The three of them stayed in the inn of the Twenty-Four Cities for seven days.

Jin Xiaolou also ate Gao Lang's secret roast chicken for seven days in a row, and his mood was a little more uplifted, so he set off for Qingchuan Town.

The terrain of Shuzhou is dangerous, with many mountains and hills, hills and valleys. The closer you get to Qingchuan, the more you feel that the world is in turmoil. There are even people who are forced to be helpless, fall into the grass, and intercept those who snatch money and food on the mountain roads.

Jin Xiaolou felt that the carriage was too eye-catching, and after discussing with Gao Lang, he sold the carriage, bought a horse and a saddle, and the three of them switched to riding horses on the road.

After taking a short rest in Qingchuan Town, and asking about the location of Yaoxi in Shuzhou, the three of them rode towards Shuzhou.

The sunshine in July and August was the most scorching, and after riding on the horse for a while, Jin Xiaolou's cheeks were already bright red. Gao Lang saw that he quietly pulled the reins, in the morning the sun was behind him, Gao Lang was half a horse slower than Jin Xiaolou, and in the afternoon the sun was in front, Gao Lang walked half a horse faster.

The sunlight all hit Gao Langqi's long body, leaving a small cool shadow for Jin Xiaolou.

Fortunately, the further you go inside, the fog becomes, and the moist and moist air relieves a lot of the heat, but it also becomes more stuffy.

Jin Xiaolou didn't adapt to the stuffiness of Shudi, and he had been walking for three days, becoming more and more uncomfortable day by day. After not walking for a while, Jin Xiaolou felt dizzy.

There happened to be a grass shed tea pavilion next to the boulevard in front, so the three of them tied their horse ropes and sat down in the tea pavilion to rest.

The tea is only the most ordinary Laoyin tea, which has a heavy and bitter taste, but it is the most heat-relieving and dissipating heat.

Jin Xiaolou took two sips, leaned on Gao Lang and sat on the bench for a while, and felt much more comfortable. The shopkeeper of the tea pavilion was a woman in her thirties, and Nanyang went to ask her about the way forward, and as soon as she sat back, she heard a wail behind her.

Turning his head, he saw an elderly aunt lying on the table, crying and curling up her fists to pound the table.

The shopkeeper of the tea pavilion hurriedly put down the teapot that added tea, leaned over and said loudly: "What's the use of you even if you cry through the sky?" ”

After that, he stomped his foot and said: "In my opinion, I have to report to the official!" ”

"Reporter? Are they still afraid that you will report to the official?! The aunt raised her face, her face was full of tears, and she looked like a sad and honest person, "Besides, the people in the government can't avoid them, so who cares about my daughter's life or death!" ”

"That's not the way to go!" The owner of the tea pavilion frowned, "Your daughter is going to get married tomorrow, can't you watch her fall into the tiger's mouth?" ”

"It's a big deal not to marry for the rest of your life! Go into the nunnery and be a sister-in-law! The aunt gritted her teeth and was filled with grief and indignation.

"You can imagine that they don't necessarily have to let it go!" The shopkeeper of the tea pavilion shook his head, "Which girl ran away from the girl they fancied on?" ”

"What then! Then I might as well take my girl and kill them all! The aunt became more and more excited as she spoke, stood up suddenly, lifted the tea bowl on the table, and was about to hit the pillar of the grass shed next to her.

The owner of the tea pavilion groaned, and he was so frightened that he was shocked on the spot, and Nanyang next to him was quick to rush up and grab the man.

The aunt didn't see who it was, so she pulled Nanyang and cried all the tears on her body, and her hands tightly twisted Nanyang's waist, as if she grabbed a support, and she didn't let go.

"Alas, she is also a poor person, girl, don't bother with her." The shopkeeper of the tea pavilion came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly stepped forward, leaned over to help up the aunt who was half-kneeling on the ground, and muttered in his mouth, "There is hope when people are alive, how can they seek death at every turn?" ”

Hearing this, Jin Xiaolou couldn't sit still anymore: "Shopkeeper, what's wrong with this aunt?" ”

The shopkeeper of the tea pavilion glanced at Jin Xiaolou, saw that they were dressed brightly, and recalled the agile skills of the girl who went to save people just now, as if she had kung fu.

With a roll of his eyes, he told the truth as it was.

It turned out that the aunt's surname was Chen, and she was a widow in the village in front of her, and her husband died of illness in his early years, leaving only her and her three-year-old daughter.

Aunt Chen, a woman with hard work, finally pulled her daughter up, and saw her daughter becoming more and more beautiful, and her heart was also very happy.

But when I grew up with my daughter, there was an endless stream of matchmakers.

The daughter has a high vision, and the men in the village are all honest farmers, and she doesn't look at any of them. During the Lantern Festival, when I turned 15 the year before, I went into the city to see the lanterns, and I actually saw the right eye with a teacher in the town.

Not to mention the teacher's appearance, he is talented and has a farmhouse, and he can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face in the town. 's daughter can get his blue eyes, and Aunt Chen is also happy from the bottom of her heart.

As long as the daughter can marry into the city, then there is no need to revolve around the land and grain fields every day, and it can be regarded as a comfortable life. At that moment, Aunt Chen agreed to the relationship between the two, made an appointment, and agreed to marry two years later.

Everything is so happy, the accident came from three days ago, when my daughter went to the town alone to sell eggs.

"Recently, all parts of Shuzhou have not been peaceful, I just told her not to go, not to go!" Hearing the shopkeeper of the tea pavilion say this, Aunt Chen sighed again, and couldn't stop regretting, "But she didn't listen, she only said that she could sell a few more eggs in exchange for money, and buy some good loquat paste to cure my cough!" ”

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault! Aunt Chen beat herself up again, "If I didn't have this old cough, my girl wouldn't have to go this way, and she wouldn't be taken by those gangs!" ”

Just when Aunt Chen's daughter ran out of eggs and bought loquat paste, on the way back to the village, she passed a small road not far from here, and happened to meet a thief who was stopping there to rob and rob the goods.

This gang of thieves has been around for a long time, originally only a dozen or so people, often bullying some old and weak women and children in the dark, but since the new deal came out, taxes have increased, many men from nearby villages have gone up the mountain to join them, and now there are hundreds of people, occupying a mountain, even the government has a headache, helpless.

Therefore, this group of people became more and more bold, and they dared to block the road and rob in broad daylight.

Aunt Chen's daughter was stopped in the middle of the path, and the three angry men laughed at her, wanting to snatch a few copper plates left over from selling eggs, and the can of loquat paste and leave, who knows, it was such a coincidence, just the leader of this group of people dangled over.

As soon as he saw the girl with a powdery face like jade, anxious and angry, he felt that it was vivid and vivid, and it was indescribably good-looking.

immediately ordered his subordinates to return the copper coins and loquat paste to Aunt Chen's daughter, but told her with a smile that it was okay to return the things, but people had to stay!

Aunt Chen's daughter was so frightened that she softened her legs, and hurriedly told the man that she had already promised someone and would marry in four days.

Not only was the man not in a hurry, but he was even more happy, saying that it was just right, he even saved the sedan chair! Four days later, the man's sedan chair to welcome his relatives was on this road, and he should come here to pick it up!

At that moment, he also shot a golden chicken, cut off the neck of the golden chicken, plucked out three feathers, and handed them to Aunt Chen's daughter, saying that it was a marriage ceremony.

Aunt Chen's daughter forgot how she went back, and she only felt that her soul was not possessed, and it took a long time to explain the reason to her mother.

was taken by the bandits, what else can be done? Besides, everyone else cut off their heads alive, isn't it just plain said, if you don't listen to him, it's a dead word?

Aunt Chen had to cry vigorously, except for crying at home, she came to this tea pavilion to cry with the shopkeeper she was familiar with.

Yaoxi is not far from here, Jin Xiaolou didn't want to make any extraneous branches, but looking at this aunt's grief-stricken appearance, he really couldn't bear it, glanced at Gao Lang, saw his eyes gloomy, and knew that he meant that everything was up to the lady.

Jin Xiaolou then spoke: "Auntie, why wait until tomorrow, I will marry my daughter immediately when I go back today, and tomorrow will be cooked rice, and your daughter will become the wife of Mr. Teaching, wouldn't it be good?" ”

When the shopkeeper of the tea pavilion heard this, he shook his head: "The girl is easy to say, tomorrow the thief will not see the sedan chair, I am afraid that he will not break into the village and kill Sister Chen!" You can't just ignore your mother's safety for the sake of your daughter! ”

Nanyang listened to the shopkeeper's tone with a hint of blaming Jin Xiaolou, and was very dissatisfied: "Doesn't that aunt have to pull her daughter to find her dead together?" My wife is kind enough to think of an idea for you, but you are disgusted! ”

After saying that, he turned around, broke free from Aunt Chen, and returned to Jin Xiaolou's side, squinting.

Jin Xiaolou saw that Nanyang was still angry, and gently stroked the back of her hand: "It's not in the way." ”

Then he said to the shopkeeper of the tea pavilion: "Tomorrow, the sedan chair will go out as usual." ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper of the tea pavilion and Aunt Chen were at a loss, he smiled and said to them: "I will sit in this sedan chair for your daughter." ”

"What?!" Aunt Chen was taken aback, "You, you!" Are you going to marry the bandit? ”

"What do you think!" Gao Lang immediately spoke, "My lady sits in a sedan chair, and the groom is naturally me!" ”

Nanyang's eyes rolled, and he immediately understood, and said, "We'll cure that group of lawless bandits for you!" ”