Shen Xiaokun nodded.

I hurriedly asked, "Who the hell is it?" What happened? ”

He glanced at me and said, "I don't know who they are, originally after I took over these people from the Mountain Tigers, I also had to do some business on the road to feed so many people, we stopped the caravan and asked them to release them if they wanted money for the passage." On that day, as soon as we arrived at the mountain gate at the mouth of the river in front, we saw two teams of men and horses fighting. ”

"Is that my daughter's group?"

"Well, but speaking of which, it's not a war." He said, recalled for a while, and then said slowly: "It seems that someone else really wants to rob your daughter." ”

"What?" I was taken aback: "Someone wants to kidnap Li'er?" ”

"Yes." He nodded and said seriously: "Before, I thought that there were rogues or mountain bandits who were robbing again, but then I found out that they didn't hurt anyone, they just kept pointing to a carriage and doing it, and then they were about to leave in the carriage." I thought that someone had robbed the people's daughter, and this section was originally my territory, and of course I couldn't let people do it here, so I took my brother up and rescued them, only to find out that it was your daughter. ”

I thought about it for a moment and hurriedly asked, "Do you know who those people are?" ”

"I don't know."

My brow furrowed.

If Li'er was really just kidnapped by such mountain bandits, then the matter was simple, it was just a matter of spending money to buy peace, but listening to Shen Xiaokun, those people didn't hurt people much, they just wanted to kidnap Li'er, which was definitely not the means of ordinary bandits.

Who are the people who want to kidnap the children, and what is their purpose?

Is it for me, or for Pei Yuanxiu?

Actually, it doesn't matter who it is, after all, Pei Yuanxiu and I have come to this day, and we also have our own grievances, which is understandable for adults, but when things involve children, I can't help but be vigilant.

I asked, "Where are you talking about the place where Li'er was robbed?" ”

"Near Changde."

"Near Changde?" I pondered in my heart for a moment, faintly felt something, and asked, "Isn't the person who robbed the child an ordinary rogue?" ”

"Of course not. If it is a rogue, Lao Tzu can see at a glance that there is no room for them to retreat. ”

Shen Xiaokun said loudly, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Speaking of which, those people are not only not rogues, but—"

"On the contrary to what?"

"On the contrary, it seems that there are some means."

I suddenly became nervous: "What do you mean?" ”

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me and said coldly: "You have also seen Lao Tzu's methods of leading the troops, if Lao Tzu really wants to lead people to suppress bandits, there is no way for them to live." This time, in addition to saving people, I also want to tell those people not to do anything on Lao Tzu's territory. However, those people are really not simple, they didn't let Lao Tzu take too much advantage, and they withdrew. ”

"Oh?"

Shen Xiaokun's martial arts, I have still seen it, after all, the people who have been the squire of the military department are different from ordinary rogues, and they can be governed by him on such a large scale, but those people can successfully escape under his pursuit, and it seems that the other party is not an ordinary character.

"The actions of those people are not ordinary bandits, but more like trained troops."

My heart moved.

The foyer was empty, and there were several braziers around it with raging flames, illuminating the whole foyer, and there was a constant sound of silence, and as soon as people were silent, there was a strange silence.

I don't know how long it took for me to finally speak, my voice a little hoarse: "Did you hear those people talking?" Are there any features? ”

Shen Xiaokun was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at it for a while, and suddenly seemed to be suddenly enlightened, and said: "Yes, the accent of those people is the accent of Shudi!" ”

My heart sank.

I talked to Shen Xiaokun for most of the night, and when I went out, it was already pitch black, and only a few stout middle-aged women were still guarding outside, carrying red lanterns in their hands. ”

I said softly, "Thank you." ”

Although Shen Xiaokun has always hated me, he is not too bad for me, and he didn't let those five big and three rough mountain bandits come to see me off at such a late hour, but let women send me, which really made me feel more at ease. It seems that after more than a year of training, he has indeed grown a lot, and unlike the blue-headed boy who only knew how to listen to his uncle's words and acted in the past, and had a body of martial arts, now he seems to have the confidence of the master of one side.

After a while, he returned to Li'er's room.

I cautiously pushed the door in, still carrying a lantern given to me by a woman, and gently lit the oil lamp in the middle of the room, only to find that Li'er had woken up, and his eyes were flickering in the light, looking at me.

I hurriedly walked to the bed: "Li'er, are you awake?" ”

She didn't seem to be very conscious, her hair was messy, she raised her little face, looked at me with a pair of eyes in confusion, and after a while, she stretched out her hand towards me: "Hug." ”

Hearing her soft and glutinous voice, my heart also softened, and I hurriedly sat down at the head of the bed, carefully holding her in my arms.

She doesn't seem to know who I am, it's just a child's heart, and when she suddenly wakes up at night, she will be scared, so she must be held by someone to feel at ease, and she will feel loved.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of Pei Yuanxiu and his years.

He is really good to Li'er, he doesn't use medicine to sue me, I don't need to guess, only really pampered children will not be afraid of anything, willful, mischievous, like to cause trouble, good at running all over the mountains, and the love of many people, only happy children are born with such power, and consciousness.

He not only saved my daughter, but also gave Li'er a good childhood.

I've been suffering for so many years because my son was kidnapped, but now that I think about it, maybe she might not have such happiness by my side, and that closed imperial city doesn't have a sky where she can breathe freely.

It's just that......

I lowered my head and looked at the child's peaceful sleeping face.

There is no way to maintain such calm, and now there are some inevitable crises that are going to affect her.

Those people who speak with a Shu accent and are trained like an army want to kidnap her, this is already a precursor, and I have already understood that it is the people of Xichuan who are going to do something to her.

Just now, Shen Xiaokun also sent someone to bring the guards around Li'er to question, Li'er has been going to a temple in Changde to fast and repay his vows all these years, I don't know if Pei Yuanxiu has also had a heart, and the guards sent are manpowered, and the action will be strictly controlled, but this time because of the news of my trip to Jiangnan, Li'er was so happy that he almost went crazy, and he didn't care about urging them to go on the road, and he wanted to come back to see me in a hurry. Although this eldest lady has nothing to do, as soon as she opened her mouth, the people below still couldn't be indifferent, and the manpower arrangement was not strict enough, so she still went on the road hard.

In my opinion, the people on the Xichuan side may not only start thinking about it now, but only this time when there is an opportunity, they will start. It's just that I didn't expect to run into Shen Xiaokun's accident.

And the hands-on person......

The three masters of the Changming Sect are in charge, and the martial artists of the martial arts hall are specially responsible for training elite killers and personnel scheduling. It is not something ordinary people can do to train a group of gangsters into such a well-behaved team, and launch an operation in Changde, a place close to the border of Shu.

It could be-

I suddenly didn't think about it.

He, leaving his third brother, leaving me, and leaving the imperial city where he was born and raised him has been too far, too long, so far that I can't see him clearly, and I'm about to forget a lot of things for a long time.

But I always remember that his clean smiling face and reckless and honest look were rare warmth in my years in the palace.

Could it be him?

Could it be him, who is going to take my daughter?

No, I'm sure it won't be him!

He wouldn't hurt anyone, let alone me, and if he really knew that Li'er was my daughter, he wouldn't do that! It must not have been his act, it must have been-

Another person, something to do.

As soon as I thought of that person, I suddenly felt a cold wind blowing through my heart, and my whole body trembled.

I have never been able to guess his thoughts, and no one else can guess them, just like what he wants to do, maybe just a slight raise of his hand, but maybe it will cause a shocking wave thousands of miles away.

However, what is their purpose in robbing Li'er this time?

In fact, even if I don't think about it, I know very well in my heart that the current situation of the entire Celestial Empire is in a stalemate, for Pei Yuanhao, he has Shengjing in the north, Pei Yuanxiu and Yaolao's combined forces in the south, and the uncertain factor of Shudi, for him, the situation should be very tricky, but in fact, there is another cave.

First of all, in Shengjing, when Huang Tianba sent me away, he told me that he would prevent Luo Shi from going south to use troops in his lifetime, and over the years, he did it, although I know that Luo Shi is not so easy to appease, but in the past few years, there has been no war in the north, which is obviously his great merit, and this place is a temporary peace.

And Jiangnan and Shu were originally two tumors on the soles of the feet of the Celestial Empire, if they attacked together, they would indeed have the opportunity to subvert Pei Yuanhao's rule, but now Shu has not seen any movement for several years, which is already unexpected; And Yao Lao rebelled against the sect and placed a large part of the forces under Pei Yuanxiu's command, which undoubtedly formed a subtle rivalry between Shu and Jiangnan.

In addition to Shengjing, Pei Yuanhao is dominant in the Central Plains, Pei Yuanxiu in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Xichuan forces have formed a three-legged situation.

And now, the person with the Shu accent actually made a move against Pei Yuanxiu's people at the border and wanted to rob my daughter.

This is undoubtedly not an ordinary action, even if others don't say it, I know very well in my heart that if Li'er really has an accident, Pei Yuanxiu will definitely not let them go lightly for me, then Jiangnan and Shudi, there may be a real war, then how big an accident will be implicated at that time? !

Thinking of this, my heart became heavier and heavier, and the chill in my heart had not faded, and countless troubles had been added. Li'er in my arms closed her eyes in a daze and fell asleep, feeling my trembling, and a little uneasy squirming, I just reached out to carefully brush away the broken hair on her face, I heard her mutter: "Aunt Ruoshi......"

“……”

"Aunt Ruoshi, my mother...... My mother is here. ”

“……”

"I want to...... I want to ...... See my mother......"