Wang Ran and Liu Wulang were watching the play happily, but suddenly their ears were gently grabbed, and when they turned their heads, they saw that it was Sister Xiaocui who happened to be smiling.

It turned out that Wang Zhichuan saw that Wang Ran had been out for a long time and that it was getting late, so he was worried that he would cause trouble outside again. Wang Zhichuan didn't show his face, so Xiaocui came out to look for him.

Seeing Wang Ran looking at the alley with a wicked smile on his face, how could Xiao Cui, who took care of him grow up and was familiar with his temperament, didn't know that there must be a troublemaker in him. After glancing at him, the two quietly withdrew from the crowd, and Xiao Cui said, "Brother Ran is doing something strange again." ”

Wang Ran stuck out his tongue and smiled evilly, but he didn't deny it. Although he is not a decent gentleman, he has always dared to act boldly, and he will not lie to Sister Xiaocui, who is closest to him. turned around and called Liu Wulang, who was still unsatisfied, and prepared to go back to the mountain.

The three of them were walking on the road, and a group of people walked over quickly, one of them was rich, holding a folding fan in his hand, followed by two small servants, and shouted in his mouth: "The county commander is here, dodge and dodge." Wang Ran and the three didn't dare to take a closer look, so they hurriedly walked away. The county magistrate among them turned his head and looked at Xiaocui's back, thoughtful.

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Saying goodbye to Liu Wulang, Wang Ran and Sister Xiaocui returned to the cottage, Xiaocui didn't want to say much, but Wang Zhichuan was delicate, and he didn't feel right, and then looked at Wang Ran's smug face, he knew that this kid had caused trouble again. After careful interrogation, he didn't care much about beating Zhang Xiaoliu, but after hearing that the county order was alarmed, he muttered for a while, and then punished Wang Ran for not going to the town in the near future. Wang Ran doesn't care, it's a big deal to read and collect medicine every day, and he is also happy.

"The sundial has been cloudy, and the night leak has been long since then."

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it has entered summer. Wang Ran, who had been lifted from the ground, had just returned from selling medicine on the street that day, so he told Xiaocui about the news he heard from the town today.

"Zhang Xiaoliu has been sentenced to two years in prison and will soon be sent to the Chungju Prison Camp to serve his sentence, and he will not be able to do evil in the future. Uncle Xu has added another big fat boy, and Mrs. Xu sent someone to take me to receive the reward today, oh, Sister Xiaocui. Wang Ran took out the money and handed it to Xiao Cui.

"Old lady Xu has a very good heart, and she has taken care of me all these years." Xiao Cui smiled.

"It's not for the sake of Master's face, if it weren't for Master's wonderful rejuvenation, Uncle Xu would have been terminally ill a long time ago, how could he still add Ding one after another."

"Then you must also be grateful, and you must not be pampered." Xiao Cui is colorful.

"Got it, Sister Xiaocui." Wang Ran laughed.

After dinner, Xiaocui was picking shoes, Wang Ran, who was reading with an oil lamp, felt uneasy for no reason, and suddenly heard a crackling sound, and turned his head to see that there was a fire behind his own grass house, the night wind in the mountains was blowing, and the fire spread rapidly, Wang Ran got up and threw himself in front of the window, and saw a figure sneaking behind the house, so he rushed out to hold it, and looked at it, it turned out to be Zhang Xiaoliu, who should be locked in the county prison waiting for the assassination, Wang Ran was stunned, and raised his fist to fight.

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At this time, about a hundred steps outside the fence courtyard, there was a group of people standing in the black press, and more than a dozen sturdy warriors in black clothes were holding crossbows, hanging from their waists, carrying bent knives, standing quietly and solemnly. At present, the two of them were white and beardless, covered with a Xuan cloak, and said to the person with a servile face on the side: "Are you sure you are here? The voice was soft and sharp.

"Can't be wrong, the villain has already inquired clearly, and he has come here to visit in person." The man should have arrived.

"Well, it's a heartfelt one. If this matter is over, we will give you a future. The corners of the old man's mouth twitched at the gloomy face.

The old man was about to order the guards behind him to come forward and surround the grass house, when he suddenly saw that the grass house was on fire, and two people ran out of the house to scoop water to extinguish the fire, and looked at the man in the middle, and his heart was happy. hurriedly shouted: "Release the arrows, don't let them run."

The samurai stepped forward quickly, and as he walked, he scattered into an encirclement and suppression, and raised his head to raise the crossbow to shoot a round.

Wang Zhichuan, who was extinguishing the fire with a basin of water, suddenly moved his ears, and hurriedly pounced on Xiao Cui in front of him, and after a while, a piece of arrow feathers were nailed to the bamboo wall in front of him. When he was frightened, he saw a rain of arrows in the sky again, but this time he couldn't dodge.

The old man with a white face and beard in a black cloak, seeing that the two people in front of the house had been hit by arrows and were dying, he was overjoyed, and suddenly lowered his face and wondered: "What about the other person?" ”

"Brother Ran, run." Xiao Cui, who was lying on the ground, shouted sadly.

"This is how it should be, how it should be. Ge Mougou has lived so far, and he is worthy of going to see the first emperor and the king of Wei, but he is ashamed of this child. Wang Zhichuan on the side said softly in a panic, and his breath gradually disappeared.

"Put it again." The old man said.

The samurai took out the arrows from their indigo and continued to shoot until they were empty.

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Wang Ran was scuffling with Zhang Xiaoliu, and suddenly heard a bangbang sound, and then came the painful cries of Sister Xiaocui and Master, and was about to rush out, but Zhang Xiaoliu grabbed his clothes, and couldn't break free for a while, and heard Sister Xiaocui let him run quickly, followed by a sound of breaking the air that made him startled, Wang Ran relied on his instinct to lie sideways, and suddenly picked up Zhang Xiaoliu in front of him, and saw an arrow hissing through Zhang Xiaoliu's neck, still trembling, Zhang Xiaoliu snorted, his body softened, and blood flowed out along the shaft of the arrow, dripping on Wang Ran's face, It's like plum blossoms in full bloom, and then they are dizzy in the blink of an eye.

Wang Ran left Zhang Xiaoliu behind, and blood poured up, but he still gritted his teeth to calm down, knowing that Master and Sister Xiaocui were afraid that they were already more than lucky, and it would be useless to rush out by themselves, and the top priority was to find a place to hide. Looking around, the mountain behind is quite high, and I can't turn over it for a while, and when I look up and see the big tree with lush branches on the slope, I crawl over and rub it up with the trunk of the tree. Be careful to avoid the branches, so as not to shake the leaves to attract people's attention, to make sure that he is covered by the leaves, and will not be easily discovered, Wang Ran burst into tears at this time, sad, angry and puzzled, shouldn't this Zhang Xiaoliu be locked up in the county jail, how could he touch his house and set it on fire? How can you find so many people? There are also bows and arrows, how can the bows and arrows of ordinary hunters be so powerful, aren't they only in the army have such murder weapons? And if it was someone brought by Zhang Xiaoliu, how could he even ignore himself and shoot him indiscriminately? All kinds of doubts lingered in Wang Ran's heart.

Looking at the grass house from the gap in the leaves, it has burned beyond recognition at this time, the thick roof of the house collapsed, fell on Zhang Xiaoliu's body and continued to burn, there was a circle of people standing in the open space in front of the house, several soldiers were staring at the grass house with blades, and a few scattered around searching, presumably looking for themselves. Master and Sister Xiaocui were lying on the ground in front of the house, no longer alive, an old man with a covered body and a white beard was carefully identifying the two corpses, and a person next to him was lying in the old man's ear in a low voice, as if he was saying something, Wang Ran took a closer look, and it seemed to be the county order that Rixiang would encounter on the street. Wang Ran was very puzzled, why did the county order want to kill us, and who was the old man who made the county order bow down?

After about a stick of incense, the fire gradually went out. The guards stepped forward to dig through the embers, and one of them found the body of Zhang Xiaoliu behind the house, and hurriedly shouted: "Found it, here." ”

The others followed the sound around to the back of the house, and the old man asked, "Is it him?" ”。

The county magistrate stepped forward to take a look, and the charred corpse was as black as charcoal and still emitting green smoke, so he almost vomited, and he didn't dare to look at it carefully and replied: "Although it is burned beyond recognition, looking at this figure, it should be right." Besides, I've had someone come here today to investigate in advance and make sure that all three of them are there. There must be no doubt about this corpse. ”

"Okay, it's another matter on the saint's mind. You Qi Yuanzhen will have a prosperous official fortune in the future, and you won't be able to run away from wealth and glory. The old man praised him. The old man said a few words to the guards around him.

"Thanks to the support of the nobles, the villain will be determined to serve the adults in the future." Qi Yuan Zhenxi couldn't help it.

"We are all on errands for the saints, what do you mean by serving me?" The old man sneered.

"The saint is high, and the day is full of opportunities, how dare the villain cling. Zhonggui is the reborn parent of the villain! Qi Yuan said with a smile.

"Clever. Come back, I heard that Lord Qi is quite elegant in your life, and there are countless treasures at home. We'd like to see that, too. The old man looked at Qi Yuan Zhen with burning eyes.

"It's all dirty stuff, and if it's interesting for adults to look at, it's good to take it back and support the table and stool." Qi Yuan's heart was like a knife, but he could only flatter.

"Lord Qi has a bright future."

The two of them walked away as they spoke.

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The mountain wind was bleak, the leaves were rustling, and although Wang Ran, who was hiding in the trees, could see the two of them talking to each other by the light of the fire that was still burning spontaneously from the embers of the grass house, but he couldn't hear what they said. Could it be that he regarded Zhang Xiaoliu's corpse as his own? Otherwise, why not continue the search?

The two gradually turned around and walked away, and the remaining guards dragged the bodies of Wang Zhichuan and Xiaocui to the open ditch behind the house, picked up some dead branches and leaves, and buried them together with Zhang Xiaoliu, who was burned to charcoal, and then left.

Wang Ran waited on the tree for a while, and after making sure that everyone had already walked away, he climbed down the tree, ran to the ditch, cleared the branches and leaves and dirt covering the bodies of the master and Xiaocui, looked at the corpses of the two, and knelt aside. My parents died not long after I was born, and now my closest master and sister Xiaocui have also left me. Wang Ran thought and burst into tears.

There are no stars and moons in the sky, thick dark clouds press on Fengqi Mountain, the wind passes through the mountains and forests, and the empty valley is desolate.