Looking at his cousin with an excited face, and then at Liu Xiu and the others with a flat expression, Li Yi always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it for a while.

Li Tong didn't stay in Liu Xiu's room for long, sat down for a while, then got up to say goodbye to Liu Xiu, and went back to his room with Li Yi to rest.

The two of them lived in the same room, and when they entered the house, Li Yi asked again: "Dimension, you tell me the truth, what are you doing when you go out of the city tonight?" ”

Li Tong smiled and said, "Cousin, we really went out of the city to visit an elder of Uncle Wen's family, but on the way back, we happened to meet a barbarian, otherwise, where else does my cousin think we can go?" ”

"Oh." Li Yi glanced at Li Tong deeply and didn't continue to ask.

The next day, Liu Xiu and others set off for the county seat.

Zhou Bin did what he said, and gave them a sum of money, which was not much, only five hundred yuan, but in addition, he also gave them a carriage and a lot of dry food.

With these dry foods, they can travel from Tin County to the county seat, at least they don't have to worry about what to eat.

The way of life is that money may not be able to buy food.

Leaving Tin County, Liu Xiu and others traveled all the way west to the county seat.

It may be that more and more barbarians began to flow into Hanzhong, and the people from all over Hanzhong were fleeing in the direction of the county town.

Li Yi noticed Ye Qingqiu and Man'er.

Although the two of them walked together with the other women, the master and servant stood out. First of all, the two of them are dressed much better than other women, especially Ye Qingqiu, who is wearing a silk skirt, even if it is dirty, you can see the exquisite embroidery on the skirt.

In addition, Ye Qingqiu and Man'er's appearance is also much stronger than other women, and with their delicate and white skin, which can be broken by blowing, they are far from being compared to the women around them.

Walking on the road, Li Yi wandered around the second daughter from time to time, trying to arouse the ideas of the two of them, but unfortunately, Ye Qingqiu and Man'er were still immersed in the grief of Xiaofan's tragic death, and they didn't notice Li Yi who appeared next to them from time to time.

There are two kinds of skirts in Hanfu, and the skirts of rich ladies are basically mopped, which is not suitable for long-term walking.

Ye Qingqiu was walking forward, one was not paying attention, his feet were on the hem of his skirt, and his body involuntarily fell forward.

Man'er exclaimed: "Miss! She hurriedly stepped forward to help.

But someone is faster than her, Li Yi.

Li Yi took three steps into two steps, rushed to Ye Qingqiu's approach, held her arm, and helped her up from the ground, and then he withdrew his hand gentlemanly and asked politely, "Is Miss Qingqiu okay?" ”

Ye Qingqiu's knee knocked down, and there was a tingling pain, she frowned her delicate eyebrows, shook her head and smiled at Li Yi, and then she asked, "Do you know my name?" ”

"Under Li Yi, the word Jiwen, is Li Tong's cousin." It was through Li Tong that Li Yi learned Ye Qingqiu's name.

Hearing that he was Li Tong's cousin, the smile on Ye Qingqiu's face became a little sincere, and he said, "It turned out to be Li Gongzi!" ”

"Is Miss Qingqiu really okay?"

"I'm ......" Ye Qingqiu tried to take a step forward, and there was a sharp pain in his knee immediately.

Her face turned pale and she couldn't help but sigh. This time, it was Li Yi and Man'er who supported her together. He looked around and said, "Miss Qingqiu is waiting for a while, I'll go back when I go!" ”

As he spoke, Li Yi ran forward quickly. He caught up with Liu Xiu and the others who were walking in front, and shouted loudly: "Uncle Wen! ”

Liu Xiu stopped and looked back at him in confusion.

Li Yi came to him, frowned and said, "Miss Qingqiu's leg was bruised, and now she can't walk, Uncle Wen, can you vacate the carriage and let Miss Qingqiu ride?" ”

Liu Xiu and the others were stunned for a moment before they reacted, the Miss Qingqiu that Li Yi said was Ye Qingqiu.

Li Tong lifted his forehead and said, "Cousin, the carriage is full of food and luggage, how can we empty the carriage?" ”

"We can't just leave Miss Qingqiu here, right?" Li Yi asked with displeasure on his face.

Li Tong's old face was flushed, ashamed, ashamed of his cousin.

Yesterday in Tin County, my cousin complained indignantly, saying that he shouldn't take the women to the county seat, and he was afraid of delaying the trip and being afraid of taking responsibility, but now it's good, he took the initiative to vacate the carriage and let Ye Qingqiu sit on it.

That's a big change, right?!

Li Tong looked at Liu Xiu helplessly. The latter pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go, go over and have a look." ”

As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed, and now food is worth more than real money, and they brought out the food stored in the carriage, didn't it make the people around them look red, and maybe they would cause some trouble!

Liu Xiu, Li Tong and others found Ye Qingqiu, and at this time, Man'er was sitting on the side of the road with Ye Qingqiu to rest.

Seeing Liu Xiu and the others coming, Ye Qingqiu struggled to sit up from the ground, Liu Xiu waved his hand to her first, and said, "Miss Ye doesn't have to be polite. ”

When she came closer, Liu Xiu asked, "I heard that Miss Ye fell just now, where did she get hurt?" ”

Ye Qingqiu glanced at Liu Xiu, lowered his head, and pointed to his knees with a slightly red face.

Liu Xiu asked, "Does it hurt?" ”

Ye Qingqiu tried to get up from the ground, but her left knee was indeed in unbearable pain, but fortunately, Man'er on the side was quick and supported her in time to prevent her from falling.

It can be seen that Ye Qingqiu is not pretending, and it is indeed impossible to walk, Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, and said to Zhang Ping: "Take out a few bags of luggage, vacate a space, and let Miss Ye sit in the car!" ”

Zhang Ping nodded, waved a few people, and asked them to move a few of the luggage packages out of the carriage. The carriage was not big, and the carriage was already small, but now it was full of salutes, and it was very difficult to squeeze in a large living person.

Everyone moved out five bags of salutes before a small space was vacated.

Li Yi leaned over and looked at it twice, frowned and said, "Uncle Wen, this is not enough for two people?" ”

Long Yuan, Zhang Ping, and Li Tong all frowned, and Liu Xiu asked puzzledly, "Two people?" ”

"Miss Man'er still has to take care of Miss Qingqiu in the car!" Li Yi said as a matter of course.

Li Tong couldn't help it anymore and said, "Cousin, you also saw that it is impossible for two more people to sit in the carriage!" ”

Man'er walked over with Ye Qingqiu in her arms, waved her hand to everyone again and again, and said urgently: "My young lady is enough to trouble everyone, I don't have to sit in the car." ”

"Miss Qingqiu and Miss Man'er are both weak women, what is it for us big men to carry a few more packages?!" As he spoke, Li Yi took a package and carried it on his shoulder.

Li Tong was also very dissatisfied with Li Yi's performance at this time, and shook his head again and again, you want to be a good person in front of Ye Qingqiu and Man'er, it's nothing, but why do you want others to carry these heavy packages on the road?

Liu Xiu lifted two packages, one on his back, and the other handed it to Long Yuan, and said categorically: "Okay, Miss Ye is in the car, Man'er is taking care of it outside the car, before it gets dark, we have to rush to Xunyang." ”

If there were only Liu Xiu and the ten of them, it would be possible to walk to the county town in one day, and now with these women, it would be good to arrive in Xunyang before dark.

Hearing Liu Xiu's words, Li Yi's face was gloomy, and he seemed to be very indignant that he failed to help Man'er get a seat in the car.

He behaved like this, undoubtedly won Man'er's favor, and when Liu Xiu and his party left, Man'er said in a low voice: "Gongzi Li can let my young lady sit in the carriage, and the slave maid is already grateful." ”

Li Yi carried a huge package, although it was very heavy, but he still pretended to be relaxed, shook his head and said: "The package is just some clothes, and it is not very heavy, everyone can share it, and it is nothing to vacate the place for the two of them." ”

Man'er said sincerely: "Thank you, Gongzi Li!" ”

Li Yi didn't want Man'er's thanks, he peeked at Ye Qingqiu who was sitting in the car, the latter's eyes were not on him at all, but looking ahead.

He followed Ye Qingqiu's line of sight and saw Liu Xiu and Long Yuan, each carrying a large package, striding in front.

By noon, Liu Xiu and the others had come out less than twenty miles, but the women behind them couldn't hold on, and Liu Xiu had no choice but to let everyone stop and rest, eat some food by the way, and fill their stomachs.

Ye Qingqiu, who was sitting in the car, was not idle, and hurriedly took out dry food from the carriage and helped distribute food to everyone.

Liu Xiu took a piece of dry food handed over by Ye Qingqiu, thanked him, and was about to turn around and walk away, Ye Qingqiu hurriedly took out another piece of dry food and handed it to him, and whispered: "Liu Gongzi, you have walked so far with the package on your back, let's eat another piece!" ”

Looking at the dry food handed to him, Liu Xiu smiled at her gratefully, shook his head, and said, "Thank you, Miss Ye." It's just that people don't suffer from widowhood, but from inequality. ”

Food is limited, everyone is only given one piece of dry food, and if he takes two pieces of dry food, it will inevitably cause people to look at and make people unhappy.

Liu Xiu refused Ye Qingqiu's kindness and asked her to take back the dry food, and then he took his piece of dry food in his mouth, walked to the side of the road, put down the package, sat on the ground with his ass, and ate the dry food while discussing the next itinerary with Long Yuan and Zhang Ping.

Through Liu Xiu's refusal to ask Ye Qingqiu for more food to give him, we can not only see Liu Xiu's fair and sensible side, but also his good insight into human nature.

In their small collective, Liu Xiu, like everyone else, is just a soldier, why should others listen to his command?

With his younger brother of Liu Xuan alone? This is far from enough, if he can't show a fair and just attitude, their small collective, will have to fall apart first without going to the county town.

As far as personal conduct is concerned, Liu Xiu is indeed impossible to find out what is bad, and the most critical point is that Liu Xiu's character is not deliberately pretended by him, but naturally revealed in the bits and pieces of daily life, which is also where his personal charm lies.

In all fairness, Liu Xiu is stronger than his founding ancestor who 'flew birds and hid their bows two hundred years ago, and cooked them with cunning rabbits and dead lackeys', and he is even stronger than his descendants who 'cried their noses, threw their children, and threw their wives' at every turn two hundred years later.

Ye Qingqiu looked at Liu Xiu who was sitting on the side of the road, and his gaze did not retract for a long time.

Roadside.

Li Tong said: "At our current speed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get to Xunyang before dark." ”

Zhang Ping said: "What I'm worried about is that Bosheng won't be able to wait for us in the county for so many days. ”

Liu Xuan was the vanguard of the Xiangyang Righteous Army, and it was impossible to stay in one place for a long time, so he needed to go all the way south to take the lead.

Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully, this is indeed a difficult problem. He subconsciously looked at the women's side, and without knowing what he saw, his brow suddenly furrowed.