Lie Shantong looked at this person trapped in the formation, he was wearing a night suit, covering his face, only a pair of eyes were exposed, I don't know if it was an illusion, he seemed to have seen this person somewhere.

He stretched out his hand to take off his mask, but he didn't expect this person to be fierce, gritted his teeth and cut off his arm with a sword, the tip of the sword was a little, and the severed arm turned into a cloud of blood mist, the formation was infected by this blood and lost its effect, the man in black took the opportunity to rush out of the house, jumped on the wall and fled, and the shouts of soldiers came from outside: "There are assassins, come quickly, there are assassins!" ”

Lie Shantong covered his face with his robe, so as not to let the blood stain his body, carried up his true qi, blew it away, looked at the direction of the assassin's escape, and said to himself: "Hou Tang Dark Group, interesting." ”

It turned out that the assassin escaped quickly, but let Lie Shantong get a jade plaque with the inscription: Tang Long, seven.

Horseshoe Bay is located in Kyoto Prefecture 12 kilometers, south of Qinyue, north of the sea river, mountains and mountains are staggered, self-proclaimed natural danger, there is a big man when the pass, ten thousand people do not open the trend, for the past generations of soldiers must fight for the place.

The Dawn Army has just conquered Kyoto Prefecture, and the remnants of the Night Dynasty still have sporadic resistance in various places, and Horseshoe Bend, which is a major place for soldiers, is even more fiercely beaten, and the remnants of the army can be seen everywhere.

Because there was a battle between the two sides in the morning and the evening before the troops were withdrawn, the remnant sun was like blood, the whole battlefield was unusually quiet, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides who had not had time to clean up were all over the field, and the blood stained the entire horseshoe bay red, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke and loess.

Suddenly, a thin figure appeared on the battlefield, crouching down from time to time rummaging on the corpse, and a few soldiers saw it from afar, and one of them shouted: "Who is over there?" ”

The thin figure shuddered and stopped to look at the shouting soldier. "No, it's so careful to be seen, it's bad luck again today," the child muttered a few words, and then lowered his head and waited for the hair to fall.

"Lao Xiao, don't shout, he should be an orphan in a nearby village, every time the war is over, some children will secretly come to the battlefield to get some things to sell in exchange for some food, they are all poor people, you just turn a blind eye."

The rest of the soldiers also chimed in: "It's Lao Xiao, who doesn't have a wife and children at home, they blame the pitiful, don't shout, in case the chief knows that it is a trivial matter for us to be punished, this child may starve to death on the street." ”

The soldier who shouted was stunned for a moment and sighed: "How long will this battle be fought, my youngest son was recruited to Anyang just after birth, and he hasn't been home for almost ten years, and I don't know what is going on at home?" Alas.... Hey, the imps over there. ”

The thin child uneasily hid a few copper coins in his arms before running over, and the soldier called Lao Xiao saw that the child was dressed in very tatters, barefoot pants and clothes were all torn of different sizes, and the trouser legs and sleeves were scraped into cotton cloth strips by thorns, and the leakage was full of black mud, and the whole person was unkempt, and he couldn't bear it, so he touched a few copper coins in his arms and made up a few with several other people to give to the child.

"Don't come in the future, if you get caught, you will be punished, you know? You take this and buy something to eat. ”

The child was taken aback, his dark face raised and looked at the soldier in front of him carefully, and thought to himself: Every time I am caught, I will inevitably have a board, not only is it okay today, but I also have money to take, am I not dreaming?

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." He bowed to a few soldiers and quickly ran away from the battlefield, and immediately ran into the nearby woods.

"This stinky boy is quite clever! Hahaha...."Several people laughed and looked at the children who ran away.

The child is from Zhangjia Village near Horseshoe Bay, his parents fled in several wars, and he died of illness on the road, in this era, because there are wars every day, wandering beggars can be seen everywhere on the street, and civilian life is very difficult, and the child also survives by relying on the alms of some well-wishers and occasionally going to the field to steal some food, but perennial malnutrition also makes him thinner than his peers.

The boy ran to a dilapidated temple and bought food with all the money he had picked up on the battlefield, and there were several children in tattered clothes waiting for him in the temple.

"Brother Dog, you're back, did you have any harvest today?"

The one who spoke was a little girl, also black and thin, with big and divine eyes, wearing a cotton coat with broken flowers, and many layers were patched in many places.

"Three girls, what about you?" The black and thin dog asked with a smile.

"I only need to get a bowl of porridge today and give it to the little shrimp girl."

The three girls doted on a three-year-old girl lying on the weeds. The youngest child here is her, who was picked up by these orphans on the road, when the little shrimp girl was frozen on the side of the road, and there was a woman holding her tightly next to her, who died for almost a day, these children took the little shrimp girl back to the temple and took care of it carefully and finally saved, maybe it was because the roadside was frozen for too long, her body has been very poor, and she is often sick and is taken care of by three girls. The little shrimp girl opened her eyes slightly, and shouted weakly: "Brother Dog Baby....."

"Brother Dogwa, I was lucky today, I dug a few sweet potatoes in the field of Old Man Li's house, so I don't have to go hungry tonight." It was a fat black kid who spoke. The dog baby looked at him and frowned: "Xiaojin, what's wrong with your hands and pants?" Seeing some blood stains on Xiao Jin's clothes and pants, he thought he was fighting with other children again. There are many such little beggar wandering groups here, the largest of which is Boss Wang from the next village, who has more than ten younger brothers and often bullies them.

"It's not the vicious dog of Old Man Li's house, I just dug a few, and the dog chased it out, fortunately I ran fast, but I also fell a few times, and the pants that the three girls made up yesterday were also torn." Xiao Jin was suddenly a little sad, but it took the three girls a night to mend these pants.

The dog baby saw that Xiao Jin's hands and feet were injured, and her heart couldn't help but hurt, and she said viciously: "This vicious dog, we must have slaughtered it that day." I bought a lot of food today, everyone shared it, and the little shrimp girl got more points. ”

A few children in the temple, everyone was happy, they hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time, and everyone took out the things they begged for today and ate happily together.

"Dog baby, I heard about it in the city today, what is the Tang Dynasty now, the war is about to end, what will we do in the future? In the future, there will be no chance to go to the battlefield to pick up leaks, alas...."

Talking is Xiaolong, who is about the same age as the dog baby, in this group of children, the dog baby and the little dragon are both 12 years old, the dog baby is a few months older and is temporarily the boss, Xiaojin is 11 years old, the third girl is 9 years old, and the little shrimp girl is more than 3 years old.

"When I went to the battlefield to pick up leaks, I heard Boss Wang's subordinates Huang Pi say, they plan to go to Yixian, which is a big county town and a traffic artery, and many boatmen in Haihe are recruiting, I can try it with Xiaolong and Xiaojin, and the three girls and Xiaoxiao are also together, in case any official family finds a servant, also try." Now that the Dawn Army is stationed and Vientiane is recovering, there are many landlords and officials in the county who will recruit some people to enter the government, although they will not sell their bodies to these orphans, but they don't have to worry about food and shelter anymore, and it is a good way out to do handymen and servants after the war.

"Okay, then let's leave as soon as possible, or the news spreads that there are more people who apply for jobs, and we don't have anyone to ask for it." Xiaolong bit the steamed bun and thought.

"Well, that's all. Three girls, you are responsible for carrying the little shrimp girl, I, Xiaolong, and Xiaojin will take away all the useful food, and we will use it over there. ”

In fact, for a few hungry children, what they eat is a few salted fish that they are reluctant to eat, and they use the two black quilts and a tattered iron pot that follow them....

It was late at night, there were all kinds of insects and frogs outside the broken temple, most of the tiles on the roof of the broken temple were broken, and the children looked at the starry night sky and fantasized about a happy life after tomorrow. The fierce and vicious Buddha statues in the temple also seem to be staring at these children and sending their wishes.

Maybe they didn't know what kind of changes this trip would cause to the Yanhuang clan, they just knew that they wouldn't have to starve like this again.