Walking to the door of the teahouse, Ya Po paused, tore off the strip of white cloth tied to the little girl's head, and flicked the dust off her knees, and took her hand into the teahouse.

"This lord, the old woman has just inquired clearly, this girl is the niece of the rotten gambler Lu Er, and she is the one who pretended to be dead on the ground. This girl is a local, her father died and her mother was married, and her background is quite innocent, and she is not abducted in vain. Now that he has signed the deed, he just has to enter the yamen. You see? Ya Po asked with a smile.

Wang Shouren said: "The official salt is not good to sell the private salt, so I still bother my mother to take my child on a trip." ”

When acting in the yamen, you have to send money to seal it, and the tooth woman is reluctant to pay out of her own pocket, so she said. Now that Wang Shouren spoke, she left the little girl behind and took Wuxuan to the county office.

Wang Shouren glanced at the little girl, and saw that her clothes were fairly clean, her sleeves, legs and feet were connected several times, and her shoes were opened in several places, so he said, "Since you are local, do you know where the clothing store is?" ”

The little girl nodded and whispered, "I know, there's one in the back street." ”

Wang Shouren glanced at the half string of money that Shen Rui had just put on the table, and said, "Count out twenty Wen for her." ”

Shen Rui answered honestly, counted out the copper plates, and handed them to the little girl.

The little girl's face was at a loss, and Wang Shouren said: "You go to the clothes shop to change your clothes, and change your shoes." ”

The little girl took the money, and she couldn't believe it, Wang Shouren was already eating tea with her head down, and no longer looked at the little girl.

The little girl glanced at the old monk and Shen Rui next to her again, and walked out with small steps. Walking to the door of the teahouse, she also looked back at everyone, and Fang trotted to the west.

Shen Rui sat in front of the window, waited for the little girl's figure to disappear, and turned around and said, "Sir, what if this little girl doesn't come back?" ”

Wang Shouren said lightly: "If you don't come back, let her go, this is her own choice." ”

Shen Rui hesitated and said, "Then Lu Er and his accomplices are not good people, what if they catch the little girl?" ”

Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "Mo Hu thought about it, they didn't dare." If you are really lawless, you will not set up a scam to fool people. Kidnapping fugitives, they don't have the guts. ”

Not long after Wuxuan came back from the county office, the little girl also appeared and changed her clothes. It's still inappropriate, but this time it's not small, but bigger. The little girl rolled up her cuffs, legs, and feet. The shoes are not too big, but the embroidered flowers on the front of the shoes have long been worn out and look dirty.

Wu Xuan pulled the little girl, looked around, and said: "This dress is too big, this can't be rolled, I'll change it for you when I go to the inn later." ”

The little girl didn't dare to answer, but only looked at Wang Shouren timidly. Wang Shouren didn't look at the little girl again, but got up with the old monk.

After this experience, after a delay of more than half an hour, it is time to find the inn. Because there was an extra little girl, even if she was only seven or eight years old, there was a difference between men and women, Wu Xuan entered the inn and booked three ordinary rooms. Except for showing up during dinner, the little girl only stayed in her room honestly, quietly, and did not take the initiative to get around everyone.

After the meal, Wu Xuan went to change the little girl's clothes, and Shen Rui listened to Wang Shouren's lecture as usual.

Wang Shouren treated the little girl too coldly, if he didn't like it, why did he buy it? Shen Rui couldn't help but have some doubts.

The next morning, after breakfast, everyone went out of the inn, and the little girl followed Wuxuan quietly, looking not as panicked as yesterday.

Seeing that everyone had no intention of hiring a car, Shen Rui hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Wuxuan, don't we hire a car?" If you get to the next county seat early, you will have trouble left. ”

It's not that he's worried about the sky, it's true that those ruffians yesterday weren't good. Last night they stayed at the largest inn in the place, and no one dared to come to the door to find it; When you leave the county seat, it's strange that those people don't come over? Yesterday it was exposed. Hire a car to go, the speed is faster, and you can avoid it; If you walk, you're not giving those people a chance to do bad things.

Wuxuan glanced at Shen Rui with "hatred of iron and steel", and said: "Little brother is also too big-handed, the silver spent yesterday is eleven taels and five yuan, this loss is unbearable, if you hire a carriage, it will be fast, but where can you ask for the silver?" You have to get it back. ”

Shen Rui couldn't cry or laugh, but he also understood the meaning of Wuxuan, which was also "fishing", and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

Wuxuan was not bad, and when this group of people left the inn, they were targeted. By the time he left the city, the figure behind him already had a tail.

The little girl is young and her steps are small, so it is a little difficult to follow everyone. Wang Shouren's face was still faint, and he didn't pay much attention to this little girl, but he still slowed down. Shen Rui had already seen that Wang Shouren seemed to be testing the little girl's heart. The children of the poor are in charge of the house at an early age, and although this little girl is young, she does not cry or make trouble, but is quiet and well-behaved.

Shen Rui didn't expect to be in sympathy with the same disease, but he just felt that it was really this little girl's luck to meet Wang Shouren. Otherwise, as an orphan girl, there is a gambler uncle above, who is still young now, but she is just following her uncle to deceive people; If you are a few years older and show the demeanor of a girl, where will there be a good end, either you will be forced to prostitute secretly, or you will be sold on a flower boat, and it is also a luxury to want to be a little maid. If her uncle had some true feelings for his niece, he would have sold her to a big family as a maidservant, and he would have sold it a long time ago, and he would not wait until today to let a little girl show up and deceive people.

The little girl is not only quiet and sensible, but also extremely resilient. followed everyone out of the road for a few miles in one go, sweating all over his head, but he still didn't open his mouth to shout tired.

Wang Shouren looked at the dense forest not far in front of him, and the tail behind him disappeared, so he asked everyone to stop first. He said to Shen Rui: "You brought this little girl to stay here first, let's go to the front and have a look." ”

Shen Rui has been by Wang Shouren's side for a few months, and he has not seen him make a move, so he is itching in his heart, and begging: "Sir, let Brother Wuxuan stay here, the disciple wants to see and understand the past." ”

Wang Shouren hesitated, nodded, and said, "Okay, you are ten years old, and you are not a little girl, it doesn't hurt to see and understand." After that, he ordered Wuxuan to stay.

Wu Xuan didn't annoy that he was replaced, pointed to the paper umbrella behind Shen Rui, and instructed: "Little brother is not familiar with it, you need to be careful, don't hurt yourself." ”

Shen Rui responded, and took out a handful and left it for Wuxuan.

The reason why these three umbrellas should be carried all the time is because these three umbrellas are not ordinary paper umbrellas, the umbrella posts can be disassembled, can be made into short sticks, and the short knives with blades hidden in the sticks are good weapons for self-defense.

Walking to the edge of the forest, without waiting for the forest, Shen Rui found that the feeling of Wang Shouren and Zen Master Hongshan had changed suddenly; Obviously, there is only one gentle and one charitable; Now one is sharp, the other is dignified, and both of them are ready to go.

Shen Rui's heart was excited and nervous, and he carefully followed behind Wang Shouren. Although bows and arrows are controlled by the imperial court, who knows if they will have other "long-range weapons".

Obviously, Shen Rui had read too many books in his previous life, and he thought too much about those street gangsters.

When a few people poured out of the woods in front of the "hulala" and stopped in front of the forest road, Shen Rui's eyes widened.

What about knives? There is a knife, which is larger than a kitchen knife, and it should be a butcher's cleaver, with a shiny handle; As for the swords worn by the scholars, it is not uncommon for them not to appear on these thugs. There were four people in all, but none of them were empty-handed, except for one with a kitchen knife, one with a saw in his hand, and the other two were wooden sticks. The sticks were still blue on the outside, and they should have been made of local materials.

The corners of Shen Rui's mouth twitched, even if these people were "extras", they were professional. Knowing that in addition to the little girl, there are four other people, not to mention a few more people, and the momentum is rising. And those weapons, they are not as good as the umbrella knives they carry.

The big man with the knife, the one who had a dispute with Ya Po yesterday, stared at a pair of bull's eyes, looked at Shen Rui and the others, and frowned: "How did you become three people, the round-faced boy and Lu Ya?" ”

Holding the saw next to him was the little girl's uncle Lu Er, who looked behind Shen Rui several times when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Yes, why can't Lu Ya see it?" ”

Wang Shouren's face did not change and said: "They are tired of walking, so they rest behind." I don't know why you're here? ”

The big man with the knife frowned and said, "Don't be verbose, you little white face, honestly hand over the silver to grandpa." If you are not honest, the knife in your grandfather's hand is not vegetarian. ”

"That's it, hurry up and dig out the silver, if you want to drag, you want to eat the second master's saw." Lu Er was on the side, wielding a saw to make a threatening outfit.

I listened to Zen Master Hongshan and said: "Amitabha, all masters, the sea of suffering is endless, and it is better to turn back to the shore, or to be kind." ”

The sword-wielding man snorted coldly: "Grandfathers are just for money, and the old monk can know how to lift ......" After finishing speaking, there was a miserable scream, and the person had already flown out.

Shen Rui took a few steps back, not because he was not fleeing from the battle, he was not righteous enough, but he was afraid of harming the pond fish. It's not that I'm afraid that these gangsters will hurt me, but I'm afraid that Wang Shouren and the old monk will have a fight, which will affect the innocent. He looked at it so really, and the two were obviously excited.

With the screams of the knife-wielding man, the picture is full of movement, and no one speaks anymore.

The big man was kicked away by the old monk, slammed into the trunk of a tree a foot away, and then fell to the ground, already twitching. The kitchen knife in his hand fell into the hands of the old monk the moment he flew up.

Obviously, the greasy handle of the knife did not conform to the old monk's compassionate heart. The old monk raised his hand casually, and the kitchen knife had already flown out of the coffin, only a gentle "poof" sound was heard, but there was no movement on the ground, and it was obvious that it had been cut into a tree trunk.

Shen Rui's eyes lit up instantly, and the other gangsters were stupid.

Lu Er glanced at the hesitant big man on the ground, his teeth chattered, and he trembled and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding......"

Before he could finish speaking, the short stick in Wang Shouren's hand had already moved, but in just a few steps, the stick flew and landed on Lu Er and the other two, causing the three of them to wail.

For a moment, no one even thought of running away. Lu Er had already knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Hero, master, spare the villain, the villain will never dare again, the villain will return to the shore." ”

Zen Master Hongshan called the Buddha name, and he was already kind and kind-eyed; Wang Shouren put his hands behind his back, looked at Shen Rui and said, "Go, get the silver back." ”

Shen Rui stepped forward, and before he could speak, Lu Er had already understood, turned over and climbed to the side of the knife-wielding man in two steps, pulled down his coat, took out a silver cake, and offered it respectfully. Shen Rui took it, but did not leave immediately, but picked up the blanket on the ground.

Lu Er's face was a little dazed, Shen Rui had already lowered his head, touched the waist of the big man with the knife, and at the position of his abdomen, squeezed out a few thumb-sized silver bars, threw them in the blanket he was holding in his left hand, and looked at Lu Er again.

Lu Er's expression changed greatly, and he couldn't help but look at Wang Shouren and Zen Master Hongshan, seeing that the two of them were only looking at each other with a smile, and they had no intention of hindering them, their faces were bitter, and they groped around their waists, and there were two more pieces of broken silver in their hands. Shen Rui took it from him, still leaned into Lu Er's waist, and in Lu Er's wailing, he turned out a piece of broken silver and two strings of copper coins.

The remaining two thugs, without Shen Rui stepping forward, untied their belts and shook vigorously. Well, nothing.

As for the ones they were carrying, but a few copper coins, they didn't dare to keep them, and turned them all out.

Shen Ruidu smiled and put it into the previous bag.

After all, Zen Master Hongshan is a Buddhist monk, and the appearance of the sword-wielding man seems to be badly injured, but it is just some skin injuries. Even if he has a strong temperament and is unconvinced, but this big man is not a fool after all, he has seen the methods of these two masters, where do he dare to make a mistake, put his arm on the shoulders of the two gangsters, and walked away in disgrace.

After a while, Wuxuan brought Lu Ya to chase after him, and Shen Rui handed him the blanket.

Wu Xuan took it with a smile and counted all the silver inside. The other three didn't care, the big man with the knife obviously carried his family wealth with him, and the silver cake that made Lu Ya's worth of silver was not counted, and the remaining silver bars and broken silver were more than forty taels, and there was also a golden hairpin, which also weighed one or two halves.

Wu Xuan stammered: "This gangster has a thick background, is this too much?" ”

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "If you don't let them feel pain, how can they remember the lesson?" Besides, they dare to do things that block the road and rob them, and they don't know where the money came from......"