Young Master Qingzi's study is like a previous life.

Xue Qing smiled and said, "Brother Xiaokang, I don't study anymore." ”

Young Master Qingzi doesn't have to study anymore, and he doesn't have to be a merchant anymore, Kang Nian put down the flat shoulder, the dazzling eyes of the white snow faded, and he saw clearly the girl standing in front of him, her face was unfamiliar, and she had never seen it before.

That's what she really looks like.

"Brother Xiaokang doesn't recognize my appearance?" Xue Qing said.

Kang Nian shook his head: "When Lord Du took you out, you were thin and small, and you only hid in Sister Ge's arms, and I didn't even see you clearly." He smiled again, "Later, you were in Sister Ge's hands every day." ”

Xue Qing also smiled and said, "Brother Xiaokang, did you wait for me here?" Or Brother Xiaokang, you are so powerful that you found me here. ”

It seems to be a relaxed greeting, but the meaning expressed is no longer like before, and now the five beetles are waiting for her not to protect her, but to arrest her, just like being ordered to intercept her in front of the palace gate.

Kang Nian smiled bitterly.

Xue Qing spoke again: "Otherwise, let's act as if no one saw anyone?" Stretching out his hand and gesturing left and right, "I'll go this way, you go that way." ”

Kang Nian laughed, and then laughed, as if he hadn't laughed for a long time, and this laugh was a little unbearable.

"Young Master Qingzi, you are really, if you really fight, we are not your opponent. He said.

Xue Qing said: "It's a big New Year." ”

Kang Nian smiled again, smiled and waved his hand again, and said, "Young Master Qingzi, you misunderstood, we are not here to arrest you, we are no longer the Five Worm Army." ”

Hey, what do you mean it's not the Five Worm Army? Xue Qing was surprised.

"What happened to you?" she asked, "is it because of me?"

At this time, her first thought was whether she was implicated in them, Kang Nian rubbed his hand and face: "No, there is no involvement, the reward for us is very good, that is, I don't want to do it." ”

"At that time, I was out there waiting for orders with everyone, to see if there was anything in the city that could help. ”

Then Master Atsushi came and told us that there was nothing we could do to help. ”

At this point, he smiled at the corners of his mouth.

"The adults are well arranged, and everyone knows what we do. ”

On that day, Song Ying came out of the court and showed that he was the real Emperor Baozhang, Chen Sheng explained to Du that they had saved the wrong person at the beginning, and at the same time, Chen Sheng and others knew everything they did, and many of them were deliberately arranged.

Later, she did not see Du again, nor did she see Kang Nian again, until the escape and blockade in front of the city gate....

Xue Qing was silent for a moment, knowing what he meant, what they had done in the past ten years did sound like a joke.

"Lord Du, he is an official, he obeys the orders of the imperial court, I forget it, ten years ago, the imperial court cut me off my military status, Lord Du said, if you don't want to do it, just follow me, I'll leave. Kang Nian said, thinking of something and pointing to the men beside him, "I haven't introduced you to Young Master Qingzi yet." ”

Xue Qing looked at those men and Kang Nian greeted him.

"Put everything down, put it away, you guys are all juggling in front of Young Master Qingzi. ”

"This is the Xue Qing I told you, don't look at this little girl, she killed five black-armored guards and killed her right hand and right. ”

Listening to Kang Nian's introduction, the men looked surprised and restrained, they wanted to see Xue Qing but were embarrassed, and Xue Qing looked at them very generously, these men were seventeen or eighteen years old, and the oldest was forty years old, tall, short, fat and thin.

"Young Master Qingzi, these are the folks in the base area. Kang Nian said.

Poof! Xue Qing looked at Kang Nian in amazement.

What's that?

......

......

In the snow-covered wilderness, it is impossible to tell where the road is and where is the field, but the people walking on it are like flying, Xue Qing relies on perception, and Kang Nian and the others are familiar.

"That's it ahead. Kang Nian said and stretched out his finger.

The sun was bright and the white snow was a beam undulating, blocking the view, and the two young men walking in front suddenly quickened their pace, crossed the mountain beam, and then let out a few strange screams, and a layer of snow mist shook in the daylight.

Xue Qing followed and saw that the two young men had slid down the slope and laughed as they rolled down halfway.

Xue Qing also smiled, and then looked at the houses in the flat field in front of him, and at this time, the sound of firecrackers curled and smoked.

"Is this a real village or a fake?" she couldn't help but ask.

Kang Nian stood on the beam slope and said, "It's half-true, there is indeed a village here, there are not many people, so we pretend to marry a daughter and marry relatives and friends and gradually stay here." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed farther away, "It's not just this village, it's almost all the villages nearby, and now there are about a thousand old and new people." ”

Ho... That's a lot of people.

Kang Nian also half-walked and half-slipped on the hillside.

"At the beginning, according to what you said, we made a base area, we cultivated wasteland, self-sufficient, recuperated, and did not have to run around to escape and be hunted down, and the number of people increased. ”

"When I first chose this place, Lord Du thought that it was not far from Chang'an Mansion, and it would be convenient for everyone when you had something. ”

Xue Qing glanced at the men in front of him and behind him, and said in a low voice, "Then do you know what you're doing?"

Kang Nian raised his foot and kicked a piece of snow flying, and said: "Of course I know, Master Du said, we don't hide it from everyone, what we are doing, what everyone follows us to do, we all say it clearly in advance." "Hehexiao," this is all carefully selected and left, everyone is proud, and they are very excited to hear that Emperor Baozhang has returned to Qin Tan to confess his guilt...."Smiled and smiled, his face froze, and his expression was embarrassed.

"So, you still don't know what happened in the capital?" Xue Qing asked, looking at the men behind him again.

Kang Nian looked at the village that was getting closer and closer in front of him, and the two young people there had already brought a body of snow to meet the snow sweepers at the entrance of the village.

"What do you say? He bowed his head and said, "I can't speak." ”

.....

.....

"It's a joke to say that we don't need us to protect Emperor Baozhang at all, and those adults don't need our help. ”

"We're just pieces of meat to use as bait. ”

The sound of footsteps interrupted Kang Nian's conversation, and the thick curtain of the door was lifted, and an old woman walked in with a large thick bowl.

"Come, come, little girl, take a sip of soup and warm it. She said enthusiastically.

Xue Qing hurriedly got down from the kang he was sitting on and thanked him, took it with both hands and said, "I'm really going to freeze." ”

The old woman said, "Who knew that it would suddenly snow so heavily." He pinched Xue Qing's sleeve again, "You are wearing so little." ”

Xue Qing held the bowl and drank it in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his hand, and handed the empty bowl to the old woman.

"Warm up first, I'll make you something to eat. The old woman took the bowl with a smile and looked at Kang Nian again, "Xiao Nian, you haven't gone to Master Li's house yet?"

Kang Nian hummed: "I met the officers and soldiers and the black armor guard on the way, and the news spread as soon as the government checked it, Master Li won't mind, auntie, you don't have to worry about it, we'll go again tomorrow." ”

The old woman recited the Buddha and said, "Yes, if you have an injury and go to pay New Year's greetings, Master Li is the most auspicious, and he will definitely feel unlucky, and it is better to go slowly." He smiled at Xue Qing and waved his hand for her to sit, "You talk." "Turned around and went out.

Gossip is commonplace, like all village women, but she never asked Xue Qing about Xue Qing's origin from the moment Xue Qing entered the door, as if Xue Qing had been living here.

"Auntie?" Xue Qing looked at Kang Nian.

Kang Nian smiled: "I recognize my godfather." ”

Xue Qing also smiled, muttering that my cousins are too many to count...

Kang Nian was puzzled, Xue Qing had already sat back on the kang, and then asked, "Are you really going out to pay New Year's greetings?"

Kang Nian said: "Yes, most of the land in this village is from Master Li's family in the town, and Master Li is also a good person, he just likes to be careful, let's go to him to pay a New Year's greeting and save trouble." He smiled again, "And if you have a good relationship, you can also go to Master Li's house as a short-term worker, and there will be a lot of people in the town." Eyebrows fluttered with pride, but the next moment it dimmed.

That was what was once intended, and now it's no longer necessary.

"On the way, I met the black guards and officers. Kang Nian continued, "We didn't know who to help, the group of officers and soldiers shouted to hand over the traitor Xue Qing, and the group of black-armored guards shouted to protect Xue Qing. ”

Speaking of which, I laughed at myself.

"Although I didn't tell them who Xue Qing was, but often mention your name, everyone knows that you are our companion, when we heard that the imperial court was chasing the traitor Xue Qing, everyone asked what was going on, the companion was a traitor, did everyone also become a traitor? I can only explain to them, it is the arrangement of the adults above. ”

"So you just stayed on the sidelines and watched. Xue Qing said, "I thought you were waiting for the yellow finch to be in ambush." ”

Kang Nian picked up the tea and said, "We are a bird! Who needs us to be behind!"

Xue Qing said: "If the bird is not a bird, it is not someone else's decision." And he said, "What about Lord Du and my mother?"

Kang Nian said: "Lord Du disbanded the Five Worm Army, he doesn't care about the matter here, the court has other arrangements for him, he let us disperse, we have no contact, your mother, Miaomiao estimates where to open a black shop, blacksmith Qi don't have to worry." He laughed at himself, "I can't starve to death." ”

Xue Qing nodded and did not speak.

There was silence inside, and the sound of people walking and laughing in the village could be heard outside, firecrackers kept ringing, and the sound of food came in with the wind lifting the curtain.

"Young Master Qingzi. Kang Nianhu said, as if he had made up his mind, "Aren't you really Emperor Baozhang?"

Xue Qing looked at him, the girl's face was calm, and said, "Brother Xiaokang, you shouldn't ask me this." ”

Who should I ask? Kang Nian was puzzled.

"Ask you. Xue Qing said, "It's the Baozhang Emperor Ji you rescued, I have lost my memory, and only you can answer this question in this world." ”

Kang Nian looked at her hand hanging at her side and clenched it, are they?

"What are we...," he muttered.

Compared with those adults in the imperial court....

Xue Qing looked at the door curtain and said, "Those who have killed the enemy and shed blood are of course considered warriors." ”

Warriors, isn't it waste? Kang Nian laughed at himself, he thought that he was very important, who thought that it was useless at all, and it was not even necessary to exist.

"How can you not be necessary? Xue Qing said.

Kang Nian said: "We were originally here to protect Emperor Baozhang, and now Emperor Baozhang doesn't need our protection, what use do we have...."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xue Qing.

"Brother Xiaokang, what are you talking about, who said that Emperor Baozhang doesn't need your protection anymore?"

Uh, Kang Nian looked at Xue Qing.

Xue Qing looked at him: "Qin Tan confessed his guilt, and the Song and Yuan traitors took the opportunity to occupy the magpie's nest, me." Stretching out his finger and pointing at himself, "Emperor Baozhang, now that you are being hunted down like a dog, your battle has just begun." ”