The next day, on the way to Yongping County.

"Look, it's almost time to Yongping County!" Zhong Gui shouted loudly.

"Let's run and see who gets there first!" Fan Xin was also excited.

"Don't run, wait until everyone enters the city together!" Li Shan sternly stopped, "I just learned to ride a horse and run around, what should I do if I fall?" ”

"Come here!" Zhang Song ordered loudly and sternly.

Song Pei also shouted to everyone to stop walking.

Seeing that Zhang Song was angry, the smiles on the faces of Zhong Gui, Fan Xin and others dispersed, and they rode towards Zhang Song and Song Pei.

"What did I tell everyone when I came out? All actions are under command, and now the situation in Yongping County is unclear, you are rushing to the city with such shouting and shouting, what if something happens in the city? Zhang Song intended to let a few friends grow up quickly, and he was ruthless when he reprimanded.

"yes. Do things calmly and don't be reckless. Song Pei was on the side to help.

In the past few months, everything Zhang Song has done has exceeded everyone's expectations, even a shrewd adult can't do Zhang Song as well, and it has invisibly formed a high prestige in everyone's hearts. Now that Zhang Song's face is calm and angry, several of his friends are worried in their hearts, and even Li Shan is a little frightened.

Seeing that several friends bowed their heads and remained silent, Zhang Song's tone softened a little, and said: "Brother Li Shan and I have been teaching you all these days, everyone must apply what they have learned in practice, be vigilant at all times, and do not act rashly, so that you can settle down in troubled times." I hope everyone will pay attention in the future, you know? ”

"Got it!" Fan Xin, Yuan Shi and Zhong Gui replied loudly.

"It's good to know." Zhang Song turned back to Song Pei and Li Shandao, "Let's disguise ourselves before entering the city, after all, many people in Yongping County know us, and it won't be good if we are recognized." ”

"What the lord said is very true!"

Zhang Song originally intended to pretend to be a Hu man, but Li Shan and his three friends resolutely disagreed, and even Song Pei was a little reluctant. In desperation, several people disguised themselves with tree sap and mud, and after confirming that they could not recognize each other, they tied their left arms twice with rattan to identify each other, and then walked towards the gate of Yongping County.

The city gate of Yongping County is wide open, and there are many people in and out of the city, and there is an endless stream. A few men were standing guard at the gates, occasionally questioning passers-by.

When Zhang Song, Song Pei and the others walked to the gate of the city, the people guarding the city simply asked a few words and waved them into the city.

In the spring, Yongping County is very lively, and hawkers occupy the position on both sides of the only street in the county, some are selling wheat seeds, some are selling vegetable seeds, some are selling animal skins, and some are selling snacks and so on.

As soon as he entered the county, Li Shan was a little excited, and Yuan Shi, Zhong Gui, and Fan Xin were even more excited. Zhang Song whispered to a few people: "Don't worry, let's buy the things we need first, and then pick up your family when we leave the city." ”

Yuan Shi, Zhong Gui, and Fan Xin had no choice but to endure their excitement and follow Zhang Song and Song Pei to lead the horse and walk slowly on the street.

Zhang Song and his entourage of six people each led a horse, which was very eye-catching in the small county town of Yongping, and there were more hawkers peddling to a few people.

Zhang Song and the others walked all the way to take a look, but they didn't find anything worth buying, and the pigeon didn't even see a shadow, seeing that they were about to go to the end of the street, and there was nothing to gain, and several people were a little disappointed.

"Why can't you sell iron?" Zhang Song asked a little puzzled.

"The lord doesn't know that salt and iron are all official camps, and they can only be sold in the government."

Is this what the salt and iron official camp means? Zhang Song looked at Li Shan, Li Shan nodded and said, "What Song Jun said is extremely true. ”

"Let's go, pick up your family!" Zhang Song said to Fan Xin and Zhong Gui, turning around and going back.

"Some rotten stones, who wants you? Still pretending to be here! A mocking voice rang out abruptly.

"Don't move, I'm going to sell it for money to bury my mother, this stone is of great use, someone will definitely ask for it." A tired and immature child's voice sounded.

Zhang Song followed the prestige, and saw a young man standing in front of an inconspicuous stall at the end of the street, and a child of about seven or eight years old squatting in front of the young man.

Zhang Song walked up to the child, squatted down and picked up the two stones on the stall, and looked at them carefully.

When the young man saw Zhang Song and his party of six people leading the horses to surround him, he looked a little panicked, and hurriedly ran away secretly while people were not paying attention.

"Boy, where did you get this stone?" After Zhang Song finished reading it, he asked the child.

"I picked it up from one place, and it's all over there." The child's voice was timid, but his eyes were full of anticipation.

"These two stones look good, but they don't work for me." Zhang Song casually put down the stone in his hand.

When the child heard this, the light that had just flashed in his eyes dimmed.

"Boy, what about your family or relatives? Why don't they help you bury your mother? Song asked.

"I don't have any other family members or relatives, and for as long as I can remember, my mother has been with me."

"Boy, what's your name?" Zhang Song asked.

"The boy's name is Liu Yi. What's your name and who are you? ”

"My name is Zhao Kai, and we are villagers far away from Yongping County. Liu Yi, you see this is good, we will help you bury your mother, why don't you take these two stones with us, and then we will let you eat and dress warmly, how about it? "Zhang Song is like a big bad wolf with a pleasant face.

The child tilted his head and hesitated, wanting to agree but having some doubts.

Xiaoli, who was eating the meatloaf, cleverly handed the remaining meatloaf to Liu Yi after Zhang Song finished speaking, and said, "Here, it's delicious." ”

Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, then took it, ate it in a big gulp, and ate the meatloaf in only three or two clicks, and he was still unsatisfied after eating.

"Liu Yi, come with us, we can often eat this cake." Zhang still plays the big bad wolf.

"Good...... Good...... All right. After several disputes, Liu Yi finally agreed.

"Then you take us to your house first, bury your mother first, and then go together." Zhang Songdao.

Liu Yi nodded, took Zhang Song and the others around a few corners, and walked to a wasteland in the city, where there was a dilapidated small thatched hut standing alone, Liu Yi's mother was lying in the only thatched pile in the thatched shed, faintly emitting the smell of corpses, her face began to swell, and there was blood flowing out of the corners of her mouth, it seemed that she should have been dead for several days.

There were only a few tattered clothes in the thatched hut, and a few equally tattered eating utensils. On the humble earthen stove outside the shed was half an iron pot, and there was nothing in the iron pot except for some sewage.

"Liu Yi, how did your mother die?" Zhang Song frowned unobtrusively and asked.

"I was sick, I didn't have money for treatment, I died."

"Liu Yi, do you have any land in your house? Where is your mother buried? ”

At this question, Liu Yi was dumbfounded, and he muttered: "My family has no land, I ...... I don't know where to bury it. ”

"Then where are the people of your clan?" Zhang Song planned to find the Liu Yi clan and ask them to give them a cemetery.

"My mother and I fled here, and we don't know where our clan is."

"It's going to be hard." Zhang Song felt that this matter was a bit tricky.

"Liu Yi, is this wasteland yours? Did anyone come and chase you away when you lived here? Song Peiwen was standing aside, Liu Yi who was at a loss.

"This wasteland is not ours, after my mother and I fled to Yongping County, we found this place and set up a home, and no one has come to drive us away until now." Liu Yi replied.

"Lord, I think it's better to be buried in this shed, anyway, Liu Yi doesn't have to come back to live in the future, so it will be convenient for Liu Yi to remember his mother's cemetery." Song Pei consulted Zhang Song's opinion.

"Okay!" Zhang Song agreed.

Liu Yi also nodded in agreement.

Li Shan took a hoe from nowhere, demolished the shed, and dug a pit next to the shed. Several people carefully put the body of Liu's mother, who had begun to decompose, into the pit, and put some tattered clothes into it.

Liu Yi was still very calm at first, helping to dig and move things. But when it was time to bury it, he trembled and stroked his mother's face with his hands, and his mouth shook a few times, wanting to say something, but finally he didn't say anything, but cried sadly.

Zhang Song comforted Liu Yi a few words, pulled him out of the dirt pit, and ordered Liu Yi's mother to be buried. Then he found a stone, carved the name of Liu Yi's mother on it with a hoe, and stood in front of the tomb, so that Liu Yi could worship with grass as incense.

Liu Yi knelt on the ground, knocked his head a few times in succession, and shouted: "Mother, it was Brother Zhao Kai who helped me bury you, he is willing to take me in, you can rest assured, I will come to see you in the future!" ”

Looking at this familiar environment, Liu Yi was a little reluctant, he turned around a few times in place, and finally picked up the packed package and said to Zhang Song: "Brother Zhao Kai, let's go." ”

The group walked for a while, and Liu Yi suddenly said, "Brother Zhao Kai, wait a minute, I have one more thing to forget." With that, he handed the package to Xiaoli and ran towards his mother's grave again.

Zhang Song and the others stood in place, and after seeing Liu Yi running to the cemetery, they looked around, put their right hand on the side of their mouth, and whistled several times one after another. Orr, a few birds flew in and landed on Liu Yi's shoulders. Liu Yi gently stroked the bird with his hand, gave the bird some food, and walked towards Zhang Song and them.

Walking to the front, Zhang Song smiled, there was nowhere to find the iron shoes, it took no effort to get it, and there were four birds standing on Liu Yi's shoulders, which were the pigeons that Zhang Song could not find on the streets of Yongping County.

"Pigeons!" Yuan Shi shouted excitedly, and was about to reach out to touch it, but he was afraid that the pigeon would be frightened, so he immediately shrank back.

Because of the pigeons, Liu Yi and Yuan Shi, Fan Xin, Zhong Gui, and Xiaoli quickly became acquainted, and walked to the place where Fan Xin and Zhong Gui's families lived.

When passing by a restaurant, Zhang Song saw several familiar figures flash into the restaurant, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Stop!" ”