As the sun sets and night falls, the night is about to envelop the whole world.

Winter nights always come on time.

"How long will it take?" Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet completely dark, Xia Han waved the reins harder, and asked Xia Xue on the side while taking advantage of the gap in the turn ahead.

The wind was strong, and Shi Qingqing, who was sitting behind Xia Han, couldn't hear the words clearly, but Xia Xue, who was behind Shi Qingqing, replied carefully, "Turn over the mountain in front of you and you'll be there!" ”

Shi Qingqing was very surprised to look at Xia Xue, who was seriously hurrying to protect Xia Han, and couldn't help but think of the martial arts books he had seen before.

As Xia Xue's words fell, Xia Han sped up even more.

The mountain road here is difficult to walk, and there are several collapses due to heavy rain a few days ago, so if it gets dark, I am afraid that I will not be able to ride a horse anymore.

Shi Qingqing understood that he couldn't control his already numb ass at this time, and with Xia Han's acceleration, Shi Qingqing also tightly wrapped around Xia Han's waist.

……

About an hour or two had passed, and it was completely dark, and his eyes could not see at all.

But fortunately, Shi Qingqing and the three of them had come to the outskirts of the village.

As far as the eye can see, you can still see the candles jumping in front of the window.

Xia Han reined in his horse in front of the village gate, and Xia Xue behind him jumped down and walked to Shi Qingqing's side to help Shi Qingqing dismount.

After Shi Qingqing dismounted, Xia Han also followed.

Shi Qingqing was still adjusting to the pain of the two separate buttocks coming together at this time, but Xia Han didn't look at her and went straight into the village.

Seeing this, Xia Xue also led two horses to follow behind.

Shi Qingqing: "......"

On the importance of appearance!

Shi Qingqing thought to himself, if he was as beautiful as a fairy, they would not be able to line up to deliver tea and water to the front of the ground, pinch their shoulders and beat their backs?

Somehow, Shi Qingqing suddenly thought of Xia Han's expressionless appearance and hunched his waist to please himself, and he felt secretly refreshed in his heart!

Shi Qingqing hurriedly covered his mouth and almost laughed.

Then he raised his eyes and saw that Xia Han and the two had gone away, and the surrounding darkness was pitch black, and the wind whistled through the forest, like a ghost crying wolf.

Shi Qingqing hurriedly limped forward, "Wait for me, wait for me......"

Well, that's the end of the dream.

When Shi Qingqing chased after him, Xia Xue was politely asking in front of a farmhouse, while Xia Han was wearing a cloak and hiding his face in the shadows, and his whole body was also in the dark place.

"Grandpa, do you know where the Begonia family lives?" Xia Xue asked.

The old man was kind and white-haired, and there was a little guy in a patched shirt at the head of the house who was hiding behind the door and looking at it secretly.

The old man's hearing was not very good, Xia Xue almost shouted at the top of her voice, and the old man's answer was still that the bull's head was not the horse's mouth.

"What? Looking at the sea? We don't have the sea here, if you want to see the sea, you have to go to Soochow, the sea there is big! ”

Seeing this, Xia Xue asked again a few times, but unfortunately the old man only heard that sentence.

"What? Not to see the sea? Going to sea? ”

"It's not going to sea either? Going to fish hunting? ”

“……”

"Oh... You're going to find someone, didn't I tell you! You're looking for the sea, you're going to Soochow! The old man was a little anxious, as if he didn't understand why the tough young man in front of him had such a bad brain......

Shi Qingqing pursed her lips and smiled, it was rare to see Xia Xue, who was always good-tempered, also had such a helpless time.

Shi Qingqing limped to the front of the house with his trouser legs, beckoned to the little guy behind the door, and said softly: "This little brother, do you know that there is a sister named Begonia here?" ”

The little boy was startled when he saw Shi Qingqing's inquiry, and retracted half of his exposed head.

Shi Qingqing didn't give up, and said: "My sister is a friend of Sister Begonia, I heard that something happened to her and I want to come and see her, can you take my sister there?" ”

After a while, the little boy slowly poked his head out, looking at Shi Qingqing's eyes and constantly turning, it seemed that he really knew that begonia.

Shi Qingqing seized the opportunity and said, "Sister heard that Sister Haitang's father is not in good health, so I specially brought something to give to Sister Haitang's family, can you take Sister Haitang there?" Shi Qingqing smiled gently at the little boy, and slowly stretched out his hand to wait for the little boy.

Xia Xue and the old man who was asking both stopped, looking at Shi Qingqing, who had been stretching out his hand, Xia Xue's eyes were full of surprise and he hurriedly turned his head to look at Xia Han.

But I saw that Xia Han just squinted at Shi Qingqing, deep and quiet, unable to see joy and anger, and couldn't figure out his thoughts.

The old man couldn't hear clearly, thinking that Shi Qingqing was going to take the little guy away, so he suddenly stepped forward and pushed Shi Qingqing to the ground, and drove Shi Qingqing and a few people to leave.

Shi Qingqing was originally squatting on the ground, and she was also aware of the anger coming from the old man, but her butt hurt so badly that there was no way to avoid it immediately.

I could only let the old man use all his strength to push himself down......

Shi Qingqing seemed to be able to sense a strong wind behind him, and he gave himself a hand, so that his pain was reduced a little.

The little boy saw Shi Qingqing's brows furrowed, and knew that Shi Qingqing was enduring the pain, and he didn't resist his grandfather's cruel behavior.

hurriedly ran out, grabbed the corner of his grandfather's clothes who was about to step forward again, and 'pointed fingers'.

At this time, Shi Qingqing, who had been helped up by Xia Xue, saw the little guy's movements, and couldn't help but be surprised, he turned out to be a dumb person?

The little guy gestured to the old man, and the old man seemed to finally understand.

He apologized to Shi Qingqing, "I'm really sorry, are you okay?" It turns out that you are here to find Begonia, her house is on the very side, I will let the little stone take you there. After saying that, he patted the little guy who called the little stone.

Shi Qingqing and the others naturally didn't care about the old man, so they shook it immediately and said that they were fine, thank you for your help.

When a few people were about to leave, the last Xia Han took out a gold leaf from his arms and threw it into the old man's hand, regardless of the old man's shouting of 'heartbreaking' behind him, and went straight to catch up with Shi Qingqing and the others.

The old man's voice was quite loud, perhaps because of his poor hearing, and Shi Qingqing, who had already walked away, could hear it very clearly.

I can't help but think to myself, it turns out that Xia Han also has such a kind side.

The little stone holding Shi Qingqing's hand seemed to hear it, and his eyes looked at Shi Qingqing innocently.

Shi Qingqing only smiled back, it's okay!

……

About a stick of incense passed, Shi Qingqing and a few people came to Begonia's home.

It was a simple house made of thatched mud walls, and even so, the mud walls had cracks in the sun of the past two days, and looked in the darkness of the night, like a large python hovering over it.

Extremely terrifying.

Shi Qingqing thought that it would not be appropriate for the little guy to hear about it later, so he bowed down and said softly to the little guy: "Little stone, this is the Begonia family, right?" Thank you Xiaoshi for bringing my sister over, Xiaoshi will go back first, be careful on the road. After speaking, he handed the lantern that the old man handed to him when he left, and then handed it to the little stone, and watched the little stone leave.

It wasn't until the little stone entered the house that he withdrew his gaze.

And the little stone seemed to know that Shi Qingqing was looking at him from behind, and beckoned to Shi Qingqing before entering the house, indicating that he had arrived safely in the house before entering the door.

Shi Qingqing couldn't help but smile.

The village seems to be extremely poor, and the number of people in the village is very small, and it is also very scattered, with a sparse number of families located in the north and south directions.

Shi Qingqing looked at Xia Han who was looking at him, and the brim of his hat happened to cover the eyes that gathered the beautiful scenery of the world, like an eagle and a cherry.

smiled at him, smiling very happily, like a spring breeze on his face, everything sprouted, Shi Qingqing actually didn't know, what he was laughing at, and he didn't know if he could see it.

Perhaps, Shi Qingqing is like this, just because Xia Han can't see it!

"Master, let's go in!" Xia Xue looked around and made sure it was safe before she stepped forward and bowed down to ask for instructions.

Xia Han nodded lightly, his lips pursed, as if the other party had really not seen the scene.

Seeing this, Xia Xue stepped forward and knocked lightly.

The country people went to bed early, and Begonia's family seemed to have gone to bed, and when they heard the knock on the door, they could hear the sound of Suosuo's dressing, and then, the faint candle flame was lit.

The lady who met Shi Qingqing today came dressed and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Seeing this, Shi Qingqing hurriedly responded: "Auntie is me!" ”

The eldest lady seemed to think for a moment, then stepped forward to take a closer look, and found that it was Shi Qingqing, and her face suddenly changed.

"You still dare to come, your master doesn't have a good thing, I want to kill you, avenge my daughter, I want to kill you!" As she spoke, the eldest lady casually picked up the stick of the latch door and waved it at Shi Qingqing.

Shi Qingqing never expected that the eldest lady who had told him well this morning would actually make a move, and when she couldn't dodge it for a while, the stick would fall straight on Shi Qingqing's head.

Bang -

Shi Qingqing was recalled by this sound, raised his eyes to look, and saw that Xia Han actually blocked the general trend of the eldest lady with his hand.

In less than a moment, the stick turned to powder......

Xia Xue stepped forward with an arrow step and was about to swing her sword directly at the eldest lady, but was stopped by Xia Han.

Shi Qingqing seemed to be shocked by the scene in front of him and didn't have time to react, so he looked at Xia Han's arm in a daze, I don't know if there was blood, or if it hurt my muscles and bones, the stick was so big......

"This eldest lady, about your going to the Zaifu's house today to state your grievances, the Zaifu has already known, and the evidence you provided wants you to testify in court, as you said, there is something going on in this matter, so we were sent by the Zaifu to protect you, are you willing to go to Beijing with us?" Xia Han hid his identity in his words and made his intentions clear.

Shi Qingqing's eyelids jumped when Xia Han said this, he knew so clearly about the affairs of his father's mansion?

"You all get out of here, are you trying to lie to me again, what is going to Beijing, I will never believe you again." When the lady heard this, not only did she not immediately treat her with courtesy, but she was even more annoyed.

Shi Qingqing couldn't help but be very surprised, the eldest mother's behavior at this time was completely similar to the person this morning.

Shi Qingqing closed his eyes and sniffed lightly, and a fragrance came from behind the door behind the eldest lady, which was not closed, it was the smell of meat.

Looking at the feet of the eldest lady, there is a pair of brand-new cloth shoes, and you can still see the fluff inside when you turn it out......

"Auntie, if you have received money from others and want to give up avenging your daughter, we can understand, why do you want to drive us away so viciously?" Shi Qingqing couldn't help but be a little angry, this morning's day kept saying that she could do anything for her daughter, and in just one afternoon, she actually accepted the settlement money from others, ate meat and put on new shoes!

The eldest lady was told by Shi Qingqing that she was thinking, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, but she glanced at Xia Han on the side, and then calmed down, and did not admit Shi Qingqing's words.

"The people of your master's family are really not things, and they still dare to slander me, I just sold your piece of rice and the things that the villagers funded me, you, hurry up and get out of here, get out of here!"

Shi Qingqing only felt funny, the people in this village are poorer than the other, and they can't take care of themselves, where is the spare money to fund this eldest lady?

"Auntie, what are you wearing?" Shi Qingqing did not shy away from pointing to the core, wearing his own clothes, he dared to open his eyes and say nonsense, Shi Qingqing had never seen such a ruthless mother.

The eldest lady looked down, and then realized that she had hastily put on the coat that Shi Qingqing had given herself this morning, and immediately became angry and shouted: "Come on, come on, outsiders have come to bully us 'orphans and widows'!" ”

"You ......" Shi Qingqing wanted to say something more, but was pulled by Xia Han.

Shi Qingqing looked in the direction pointed by Xia Han, and every household who had already turned off the lights to rest heard the sound of the eldest lady and lit up the candle flame one after another, and some people who couldn't light the candle flame actually put on their clothes and picked up the hoe and rushed over directly......

There was a coughing sound and the cries of children and daughters in the eldest mother's room......

That's it.

"Let's go!" Shi Qingqing didn't want to stay too long, she wanted to go back.

Xia Han glanced at Shi Qingqing, who was expressionless at this time, and his lowered eyes covered the disappointed look under his eyes, like the abandoned kitten he had seen on the side of the road that winter.

……

The lady was still shouting loudly, and when she saw Xia Han smashing the wooden stick with her bare hands, she didn't dare to step forward, but she just fell to the ground crying and shouting, seeing that the crowd of people copying the guys was getting closer and closer, Xia Xue couldn't help but be led by a horse that was tied up outside, with an eager expression, "Master, let's go!" "After that, I won't say another word.

Xia Xue knew that Xia Han must understand that no matter how strong Xia Xue's force is, it will not be used on ordinary people, otherwise he will be impeached by civil and military officials tomorrow.

"Let's go!" Xia Han looked at Shi Qingqing, who was motionless, and the eldest lady who was still crying on the ground, thought for a moment, and then made up his mind.

Stretched out his hand, took Shi Qingqing in his arms, flew on the horse, and walked away.

Narrowly brushed with a hoe and axe thrown by the villagers.

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