Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Past
It was noon, and the sun hung high in the sky, emitting a scorching light. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 There are occasional pedestrians walking by on Info Street, but they are also in a hurry. The sound of cicadas is incessant, which makes people who are already irritable by the scorching heat even more upset. The man who used to stand on the corner of the grocery store sat at the counter reading a book as if it had happened a long time ago. Now all that was left was the tightly nailed planks.
Sang Yu followed behind Granny Sang and began to learn to pick mulberry and nourish her eyes. She focused on the movements in her hands, as if her eyes were looking at the whole world, Granny Sang looked at Sang Yu's movements a little distracted, as if she was thinking about something. It's an ordinary noon in Sangyu Town.
Suddenly, the neighing of war horses and the sound of iron hooves stepping on the bluestone slab came in, breaking the quiet noon of Sangyu Town. I saw more than a dozen soldiers riding war horses and carrying long knives on their waists to Sangyu Town. The man at the head may be more appropriate to be a teenager, his face is as deep as a knife, his eyes are deep, and he purses his mouth tightly, as if he is making himself look more majestic, but what makes people care most is his clothes. In such a hot weather, he was still dressed in black and black pants and wearing black armor. One of his hands rested on the hilt of the knife at his side, tapping unconsciously. It is a simple and heavy knife, and the chill of the knife can be felt even through the scabbard.
He frowned as he looked at the boarded grocery store. Dismounting, he walked to the shop next door to the grocery store.
"Excuse me, where is the owner of this grocery store?"
The boss of the cloth village looked at this black-clothed young man, his eyes were rolling, did this young man and these people have a grudge against the Sangmo family or something? If there is a grudge, wouldn't he hurt Sang Yu's little doll. Thinking of this, the boss of the cloth village spoke in a trembling voice.
"This ...... This little general, this ...... The family next door died some time ago. Pointing at the orchid, the boss of the cloth village had a look of sincerity and fear on his face.
"What?" Listening to the words of the boss of the cloth village, the young man's eyes widened in surprise, and his expression of disbelief appeared. How so? The news that the general is going to pick up the young lady should not have caused the leakage of the news. Could it be that there is a mole in the house?
Looking at the black-clothed young man, his face first showed a surprised expression, and then his expression changed again and again, and the boss of the cloth village cautiously asked. "Little General, what is the matter with this family?" Looking at the shock of this young man, it didn't look like a fake, could it be that this was a relative of the Sangmo couple, the boss of the cloth village thought in his heart.
Glancing coldly at the boss of the cloth village, the black-clothed young man did not speak.
Looking at the eyes projected by the black-clothed young man, the boss of Buzhuang couldn't help but shudder. "That...... The family also has a young daughter......"
After listening to the words of the boss of the cloth village, the eyes of the black-clothed young man instantly lit up. "Where? Where is that child? ”
"Little ...... Little General, you're too close to me. ”
Coming back to his senses, the black-clothed young man glanced at the distance between him and the boss of the cloth village and took two steps back.
"Take me to the kid." The black-clothed young man's face showed pleading.
Sure enough, it was a relative of the couple, otherwise how could they show such a look. Thinking about it, the boss of the cloth village beckoned to the guy.
"Ah Zhong, if you take this little general to Granny Sang, you will say that this little general is here to find Xiao Yu."
Turning his head, the boss of the cloth village rubbed his hands and smiled. "Hehe, little general, just follow my buddy."
"Thank you." As he spoke, the black-clothed young man took out a cloth bag from his arms and put it on the counter of the cloth village, and then turned to the guy named Ah Zhong.
"Lead the way."
"Yes, yes, yes." Ah Zhong was shocked by the aura emanating from the black-clothed young man. He nodded and led the black-clothed young man to Granny Sang's residence. But he couldn't help muttering in his heart, obviously he and this teenager looked the same age but the difference was so big. But then he put the idea behind him, and Granny Sang's abode arrived.
"That's it, that's it." Ah Zhong's footsteps stopped in front of the door of a small courtyard.
The black-clothed young man looked up at the door of the small courtyard, the red paint on the door had peeled off, revealing the original dark wood. The surrounding walls are full of potholes, which seem to be the marks of time.
"Knock on the door." The young man in black's words were concise and crisp.
Ah Zhong nodded, then stepped forward and pulled the rusty knocker on the door. "Granny Sang. Are you there? ”
"What's wrong?" Moments later, as the door opened, an old woman of about fifty years of age poked her head out.
"Granny Sang, that's the case, this little general is here to find Xiaoyu." Ah Zhong rubbed his hands, bent down and said to Granny Sang.
Granny Sang listened to Ah Zhong's words, and she raised her eyes to look at the young man in black clothes who was standing not far behind Ah Zhong. "Come in." Saying that, Granny Sang let go of her body and motioned for Ah Zhong and the black-clothed young man to enter the small courtyard.
When the black-clothed boy walked into the small courtyard, he saw that there were large and small dustpans in the small courtyard, and there were countless silkworm chrysalis in it. In the middle of these things sat a little white-carved doll, no more than three or four years old, with two small pigtails on its head. Is this Miss Feiyan's child, the future young master of the Xie clan?
"Xiaoyu, come here." Granny Sang beckoned to Sang Yu.
Sang Yu listened to Granny Sang's words, put down the mulberry leaves in her hand, she stood up and walked slowly in front of Granny Sang.
"Young master. The subordinate has come to pick you up and take you home. The black-clothed young man suddenly knelt in front of Sang Yu.
Looking at the changes in front of her, Sang Yu's face was not shocked, she just tilted her head and looked at the young man in front of her with amber eyes. But in fact, she didn't quite understand what the big black-clothed brother in front of her was doing.
Granny Sang looked at the expression on Sang Yu's face and knew that Sang Yu didn't understand anything at this time.
"Xiaoyu, do you want to be with your family?" Granny Sang spoke slowly.
Sang Yu thought of his parents and nodded.
"Then now this brother in front of you is going to take you to meet your family, do you want to follow him?"
Sang Yu wanted to nod, but suddenly she thought of something. "What about Granny San?"
"Of course, Granny Sang will continue to stay in Sang Yu Town." Granny Sang, who said this, touched Sang Yu's head.
"Hmm." Sang Yu listened to Granny Sang's words, she frowned and thought. She wanted to see her family, but she also wanted to be with Granny Sang.
Looking at the tangled look on Sang Yu's face because of thinking, Granny Sang showed a loving smile. "Xiaoyu can come back to see her mother-in-law even if she goes home with this brother."
"Really?" Sang Yu turned his head to look at the black-clothed young man beside him.
The black-clothed young man was stared at by Sang Yu, and he spoke. "Yes. As long as the young master wants to, he can come back. "The premise is that the young master can persist in the tempering of the Xie family's nine deaths. But the young man in black didn't say the latter sentence.
"Okay, then I'm going home."
"Well, please, this kid." Granny Sang's hoarse voice came. The young man in black looked up and saw that Granny Sang's eyes were a kind of wisdom that had seen everything.
"Murong Yao should protect the young master." It turned out that this black-clothed young man was called Murong Yao. He looked at Granny Sang, and there was a depth in his dark eyes.
"The old woman has nothing to entertain, if you don't dislike the little general, you and your twelve companions outside the door will rest and rest before leaving."
After Granny Sang's words were finished, Murong Yao was shocked, the old woman in front of her was not simple, and she even noticed how many people. A thought flickered in his mind, and he groaned and spoke. "Then it's troublesome."
"It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, it's been a long time since my wife has had a lively meal with so many people." With that, Granny Sang walked into the kitchen.
Murong Yao stood up and turned his head to look at Ah Zhong. "Thanks for leading the way."
"No, no, no, nothing." Ah Zhong looked at Murong Yao, who had a serious look on his face, and showed a somewhat flattered look on his face. "Since there's nothing to do, then I'll take my leave." As he spoke, Ah Zhong scratched his head and left Granny Sang's residence.
"When are you going to see it?" After Ah Zhong left, Murong Yao suddenly spoke. Sang Yu looked at Murong Yao inexplicably, and saw twelve heads emerging from outside the wall in turn.
"Yo, hello young master." One of the men smiled brightly and beckoned to Sang Yu.
"Yo." Sang Yu was stunned and beckoned like a man.
Immediately afterwards, twelve men dressed in black with knives at their waists also jumped into the courtyard. The small courtyard, which was not very large, suddenly became crowded.
Granny Sang, who was in the kitchen, looked at the scene of wanting to tease Sang Yu in the courtyard but was opened by Murong Yao, and a smile appeared on her old face, although she didn't know if it was right to do this, but in this troubled world, someone with such skills should be able to protect Xiao Yu.
Seeing that several companions always wanted to stretch out their claws and pinch Sang Yu's face, Murong Yao picked up Sang Yu and blocked the claws of his companions with his hands. "You guys are too rude to the young master."
"Yaoyao is still talking about us, obviously the most rude is you, and you are still holding the young master." Looking at Murong Yao, who was pretending to be an old man, several companions teased.
"No, it's not, it's obviously your ......" Murong Yao stammered nervously because she was being teased.
"Oh yes. I'm shy. ”
Sang Yu was lying in Murong Yao's arms, and the Xuanjia on the young man holding her was still a little hot on her skin, but the young man's not broad shoulders and arms reminded her of her father. Rubbing in Murong Yao's arms, Sang Yu hugged Murong Yao tightly. didn't know that her actions made Murong Yao stiff.
Looking at Murong Yao's stiff body because of Sang Yu's movements, his companion did not let go of this rare opportunity to tease Murong Yao.
"I also want to be hugged by the young master." The man who greeted Sang Yu before hugged him tightly at the moment, and deliberately made an intoxicated expression on his face.
"Hey, you ......" Murong Yao wanted to swing his fist as usual, but suddenly realized that he was still holding Sang Yu.
The noise rang out in this small courtyard for a long time. Until Granny Sang came out of the kitchen and spoke to a dozen people in the yard. "It's time to eat."