Sunlight shines obliquely through the gaps in the leaves, thin or thick, forming golden rays. In the warm light, fine dust flew up and down.

The jade unicorn who woke up slowly leaned his back against the tree trunk and looked at the gold ingots sitting opposite him, his eyes becoming more and more gentle.

My mother must be very happy to see him, right? After being separated for so many years, I must be very happy to be able to see my son grow up with my own eyes, right?

Thinking of this, the jade unicorn felt a faint warmth in his heart, and he was as sweet as food.

"What do you see? Want to tie me up again? The gold ingots threw away the weeds they were playing with, with a hint of sneer between his eyebrows.

Yu Qilin's heart was a little colder, he glared at him angrily, thought about it, and asked, "Is it really that no one can tie you up?" ”

Jin Yuan Bao smiled slightly, "You still don't give up?" ”

"How did you learn this?"

Jin Yuan Bao stood up with the help of the tree, slowly paced in front of the jade qilin, and looked down into her eyes, "As a fast catcher, if you don't have this unique skill, then how can you play with the thief?" ”

"Teach me." The jade unicorn's eyes widened.

Jin Yuan raised his eyebrows, "What are you learning this for?" ”

"Walking the rivers and lakes......" As soon as the jade qilin finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly covered his mouth.

"What?" Gold ingots were surprised.

Yu Qilin hurriedly defended: "I mean, if you encounter a thief in the future, you can save yourself." ”

Jin Yuan looked at her funny: "You stay at home well, how can you meet a thief?" ”

"That ......" Yu Qilin thought for a while, and immediately replied confidently: "Didn't I marry you just to make a good return." It turned out to be like this! ”

Jin Yuan Bao carefully studied her expression, and finally consciously gave in, "Okay." Seeing that you are so sincere in wanting to learn, I will teach you. It's not that hard, as long as you know how to unbuckle. ”

Jade Qilin nodded: "I will." ”

The gold ingots pouted: "I can't see it." ”

"I really will, I don't believe I'll show you." After saying that, the jade unicorn searched around and found a long strip of linen.

The gold ingots tested the strength of the strip of cloth and looked at her: "Lift your feet." ”

The jade unicorn obediently raised his right foot.

The gold ingots crouched down. He quickly looped several knots around her ankles, and then tied the other end of the strip of cloth to the tree. "Alright, you try."

"That's it? Hum! "The jade unicorn is very confident to untie the knot, but he can't untie it, for a long time. Tired and sweating. "What kind of knot are you tying?"

"A knot that deals specifically with prisoners." Jin Ingot smiled and stood up, "Practice slowly by yourself!" ”

The jade unicorn was stunned: "What? ”

Jin Yuan leaned over to look at her, and said with a smile: "You have to learn to untie the rope buckle, how can you learn if you are not tethered?" ”

The jade qilin suddenly realized, "You are taking revenge!" ”

"Hmph, tying my hands and pulling me away for so long, it almost hurt both of us to sink into the river. I'll just keep you on a leash for a while, and that's kind enough. "The gold ingot said. Flick your sleeves and walk away.

"Gold ingots!" The jade qilin was angry and continued to untie the rope buckle, but found that the rope buckle was extremely strong, "You are careful!" You untie it for me! ”

Jin Yuan Bao looked back and smiled: "Zhilu Dao is just careful." ”

Seeing the jade unicorn glaring at him, he followed her example and glared back, gloating: "What are you staring at?" No matter how much you stare at it, I won't give you a solution! Learn it yourself! ”

"You!" The jade unicorn qi knotted and sprinkled all its anger on the rope buckle.

The gold ingots wandered for a while, and then simply sat next to him, looking leisurely watching the play. After watching it for a long time, he also commented point-at-it: "It's not right for you to start in such a hurry without thinking." As I said earlier, you have to use your brain to do everything, and if you don't take a good look at how this rope buckle is played, you will start rashly, and the result can only be tighter and tighter. ”

After saying that, Jin Yuan sighed, "Alas, woman! Only made the jade unicorn so angry that he wanted to pounce on him.

The jade qilin gritted her teeth and fought with the knots, the scorching sun was getting hotter, and fine beads of sweat began to appear on her forehead.

The gold ingot looked up at the sun and patted his ass to stand up.

Seeing this, the jade qilin hurriedly asked, "Why are you going?" ”

Jin Ingot stretched his waist: "The sun makes people hot and thirsty - don't run around, I'll go get some water and come back." ”

"Run?" The jade unicorn was angry: "You tie me, how can I run??" ”

The gold ingot immediately made a look of sudden realization and nodded: "Yes, I forgot that you are still being tethered." After that, he walked up to the jade unicorn, touched her head like a pet, and said with a smile: "Wait for me to come back, don't worry, I'll be back soon!" ”

The jade unicorn raised its head to bite him, but he dodged it lightly.

"Tut-tut, what a disobedient puppy!" The gold ingots touched it two or three more times, and then turned around and left satisfied.

"Gold Ingot !!!" The jade qilin was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood, but he was firmly bound, and he had no choice but to continue to fight with the rope buckle.

It took a lot of effort for her to untie one, but there were still several dead knots waiting for her. The jade qilin couldn't help but curse: "Gold ingot, you wait, see how I clean you up!" ”

"Hah...... Gold ingots, you wait! The jade unicorn saw a stone with sharp edges, and when he turned it over, he grabbed the stone and scratched it the rope, and a rope buckle gradually loosened......

Outside the woods, the gold ingots walked back briskly with a bag of water.

Suddenly, a passer-by stepped forward, "This little brother, inquire, how to go to the capital?" ”

Jin Yuan glanced at him, "I'm not a local, you can ask someone else." ”

The passer-by smiled and asked affectionately, "Then where are you going?" ”

The gold ingot glanced at his dirty clothes, frowned, and replied coldly, "It's none of your business." With that, he took two steps forward.

At this time, the passer-by shouted coldly: "Gold ingots!" ”

The gold ingots subconsciously turned around.

"Ha Luha, I finally let Lao Tzu catch me!" The passerby smirked. Putting his finger in his mouth, a loud whistle sounded, and then. From the bushes on both sides, a dozen big men rushed out in a row, each holding a blade in his hand, looking like a bandit.

"Who are you?" The gold ingots were shocked.

"The one who traded you for money!" As soon as the passer-by waved his hand, a group of thieves rushed up, knocked down the gold ingots, and quickly tied them up.

And this scene. It fell into the eyes of the jade unicorn who had just broken free from the rope and came from afar.

The jade qilin was shocked, but there were many people on the other side, and it was not good for her to rush forward immediately. He shrewdly hid behind a boulder and watched what happened.

The thieves covered the gold ingots with a sack, encased him in it, and tied the bag tightly with a rope. So they came up and carried the sack on their shoulders. The crowd walked away quickly.

Seeing this, the jade unicorn quietly followed.

The bandits made their way through the woods to a cottage deep in the valley.

To put it simply, this cottage is also shabby, there are two broken thatched huts, and there is not even a gate, and it doesn't seem to have any climate, not to mention that the government has come to suppress it. Even the strong men gathered in the village are estimated to be able to take their old nest away.

The jade unicorn pouted in disgust. No wonder you dress so shabby, it's very unprofessional!

The jade unicorn bypassed the patrolling bandits, quietly cated to the outside of the hut where the gold ingots were kept, reached out and poked open the window paper, and carefully peeked inside.

The gold ingots were tied like a zongzi, sitting in the corner, but his expression was very calm.

Two thieves stood in front of him, looking at him as if they were cargo. One of them, the jade unicorn recognized, was the person who commanded everyone to tie up the gold ingots on the mountain road just now, and it seemed that he was a small leader.

The little leader stammered and asked the fat man next to him, "Big brother, is he it?" ”

The fat man walked up to the gold ingot, grabbed his chin, looked at it carefully, and held up a portrait of the gold ingot, compared it for a long time, and nodded: "It looks quite similar, and the accent is also from the capital, so it's not wrong." ”

The little leader immediately said excitedly: "Big brother, then a few of our brothers have made a meritorious contribution!" ”

"Hmm!" The fat man bowed his head: "You look at him, I'll go and inform the boss!" ”

"Medium!"

The fat man walked a few steps, then turned back and explained: "No one is allowed to touch him without my order." ”

"Medium!"

When the jade unicorn saw him come out, he hurriedly jumped lightly and jumped behind the thatched pile behind the house.

The fat man closed the door and walked away briskly with his hands behind his back.

It's just that a familiar tattoo appeared on his arm......

The jade qilin frowned, the scorpion tattoo seemed to have been seen many times...... She was stunned, in the inn, by the way, there was also the pair of brothers! Could it be that they are in a group?

No wonder, no wonder this cottage is so shabby, it turned out to be just a temporary den.

At this time, on the side of the road in the suburbs, Liu Wenzhao stood on the side of the road with his hands behind his back and waited.

Ah Gui walked briskly from a distance: "Childe, you have succeeded." ”

Liu Wenzhao was taken aback, "Dead and alive?" ”

"Alive."

Hearing this, Liu Wenzhao let out a long breath, and then asked, "Two?" ”

Agui shook his head: "Just gold ingots." ”

"Hmm......" Liu Wenzhao slowly looked into the distance and asked, "You have ordered it to go down?" ”

Agui bowed his head: "Son, please rest assured, I have taken care of it, and before you arrive, no one can touch a single hair of the gold ingots." ”

"Good."

Liu Wenzhao said, glancing at the gazebo in the distance, Zeng Biao and the other four people were drinking inside.

Liu Wenzhao took a few steps closer to Ah Gui and whispered in his ear, "Ah Gui, you go and deal with a few of them." ”

Ah Gui also glanced at the four of them, and nodded: "Yes." Then he turned around and walked towards the gazebo.

Squinting and glancing at the four people again, Liu Wenzhao smiled slightly, then turned over and got on the horse, galloped the horse, and rolled up the smoke and dust.

Outside the thatched hut, the jade unicorn waited for a long time, but there was no chance, when she was bored and anxious, a thief unbuckled his belt and walked over from another thatched hut, standing next to the thatched pile where the jade unicorn was, and began to urinate very uncivilized.

The jade qilin turned his head away from him in embarrassment, and had already greeted the eighteenth generation of the thief's ancestor countless times in his heart.

Just when the bandit was finished and was about to leave, the jade qilin had a plan, and when he left, he quietly stood up from behind the haystack and slapped the back of the thief's neck with a palm, and the bandit was unprepared. Fall in response.

The jade unicorn then dragged him into the haystack behind him......

A moment later, when the jade unicorn came out again, it was already covered with its face. He changed into a bandit's clothes and held the bandit's knife in his hand.

She looked left and right, and when no one was paying attention, she went to the window of the hut again and looked inside.

At this time, the sound of thieves drinking and playing in the hut was faintly heard, and it seemed that no one was missing.

Opposite the thatched hut. The little thief guarding the gold ingots obviously wanted to join, but unfortunately he had a task on his side, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. Ants in one's pants.

The gold ingot looked at the little thief and smiled.

The little thief was furious with laughter from him, looked back at him, and made a vicious appearance: "What are you laughing at?" ”

The gold ingots sneered: "You must be the most useless here." ”

"Nonsense, Lao Tzu's ability is the greatest!" The little thief's eyes widened.

"Don't talk about it~" Jin Yuan Bao looked distrustful. "You are the one you look down on the most."

"Fart!"

"You have to be really capable. Why is it that everyone else is drinking wine and eating meat, so you are allowed to drink the northwest wind here? ”

The little thief thought for a while, straightened his chest and said, "Lao Tzu is a guard!" ”

"Guards?" Jin Yuan Bao looked at him with contempt, "Do you know who is the guard?" ”

"Who?"

The gold ingots opened their mouths and spit out two words word by word: "Waste." ”

The little thief was annoyed, "You fart!" ”

"What are you angry about?" Jin Yuan smiled: "What's the difference between you and me?" I can only drool when I am starving, and I can only drool when I watch others eat and drink spicy food, and I leave you here because you are the most useless. ”

"Phew! Lao Tzu can drink it if he wants. You can eat it if you want. ”

Jin Yuan Bao rolled his eyes: "You just blow it, just blow it with an empty stomach and swallow saliva." ”

The little thief got up. I thought for a while: "Do you think Lao Tzu is stupid and wants to break Lao Tzu apart?" Lao Tzu won't be fooled by you! ”

Jin Yuan sneered: "You are not stupid, you are stupid." ”

"You!" The little thief rushed forward, grabbed him by the collar, and said viciously: "If you talk nonsense again, see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat you flat!" ”

The gold ingots said unhurriedly: "I'm tied like this, I can't move, what's the use of breaking you apart?" Such a simple truth, your leaders know the way, others know the way, but you don't know the way. As a reward for your caretaking, you may be given a bone to gnaw on later. ”

"You should be a dog! If I don't give you some color, you still don't know how many catties and taels Lao Tzu is! The little thief shook his fist at him angrily.

The gold ingots didn't blink their eyes: "Come on!" ”

"Do you think Lao Tzu doesn't dare?"

"You don't dare to touch a single hair of me, just can? You fight, after the fight, it is not your business to eat bones, it is your leaders who come to clean up your bones. ”

The little thief was very angry: "You're still energetic!" ”

"I can't even figure out the leader's mind, no wonder you've been mixed up for so many years and you're just a lowly miscellaneous soldier, no wonder you only have the share of gnawing bones, and it's the bones that others have gnawed."

After saying this, the gold ingots closed their eyes with great disdain and ignored him again.

The little thief was so angry with him that he jumped up: "Wait and see, Lao Tzu can not only eat meat, but also drink!" ”

The gold ingots ignored him at all.

"Lao Tzu is going to get wine and meat, eat it for you, and I'll be angry with you!" The little thief said, checked the rope of the gold ingot, and walked towards the door.

He walked to the door and turned around sharply, and saw that the gold ingots were still motionless with their eyes closed, so he stepped out of the door with confidence.

Listening to the footsteps of the little thief fading away, the gold ingot suddenly opened his eyes and withdrew his hand from behind his back - his breaking free stunt was in play again.

He cautiously leaned against the wall to the door, observing the movement outside the door.

The house on the other side of the mountain road was brightly lit, and the figure of the thief was faintly visible in the window, and the thieves were drinking, and no one noticed him.

The gold ingots tiptoed out of the hut, saw that there was no one nearby, and fled quickly.

Suddenly, he ran into a bandit.

The gold ingots were startled, and quickly got up and fled, but were caught by the bandits.

The gold ingots gritted their teeth and crossed their hearts: "Come on!" ”

The bandit lifted his mask, revealing a pretty face, "It's me!" ”

Jin Yuan was stunned for a moment and then reacted, his heart was at ease, and he immediately followed her closely.

The two of them held hands in the dark and slowly moved outward.

The gold ingots whispered and said with a smile: "The rope buckle is unfastened? ”

I was already angry. But now he still mentioned this matter, and the jade qilin was a little angry, but now the situation is not right. When even whispered: "Shut up! ”

The gold ingots chuckled: "It seems that it must have been cut with a stone or something." ”

The jade qilin glared back at the gold ingots in the dark, and his eyes were black and white, shining brightly.

Jin Yuan waved his hand again and again, comforting: "It's not good to be angry and embarrassed. ”

"When are you still here talking nonsense......" Jade Qilin knotted.

As soon as the two of them hid a short distance, they heard the bandits clamoring, "People have run away, chase after them!" ”

The two listened. hurriedly pulled out his legs and fled.

However, he didn't go far before he was surrounded by several bandits.

"People are here!!"

Gold ingots, look at the jade unicorn. shrugged helplessly: "Look, I ran away, but I met a stupid person, it's okay." No one wants to run. ”

The Jade Qilin was stunned. immediately reacted and said angrily: "Who do you say is stupid? ”

"There's a second besides you?"

The thieves saw that there was an extra woman, and they saw the two arguing, and they didn't know why for a while.

Seeing the opportunity, the gold ingots said as he spoke, but his hand suddenly waved back, smashing the nose of the bandit behind him.

The bandit immediately covered his nose and screamed bitterly.

The jade unicorn smiled knowingly: "I don't know if there is one!" Then he elbowed his backhand and hit the lower abdomen of a thief in the back.

The thief clutched his abdomen and crouched down in pain.

The Jade Qilin kicked down the bandits around him with a series of legs. Flee forward.

The gold ingots took advantage of the situation and slammed their heads into a bandit. Hurry after her: "Hide behind me!" With that, he reached out and wanted to pull her, wanting to protect her.

The jade unicorn twisted his waist and broke free: "Don't mother-in-law, run quickly"

Seeing that she was about to rush into the crowd again, Jin Yuan immediately grabbed her without hesitation, and then dragged her and ran out.

But no matter how much a man runs, he can't outrun the horse.

The fat bandit rode a horse and rushed over with a group of bandits when he heard the sound, and led everyone to surround the two.

The two had no choice but to stop back to back.

"Running away with a woman is trouble." The gold ingots sighed.

"You ......," the jade qilin glared angrily.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jin Yuan Bao gently stretched his legs, just in time to trip a thief who rushed towards her and eat.

"Still blame me? It's all you running in the wrong direction! The jade qilin said that, swung his knife up, and forced back the bandits who rushed towards the gold ingot.

Between you and me, the two of them actually cooperated tacitly and resisted the attacks of the bandits one by one.

The fat man was in a hurry, roared, and swung his knife at the jade unicorn: "Give me a ride!" ”

Seeing that he was the leader, the jade unicorn rushed straight up with the idea of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and snatched the knife of the thief next to him.

In the shadow of the sword and sword, the two of them have already made several moves.

And the gold ingots were like loaches, burrowing around in the crowd, and the other bandits did not get any benefit.

Seeing that he was dangerously dodging under the light of the knife, the jade unicorn became more and more anxious, and the fat thief became more and more courageous, and he gained the upper hand in a few clicks, and immediately shook a knife and rushed to the side of the gold ingots to help him break the siege.

The situation of the gold ingots relaxed a little, and then he looked around while fleeing, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the horse next to him.

While the jade unicorn was fighting with everyone, the gold ingots slowly withdrew from the circle.

Seeing this, the fat thief sneered: "Little girl, your man doesn't want you anymore!" ”

The jade qilin frowned, but still gritted his teeth and fought hard.

The gold ingots looked at the empty and turned over on the horse, the horse stood up and neighed, and when everyone saw it, they hurriedly shouted in panic: "Stop him!" ”

Unexpectedly, Jin Yuanbao's horseback riding skills were unusually skilled, and he rushed left and right to avoid everyone, and suddenly turned the horse's head unexpectedly, and everyone was caught off guard, looking at the horse's hooves raised high, panicked and got out of the way.

At this time, the jade unicorn was surrounded by all the bandits, clumsy on the left and right, at a disadvantage, and it was gradually difficult to resist.

At the moment of crisis, the gold ingots rode their horses to arrive, and he stretched out a hand towards the jade qilin: "Come up!" ”

The jade qilin stretched out his hand to borrow strength, turned over and got on the horse lightly, and sat behind him, clinging to him.

The gold ingots slapped the horse hard, and the horse neighed and galloped away.

"Chase!" The fat thief hurriedly led a group of wounded soldiers and stumbled to catch up.

When the sun set, Liu Wenzhao arrived, but found a group of thieves standing in front of the thatched hut, all of them dejected.

Liu Wenzhao's heart sank, flew off the horse, and asked, "What about people?" ”

The fat thief inked for a long time before muttering: "Report to the boss, just ran away......"

Liu Wenzhao was shocked: "Ran away? How did you run? ”

The little leader pouted: "It seems that someone answered and rescued them, and the two of them ran together!" ”

"Answering ......" Liu Wenzhao frowned and thought slightly, "Could it be her?" ”

At this time, several horses galloped over, and it was Zeng Biao and a few people.

Zeng Biao said to Liu Wenzhao angrily: "Why did Liu Gongzi come first?" Are you afraid that our brothers will get in the way? ”

Liu Wenzhao hurriedly arched his hand at him: "Lord Zeng came just in time!" Just now, the gold ingots were rescued. ”

"So what do we do now?"

Liu Wenzhao narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, with a cold light in his eyes: "Chase!" ”

***

The Jade Qilin and the Golden Ingot were riding on a horse, and the horse was running slower and slower due to physical exhaustion, and finally stopped at a fork in the road.

The gold ingots turned over and dismounted: "The horse can't run, hurry up!" Then he reached out to hold the jade unicorn.

"Wait!" The jade unicorn let go of the hand he was holding and slapped the horse's buttocks hard, and the horse ran to the left with all his might.

The jade unicorn didn't say a word, pulled the gold ingots and ran to the other side.

Jin Yuan Bao smiled: "It's quite fast to learn." ”

"Are you the only one who is smart?"

"Then why can't you untie a rope?" The gold ingots scoffed.

"Dare to say it! If you hadn't tied me—"

The gold ingots kindly corrected: "That's tethering you." ”

"Shut up! So many people are chasing and killing you, and you still leave me alone to run around, you are amazing when you are a god? What about a good brain? Any thief can kill you with one sword! ”

The jade qilin had a frustrated attack, staring and waiting for the gold ingots to reply, but she didn't expect that this time the gold ingots did not fight-for-tat, but said two words in a voice that she could barely hear.

"Thank you."

The jade qilin was stunned: "What? ”

The gold ingots laughed heartlessly: "I mean—run!" With that, he pulled the jade qilin and accelerated his escape.

I don't know what happened, the jade qilin looked at the hands of the two of them clasped tightly, but he felt like he had punched an empty punch, and his heart was empty.

***

After a while, Liu Wenzhao and his gang chased after this fork in the road, and saw the horseshoe prints on the ground at a glance.

Liu Wenzhao squatted down and gently wiped off the floating soil with his hands. He squinted at the horseshoe prints, which were very new, and looked up at the horseshoe prints, which continued into the distance of the road.

"The gold ingots are going east, chase!"

"Slow!" Zeng Biao stopped.

Liu Wenzhao looked at him in surprise.

Zeng Biao looked at the horseshoe prints: "Although the traces of the horse's hooves have gone eastward from here, the traces have begun to become shallower from here, thinking that the two of them have abandoned the horse and walked and let the horse go to confuse us." We should chase this way! ”

"I don't think so." Liu Wenzhao groaned slightly, and picked up a stone from the ground: "My lord, please look, the geology here has hardened, and the traces of horses' hooves are not enough to rely on, continue to chase along the east!" ”

Zeng Biao's face was gloomy: "Liu Gongzi is so sure? What if the east can't catch up? ”

When Liu Wenzhao heard this, he smiled indifferently: "What if I heard that Lord Zeng couldn't catch up with him here?" You're coming to apologize to the Lord? ”

"This ......," Zeng Biao muttered.

Liu Wenzhao accentuated his tone: "The Lord has authorized me to take full control of the matter of capturing the gold ingots, it is useless to say more, chase it to the east!" ”

"Chase east!" Zeng Biao gritted his teeth and turned over on the horse.

Everyone galloped to the east, Liu Wenzhao took a deep look at the other side, and muttered: "For your sake, put the gold ingots for the time being!" (To be continued......)