Yunhua was still relieved, he used the fire fold to help Qiuqiu light some straw, put it in the stove, and said the location of the oil and salt before leaving.

Yunhua came to the stream, unloaded the two buckets hanging on the flat shoulder, and filled them with water in turn. The reeds by the stream were very dense, and Yunhua suddenly heard the subtle call of a chick in the reeds, and he couldn't help but be attracted by the immature voice, and he pushed aside the reeds and saw a gray crane's nest. Inside the nest were three small gray cranes, whose feathers had not yet grown, and their bald heads, which still had a few yellow hairs, crowded each other restlessly and chirping. Yunhua couldn't help but wonder: On the day Xiaoqiu first came, just like this bird that has not yet come out of the nest, he is ignorant of the world and needs to be taken care of at any time.

He remembered the way Zhao Qingzhou carried the child up the mountain: when he came back from the field that day, when he was about to get home, he saw some people outside the courtyard, Zhao Qingzhou's emerald green official uniform, particularly eye-catching, holding something in his hand, was standing in front of the door, greeting him with his eyes; He is also familiar with the people standing next to Lao Zhao, that is when he was studying in the Luzhou Hall, he followed Zhao Qingzhou's side of the scholar Changfan, and the two were followed by a burly carriage and horse, and Zhao Qingzhou's carriage was parked not far away. Getting closer, he suddenly saw that Zhao Qingzhou was a tightly wrapped child in his arms, silent, as if he was sleeping.

"Brother Zhao, who are you?" Yunhua stopped and asked. At that time, Yunhua was still a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, and he had been a six-grade school official in Ouchi, and he had just resigned and went to the mountain. Zhao Qingzhou is only a weak crown year, young and ambitious, in the examination of the Jinshi and the first, has been the official to the fifth grade, some time ago the letter mentioned that he is about to go to Jiangning to take office.

"Yunhua, let's go in and say" Zhao Qingzhou's face was completely devoid of the joy of the past. Yun Hua hurriedly took out the fish key from his waist, opened the gate, and turned sideways to let Zhao Qingzhou and the three of them in. Just turning around on one side, Yun Hua glimpsed that Zhao Qingzhou's carriage seemed to have been cut by a random knife, and the places where it was cut and cut were all over the place, and he knew that things were extraordinary, so he hurriedly led the three masters and servants into the hall and sat down.

"Yunhua, this child was rescued by Zhuo Ran from the gang of thieves under Shi Miyuan, and asked me to take it to Jiangning, so as not to stay in Huzhou or Lin'an and be taken captive." As soon as he sat down, Zhao Qingzhou went straight to the point. Yunhua was busy carrying the pot and pouring water, and Changfan took it. Zhao Qingzhou motioned for Yunhua to sit closer, and then said: "This is the only remaining bloodline of the prince of Guihe, two years ago, when Shi Miyuan sent Qin Guoxi to falsely pass on the holy decree and launch the Huzhou Rebellion, a nurse took her to escape from the dog cave and hide in Puji Temple, where she was saved. Pity the more than 200 people in the East Palace, there were only 130 or 40 people left when they were relegated to the Jiwang Mansion in Huzhou, and now only she is left. Yunhua was very shocked when he heard this, and sadness came from it: "That day of the change in Huzhou, Shi Miyuan used the excuse to transfer you and me and Xiang Kang away from Lin'an, as soon as we went away, he ordered Qin Guoxi to pretend to welcome the holy decree in the name of greeting the holy decree, and deceived Zhao Hong's brother and his family army to welcome the decree fifty miles west, and entered his snare and the whole army was wiped out; Another group of thieves took the opportunity to enter the city, washed the palace in blood, killed all the wives and children of Zhao Hong's brother's family, and set fire to destroy the corpses, no one survived. ”

Zhao Qingzhou listened to Yunhua's words, and his eyes were already slightly red: "Brother Xian doesn't know, this is what Zhuo Ran inquired about before he found out." Qin Guoxi burned the palace of the king, learned that someone escaped, has been sending Huzhou's cronies to search secretly, this group of people has a person named Guangsheng, his hometown is in the countryside of Lin'an, he has received Zhuo Ran's help, so he asked someone to send a letter. As soon as he arrived in Huzhou, he caught up with Qin Guoxi, and they found the trace of this child, and they were about to send troops to Puji Temple with great fanfare. Zhuo Ran rushed to the front and snatched the child out, and they died all the way back to Lin'an. After getting rid of the pursuers, Zhuo Ran rushed to my house at night and sent the child here. ”

Yun Hua let out a long sigh, he stretched out his hand, lifted the brim of the child's wide cloak, and wanted to see the orphan: the child was still asleep, his face was white, his breathing was even, and he was completely unaware that his fate was about to take a new turn. "I didn't expect Brother Zhao Hong to have descendants, I don't know which lady in the mansion left this bloodline for the Jiwang Mansion?" Zhao Qingzhou said: "I don't know this, I can only look for it carefully in the future." Yunhua nodded: "You came here, have you ever been discovered?" Zhao Qingzhou shook his head, he was thin and tall, and he had a heroic aura on his body: "No, but I encountered several waves of ambushes along the way the day before yesterday." Thinking that the road ahead was dangerous, I taught the family to dress up like me, wear another set of official uniforms, hire a carriage and horses, and go first from the official road. Changfan and Meng Qing and I came to you by small road, and we never met anyone else on the way. ”

Yun Hua breathed a sigh of relief, he took the tea handed by Changfan, took a sip, and asked, "Does this child have a name?" Zhao Qingzhou freed up a hand and opened the corner of the gown in the child's cloak: "Only there is an autumn character embroidered here, and it is called Qiuqiu, it is ordinary, not noticeable. . . If you have a surname, you can change your surname to Wan Qian, this is not a surname in the Central Plains, and you can hide it from people. Yunhua said: "You brought Xiaoqiu to me, it wasn't to hide her from me." Zhao Qingzhou just wanted to explain, Yun Hua waved his hand and continued: "Brother Zhao Hong treated me like a brother in the palace in the past, and his child, I am naturally obliged, but I am afraid that Xiaoqiu will suffer if she follows me on the mountain." Zhao Qingzhou handed the child to Yun Hua and said, "Sure enough, you are clever, I think about it like this." Guihe Prince is benevolent, righteous and generous, and he is a person of pure filial piety, we are all respectful in our hearts, but we are harmed by traitors to this point, this kind of injustice in the sea of blood, we will definitely clear the snow for him in the future. This child is not afraid of hardship, follow you, you teach her to learn, protect her thoroughly, the mountains here are high and dense, ordinary people can't find them, wait until Shi, Qin and others forget the bloodline of Guihe and the prince, let's make plans. Yun Hua held the child who was tightly wrapped in a cloak in his hand, and the real and soft feeling in his hand made him feel an extra burden on his shoulders. "Okay, then stay with me. ”

The little gray crane's voice suddenly became poignant, pulling Yunhua back from his memory. It turned out that the big gray crane flew back, and the little gray crane opened its big yellow beak and waited to be fed. "I also have a little gray crane at home," Yun Hua thought so, his heart softened, he put a flat burden on his back, picked up the bucket, and walked home.

As soon as I turned a corner, I saw a black smoke swirling in the direction of the house in front of me: Walking in the water?! Yunhua was shocked, hurriedly put down the bucket, ran towards home, ran a few steps, and quickly fell back, picked up the bucket and ran away faster.