said that since that day, Xiu'er and Li Mu have separated. For three days, there was no news from Li Mu.

Xiu'er is concerned about Li Mu's safety again, and misses Li Mu. Unconsciously, the whole person is getting thinner and thinner, haggard and sad.

Xiu'er went to the entrance of Muzhi Village every morning and evening, looked at the direction Li Mu left, and secretly wept.

Xiu'er's mother Yang (Yang Yue) saw that her daughter was so abnormal, she saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, and asked her what happened to her daughter, but Xiu'er only said that it was okay.

At noon three days later, Xiu'er was having dinner with the Yang family, when she saw Aunt Zhang's family of three walking in with a panicked face.

Xiu'er looked at Aunt Zhang's face, and the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground.

Xiu'er grabbed Aunt Zhang's arm tightly with both hands, and asked anxiously, "Auntie, is it Li Muhe..."

Yang had already stood up when he saw Aunt Zhang and them coming in, and when he saw his daughter so frightened, he hurriedly stepped forward, holding Xiu'er's hand with one hand, gently swaying Xiu'er's shoulder with the other, and said softly; "Xiu'er, don't worry, let your aunt finish speaking."

Then he looked at Aunt Zhang and asked; "Ayuan (Liu Yuan), what happened, why did Xiu'er rush like this?"

I saw that Aunt Zhang sighed, looked at Xiu'er and choked up: "Li Gongzi, he, he is going to be wanted by the government, and his portrait has been pasted all over the streets and alleys of Yuanping City." ”

Xiu'er only felt that it was dark in front of her, and if it wasn't for Yang's support, she would have fallen over.

Xiu'er, relieved herself, turned her head and threw herself into Yang's arms, she was already in tears, and sobbed: "Mother, what should Xiu'er do?" Li Mu, where are you now? ”

Although the Yang family has never heard Xiu'er talk about Li Mu, they also know now that this person named Li Mu should be the lover of his daughter.

But she is a woman, and when she encounters this kind of thing, she is helpless, just choking and comforting her daughter.

Zhang Cheng saw the three women crying together, and said with relief: "Don't cry either, now it's just that the Yuanping County Government has posted a portrait of Li Gongzi, and the neighboring Dai County, Ningwu County, and Mayi County don't have a wanted portrait of Li Gongzi." ”

Zhang Cheng saw that the three of them were crying a little quieter, and then said: "Li Gongzi is not only strong in martial arts, but also witty, he will not be caught so easily." Besides, if Li Gongzi really had something, he would definitely send someone to inform Xiu'er. ”

When the three of Xiu'er heard Zhang Cheng say this, a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in their hearts. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng immediately said: "Without further ado, I will ride a horse to Daixian Yinma Village, and you will wait for my news at home." Ling'er, you are a man now, you have to take care of your mother, your aunt and your sister Xiu'er, you know? ”

Zhang Wei said: "Dad, don't worry, the child knows what to do." ”

I saw that Xiu'er suddenly said anxiously: "Uncle Zhang, I will go to Yinma Village with you, I want to see Li Mu with my own eyes." ”

Zhang Cheng replied: "Xiu'er, you don't know how to ride a horse, it's not appropriate for two people to ride a horse, I'll go and come back quickly." ”

Xiu'er thought about it: It's really inconvenient, so I have to agree.

Xiu'er continued: "Uncle Zhang, you went to Yinma Village and inquired about a family surnamed Niu, because Li Mu's family was not in Yinma Village, and he lived in the family surnamed Niu. ”

Zhang Cheng replied: "I know." Without delay, he walked out quickly, got on his horse and whipped his whip, and ran towards the village of drinking horses.

Yang saw that Zhang Cheng was gone, and Zhang Wei was still young, so he asked softly: "Xiu'er, you tell your mother about you and this Li Gongzi." ”

I saw that Xiu'er's originally pale face was flushed with two blushes, and she chirped: "Li Gongzi, his name is Li Mu, he is a big hero, and he is very good to Xiu'er." ”

Aunt Zhang continued: "Ah Yue, let me tell you. Then, Aunt Zhang told the Yang family how Li Mu saved them and how he sent them back.

Yang listened to what happened to Xiu'er and Aunt Zhang, and thought to himself, thanks to Li Gongzi's rescue, otherwise Xiu'er's life would be ruined, and his impression of Li Mu was suddenly a little better. One vigorously said: "What a chivalrous and courageous young hero!" ”

Seeing that the Yang family had such a good impression of Li Mu, the aunt said: "Ah Yue, haven't you seen Li Gongzi, that Li Gongzi is tall and straight, handsome, heroic, and extraordinary, and, most importantly, good for our Xiu'er." By the way, then Li Gongzi also gave our family Xiu'er a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants, I think this Li Gongzi is going to marry our Xiu'er as his wife. ”

Yang was also full of joy when he heard this, turned his head to look at Xiu'er and asked softly, "Xiu'er, is what your aunt said true?" ”

Xiu'er's face was crimson and said, "Li Mu gave me a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants." As he spoke, he untied the dragon and phoenix jade pendant around his neck and handed it to Yang.

The Yang family swayed the dragon and phoenix jade pendant, only to see that this jade pendant was crystal clear, extremely well-made, the color was tender and green, and the tentacles were even warmer and moist, and it was a masterpiece.

I saw that the Yang family said gloomily: "The family who can have such a jade pendant, presumably Li Gongzi is also the son of a rich and noble family, I don't know if I can look down on the two of us Xiu'er, if I really marry Xiu'er, I don't know if it's for a wife or a concubine?" ”

Seeing this, Aunt Zhang said with relief: "Ah Yue, you are too careful, Gongzi Li will definitely carry a sedan chair to marry Xiu'er as his wife." Xiu'er listened to Aunt Zhang's words, and remembered Li Mu's current situation, and said gloomily: "For his wife and concubine, Xiu'er doesn't care, Xiu'er only thinks that Li Mu is safe and sound." Yang was also silent.

Yang's mother and daughter, Aunt Zhang's mother and son, chatted like this.

……

I don't know how long it took Suddenly, there was a man's footsteps outside the door, Xiu'er hurriedly turned her head to look, it turned out that Uncle Zhang was back, Xiu'er didn't care about letting Uncle Zhang take a breath, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Zhang, how is Li Mu now?" Is there anything wrong with him? Why didn't he come back with you? ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly replied: "Xiu'er, I didn't see Li Gongzi, but I inquired about the family surnamed Niu according to your meaning." At first, the man named Niu Er didn't believe me, until I said later, it was Miss Xiu'er who asked me to come, and he reluctantly believed me. ”

Right now, no news is probably the best news. Xiu'er was not annoyed by Li Mu's farewell, thinking that he must have something very important to leave, she had to believe in Li Mu and her lover.

In the more than a month since then, Xiu'er has not received any news from Li Mu, whether good or bad.

Xiu'er told herself that she would keep waiting, and she believed that Li Mu would come back soon.

It's just that what she didn't expect was that what she was waiting for would be Li Mu's death.

She remembered that that day, the sky was clear and the wind was smooth, but her heart was counting nine cold days, cold and biting. She didn't have a chance to wait any longer.

But he said that Li Mu packed up the things he wanted to bring, and just after the Yin hour, he set off from Jiangjunling.

When he arrived at Niu Er's house, he saw Niu Er's family of four preparing to eat. Niu Er hurriedly took the mountain goods in Li Mu's hand, asked Li Mu to sit down, and asked Cuihua to hurry up and serve a bowl of rice. After eating, Li Mu and Niu Er naturally had to eat a big mountain.

Li Mu looked at the time and said with a smile: "Brother Niu, do you have any pen, ink, paper and inkstone at home?" ”

Niu Er said embarrassedly: "Master Li, I can't read, I don't have a family, I'll borrow it for you?" Without waiting for Li Mu to speak, he went out as soon as he smoked. In less than a quarter of an hour, Niu Er came back with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Li Mu smiled and thanked him, and then took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the cow's second-hand hand.

I saw that Li Mu was tinkering on the paper for a while, and then glanced at it with satisfaction, and then carefully put the paper neatly folded into the package on the table.

Li Mu said with a smile: "Brother Niu, if you are free, send this package on the table to Muzhi Village and hand it to Miss Xiu'er." ”

I saw that Niu Erhan said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, don't worry, I will definitely not delay your good deeds." ”

Subsequently, Li Mu took his food, said goodbye to Niu Er's family, and returned to Jiangjunling.