Chapter 649: Sugar Cubes
Huo Wu stood up and said to Zheng Yun, "You bring them with me, and I'll go back to His Highness." ”
When Zheng Yun saw that she was talking to herself, she was so excited that she almost jumped up, and she responded in a hurry, and told the old man in dialect to take them to the army to find a doctor.
When the old man heard this, he was grateful, and kept thanking him, so excited that he burst into tears. If it weren't for the serious illness of her granddaughter, in such a chaotic time, the old and the young would never go out.
Zheng Yun took his grandfather and grandson to follow Huo Wu forward, and the two soldiers before also wanted to follow, but Zheng Yun glared at him and reprimanded:
"You're all right? Patrol the streets! ”
The two soldiers looked at him with the eyes that condemned him for his abuse of power for personal gain, and reluctantly went.
When Zheng Yun saw them leaving, he followed behind Huo Wu with a happy face, his excitement was overflowing, and he almost jumped and walked on tiptoe, and the little girl who was in a fever frequently looked at him with curious eyes.
Zheng Yun was happy in his heart, and saw that although the old man with his granddaughter was relieved, he was still a little nervous, so he comforted him in dialect.
Huo Wu suddenly turned his head and asked him, "Are you from Longxi Country?" ”
Zheng Yun wanted to cry without tears.
As far as he knew, the Fire Dancer had a strong memory and could never forget, and he had appeared in front of her several times, but she didn't know him at all, which showed that she had never taken him into account.
"Fire Dance Girl, she was originally from Flame City, and before she went to Flame City, she was in the southeast of Longxi Country until she was sixteen years old."
"Did you just speak in tongues?"
"Yes, that's the dialect of the southeast of Longxi Kingdom."
"Where in the southeast were you?"
"Baotang County, a county under Sanyang Mansion."
"Why does this old man speak the southeastern dialect, he is not a local?"
"Their family moved to Luxing Mansion half a year ago, and their son and daughter-in-law went to the east to sell goods, and before they came back, they went to war, and the old man took his little granddaughter alone."
"You ask him, where they lived before they moved here?"
Zheng Yun was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she meant, but still asked the old man, who answered him in a thick southeastern dialect.
"They used to live in Ronglin Village by the Wujiang River." Zheng Yun said to Huo Wu.
Fire Dance was silent for a moment, nodded, and said no more.
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Suburbs.
The camp of the phoenix underworld.
Si Qian stood in front of the big tent.
After a while, there was an angry shout and curse from the big tent: "Brute! Darn! The old man should have drowned you back then! ”
Immediately afterwards, Xu Maode cried and shouted "father", the cry was extremely miserable, as if he was afraid that his father would kill him on the spot.
Then there was a burst of ping-pong and the sound of beating his son.
Si Qian got impatient and turned to leave. He has no interest in helping to solve the conflict between father and son, he doesn't care whether Xu Maode will be killed by his father at all, anyway, whether it is Xu Chuan or Xu Maode, they have already lost their value in the war against Long Xiguo, and Feng Mingguo doesn't have to want these two generals, even if he is really killed, it doesn't matter.
He went to Chenguang's tent, but was told by Si Qi that His Highness had gone to the medical tent.
Si Qian was startled, thinking that Chenguang was uncomfortable, and he didn't ask Si Qi, so he hurriedly turned around and walked towards the medical tent.
There were many wounded soldiers near the medical tent, and the military doctors were extremely busy. Si Qian saw the figure of Chenguang from a distance in the chaos, Chenguang was standing in the shade of the tree, lazily leaning on the trunk of the tree, smiling and talking to an old man who was at a loss.
Si Shi stood aside, using Si Ba's back as a table, holding a charcoal pen, writing and drawing on paper.
A little girl of three or four years old was sitting at Chenguang's feet, raising her hands and trying to reach the osmanthus candy in Chenguang's hand. While talking to the old man, Chenguang wickedly lifted the candy cube to a high place, so that the little girl would not catch it.
The little girl flattened her mouth aggrievedly, looked at the osmanthus candy with her eyes, and was about to cry.
Chenguang caught a glimpse of the little girl who wanted to cry and didn't dare to cry, laughed out loud, no longer made a bad heart, lowered the osmanthus candy, and was caught by the little girl.
If the little girl finds a treasure, she hides the osmanthus candy in the palm of her hand, for fear of being robbed.
Si Shi put away the charcoal, walked to the old man's side, showed the paper in his hand to the old man, and asked Zheng Yun to translate his words to the old man while explaining.
Although the old man was afraid, he believed that these people would not hurt him, and he did not resist, he listened to Zheng Yun's words attentively, nodded his head, and spoke to Si Shi in dialect.
Si Qian didn't know what they were doing, and walked over suspiciously.
Chenguang found out that Si Qian was coming, suddenly lowered his body, pointed at Si Qian, and smiled at the little girl who had just drunk the medicine and was about to eat candy:
"Nier, that brother is full of sugar, you go and ask him for candy!"
Nier looked at Si Qian, her eyes lit up, and Si Qian was startled.
The child is not afraid of people, and after drinking the medicine to alleviate the condition, he became lively, Nier staggered to her feet, rushed directly at Si Qian, hugged Si Qian's legs, raised her head, and did not speak, just looked at him expectantly with fawn-like eyes.
Si Qian froze in place, his whole body stiff.
He lowered his head slightly, looking at the little girl holding his leg, expressionless and stunned. He never approached the child, and the child would run away immediately when he saw him, so he was suddenly hugged by a little girl, as if possessed by an unknown creature, and for a moment, he even had a trace of panic.
Even though his face was expressionless, Chenguang could easily see his nervousness and smiled.
Si Qian looked at her expressionlessly.
"You give her a candy." Chenguang said to him with a smile.
As soon as she heard the word "sugar", the little girl's eyes brightened even brighter than before.
Si Qian glanced at Chenguang, and then looked at the little girl who was looking at him expectantly, he was a little reluctant. He always carries sugar, candied fruit, and snacks on him, but these are not for the little girl who doesn't know where to come from.
Although he was reluctant, under the gaze of the morning light, he still reached into his arms, took out a candy cube wrapped in paper, and handed it to the little girl.
Nier happily took it and said in a milky voice, "Thank you, brother!" ”
Si Qian didn't think the child's voice was good.
As soon as he was free from the little girl's pester, he walked over, and as he stood beside Chenguang, he handed Chenguang an identical candy cube.
Chenguang was stunned and took it with a smile.
"Your Highness," Si Shi put away the paper and said to Chenguang, "Alright." ”
Chenguang nodded, instructed Zheng Yun to send the old man and child back safely, and promised to keep an eye on the old man's son and daughter-in-law who were still in the territory of Longxi Kingdom.
The old man went with a thousand thanks.
Chenguang slowly returned to the tent, and there was a map of Long Xiguo standing in the tent.
Si Shi spread the paper on the table.
Si Qian saw that it was also a map, a simple map of places.
While he was taking a closer look, Chenguang walked to the map of Long Xiguo with a charcoal pen, drew two strokes, and looked at Si Qian.
Si Qian stared at it for a while, didn't speak, walked over, picked up another charcoal pencil, and circled the map twice to make the picture look more detailed, and then he looked at the morning light.
Chenguang chuckled, and she nodded.