The second day of the third month of the third month of the new calendar year 388.

It has been more than three months since that exciting battle, and after the defeat of the Qin army by the Zhongshan Kingdom, it pursued all the way and recovered all the cities that had been lost, and the domestic order has basically returned to the way it used to be.

And today is also the day when Chen Ziyou leaves.

The first vassal state to go to was Wei, although the people of Zhongshan were very puzzled why Chen Ziyou would put the first target of the strategy on Wei, in their opinion, the five central states of Wei, Han, Zheng, Wei, and Zhongshan, among which Wei was the most powerful and the least attacked by Qin among the five countries, it was not easy to persuade.

However, Chen Ziyou understands that whether this policy can be implemented and whether the five-nation alliance can be achieved, the most important link is the Wei State.

Before leaving, Uncle Zhongshan led the Manchu ministers to personally bid farewell, and also drew out a hundred mountain riders, hoping to protect Chen Ziyou's safety on the road, but Chen Ziyou refused.

"The minister's trip must be hidden, and the mountain ride is too ostentatious." This is the reason why Chen Ziyou rejected Zhongshan Bo at the beginning.

Although Uncle Zhongshan repeatedly persuaded him, and knew that he was moved by reason, and repeatedly described to Chen Ziyou how many dangers he would encounter along the way in this troubled world, Chen Ziyou still insisted on not accepting it.

In this way, Chen Ziyou took a document written by Uncle Zhongshan, a seal symbolizing his identity, a sword to protect himself, and enough coils and dry food, and embarked on a journey to Wei on horseback.

On this day, it was already at the border between Zhongshan and Wei.

Chen Ziyou stood on the hill that divided the border between the two countries, and looked not far away, and could already see the border city of Wei.

"It's finally here, let's rest for a while." Chen Ziyou looked at the horse sitting down, the consumption of this horse for many days is also great, and it is necessary to take a good rest.

In a rare break, Chen Ziyou lay on the ground, looking at the blue sky, the flocks of birds flying by, and the green trees beside him—these things that had almost disappeared more than 10,000 years ago.

These beautiful things deserve to be well guarded, Chen Ziyou said secretly in his heart.

Just as Chen Ziyou smelled the fresh air around him, slowly closed his eyes, and was about to take a rare afternoon sleep, a rustling sound came into his ears.

The perception of danger made him jerk his eyes open and he stood up, his sword at his waist, and looked around vigilantly.

Finally, he slowly focused his gaze on a cluster of grass.

"Who? Come out! Chen Ziyou shouted.

A figure suddenly jumped out of the grass, and Chen Ziyou looked at it intently, and it turned out to be a little girl who was only seven or eight years old.

"Brother, don't kill me, don't kill me." This little girl's big eyes sparkled, and she looked at Chen Ziyou with horror, and she actually shed tears.

Chen Ziyou's cruel gaze gradually softened, he let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword, and slowly stepped forward.

When the little girl saw Chen Ziyou coming over, she shrank into a ball suddenly, her head in her hands trembled, and her mouth was still chattering: "Don't kill me, don't kill me." ”

Chen Ziyou became more and more curious in his heart, how could there be such a small girl in this barren mountain and wilderness, he bent down, touched the little girl's head, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, my brother is not a bad person, and he will not kill you." ”

The little girl heard Chen Ziyou's gentle voice, slowly raised her head, and carefully looked at Chen Ziyou through the gap between her hands. After a long time like this, it was not until the little girl was finally sure that Chen Ziyou would not hurt her that she slowly let go of her hands.

Chen Ziyou smiled, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "Don't cry, if you cry again, you will become a little flower cat, and it won't look good then." ”

The little girl nodded vigorously and slowly stopped her tears.

"How can you be here alone, your family?" Chen Ziyou saw that the little girl had calmed down and asked.

The little girl had just calmed down, and when she heard Chen Ziyou ask this question, her eyes lit up again, and tears flowed down again.

Chen Ziyou looked at the little girl in front of him helplessly, there was nothing he could do.

After a while, the little girl seemed to be tired of crying, and the sobbing quieted down, Chen Ziyou watched the little girl's tears and snot mixed together, and helplessly and funny used the corner of her clothes mixed with water to help her wash her face.

"Mom was taken away by the bad guys, Dad, Dad shed a lot of blood." The little girl said vaguely.

It took Chen Ziyou a long time to ask the reason for the incident, and then he roughly understood what was happening.

According to the little girl, her father was from Wei and had been doing border trade between Wei and Zhongshan all the year round, and this time he wanted to come to Zhongshan with her and her mother, but he met robbers when he passed by this mountain, and the robbers took her mother and cut down her father with a knife.

Chen Ziyou sighed, according to the little girl's description, his father was probably also dead.

"Big brother, can you take me to find my parents, Xiaoni misses her parents so much." The little girl opened her eyes wide and looked at Chen Ziyou expectantly.

Chen Ziyou looked at the little girl with pity, although her father was more than lucky, but her mother should be safe, and most of the robbers saw the little girl's mother have some appearance, and they will be taken away with evil intentions.

Chen Ziyou is not a weak scholar who is powerless, and he still remembers the hand-to-hand combat skills more than 10,000 years ago

, The reason why he refused to be escorted by Zhongshan Bopai Mountain Cavalry was also because he was confident that with his force, ordinary three or five people would not be able to do anything about him. But when he heard the little girl's request, he hesitated.

First, the little girl was too young, and the situation was chaotic at the time, according to the little girl's vague description, Chen Ziyou didn't know how many robbers there were. Second, even if you can know the number of robbers at that time, who knows if this is all their strength, in case there are accomplices in the cottage, even if Chen Ziyou has good kung fu, he will never dare to face it alone.

Notify the government?

This idea was vetoed by Chen Ziyou just as soon as it came out, this place is located in the middle of the border between the two countries, and it is really unclear which country is under the control, and these bandits must have seen this point before they fell into the grass here. Moreover, time was urgent, even if he had a fast horse by his side, it would take him almost a day to go to the nearest official office, and within this day, the little girl's mother was likely to be ......

Chen Ziyou frowned, he was now starting to regret a little regret that he had rejected Uncle Zhongshan in the first place, if there was a mountain riding by his side at this moment, this small group of bandits would not be a problem at all.

There is only one way, Chen Ziyou hesitated, this method is too risky, if something goes wrong, his life will be lost.

"Brother." Xiao Ni saw Chen Ziyou's hesitant look, and said, "It's okay, Xiao Ni can go to her parents by herself, Xiao Ni won't cry anymore, Xiao Ni is not afraid of those bad guys, Dad often tells me that you must fight back bravely when you encounter bad guys." ”

Chen Ziyou was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Ni's eyes that were slowly becoming stronger although she was still very scared, and slapped herself suddenly.

Xiao Ni was also stunned, and looked at this brother in his early twenties.

Even a little girl knows that when encountering injustices, you have to fight back bravely when you encounter bad people, but I, a person who has lived for more than 10,000 years, don't understand this truth, and I hesitated for so long, Chen Ziyou scolded himself fiercely in his heart.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoni, my brother was too timid just now, let's go, my brother will take you to Mom and Dad now." Chen Ziyou touched Xiao Ni's head.

Xiao Ni jumped up happily when she heard this, and Chen Ziyou watched the little girl finally smile, and her heart warmed.

I always thought that I was trying to change something in this era, but I forgot what I was protecting. If I can't even protect the smile of a little girl, how can I change this era, and how dare I want to promote the development of civilization.

Chen Ziyou, who suddenly figured it out, hugged Xiaoni to the horse, turned over and jumped on the horse.

"Let's go, my brother will take you to Mom and Dad."