"She followed us yesterday, and this morning I saw her climb up the wall to secretly observe us, I wonder if she was sent by bandits to keep an eye on us?" Li Xiu also replied immediately when he heard Ma Ye's words, dragging the little beggar who kept struggling in his hand, but with her thin little body, she couldn't break free of Li Xiu's hand at all. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hearing that this little beggar had been following them since yesterday, the experienced Ma Ye was also immediately alert, and immediately strode over, staring at the little beggar with a pair of tiger eyes and asking, "Who are you, what are you worried about staring at us?" ”

Ma Ye is not as gentle as Li Xiu, as a general who survived from the sea of corpses and fires, he has an ordinary person without evil spirit, and when he interrogated prisoners of war in the army before, he used all kinds of means, don't look at him just asked, but it was enough to frighten this little beggar, and even instinctively hid behind Li Xiu, not daring to look at Ma Ye at all.

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Ma Ye was even more angry, he didn't care if the other party was a child, he stretched out his hand and wanted to grab the other party and question, which made the little beggar even more frightened, and when he saw that Ma Ye was about to grab her shoulder, he suddenly heard the little beggar tremble and said, "I...... My surname is Ma! ”

Hearing the little beggar's words, Ma Ye's hand stopped suddenly, and even his whole body trembled involuntarily, and then his eyes widened and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"I ...... My father told me that his surname is Ma, and his hometown is in the Ma family mansion in Puzhou! I saw this little beggar looking at Ma Ye with a timid face, but as soon as her words came out, it hit Ma Ye like a thunderbolt, and the whole person stood there for a long time without any reaction.

"What did you say, what's your father's name?" Li Xiu also showed a shocked expression when he heard this, and immediately reacted and asked the little beggar.

"I ...... My father's name is Ma Yi. The little beggar replied with a pair of big eyes, and there was a little timidity in his eyes.

"Fourth brother!" As soon as Ma Ye heard the name "Ma Yi", he immediately screamed sadly, and then grabbed the little beggar's shoulder, and asked with trembling all over, "You...... Your father's name is really Ma Yi, and you are the daughter of the fourth brother? ”

Ma Ye's excited appearance scared the little beggar a lot, and he wanted to retreat but couldn't escape Ma Ye's hands like iron tongs, and finally said timidly: "My father's name is Ma Yi, my father died a year ago, and he wanted to be buried in his hometown before he died, so I came." ”

"What? Fourth brother, he was still alive a year ago? Ma Ye couldn't accept this shocking news for a while, he thought that the whole family had died in that massacre, but he didn't expect his younger brother to be alive until a year ago.

Ma Ye was trembling with excitement, his facial features were a little distorted, and the little beggar was also scared all over, Li Xiu felt that Ma Ye should be calmed down, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle Ma, you calm down first, this little ...... The origin of the little girl is unknown, it may be your relative, or it may not, let's go inside and ask in detail! ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Ma Ye finally regained a little sense, and finally gently let go of the hand holding the little girl, which made the little girl "stumble" and ran behind Li Xiu to hide, although Li Xiu caught her back, but Ma Ye's appearance just now really frightened her.

Seeing the little girl's scared look, Ma Ye was also a little embarrassed, and Li Xiu squatted down at this time and looked at the little girl and smiled gently: "Little girl, what's your name, why did you follow us yesterday?" ”

"I ...... I don't have a name, my father calls me hate, and yesterday I saw you at my grandfather's grave, that's why I followed you! "Maybe it's because Li Xiu is more handsome, but the little girl is not very afraid of him.

From the information revealed by Ha'er, Li Xiu estimated that she had a long story, so he said at this time: "Ha'er, you must not have eaten yet, you can go in with us for a meal, and then tell us about you and your father, okay?" ”

As soon as she heard about the meal, the little girl immediately showed a greedy face, and nodded heavily, which made Li Xiu smile, stood up and glanced at Ma Ye, and then took the little girl into the room, and asked people to prepare breakfast, but after a while, the guy in the store brought breakfast in.

As soon as the little girl saw the food in front of her, her two big eyes immediately became bright, and she reached out to grab the food, but Ma Ye stopped her at this time, and then saw him take a wet towel and wipe the little girl's hands and face, so that she could eat, and the little girl was really hungry, and her hands kept stuffing into her mouth.

At this time, Li Xiu found out that although this little girl named Ha'er was short, her age should not be less than ten years old, according to the standards of the Tang Dynasty, she could already be called a girl, but because her body was too thin, she looked much smaller, and her appearance was quite delicate, it is estimated that this is also the reason why she blackened her face, otherwise she would have been arrested by traffickers.

Li Xiu was afraid that Ha'er would eat too much and break her stomach, so after she ate half a cake and a bowl of porridge, he didn't let her eat it anymore, which made Ha'er a little dissatisfied, and at this time, Ma Ye was already waiting anxiously, only to see him ask eagerly: "Ha'er, you said that your father's name is Ma Yi, and you said that your hometown lives in the Ma family's mansion in Puzhou, did your father tell you anything else?" ”

Hearing Ma Ye mention his father, he saw that Ha'er's face also showed a sad look, and after a long time, he replied: "My father only said that my family suffered a catastrophe, everyone died, only my father escaped, he said that I am a girl and cannot avenge my family, so in addition to these, I rarely tell me about the previous family affairs." ”

"Only your father escaped, what about your mother?" When Li Xiu heard Ha'er's words, he immediately grabbed a big loophole and asked, if only Hae'er's father escaped alone, then where did she come from?

"I don't know, I asked my mother before, but my father never said it, only said that I only have a father and no mother!" Ha'er stared at a pair of clear big eyes, making people can't bear to doubt the truth of her words.

"And what does your father look like, and is there anything special about it?" Ma Ye finally seized the opportunity to ask at this time, what he wanted to know most now was whether the father of the hated son was his younger brother?

"My father's right leg is broken, and there are old injuries on his body, and he always coughs when it's cold, but my father is very powerful, and the ruffians in the village bullied me and robbed me of the firewood I picked up, but my father repaired it fiercely, and then my father died, and he never helped me anymore!" When Ha'er said this, her big eyes were also full of tears.

"The leg is broken, and there are old wounds, which must have been the ones he sustained when he escaped from the siege, but is there anything special about your father?" Ma Ye asked again at this time, although the age of Ha'er was obviously not the same as the time when the family was wiped out, it was also possible that his fourth brother had a child with another woman after he escaped.

Hearing Ma Ye's question, Ha'er thought about it seriously again, and finally suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "I remember, my father's little finger on his left hand is missing, he said that he used to love to drink, and once he almost missed a big thing, but someone cut off his finger, and since then, my father has never dared to drink again!" ”

"Fourth brother! It's really the fourth brother, and I cut off that little finger! Ma Ye couldn't help but cry out again when he heard this, and at the same time hugged his hater and cried bitterly, he didn't expect that he still had relatives in this world, but he also hated himself even more, why didn't he find their father and daughter earlier, so maybe he could reunite with his fourth brother?

"You...... Are you really my third uncle? Ha'er was held in Ma Ye's arms, and it took a while before he asked.

"That's right, I'm your third uncle, what did the fourth brother say to you, where have you lived all these years, hasn't the fourth brother ever returned to Puzhou?" Ma Ye cried and laughed for a while, and finally spoke again. If his fourth brother Ma Yi had returned to Puzhou, he should have known about building a tomb for his family, so that he could take the initiative to find him, but he had not had any news about their father and daughter over the years.

"My father said that when the family suffered a great disaster, only the third uncle was not at home, so he kept saying that the third uncle may still be alive, and we have been living in a village far to the east all these years, and he has always wanted to come back to see, but at that time I was too young, my father was unable to move, and the old injuries on his body also flared up from time to time, so he couldn't come back at all, until he died, he still wanted to be buried here in his hometown, so I came back with my father's ashes." At this time, Ha'er looked at Ma Yedao with complicated eyes, and suddenly a relative appeared, which made her unacceptable for a while.

"Where does that village belong and how did you end up in Puzhou?" Li Xiu suddenly asked at this time, although he felt that the identity of Ha'er was very pitiful, but he always felt that her appearance was too coincidental, could it be that there is really such a thing as fate in this world?

"I don't know, I heard that our village is called Liujiaji, far away from here, after my father died a year ago, I took my father's ashes while walking and inquiring, took a lot of unjust roads, and found here for a year, and then I inquired about the situation of the Ma family's mansion, and a kind mother-in-law told me that the people of the Ma family were buried on that mountain, so I went, and then I lived there, and I only saw you go there to worship yesterday, so I guess you may be my relatives." When Ha'er said the word "relatives", his eyes couldn't help but look at Ma Ye.

"Child, I am your uncle, I have suffered you all these years!" Ma Ye heard that Ha'er had walked for a year to come here, and he thought that the fourth brother was younger than him, but he died early because of the torture of the injury, which made him feel sad in his heart, and hugged Ha'er again, crying and laughing for a while, as if he was crazy.

The movement on Ma Ye's side was too big, and it finally attracted the attention of Princess Pingyang, and they all hurried over at this time, Li Xiu hurriedly walked to the door to stop them, so as not to disturb Ma Ye, but when Princess Pingyang saw the situation inside, she was stunned for a moment and immediately asked: "Uncle Ma, what's wrong, where did this little girl come from?" (To be continued.) )