"Yao Ping!"

A deep and excited voice called out to Yao Ping, who was walking towards Qingfu County. Yao Ping looked sideways, and a dark and familiar face emerged from a field of weeds, it was his childhood friend Qu Shun.

"Junko!" Yao Ping was stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted excitedly, "Shunzi!" It's you? ”

"Hey, hey." Qu Shun grinned, "Bottle, it's really you." When did you get back? ”

"Didn't I just come back? I was thinking just now, this time when I go home, the first thing I have to go to you is first. Yao Ping said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be here." I'm going to your house. ”

"I'm glad you're back." Qu Shun stepped out of the weeds as he spoke, only to see that he was still carrying a snake in his hand, which scared Yao Ping enough that he almost fell to the ground in a tremble.

Qu Shun smiled and said, "Bottle, why are you still so afraid of snakes." ”

"Afraid, Junko, what are you doing catching snakes?" Yao Ping glanced at the snake in Qu Shun's hand again and asked.

"Eat." Qu Shun pursed his lips and said, "You may not know it when you just came back, there was a big flood on our side, and the fields and houses were flooded. My daughter-in-law and I haven't eaten for a day. Count on it today. ”

"You're married, aren't you?" Yao Ping first asked in surprise, and then immediately turned to say, "Our house is flooded?" Is it serious? ”

"It's not too serious, it's not deep." Qu Shun scratched his head and said, "It's just gone." ”

"I've heard about the flood, and I saw it from the top of the mountain just now, it's really strange, I've never heard of the sea being flooded before." Yao Ping said.

"Ahh That's right! Qu Shun suddenly looked a little frightened and said, "Yao Ping, you... You have to run. Well, there's a sign at the gate of that county town with your portrait on it. ”

"My portrait?" Yao Ping asked in confusion, "Why are you sticking my portrait?" ”

"What are you doing, it's just that the government wants to arrest you, so they put up your portrait. The bounty was thirty denarii. Qu Shun said worriedly, "Thirty taels of silver, I really don't know what big things you have committed, which court official can kill to be worth so much silver for them to arrest you." ”

"Impossible, don't talk about the court officials, even if it's a dog, I haven't killed it in the past few years, how could you post my notice for no reason, you must be wrong." Yao Ping shook his head and said.

"That's right, the portrait is very similar. And then the name, where the household registration is, and the age are all absolutely infallible. On Qingfu's side, there were not many people with the surname Yao. Qu Shun said affirmatively, "When I saw them posting notices the day before yesterday, I thought I was dazzled. I've been watching it for a quarter of an hour, but it's really you. ”

Yao Ping only felt confused, "I don't believe it, I've never done anything illegal, why would the government suddenly arrest me, I don't believe they even posted my avatar on the city gate notice." ”

"I don't want to believe it, but it's really you."

"I'll have to go check it out." Yao Ping looked up in the direction of Qingfu City and said.

"You're stupid! Go and see if that's just looking for death. Qu Shun said eagerly, "Don't go near the edge of the city, you quickly find a place where no one is in the limelight." ”

"I came all the way home, thinking that I could find a daughter-in-law to marry and live a stable life like you. But now not only is there a flood in the house, but there is also a notice to arrest me? Yao Ping sighed, then twisted his arm again before continuing, "It's all a dream." ”

Qu Shun looked at Yao Ping, who had a sad face, and said, "Bottle, you haven't dreamed, you have suffered a lot outside all these years." ”

"It's okay, after all, I still made some money with my uncle. It should be enough to buy a few acres of good land to plant. Yao Ping squeezed out a smile.

"Hey, the fields in our village have been flooded." Qu Shun said, "You could have gone somewhere else to buy a field to plant, but now you have become a key criminal of the government." Who would dare to sell it to you? ”

"This thing is absolutely wrong. I think I can go to the government and make it clear. Yao Ping said.

"Come on, if you're not mistaken, or someone harms you, you won't be able to get in now. The reward is thirty taels, then no matter what you say, you must be guilty of the great crime of killing your head. ”

"Then what should I do, I'm a fugitive when I'm good?"

"It's better to go to the government to inquire about what you are doing with your portrait." Qu Shun said, "You first find a place to hide, and then I'll tell you when I come back." ”

"That's fine." Yao Ping said, "Shunzi, I'll bother you to make a trip." ”

"Bottle, look at what you said, where are you hiding? I'll come back to you. ”

Yao Ping looked around, but saw a dilapidated Xiaozu temple on the northern hill, so he pointed there and said to Qu Shun, "I'll hide there first, and wait for you to come back." ”

"Okay, you wait for me, don't run around. I'll report to you early tomorrow morning. With that, Shunzi hugged Yao Ping, and then ran to Qingfu City with the snake in his hand.

In the ruined ancestral temple full of cobwebs, Yao Ping meditated for most of the night, and he really couldn't think of what he had done to break the law. Not long after, Yao Ping suddenly heard a wolf howling outside, and he couldn't help but feel excited. This was not because Yao Ping was afraid of wolves, but because he suddenly suspected that Qu Shun would rush to the government in order to report his hiding place to the government? For the thirty taels of silver.... "No, he's my good brother." Yao Ping said to himself.

Although Yao Ping kept thinking back to the beautiful experiences he had with Qu Shun playing and growing up, his heart had become difficult to return to his previous state at the moment when he had just doubted him.

He took a few deep breaths, then stood up from the thatch, and paced tangled steps to the door of the small ancestral temple. Unconsciously, he turned around and looked at the Ancestor Feng Twin Gods placed in the ancestral temple, the two brothers and sisters were just like all the other ancestral temples, they turned sideways, raised the tools in their hands, and the lower body of the snake was intertwined with each other.

Yao Ping seemed to remember something, and he looked at the hands of the two gods again, but saw that his brother Feng Mixi was holding a ruler in his hand, and his sister Feng Lixi was holding a compass. Compass and rectangular ruler, rules, isn't this also the symbol carved on Pei Xia's purple wooden box? Yao Ping thought.

Thinking of this, Yao Ping couldn't help but think of Pei Xia again, and then Shao Jun. "Could it be that they framed me? Resulting in me being wanted? "No, no," Yao Ping said to himself. He felt that although these two people gave him a very special sense of mystery, he really didn't feel that these two people really looked like the kind of people who would frame others.

"Maybe it was because my uncle bribed the people of the military mansion that he was implicated in the case. But that shouldn't be a serious crime, and I didn't even participate in it. Yao Ping's thoughts were messy, his eyes wandered around, and finally landed on the body of the twin gods in the temple. Looking at the gods, he slowly adjusted his breathing, and then knelt down. He knelt down at the two gods, and bowed to the two gods three times sincerely, and silently recited in his mouth, "The two ancestral gods are above, bless my uncle with safety." I hope you can clear my name. ”

After worshipping the two gods, Yao Ping hesitated, but still made up his mind to leave this small ancestral temple.

But he did not go far, but hid not far from this mountain, a place where a small temple could be seen. Behind a large rock, Yao Ping curled up and waited until dawn.

As the sun rose, Yao Ping suddenly heard the sound of grass moving. He hurriedly got up and lay down on the side of the boulder, and he saw that Qu Shun was climbing up quickly along the rugged mountain road at this time. Yao Ping wanted to confirm whether there were any officers and soldiers behind him, but the bushes blocked his view too much, making it difficult for him to judge.

Yao Ping, who was afraid of being discovered by Qu Shun, quickly hid behind the rocks. He heard Qu Shun shouting his name outside the small temple, and then entered the small temple.

It wasn't until after a while that he didn't hear anyone else's voice that Yao Ping was overjoyed, and he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was indeed Qu Shun who had returned. But when Yao Ping was about to walk out from behind the rock, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps stepping on the broken branches on the path, and this time, Yao Ping was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind the boulder.

"My former best brother, for thirty taels of silver, came to arrest me with officers and soldiers." The panicked Yao Ping curled up behind the rocks, and he thought of this in horror. While he was thinking this, he suddenly felt that his heart was mixed, and the whole world was dark.

"Bottle, where did you go?"

As Qu Shun's voice suddenly came looking for him, Yao Ping only felt blood dripping from his heart.

"He probably didn't go far, and we'll look for him nearby." Qu Shun's voice.

Hearing this, Yao Ping's mind went blank, and he sat behind the stone, and he had no intention of escaping. "Let the officers and soldiers brought by Shunzi arrest him, and also fulfill his wish of thirty taels of silver." As the footsteps got closer and closer, Yao Ping was left with this helpless thought in his heart.

"Bottle, why are you squatting here?" Qu Shun bypassed the boulder and appeared beside Yao Ping, he asked in surprise.

Yao Ping looked up in fear and saw not only Qu Shun appearing in front of him, but also a person. But it was an acquaintance.

"Flowey!" Yao Ping shouted in surprise, he looked around in surprise, and found that there was no one else except for the two of them, so Yao Ping turned sadness into joy in his heart, and said, "You, why did you come together, one piece." ”

Qu Shun smirked, and the young woman named Huahua bowed her head shyly and said, "Junzi didn't tell you, Junzi and I got married a few years ago." ”

Qu Shun also smirked and said, "You guys, one by one, have run out of the house, and no one wants this flower, so I'll take it." ”

Huahua smiled and slapped Qu Shun, and then said to Yao Ping, who was still surprised, "I haven't seen you for so many years, bottle, you are still the same as before." It's just a little darker, and I haven't seen any growth. ”

"What else do you look like, how old are they?" Yao Ping smiled and said, "Huahua, you are more beautiful than before, it seems that Shunzi has not treated you badly." ”

"Pingzi, you didn't stay in the temple, why did you come here?" Qu Shun asked Yao Ping at this time.

Yao Ping's face suddenly felt hot, and he said hesitantly, "I wanted to just now." Fortunately, I haven't taken off my pants yet, otherwise I would have let Flowey see it. ”

The three of them laughed for a while, and Qu Shun turned to him and said seriously, "Bottle, I went to the government to inquire about the portrait of you, it is indeed a big deal." ”

"Big deal? Did my uncle arrest him? ”

"Your uncle?" Qu Shun said confusedly, "I don't know about this." I heard from the officials there that they had arrested you because you were a spy of a foreigner. ”

"Spy?!" Yao Ping said in astonishment, "How did I become a spy of foreign clans." ”

He thought back to the days he had spent with Asana, Kutsea, and Noor. Perhaps to some people he was a little close to the Khaldos, but he really couldn't think of anything that would make him such a spy charge.

"Bottle, run. Once the government has confirmed the crime of collaborating with the enemy and committing adultery, it can be punished on the spot, and if you are caught, you will not even have a chance to seek justice. Qu Shun sighed, "Hey, I really don't know how you ended up with such a crime." ”

Yao Ping shook his head helplessly, then looked at them and asked, "Collaborating with the enemy is a traitor." Qu Shun, Chen Dahua, do you think that kind of person does I Yao Ping look like? ”

"Of course you're not, it goes without saying." Qu Shun immediately replied, "I believe you have been wronged. ”

"You, Brother Bian Lai, Apu, and me and Shunzi, we grew up playing together since childhood, and we are like brothers and sisters. I believe that there will be no such person among those of us. Chen Dahua looked at Yao Ping and said.

"Thank you, Flowey." Yao Ping nodded and said. "By the way, I met Brother Bian Lai in Luochuan." Yao Ping said again.

"Is he okay?" Qu Shun and Chen Dahua asked in unison.

"It's very good, what kind of cavalry has Cao Zi long." Yao Ping said.

"What kind of official is that, is it big?" Qu Shun asked curiously.

"I think it's big, he doesn't say it's big. When I met him, he was very imposing, and he was riding a horse and wearing armor, and he came out of the gate of the imperial capital Luochuan with his soldiers. Yao Ping recalled the scene when he saw Bian Lai, and said with a smile.

"It's really promising, worthy of being our big brother." Qu Shun sighed.

"Yes, he chose the path that suited him best, and it went smoothly." Yao Ping looked forward to it, and suddenly turned to Qu Shun and asked, "Shunzi, the family's house and fields have been flooded, what are you going to do next?" Where are you going? ”

Qu Shun sighed, "I can't go anywhere, my father is not in good health, and he is still waiting for us to find food outside Qingfu City and send it back." ”

Huahua also sighed, and then asked Yao Ping, "Bottle, what about you?" Are you going back to the Western Regions? ”

"Since I'm back, I don't plan to go back. Actually, when I came back this time, I wanted to buy land and marry a daughter-in-law, so I stayed at home all this time. Yao Ping couldn't help but feel a little sad when he said this, "But now, not only is my home flooded and I can't go back, but even I have become a wanted criminal." ”

"Bottle, you might as well hide around here now, maybe they will find out that they are mistaken, and they will take down your proclamation portrait. After a while, the water may have receded. When the time comes, you will buy a fertile field near our house and build a new house, and we will still be neighbors like when we were children. ”

Yao Ping smiled and nodded.