Chapter 67: White Lies
"Brother Chang, you're finally here!" Zhan Zhi landed on the ground with a somersault, and asked Chang Yu, "The guards didn't treat you well, did they?" ”
"The trip went well. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Chang Yu said, telling the truth about what happened in the guards in the past two days.
While hearing this, Zhan Nao's face changed several times, and he said regretfully, "I didn't think the boss of the horse thief was so powerful, I originally planned to go back and inquire, whether there was any assassination order from him, it seems that it is still counted." ”
Chang Yu said in his heart, your kid's brain circuit is really different from ordinary people, be careful to be cut into meat by a mountain-shaped iron rod from my hill dove.
"Although Yan Hua is dead, I have to think that this matter is very strange. At present, the guards have put away his body and privately verified the matter. But after all, this matter involves several of us, and after you go back, you and the Mao brothers will privately check the origin of this person, and if there is a record of the recent execution of the assassination order, it would be the best. Chang Yu commanded.
Zhan Zhi responded, secretly thinking in his heart, Yan Hua's thing is really strange, it was obviously a hidden assassination operation, which caused the Six Horse Army to rush to the guards for no reason, Yan Hua was also dead, and the body was still wearing the soft armor of the guards.
Is there still someone who wipes his neck to blame the guards, it doesn't make sense, the more he thinks about it, the more he is in the paste.
"I have long felt that Brother Chang is strong in martial arts and full of scheming, and this time he also helped the Wei Army tide over the disaster, hehe." A strange smile appeared on Zhan Nao's face, and he pretended to be awe-inspiring and righteous, and said, "After we go back, do you have a little spiritual and visual enjoyment, cultivate some human sentiments, and then have some ......?"
"Speak human words!" Chang Yu shouted.
"Let's go to Qunfangyuan for a drink again!" Spread out his mouth like pouring beans, and spit out such a sentence.
"Okay, I promise you this time, I happen to have something important to do in Qunfang Courtyard." Chang Yu said.
After each mission, Zhan Nao wanted to play around, and took Chang Yu to Qunfang Courtyard to drink and listen to music several times. Chang Yu went to it a few times in desperation, the ancient Qinglou was quite fresh, but this time, in addition to leisure and entertainment, there was really something important.
"Great!" Zhan Xuan cheered, and suddenly thought of something again, and asked, "Big brother, are you talking about that incident?" ”
Seeing that Chang Yu nodded, he liked to shout again.
The two chatted a few more words.
Zhan Zhi asked, "Brother Chang, can you also tell us about your martial arts insights after you go back?" ”
"That's exactly what I mean." Chang Yu replied.
At present, the strength of his own group of people is still insufficient, and they need to help each other, Chang Yu is naturally willing to share what he has learned with others.
Chang Yu learned from Zhan Nao's mouth that the Six Horse Army was not invading Taiping Village, so he hesitated for a moment, but still made up his mind and said resolutely, "Let's go to Ping'an's house and take a trip." ”
"Big Brother ......" stopped talking, but then thought that it had been more than three months since the last visit to Ma Ping'an's house, and if he didn't go for a long time, he was afraid that his family would be suspicious.
After being in a dilemma for a while, Zhan sighed and said, "Okay, it's really not going to go, not going is not." ”
Indeed, as Zhan Zhi said, Chang Yu sighed in his heart, cleaned up his mood, and rode the horse.
The two entered Taiping Village one after the other.
Taiping Village is a small village in the east of Xiaoweiguo, surrounded by mountains and rivers, very beautiful.
There are only more than 100 households in the village, most of them are peasant households and mulberry households, because the population is sparse, and there is only a one-person-high earthen wall outside the village.
Chang Yu and the others walked through most of the village, but they didn't find shops such as cloth and medicinal herbs, and they had nothing to buy, so they were very depressed, and they had no choice but to go to Ping'an's home with empty hands.
Walking to a thatched hut, the two stood outside the somewhat dilapidated earthen wall, and their hearts were complicated.
On the same day, Ma Ping'an was swallowed by the giant python because of saving Chang Yu, this year, Chang Yu and Zhan Zhi searched all over the place, inquired around, and there was no disappearance of the whereabouts of the Tongjiao people, the two had long believed that Ma Ping'an was dead, but they didn't even have a chance to take revenge, and they all felt guilty.
Chang Yu sighed lightly and stretched out his hand to push the door.
The two wooden doors, which were previously made of old poplar wood, have been replaced by two neat pine trees.
The wooden door creaked open, revealing a bright courtyard:
On the left side of the courtyard against the wall, a simple straw canopy was erected, and under the canopy were seven or eight wooden shelves one person high, and on each wooden shelf, six bamboo dustpans were stacked on top of each other.
Dustpans are sprinkled with mulberry leaves, and snow-white silkworms climb among them, devouring delicious food and making rustling sounds.
A wooden spinning wheel was placed under a large tree in the middle of the courtyard, and a beautiful figure sat in front of the spinning wheel, carefully fiddling with the wheel axle, flicking its fingertips and rolling up the shiny silk, as soft and delicate as the hair on its shoulders.
This figure paused lightly, looked at the door, and her delicate face was stunned at first, and then she lost her voice, "Brother Chang? Brother Zhan? ”
This Qianying is only about thirteen or fourteen years old, and it is Qiao'er.
Qiao'er was dressed in a simple blue pigment dress, she stroked her sleeves, gently wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, and got up to greet her.
"Miss Qiao'er, long time no see." Chang Yu saw the simple and sweet smile on Qiao'er's face, and his heart was sour and warm, and said.
"Qiao'er is really ingenious, the clothes you entrusted someone to bring to Brother Ma last time are delicately handmade, and they all envy us." Zhan Zhi is very into the play, and he will brag nonsense as soon as he comes.
In fact, that dress has been secretly sealed by Chang Yu and Zhan Jiao, and they have never seen it.
"Brother Zhan will be funny!" Qiao'er smiled happily, glanced behind the two again, and frowned lightly, "Didn't the eldest brother come back this time?" ”
When Chang Yu heard this, he sighed in his heart, turned around and closed the wooden door, pulled the reins of the horse with Zhan Jiao, tied the horse in the courtyard, and distracted Qiao'er through this series of actions, while saying, "Brother Ma has gone to Chu State on a mission this time, and he will need to come back in a while." ”
Seeing Qiao'er gagged her mouth and a look of loss, Chang Yu and Zhan Nao glanced at each other, took out a roll of bamboo slips wrapped in brocade cloth from her arms, and a heavy bag of silver, handed them to Qiao'er, and said with a smile, "However, Brother Ma found someone to write a letter this time and asked me to bring it over." There are also some household items, which I also brought back. ”
"Letters?!" Qiao'er raised her pretty face, with joy in her eyes, took the two things from Chang Yu's hand, and shouted as she ran to the house, "Mother, mother, the eldest brother has a letter!" ”
Looking at this beautiful shadow entering the room, there was a happy conversation between the mother and daughter, and Chang Yu had mixed feelings in his heart.
An ethereal and boundless concern may be the old mother's greatest hope for survival.
For this lonely mother and daughter, is the fact of a peaceful death too cruel for them?
But when exactly will such a scam be made?
Chang Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, at least he couldn't find any reason to break the matter.
Qiao'er read the letter carefully three times for her mother in the room, and the mother and daughter spoke some warm family words.
Half an hour later.
Two figures appeared on the threshold.
Qiao'er supported his elderly mother and walked out of the door slowly.
Chang Yu and the two glanced at each other, and immediately greeted them, Chang Yu said, "Old man, you are unwell, you are resting in the room, you don't have to come to greet us in person." ”
"That's it, don't fold ......" Before the word "Teng" in Zhan Nao's mouth came out, he was poked back by Chang Yu with an elbow.
"Two little brothers, my family is safe thanks to the two of them, and the two of them often come to visit the old man on behalf of Ping'an, so why do I have to entertain the two little brothers." Ma's mother is already over the age of sixteen, and her blind eyes don't know whether they are happy or excited, and there are some old tears in the corners of her eyes.
Ma Mu's old hands were full of wrinkles, like dead branches, holding the hands of Chang Yu and Zhan Nao, her hands trembled a little, and said, "Although I can't see clearly, I think the two little brothers are very good-hearted, if you don't dislike them, let's simply eat a light meal at my house." ”
After that, he said to Qiao'er, "Qiao'er, you will prepare later, so that you can entertain the two little brothers." ”
"Yes, Mother!" Qiao'er smiled shallowly.
Chang Yu and the two glanced at each other, knowing that they couldn't refuse, every time they came to Ping'an's house, they inevitably had to be pulled by this warm and kind mother to have a meal.
However, fortunately, with the funding of Chang Yu and others, the living conditions of the Ma family have been greatly improved, and the entire courtyard and house have been renovated and a lot of furniture has been added.
After a few people talked, Chang Yu had a meal at Ma's mother's house, and simply helped out a little, and then got on the horse and left after noon.
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Qiao'er hugged Mamu and stood in front of the courtyard gate to see off Chang Yu and the others.
looked at Chang Yu and the two of them going away.
The two were silent for a moment.
Mamu's voice was a little choked, and she said quietly, "Qiao'er, your eldest brother's temperament won't go home for more than a year, you say safe, will it be ...... Already ......"
"Mother!" Qiao'er hurriedly helped Mamu, who was trembling all over, and replied in surprise, "No!" No, it won't! The eldest brother must have an important task delayed, so he often asks Brother Chang and Brother Zhan to send letters home! Big brother must still be there, thinking about us! ”
Qiao'er gritted her teeth, swallowed her tears into her throat, held back her voice from changing, looked at the direction where Chang Yu and Zhan Zhi were gone, and said firmly, "Mother! No, no, the big brother will definitely be there! ”
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