The roar of the horses galloping away from the distance, and the mountains and forests returned to their usual silence.

After a while, there was a soft sound in the grass beside the mountain road, and a three-headed girl with a small basket on her back struggled out of the grass.

The girl stood up straight and let out a long breath, her little hand patted her chest heavily, and whispered, "I'm scared to death this baby." ”

Glancing vigilantly again in the direction where the horses had disappeared, and making sure that there was indeed no one there, the girl put down the basket behind her, bent down, and patted the grass on her body.

"It turned out to be a girl, what did you think it was!"

The boy's unique Qingyue voice came from the corner, and the group of people who appeared with it frightened the girl and suddenly froze in place, turning into a piece of wood - it's over, my mother said, I can't let people see it, but now it's not just people who can see it, but more than a dozen people at a time......

Just when the girl was frightened and stunned in the local area, the young man wearing a melon skin hat, a brocade robe, and a jade belt around his waist walked up to the stunned girl and lifted it up from the ground: "Little girl, I ask you, where is your home?"

Lifting the girl in front of him, the eye-catching face made the teenager's breath stagnate, "Peony!"

"Old thirteen, in the mountains and forests, don't run around. ”

When the boy was stunned, a clear rebuke came from the crowd, and a tall figure quickly strode out of the way of the crowd, walking in front of him for at least a year, and when his gaze fell on the girl's face, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"Fourth brother. The young man looked back at the young man who had stopped beside him, and a look of shame appeared on his face, and he threw the girl into the hands of the young man like a hot potato.

Hurriedly picking up the girl, the young man glared at the boy who was only as tall as his chest: "Fur is boring." ”

The young man pursed his lips and glanced at the girl in the young man's arms again, his lips moved slightly, but he did not squeak.

Looking down at the girl in his arms again, although he was no longer as shocked as before, the young man's gaze was still firmly attached to the girl's face as if attracted by a magnet.

"Only the peony is the true national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom", I don't want to, there are really women in this world who will make people think of the peony of the national color and fragrance at first sight, and this is still a woman who has not grown up at all - a six or seven-year-old girl.

"Little boy, is there anyone around here?"

The girl was tense and looked at the young man holding her in horror, the young man's temperament was cold, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife, which made her subconsciously shrink her neck.

Seeing the girl's fear, the young man's eyes flashed, he restrained the momentum on his body, and coaxed in a soft voice that he had never used in his life: "Don't be afraid, we are just looking for a place to rest and drink hot water." ”

The girl in the arms of the young man condescendingly glanced at the crowd behind the young man, this group of people was neatly dressed, with a strong breath, and a sword at his waist, and at first glance it was not ordinary people.

Looking back at the young man who was called thirteen and the young man holding her, the temperament of these two people looked like they were born in a rich and noble family, although they had a condescending attitude that could not be concealed when talking to a weak child like her, they were not domineering, and the two of them had clear eyes and did not look bad, so there was no need to be overly afraid.

"Do you want to find a place to rest?" the girl looked up, and her clear black eyes met the young man's gaze, and quickly moved away.

The girl's timid and cowardly appearance caused the corners of the young man's lips to curl slightly: "Yes." ”

"My home is at the foot of the mountain. The girl grabbed the corners of her clothes with both hands, and the current situation was unavoidable, she mustered up the courage to raise her head again to meet the young man's cold eyebrows, "If the guest officer doesn't dislike it, please, please come to my house to rest." ”

The young man's expression softened when he looked at the girl who was obviously timid but never took his eyes off, "In that case, you will show us the way." ”

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At the foot of the magnificent Badaling, there is a small village, there are only a dozen families in the village, because most of them are surnamed Hao, the township is called Haojia Village.

There is only one person with the surname of Haojia Village, and the surname of the head of the household is Ru Mingshan, because he married the daughter of the Hao family, and there are no relatives in his hometown, so he settled directly in Haojia Village when he got married eight years ago and became a villager of Haojia Village.

Rushan is now twenty-eight years old, and he was able to settle in Haojia Village because of his talent status.

Haojia Village is located in the suburbs of Beijing, but the village is too small, and there has never been a talented man, so after Rushan promised to marry the daughter of the Hao family, he moved and settled down in a series of trivial matters, all of which were caused by the old people in the village to come forward to find Li Zheng to run, and finally completed it.

After Ru Shan gave birth to the dragon and phoenix fetus Ru Fu and Ru Hui for a year, it became a legend within a radius of dozens of miles, and it was at that time that Ru Shan really became a native of Haojia Village.

In the summer dusk, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of Haojia Village, and the men who were busy with farming in the fields, the urchins chasing chickens and dogs in front of and behind the houses, and the women who were busy with housework in the houses, looked at the galloping horses and the strong men on the back of the horses with sharp weapons on their backs, until they saw them running to the Rushan house on the outskirts of the village, and all of them pressed the hearts that almost jumped out of their chests and slowly calmed down their fears.

Rushan is a talented man, and it is not that there are no people in the village who have officials to look for him before, although there are a little more people who come this time, but it shouldn't be a big deal to come...... Let's do it!

At the knock on the door, Ru Shan opened the chai door and was a little surprised to see his daughter being held in the arms of a strange young man.

"Daughter?"

Seeing her father, Ru Hui struggled in the arms of the young man, and the young man understood and put her on the ground.

Ru Hui trotted and threw herself on her father's lap: "Dad, these guest officers were met by their daughter in the mountains, they found a place to rest, and her daughter brought them to the house to drink hot water." ”

Ru Shan stretched out his hand to hold his daughter steady, and his eyes quickly swept over the group of people in front of the door, looking at the young man at the head.

Looking at Rushan, who was five points similar to the girl, the young man raised his hand and hugged his fist: "The fourth emperor took his younger brother to run a horse on Badaling, and when he missed the meal, he was disturbed. ”

Ru Shan turned sideways and stretched out his hand to signal the young man to enter the house: "The humble house is shabby, the guest officer does not dislike it, please come into the house and drink hot water." ”

A man with a white face and a slender figure compared to the rest of the people walked out from behind the emperor, wanting to enter the house to investigate the situation in the room, but was stopped by the young man's gaze, so he could only bow his head slightly, stand sideways to the side, and wait until the young man and the young man entered the house, and then quickly followed.

Ru Shan took his daughter by the hand, led the young man and the teenager to the lobby where he usually entertained guests, and sent her away: "Go and ask your mother to boil some hot water for the guests." ”

After the farewell ceremony, Ru Hui, who exited the lobby, ran to the kitchen with a cigarette: "Mother, there are guests at home." ”

Hao, who had already heard the movement in the courtyard and started to boil water, raised his head and glared fiercely at Ru Hui, who ran into the kitchen: "The guest will settle accounts with you only when they leave." ”

Ru Hui shrunk her shoulders and timidly rubbed to her mother's side: "I hid, I hid in the grass and waited for them to leave before coming out, who knew that they thought it was the prey in the mountains hiding in the grass, and then turned back, only to be caught." ”

Hao's pretty face darkened, and he angrily ignored his daughter.

Ru Hui pursed her lips, timidly stretched out her hand and pulled the corner of her mother's clothes: "Mother, don't be angry with me, I found the stone to make a table for my brother, really, it's beautiful, I also brought a few pieces in a small back basket, I'll show you." ”

Hao gritted his teeth, turned around and slapped his daughter's hand away.

Ru Hui continued to beg for mercy: "Mother, the big brother and the little brother are kind, and they also helped me carry the little basket back, my father is not doing well in the county, if the nobles speak, my father's business will definitely be ......."

"You said that you went to the village to play with your cousin, but what happened? You actually dared to run to the mountains for me, you are getting bolder and bolder, you dare to lie, and you use your father as a shield, you don't have to worry about the affairs of adults, why are you so ignorant......

Hao interrupted her daughter, scolded angrily, and turned her head to her daughter's timid black pupils, but the cowardice and wetness in the pupils made her unable to drink and scold anymore, but, looking at her daughter's delicate face that she could not protect at all, thinking about what would happen to her daughter after being abducted by black-hearted people, she couldn't settle down, she was angry and anxious for a while, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

Seeing her mother's red eyes, Ru Hui was shocked, her eyes rolled around, and she hurriedly diverted her mother's gaze: "Mother, those people don't know if they will eat at our house, do you say that there is enough rice in our rice tank? If it is not enough, it will be too rude." ”

"Ah!" Hao Shi was startled, got up quickly, walked to the rice tank, and opened it: "Hui'er, I'll go to your grandfather's house to borrow some rice, you look at the stove, don't let the fire go out." ”

"Alas!" Ru Hui responded crisply, watching her mother hurriedly go out of the back door of the kitchen with a rice bag and go to the ancestral house in the village to borrow rice.

patting her chest again, Ru Hui wiped her forehead with a gesture: "God, I'm scared to death of this baby." ”

"Poof!"

A burst of laughter frightened Ru Hui again.

Turning her neck as stiff as a wooden joint, Ru Hui turned around and smiled at the young man at the kitchen door.

"What a cunning little girl. Looking at the little girl who deceived his mother, the young man was like a cat who had found a little dried fish, and he was so happy.

Ru Hui glared at the young man and began to mess around: "Dad said that the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, why did you come to the kitchen?

"I see you came running...... "The young man let go of his hand holding the kitchen door like an electric shock, coughed, and looked around a little uncomfortably: "That, I'll come over to see if the water is boiling." ”

Ru Hui rolled her eyes: "When the water is boiled, I will call your family to pick it up, where you need to work, you come to see it in person, you go to the lobby to accompany your brother." ”

The young man glanced back at the lobby not far away, Ru Hui thought that he had listened and was leaving, but he didn't want to, but the young man turned around and lifted the hem of his clothes and walked into the kitchen: "I'll help you boil water." ”

As he spoke, the young man sat on the small stool that Hao was sitting on before, and while reaching out to pick up the firewood in front of the stove, he was about to stuff it into the stove: "Just put it in, right?"

Ru Hui quickly grabbed the young man's sleeve: "Don't, if you stuff the fire again, it will be extinguished." ”

Glancing at the hand of the young man holding Chai He, the fingers were slender, the complexion was fair, and the skin and flesh were delicate, and at first glance it was the hand that only the pampered young master would raise, Ru Hui sighed: "Little young master, please, you should go to the lobby to accompany your brother......"