But I heard a squeak at the door, someone carefully pushed the door in, and Lu Jinghong saw that it was the little girl with fireworks.

I couldn't help but wonder: "Fireworks, why are you so careful when you go home?"

Fireworks looked left and right to confirm that no one was nearby, Fang closed the door, and said: "Brother, there are a lot of people in black in the village, I'm afraid that they will be bad for my brother, and I don't know if my brother is at home, so it's better to be careful." ”

Lu Jinghong couldn't help but wonder: "If others see you go home so carefully, I'm afraid that they will be suspicious, is it that the little girl with fireworks is hiding someone at home?"

The fireworks were stunned, Fang recalled it, and couldn't help blushing, after all, it was too small and not careful enough.

Lu Jinghong said: "You came back just in time, and I also plan to go to the forest to take refuge for a few days, if someone asks, you will say that you don't know where the stupid brother has gone." ”

Then he asked, "Where did the men in black go?"

Fireworks said, "I saw them go to the chief's house." ”

Lu Jinghong was about to move, and asked again: "Where is your mother?, why haven't you come back yet?" "My mother usually goes to the mayor's house and Zhang Dahu's house to help the female red supplement the family, and today should be at the mayor's house." ”

Lu Jinghongfang put his mind at ease, and said: "There are knives and swords at home..."

But he hesitated when he saw the fireworks and asked, "Is it okay to use a dagger?"

After a while, the fireworks took a wooden box out of nowhere, and inside it was an extremely delicate short sword, but it was a foot long, and it was a little too long to say that the dagger was too long, and it was estimated that the fireworks were too small to distinguish. The edge of the blade is shining, extremely sharp, and it is actually a sharp blade that blows hair and breaks hair. The hilt of the sword is tightly wound with fine hemp rope to prevent the hand from slipping. There is also a small compartment on the inside of the box with a sharkskin scabbard. The scabbard is inlaid with tired silk gold thread.

Lu Jinghong wondered in his heart, although this thing was not a peerless sword, it was definitely not an object that a small village like Luofeng Village could have. I can't help but ask, "What is this?"

Fireworks reluctantly stroked the sword box and said, "This is what my father left me and gave it to my brother." ”

Lu Jinghong had all kinds of doubts in his heart, and he knew that this was not the moment of entanglement, so he had to say: "Brother can't ask for your things, my brother just borrowed it, and it will be yours in the future." ”

He put the sheath of the short sword on his waist, asked for some salt and fire from the fireworks, and hurried out, not daring to go out of the village, but went straight into the water from the small river in front of the door, and carefully covered his body from the depths of the water and grass along the shore and went out of the village. Fur balls and ferrets could not enter the water, so they slipped out all the way down the grass by the river.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I sighed that I was careful that there was a man in black standing at the entrance of the village, and I didn't know if it was to guard outside or to prevent someone from slipping out of the village.

Cautiously swam downstream along the river, out of the sight of the man in black, Fang went ashore and turned around, still walking towards the woods.

~

In the village, a group of black-clothed people surrounded Dugu Gongzi, but under the guidance of the lieutenant chief, they came to the door of Zhang Dahu. Previously, the lieutenant had sent someone to notify Zhang Dahu, and Zhang Dahu's whole family greeted him and bowed to the ground, and the middle door was wide open, but it had been quickly sprinkled. Li Chang bowed and said: "The township is ugly, there is really no clean place to go, only Zhang Dahu still has a clean residence in this village, and he has been wronged." ”

Dugu Gongzi didn't seem to care, and said slightly: "I can't imagine a mere Luofeng Village, but the people are mellow and polite." This son is just a whim today, don't be too troublesome, the chief only needs to invite a few old people to come and talk to this son about the folk customs here. ”

After a while, the lieutenant chief was already looking for several elders in the village. Dugu Gongzi seems to be just chatting with the old people about the family's shortcomings and rural anecdotes, and the old men who were still trembling at the beginning gradually relaxed, while picking up the legends of Luofeng Village, and some interesting stories about celebrities in the village.

Dugu Gongzi listened with a smile, as if he was very interested, and suddenly said: "So, for hundreds of years, there have been few outsiders in Luofeng Village?"

Li Chang said: "Exactly." However, in the past ten years, there have been a few outsiders living in the village for a long time. One was the owner of the meat stall we passed by, and there was a drunkard with him, and—" After a pause, he said, "There is also a fool." ”

Dugu Gongzi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Fool?"

The chief recounted the story of ten years ago again, from the violent death of his parents in a foreign country, to the old Taoist priest saving people, and entrusting him to the Shen family's lady to take care of him.

Dugu Gongzi seemed to be very interested in this fool, and asked, "After so many years, don't you know the origin of this fool?

The chief bowed and said, "Exactly." And this fool is also quite strange, he only knows how to eat, sleep, and can't speak, but he is strong and strong, and he runs so fast that the dog can't catch up, and I really don't know how it grows. On weekdays, Suketsu often wanders around, but I don't see it in the village today, so I guess I've gone to the woods again. ”

Dugu Gongzi smiled slightly: "A drunkard, a butcher, a fool, this is really interesting." ”

But he spoke no more. The chief looked at the lonely boy as if he was tired, and hurriedly signaled to several elders to quit.

After the chief and the others withdrew, Dugu Gongzi muttered for a long time, and asked a man in black beside him: "Dalong, what do you think?"

Dalong bowed down and said, "Childe, I'm afraid this Luofeng Village is a little strange. The previous butcher was General Li Fu, and I must have seen it well. The drunkard, even if he was with him, must have some origin. In this way, the two of them have lived in a mountain village for so long, I am afraid there are some reasons. And that fool, I guess is the one who took the ferret in front of him, but the villagers say that he is a fool, and there must be something strange in it. ”

Dugu Gongzi stroked his chin and said: "It's not just that, according to the people in the village, this village rarely has contact with the outside world, and I don't think this is true." He smiled, "It's really interesting, but it's just a pleasure, chasing a ferret that I met by chance, and being able to chase such an interesting event, I don't know if which of my brothers is here to lay out?

~

In the woods, Lu Jinghong was walking with two small ones.

On the way, Lu Jinghongfang asked: "Mao Tuan, what is the origin of Xiaoxue, you care so much?" This is already a name for the little ferret.

Mao Tuan didn't answer Lu Jinghong's question, but was a little unhappy: "Why do people call Xiaoxue such a nice name, but I call me Mao Tuan?"

"What's that calling you? Xiaohu, Dabai, Damao, Tuanzi, or else, Xiaobai? is just right with Xiaoxuedeng. Lu Jinghong said deliberately.

Mao Tuan shook his head like a rattle: "Don't! It's not good! I have a name, Meng Zhang!"

Lu Jinghong sneered: "Then you can't use this title until you are an adult." ”

Mao Tuan was suddenly dumbfounded: "You, you, how did you guess that I was not yet an adult?"

"Do you still need to guess?" Lu Jinghong smiled faintly and didn't explain, then you have my surname, from now on you are Lu Xiaobai, referred to as Xiaobai!

Mao Tuan still had to protest, but Lu Jinghong said lightly: "Do you still want to eat enough?" suddenly lost his temper.

Xiaoxue passed over obediently, touched the head of the hair ball, and saw that Lu Jinghong couldn't cry or laugh.

"Now you can tell what is the origin of Xiaoxue, right?"

Mao Tuan was depressed for a long time, and Fang said: "Xiaoxue is not a ferret, it is a spirit beast very similar to a ferret, a beaver." ”