Suddenly, Xiao Jinhua's words that went straight to her head finally made the corners of Li Qiusheng's mouth raise a wry smile, and tears were clouded.

There seemed to be a lukewarm voice in his heart, mocking himself all the time. "Li Qiusheng, Li Qiusheng, you have been smart all your life, but you have been confused for a while. See, this time, you have to help count the money when you are sold as a piglet. ”

Old Man Dong pushed Li Qiusheng behind his back and said. "Boy, let's go, what are you doing here?" After that, he first sorted out his simple bags and followed everyone.

Li Qiusheng raised his eyes and looked around again, although there were thousands of unwilling hesitations in his heart, but after all, the stubbornness of his arms that couldn't twist his thighs followed.

All of a sudden, everyone walked cleanly on the top of this mountain col, as if the earth was silent.

Three months ago, in the Juyi Hall of Anle Village, the atmosphere was solemn and the sword light was flashing.

A middle-aged man knelt down in the hall and saluted with his fists, and said to the old man sitting on the master's chair. "Lord Di Zhai, the little one has come back with the brothers who led out of the village to find life on the order of the eldest lady, please give instructions to the master of the village."

"Ha, ha," Lord Di Zhai first laughed heartily a few times, and then asked in a changed tone. "Zhao Sheng, what kind of sumptuous things did you come back from your three days out? Come and listen to it, so that all the brothers here can have fun and wash the wind and dust for you. ”

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he immediately frowned, thinking that this was broken. How can I reply to this pretentious call from the eldest lady? Isn't this forcing us to death? There was no way, after squeaking for a while, Zhao Sheng finally couldn't say a reason. Everyone in the hall and the hall stared at each other in surprise, you look at me, I look at you, and the sound of discussion gradually emerged.

The master of Di Zhai was taken aback and shouted categorically. "Zhao Sheng, are you talking? How did you spit it out like this? You're not like that, so what are you so hard to say? After speaking, there was a loud bang, and he slammed the table in the middle, and then swept his eyes towards Zhao Sheng with a pair of big eyes of doubt.

Suddenly frightened, Zhao Sheng, who was kneeling, was like a sieve bucket, and said in a trembling voice. "Lord Di Zhai, originally we led the leading brothers to loot the entire village of Changxia Village, and the goods were also quite considerable. But halfway through, he killed a key criminal in the court, "Li Qiusheng", and I don't know what spell he used, so I asked the eldest lady to obediently return all the property looted by our brothers to the original owner. The subordinates did not dare to disobey the will of the eldest lady, so they had to return empty-handed with their brothers and ask the master of Di Zhai to leave. ”

As soon as Zhao Sheng's words fell, everyone in the hall was greatly surprised, and they all discussed, "This eldest lady has done a lot of outrageous, if you don't take the interests of Bangzhai to heart, forget it, how can you send back all the goods that everyone has robbed." If this is the case, it is better to let our brethren drink the northwest wind. ”

Lord Di Zhai slapped the table again and shouted, "What are you arguing about, what are you talking about?" Stop and listen to me. After saying that, he paused, and then said, "The little girl Jin Yan is so pretentious, there must be a misunderstanding in the middle, please forgive me, brothers." After I find out what is going on, I will definitely give you an explanation. ”

Everyone in the hall fell silent again for a moment, and they all looked at the Lord of Di Zhai. Lord Di Zhai pointed at Zhao Sheng and asked. "Miss, where are you now? Tell me about it. ”

Zhao Sheng was stunned for a moment, scratched his ears and cheeks and replied. "The eldest lady chased after that 'Li Qiusheng' according to the map, saying that "Li Qiusheng" is like a mountain of gold and silver falling from the sky to our village. Inexhaustible, inexhaustible, there is a reason not to take. ”

"Ah, it's broken." The master of Di Zhai shouted, and he was so anxious that he slapped the table and muttered. Immediately stood up again and asked, "Did the eldest lady chase down the official list sent by the old man?" ”

"Yes. The owner of the village, the eldest lady also left you a letter. Zhao Sheng replied, frowning again.

"Oh, bring the letter. Then it's none of your business, you go down. "Lord Di Zhai said, and explained to everyone present." Brothers, now that the situation is urgent, everything in the village is entrusted to the second and third masters. You work together to defend this village, and our old Jin has to go out to find a woman immediately. ”

The people in the hall didn't know why for a while, but it was difficult to ask each other out loud, so they had to answer in unison, "Yes, I respectfully follow the order of the lord of Di Zhai." ”

It turned out that as early as Di Jinyan led a team to rob Changxia Village, and after encountering the imperial court criminal "Li Qiusheng", the owner of Di Zhai had already obtained the secret news of his daughter Di Jinyan. Therefore, he only waited for Zhao Sheng to lead the team back, and made a hasty decision in the hall. Neither will they hold accountable the people who have worked for nothing, nor will they reward and punish Zhao Sheng and others who have returned from leading the team. Then he arranged everything in the village one by one, and ordered a few strong men in the village to secretly accompany him, and then drove to the south.

The owner of Di Zhai went out of the village to find his daughter in such a hurry, in fact, it was more for the purpose of finding the "Li Qiusheng" mentioned in his daughter's letter. What worries him even more is that he also wants to see in his heart who this 'Li Qiusheng' is sacred, and he can actually kidnap his golden knife guest's daughter without meeting.

Since the lord of Di Zhai received the letter brought back by Zhao Sheng to Di Jinyan, the moment he read the letter, he was dumbfounded by a sentence on the letterhead. "Dad, this kid 'Li Qiusheng' is indeed different from ordinary kids. When her daughter first saw him, she thought he was just a profligate ruffian, but who knew that everything he did made her daughter impressed and admired. Therefore, the daughter made her own opinion, disobeyed the order of her father's village owner, let go of the villagers who were robbed, and ordered the return of all the looted property. and ordered Zhao Sheng to lead the team back to the village to listen to it, and the little girl secretly followed 'Li Qiusheng'. I hope my father knows, don't read it. ”

This is not a good taste in the heart of a father, not to mention the famous 'Anle Village' Di Zhai master, and also the 'Golden Knife Guest' praised by everyone on the rivers and lakes.

Sure enough, it was the ancient precept of 'women don't stay' that confirmed the worries of the golden swordsman, and he already felt that his daughter Di Jinyan had an indescribable good impression of this 'Li Qiusheng'. And it's not the ordinary superficial kind, otherwise the one who dares to change his own village master's order to follow a man he has never met.

Although he thinks that his daughter is the kind of woman who is informal and a little childish, it does not hurt to get the elegance that a woman should have. After all, it was the result of her daughter following her for so many years of wandering, and she couldn't complain about others. He used to be proud to have such a cute and lovely daughter.

Therefore, the golden knife who knew his daughter's heart did not stick to secular etiquette and hurriedly left the village to find a daughter.

He made up his mind to go all the way south, and first went alone to the village where Di Jinyan had been kidnapped.

Entering the village, the golden knife guest took advantage of his fatigue to rest for a while under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village.

It happened that an old man drove a few goats by, and the golden knife man immediately stepped forward and asked, "Brother, can I ask you for saliva on a hot day?" ”

The old man glanced at the golden swordman and replied, half hesitantly and half hesitantly. "If you don't think your family is ugly, come with me to the house, so that you can drink enough, and then hurry well, so as not to give birth to anything wrong."

The golden swordman thought for a moment, then followed, and asked faintly. "Brother, why do I think your village doesn't seem to welcome outsiders? Everywhere there is always a look of rejection and unguarding. ”

The old man thought for a moment, and immediately said with a sigh. "Brother, you don't know anything. Since our village was attacked by bandits half a month ago, we don't dare to take in outsiders. No matter who comes, we have to be careful to deal with and beware, but we are afraid that it is a bandit spy, who will step on the point first, and then loot. After that, he paused, and then slowly continued. Hey, last time, if it hadn't been for a good boy named 'Li Qiusheng', our village would have been finished long ago. I don't know what method he used, but many of the thieves obediently returned the belongings they had taken to us on the third day. Why don't you see this Changxia Village in front of you now? ”

The Golden Swordsman pretended to be surprised for a moment and widened his eyes and asked, "In this world, is there such an evil thing?" It's a big surprise. ”

The old man replied, "Yes, my brother, there are even more evil things!" In addition to helping us get back all the property in the village, Li Qiusheng also helped the old woman in the east of the village repair the old house. Later, the thief who took the lead also took the initiative to help repair the house, and left two taels of silver for the old woman when she left. ”

"Hey, we've all lived for such an age, and we've only heard that we send money to bandits, and we've heard that bandits leave us money. Isn't this all thanks to that 'Li Qiusheng'? But it's a pity that I heard that 'Li Qiusheng' was actually a key criminal in the imperial court, and I really don't know what kind of crime he suffered at a young age. However, judging from the property he snatched back for our villagers, we don't believe that the kid 'Li Qiusheng' is a bad person. ”

"Yes, how did such a good person become a key criminal of the imperial court? It's a shame for a kid. After the old man finished telling the story of 'Li Qiusheng' in one breath, the golden knife man said with a fake sigh. From time to time, I looked around again, and my heart was much more steady.

The old man shook his head again and sighed. "Brother, if you don't believe what we say. When you get to the east of the village, go to the old woman's house and ask. After that, he pointed his finger in the direction of the old woman's house in the east of the village, and then stopped.

"yes, got it. Dude, thank you! The golden swordsman suddenly replied in amazement, and some inexplicable fantasies arose in his heart.

Slowly walking to the east end of the village, the golden knife man saw the newly renovated thatched hut from a distance.

But I saw an old woman sitting alone under the plum tree in the courtyard, bowing her head and carefully picking up the grains and things in the dustpan. He said in his mouth, "Qiusheng, the old woman misses you." Are you doing outside? Can you be hungry, starving? ”

The golden knife man was just about to knock on the courtyard door and ask questions, but the old woman had already glanced up at him in fear. Surprised, he asked, "Brother, are you looking for someone?" I'm the only old woman in my family, I don't know how I can help you? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

As soon as the golden knife guest heard the old woman say this, he immediately understood the actual thoughts of the old woman at this time. In other words, the old woman has told you plainly, I am alone in my house, and if you come to rob, I will have nothing; If you come to find someone to stay with, but it doesn't hurt.

Because of the unwarranted precautions of the old man before, there is now an old woman who was 'bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of being roped'.

The golden knife guest was stunned, and he couldn't think of any better topic for a while. I had to simply say a few words, "Big sister, there's nothing." I'm a foreigner passing through here, and I'm looking for a place to stay when it's getting late. But, come to think of it, you are so afraid of strangers, I had better hurry up. After saying that, he didn't step into the old woman's yard again.

At this time, I only heard the old woman in the courtyard shouting through the bamboo door. "Brother, you stay. You see it's so late, don't you hurry to go? Besides, this radius of more than ten miles, the night is dark and loud, where do you go to stay? If my brother doesn't dislike our family's poverty, he will spend the night in the outer room, and he will be in a hurry tomorrow morning. ”

After the golden knife man took a few quick steps, he heard the old woman think like this. Immediately stopped, turned around, glanced at the old woman standing in the courtyard gate, and said. "Big sister, you believe me like that? Aren't you afraid that I'm a spy sent by the bandits? ”

"Hey, brother, don't talk about it. The old women have lived a lot of years, and they can still see at a glance who is good and who is bad. You're not like a bad person. Even if it's a bad guy, it's a good guy among bad guys. Who told you that your brother just ran into me? If I don't keep you, who else in this village will keep you? The old woman spoke to herself again in front of the golden swordman, as if she had no warning in her heart. At this time, as long as you can help others, it is your greatest peace of mind.

The golden knife man suddenly said with feelings, "Boss, are you compassionate or helpful?" Aren't you afraid that if you fall into the trap of bandits again? ”

"Brother, don't talk about it. Li Qiusheng's kid said that helping others is the foundation of happiness. It is like a bodhisattva's heart, giving to all things. Why am I afraid? "The old woman casually said the goodness and pretentiousness of 'Li Qiusheng', as if she had taken Li Qiusheng's words and deeds as her own example in her heart, and practiced it herself, regardless of all the ups and downs outside.

The golden knife guest was shocked in an instant, he couldn't imagine that the old woman actually took the words and deeds of 'Li Qiusheng' as her life creed. When everyone else was in a panic, she helped herself.

With this personal experience of begging for water and food and the old woman's monologue talking to herself, plus 'Li Qiusheng' who has seen the pictures in the official list.

The image of the young man 'Li Qiusheng' in the golden swordman's mind slowly became plump and bright, and he suddenly felt that Di Jinyan dared to disobey his own village order and follow a strange man. And this young man's way of doing things is also worthy of his appreciation and praise for now.

The previous worries and worries seem to have been swept away. With the fantasy in his mind, the whole person of the Golden Knife Ke became more and more vivid at this moment.

He took out the letter written to him by his daughter Di Jinyan and read it unconsciously, and suddenly a curvacated smile crossed the corner of his mouth.