"Lin'er!" I shouted.

By the time I came to my senses, my footsteps were already chasing after the small figure like an arrow from a string.

Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, Ying Lin disappeared around the corner of the street in an instant as if he deliberately avoided me.

"Princess!" Behind him, Taoxin panted and caught up, looking left and right, "What about the little Shizi?" ”

I shook my head slightly, but I still walked forward with no heart.

It wasn't until a dilapidated thatched hut in front of me completely blocked my path that I had to stop.

And the noon sun is scorching, even though it is winter, after this chase, Taoxin and I are still soaked with sweat.

"What about people?" Taoxin looked puzzled and fanned with her hands, fanning up and down from time to time to send air in her direction, "Strange, we were really right just now, why did Xiao Shizi disappear in a blink of an eye?" ”

"I'm afraid... He's deliberately avoiding us! ”

I thought for a moment, then looked around.

"But why is Xiao Shizi avoiding us?" Momoshin doesn't really understand.

I didn't speak to her again, but reached out and pushed open the gate of the thatched hut.

"Princess, what are you doing here?" Momoshin was startled, with an expression on her face that she thought I was going to do something bad, "This is someone's house, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to break in like this, right?" Princess..."

Despite her persuasion, she showed that I had no intention of stopping, but she involuntarily followed me closely.

But after only a few steps, I heard something coming from inside.

Before I could understand, the girl Taoxin pulled the corner of my clothes with a very thief expression, "Princess, do you think Xiao Shizi should be here?" ”

Obviously, she had an expression like she had done something bad just now, but now because of her excitement, her eyes lit up and stared at the dilapidated thatched house in front of her.

And make a gesture to shout.

"Shh I immediately covered Momoka's mouth.

It wasn't until we made eye contact that we let go of her.

It made Taoxin even more confused, "Princess, what are you doing here?" Aren't you going to go in and find Xiao Shizi? ”

"Don't worry, if Yinglin is deliberately avoiding us, then wouldn't you be startling the snake by shouting like this."

"There seems to be some truth to that!"

"That's nature..."

Before I could finish my sentence, I suddenly heard several unusual moans from the thatched hut.

And the sound got louder and louder, and finally it became unrestrained.

"What is this?" Peach Heart pondered for a moment, and then the "brush" on her face turned red.

My back tightened, too, and I was completely petrified in place.

What is going on inside at the moment, I'm afraid even a fool can guess it!

"So debauched... Xiao Shizi is definitely not here! Peach Heart's face was red and red, and she immediately took my hand and was about to go out.

But just as we turned, a small, dark shadow crashed into me.

I was knocked backwards.

Before he could even get a clear look at the visitor, the thin figure swooped into the dilapidated hut.

"Is the princess alright?" Momothy looked at me left and right with concern.

I shook my head slightly, but my eyes followed the wooden door that squeaked and screamed when it was kicked open...

And when the thin figure broke in, the panicked voices of men and women immediately began in the room.

"You little brute, who allowed you to come in, why don't you get out of here!"

"Chen Laosan, didn't you say that this little beast went out? Why did you come back at this time? And you little brute... What to watch? Look again, believe it or not, the old lady gouged out your eyeballs! ”

At the right time, a young girl's voice full of timidity sounded in the house, "Dad, my mother and brother have been drinking grass soup for a month, and they have finally saved some money, didn't you say that you want to buy them some delicious food?" Why did you call this woman again? ”

"Little brute, how dare you talk to me like that? I'm your son! ”

"Give the money back!" At this time, the girl's voice was more timid than before, and there was obviously a hint of hidden anger.

The woman inside spat angrily, "It's really unlucky! I don't care about you! ”

After speaking, it seems that he wants to leave.

The girl couldn't contain her anger anymore, "I'll let you give me back the money!" ”

A brief silence ensued.

When there was movement again, it was a crisp slap sound, which resounded inside and outside the house.

The girl began to cry.

The cry was so sad and helpless, "I beg you to return the money to me, I'm going to ask a doctor, my mother and brother are dying, and I can't even eat the steamed buns I want to come to the market, can you give me back the money!" Please! ”

"Get out of here!" The woman was very dissatisfied and hysterical, "Chen Laosan, don't you give her a lesson yet!" ”

The man named Chen Laosan inside was obedient to the woman, but when he yelled like this, he even claimed, "Yes... Don't be angry, I'll teach the little beast a lesson. ”

The man coaxed her a few words in a good voice, and finally shouted angrily at the girl, "Little beast, today you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and you dare to spoil Lao Tzu's good deeds?" Even if your aunt doesn't say it, Lao Tzu will teach you a lesson! ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a muffled sound of sticks hitting the flesh.

The girl cried silently and begged for mercy, "Dad... Please stop fighting! I was wrong... Father... You let me go! ”

The man ignored the girl, and the sound of the sticks in his hands became louder.

"How unreasonable!" I couldn't listen to it anymore, so I was angry and wanted to go up to theorize.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Taoxin hurriedly grabbed my hand, "Princess, this place is no better than Gicheng, let's not care about it so much, it's important to find Xiao Shizi." ”

She's right, this is the northwest, and my unintentional words and deeds may bring huge trouble to Yin Linxi.

But... Is it really just that?

I hesitated.

At this time, the girl's heart-rending screams came from inside.

I couldn't take much care of it anymore, so I had to go up in three steps and two steps, and kicked open the crumbling wooden door.

Inside, a pair of disheveled men and women were sitting and standing.

The woman sitting on the stone couch gloated with schadenfreude on her face, and a sturdy black man beside her held an arm-thick wooden stick in his hand and smashed it at a girl who was curled up on the ground and shivering...

"Stop!" I yelled.

Without giving the two men a chance to react, he kicked the man with the stick to the ground.

"Who are you?" The man was ashamed and wanted to get up.

I snatched the stick from his hand and struck it at his knee.

The man rolled on the ground in pain.

I sneered nonchalantly.

When I looked at the woman sitting on the stone couch again, she was staring at me in a daze, her eyes full of shock.

The moment I saw her features, I suddenly mistook a beat, and the degree of surprise was indescribable.

This... Wasn't it Mrs. Jiang Jiang who my father asked me to secretly escort out of the palace? Why is she here?

I raised my eyebrows slightly, and then looked at the men rolling on the ground, puzzled.

Could it be that ... The first shameful moans that Momokin and I heard outside came from her?

So she and this unattractive man...

Jiang Qi seemed to understand my guess.

For a moment, her face turned pale, and she was full of hatred as if she had been greatly insulted.

grabbed the corner of his clothes again, stared at me and gritted his teeth and said, "Ying Suxue, why are you!" ”

"I want to know too." I tried my best to suppress my curiosity and surprise, and I retracted my gaze as I pretended to be flat.

Lift the girl up as she curls up on the ground.

It was only then that it became clear that this girl was the little girl I had helped in the market.

"How? How are you? ”

The little girl shook her head, sobbing and wiping away her tears, and the little face and arms were bruised and purple from the man's beating.

"Come, come with me!" I glanced coldly at the two people next to me.

When she reached out to take the little girl again, she refused to get up no matter what.

"Sister, my mother and brother are very sick, and my father gave all the money to this aunt, and I still want her life-saving money!"

"Oh?" I squinted my eyes, looked at Jiang Qi, whose face was becoming more and more pale, and asked calmly, "Then can you tell my sister why this aunt took your father's money?" ”

"Enough!" Jiang stood up suddenly, threw a gray money bag in front of the little girl, and said to me with a fierce look, "Ying Suxue, we are really a narrow enemy, you wait for me!" I want you to pay for everything you've done! ”

After speaking, she glared at me for a moment with a look that wanted to eat me.

Eventually, he disappeared in the doorway.

I pouted, I really couldn't understand, looking at her bitter and hateful appearance, what had I done to her?

Before he had time to think about it, the man who was rolling on the ground got up from the ground and glared at the little girl with a gloomy face, "You little brute, you dare to ask for helpers to beat you Laozi?" See if I don't kill you! ”

The girl's big black eyes were full of fear, and she was so frightened that she hid behind me.

"Stop!" I squeezed the man's raised hand.

The man was not afraid at all, "Lao Tzu teaches his own children, it's your business!" Get out of here, I'm in a hurry, I'll teach you a lesson! ”

"Who do you want to teach?" I looked at him with a smirk, and the strength of my hand increased little by little.

The man was pinched out of the screams of killing the pig.

I didn't give him any chance to beg for mercy, so I looked at him fiercely...

The dagger slipped out of his sleeve and slashed across his wrist.

"Ahh The man screamed heartbreakingly, and finally sat down on the ground with a dead face.

"Won't you let me get out of the way?" I coldly withdrew the blood-stained dagger and drank again, "If you dare to come back, let me kill you directly now, I will do what I say!" Get lost! ”

"Yes, yes," the man replied in a trembling voice, and then crawled through the door.

And the girl behind me was still sobbing and crying.

Turning around, my tone couldn't help but soften a little, "Okay, it's okay, aren't your mother and brother sick?" Take the money and show it to them! ”

As soon as I said this, the girl stopped crying, took the purse and ran out.

After running a few steps, he stopped, and looked back at me.

"Sister, you are such a good person!" A heartfelt smile tugged at the girl's lips, and there were faint tears on her little black face.

I was stunned for a moment, but I smiled and waved at her.

In the end, it wasn't until the girl's figure completely disappeared into the light at the door that Taoxin stepped into the door in a panic, "Princess, isn't the woman who ran out just now Mrs. Jiang?" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, and walked out without waiting for her to get closer.

Seeing this, Taoxin had no choice but to follow me out again, but her expression was extremely puzzled, "Why is she here?" Still with the men here..."

Before I finished speaking, Taoxin suddenly remembered something, and grabbed the corner of my clothes again and again, "And... Princess, aren't we looking for Xiao Shizi? That little girl, she seems to know Xiao Shizi, why don't you ask her for clues? ”

"Actually, I want to, too!" I smiled wryly, "It's just that there is probably nothing more important than saving the lives of her relatives right now, so before that, let's go back first!" ”

"What about Xiao Shizi?"

I looked back at this dilapidated thatched courtyard, and finally sighed, "Since I know that he is in the northwest, even if he digs three feet into the ground, I will find him out!" ”

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