Qiao Baocai didn't want his so-called stupid son Qiao Shuangxi to be hurt, but he couldn't be too conspicuous in front of the clan, after all, he was the head of the clan, so he ordered Qiao Shuangxi, Niwa and Qiao Xiaojing, who had just woken up, to be locked in the cowshed. Two young men were arranged to stand guard outside the shed with sticks in their hands, and two torches were inserted in the shed, which were distributed above their heads.

Although it is a cowshed, because it has not been enclosed for many years, there is no breath of the cow that once lived, and now it is just an abandoned fence circle, a little desolate, leaking everywhere, and there is no roof, but Qiao Shuangxi is not angry at all, on the contrary, his heart is full of relief, because Qiao Xiaojing has been resurrected, at least she is not dead.

"I said," the mud baby was not at ease, sitting alone, looking at Qiao Shuangxi who was casual through the light of the torch, and the anger in his heart became more and more uncomfortable, so he complained, "If it is discovered, it must not be good to have a good result, but now it is okay, and it is locked in the bullpen." You are the son of the patriarch, and the patriarch will naturally not do anything to you, but what about me? I am different, there is no umbrella, he wants my life, I just don't want to fight him!"

"As long as Xiaojing is fine," Qiao Shuangxi didn't seem to understand the meaning of Niwa's words, he smiled faintly, "Locked in the cowshed, locked in the cowshed, I don't care." ”

"You," the mud baby said angrily, "you don't care, but I do, no one dares to be angry with the patriarch's son, you will be pardoned sooner or later, but I'm finished, I am a person who has a mother and no father, and everyone wants to come up and kick me twice." ”

"Mud baby," Qiao Xiaojing lay on the ground, took a deep breath, the whiplash on her back was scorching, she grinned, and said with difficulty, "I'm sorry, I have caused you trouble." ”

"No, no, no," that mud baby originally wanted to save Qiao Xiaojing, what he said just now was also specifically to Qiao Shuangxi, which had little to do with Qiao Xiaojing, seeing Qiao Xiaojing hurt like that, he even apologized to him, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I didn't blame you, let alone regret that I was locked up for saving you, really, what I said has nothing to do with you, I am actually hating myself, hating myself for not having the ability and ability to rescue you and get out." ”

"You," Qiao Xiaojing said with a dying breath, "Don't blame yourself, there's no need to blame yourself, today's incident started because of me, you are all for my good, if it weren't for you, maybe I really, I really would have died in that cold ancestral hall." ”

"Don't say it," Qiao Shuangxi walked over, squatted beside Qiao Xiaojing, put his coat on her body, and said calmly, "Don't say it, you have injuries on your body, you can't consume too much vitality, it's better to recuperate with peace of mind first." Now that we're locked up here, let's face it, stay here for now, and I'm sure we'll get out of here. ”

"That's right!" Niwa also comforted Qiao Xiaojing, "Although we are locked up here, it will definitely not be a dead end, don't forget that we still have a trump card, that is Brother Shuangxi, he is the patriarch's own son, even if the patriarch hates us to the core, not killing him is not enough to vent his resentment, but he will never do anything to his son, the tiger poison does not eat children, he is fine, we will definitely be fine." You, you can still sleep in peace, and it won't hurt when you fall asleep. ”

Qiao Xiaojing didn't make a sound, Qiao Shuangxi glanced at the mud baby coldly, the mud baby was already complaining about him, and naturally he didn't have a good face to show him, tilted his head and glared at him hatefully, and then turned his head to sleep.

"Get up, get up!" I don't know how long it took, Qiao Xiaojing, Qiao Shuangxi and Niwa who were sleeping were awakened by the shouting, and a young man was kicking Mud Wa's legs, and said disdainfully, "Your hearts are really big, you don't want to see where this is, and you don't want to think about the fate of the three unlucky ghosts, you have the heart to sleep at any time!"

"If we don't sleep, what are we doing?" the mud baby stood up, rubbing her eyes.

"What are you doing?" the young man said lightly, shaking his head, "I don't know what I can do without sleeping." But if I were you, I wouldn't have the heart to sleep, and I wouldn't want to sleep, do you know why?" Seeing the mud baby shaking his head vigorously, he continued: "That's because there will be no time not to sleep soon, all the time will go to sleep, who wants to sleep?"

Niwa didn't understand the young man's words, and turned her head to look at Qiao Shuangxi.

"You mean......" Qiao Shuangxi stretched out the clothes draped on Qiao Xiaojing's body, walked up to the young man, looked at him blankly and said, "We, our time is running out, all, all of them will be executed?"

"Well, it looks like so. The young man was obviously not sure, and when he spoke, his words flickered, his eyes scattered around and he didn't look at people, but suddenly he changed his words and said coldly, "On the order of the patriarch, let me bring you three great rebels to the ancestral hall for trial, don't rub it in, the patriarch is waiting in the ancestral hall, hurry up and go!"

"She's seriously injured, and it's not appropriate to toss anymore, so I'll go with you. Qiao Shuangxi replied.

"No, you can't go alone, if you leave here, she and I will have no protective barrier, in case your father sends someone to murder us, then we will both die, if you want to go, we will go together, or if you don't go, we will both stay. When the mud baby heard that Qiao Shuangxi was going to the ancestral hall alone, she was worried, and suddenly blocked in front of Qiao Shuangxi.

"You and I are in life and death, and you still believe in me, how can I do such a ruthless and unrighteous thing?"

"It's hard to say, maybe you won't care about our life and death, maybe you also want to live and die with us, but can you control your father? Can you control the Qiao family? As long as your father gives an order and locks you away, or simply releases you, and does not allow you to come to see us, let alone save us, can you disobey the order of the patriarch of the Qiao clan? Can you disobey your father's order? Maybe at that time, you can neither violate the rules of the clan nor disobey your order. ”

"Then you say, what do you think we should do now? Do we stay here and wait for my father to bring the people of the clan here, or do we carry Xiaojing, who was wounded by whips, all the way to the ancestral hall?"

"This ...... I don't know, anyway, you can't be separated from the two of us, you have to go all, or you have to stay. ”

Qiao Shuangxi and Niwa stood opposite each other, silent, and had no idea for a while.

"You should hurry up," the young man who had been ordered to come to deliver the message was a little anxious, and he urged, "the patriarch and the clansmen are waiting for you in the ancestral hall, you are all wrongdoers, how can you let them wait for you for a long time?"

Without an idea and upset, Qiao Shuangxi and Niwa looked very anxious, looked at each other, and sighed.

"I kindly remind you," said the young man, "you better go quickly, don't let the patriarch and the people wait for a long time, let the chief and the people wait for you, that is a matter of the same degree, you are already like this, and if you add a felony, then you may never be able to turn over." ”

"Let's go," just when Qiao Shuangxi and Niwa were about to die, Qiao Xiaojing, who was lying on the ground, spoke, and she said weakly, "Take me to the ancestral hall with you, this matter started because of me, if I don't go, no matter who of you goes, you can't explain it clearly, if you don't do it, it will bring you more trouble if you don't do it." ”

"But your body ......," Qiao Shuangxi and Niwa said in unison.

"Don't worry," Qiao Xiaojing propped her hands on the ground, trying to sit up, she gritted her teeth and said, "The injury on her back is just a flesh injury, it will always be healed, fortunately it didn't hurt the key, it's no big deal, I, I can stand it......"

"You're like this," Qiao Shuangxi stepped forward to help Qiao Xiaojing stand up, and said distressedly, "My father also asked us to go to the ancestral hall for interrogation, it's really good, I ...... If you want me to say, don't go, just rest here, I can definitely handle it if I go alone, I'm his own son, I don't believe that if I quarrel with him, he will kill me?"

"Why bother?" Qiao Xiaojing said, "If you offend your father in front of the clansmen, that is, offend the patriarch, in order to maintain his authority and status in the eyes of the clansmen, in order to stabilize and win the hearts of the clansmen, he will definitely beat you, and it is very likely to be even more ruthless than beating me." Let's go together, the biggest sinner in their hearts is me, so they won't embarrass you two. ”

"Then, I can't make it difficult for them!" When the mud baby spoke, she grabbed Qiao Xiaojing's other arm.

"Let's go, don't let people wait any longer, don't worry, rest assured, they have already beaten me, and the resentment in my heart has been vented, and they will not embarrass me again. Qiao Xiaojing's words sounded reasonable, but she knew in her heart that even she didn't believe her reasoning. But there is no way, she can only do this, she can't let the innocent Qiao Shuangxi and Niwa be implicated, and at the same time, she doesn't want misunderstanding, criticism and contempt to take root in the hearts of her parents and fellow villagers.

"Very well," said the mud baby, "since you have made up your mind, I will carry you to the ancestral hall." ”

"This ......" Qiao Xiaojing had something to say, but before the words came out, the mud baby had already squatted in front of Qiao Xiaojing, Qiao Xiaojing hesitated slightly, and finally lay on the back of the mud baby.

Qiao Shuangxi followed behind Niwa and Qiao Xiaojing, and behind him were the young man who gave the order and the two young men who guarded the cowshed. The three men held sticks in their hands, their faces were gloomy, and their faces were fierce, like bandits who robbed houses.

When I arrived at the ancestral hall, the door of the ancestral hall was wide open, and the hall was full of people, and there were still Qiao Baocai and other old people who were old, senior, and prestigious, and there were still Qiao clan people in the audience, of course, including the red apricot who couldn't see Qiao Xiaojing's ugly things.

Hearing the announcement, everyone in the audience consciously gave way to a passage, and the mud baby carried Qiao Xiaojing to the stage through this road, and Qiao Shuangxi also came to his father Qiao Baocai through this road.

"Kneel!" Qiao Baocai roared angrily, Niwa and Qiao Shuangxi helped Qiao Xiaojing, and the three of them knelt down together.

"This double happiness is also there, this thing is ......" said an old man with a mouth full of lost teeth, and the voice was very empty.

"The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention my son, hit me, beat, beat!" Qiao Baocai's tone became heavier and heavier, and the word "hit" seemed to pop out of his chest.