A swarthy short knife was aimed at Zhou Qing's chest. The man with the knife had a vicious face and dirty hair, as did the few men behind him.

Zhou Qing tried hard to understand what the group of people on the other side were saying, but he couldn't understand what the other side was saying. The lack of smooth communication did not lead to cognitive deviations. When Zhou Qing was walking alone on the road to Fuqing, he was knocked down by this group of people who swooped out, dragged into the depths of the mountains and forests next to him, and gestured at Zhou Qing with his weapon. Zhou Qing understood that he had encountered a path cutting robber.

The package has been snatched from him, and his pockets have been emptied. Zhou Qing had no way of understanding what these people were going to do. He also tried to communicate with these people in words, and judging by the slightly stiff impatient expressions of the other people, they didn't seem to understand at all.

The sun was already in the west, and there was a group of robbers in front of him who couldn't communicate, and Zhou Qing didn't know how he could get out. At this time, it was already the height of summer, and even though it was cool in the mountains, Zhou Qing still felt sweating profusely. The clothes behind the back are all wet.

"Wang! Barking! Suddenly, there was a sound of a dog barking in the distance.

The bandits' faces changed, and they stopped talking nonsense, they came up and grabbed Zhou Qing and began to strip him of clothes. Peeled off Zhou Qing's coat and shirt in a few clicks. pressed Zhou Qing down again and dragged the shoes off his feet.

With a burst of shouting that Zhou Qing couldn't understand at all, the robbers ran away with the looted things.

It didn't take long for the dog barking to get closer. Zhou Qing, who was trembling with his shirtless body, heard a rustling sound when he walked through the forest, and the four people immediately appeared on the high place in front.

Seeing that the four of them were all wearing official uniforms, Zhou Qing's heart finally fell back into his stomach. didn't wait for Zhou Qing to speak, but saw a dog also jump up to the top and bark condescendingly. This bark was the voice that Zhou Qing heard not long ago, and such a loud voice actually came from such a half-sized dog, which surprised Zhou Qing. And the dog has a rope tied to it, not the ordinary pattern of finding a hemp rope to tie around the neck, but a cloth around the dog's neck and chest, and the two sides of the cloth are knotted on the dog's back, and finally the rope is tied to the knot.

Without waiting for Zhou Qing to look at the strange dog twice, he heard the man standing in the middle say loudly: "This friend, you are frightened." Do you see where the villains are going? ”

Hearing this voice, Zhou Qing's body trembled. He shouted tentatively: "But Zhao Guanren? ”

"...... you, are you Brother Zhou?" Zhao Jiaren said in surprise. After shouting, he handed the rope leading the dog in his hand to the errand officer next to him, and he jumped down from the height and walked to Zhou Qing's side.

"Zhao Guanren ......" Zhou Qing was in a stirring mood, and tears appeared in his eyes.

Zhao Jiaren looked at Zhou Qing, who was robbed and only had a pair of pants left, took off his coat and handed it to him. At the same time, he asked eagerly: "Where did the gangsters go?" We caught up with the gangsters and gave Brother Zhou his anger. ”

This is the first time that the government has provided services to Zhou Qing so frankly, and Zhou Qing pointed out to Zhao Jiaren the escape route of the bandits with tears in his eyes, and said: "Zhao Guanren, those gangsters have a few broken knives in their hands, you have to be careful." ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't say much, first called the dog down, let him smell it around Zhou Qing for a while, and then chased the dog with three servants in the direction pointed out by Zhou Qing. After a while, several more errands came behind, and one of them took Zhou Qing back to the county seat. After living in a big city like Gusu for decades, Zhou Qing felt shabby in a place like Fuqing County. In addition to the hill is the slope, the hill is covered with trees and bamboo forests, and it is verdant. Each house is small and doesn't look very good.

Zhou Qing was first taken to the county office, the county government was very dilapidated, and the county order was a thirty-year-old man. learned that Zhou Qing had come to defect to Zhao Jiaren, so he asked him about something. Zhou Qing didn't want to say too much about himself, so he passed by vaguely.

The county commander Li Yong saw that Zhou Qing didn't mean to say much, and although he was curious in his heart, he couldn't force a confession. At this time, Zhou Qing was wearing Zhao Jiaren's coat, Zhao Jiaren was a fourteen-year-old boy after all, quite tall, but slender. Zhou Qing explained the tendons and flesh, and his arms were thick. So he can only put on clothes, if he forcibly puts his clothes on his body, he is afraid that his clothes will be torn. It's ridiculous.

Li Yong waved his hand and asked the messenger to take Zhou Qing to Zhao Jiaren's residence first. Since there was no way to force Zhou Qing to ask, and Li Yong didn't want to entertain Zhou Qing, he naturally had to send this trouble away. The best place to go is naturally Zhao Jiaren's 'official residence'.

When they arrived at a so-so-looking courtyard, the messenger went to knock on the door. As soon as the door opened, Zhao Yong greeted him. After meeting Zhou Qing, Zhao Yong stared at Zhou Qing for a long time before he asked in surprise, "Isn't this Blacksmith Zhou?" ”

Zhou Qing saw that Zhao Yong still remembered himself, and finally let go of a stone in his heart. Seeing that the Zhao family really knew Zhou Qing, the messenger briefly explained the situation, and then went back to restore his life.

Zhao Yong brought Zhou Qing into his home, a common house in Fujian with walls made of stone. It looks thick and cold. Zhao Yong took Zhou Qing to the backyard, which was a relatively gentle hillside. The gravel blocks were borrowed from the mountain to form many deep troughs, which were filled with earth to create small terraces. At this time, a man was bending down to weed in the terraces.

"This is our brother Zhao Guanren." Zhao Yong introduced.

"I've seen Zhao Daguan." Zhou Qing hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

The man who was busy working in the terraces waved his hand casually and continued to work in the fields. Zhao Yong asked Zhou Qing to sit down at the wooden table next to the terraces, and the teapot on the table poured a bowl of tea for Zhou Qing. I rolled up my sleeves and went to the terraces and began to continue to build the stone wall with gravel. Zhou Xing is also a smart person, he only watched for a moment, he drank the tea in one gulp, and took the initiative to ask to work with everyone.

Under the sunset, the three old men sweated like rain and worked hard. The sun shines on them, and their skin reflects the red copper color, full of vitality.