The winter solstice and the autumn equinox, who heard the news, knelt down together and begged Xu You to forgive the frost this time. Xu You saw that he was really wrong, his forehead was as white as jade and oozed blood, looking very sad, thinking of the love over this period of time, he sighed slightly, motioned for the autumn equinox to help her up, his tone became calm, and said: "Ordinary things, such as clothes and utensils, I can let you make your own decisions." But in a house, people are the most important, involving personnel, how I say, how to do, don't add branches and leaves, let alone disobey the yang. It's not for me, it's not for you personally, it's for the lives and future of everyone in the Quiet Garden, understand? ”

Everyone should be in unison, Xu You made a look, Dong Solstice understood, pulled Lu Shuang and said in a low voice: "Sister, I'll help you deal with the wound first, so as not to scab and leave a scar." ”

With tears on her face, she looked at Xu You cautiously. Xu You nodded and said, "Go ahead!" ”

"Thank you, Xiaolang!"

When the two of them left, the autumn equinox also left, and Zuo Yan lowered his head and said: "Lang Jun, it's all my ...... to blame."

Xu You's face was solemn, and he said, "It has nothing to do with you, I'm just borrowing the question to play and give her a try." ”

"Huh?" Zuo Yan looked shocked, and said after a while: "Lang Jun still can't believe her?" ”

Xu You didn't answer this question, but just said with a smile: "Fenghu, I remember that when you were outside Wu County, you offered three strategies, middle, and down, but you wanted to kill Shenhe. Why, is this going to be soft-hearted? ”

Listening to Xu You's joke, Zuo Yan smiled bitterly: "People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless, at that time they were just strangers with Lushuang, but now everyone shares weal and woe, like a family, I really want to kill Shenhe again, I ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it! ”

"I'm just joking, don't take it seriously!"

Xu You pondered for a moment and said: "You go and see the frost, she respects you like a brother, she still listens to your words, enlighten and enlighten more, don't let her feel sorry for herself and fall into a heart disease." ”

Zuo Yan was just about to leave, Xu You said again: "If the injury on the forehead is dealt with, let the winter solstice come over!" ”

"No!"

Winter Solstice entered the house, Xu You stood in front of the window with his back to her, looking at the scenery in the courtyard with his hands down, his back was lonely and cold, very different from the gentleness of the past.

"Xiaolang!"

Dong Solstice knelt directly on the ground, lowered his head, folded his hands between his chest and abdomen, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. Xu You has never lost his temper, no matter how difficult or dangerous the situation is, he is always calm and light-hearted, and he takes these slaves and servants and subordinates through difficulties again and again in conversation and laughter. It can be said that Xu You's immobility is like a mountain, which is their greatest reliance and source of confidence in this troubled world. But today, he bought three people without authorization, and he was so angry that he was really angry, could it be ...... Is there anything wrong with the origin of the woman and the child?

"Get up!" Xu You didn't turn around, and his deep voice sounded a little gloomy in the claustrophobic room, and said; "How did you get to the human market today, how did you meet the slave traders, and how did you buy three more people back, no matter how trivial and tedious, tell me 1510!"

Dong Solstice stood up, poured a cup of tea, brought it behind Xu You, and said softly: "Xiaolang, let's have a cup of tea first!" ”

Xu You turned his head, his eyes finally became warmer, took the cup, felt the vitality of the hot water flowing through his throat and chest, walked to the edge of Hu's bed and sat down, and said with a smile: "Come, sit down and talk!" ”

Dong Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, put his worried heart back into his stomach, knelt on the futon beside Xu You, and said, "Fenghu Langjun, Sister Frost and I didn't go anywhere else after going out together, and went straight to Dongshi. In the northwest corner of Dongshi, there is a place to buy and sell slaves, and it is also the merchant I found through those idlers I raised, named Diao Hei, although there are not many other merchants in the slaves, but most of them are from the official family, and the overall quality is relatively high. So Diao Hei took us to see dozens of people, and selected twenty of them who were still healthy and spoke more eloquently, and when they were about to pay, he said that he was happy to see us doing business, and he was willing to give two additional people. My sister originally disagreed, saying that Xiaolang had ordered twenty people, but I just said a few words to see if it was okay, anyway, it didn't cost money, so Diao Hei led the woman and the little girl over......"

"And then?"

"As soon as I saw that it was a woman, with a seven-year-old girl, and her appearance was so terrifying, I immediately rejected Diao Hei. But Diao Hei said that this woman was poor, first worked as a prostitute in the camp of the Jingzhou Military Government, and then I don't know whether she was too bad-tempered or ugly, and was resold to a local merchant by the steward, and later resold many times and went to Yangzhou. ”

"Jingzhou's?"

"That's right, Jingzhou Yinghu! She has been resold by many merchants, and the specific situation is not very clear, but the people are flowing out of Jingzhou's camp, and it should be conclusive! ”

Jingzhou was at the forefront of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the woman's appearance obviously had the characteristics of the Xianbei people, perhaps she was captured in front of the two armies, and she did not enter the military palace and became a barracks for the soldiers to play and have fun.

"Well, go on!"

"I immediately rejected Diao Hei, no matter how pitiful she is, we are not the bald asses of Dade Temple, and we don't have time to do good deeds everywhere. But Diao Hei said that if they can't be sent out this time, they will be driven out of the city, this kind of ghost weather, and women and children, will freeze to death in the wild. Sister Shuang was so kind-hearted and insisted on taking them in, I thought that I would just have two more mouths to eat anyway, so I agreed, and I wanted to send one more slave to Diao Hei. It's just that I didn't think about it so much, and I provoked Xiaolang to be angry, it's really damned! ”

"Can't send it out? Have you ever given someone away before? ”

"Well, the woman doesn't seem to be able to speak Chinese, she is ugly, and she is clumsy, and she can't do laundry and cooking well, and she has a little girl, and she sells it for money by head, and no one cares about it. Diao Hei provided them with food and drink every day, but he couldn't sell them for money, he was already disgruntled, and later he also gave people away, but as long as anyone dared to approach the little girl, the woman immediately went crazy, and when she saw who was desperate with whom, even the master dared to bite, so she was sent back, and Diao Hei lost a lot of money. ”

"Oh, it's all like this, Diao Hei hasn't swept them out yet, it seems that he has a good character!"

"Although Diao Hei is in the slave business, he still has some conscience and rarely abuses the slaves in his hands, so Xiaolang also saw that the people he bought this time are okay in all aspects. He is also a good person who sees us, so he thinks of giving us women and children so that they can find a way for them to live. ”

Xu You's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, the words of the winter solstice are reasonable, there are no flaws, is it really that he thinks too much? Dong Solstice was ordered to set up an intelligence agency, and he was very sensitive to these things, and seemed to have sensed something from Xu You's unusual behavior, and said: "Xiaolang, sister, she didn't mean to, you dissipate your anger, if this woman has a problem, I will drive them out of the city immediately." ”

This is not the solution to the problem, if the woman is really a trap, send her away to make it clear which direction the hidden arrow will be shot from, the danger is immeasurable.

Xu You shook his head and said, "Diao Hei District businessman, he also knows two lives, and killing them will hurt Tianhe. Since you have taken people to the house and driven them out, you will inevitably let the neighbors scold you and me behind your back. ”

When he is selling his fame and prestige, how can he give it to others? What's more, although this matter is weird, it is because it is so weird that it is easy to arouse people's alarm, and it does not look like a trap specially set against him. Leaving the woman behind can not only turn the dark arrow into a gun, but also further explore the truth.

"That's fine, give her some money, it's enough to survive the winter. As for next year, that's their business, and it's none of our business. "The winter solstice actually has another plan, if the woman stays in Jingyuan, it really causes trouble, and the frost can't get out of it, even if Xu You doesn't rush, she won't have the shame to continue to stay here. Therefore, the long pain is better than the short pain, just drive the woman and the little girl out.

Xu You was noncommittal and said, "There is another person, how did he come here?" ”

"Oh, that's Diao Hei, who is half sold and half given away, he saw that we were willing to take in women and children, and he was happy to sell a sturdy man at half price......"

Xu You smiled slightly: "This person can do business...... Okay, I know what happened, go and call Frost! ”

"Okay, I'll go."

Winter Solstice walked to the door, turned around and stopped.

Xu You smiled: "Don't worry, it's me who is wrong today, and I won't lose my temper with you again in the future." ”

Winter Solstice's heart swelled with emotion, the slave did something wrong, the light was reprimanded, the heavy punishment was punished, and even the rod was thrown into the wilderness, and no one would say a word for them. Xu You is a lord like Xu You, not to mention unique, at least it is commendable, he was very good to them, and he lost his temper today for a reason, and he apologized to her as a result, really

It didn't take long for the footsteps of Frost to sound outside the door, and it should have received a message from the winter solstice, and immediately trotted all the way over. She stopped at the door for a moment, and waited for the rapid gasps to subside before she whispered, "Xiaolang! ”

"Come in!"

Lushuang pushed open the door and knelt on the ground, Xu You didn't let her get up, and said: "Thinking of the love of this time, let me give you a chance to explain, knowing that the woman's origin is unknown, it is likely that she is of a Xianbei alien race, why do you still insist on bringing it back to the mansion?" ”

"Xiaolang, I know that I shouldn't do this, and I have betrayed your trust in me." Lu Shuang said in a low voice: "But at that time in the human market, the woman knelt in the cage and pulled me, she didn't say a word, her eyes were full of pleading, not for her own life, but for the daughter who was just growing up next to her." If Diao Hei drove them out of the city, unless he sold his daughter, they would surely die within seven days. ”

The woman's face was ruined, she could not speak well, she could not earn a living, and there was no other way but to sell her daughter. According to Diao Hei, her daughter is obviously her counterweight, and no one will be allowed to hurt her no matter what. So the frost became the only lifeline she could grasp when she was desperate.

"Many years ago, my parents died on the way, if it weren't for Aunt Qi to take me in, even I would have become a lonely ghost, where would I still be lucky enough to be with Xiaolang?" Frost silently shed tears, more touching the heartstrings than crying, and said: "I saw the little girl who didn't say a word and sat in the cage, and seemed to see herself who was also surrounded by hungry wolves and vultures many years ago, Xiaolang, in fact, I am not saving others, but saving myself......"