Before he approached the door of the house, a peculiar smell wafted out and rushed straight to his nose, making Li Xiao reach out and cover his mouth and nose.

Dong Lian, who went in to check first, came out, his face was a little sallow, and he said vaguely: "The county lord still don't go in!" ”

"What's wrong, it's dangerous?" Li Xiao asked, in fact, she already had some answers in her heart.

"There's no danger, it's just..."

"It's okay, since they're all here, let's go in and have a look." The dilapidated house in front of him, as well as what he saw on the way here, washed away Li Xiao's understanding of the prosperity of his family and country, and his understanding of living and working in peace and contentment.

The clothes of Li Xiao and the three of them, compared with the tattered clothes here, looked so dazzling, and Li Xiao's heart was slightly swollen.

She stepped in, and the smell was stronger, like rancid stench and old mold, or both.

In the gloomy room, except for a rotten wooden board in the corner of the wall, and a pile of straw, there was nothing left.

The child was kneeling in front of the old man lying on the wooden plank.

Like children, the elderly are ragged and dirty. The sickness on his face broke through the cover of the dirt and was revealed.

The old man glanced up at Li Xiao, and his deeply sunken eyes seemed to have a pool of stagnant water, showing no emotion. I could only ask the child weakly: "This is...?" ”

"Grandma, they said that as long as I brought them to our house, she would give me money." The child was very excited and said, "That way, grandma will be able to go to see Langzhong!" ”

"This..."The old man was a little overwhelmed and looked up at Li Xiao again.

"Real grandma." It seemed that the old man didn't believe it, so the child begged Li Xiao to help speak, "Nobleman, you help me tell grandma, what I said is true!" ”

"Yes, old man!"

"For no reason..., how can ... Can you accept your kindness? With a cough, the old man's words were said for a long time.

"The right is that we have done good deeds and accumulated virtue!" Li Xiao said, stretched out his hand and motioned for Yunxia to take the silver.

Li Xiao handed the silver in his hand to the child: "Go quickly, help your grandmother find a Langzhong!" ”

"Yes, thank you!" The child jumped up excitedly, took the money, and ran out.

"Thanks, ahem, thank you!" The old man thanked him hoarsely.

"Old man, out of that child, is there anyone else in your family?" Li Xiao asked the puzzle in his heart.

The old man was silent for a moment before he spoke, "... I don't know! ”

The voice is more weak.

I don't know? Same as the child's answer.

Only, how can you not know?

Before Li Xiao could speak, the old man took the first step to explain: "It's all my fault for this old bone, I have been sick all the year round..., and I owe a lot of money in order to take medicine." Yuan'er and his father went to serve as a soldier a few years ago..., 'cough cough cough' everything in the family depends on his mother, 'cough cough' three months ago,..., his mother went up the mountain to chop wood, stumbled and fell down the mountain, died, 'cough cough'. At this, a tear welled up in the old man's eyes.

"The family house was forced to sell and pay off the debt. Our mother and I had nowhere to go, so we had to go to Yuan'er and his father..., but who knows, who knows, 'cough cough cough', the people in the military camp actually said..., saying that Yuan'er and his father embezzled military pay and ran away..."