Chapter 6 (3) Chasing Bandits
Shi Suo suddenly said: "I know, this is what the monkey trickster said, those lost national treasures, the national treasures that people mysteriously stole in the prison." ”
Hu Shuan nodded and said, "It should be those few pieces." Unexpectedly, it fell into our hands by mistake. ”
"Wow," Aning excitedly pushed the bolt and said, "You have made a fortune, you have made a fortune." ”
Hu Xuan withdrew his gaze from the jade, shook his head, looked at Shi Suo and A Ning and said, "You say, what should I do with these treasures?" ”
Shi Suo was stunned: "What to do?" You can do whatever you want. ”
"Oh," said Hu Xuan, after a moment's thought, "I mean, what should we do with them?" What to do with these treasures? ”
Shi Suo said: "Cough, baby, of course it's a good thing, you can't return those robbers, but then again, in this world, you still have to hide this thing quietly, don't let others know, otherwise there will be trouble." If you want me to say, it's good to have good things, but now you can't eat it, you can't wear it, and you can't help us find A-Ning's cousin, it's actually useless. ”
Hu Xuan asked A-Ning: "What do you say?" ”
"What did I say?" A-Ning asked with sparkling eyes.
Hu Xuan smiled, "Actually, I'm afraid that because of these treasures, our minds will change, and there will be more such things, because of the sharing of treasures and the distribution of benefits, and it is not uncommon for us to turn against each other." ”
Shi Suo shook his head, "You are too complicated, I went south with you to vote for Sun Yat-sen, not to make money and make a fortune, because these jade artifacts are distracted?" Pull it down. ”
A-Ning looked at Hu Xuan and said: "My life was saved by you, when you want to take it, come and take it at any time, you won't think that I want to share the treasure with you, right?" He sneered.
Shi Suo also laughed.
Ah Hu next to him took the Tianhuang seal and suddenly said, "We also have such a family member." ”
"Huh?"
Ah Hu said: "It's about the same as this, it's a little bigger than it, and it's also such a thing with its head held high." ”
Hu Xuan thought for a while and said: "This kind of seal with auspicious beasts as buttons is not uncommon in ancient times, and it is not uncommon for you to have it. Like the heirloom seal that Wu Jinbao forced us to find, it is this shape, and later generations have followed suit, and there have been many such seals in all dynasties and generations. ”
Hu Xuan carefully wrapped the jade in a red cloth again, put it in a wooden box, thought about it, and said to Shi Suo: "A few of us, as long as you know martial arts, you can take it, be safer." ”
Shi Suo scratched his head and said: "It's okay for me to take it, but I'm too careless, let alone lose it, if I bump it, it's a pity." You are careful, you still take it, I will follow you every step of the way. ”
4
After putting away the jade, a few people slept in the inn for half the night, and just after the ugly hour of the second half of the night, they got up and brought some water and dry food, and hurriedly set off on the road.
At this time, most of the moon was left, high in the sky, and there was no difference between the road and the day.
After a journey, A-Ning asked Hu Xuan: "Let's find my cousin, will you go back to your hometown?" ”
"No, we have to send Ah Hu home first, he's too young to let him go home by himself." Hu Xuan knew that Ah Ning asked this, but he was really reluctant to part with himself and Shi Suo, so he comforted her and said: "When I go home, I will see how the situation changes, Mr. Sun Yat-sen will not give up his revolutionary program, there will definitely be follow-up actions, and I may come to the south." ”
Shi Suo smiled beside him: "I see, it's not that it's uncertain, but it's certain, even if it's not for Mr. Sun Yat-sen, for A-Ning, I have to come, and when the time comes, the two of us will be together, and I will be a bodyguard." He has been seeing that A-Ning is very fond of Hu Shuan for several days, and his feelings are sometimes expressed, although he is careless, but he is still a little aware of it, so he made a joke about them.
A Ning Fei blushed, but did not refute. Hu Xuan felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say. Just as Ah Hu pointed to the east and said, "It's almost dawn." ”
In the sky, the bright moon fell in the west, the east was a red glow, and the mountains in the distance were dyed with haze and glow, a piece of splendor, Hu Xuan couldn't help but admire: "What a beautiful scenery, it is really impossible to paint, and it is impossible to say." If the country is stable, everyone can live and work in peace and contentment in this painting-like landscape, help each other, and enjoy the old and the young together, what a beautiful thing it is. ”
"Well," A-Ning nodded: "Listening to what you say, I think it's beautiful when I think about it, but now the world is so chaotic, the officials and masters kill people and set fires, and the beautiful scenery is also blind." ”
Shi Suo also said angrily: "Those warlords and officials know that they are fighting for power and profit, so who cares if the people live or die? Seeing money and power is like a tanuki seeing a rotten fish's head. ”
Hu Xuan agreed with Shi Suo's words, nodded and said: "Money and power, for them is the supreme thing, with these, drunk life, dreams and death, brocade clothes and jade food, is the highest goal, take these jade we picked up yesterday, for them have infinite attraction, although we don't know how it fell into this cave, but the robbery, murder, greed, and crime that happened to it, I think it must be indispensable, these jade, from their birth to the present, I don't know how much blood has been stained on their bodies." ”
"That's right." Shi Suo said.
Hu Xuan continued: "However, these people haven't thought about it, can they get what really belongs to them by robbing, killing people and setting fires?" Since ancient times, farmers still know how to plough and harvest, but now these greedy people always let the money dizzy, whether they can take it or not, whether they should take it or not, they all go to possess it uncontrollably, in fact, in the end, what they really get is often retribution, is destruction, like the robber who fell to death in the hole, carrying a box of treasures, is not dead? …… Hey, what are you watching me do? ”
A Ning tilted his face, looked at him with good eyes, with an expression of admiration, and when he saw Hu Xuan's question, he smiled and said: "How do you know so much, these truths are so good, I have never heard of them." ”
"Yes," said Shi Suo, "he still has a lot of truths, you can listen to them slowly in the future, I see, he is more precious to you than those treasures." ”
"Nonsense again." Hu Xuan smiled: "But seriously, like a few of us, it is rare to be happy with treasures without being greedy, and to be at ease, what is a treasure, such a peaceful and kind heart is the best treasure in the world." ”
"Hmm." A-Ning nodded vigorously.
Gradually, the day was bright, and I met a small inn on the side of the road, and asked the shopkeeper about the whereabouts of the caravan, and the shopkeeper said: "Yes, yes, a caravan, lived in our store last night, and it has not been an hour since I went out on the road. ”
When the three of them heard this, they were very excited, and they rushed forward and trotted forward, and Hu Xuan said: "According to this estimate, it won't take long for us to catch up." The four of them walked to the entrance of a small village, and Hu Xuan proposed to take a break and prepare for physical strength, so the four of them found a corner of an abandoned house at the entrance of the village, ate dry food and drank water, and rested against the wall for a while.
Suddenly, I heard someone talking not far away, it was a woman's voice, and said, "Big brother, did you see a caravan walking through here just now?" ”
Hu Bolt and Shi Suo poked their heads out of the wall and saw a woman in her thirties on the road, wearing a flower turban and carrying a flower cloth bag, asking a peasant wearing a hat and a hoe.
The peasant pointed to a side path that turned in the other direction and said, "See, a gang of horses, three horses, has turned towards this path." ”
"Thank you, big brother." The woman with the burden nodded, then turned and swerved down the path.
The caravan left the main road and ran to the small road? Hu Xuan had some doubts in his heart, but what the farmer said was very certain, and there was no doubt about it. Shi Suo suddenly shrank his head down, and whispered to Hu Xuan: "No, this farmer, why is he so familiar?" ”
Hu Xuan took a closer look and was surprised, it turned out that this person was the same person who led them astray yesterday and then demolished the bridge. At this time the farmer had finished answering the woman, and turned to go, and the stone lock whispered, "We must catch up, and we must not let him run away." ”
Hu Xuan quickly calculated in his heart and said, "You and A-Ning wait for a while, and I'll hurry up and tell that woman that I've been fooled." Then he ran and chased after the woman who was carrying the flower baggage, but fortunately the man did not go far, and after a while he caught up.
Hu Xuan panted and said, "Sister, wait a minute." ”
The woman stopped and looked at Hu Xuan in confusion, and Hu Xuan said, "Eldest sister, the person who talked to you just now is from the caravan, it is estimated that he lied to you, and we have already let him deceive once." ”
The woman was taken aback, "Really? Then let's chase after it. Turning around, he walked back quickly with Hu Xuan, and asked as he went, "Brother, how do you know?" ”
"We've been tracking them for two days, and yesterday we were tricked by him into going somewhere else, and it was easy to turn back," Hu said. Let's chase after us, we have two more people waiting over there. ”
As he spoke, he had already caught up with Shi Suo and A-Ning, and Shi Suo said, "That guy is walking fast, and he has walked several miles at this time, let's go up and catch him." ”
The woman said, "Let's ask for directions while chasing, but don't be fooled or go the wrong way, if nothing goes wrong, we will definitely catch up in the morning." "A calm look.
Several people traced and chased the farmer and the horse gang in front of them, while understanding each other's situation, it turned out that the woman's son was also snatched away by the horse gang, the woman asked all the way to chase, and happened to meet Hu Bolt and several of them. The woman said, "Listen to your accents, it's not all together." ”
A Ning made a brief introduction and talked about the situation of Hu Shuan and several people, and the woman couldn't help but praise Hu Shuan and Shi Suo, and said: "If you are so enthusiastic, there will definitely be a good reward, and we will work together to rescue the children." ”