Bao'er was already crying like a tearful person, sobbing and choking and couldn't even speak, Zhang Duan smiled at Xu Zizhen with difficulty: "Brother Xu, my brother wants to ask you something." He patted Bao'er on the head and said, "I have slaughtered those golden dogs, and this place is unlivable, I ...... I can't take care of this kid anymore, so I want to ask you...... Ahem......"

Speaking of this, he coughed violently, and a mouthful of blood spurted out with the cough, Xu Zizhen hurriedly took his hand and said, "Are you worried about Bao'er?" ”

Zhang Du nodded weakly, his eyes full of anticipation.

Xu Zizhen didn't think about it and responded: "Okay! ”

Zhang Du breathed a sigh of relief, a flush appeared on his pale face, and he returned to his light.

He grabbed Xu Zizhen's hand and said, "Brother Xu, you are a man and a hero, I want to ask you to take care of Bao'er for me...... This kid hasn't read, just be a horse boy for you in the future, brother, thank you! ”

Xu Zizhen shook his head slowly: "No!" Zhang Dui's face froze, and Xu Zizhen continued, "My life was taken back by your grandfather and son, from today Bao'er is my Xu Zizhen's own nephew, as long as I don't die, I will definitely let him get ahead in the future!" ”

Zhang Dui's face was happy, and he turned to Bao'er and said, "Listen to your uncle in the future, you know?" Go, kowtow to your Uncle Xu. ”

Bao'er knelt down to Xu Zizhen with red and swollen eyes, kowtowed three times seriously, and when he finished the last one and straightened up, he saw that Zhang Du had stopped breathing, his eyes had been closed, and there was a reassuring smile on his mouth.

At this moment, Xu Zizhen's heart tugged suddenly, he and Zhang Dui had only known each other for a short time, and what they said didn't add up to a few words, but despite this, Zhang Dui still sacrificed himself in order to save his life, and he didn't let him be hurt any more until he died.

Xu Zizhen only felt that a wave of anger in his chest gradually swelled, as if he was about to burst his chest, he struggled to kneel on one knee, and said word by word: "Brother Zhang, I will definitely avenge you for this revenge, don't worry!" ”

Bao'er stopped crying at this time, knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhang Dui, then wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, carried Zhang Dui's body to the cellar, and then pushed it onto the stone mill, and finally took a deep look at the cellar that had been closed, and said to Xu Zizhen: "Uncle, I can't stay here, I'll go and clean up and let's go." ”

Xu Zizhen felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and wanted to comfort Bao'er a few words, but seeing that there was no sadness on his little face, only a resolute look, he sighed secretly and nodded.

It didn't take long for Bao'er to clean up, his family was really poor, and the so-called cleaning was nothing more than a few shabby clothes and two pieces of dried meat, as well as a hunting bow made by himself and Zhang Dui's simple knife, the blade was bright, and there were faint traces of blood on it.

Outside the door is a wide field, you can see the towering Taihang Mountain in the distance, the breeze is infinitely spring, Xu Zizhen's mood is very heavy, his heart is tight, tight and painful.

Bao'er closed the dilapidated wooden door and carefully locked it, just as he usually did when he went hunting with his father in the mountains, but there was still a trace of deep affection and sadness in the depths of his eyes.

Xu Zizhen is still unable to move, let alone going to the Daimyo's Mansion, even if it is extremely difficult to walk a few steps, but he knows that he can't stay now, Jin Bing will come again at any time, and when the time comes, not only him, but even the innocent Bao'er will be unable to escape the catastrophe.

Bao'er is not very old, but he shows the calmness and composure that he should not have at this age, he put Xu Zizhen's arm on his shoulder, copied Xu Zizhen's waist with one hand, and handed the Pu knife to Xu Zizhenquan as a crutch, supported by his thin and short body, and walked hard step by step.

Xiaozhangjiagou is a very small place, there are less than ten households at a glance, and the invasion of Jin Bing made most of the villagers flee from here early, which made Xu Zizhen feel a little relieved, at least Jin Bing will not use those innocent villagers to vent when he comes here again.

Bao'er took Xu Zizhen onto an overgrown trail, which follows the mountain all the way to the northwest, where there is a steep peak, which the locals call Bison Ridge.

"This mountain is not easy to climb, so there are few roads, the golden dog should not be found, even if they come, it will be fine, they are not as familiar with the road as me." Bao'er pointed to Bison Ridge and said.

It wasn't until it was dark that Xu Zizhen finally realized the meaning of Bao'er's words that it was not easy to climb.

Bison Ridge is not too high, but it is extremely steep, except for a short section of the road in the early stage of the mountain, there are many places up and down the cliffs, and Bao'er has always been silent or carrying Xu Zizhen, step by step to the ridge.

Xu Zizhen didn't open his mouth to persuade him, because just after getting along for most of the day, he found that Bao'er's temperament was very stubborn, and persuasion would not be useful, and besides, he had silently sworn in his heart that as long as he could return to Bianjing alive, no matter whether he could do something in the future, Bao'er would definitely not owe anything in this life.

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For half a month, Xu Zizhen has been hiding in a cave on Bison Ridge, which was originally a bear cave, hidden and safe, Bao'er went out hunting every day with a bow and a knife, he was not tall and had little strength, he could only hunt some hares and pheasants and the like, but even these small things were enough for Xu Zizhen's body to slowly recover.

The wound medicine given by Zhuo Ya made Xu Zizhen use a seven-seven-eighty-eight, to say that the name of the goddess of the Snow Mountain is really not covered, plus Xu Zizhen is in good health, and he was once beaten by Xuanyi Daoist with Bodhi Dan An excellent foundation, so after half a month, he was already able to walk around on the ground.

Early that morning, he called to Bao'er: "Come down the mountain, there are some things that should be explained." ”

Bao'er didn't say anything, he only needed to implement and obey what Xu Zizhen said, and he didn't have to ask anything else, this was the rule he set for himself when he followed Xu Zizhen to take the first step out of the house.

In half a month, the mountain seems to have regained its calm, the golden soldiers are gone, the officials are gone, and the villagers in the fields have resumed their work.

It takes about two days to get from here to the Daimyo's Mansion, Xu Zizhen was wondering whether to hire an ox cart to travel on his behalf for such a long road, and his eyes swept and found that there was a small river beach not far away, three horses were resting on the riverbank, and two dusty knights were washing their hands and feet by the river.

Xu Zizhen walked a few steps and shouted to the river: "Brother, you two have three horses, can you give me one?" I give money. ”

The two knights turned their heads, and suddenly looked at each other in surprise at the same time, and at the same time at the tree where the horses were tethered.

Xu Zizhen followed their line of sight, but saw a thin and light figure slowly standing up from the side of the tree, his face was already covered with crystal tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Xu Zizhen, you are really alive, I know!" ”

"Zoya?" Xu Zizhen was stunned, unable to return to his senses for a long time.