"Thank you big brother for saving your life, Shicai is not a big brother, Li'er is only afraid of dying." Li'er sincerely thanked Brother Zhang again.

Brother Zhang said with a smile: "You and I have become brothers and sisters, no need to be polite, let's go, if you can rush to the foot of the crooked mouth peak in front of you to rest before dark, it is best but, there is an inn named Crooked Mouth Inn, the shopkeeper is good friends with his brother, and then he asks the proprietress for a set of old dresses, and Li'er changes, you can also boil some hot water, wash your body, and your brother's body has not been washed for more than ten days." ”

He said and looked at Li'er, Li'er knew that she must have a strong smell of sweat on her body, so Brother Zhang didn't mention it because of her face, and he unconsciously added a layer of good impression to Brother Zhang.

Brother Zhang told Li'er some interesting things about the rivers and lakes, and urged Li'er to hurry, and before they knew it, the two of them were much faster. When it was just dark, I came to the foot of the Crooked Mouth Peak that Brother Zhang said, and there was indeed a "Crooked Mouth Inn" there.

Li'er looked at it from afar, only to see that the inn was really simple, a total of three thatched houses, but each thatched house was hung on the wall of a big red lantern, giving people a warm feeling, take a closer look, the three thatched houses are obliquely falling on the mountain wall, no wonder it will be called the crooked mouth inn, the mountain beam behind the house is also diagonally across the mountain road, the crooked mouth peak is really worthy of its name!

The husband and wife of the shopkeeper are enthusiastic, warm wine and meat cutting, ask for warmth and take good care. During the banquet, the proprietress swept around Li'er's swollen eyes, making Li'er uncomfortable. Li'er thought, does Brother Zhang have money for wine? How many taels of silver will it cost to eat this meal?

After a full meal, Brother Zhang said to the proprietress: "This trip is not good, I didn't make a few pennies, and when I come back, my brother will definitely make up for it together with the old accounts in the past." ”

The proprietress smiled: "Brother Hugh should be polite, it doesn't matter if you owe a few taels of silver on credit, how about Sister Zi ask for a box of rouge and a box of gouache?" ”

Brother Zhang said happily: "My sister can afford it, even if I take it, it's just that there is nothing for my brother here, otherwise my brother will give it all." ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "My brother has a sweet mouth, and my brother understands it, but who is the name of this little lady?" Where are the people? Brother, don't you tell me to hear it? ”

At the moment, Brother Zhang briefly told Li'er's life experience to the shopkeeper couple, after hearing it, the two were very sympathetic, the proprietress hurriedly found a set of old dresses and gave it to Li'er, and used a large wooden basin to bring hot water to Li'er's room, telling Li'er to have something to do, not to be polite.

Li'er carefully bolted the door, eagerly took off her dirty and smelly dress, and got into the tub to wash it.

Yes! It's so comfortable! The filth of such a long time is extremely thick, and it is not much effort that the water in the basin turns black. After Li'er washed and changed her dress, she twisted and pinched out to pour out the black water, afraid that the shopkeeper and his wife would laugh at her when they saw the black water in the wooden basin.

The proprietress was cleaning up the table and said to Li'er's back: "Sister don't do it, sister will clean up." ”

Li'er smiled: "Don't bother my sister, my sister is not a delicate lady from a rich family, she has always worked hard when she was at home." ”

The proprietress said, "In this case, my sister should rest early." ”

Li'er answered, entered the room, bolted the door tightly again, and lay on the bed with her clothes closed, sleepiness hit her for a while, and she fell asleep in less than a moment.

When she fell asleep, Li'er was suddenly awakened by a burst of talking, her voice was high and low, as if she was deliberately lowering her voice, she calmed down, sobered up a lot, and felt that the sound of talking came to the next room, she was curious for a while, and hurriedly got out of bed barefoot, stood on tiptoe, walked to the door, and put her ear to the crack in the door to listen carefully.

“…… Based on the appearance of this little lady, the mother came up with this number...... "Listening to the voice, it seems to be the shopkeeper."

"Brother Hugh wants to guess...... That mother is very stingy, if the lady who was abducted by her brother last time looks good, she is only slightly worse than this Li'er, but she is a little older, and she has broken melons, and her mother just rewarded one or two lines of silver. It was Brother Zhang's voice.

Li'er was dizzy for a while, and dared to love that she had met a kidnapper who abducted and sold women, it turned out that this hateful Brother Zhang had bad intentions when he bought buns for himself to eat, but he patted his chest and coaxed Li'er to say that he was a good person.

Li'er didn't dare to make a sound, she stood by the door in a daze, she thought to herself that if she opened the door and went out at this moment, she would not be able to escape, and she would let Brother Zhang know that she had seen through his tricks, she thought twice, still tiptoed back to the bed, and continued to pretend to sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep until dawn.

After dawn, after breakfast, Brother Zhang thanked the shopkeeper and his wife for retaining him, and took Li'er to stride towards a mountain road.

Along the way, because Li'er saw through Brother Zhang's insidious intentions, her face inevitably showed some depression, and she was afraid that Brother Zhang would be suspicious, so she had to be aggrieved and ask for perfection, and reluctantly showed a few smiles, and echoed him with some words that were not salty or light.

Rest all the way to the shop, eat and sleep, unconsciously has gone for more than ten days, Lier counts the days, since that day the little prince and his mother passed away, more than a month has passed, how can his own menstrual affairs not come for a long time? Could it be that the blood of the little prince has really been planted in his belly?

She was secretly happy, and while she was silent, she was always on guard against Brother Zhang, wanting to find an opportunity to escape when he was not paying attention. But I am afraid that even if I escape from this mountain forest, I will be eaten by wild beasts. So I didn't dare to act rashly.

Finally, that day I walked to a bustling market town, and there were three big words written on the gate of the market town: Weihe County.

Brother Zhang was in a very good mood, after he took Li'er into the city, he first went to buy a few steamed buns, and asked Li'er to eat enough, he said that there was a girl in Liuhongyuan in Weihe County who was his friend, and he wanted to take Li'er to meet him, and at the same time asked for a few beautiful dresses for Li'er to wear.

Li'er said: "Big brother has gone to find a good match, how about Li'er waiting for you at the inn?" ”

Brother Zhang hurriedly grabbed her hand, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly run away, and said hurriedly: "Then how can I do it?" That girl is a good person, proficient in poetry, singing and dancing, Li'er can also go to learn a thing or two, and then when she is bored on the way to Chang'an, isn't it good to sing and dance for her brother? ”

Li'er couldn't break free, and she screamed bitterly in her heart, this wolf's heart was finally revealed, how is this good? She thought that if she suddenly turned around and pointed out that he was a kidnapper, the people in this town would not believe her, and they would laugh at her for being a crazy woman.

How's that good? Li'er was anxiously pulled forward by Brother Zhang, and with every step, Li'er despaired once, mother! Please, what should I do?

Just when Li'er had nothing to do, a sedan chair suddenly came from the opposite side, and eight strong manservants met him smoothly and unhurriedly! Pedestrians on the road got out of the way and looked respectfully at the big sedan chair.

Li'er's heart jumped suddenly, she knew that the identity of the woman in the eight-carried sedan chair must be extraordinary, she thought maybe this was the secret revelation of her mother?

Li'er didn't think about anything anymore, she used all her strength to break free from Brother Zhang's grasp, and hit the sedan chair head-on!