The children huddled together on the stone bed shivered, wrapped in quilts and retreated to the corner, looking in horror at the black-clothed man who had just knocked out the white-haired old man at the door.

There was a child with a red rope tied with pigtails out of the crowded quilt, and by the way, he kicked and kept squeezing his own particularly uncomfortable dog with his buttocks, and the already frightened dog left was even more frightened, and simply shrunk his neck into the quilt and squeezed his snot with his buttocks, thinking about whether to climb out with the pigtails.

When the dog's ass became more and more trembling, Mencius couldn't bear it anymore, wiped off the long green snot and fell to the dog, and then quickly got up and stood next to the pigtail half a head taller than himself.

Mengzi, who had just crawled out of the warm quilt, seemed to feel that his bare ass was a little cold and swishing, and his little body shook twice unconsciously, looked back at the quilt, and the foot that was about to rush forward unconsciously moved back.

Just seeing the Cupola, which was only a little bigger than himself, spread his arms to protect himself and other companions behind him, Mengzi snorted hard and walked to the side of Cupola, and also learned to open his arms in front of his companion.

The black-clothed man at the door put down his sword after entering the door, sat the unconscious white-haired old man against the wall, took out a pill and put it into the white-haired old man's mouth, and used a wine jug to make two sips of wine before sitting on the stone bench and looking at the two little children who had been staring at him and opening their arms.

The man in black seemed to feel something, glanced at the two little children a few more times, took off the hat by himself, and slapped the remaining water droplets on the hat a few times.

From beginning to end, the man in black did not speak, and no one dared to speak out in a group of children. The two little boys, who were full of pride, did not speak.

In this way, the man in black looked at the two children, the pigtail looked at the man in black, Mengzi secretly glanced at the man in black for a while, and then looked at the pigtail's serious and serious face.

As the minutes ticked by, the atmosphere in the dimly lit room was very eerie.

Mengzi, who had been in a stalemate for a long time, finally couldn't help but leaned into the ear of the pigtail and said, "Brother Yan, should I say something?" ”

Cupola glanced at the old man in black vigilantly, leaned into Mengzi's ear and whispered, "Don't you dare to say it."

"It's all rushed out, why don't you dare."

"What should I do if I am slashed with a sword?"

"Ah~ Then don't speak, Brother Yan, don't say it, the second one who cuts you is me, let's not say it."

"Well, Wang Ba doesn't move, we don't move, Wang Ba opens his mouth and we are talking."

"Listen to my brother."

……

"Brother Yan, I want to pee."

"Direct urine."

"Here? Do you want to talk to that person? ”

"You've got in your head, don't you want to die?"

"And I pee? Will he cut me first? ”

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Shh~z~

Originally, the funny man in black deliberately did not speak, to see how the two little children who had the courage to stand up and protect their companions in the unknown situation would deal with the current complicated situation, but I didn't expect that after being silent and staring at each other for a long time, the two actually whispered to each other, and finally the little kid with snot urinated on the upper of the shoe.

Looking at the vigorous and fearless look, the man in black seemed to have a decision in his heart, looking at the clear stream of urine on his upper, the man in black did not dodge, but did not move. Mengzi seemed to urinate momentum, aiming at the monopoly on the shoes of the man in black.

Heroic!

After urinating, Mengzi became bolder, and whispered into the ears of the pigtails: "Brother Yan, is this person stupid?" Or asleep? ”

"You're stupid, Lao Wang Ba won't move, he will bite when he moves.

”

"That's right, the dog was bitten by Lao Wangba."

"Don't speak, Lao Wang Ba doesn't move, let's not move."

"Then we're also the king?"

"Are you going to die?"

……

"Hmm!"

A muffled snort interrupted the confrontation between the man in black and the little kid, and everyone sighed involuntarily when they heard the sound, and they were actually full of tacit understanding.

The man in black quickly got up, walked over to the old man, helped him to the stone bench and sat down. He took out the flask and handed it over.

The one-armed white-haired old man took a long sip of wine and breathed a long sigh of relief. Said: "Why did you come?" ”

The man in black said: "Handan was defeated, and the king gave Wu Anjun death." And the recurrence of Wang Shang's old injury is in danger. The Qin State is afraid of great changes. ”

"It seems that the hegemony of the Qin State is about to be shelved again, and you take Mengzi back to the Qin State. I have my own arrangements for the rest. ”

"What about Gongzi Yan?"

"I don't need to ask about this matter, I can make sure he doesn't have to worry about it."

"Yes! Tian Qi's side? ”

"Zhao Wei is immortal, how can you talk about cutting Qi?"

"Understood, don't worry, Mengzi is good, I will take him to Qin quickly. It's already arranged here, leaving late at night. ”

The white-haired old man looked at the seven children behind him and said to himself: "I have survived hundreds of years, and I am not afraid to wait for another twenty years." ”

Mengshan under the dark curtain is as silent as ever.

At the entrance of the village, which was covered with wreckage and ashes, seven men in black each held a bare-chested half-grown child and rode on a big horse. The older children were covered in tears, and the younger children were too frightened to make any moves.

The white-haired old man with a broken arm waved his hand, unable to see his expression or breath, like a charred ginkgo biloba behind him, lifeless.

Seven men in black with seven children under the age of five led the horses and turned around, and gradually disappeared into the night.

The grief-stricken pigtail tried to escape the restraint of the man in black behind him, but it was useless, and a big hand held it tightly in his arms.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

"Old cigarette stick, don't die~ When I grow up and come back to you, don't be there when the time comes."

In the dark night, the pigtails with tears and red eyes and fierce struggles shouted heart-rending to the faint one-armed figure, and the immature voice echoed in the silent Mengshan, enduring.

Mengzi just bit her lip and said nothing, looking back at the ruined village over and over again, trying to remember the blackened wall tiles, the charred wooden stakes, and the piles of corpses that dared not look directly but forced herself to look at the bones.

Among them, there are Mengzi's parents, uncles, aunts and aunts......

The dog and the other children trembled in horror, the relatives didn't know where they went, why they were in this purgatory-like place, very similar to their own village, the only familiar white-haired old cigarette stick was only one hand left, and the seven children of the dog were all taken away by the man in black, what will happen in the future? Where are you going? The young mind was covered with a thick haze, and the piles of white bones at the entrance of the village lingered like a nightmare.

Three hours later, a group of seven horsemen parted ways on the official road, Mengzi to the west, and the pigtail to the south.

When they parted, Mengzi shouted towards the pigtail with tears in his eyes: "Yan Ge'er, I will go to Qin State to be a general, and then come back to avenge my father and mother and the uncles and aunts in the village, and then lead your horse after revenge, you must not lead your horse to others, wait for me~"

Sitting on a horse galloping, the pigtail did not answer, but just waved at Mengzi, then turned around, looked up at a cold face with Chinese characters, tightly clutched the mane on the horse's back, and walked forward angrily.

"Revenge, I'll avenge you, and my grandfather is not there."

......

All the way, and finally after half a moon, he was braided in black

The endless pain of people rushing out of the frenzy day and night crossed the border of the Qi State and entered the territory of the Chu State.

It is autumn, and the braids that have been sad are much better, perhaps because the climate of Chu is more warm, there are many rivers, lakes and seas, and the scenery is different from the north. Or maybe it's getting farther and farther away from Mengshan and the time is getting longer and longer, for a child who is just five years old, novelty will always affect the mood more than in the past.

For half a month, the pigtail had no communication with the man in black, and the man in black never said a word, and never asked or fought for the child's opinion and feelings. Extremely domineering to control the actions of children.。

And the pigtails have always been obedient, in addition to and peeing, the man in black will drink water when he gives it, eat it when he gives it food, let him sleep when he sleeps, and let him hurry in the middle of the night.

It wasn't until he entered the territory of Chu that the man in black seemed to be a different person. I don't know when I changed into a groom's dress, and I was thrown into a carriage full of fragrance when I was still sleeping in a daze. The carriage was covered with a thick carpet, with bamboo baskets filled with food and drink, and soft quilts.

That day, the groom said the first sentence in the history of such a long time: "In the future, your name will be Chu Yan." Then he threw a set of delicate clothes to the stunned pigtails, and got into the carriage and slowly went up a raging and steep river.

Chu Yan, who was in a much better mood, became a little bored after enjoying it in the carriage for a few days. Although the buttocks and legs hurt when riding a horse, the speed is fast and the momentum is enough. It's like a carriage swaying slowly, walking, walking.

A young man who can't hold back anymore, his heart is dictated, and his outstanding personality can't be suppressed. Take the initiative to talk while handing steamed buns to the groom.

"Uncle Square-faced? Big brother with a square face? What should I call you? ”

“......”

"Square face, do you have a name? Isn't it uncomfortable to say a word along the way? ”

“......”

"Eat pears, give~"

“......”

"Then I'll eat it."

“......”

"Where are we going?"

“...... Cloud Dream. ”

"I'm only responsible for protecting you to Yunmeng, and I don't know anything else."

Seeing that the swarthy and sturdy groom replied, Chu Yan became interested and continued to ask.

"Finally spoke, do you know who did it in Mengshan Village?"

"Tian."

"What field? Dry field or paddy field? ”

"Tian Qi."

"Tian Qi? Okay, I remember. ”

“.......”

"What does Tian Qi look like?"

"How long are we going to go?"

"Where is Yunmeng, what are you doing there? What about the white-haired old man? ”

"Ah~"

The square-faced groom reflexively slashed at the back of Chu Yan's neck, and Chu Yan, who had just been chattering crookedly, fell into the carriage with a muffled voice, motionless.

The groom took a few bites of the pear from his small hand resting on the ground and ate it. Then he continued to whip the horses and drove slowly.

Evening.

The sun gradually set in the sky, and the afterglow shone on the white clouds, glowing red, like a picture scroll.