On the road to Hejian Province, there are refugees fleeing from Hedong everywhere.

The entire Hedong was hit by the autumn flood first, and most of the people were displaced.

It's a pity that the later White Lotus Sect bandits made Zhang Zhengyuan unable to provide disaster relief, and this time the White Lotus Bandit disaster was even worse than the Autumn Flood.

Hedong is full of thieves and bandits who want to kill people, and there are also some bandits and robbers, who take the opportunity to go down the mountain and plunder the refugees.

Later, there were many wars, and there were even more corpses everywhere, and Li Xin had more than 10,000 people, and no one could clean up the corpses, and every time they were hastily buried.

Hedong is full of wild dogs that eat dead bodies, and the instinct for survival allows the people of Hedong to escape from the whirlpool of this disaster.

In the wilderness, a light is like a bean.

Several carriages were scattered outside the store, more than ten people were around, except for a few people who looked at the wind, the rest of the people used water to take dry food, and the store only stayed in the store, and could not provide food for so many people.

Moreover, there are more and more refugees, and many small shops in the suburbs are afraid that the hungry refugees will rob them of food, and they are reluctant to sell food when they are idle.

Chen Fu moved a few stones, set up a stone furnace in three or five clicks, and asked while adding fire, "Brother Wu, where is this?" ”

At his feet, squatting was an earthy yellow puppy, lying on the ground wagging its tail.

Not far away there is a dark jungle, and from time to time a flock of birds soars.

"The front is Tonghua Village, this place is really hard to find, not to mention the rugged road, there is such a forest, Tonghua Village... Probably not a good place. ”

Chen Fu breathed a long sigh of relief, touched the box in his hand, and finally arrived.

The contents of this box are not the elders of the Chen family, but they are the godfathers of the second uncle.

Chen Fu looked at the scale of this small shop, shook his head and said: "It's not early, everyone in the village must be asleep, let's all live outside today, so as not to disturb the villagers, and go into the village tomorrow to find someone." ”

The big men laughed and said, "They all listen to the little steward." ”

Chen Fu's face flushed, and after the second uncle left, let him temporarily take charge of Qin Fengying.

The boys made fun of themselves and called themselves little stewards, and the name became popular.

The man surnamed Wu is named Wu Yicheng, one of Chen Shou's personal guards, and he specially asked him to protect Chen Fu when he went out this time. Wu Yicheng put a piece of dried meat in his mouth, chewed it slowly and swallowed it, and said with a smile: "Although this shop can't hold so many of us, but one little steward is more than enough, why don't you go in and rest for the night, and the brothers camp outside." ”

Chen Fu hurriedly raised his two palms, waved his hands and said, "No, no, how can it be done." ”

After finishing speaking, he put down his hand, and said after a while: "I will live with everyone, and after eating in a while, we will camp together." ”

Along the way, everyone liked this little steward very much, although he was Chen Changshou's own nephew, but his personality was completely different.

Chen Changzhi scolds and scolds at every turn, and his temper is very stinky, especially if you break the rules, even if you break the sky, you don't want him to be merciful.

But the little steward is kind, that is, he is very sorry for the small animals, and he picked up a puppy with a broken leg on the road, and he has always kept it by his side.

A few days ago, I saw an injured father and daughter on the road, and he also had people bandage them and leave some food.

It's just that he is the same as his second uncle, that is, he is stubborn, as long as it is a matter of decision, it is useless for others to persuade him.

Wu Yicheng knew about his virtue, and he no longer persuaded him, and was about to clap his hands and stand up and set up camp, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the jar with ashes, his eyes rolled and he smiled: "Little steward, it doesn't matter if you are outside, but when you get to your father-in-law's homeland, you can't let him float outside." Before entering the ancestral grave, it was too unlucky. ”

Chen Fu sighed and asked, "There is still this saying, why doesn't it matter on the road?" ”

"At that time, I hadn't arrived at Tonghua Village."

Chen Fu hurriedly picked up the wooden box holding the jar, recited a few words silently, and said, "Then I'll go to the hotel, I'll put the box down in a while, and come out to help you set up camp." ”

Wu Yicheng laughed, "Then we will thank the little steward." ”

Chen Fu entered the store, an old man was dozing off with his cheeks on his back, Chen Fu stepped forward and knocked on the table gently, "Uncle, I want to open a room." ”

The old man opened his eyes, bared a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said, "Please go upstairs." ”

went up to the second floor, the old man turned on the light and took Chen Fu into a room, and the cleaning was quite clean.

Chen Fu lit the oil lamp, first put the box away, and the moment the old man turned around and closed the door, he saw his movements.

By the faint light, I saw that the box was surrounded by fine silk.

The old man is a knowledgeable person, these layers of juan are worth a few taels of silver, and then looking at Chen Fu's cautious movements, a trace of cunning flashed in the corners of his eyes.

After a long journey along the way, Chen Fu slept in the open every day, and finally had an inn, and he was about to sleep soundly.

A puppy beside the bed, burying its head in its paws, Chen Fu suddenly remembered something, picked it up, and put it at the end of the bed.

In the middle of the night, a breeze blew, and a black figure came down from the beam.

The puppy opened his eyes and stared round, as if he was very afraid, but did not wake up his master.

It stared at it deadly, only to see the black shadow holding the box and slowly disappearing from the room, without any intention of approaching the bed, and the puppy began to bite Chen Fu's feet.

After biting for a while, seeing that Chen Fu did not move, it climbed to the head of the bed and sniffed, jumped out of bed, and sniffed where the box was placed.

Some people have their lives on their hands, and they will have a different temperament, which people may not feel, but keen beasts can perceive it.

Especially dogs, where many butchers pass by, no matter how fierce the dog is, they dare not bark.

The black shadow just now made the puppy inexplicably afraid, and then it was sure that Chen Shou was fine, so he wagged his tail and fell asleep under the bed.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, when the rooster crowed, Chen Fu got up and looked at the head of the bed for the first time.

Ah screamed, Wu Yicheng, who was feeding the horses outside, changed his face and broke in with someone.

I saw Chen Fu's anxious expression, rummaging everywhere, looking annoyed.

"Little steward?"

Chen Fu turned his head, his eyes were a little red and swollen, and said, "Grandpa Yue's ashes are gone... I lost it. ”

The purpose of the group's trip was to let Yue Xiang return to his roots, but at the last step, the ashes were gone, and everyone was a little discouraged.

Wu Yicheng said: "It's okay, let's look everywhere, there should be a thief who saw that the box was of good quality, thought it was a good thing, and stole it." The little steward doesn't have to be frustrated, this kind of thing is very common, we look for it carefully, and it is not difficult to find it back. ”

"Li Hong, you go and interrogate the shopkeeper here, Huang San, you take someone to the town in the east to find out about the nearby broken houses."

Wu Yicheng shouted to everyone and scattered to search, while he himself looked for some clues in the room.

Chen Fu was extremely uncomfortable, walked outside, squatted on the ground and covered his face.

Someone wanted to step forward, but Wu Yicheng stopped him and said, "Let's help him find it first, and let him be quiet alone." ”

Suddenly, Xiao Huang, who was raised by himself, was biting his trouser legs. Chen Fu glanced at it, and the little yellow dog lowered his head and walked forward while sniffing.

Chen Fu was overjoyed and quickly patted his buttocks, "Do you know where the box is?" ”

The puppy shook his butt and walked towards the forest in front of him, Chen Fu just wanted to get the ashes back as soon as possible, and followed it without raising his head.

After Wu Yicheng finished his order, he turned his head and saw that Chen Fu was gone.