On the second day, I was afraid that the girl from yesterday would be bullied again, so I sent Motoxin to see it first.

Then, Jingyun and I also plan to continue to look for Yinglin.

But just as we were about to go out, Taoxin, who had been away for a short time, ran back in a panic.

At this moment, he was out of breath in front of me, "Male... Princess, no! You... Go check it out! ”

"What's wrong? Was that little girl bullied by her father again yesterday? ”

Seeing the way I wrinkled her eyebrows, Taoxin shook her head and trembled, "No, it's a dead man!" Little girl... With her father and brother ... All dead! ”

Die...

The word exploded in my mind, and I felt dizzy on the top of my head.

Immediately, I subconsciously pulled my legs and ran towards the dilapidated hut from yesterday.

But when I came to the outside of the hut again, I froze.

Because at this time, there were already a lot of onlookers outside the hut pointing and pointing.

That is to say... The little girl's family is really dead!

"Princess...", just in time, Momoshin and Shocking Cloud chased after them.

Shocking Cloud glanced at me, then raised his hand to push away the crowd so that I could see a few people lying on the ground not far away.

One of the skinny figures caught my attention in particular.

"How so?" I walked involuntarily.

I saw that the little girl who was still smiling at me yesterday was lying motionless in a pool of dried blood at this time, her originally dark little face became gray and stiff, and her big black eyes had sunk into their sockets, and their eyelids were tightly pressed together, leaving no gaps.

He's dead... Again, words like that drifted through my mind.

I looked around, and I felt very uncomfortable, and I pointed to the person who had been dead on the ground for a long time, and asked, "Who did this?" Is there a royal law here? Why didn't the state and county officials send people? ”

But no one responded to me.

The onlookers just stared at me indifferently, as if they had seen something interesting in their eyes.

Even though anger was running through me at this moment, I couldn't do anything but look at them like this, hoping that someone would give me an answer.

But it turns out that I was too naïve, maybe human life has long been like a mustard in their eyes, as long as it has nothing to do with themselves, what does it matter who dies.

After a long time, an old lady stood up in the crowd of onlookers, and said with a regretful face, "Girl, this family is dead and dead, although it is a pity, but this is something that the state and county officials don't care about, why do you have to go to this muddy water?" ”

Hearing her say this, Tao Xin stepped forward angrily, "What are you talking about?" Now that someone is dead, and not a chicken or duck is dead, how can it be called dead and dead? ”

The old lady didn't argue with Taoxin, but sighed heavily, and then retreated back into the crowd and said no more.

And the eyes of those onlookers were still indifferent, and one or two of them even began to laugh and talk unscrupulously.

Maybe my anger was a joke in their eyes, or maybe... This kind of thing is too common in the Northwest, that's why they are so unfazed.

My heart instantly cooled down for the most part, and my body shook a little.

At that time, Momoxin came to support me, and said with a difficult face, "Princess, what do you think we should do now?" ”

"What should I do?" I muttered, clutching my suffocating chest.

The corner of his eye happened to sweep to one place.

"What's that?" This sentence unconsciously floated out of my mouth.

Immediately, he reached out and broke the little girl's cold and stiff fist.

A piece of broken fabric that she held tightly in the palm of her hand appeared in front of us in an instant.

"Huh? Isn't this the same fabric as Mrs. Jiang's clothes yesterday? Momo Xin pondered for a moment, and suddenly panicked, "Princess, could it be her..."

Before Momoshin could finish speaking, I got up and pulled her out of the crowd's sight.

"Princess, do you think it could be the family that Jiang Ji killed?"

"Thinking so," I said, looking down at the rag in my hand and clenching it again, "I'm afraid she's the only one who has that motive right now." ”

"But why?"

I didn't answer Taoxin, I just walked up to Jingyun and whispered in my ear, "Go and release the news that Chen Laosan's family was killed by a secret prostitute who made money, and say whatever the words are extremely insulting!" ”

Surprised, he raised his eyes to look at me, but didn't ask too much, just nodded and turned to leave.

Aroused Taoxin's curiosity, "Princess, what did you whisper?" ”

I looked back to the middle of the crowd, "It's nothing, just to make that despicable executioner pay something." ”

"Oh!" Momoxin nodded as if she didn't understand.

He was silent with me for a long time, and suddenly took my hand again, and said incoherently excitedly, "Princess... Xiao Shizi, there it is! ”

"What! Where is it? ”

Momoshin pointed to the gate next to the crowd.

I looked over and saw an unkempt young man standing outside the gate.

His eyes were fixed on the little girl lying in a pool of blood, his eyes full of hatred.

And that slightly resolute face... Isn't that my little nephew Yinglin?

Compared with Zhongli, Yinglin in front of him seems to be taller and thinner and darker, and his innocent face can no longer find the slightest childishness, some are just hatred and rebelliousness, and even the eyebrows are a little sharp.

The whole person looks like he is an enemy of everyone.

However, he stood at the gate for only a moment before turning away.

"Lin'er!

I felt my voice tremble violently.

In the next second, his footsteps followed him uncontrollably.

After passing through the long street of depression in the northwest, it took about half a column of incense to bend left and right, and Yinglin's footsteps stopped in front of a small bamboo house in the secluded part of the bamboo forest.

In the courtyard of the fence, a middle-aged woman wrapped in a coarse cloth and lightly brushed in sackcloth held a small wooden tube in her hand, constantly watering the land.

Seeing Yinglin coming back, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Where have you gone, this kid?" Why are you only coming back now? Look at your dirty... Oh yes, I'm telling you, I... Try to grow some barren and hardy vegetables, and then you will be able to eat fresh vegetables next year! ”

I stood not far away, looking at this warm scene in front of me, and tears unconsciously kept falling down like beads with broken threads.

Behind him, Tao Xin sighed heavily, as if relieved, "God bless, I finally found Xiao Shizi!" ”

After speaking, he looked at me cautiously, "Princess, aren't you going to recognize them?" Aunt Yingtong and Xiao Shizi are here! ”

"I don't know." I shook my head and pressed my chest to the emotion, "I haven't seen them for more than a year, and after so many changes, how should I face them?" ”

"Princess!" Momoshin patted me on the shoulder comfortingly, "Haven't you been looking for them?" Why did you find it now and start to retreat? Besides, Aunt Yingtong and Xiao Shizi must be worried about you too! ”

"But I..."

"Boom!"

Before I could finish my sentence, there was a muffled sound of something falling to the ground from the fence.

When I raised my eyes again, Aunt Yingtong was already standing in the courtyard in disbelief, staring at me blankly.

"Male... Host. ”

I was also stunned, and a sentence unconsciously floated out of my mouth, "Aunt Yingtong!" ”

After saying that, my footsteps approached her step by step.

It wasn't until I walked up to her that she raised her hand and touched my cheek, "Princess, I'm not dreaming, am I?" Is it really you? ”

"Hmm!" Looking at my aunt's slightly old face, and the splendor added to her sideburns at some point, my tears could no longer be stopped.

Aunt Yingtong's eyes were also filled with tears, "This stupid child, what are you crying about?" My aunt didn't expect to see you again in this life! Be happy! ”

"Auntie!" My heart sank, and I hugged Aunt Yingtong and cried uncontrollably.

My aunt was also crying when I took her.

In this way, Yinglin thought that something big had happened, and rushed out of the bamboo house in shock.

After rushing out, I saw the two of us hugging our heads and crying, and I had to be stunned for a while.

It took a long time for Aunt Yingtong to let go of me and gently wiped away my tears.

And walked up to Yinglin, pointed at me and said, "Lin'er, do you still recognize her?" She's your sixth aunt! Remember? ”

"Lin'er." I wiped the tears from my face and beckoned to him with a smile, "Lin'er, what my aunt promised you has been done, my aunt killed Alhatu with her own hands and avenged your father!" ”

Ying Lin stared at me blankly, the expression on his face melting a little.

In the end, I whimpered twice, and I threw myself into my arms and cried bitterly.

Looking at the skinny child in my arms, my heart felt like someone had cut it with a knife, and I couldn't breathe in pain.

just kept patting Yinglin's back and comforting him over and over again, "Good Lin'er, my aunt is here, don't cry!" ”

I don't know how long I cried, Yinglin finally couldn't cry anymore, so he was accompanied by Aunt Yingtong back to the house and fell asleep.

"It's been a long time."

After Aunt Yingtong came out, she looked back at the bamboo house with extremely melancholy.

Seeing that I didn't quite understand what she said, she smiled sadly, "This kid hasn't spoken since the death of the crown princess. ”

It was getting late, and I looked up at the gray sky.

I see... The princess's sister-in-law, she is also...

"How did she die?"

"The Chu people are attacking the city with arrows," Aunt Yingtong said, her expression seemed to fall into endless memories, "In order to send the little prince to the tunnel designated by the emperor to escape, she dragged the body of the arrow for a long time, and when we found her, she was already burned all over her body, and this child watched her mother die tragically, and suffered a great blow, and since then she has never spoken again." ”

"That's right—" I lowered my eyes and stared at the upper of my shoes with blue peony flowers embroidered on a white sole.

The aunt sighed again, "My son and I have been all the way, but fortunately, the fifth princess sent her to protect her in secret in the Wu Kingdom, otherwise we wouldn't have seen you today." ”

"You said Yingliuyun?" I was slightly surprised.

Aunt Yingtong smiled and nodded, "By the way, you don't know yet, the fifth princess is now the imperial concubine of the Wu Kingdom, and it seems that her personality has changed a lot." ”

"But my father clearly told me that it was the second emperor's uncle who escorted you out!"

At the mention of Uncle Erhuang, Aunt Yingtong's eyes dimmed.

I started to think about it.

She continued, "The King of Haining and the Queen Mother were originally traveling with us, but in the middle of the way, in order to protect us from leaving, the King of Haining went alone to attract the attention of the Chu people, and finally died under the siege of the Chu people. I never got up again. ”

"It's all my fault that I'm too late."

After I finished speaking guiltily, Aunt Yingtong touched my forehead, "Silly boy, this has nothing to do with you, it's all fate!" ”

"Auntie," I grabbed her hand, remembering that the porter had said that there was a little beggar wandering in front of the prince's mansion when I was in Gicheng, and then asked, "Then have you ever been to Gicheng?" ”

Aunt Yingtong shook her head, "The people of the fifth princess once told us that you are no longer in Xianyu, and this northwest is located in the Xianyu border and the ridge is poor, although the conditions are poor, it is a good place to hide, so I took the son to live here in seclusion." ”

If so, who is that little beggar? Is it just a coincidence?

Seeing that I was a little stunned, Aunt Yingtong took my hand and sat down in the courtyard.

"Princess, I haven't asked you yet! Why did you leave Xianyu? Could it be that he had an awkward quarrel with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? And also... Why are you in the Northwest now? ”

"These... That's a long story. I smiled bitterly, "I'll tell my aunt in detail when I have a chance to talk about it later, but if Lin'er hadn't appeared at a murder scene today, I really wouldn't have found you so easily." ”

Speaking of the murder scene, Aunt Yingtong sighed heavily, "I couldn't believe it when I heard the news at first!" The daughter of the dead family is the only friend of the son here, but it's a pity..."

Aunt Yingtong sighed again, "Now I have nothing else to ask for, just hope that we can spend the days to come!" ”

I looked at the sky, which had sunk into the cold night, and my heart was very sad.

In these troubled times...

Safe... I'm afraid it's the rarest thing.

Can we really be as safe as Aunt Yingtong said?

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