Bahrain Right Banner, Doro County Palace, East Courtyard Stables.

"Gege gives the slave a new name, no need for 'Po Muller'!" Wen Xiu lowered her head and replied in a low voice.

"What's the name?" Cao Hao asked.

"Mao Wuji." Wen Xiu hesitated and replied timidly.

Cao Hao went to Saiwai for several months, and although Mongolia could not speak, he could understand some of the different words. "Mao Wuji" means waste, and it is naturally difficult for a girl's family to call this name.

Cao Hao thought about helping Wen Xiu redeem himself, and met three times twice, which was somewhat fateful. What's more, she had been subjected to his implication and had been whipped by Tanagge.

"You're on an errand here? Why haven't I seen you these two days? Cao Hao asked: "I will find a way to help you get out of the palace, you go back to Beijing with me first, and then send you to your house after finding out about the situation of your family." ”

Wen Xiu was happy at first, opened her mouth, and seemed to want to say something, but soon the brilliance in her eyes dimmed again. After a while, he sighed faintly: "The adult's kindness and embroidery will never be forgotten, but the embroidery can't go back......"

Cao Hao was puzzled: "Why? Don't worry about Tanagge, I'll try to redeem you. ”

Wen Xiu choked back tears and said: "Wen Xiu has been abducted for more than 12 years, and now I am afraid that everyone in the city knows about it. If you are outside, the blessings and disasters are your own life, and you have nothing to do with your family......"

In this era, the woman's name is greater than everything, and the whole family is ashamed if one person loses the festival, if it is in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not impossible to be immersed in the pig cage.

Cao Hao frowned when he heard this, he was very tired of this really cannibalistic etiquette, and said to Wen Xiu: "If you want to screw it, if you are a close relative, you will be grateful to God when you are safe, where do you care about this false name; If you are an outsider, whatever you say, what are you doing? It's really not good, moving to another country and starting over is, why bother to endure the grievances of wandering and being enslaved by others because of small losses! ”

Wen Xiu listened to her heartbeat, her face was not as desperate as Fang Cai, but she still hesitated.

Cao Hao knew that she still had to think about it, so he didn't force him, and asked, "You haven't said why you're here, Chaolu?" ”

Wen Xiu said: "The slave maid is irritable today, she misses something, and she is punished to work in the stable, and she drinks with Uncle Lu." ”

As he was talking, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind him, and when Cao Hao turned around, he saw a man in a brown Mongolian robe leading the horse away.

Wen Xiu came over to help Cao Hao lead the horse and said, "That person obviously entered the courtyard gate just now, thinking that he heard me say that Uncle Chaolu left when he was not there." ”

Cao Hao nodded, faintly feeling that this person's back was a little familiar, and he couldn't remember it for a while. This passage is said to follow the sixteenth elder brother to hunt around, and there are indeed a lot of Mongolian men I have seen, but I leave without saying hello, which is a bit inconsistent with the boldness of Mongolian men. Seeing that Wen Xiu was staggering, his legs and feet were still weak, he asked, "Isn't the injury from last time still healed?" Looking for a doctor? When I go back, I will ask someone to send you some medicine, and it will hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, and you will get better by rubbing the medicine and wine frequently. ”

Wen Xiu squeezed out a smile and said, "Thank you Lord Cao for your concern, the injury last time has healed." I was just punished by my grandmother to kneel on the stone floor outside for two hours, and my legs are a little inconvenient......"

This is the suffering of being a slave, Cao Hao shook his head and said: "In the end, it is better to be at home, you have suffered these hardships, what else is there to scruple about, can your relatives still beat and scold and bully you?" ”

Wen Xiu lowered her head and said nothing.

Cao Hao knew that she was afraid that she was also contradictory, so she stopped the topic.

Wen Xiu wanted to help Cao Hao brush the horse, Cao Hao was willing, he fetched a few buckets of water and poured them into the sink, tucked the hem of his clothes, rolled up his sleeves, and did it himself.

When he finished washing the two horses of himself and the sixteenth elder brother, and the twilight appeared, Cao Hao looked at the sky and said to Wen Xiu: "It's time to eat, how many horses are left, I'll help you?" ”

Wen Xiu hurriedly waved her hand: "The slave can still handle it." Hurry back, I'm afraid someone will be looking for you. ”

Cao Hao thought about it, and looked at Wen Xiu's skillful brushing of horses, and his speed was much faster than his own. Tana's side, perfunctory for several days, I don't know what follow-up the little aunt and grandmother will have, if she finds it here, I'm afraid she will implicate Wenxiu again. Thinking of this, Cao Hao nodded to Wen Xiu: "Then I'll go first." Don't be busy, come back after eating, don't miss the meal when you don't have it. ”

Wen Xiu smiled: "The slave maid is not in the way, just for a while." Unn will help me keep my food. ”

Cao Hao nodded, washed his hands with a bucket of water, sorted out his clothes and walked out of the stable. Not far away, he suddenly remembered what he had just said about giving Wen Xiu medicine and wine, and hurriedly walked back, intending to ask Wen Xiu where he lived.

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As soon as he turned to this courtyard, he heard the sound of "bang", and the sound of "bang" water, Cao Hao also said that Wenxiu had turned over the bucket by mistake, thinking that her legs and feet were not good, and he was afraid that she would fall, so he hurriedly turned to the stable, but the sight surprised him.

A man in a brown Mongolian robe strangled Wen Xiu's neck with a horse whip, Wen Xiu's eyes were round, his mouth was wide open, and his hands were clutching the neckline, and the range of struggle was getting smaller and smaller, and he was about to suffocate.

Saving people is important, Cao Hao didn't have time to think about it, so he picked up the bucket that rolled to his feet and threw it at the man.

The man didn't expect Cao Hao to go and return, he was startled, hurriedly let go, dodged the bucket, and attacked Cao Hao with a whip without hesitation.

Cao Hao flashed sideways, and the corners of his eyes were drawn around the objects that could be used as weapons, but there was nothing except the bucket that was thrown over, and he couldn't help but secretly scream badly.

Who knew that the man was not good at using a whip, and he took a horse whip purely to strangle people, and he didn't have any score when he threw out this whip, and he almost caught himself when the whip was whirling. He hurriedly dropped his whip, drew the Mongolian knife hanging from his waist, and prepared for hand-to-hand combat.

Cao Hao was most afraid of this short fight, and after a few rounds, he was expected to advance and retreat, and he kicked the man on the calf bone of his left leg hard. The man stumbled and fell to the ground, and in a hurry, he rolled away, away from Cao Hao, but he couldn't stand up again.

Cao Hao quickly swept around, shifting to block the man's retreat, and he didn't move, just stared at him coldly. The sky was not over, and the man's face was so clear and completely unfamiliar, he couldn't help but wonder why he looked at his back so familiarly...... Suddenly, he was alerted to the fact that this person was one of the assassins who had assassinated the prince of Uliji by the Karaqin River!

The assassins were originally two people, and the one in front of them was one, but they didn't know whether it was the substitute ghost or the deity who was responsible for the crime. It is not known how many of these assassins there were. Moreover, since the assassin came to the door, he was afraid that he would find out that Wen Xiu was an eyewitness, so he came to kill him. That night, that night, Cao Hao remembered the wine jug and paper money that he had forgotten behind the stones by the river, and it seemed that the assassin had found Wen Xiu through that. Who is the other party, from Karaqin to Bahrain, there are seven or eight hundred miles, and they can be traced here.

The man kept staring at Cao Hao's face, and when he saw that he hesitated slightly, he immediately seized the opportunity to have a sudden attack, and his unlame right leg was propped up, and he jumped up violently, and the dancer Mongolian knife slashed like Cao Hao.

Although Cao Hao was thinking about things, he was already on guard, and Yu Guang never left his body, and when he saw that he was busy, he dodged and dodged, and at the same time hit his wrist, making the Mongolian knife out of his hand.

The man fell to the ground, glanced at Wen Xiu next to him, and then looked at Cao Hao, but he smiled a little smugly.

With a "plop", Wen Xiu fell to the ground. Cao Hao hurriedly looked over, only to see that her face was pale, and she was desperately panting with her mouth open.

Cao Hao was horrified, wanted to go over to save Wen Xiu, but was afraid that this man would act rashly, so he vigorously looked at the man and kicked him in the back. The man spurted out a mouthful of blood, and he couldn't move.

Cao Hao strode to Wen Xiu's side and gently helped her up, only to see blood flowing from her back placket, and a dagger stuck in her heart.

The dagger didn't pierce Wen Xiu's heart, but it did hurt her lung. Between Wen Xiu's breathing, blood continued to flow out of her mouth and nose, and her gaze was a little blurred.

Seeing Wen Xiu's state, Cao Hao knew that she was no longer good, and was annoyed that she was a step late, and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.

Wen Xiu's face gradually turned red, a glimmer of brilliance flashed under his empty eyes, and he said in a low voice: "My lord...... Wenxiu wants to go home......"

Cao Hao knew that this was a return to the light, and it was unspeakably uncomfortable, so he clenched her hand and nodded vigorously: "Well, go home." Don't worry, I'll send you home...... What do you remember? ”

Wen Xiu's face showed joy, as if he was looking at Cao Hao, and seemed to be looking at the distant sky: "The garden is full of osmanthus flowers, and Wen Xiu loves to eat osmanthus cake the most...... The magpies chirped above...... Dad said that magpies are good for fortune......"

"My sister is small, soft, and the most beautiful with dark eyes...... But when I have a sister, my mother is gone......"

"The nurse will sing a lot of tunes...... 'Go to two or three miles, four or five houses in the smoke village.' There are six or seven pavilions, ** ten flowers. ’”

"And 'big windmills, small winds, go to Yuhuatai, and come back after eating noodles ......'" Wen Xiu's voice gradually became ethereal, and a large amount of blood gushed out of her body, making her words become indistinct, and finally turned into a slight hum.

Cao Hao couldn't help but listen to the tune clearly, and his body stiffened when he heard the "Yuhuatai". Yuhuatai is Jiangning, could it be that Wenxiu's home is in Jiangning, he still wanted to ask again, but Wenxiu's eyes were closed, and his voice dissipated in the evening breeze.

This hard-working woman ended her miserable and short life.

"Jiang Ning, Gui Huayuan, sister, Wen Xiu, don't worry, I will send you home." Cao Hao squeezed Wen Xiu's hand, which was gradually losing her body temperature, and said his promise to her in a deep voice.

Cao Hao's heart was unstoppable, if he had come to Bahrain earlier, if he had just noticed that the man was wrong, if he ......

Cao Hao put down Wen Xiu's hand, stood up and roared, and threw himself to the man's side and punched and kicked him.

The man kept lying on the ground, motionless, silent, Cao Hao felt that something was wrong, squatted down and raised his face, and saw a stream of black blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and he had already taken poison and died.

When the guards of the county king's mansion heard the strange sound and rushed over, they saw Cao Hao standing alone in the courtyard, the two corpses on the ground were cold, and the strong smell of blood permeated the air for a long time.

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Note: Nanjing Yuhuatai, the name began in the Song Dynasty.