Gao Rui, Xu Hui, old man. The three of them sat around a stone table in the courtyard. Tao'er boiled a pot of hot water and served it to the three of them one by one. Sit beside Gao Rui and listen to the old man speak slowly.

"The two officials didn't know that in this village, most of the women and children who had fled used to live in this village. In the past, I watched this child play and play, although he lived a poor life, he was also very happy. But just a few days ago, a convoy of darts suddenly came to the village, and I was returning from chopping wood that day, and when I saw the convoy, I went up to take a look. There were more than 20 people in their group, each dressed in black and wearing a hat, and carrying a long knife around his waist. The man at the head of the group got off his horse, bowed to me, and said to me, that they had been tired from the journey, and had encountered bandits on the way, and had just fought hard, and that the men were thirsty and tired, and wanted to spend the day in the village and beg for water. ”

Gao Rui picked up the bowl and handed it to Tao'er, signaling her to drink more water. During the conversation, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked: "This village is not more than ten miles away from Beiping City, since the convoy has just been prepared for robbery, why don't you go to this city to repair, in the deserted village and wilderness, isn't it more dangerous." ”

"Hey, it's all my negligence." After the old man took a sip of water, he angrily threw the bowl on the stone table, splashing a little water, "I saw that the man was polite, so I didn't think too much about it, so I told them to stay." But I never expected that it would be quiet in the dead of night. Suddenly, there was the sound of smashing and looting, and it turned out that the group of people in the convoy were carrying the banner of a dart game during the day, and they were committing evil everywhere at night. They went from house to house looting property, and when they saw women and children, they kidnapped them all, and when some resisted, they killed them on the spot. Those thieves kidnapped more than a dozen women and children in the village overnight, and even Ah Lian, who lived with Tao'er, was also kidnapped by them. Now only we are left, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, two officials, you have to find those women and children. ”

After saying that, the old man burst into tears, and when Tao'er heard this, her eyes couldn't help but moisten, and she leaned on Gao Rui's shoulder. Gao Rui touched Tao'er's head and tried to calm Tao'er's mood. said firmly: "Don't worry, the old man, we will unite with the government to find out about this matter." Be sure to rescue the captives. ”

The old man hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you so much, official, now this Emperor Jianwen is still a hairy boy, how to govern this country well." In the past few years, the situation has been turbulent, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and bandits and bandits are rampant. In this troubled world, there are such sensible officials who think about the people. Tao'er, this girl, can follow the official, which is also a blessing from the previous life. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly picked up the old man: "Don't worry, old man, I will definitely take care of Tao'er." ”

Sending the old man away, Gao Rui and Xu Hui were discussing countermeasures.

"Young master, we don't know what this dart game is about. Where did this begin? ”

At this time, Tao'er stretched out her little hand and dipped her index finger in some water. On the stone table was written the word "Liu".

Gao Rui's eyes lit up and said: "Outside Liu Yuan, Liu Mansion in Beiping City, the family of the eight generations of ancestors who relied on darts. Now this dart game has developed to all parts of the north, and it belongs to his family. ”

"Young master, then we can go and investigate." Xu Hui hugged his fists.

Gao Rui nodded, turned his head and said to Tao'er: "I just heard the old man say that Miss Tao'er went to the Liu Mansion to be a maid, and there was no news. A few days ago, we found you in the Qinglou. I think that Liu Mansion must be doing some human trafficking business! ”

Peach's eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously. I thought to myself: "Childe is very smart, although I can't speak, he can understand my heart with just one word." "My heart was pleased.

"Tao'er, you go and look for the relics left by your master, but they are still there, and if you find us, you will go to Liu's Mansion."