Then, the old man suddenly glared, stepped forward and took Qian Ning's hand away and said, "Hmph, you still want to deceive the old man!"

When the old man found his face, Qian Ning was even more alarmed: "Ah... I... I didn't do anything bad!"

"You didn't do anything bad, why are you hiding and not going home?" The young man next to the old man said, "Hurry up and go back with us, don't make trouble for my father!"

Xiao Ye looked at the two fathers and sons, and felt that these two people seemed to have something to do with Qian Ning, but there was no malice in the eyes of the two of them, and there was a trace of worry, so Xiao Ye ignored them, and watched the show with his hands around his head.

At this time, the old man also noticed Xiao Ye on the side, walked over to take a look, and asked, "Who are you kid, I haven't seen you in Hongshan Town." ”

Xiao Ye, who was suddenly asked, was stunned and said, "I'm a passerby, watching a play." ”

At this time, the old man's son also came over, glanced at Xiao Ye, and whispered to the old man: "Dad, I see that this kid exudes a bad smell, you see his every move, he doesn't look like a normal person, do you think Qian Ning's girl will be deceived by this person." ”

Although the young man also heard it clearly, he hurriedly put the hand around his head and was a little speechless, "Where do you look like a bad person, and you still exude a bad smell, this guy belongs to a dog!"

The old man also took the opportunity to look at Xiao Ye a few more times, and also whispered to the young man: "Xiaotu, Qian Ning's girl has always only deceived others, this guy looks stupid and clumsy, I think Qian Ning should have deceived him..."

"Dad, you don't know, bad guys generally look clumsy. ”

Hearing the father and son whispering this in private, Xiao Ye shouted: "Hey, have you made enough trouble, do you just ask Qian Ning yourself?"

"Girl, who is this?" the old man asked Qian Ning, who came over.

Qian Ning seemed to be a little honest in front of the two fathers and sons, and replied in a low voice: "Grandpa, this guy is my bodyguard who picked up on the side of the road, and there are two people living in the inn..."

"Bodyguard?" the young man was stunned for a moment, "Do you still have the money to hire a bodyguard?"

"Uh... I usually have nothing to do with part-time work to earn it. ”

"Then why do you hire bodyguards?" asked the old man.

"This generation is so chaotic, what if I am robbed by someone. ”

“...”

"It's so late, hurry back with us. The old man sighed, glanced at the well-behaved Qian Ning, and then at Xiao Ye and said, "Please also invite this bodyguard gentleman to come along." ”

Xiao Ye waved his hand indifferently, he couldn't sleep now anyway, Qian Ning called this old man grandfather, Xiao Ye was a little curious.

So several people came to a small courtyard together.

It's dark now, and the night is no less lively than the day, and basically every house has candles.

The so-called "Sihe" means that there are houses on all sides of the yard, and these houses are four meters high and eight meters wide. In the center of the enclosed four houses is the common courtyard of the four families, which is as large as a basketball court and very spacious, and if another house were to be built in this courtyard, the space would be more than enough.

The courtyard has a square door, most of which look boxy in appearance, and the tiles are laid on top of each other on the roof beams, and they are tightly covered.

When I came to the courtyard, there was a woman sweeping the floor inside, and when I saw the old man and the two fathers and sons coming back with Qian Ning, their faces changed and said, "Mayor Town, why did you bring this wild girl back again." ”

"Mayor of the town?" Xiao Ye heard the woman's name for the old man, it must be a little strange, it turned out that this old man was the mayor of Hongshan Town.

The old man glared at the woman and yelled at her, "Shut up and go back to your house!"

The woman was yelled at by the old man and did not say anything, but it could be seen that the expression on her face was very unhappy, and as soon as she threw away the broom in her hand, she returned to the room behind her.

Afterwards, the old man took a few people to one of the rooms in the courtyard, lit candles, sat on a wooden stool, and asked Qian Ning, "Girl, tell me, what has happened recently?"

Qian Ning sat aside, lowered his head, and whispered, "I didn't do anything..."

"Then you haven't heard from you for so long, do you know that we are worried about you!" said the young man named Xiaotu.

"Cut. Qian Ning tilted his head and said: "In this Hongshan Town, only you can worry about me, and others want me to die." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about. ”

"That's how it is!"

When the old man saw Qian Ning's appearance, he didn't intend to ask, took a deep breath, and said to Xiao Ye on the side: "Young man, tell me, what has this girl been doing recently?"

Seeing that the old man suddenly wanted to ask himself, Xiao Ye thought about it and said softly: "Don't ask me, I don't know anything." ”

"Don't pretend. The old man glanced at Xiao Ye and said: "Qian Ning, this girl I grew up with, I still know her temperament, although she usually causes trouble everywhere, but if she is fine, she will come back every day, this time I have been out for so long and there is no news, and I also invited you as a bodyguard, she must have something to hide from me." ”

The old man's words made Xiao Ye a little embarrassed, he glanced at Qian Ning who was bowing his head on the side, and still sighed and said: "Old man, don't embarrass me, this kind of thing has nothing to do with me, you ask Qian Ning yourself, she doesn't want to say, what can I do?"

The old man stared at Qian Ning, shook his head, and said to Xiao Ye: "Young man, just tell us, I'm not a bad person, and Qian Ning, this girl doesn't do things in a measured way, I'm afraid that she will cause some big trouble." ”

"She often gets into trouble?"

"Of course, the next-door neighbor, and most of the residents of Hongshan Town, seeing Qian Ning is like seeing a plague god. Xiaotu answered.

"You're a plague god!" Channing retorted.

Xiao Ye thought that this was indeed the case, Qian Ning stole the dragon stone, and now there is no peaceful life in Hongshan Town, and he doesn't know that Qian Ning did it.

glanced at Qian Ning with some contempt, Xiao Ye knew that although he was sometimes a little lacking in morality, he still had a sense of proportion, but like Qian Ning, no wonder everyone treated her like a plague god.

"Tell us, lad, if you know anything. The old man continued to say to Xiao Ye.

"Alright, alright. Qian Ning interrupted him and said, "That's it, I originally wanted to say it." ”

As soon as they heard Qian Ning's words, the old man and the father and son both glanced at each other and were ready to listen.

Qian Ning glanced at the two of them and whispered, "I... Stole Han Lie's Dragon Stone. ”

"What... What!"

As soon as they heard Qian Ning's words, the two of them were so frightened that their faces turned a hundred hundred.

Xiao Tu calmed down his emotions and asked cautiously again, "You... What did you just say?"

"I said I stole Han Lie's Dragon Stone!"

This time, Qian Ning's voice was quite loud, and he glanced at the two of them and said, "Now you can hear it clearly." ”

"I... I—" The old man said in his mouth, and he couldn't say it all the time.

Xiao Tu next to him also looked like this, holding his head with one hand, he really didn't have anything to do about the troublemaker in front of him.

Xiao Ye also guessed this situation, what kind of thing is Longshi to Hongshan Town, it is something that represents ten years of peace.

Even Han Lie, the commander of the empire, personally explained the importance of this dragon stone, the old man and his father never expected that such an important dragon stone would be stolen by Qian Ning.

The old man vomited blood in anger, pointed at Qian Ning and said, "You girl is really a troublemaker!"

Qian Ning spread his hands and said indifferently: "I didn't know it was such an important thing at first, anyway, I stole it, how about love." ”

"Then you will ask him to protect you from being hunted down by the Empire?" the old man pointed at Xiao Ye with a little trembling hand.

"What can I do, who knows that Han Lie sent people to hunt me down like crazy, if it weren't for them, I might have died on the knife under his hands. ”

"Do you dare to say that if you don't steal dragon stones, won't there be nothing?"

"If you want to blame those imperial fools, who can blame you for not keeping such an important thing yourself?"

"You... You..."

The old man pointed at Qian Ning, who was talking back to him, and said with some anger: "You are really stubborn!"

Qian Ning also looked a little angry when he was talked, and Xiao Ye could also see from it that Qian Ning usually didn't have any friends in Hongshan Town, and it was estimated that he was also holding back a stomach full of resentment.

"Alright, don't argue. Xiao Ye interrupted the quarrel between the two and said, "Won't it be enough to return the dragon stone, how big is it?"

"You said it easily. Xiao Tu glanced at Xiao Ye and said: "Stealing things in the hands of the imperial army is a taboo in the empire, and those who are caught and want to be beheaded..."

"So serious?"

"Of course. Xiao Tu nodded and said, "There are no strict laws, where does peace come from." ”

"This law is too strict, isn't it..."Xiao Ye thought to himself, he still underestimated the empire a little, after all, it is one of the largest countries in the mainland, and the rules must be strict.

"Then what next?" Xiao Ye asked.

If the dragon stone is returned, Qian Ning will have to be beheaded, and if it is not returned, then there will be no peace in Hongshan Town for ten years, which makes the old man who is the mayor of the town a little annoyed.

"It's okay to return it secretly. Qian Ning glanced at a few people: "I can steal it from them, what's so difficult about returning it?"

Xiao Tu looked at Qian Ning and thought for a while: "Are you sure you can return it safe and sound, someone else has stolen such an important thing, and it will definitely strengthen the guard, if you are caught, then your life will be gone." ”

"I've been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and this difficulty is not difficult for me. Channing said.

"How old are you, and you have been walking for many years..."Xiao Ye said a little speechlessly.

"They can't catch me anyway. Qian Ning held his chest out and seemed to be a little confident.

The old man looked at Qian Ning's appearance, shook his head helplessly, sighed and said, "Alas... That's all it takes, you girl is making trouble. ”