pointed to the silver ingot in Lin Mu's hand.

Lin Muyi didn't have much to do, he casually threw the silver ingot into Xiao Qi's arms, Xiao Qi hurriedly caught it, holding the silver ingot and couldn't help but put it in his mouth and bit it, and he couldn't believe it. Lin Muyi was a little impatient, and urged: "Don't you want to lead the way?"

Xiao Qi stuffed the silver ingot into his arms, and hurriedly responded, leading Lin Muyi to the broken temple in the east of the city.

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Xiao Qi couldn't help but smile when the silver arrived at this time, and saw that Lin Muyi just followed him silently along the way, without saying anything or doing anything, he felt that this cold-faced boy was actually not so terrible, so he cautiously talked to him: "Childe...... I wonder what is going on with my son's house?"

Lin Muyi pursed his lips, but he didn't reply to him, but just changed his words and asked, "How long have you been in this Lanchuan Beijing?"

Xiao Qi hurriedly replied: "I don't know, I've been in this capital since I can remember, and I don't know who my parents are, where my home is, and my grandfather brought me up single-handedly." ”

Lin Mu thought for a while, and then asked, "Then you are still familiar with this Lanchuan Jingzhong?"

Xiao Qi smiled and said: "Naturally familiar! I have run through the streets and alleys of Beijing, no matter which path." Childe, but you have something to inquire about, just ask me, I am most familiar with this Beijing affair!"

This little beggar has been begging in Beijing since he was a child, walking the streets and alleys, and he is the most well-informed about the affairs in Beijing. This is listening to Xiao Qi say this, but he didn't follow his words, but said: "You can tell me about this Beijing matter." ”

Xiao Qi listened to him, and he didn't know what he wanted to inquire, so he had to pick up all kinds of strange things in Beijing and say, they were all rumors circulating in the streets and alleys, Lin Muyi just listened, and didn't talk, only listened to him talk about the son in Xiangguo's mansion, the young lady of the old family, and said such trivial things, but I heard him mention that it is now Xiao Qin who has ascended the throne and become the emperor.

Lin Muyi couldn't help but think of the young man in women's clothes ten years ago, and the faint evaporating lilac dragon qi on the child's body. Listening to Xiao Qi, not long after he left with Yin Wujian ten years ago, Xiao Qin and Chu Huan took people to the valley to rescue those children, and revealed that it was the national teacher and the second prince who had abducted children everywhere in Youxiao and poisoned the old emperor in the past year.

This crime was a public outrage, and many of the children who were taken captive were from various noble families, and some even became important ministers. Xiao Qin then completely overthrew the second prince's faction and put the second prince's Xiao Zhan Lingchi to death, but Xiao Rui, the eldest son of the second prince, was rescued, and the national teacher was nowhere to be found.

Soon after, the old emperor fell seriously ill and finally died, and Xiao Qin succeeded to the throne and became the emperor of the country of Xiao. With the support of the Chu family, this young monarch has shown his talent for governing the country, and there will be Xiao in this decade to govern in an orderly manner. In addition, in recent years, there has been a smooth wind and rain, and the country and the people are safe, and now the emperor, who is only twenty years old, has an excellent reputation among the people, and he can also be called a generation of Ming Jun.

It's just that these have nothing to do with Lin Muyi, and he doesn't plan to look for the child back then to catch up, just forget it.

Xiao Qi is not very old, and his eloquence is good, and he keeps talking all the way, and before he knows it, he has arrived at the place: "Son, please, this is my family's residence." ”

Lin Muyi looked at the dilapidated old temple in front of him, frowned, picked up the hem of his clothes and walked in behind Xiao Qi.

The ruined temple was obviously cleaned up, but it was also extremely simple, just spread some hay on the ground so that people could sleep. Fortunately, the cleaning is quite clean, although it is early summer at this time, there is some heat, but the temple is ventilated on all sides, extremely dry, and there is no peculiar smell. Lin Muyi followed Xiao Qi into the inner room, and sure enough, he saw an old man lying on the haystack sickly, and a woman next to him was taking care of him with several children.

At this time, all the people in the temple went out to beg, but only the sick old man and the woman took care of him in the temple with several young children. When those people saw that Xiao Qi had come back early, and there was a richly dressed son behind him, they all looked suspicious, and the woman greeted: "Xiao Qi is back, who is this son?"

Xiao Qi hurriedly replied: "Aunt Hua, this son was met by me on the road, and the son heard that Grandpa Qian was sick and had no money to buy medicine, so he kindly wanted to come and see, and gave me a silver ingot." So saying, he took out the silver from his bosom, handed it to the woman, and said, "Auntie, go and get medicine for Grandpa Qian." ”

Seeing this, the woman hurriedly took the silver ingot, blessed Xiao Qi to take care of his home and take care of the guests, and hurriedly took the silver out to grab medicine.

Lin Muyi only nodded in gratitude to her, didn't say anything, and looked at the old man lying on the ground, and saw that he was just eating uncleanly, plus suffering from some wind and cold, but this old man had been poor for a long time and his body was weak, so he fell ill and was fine.

Lin Mu looked at it, then withdrew his gaze, looked around, and saw that there were only a few children left in the temple, so he asked, "Are there only a few of you living in this temple?"

Xiao Qi replied: "There are about 30 of us in total, mostly old and weak, women and children, and some beggars with weak legs and feet. It's just that they all went out during the day, only these few were too young, and there was Grandpa Qian's in the temple. ”

Lin Mu nodded, and then looked at the few children in front of him who were hiding behind Xiao Qi and looking at him with a cower, the oldest was only five or six years old, and the younger one was two or three years old, and they were still a little stumbling when they walked, so they couldn't help frowning, but they didn't say anything.

Xiao Qi didn't know what this person was going to do when he followed him back to the temple, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to offer it carefully.

Lin Muyi didn't say anything, and found a clean corner in the temple to meditate, Xiao Qi didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to take care of Grandpa Qian. Soon Aunt Hua grabbed the medicine and came back, decocted the medicine and served Grandpa Qian to eat it, it was getting late, everyone in the temple came back one by one, Lin Muyi opened his eyes and stood up.

When everyone came back, they found this incompatible son in the temple, listened to Xiao Qi's whispered introduction, but did not dare to disturb him, at this time saw him come over by himself, and hurriedly stepped forward to thank him, but he had doubts in his heart, and he didn't know what this person deigned to this broken temple where beggars gathered.

Lin Muyi still didn't say much, just answered a few times, his eyes swept around the crowd, and then turned to Xiao Qi and asked, "Everyone is back?"

Xiao Qi hurriedly replied: "It's all back, what do you have to say?"

Lin Muyi looked around again, and saw that although the youngest of these people was the two or three-year-old child he saw during the day, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Xiao Qi also saw some clues at this time, and asked, "Childe...... But looking for someone?"

Lin Mu paused, then nodded, and then asked, "Is there any other place for beggars in this city?"

Xiao Qi heard him say this, and replied: "Naturally, there is, there is a huge Lanchuan Jing, and naturally there are not only dozens of us begging. There were still a few places in the city where some beggars lived, and some who lived alone, who found their own places to live and did not join others. Childe is looking for someone...... I don't know who I'm looking for?"

Lin Mu thought about it, there was a huge Lanchuan Jing, and he didn't know where the person he was looking for was, and he couldn't find it. These beggars are very familiar with the city, well-informed, and make themselves excellent helpers: "Tomorrow you take me around somewhere else, and the person I am looking for is not among you." ”

He thought about it, raised his eyelashes and looked at Xiao Qi, those eyes were like autumn water without waves, and like the tranquility of a deep lake, and he was a little stunned when he saw Xiao Qi.

"I'm looking for a child. A one-year-old child. Lin Muyi said softly. 166 Reading Network