After receiving this news, Su Cimo felt that things were clear, so he took Chen Feng and went in the direction that the guards pointed out just now.

"Chen Feng, let's go!" Su Cimo said.

Chen Feng answered, and then followed Su Cimo towards the road to the capital, it is said that the nest of those mountain bandits is in this area, so Chen Feng was very careful and paid attention to the surrounding environment when he left, and always observed the surrounding situation, for fear of missing something.

Su Cimo, like him, was also very nervous about the surrounding situation. Suddenly, she saw a farmer not far in front of her, and he thought he could go to their house to inquire about the presence of bandits nearby.

Thinking like this, Su Cimo took Chen Feng and walked towards the farmer's house, after arriving at the place, Su Cimo looked around, but saw that there was no one around the crop field, Su Cimo was feeling strange, but Chen Feng suddenly told him that there was an old woman in the house.

Su Cimo didn't think about it, and even took Chen Feng into the old woman's house, after the two entered, the old woman was startled at first, and then immediately stood up and said to the two: "Who are you?" Why did you come to my house? ”

Su Cimo's face immediately met with a smile, and then he said to the old woman: "Hello grandma, we are the ones who have come to investigate the bandits in the mountains, just to ask, do you know that there are often robbers in this vicinity?" ”

Chen Feng immediately nodded, and then said to the old woman: "Yes, old woman, can you tell us everything you know as much as possible?" ”

As soon as the old lady heard that Su Cimo and Chen Feng were here to investigate the bandits in the mountains, her heart became very excited, Su Cimo and Chen Feng felt very strange, because after the old lady in front of her heard what they said, her expression suddenly became very excited, and her eyes were immediately full of tears, and she looked like she wanted to cry.

Taking advantage of the gap between talking to her, Su Cimo looked around the room. But I saw that this room was surrounded by four walls, and there was a square table in the center of the room, and there was a rotten wooden bed next to it, and on one side of the bed was a clay stove, and the iron pot on it looked rusty. It seems that the owner who lives in this house hasn't cooked for a long time, and Su Ci doesn't know how this old lady lives here?

Chen Feng saw that the old lady was very sad, so he comforted her and said, "Grandma, you can tell us anything unhappy, and we will do our best to help you." ”

Su Cimo turned his head to look at the old lady in front of him, but looked at her, a pair of patched clothes, very shabby, and it looked like she hadn't worn good clothes for a long time, her face was haggard, her body was withered, and she looked very depressed.

"Yes, grandmother, you can tell us anything you want." Su Cimo also said to the old lady so gently.

The old lady didn't look like bad people before they met, so she also relaxed and said to Su Cimo and Chen Feng: "I originally had a son, and he was originally dependent on me, growing some food in this family to survive. But one day, the bandits on the mountain took a fancy to him and said that they could let him make a lot of money, so my son followed them, and no matter how much I tried to stop him, he couldn't stop him. ”

When Su Cimo heard this, she felt very angry, she asked the old lady a little angrily, "Then, did your son go up the mountain and become a bandit?" ”

Looking at Su Cimo's frowning brows, Chen Feng already knew that he was going to be angry, and then, looking at the old lady, the expression on her face had become very sad, as if she might cry at any time.

Chen Feng was slightly nervous, so he turned his eyes to look at Su Cimo.

"My lord, let's stop asking her, she doesn't seem to be able to tell the truth of the matter."

Su Cimo looked at the old woman with a very serious look, and then as soon as she heard Chen Feng say this, she immediately stretched out an index finger to stop him from saying the next words, as if hinting that he should not say it.

Chen Feng also understood what he meant, and immediately turned his head to look at the old woman in silence, so the old woman spoke: "My son didn't make a lot of money back, I only heard that the mine pit in the village lost a lot of iron ore when transporting iron ore to the capital. At that time, I was still in a hurry, don't let my son do such a thing. But who knew that they jumped over the wall in a hurry, fearing that my son would tell him, so they locked him up in the mountains and did not let him come back to see me, and he had not seen my son for several months. ”

The old lady was talking, tears continued to flow down her cheeks, Su Cimo heard this, felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and when she saw her crying nose, she thought of her mother, who was still at home, and was waiting for her to go back, and felt that the old lady in front of her was very pitiful.

Su Cimo was angry for those mountain bandits on the one hand, and felt that this old lady was very pitiful on the other hand, so he couldn't help but immediately said to the old woman: "Grandma, haven't you eaten for a long time?" Don't panic, don't worry, we are going up the mountain to suppress the bandits this time, we will definitely help you find your son, and then bring him back safely, please rest assured, okay? ”

Chen Feng heard the old grandmother's words, glanced at Su Cimo, felt that Su Cimo's approach was very right, and also sighed that Prime Minister Su Cheng's eyesight was amazing.

"Little brother, I won't tell you anything, since my son left, no one has planted this crop, and I can't do any heavy physical work, and my family has long run out of food. Therefore, the daily food can be reduced, and it is all made to get through each day. My old lady is so miserable, when I think of having children and raising daughters all my life, I have experienced everything, and in the end I almost end up starving to death, I don't ask for anything now, but I ask you to show mercy and go up the mountain to bring my son back safely. ”

As she spoke, the old lady immediately knelt down to Su Cimo, and then folded her hands and worshiped Su Cimo like a bodhisattva, hoping that he could save his son.

Su Cimo felt very embarrassed, and immediately stopped the old grandmother's approach, and said: "Grandma, you are serious, let's hurry up, I was going to save your son, this is my duty, you don't have to worry." ”

Seeing that the old lady was so thin that she was almost skinny, Su Cimo was very distressed, and couldn't help but shed two tears from the corners of her eyes, but she suppressed her inner emotions, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and helped the old lady up in a very difficult past.

Chen Feng listened to the old lady's words, and his heart was also indignant, he didn't expect that the mountain bandits in the mountains had been so bad that they could rob ordinary people to join the faction, it seemed that they had reached the level of jumping over the wall in a hurry.

If Tuoba Heng and the others don't come again, I'm afraid that sooner or later these bandits will form a force, which will have a great impact on the imperial city in the future.

At that time, the people will be uneasy and speculate, and the hundred officials in the imperial city will also be dragged down and infamy, and the emperor will definitely remove many courtiers at that time.

It seems that Tuoba Heng's decision to come to suppress the bandits this time is very correct, otherwise I don't know how many people's homes will be looted by these bandits.

Chen Feng also angrily went up and pulled up the old lady, and then said: "Grandma, you don't have to worry, everything is left to us, we are officials sent by the imperial court to deal with those mountain bandits." We will do our best to do it, so don't worry! ”

When the old lady heard that both of them were like this, she suddenly settled down a little in her heart.

Su Cimo took the old man's hand, took her to the side of the square table and sat down, patted her back comfortingly, and said to her: "Grandma, you have a good rest at home, all the news, we will have someone to report to you when the time comes, before that, you just take care of yourself with good life!" ”

The old lady was originally uneasy, but Su Cimo and Chen Feng had to say this, so he could only sit in place, with a smile on his face full of embarrassment, Su Cimo really couldn't see that this old man was really a little pitiful, so he ordered Chen Feng to immediately boil some water for the old man to drink, and look at the appearance of nothing in this house, it is estimated that it is very difficult for this old man to take care of himself.

Su Cimo walked outside the house again, took out a large ingot of silver from his purse, handed it to the guard outside the door, asked him to go to the nearest market to buy some rice and noodles to bring back, and told them to buy more vegetables and fruits, as well as chickens, ducks, fish and other things.

The guards left, and Su Cimo returned to the house with confidence. I saw Chen Feng dig some spring water from the shaft outside the door, boil the water in the cleaned pot, and then pour a glass of water for the old woman to drink.

Su Cimo, only then did he feel a little more at ease.

"Old lady, can you tell us where the bandit is hiding now? Otherwise, we don't know how to find your son. ”

The old lady was very embarrassed to accept the kindness of others, because she had always lived alone, but she didn't expect that there were such good people in this world, not only to help her boil water, but also to comfort her and say that she wanted to find her precious son back, the old lady was very happy, and she couldn't even speak quickly when she was excited.

"Hey, I'm so embarrassed, if you can help me save my son, my life is nothing here, that bandit's cave, I heard my son say it a few months ago. There was a secret passage in the mountain that led to a huge natural cavern in the mountain, where they hid many people, and where they often met to discuss the theft of iron ore. ”

When Su Cimo heard this, his heart was overjoyed. So he immediately ordered the old lady to repeat the approximate location.