Chapter 18: The Beggar's Camp
After about a stick of incense, the mule cart finally stopped. Shen Tong curiously looked out of the car, a few faint yellow lanterns in the dark night, and the shadows of the low houses around him, only the general outline could be seen.
"Where is this?"
The little girl's childish voice sounded, Tao Shiyi stroked the back of her delicate neck, and said softly: "This is the Old Dragon King Temple, don't you want to see your mother?" Here she is. ”
"Really? I'm going to see my mother! Shen Tong was elated, and without waiting for the handlebar to put down the low stool, she got up and got out of the car, but she forgot that this was on the mule cart, her calves were short, and she stepped on the air, and with a scream, her small body fell off the mule cart.
This change came too suddenly, along the way, Tao Shiyi's hand never left the little girl's neck, but now he was caught off guard, and by the time he reacted, Shen Tong had already fallen.
"Quick, pick him up!" Tao Shiyi shouted to Lao Jia while picking up his robe and jumping off the mule cart.
But they were still too slow, and when Lao Jia put down the low stool in his hand to catch the child who had fallen, the child who should have fallen to the ground swooped and ran past Lao Jia.
She cried as she ran: "Mother, where are you, mother, I'm Tongtong!" ”
In the quiet night, the little girl's sharp voice was particularly harsh, like all children, Shen Tong shouted a few words and cried, she ran towards the house with lanterns, Lao Jia who followed behind did not expect that this child would run so fast!
The little girl ran in front, Lao Jia chased behind, and Tao Shiyi followed behind with one shallow foot.
All three of them ran towards the house, but before they knew it, they were distancing.
The people in the house were already alarmed, and the people who had quietly followed the mule cart all the way witnessed this scene with their own eyes, and the little girl's actions disrupted their plans.
Ah Si hated that he couldn't give Tao Shiyi a slap, this stupid guy couldn't even get a child, now that little girl was out of Tao Shiyi's grasp, once the people in the house grabbed her first, what Master Guan was worried about would happen.
Between Ah Si's arrival, Guan Mingjue gave him the task, first, to see the person Tao Shiyi wanted to see; The second is that you can't let others get that child.
I'd rather kill than miss, and when necessary, even Tao Shiyi will be wiped out.
But now, if he catches up with the child, he will be exposed in advance, even if the people in the house will not make a move, they are already on guard, and it will be too difficult to know who Tao Shiyi wants to see.
But if he doesn't chase the child, the child will fall into the hands of others, and then he can only fight hard, otherwise it will be difficult to get the child back.
All this was unexpected by Ah Si, and it was also unexpected by Tao Shiyi.
But fortunately, it's just a child.
An eight-year-old child, and a girl, is at most crying, forgive her for crying flowers?
In the blink of an eye, Shen Tong had already arrived outside the door, and the door of the house suddenly opened from the inside, and two big men appeared by the door, one left and one right, and one of them grabbed Shen Tong like an eagle catching a chicken.
Shen Tong was still crying, and a few more people came out of the door, so Lao Jia had to stop his steps, turn around and look at Tao Shiyi, who was following behind, waiting for his instructions.
Tao Shiyi hurriedly clenched his fists: "I am from Shangqiao Town, surnamed Tao, may I ask how many people are the seventh master?" ”
Among the few people who had just come out of the door, there was a white-skinned man wearing a cyan caftan and brown, who obviously knew Tao Shiyi, and he said with a smile: "Master Tao, why did you come here in the middle of the night?" ”
"Huh? How to bite? Without waiting for Tao Shiyi to speak, the big man who had grabbed Shen Tong suddenly shouted, and everyone looked at him, only to see that the little girl who was caught by him was biting his arm.
The big man waved his fist to fight, but Tao Shiyi hurriedly said: "I can't help it, I can't help it!" ”
The white-faced man looked at Shen Tong and asked, "Is this the child?" ”
Tao Shiyi said: "It's her." ”
Bai Jing's face said to the bitten man: "How much pain can it be to be bitten by a child, take her and follow me in." ”
Shen Tong still bit the big man's arm, the big man picked her up, she still didn't let go, the big man was bitten by her and grinned, and said stupidly: "Damn, this little girl belongs to a dog, bite it and don't let go." ”
A few men around Bai Jingyan laughed, being bitten by a child, what kind of big deal could it be?
The bitten man was helpless, so he had to use his bitten arm to hold Shen Tong and go inside, pitiful that arm, still bitten by Shen Tong.
Tao Shiyi also followed, and Lao Jia also followed, but was stopped outside.
Lao Jia was a little puzzled, wasn't the person the master was going to see Jia Laoqi? He and Jia Laoqi are relatives, who doesn't know the people around Jia Laoqi? Today, these people often follow Jia Laoqi, but today they don't seem to know him at all.
Tao Shiyi did not instruct, of course Lao Jia could only give up, he did not return to the mule cart, but stood outside the door, waiting for Tao Shiyi to come out.
The door closed again, and only the few lanterns shimmered faintly in the night.
The reason why this place is called the Old Dragon King Temple is because there used to be a Dragon King Temple. One year, the Qiao River burst its banks, which not only washed away the fields and houses, but also the Dragon King Temple.
Since then, it has been called the Old Dragon King Temple, but there is not even a broken temple. More than ten years ago, Jia Laoqi became the head of the flower in this area, and the old Dragon King Temple became a beggar camp, and the people who came and went were called Huazi, and the people of Shangqiao Town and Xia Qiao Town would rather take a detour than come here.
After coming and going, even the people of the county government forgot about this place, and the old Dragon King Temple became a three-way zone.
From the outside, Jia Laoqi's house is bare, and there is not even a yard, but there is a hole inside.
Shen Tong was caught by the big man, and when he came around, he walked out of the house again, and after a forest, there were actually a few houses in front of him.
Outside the ashram, there are more than a dozen glass-encased air dead wind lamps, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.
As soon as the group came out of the forest, they were stopped.
Bai Jing said with a clean face: "We are Jia Qiye's people, and this is Master Tao." ”
The person who stopped them obviously knew Bai Jingmian, he ignored Bai Jingmian, his eyes fell on Tao Shiyi's face, looked up and down a few times, and said to Bai Jingmian: "Wait a minute." ”
With that, he glanced at the person beside him, and the man ran in quickly.
After a while, the man trotted out and said to the people, "The man surnamed Tao and the boy go in, and the rest will retreat out of the woods!" ”
Hearing this, Bai Jing's face motioned to the big man to put down Shen Tong, and Tao Shiyi also coaxed gently: "Tongtong, loosen your mouth, let's go in now." ”
Only then did Shen Tong let go of the big man, she spat on the ground, and spit out a mouthful of blood foam.
The big man clutched his bloodied arm, and he couldn't wait to slap the bear child to death.
But his gaze met the blaming look of Bai Jing's face, and he had to step aside hatefully, and watched the child jump into the house.