Wen Yi was a little surprised, how could Liu Guanhai and Luo Mingmin appear here?! The team of knights in front of them, looking at the dress of serious officers and soldiers, rushed all the way, and they didn't know what to do, why did they follow behind?

The group of soldiers and horses stopped as they passed the tea stall. The officer at the head ordered the soldiers to rest only a stick of incense, and when the time came, they would set off immediately, and those who delayed it would be dealt with by military law. The soldiers responded in unison, and dismounted one after another to beg for tea, and some people took out the dry food they had brought, and fifty or sixty strong men with tall oxen and horses poured into the tea stall where a dozen or so passers-by were originally sitting, and everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly picked up their luggage and ran around, and some tables did not even have time to pay for the tea, and the owner of the tea stall was so anxious that he shouted again and again, but he was busy greeting the officers and soldiers, and he could not get out, and his head was sweating.

Liu Dongxing and Luo Mingmin followed behind the officers and soldiers and came to the edge of the tea stall, but they did not crowd together with them. The latter frowned at the crowd and turned back in a low voice: "Xiaoliu, let's go to the nearby people to ask for some water, right?" By the time these soldiers are finished, there will be nothing left on the tea stall, and we will be in a hurry. Liu Dongxing didn't speak, just turned his head to look behind him, and the Gu family's carriage was slowly arriving.

Luo Mingmin recognized Uncle Zhang at a glance and shouted, "Why did you meet his family again?!" Liu Dongxing lowered his voice: "Probably looking back at Zhuang." The Gu family is a big family, and since they go far away, there is no reason not to bring dry food and water. Wouldn't it be cheap for you to ask them for some water? Time is limited, and we are not familiar with life, where do we have time to find people nearby? ”

Luo Mingmin gave him a blank look: "You know that you call my brother, why don't you go by yourself?!" I see that the little girl of the Gu family is very interested in you. Liu Dongxing frowned: "Brother Luo said cautiously, she is a child, how do you know what she doesn't care about?" It's just a desire to repay my kindness and want to inquire about my origins. I really want her to know, in case she is young and ignorant, and occasionally spreads the word when she chats with people, our family will come immediately! ”

Luo Mingmin sneered: "You are the only one who wants to prevent her from leaking the news, what am I afraid of?!" She is a child, who can she pass the news to? Aren't they the two elders of your family?! Having said that, he still followed his friend's suggestion and greeted the Gu family's carriage with a smile.

Uncle Zhang had already recognized him, hurriedly stopped the car, and said to the car: "Miss, it's Mr. Luo!" Then he jumped off the ground and ran over to salute: "Master Luo, why are you here?!" How are these days?! ”

"Okay, okay." Luo Mingmin smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Lao Zhang, since I meet you, I will feel at ease and discuss with you." After whispering a few words, Uncle Zhang immediately patted his chest and said, "What's so difficult about this?!" You wait, and the little one will be delivered in no time! Then he returned to the car and reported to Wen Yi that Luo Mingmin wanted to ask for some dry food and water.

Aunt Zhang looked at the crowded crowd in the tea stall and muttered in a low voice: "I can't even eat lunch now, if there is no dry food, what will I do all the way?!" Wen Yi glanced at her lightly: "Then according to what you said, you should starve your benefactor?!" Aunt Zhang shrunk her neck and didn't dare to say anything more.

Wen Yi hurriedly took out the dry food box in the carriage, found a piece of wrapping cloth, wrapped more than half of it, and took out two bamboo tubes filled with tea, and handed them to Uncle Zhang together, saying: "There is also the fruit given by my aunt at the back of the carriage, which is packed in a pocket sewn with coarse cloth, and you give them the bag together, it is more convenient to eat than to drink water and eat dry food." After a pause, "It's Liu Gongzi over there, right?" Don't forget his share. ”

Uncle Zhang responded by holding something and giving it to Luo Mingmin, and then pointed to the carriage and said something. Luo Mingmin was a little moved, turned around and called Liu Dongxing over and said a few words to him. Liu Dongxing looked over hesitantly, and met Wen Yi's gaze, he immediately avoided his gaze, said a few words, and then picked up his burden and a bamboo tube and walked back. Luo Mingmin looked helpless, patted Uncle Zhang's arm, approached the carriage, and arched his hand with a smile at Wen Yi: "Thank you Miss Gu for your help!" ”

Wen Yi bowed and said, "Luo Gongzi once saved the little girl's life, don't mention this thank you again, it was what a little woman should do, but it was just a gesture." Glancing at Liu Dongxing, he squeezed out a smile: "I don't know where Luo Gongzi and Liu Gongzi are going?" Officers and soldiers are ahead, right? But is there anything we can do to help? ”

Luo Mingmin smiled: "Miss Gu doesn't have to be careful, we didn't get into trouble." This is to exterminate the mountain bandits. Of the three people who robbed the road that day, two of them were just ordinary mountain people, but one of them was a fellow party of the mountain bandits. The government is going to send troops to suppress the bandits, so let's just join in the fun. With that, he arched his hand and turned to leave.

Wen Yi wanted to ask a few more words, but it was too late, so he could only watch him meet Liu Dongxing, swallow two pieces of dry food, drink a few sips of water, the officers and soldiers were already ready to leave, and the two of them also turned over and got on their horses. She had no choice but to put out her thoughts of questioning and instructed Uncle Zhang to drive the carriage closer to the tea stall.

At this moment, she watched in surprise as Liu Dongxing rode towards her, turned around on the side of the carriage, and said with a straight face: "If Miss Gu wants to go back to the village, let's hurry up while the morning is dawning, don't delay time on the road, and don't spend the night on the way." I'm afraid the road has been a little uneven these days. Without waiting for Wen Yi to respond, he whipped his horse and hurriedly chased after the officers and soldiers.

Wen Yi opened her mouth and fell silent again. She was a little confused.

Uncle Zhang asked cautiously: "Miss, what ......do you see?" Wen Yi said lightly: "Since it is Liu Gongzi's instructions, there must be a reason for him." You go ahead and ask for some hot water, so let's go early. Arrive in Guzhuang as soon as possible by tonight. Uncle Zhang hurriedly answered.

Aunt Zhang whispered something, and Zi Ying smiled and said a few words to her, causing her to roll her eyes. Wen Yi didn't seem to notice it at all, completely immersed in her own thoughts.

Liu Guanhai still hides his origin and real name from her, which makes her feel very uncomfortable. On that day, my uncle's birthday, after the banquet, my cousin didn't mention Luo Liu's two things at all, and she didn't want to ask, so she kept her doubts in her heart. In fact, if Liu Guanhai is really embarrassed, when she asked him about the origin of his name, he just hid it, but he said half of it and hid half of it, which made people puzzled. She has never been with him in her life, and she has never had anything to do with Heng'an Liu's family, and even the three cousins in the long room have only met twice, what is there to make him jealous? ! She just wanted to know who the life-saving benefactor was, and that she would have the opportunity to thank her in the future, and she wouldn't shout everywhere, but she didn't expect him to avoid her. It's a feeling that makes people panic, it's like ...... She'd hurt him, so he was on guard......

But...... What does it mean that he wanted to avoid her, and that he had come to warn her to hurry as soon as possible? It doesn't look like how disgusted she is......

Wen Yi pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the doubts in her heart.

After a while, the carriage moved forward again, and she kept telling herself not to take this matter to heart anymore, whether she could meet Liu Luo and the others again in the future, or whether she had more things to consider!

Wen Yi told herself to forget about it, but Liu Dongxing was not so lucky. After the rapid march was over, Luo Mingmin found a vacancy, and began to joke with him: "You didn't come close, so you didn't see it, the face of the little girl of the Gu family is really ugly, and you are too, treating people like thieves, obviously you care a lot!" Otherwise, they wouldn't have specifically warned people to hurry as soon as possible. In fact, it's just a small group of mountain bandits, far away from Guzhuang, it can't become any climate, where is it not peaceful?! ”

Liu Dongxing glanced at him angrily: "Brother Luo, it's not a big mistake to be careful, now we are doing serious things!" Can you please say a few less gossip?! ”

Luo Mingmin rolled his eyes: "Look at what you said, where is my words not serious?!" Turning his head, he looked at the person walking on the opposite side, and hurriedly greeted him: "Fourth uncle!" My nephew has a greeting to you! ”

Luo Hongyang looked at this nephew and sighed helplessly: "I didn't expect you to really come over!" At a young age, I don't understand how to put a good book, and I want to follow the old path of the fourth uncle! Let your dad know, see if you discount your legs! ”

Luo Mingmin sneered: "Fourth uncle, you know your nephew, the most annoying are those four books and five classics, even if you take the test for a lifetime, you can't get a famous person." The eldest brother in the family inherits the family business, and the younger brother studies in the imperial examination, which is enough, and the nephew comes out to break through, maybe he can compete with the fourth uncle for a general and win glory for the family! ”

Luo Hongyang glared at him angrily and looked at Liu Dongxing. The latter gave him a solemn salute. He helped Liu Dongxing up and sighed: "When I saw you in the past, I thought you were stable, but I didn't expect you to be confused, and follow Mingmin to mess around!" You are a child of a family, and your family is a well-known family of poetry and books, you were admitted to the Tongsheng exam at a young age, and your grades are also among the best in the academy. In a few years, what fame can't be tested? Why can't you think about it, abandon Qingyun Road, and come to eat this bowl of rice?! ”

Liu Dongxing was silent. Luo Mingmin hurriedly said: "Fourth uncle, don't blame Xiao Liu, he is also difficult at home, his aunt ......" Liu Dongxing grabbed him: "Don't say it, Lord Luo is also worried about you." Turned to Luo Hongyang: "Don't worry, the two of us are still young, even if we have the heart to join the army, the army will not accept it." This time, I just met a mountain bandit by chance, and I thought that I couldn't tolerate the thief, so I reported it to the government. And because we explored the passage in advance and knew the situation in the mountains, the prefect ordered us to follow just in case, and we also wanted to see and learn. ”

Luo Hongyang looked at him with doubts, stared at him a few times, saw his sincere and solemn appearance, and believed a little in his heart, so he turned around and glared at his nephew: "That's it, otherwise, no matter what you say, I won't let people accept you!" Why don't you catch up?! He turned around and walked away.

Luo Mingmin was anxious and pulled Liu Dongxing: "What are you talking about?!" Liu Dongxing glanced at him: "What's the hurry?!" Let's follow your fourth uncle all the way, and if you help your fourth uncle make meritorious contributions, he will have a chance to ascend. When the time comes, your family will have face, so naturally they won't blame you, and they may not be able to detain you to learn martial arts, and your fourth uncle is too late to be busy with a new errand, where can he take care of us?! ”

Luo Mingmin came to his senses at this time, slapped him on the shoulder, and said with a wicked smile: "I knew that you kid, you look serious, but in fact, your stomach is full of bad water!" ”

When Wen Yi returned to Guzhuang, it was already completely dark. There was silence in the village, except for a few barking dogs not far away. On the way to Xuanhe Hall, you can still hear the sound of young people reading from the clansmen's houses on the side of the road.

When she returned to the door, Mama Zhao greeted her early, and she was so excited: "Miss is back!" The old lady has been looking forward to it for days! I'm worried that Miss doesn't know how she is doing outside! ”

Wen Yi held her and comforted her for a while, before pointing at Zi Ying and said, "Mama, this is Zi Ying, my uncle and aunt borrowed it from me." Mama Zhao was surprised: "This ...... What does this say?! ”

Wen Yi was about to say something more, when she suddenly looked at her grandmother standing in the courtyard, looking at herself and the carriage behind her expressionlessly, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down: "Grandmother, my granddaughter is back." ”

Old Madam Lu nodded, glancing at Zi Ying and the two family members. Aunt Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Old lady, this girl was sent by my uncle's wife, and the two family members escorted the young lady back, so I have to go back." ”

Mrs. Lu said lightly: "It's difficult to walk at night, ask Lao Zhang to take them to the inn in the village to stay overnight, and the house money will be put on our family's account." "Uncle Zhang took the order. The two family members helped unload the luggage, gave Mrs. Lu a salute, and went with Uncle Zhang.

Zi Ying was about to step forward and kowtow to Mrs. Lu, but the latter stopped her and said, "The Zhang family will take her to find an empty room to deal with it overnight, and Ming'er will talk about it later." Nine girls, you come with me. He turned and went into the inner courtyard.

Wen Yi felt a little uneasy in her heart, glanced at Mama Zhao, and asked in a low voice, "What happened at home?" ”

Mama Zhao thought about it, shook her head and said: "I haven't heard anything about it, a few days ago, the sixth lady of the long room, the seventh young master and the second young master of the second room went to Beijing together, the former ninth wife came to sit, yesterday on the seventh day, the old lady went to the ninth room to see the fifteenth wife, other than that, no one in our family has ever gone out!" ”

Wen Yi was puzzled, so she began to worry if her grandmother was angry that she had lived in her uncle's house for so long, or ...... She was angry that she accepted the kindness of her uncle's family?!

Wen Yi bit her lip and walked into the backyard carefully, where she saw her grandmother sitting in the upper room, looking at her coldly. She took a deep breath and walked over slowly, kneeling in front of her grandmother.

Old Madam Lu asked lightly, "Do you know what you did wrong?!" ”

Wen Yi was taken aback, thought about it carefully, and asked tentatively, "Granddaughter...... Shouldn't you bring your uncle's girl back? ”

Old Madam Lu snorted coldly: "I'm afraid it's not just a girl, right?!" ”

Wen Yi hurriedly said: "The granddaughter will not dare to disobey her grandmother's teachings, although the uncle has the intention to give money and property, but the granddaughter has declined, it is this girl, and the aunt said that the granddaughter only accepted it by borrowing." The granddaughter only saw that the family had a small population, and there were few people around her grandmother to serve, and Mama Zhao was old again, so she brought Ziying back, and thought that her monthly money and food had to be paid by the family. ”

Mrs. Lu didn't believe it: "I still know a little bit about my uncle's temperament." He gave you something, if you don't accept it, will he easily let you back?! I'm afraid that she will come over and scold my old woman immediately! ”

Wen Yi didn't dare to say anything, but the more she thought about it, the more angry she became: "The carriage you took back to, I don't know how many people saw it when you entered the village, and there was another person in the family, but I am afraid that there will be rumors in Ming'er that I will ask my granddaughter to ask for something from my uncle's family!" You obviously know that the people in the clan are too talkative, why did you accept the girl?! Why don't you tell me the details of the past few days, what benefits did you receive from your uncle's family?! When Ming'er's family goes back, they will all return it to me! I asked you to go to your uncle's birthday to pay your birthday because I wanted you to rely on more, not to ask you to ask for benefits from others! ”

Wen Yi held back her tears and told her experiences in the past few days one by one, thinking about her inconsiderate places all the way, and only felt full of grievances. When she finished speaking, she quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and whispered: "The granddaughter really didn't take the benefits of her uncle's house, and the return gifts in the carriage were just some fresh fruits and pastries, as well as a set of clothes that her granddaughter wore at his house, and then there were materials and needlework from her aunt and cousin. The uncle's family is kind, and if the granddaughter refuses, they will be annoyed. This is just an ordinary exchange between relatives, why should my grandmother be careful? ”

Mrs. Lu was a little angry, and asked if her granddaughter had not received any favor from her uncle except for Zi Ying, Wen Yi hesitated for a moment before telling her uncle about her search for land, for fear that her grandmother would be annoyed, and defended: "My granddaughter is just asking my uncle to help inquire, and I have already made it clear that she will never take advantage of his family if she doesn't need his family to pay!" ”

Old Madam Lu's face was a little strange: "You went to see your uncle specially for this matter?!" If you want to buy land, why don't you find your uncles and elders in the clan?! How can there be a reason to let your family not look for it, and ask your relatives?! ”

Wen Yi bit her lip, not knowing what to say.

The more Mrs. Lu thought about it, the more wrong it became: "Although our ancestors and grandchildren are not less idle in the village, they also don't have to worry about food and clothing. How did you come up with the idea of buying a property?! And I asked my relatives to inquire! What the hell are you thinking?! Ever since you've been sick, you've behaved strangely. Although it looks older than before, it has become a part of the clan, why is this?! It's because of what happened last time, you have a knot in the long room, and the elders in the other rooms have never messed with you! ”

Wen Yi's eyes were red, but her stomach was full of pain, and she didn't know where to start.