On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the general's wife was kidnapped, which alarmed the people in the palace. After all, there is a lady living in the palace in this general's mansion, and she can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, and now such a thing happens at the feet of the Son of Heaven for the New Year, and the emperor will naturally not sit idly by.

On the first day of the new year, the emperor photographed the eunuch who announced the decree and told Chu Yuntian that he would send personnel from the government to help find someone together.

After Chu Yuntian thanked Long En, he accepted the order.

With the help of the government, it is naturally better, Chu Yun Tianzhi painted a portrait and wanted Xiao Wu in general.

After the old man and wife Chu woke up, they heard the news that Fang Su had been robbed, and they were naturally shocked, especially the old lady Chu, who was frightened at the beginning.

While comforting his mother, Chu Yuntian ordered Ding Sheng to hurry up and track down Fang Su's whereabouts.

At this time, Fang Su, after leaving the broken temple alone, was at a loss, he forgot that in ancient times, there was no map, no flat road to follow the passers-by.

Fang Su walked for a long time without knowing the direction, and the sky was already dark.

At this time, Fang Su was cold and hungry, his whole body was painful and sore, he had been jolting on the horse for a day, and the whole person was fainting, Fang Su was afraid that he would faint to the ground in the next second.

Fortunately, after Fang Su walked for about ten minutes, a small village appeared in front of him. Fang Su was surprised and delighted, he took out the last bit of strength and walked quickly towards the village.

After entering the village, it was already completely dark, as soon as Fang Su stepped into the village, there were earth dogs barking at him constantly, Fang Su was a little scared in his heart, but he still straightened his back and knocked on the wooden door of the first house.

It was very dark, there was no moon in the sky, only three or two stars, and the people in the village could not see their fingers except for the little lonely lamp fire coming from the house.

Fang Su wrapped the clothes on his body, and seeing that the people in the room did not react, he knocked again, and after a while, he coughed, and then the people inside asked, "Who." ”

Fang Su cleared his throat and replied: "I am passing by below, it is already dark at this time, I want to spend the night, I don't know if it is convenient." ”

There was no answer in the room for half a while, only a cough.

"You go somewhere else, it's inconvenient for me."

Fang Su looked up at the dark village and decided to be cheeky and beg the person in front of him.

"That, I am a scholar who wants to enter Beijing to catch the exam, but I didn't expect to be robbed on the road, and they took advantage of their negligence in guarding against the New Year last night to get out, and I hope that Engong will do well, and I will do my best to repay him after the next day."

The people in the room were silent for a while, and then opened the door, it was very dark, and Fang Su couldn't see his face clearly.

The man looked at Fang Su for a moment, then spoke, "Come in." ”

Fang Su didn't care if he was a good person or a bad person at this time, he just wanted to hurry in and warm up and eat something.

After entering the house, Fang Su followed a little glimmer to see the person in front of him clearly, he was about thirty years old, Fang Su seemed to be nearly a head shorter when standing beside him, his lips were pale, but his face was abnormally red, his eyes were sharp and deep, although he was dressed as a farmer, but Fang Su, who had studied martial arts for a while, knew that this person was definitely not an ordinary country man.

Fang Su looked at him, listening to his coughing from time to time, and felt that he seemed to have some kind of lung injury.

The man seemed to live alone, and after leading Fang Su into the house, he continued to eat silently.

Fang Su was already hungry, and seeing others eating hot meals at this time, even some coarse tea and light rice, made his appetite widen.

Seeing Fang Su standing to the side stunned, the man looked up at him and said, "Don't dislike that there are dishes and chopsticks over there, go serve the meal yourself." ”

The man's voice was hoarse, and he couldn't help coughing as soon as he spoke, and Fang Su concluded that this person must have suffered internal injuries.

"Thank you." After Fang Su hurriedly thanked him, he followed the direction indicated by this person and filled a bowl of rice by himself.

Two strangers were at the same table, neither of them spoke, Fang Su was hungry, and the person probably didn't want to speak.

After Fang Su finished eating, the man silently cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Fang Su had just eaten other people's food, so he was naturally embarrassed to watch others work, and quickly stood up to help.

"No, you don't." The man said without raising his head.

Fang Su continued to help, only to see that the man gently pinched Fang Su's wrist, and suddenly his entire arm went numb.

As soon as Fang Su's hand was released, the bowl he was holding in his hand slid down from his hand, only to see the man move quickly to pick it up, and then slowly clean up the table.

This person is not simple, Fang Su said in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little defensive.

Today was the first night of the Lunar New Year, but this person was alone eating a little coarse tea and light rice, and he also took in a stranger unguarded, which made Fang Su wary of him and a little curious at the same time.

After the man finished cleaning up, Fang Su hesitated and asked, "You, have you suffered internal injuries?" ”

The man raised his eyes and glanced at Fang Su carelessly, but did not answer, but pointed to the firewood room outside the house and said, "You sleep there at night." ”

Fang Su glanced at the firewood room outside the house, except for the roof, it was empty all around, and it was full of firewood.

"This ......" Fang Su said with some hesitation: "It's too cold at night, I'm afraid I'll ...... if I sleep there"

The man raised his head and glanced at Fang Su coldly, "If you don't want to sleep, get out." ”

Fang Su was stunned by him, and then touched his nose with some embarrassment, he looked up and looked at where this person lived, there was only one room.

It seems that he really has to live in the firewood room tonight, Fang Su thought to himself, he sighed, hoping that he could carry it through tonight.

After seeing Fang Su walking towards the firewood room, the man entered the room and closed the door.

Fang Su shrank in the airy firewood room around him, hugged himself tightly with both hands, and suddenly thought in his mind that the colder it was, the more he had to move, otherwise the more he shrunk, the colder it became.

Just when Fang Su was thinking about whether to dance a square dance in this firewood room, the strange-tempered man in the room walked out with a quilt in his hand, he threw the quilt on Fang Su, and then entered the room silently.

"Good man, really good man." Fang Su hugged the quilt and was moved.

It's still cold with a quilt, but it's better than nothing.

Fang Su leaned on the firewood, wrapped himself in the quilt, and slept quietly.

He was woken up in the middle of the night, it was the end of winter, and it was estimated that it was a few degrees below zero in the middle of the night, and Fang Su was still shivering from time to time wrapped in the quilt.

"It's so cold," Fang Su sniffed, remembering the small courtyard in the General's Mansion.

"Alas" Fang Su sighed and shook his head, he came out, and he still wanted to do what he wanted, and then he kept jumping up in this small firewood room wrapped in the quilt.

Fang Su's noise was too loud, the person in the room was already agile, and at this time, listening to Fang Su making a lot of noise outside, he frowned, got up and walked out.

Fang Su was taken aback by the owner of the house who suddenly appeared at the door, he wrapped himself in the quilt, and said tremblingly: "I, I'm too cold, so get up and exercise." ”

The man looked at Fang Su's purple lips in silence, and said in a dumb voice, "Come in." ”

Fang Su saw that the man had allowed him to enter the house by himself, so he hurriedly ran out of the firewood room and entered the house.

The room was much warmer, Fang Su held the quilt in his arms, and said with a discussion: "Big, big brother, the firewood room is too cold, why don't I sleep in the kitchen?" ”

"Whatever you want, if you wake me up again, I'll blast you out." The man threw out the sentence and went back to the room.

Fang Su crept into the kitchen with the quilt in his arms.

Leaning on the stove, Fang Su wrapped the quilt, and at this time, the rats were "squeaking" not far from Fang Su.

Fang Su was not afraid of mice, but he was afraid that the rats would wake up the owner of the house, and it was he who would suffer, so he stretched out a finger to his lips and made a "void" gesture towards the mice.

It's a pity that the rat didn't understand Fang Su's intentions, and shook his head and got into the hole in the corner.

Fang Su sighed and closed his eyes again.

In the General's Mansion on the other side, Chu Yuntian was sitting alone in the room, holding the broken silver that Fang Su wrapped himself with a red cloth on Chinese New Year's Eve yesterday.

He looked down quietly for a long time, and then held it tightly in the palm of his hand.

"Fang Su." Chu Yuntian lowered his head and shouted softly.

Fang Su, who was squinting and dozing off in the kitchen, opened his eyes suddenly, just now, as if he had dreamed of Chu Yuntian......

Fang Su was kicked awake early in the morning, he rubbed his eyes, and found that there was an unknown uncle standing in front of him, Fang Su reacted immediately, stood up suddenly, held the quilt in his arms, and said to the person in front of him with a smile: "Morning, big brother, thank you so much yesterday." ”

The man glanced at Fang Su, pulled the quilt from his hand, then looked up at the outside of the house and said, "You can go." ”

"That ......" Fang Su hesitated and said: "I have been tied up for a long time, and I don't know the way at this time, and I hope that the eldest brother can tell me how far this place is from the capital." ”

"I don't know." The man shook off a sentence coldly, and then turned around and walked away with the quilt, and he listened without taking two steps, and said without looking back: "If I come out again and find that you are still in the house, I will throw you out." ”

Fang Su knew that this person really didn't welcome him, he stood behind the person, bowed, thanked him sincerely, and then took out a piece of silver from his bosom and put it on the table, and walked towards the door.

After Liu San heard the people outside the house leave, he coughed softly, then turned around and walked out of the room.

Seeing the bright ingot of silver on the table, Liu San's eyes darkened.

How stupid is this person, afraid that others will not know that he has money on him?

Liu San forgot to forget about the door, and said in a hoarse voice: "But what does it matter to me, a dying person." Then he slipped the money into a drawer.

After Fang Su walked out of Liu San's house, he finally saw what this village looked like, it was still early in the morning, Fang Su looked and didn't find any pedestrians, so he planned to find a stream, wash his face, and ask him what kind of place it was when he met pedestrians.