In fact, as early as when he saw the two people outside the gate of the small courtyard from a distance, Shang Xia had already judged the strength of these two people.

At that age, he was about twenty years old, and his martial arts cultivation was about the same as Haimin's, and he was both in the martial arts realm.

Another thirty-year-old martial artist obviously condensed the will of martial arts, but his cultivation was not as good as Shang Xia, and it was only the first layer of martial arts.

The two of them naturally didn't know that their own cultivation had already been seen through, but they still looked Shang Xia up and down with a pair of scrutinizing eyes.

Shang Xia didn't care about the two of them's gazes, just looked at Hai Min with a smile and said, "My mother's family is here, and you won't introduce me?"

Hai Min's face turned red when he heard this, but he still said softly: "This is Fifth Uncle Cen, and this is Brother Huang Jiu." ”

Shang Xia smiled and raised the grouse in his hand, looked at the two of them: "It turned out to be the fifth uncle and the ninth brother, it is rare for the two of them to come, and they happened to hunt wild game, why don't you stay for dinner!"

The older Fifth Uncle Cen smiled when he heard this: "There is no need for dinner, the thirteenth sister likes tranquility, since she is willing to stay here, please treat her well!"

Shang Xia smiled and said, "Of course!"

Fifth Uncle Cen nodded, then looked at Huang Jiu beside him and said, "Let's go!"

Brother Huang Jiu heard Fifth Uncle Cen say with a look of indignation on his face before, and at this time, he heard Fifth Uncle Cen tell him to leave, and when he walked to Shang Xia's side, he said in a low voice: "If you can't take care of their mother and daughter, hum ......."

"Lao Jiu!"

Fifth Uncle Cen's voice came from the front, and there was no doubt in his deep voice: "Keep up!"

Brother Huang Jiu glanced at Shang Xia fiercely, turned his head and chased in the direction that Fifth Uncle Cen left.

From beginning to end, Shang Xia was smiling, looking like he was welcoming the two of them to his home.

At this time, Uncle Cen's voice came again: "If you have difficulties, you can come to everyone for help, you know how to find everyone!"

Shang Xia's gaze swept over Haimin's body, noticing the slightly complicated look on her face.

Seeing the figures of the two disappear into the corner of the street, Shang Xia turned his head and smiled: "Go back, it's not early!"

With an "oh" sound, Haemin uncomfortably let go of the door that was blocking.

It just so happened that at this time, Hai Yuanyuan rushed over from the small courtyard, and when he saw Shang Xia, he jumped up even more happily, pointed to the cloth tiger he was holding under his armpit and said, "I want that, I want that!"

Shang Xia handed the cloth tiger to the little girl with a smile, and handed the two silver dollars in his pocket to Haimin, and said with a slight meaning: "Oh, I beat a roe deer today and exchanged it for two silver dollars!"

Hai Min was a little hesitant for a while whether to take the silver dollar from his hand, it can be seen that Shang Xia smiled a little expectantly, she finally reached out and took the silver dollar, and said with a smile: "This money is enough for a long time, you don't have to go into the mountain every day, the heavy snow covers the mountain, it's too dangerous!"

Shang Xia took off the longbow on his shoulder as if he was ostentatious, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with this bow, even if you encounter a big insect, you won't be afraid!"

Haimin was amused by his deliberate show-off, and couldn't help but say, "Look at what you can!"

After saying that, she suddenly realized that this sentence was more like a term between husband and wife, and her face was a little hot for a while, and she didn't dare to look at Shang Xia with her eyes.

Shang Xia didn't seem to notice the change in her expression, and walked straight to the courtyard, saying, "You boil a pot of hot water, I'll fix this grouse, and you can eat chicken at night." ”

Saying that, Shang Xia had already come to the middle of the small courtyard, took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, and shook it in front of Hai Yuanyuan, who was playing with a cloth tiger: "Good girl, look at what this is?"

"Sesame candy!"

Hai Yuanyuan's big eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly grabbed the paper bag and took out one and stuffed it into his mouth, his original big eyes had narrowed into a pair of crescent moons: "Thank you, uncle!"

As she spoke, the little girl took another one from the paper bag and handed it to Shang Xia Dao: "Uncle eats it too!"

Shang Xia just took it, and the little girl had already run from him to Haimin, handed her another sesame candy and said, "Mother, you can eat the candy that my uncle bought for me!"

............

On the eaves of a house not far from the courtyard, Fifth Uncle Cen and Huang Jiuge, who had already left, actually appeared here at some point, and they were looking at the sea round in the courtyard with a cheerful and crazy face, and the laughter like silver bells could still be heard clearly even if they were dozens of feet away from the two of them at this time.

"Let's go!"

After a faint sigh, there was no trace of the two on the eaves.

However, what the two of them didn't know was that not long after they left, in the corner of the small courtyard, Shang Xia, who had just bled the grouse and was about to pour boiling water and pluck the feathers, inadvertently glanced at the oblique top of the small courtyard, and then handed over the most beautiful feather plucked from the grouse to Hai Yuanyuan to play.

On the way back to the inn, Fifth Uncle Cen suddenly asked, "Can you give Thirteen that kind of life?"

Brother Huang Jiu's face turned blue and uncertain, and he couldn't help but say, "We are...... , come and go without a trace, wanton and high-spirited, that is our life. ”

Fifth Uncle Cen sighed and said, "That's the life we live, but it's not necessarily the life that everyone is willing and hoping for!"

Brother Huang Jiu was stunned in his heart, and looked at the people around him in disbelief: "Fifth uncle?"

Fifth Uncle Cen waved his hand, and his expression seemed to be a little lonely: "Let's go, let's go and meet with the others first, and then we have to find a way to rescue the third child!"

Brother Huang Jiu said unwillingly: "Even so, can she still see death and not save ......her?"

Fifth Uncle Cen took out a corner of something from his cuffs and said, "Do you know why I asked for this cloak of tranquility from her?"

Without waiting for Huang Jiuge to answer, Fifth Uncle Cen continued: "If I guessed correctly, Thirteen's original plan was to use this cloak to save people. ”

Brother Huang Jiu was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "Isn't that looking for death? She is only in the extreme realm of martial arts, how can she save people from Yang Hu's hands?"

After that, Brother Huang Jiu saw Fifth Uncle Cen's sighing expression, and his expression changed: "You want to take the cloak from her just to prevent her from taking risks?" But she would rather save people herself than trust her own brothers?"

Fifth Uncle Cen sighed and didn't say anything more.

The two walked silently on the street back to the inn, and after a while, Huang Jiuge said, "Fifth uncle, is there anyone in our people who is unwilling to save the third child?"

"More than that!"

Fifth Uncle Cen said a word that made Huang Jiuge a little stunned.

"Fifth uncle, what do you mean by more than that?"

Brother Huang Jiu faintly had some not-so-good guesses.

Fifth Uncle Cen was silent for a moment, until Brother Huang Jiu couldn't help but speak again, he said: "Yang Hu is actually secretly recruiting us and others, this time the third child was detained in Changfeng City, it may be a bureau, and the third child is a bait!"

Brother Huang Jiu's face changed, and he said, "So, the thirteenth sister doesn't believe in her own people? Does she suspect that the third sister was detained because she was framed by her own people?"

Fifth Uncle Cen didn't raise his head and said, "Only we know about the third child's going north. ”

Huang Jiuge retorted: "That doesn't have to be us. Changfeng City is Yang Hu's territory, he has big roots here, wouldn't it be that the third child exposed his whereabouts and was captured by Yang Hu?"

Fifth Uncle Cen shook his head slightly, unwilling to argue with Huang Jiuge on this issue anymore.

Brother Huang Jiu thought of something at this time, and suddenly said: "Fifth uncle, I heard that there are actually people behind our eighteen horses, why don't you let those people come forward?"

Fifth Uncle Cen's face changed when he heard this, and he said with a complicated expression after a long time: "They seem to have to take care of themselves, otherwise, what can Yang Hu be worth?" In fact, I have always suspected that the reason why Yang Hu dared to plot against us eighteen horsemen was because he knew this reason. ”

Brother Huang Jiu suddenly said: "Therefore, the thirteenth sister will suspect that someone among her people has already secretly colluded with Changfeng City?"

Fifth Uncle Cen glanced at him and said, "Eighteen horsemen have been crisscrossing Jizhou for many years, if there is no backer, they will be surrounded and suppressed to death by the Jizhou family in an instant!"

Brother Huang Jiu sneered: "Even if we are abandoned, can Yang Hu and his Changfeng City protect me and others, he has this ability?"

Fifth Uncle Cen was silent for a moment before he said slowly: "At least, he is from Youzhou!"

Brother Huang Jiu was stunned when he heard this, as if he suddenly understood something.

Although he grew up in Jizhou, his parents and grandparents seem to have escaped from Youzhou decades ago.

............

Through the secluded city of commerce

More than a month ago, Duan Hong, a craftsman enshrined by the Shang family, finally forged a low-grade sharp weapon.

After the merchant has his own master craftsman, the gap between the merchant and the other three major families in Tongyou City has been further smoothed.

However, after the successful forging of this sharp weapon spear, Shang Xia, who should have belonged to its owner, disappeared after the attack on the Chiba Mountain Range.

For more than a month, although the merchants still haven't given up searching, because there has been no news, and now the attention of the entire merchants, and even the entire Tongyou City, has been focused on the return of the Coral Forest Xuanjie, and they are becoming more and more concerned about Shang Xia's search.

Until now, only Yan Qiyi was left in charge of this matter.

Although Shang Xi asked him to report to her every day about the results of the search, in fact, Shang Xi himself was too busy now, and when Yan Qi searched fruitlessly, the daily report could only add to her troubles.

Something was unexpected by Yan Qi, but Shang gradually came to ask a few words every few days, and sometimes discussed with him the location where Shang Xia might hide, and occasionally made some suggestions.

Whether these suggestions are reliable or not, Yan Qi can feel it, and Shang Xia, the second uncle, cares about Shang Xia from the bottom of his heart.

On the contrary, this made Yan Qi a little impressed by this person, at least it was much more pleasing to the eye than Shang Xia's ninth uncle who had always coveted that low-grade sharp weapon spear.

However, in the evening of this day, Yan Qi suddenly found that Yan Nier and her four little birds, who had been returning to the nest at a fixed time in the past, did not return until twilight.

Just as Yan Qi's heart was dark, and he was about to report the matter to Shang Xi, a silver lightning bolt suddenly crossed the sky above the Shang Mansion, and Yan Nier was back!