Yao Qi felt that the bowl of mutton in her hand was much more fragrant than the bowl of filial piety to Han Changwan just now.

Han Changwan couldn't stand it anymore, coughed lightly, took the bowl of mutton soup, sandwiched a few pieces of meat, and put it in Yao Qi's bowl.

Yao Qi glanced at Han Changwan in surprise, his hands trembling a little.

Han Changdui coughed a few more times in disguise, and said expressionlessly: "I ate too much mutton and got angry." ”

"......" Yao Qi was stunned.

What do you mean, on fire, this kind of child of a family who does not eat the sufferings of the world, do you know what it means to rather call sores and pus than to suffer poverty in the mouth?

She's not afraid of the fire, so let it be more violent.

After a few bites, there were undisguised beatings and muffled cries in the backyard.

The voice sounded very familiar, it was the shopkeeper and the woman.

Everyone was shocked, the mutton soup in his hand was not fragrant, he ate it clean, put down the bowl, turned around and ran to the backyard.

Running at the forefront was Meng Ying, whose face was heavy and heavy.

Han Changdui ate the meat unhurriedly, drank the soup, wiped his mouth clean, and then walked slowly to the backyard with his hands behind his back, following many people watching the excitement.

As the crowd approached, the young woman was curled up on the ground, shivering, and rolling dust.

The tall shopkeeper had one foot on the woman, and was babbling and cursing.

Seeing a group of people who broke into the backyard, the shopkeeper was stunned, hurriedly withdrew his feet, and squeezed an embarrassed smile on his face: "Ouch, ouch, why did you come to the back, the back is simple, it's not a place for the guests to stay, go, the villain will serve a few jars of wine to the guests." ”

In these years, it is rare for a couple to do something to a woman.

A man who has no ability is only in the nest and beats women, which is one thing that people in the world now acquiesce.

But such a thing in front of him, no matter how disdainful and shameless everyone is, in the final analysis, it is still the housework of the husband and wife, and it is difficult for outsiders to say much.

Li Yushan saw that he had relieved the woman, looked at the shopkeeper with disdain, and followed his words, and said without a smile: "Let's go, let's go, let's go out to drink, it's enjoyable, I'm going to hurry tomorrow." ”

The woman lay on the ground and struggled for a long time to get up.

Meng Ying's heart ached uncontrollably, and she stepped forward uncontrollably.

As soon as she took a step, the woman suddenly raised her head, her eyes were red, and her eyes were a little moist, as if she had been beaten and cried by the shopkeeper, and looked at Meng Ying and shook her head gently.

Meng Ying was stunned in place, unable to take a step.

After being stunned for a long time, he walked away step by step.

In an instant, all the people were gone, and only Yao Qi was left in the backyard.

She hurriedly ran over and helped the woman up, and saw that her fair face was covered with loess, but she couldn't hide her beautiful and moving appearance, and her eyebrows and eyes looked somewhat similar to Meng Ying.

The shopkeeper changed his face and whispered with a smile: "This distinguished guest, the backyard is too dirty, so you should go forward." ”

This soft-spoken and gentle appearance is just like the fierce god just now, just an illusion.

Yao Qi glanced at the shopkeeper shallowly, and said with a calm smile as if nothing had happened: "Shopkeeper, my clothes are dirty, I want to ask the lady to borrow a piece of clothing, I don't know if it's inconvenient." ”

As she spoke, she seemed to calmly hand the shopkeeper a tael of silver, but in fact, her heart felt like she had been struck by lightning, and she twitched in pain.

The shopkeeper weighed the silver, and suddenly his smiling eyes narrowed into two slits, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, yes." He whispered to the woman, "Why don't you take your guest and change your clothes?" ”

The woman reluctantly led Yao Qi into the dilapidated house, rummaged through the cabinets and found a coarse cloth dress that was still clean and neat, and held it to Yao Qi with her head down.

Yao Ji took it and put it on the kang, and did not change it, but looked at the room silently.

The house looked dilapidated from the outside, but inside it was clean and tidy, and the dirt floor was paved with green bricks, but the bricks were old, some cracks, and some were missing corners.

A thick felt carpet was laid on the large kang under the window, the old kang table rested in the center, and the black cabinet stood in the corner.

On the other side of the wall, there are a few large boxes, except for the box that I just found a dress, the boxes next to it are all locked, and it seems that they contain unusual things.

There were also two small hu beds and a food table in the empty place, and the hu beds were also covered with thick blankets.

These things are dark and dull, all of them are old objects, but they are still faintly recognizable, the patterns are exquisite, and the wood is of good quality.

The sunlight filtered in through the window, and the light dust lazily shuttled in the sunlight.

The window paper was freshly pasted and shimmered white in the sunlight.

Yao Ji uncovered the thick felt mat and touched the big kang, which was extremely warm, and the heat leaked out from the felt mat.

Although it was cold early in the Hexi area, the warm kang of ordinary people's homes burned late, and most of them started to burn the kang after the first snow.

One is that firewood is not easy to obtain, and the other is that people who have lived in Hexi for a long time are frost-resistant.

There are not many households that burn the kang so early as here, and before winter, the kang has been burned so warm during the day.

In the words that were popular in Yao Qi's previous life, what kind of family is it, there is a mine at home.

She glanced deeply at the woman and asked lightly, "Why did he beat you?" ”

The woman took a step back, shook her head, and refused to speak.

Yao Qi perseveredly asked: "I don't think you are from Hexi, where are you from, and how did you get here." ”

The woman glanced up at Yao Qi in horror, retreated to the corner, and still closed her mouth and refused to speak.

Before entering this room, Yao Qi would have thought that this woman was scared by the owner of the shop, but when she entered this room, she realized that her eyes were really deceiving, and the truth was not as she saw.

Yao Qi didn't ask anything more, changed into a clean dress, and left the backyard.

It was already dark, and the wind was getting cool.

The dart masters moved from the courtyard to the lobby, the lobby was not big, so many people poured in, it was quite crowded, and the sound of talking, laughing, and drinking came out high and low, which was very lively.

Han Changwan found a corner to sit, picked up a pot of wine, and poured himself a drink, as if this bustle had nothing to do with him.

He looked around the lobby, but did not find the young man with an abnormal expression, poured a glass of wine and drank it, he felt that today, I was afraid that something was going to happen.

Yao Ji changed into a coarse cloth dress, hung the washed clothes in the courtyard, wiped his hands and walked into the lobby, sat down beside Han Changdui, and said in a low voice: "The furnishings in the house are all old, but the window paper is fresh, and the big kang is also very hot." ”

Han Changwan nodded and whispered: "It seems that the Hu people feel very sorry for her." ”

Yao Ji shook his head: "Not only that, when I changed my clothes, I opened the big cabinet and looked at it, there was only one bedding, and all the dresses in the big cabinet were women's dresses." ”

Han Changdui was silent: "Be vigilant tonight, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

Yao Qi also nodded in agreement.

The wind was strong at night, whining through the dry branches, and the window paper rattled non-stop.

The kang was cold and hard, and although the felt blanket was spread, the cold breath still rushed straight to the person.

Han Changdui wrapped the quilt tightly, tossing and turning on the kang, he had something in his heart, he didn't dare to sleep too deeply, and in his light sleep, he heard the whining wind, mixed with heavy footsteps.

He opened the window and saw that several dart masters were carrying fodder to the stables to feed the horses.

The night was dark and silent.

Under the sparse sky of the moon and stars, nothing else happened.

Han Changwan breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but suspect that he was thinking too much.

There was nothing to say all night, and when he got up the next morning, the sky was just dawning, and Han Changdui went out with two huge black circles under his eyes, and he saw Yao Ji squatting on the ground, checking something.

He walked over lightly and whispered leisurely behind Yao Qi, "Is there gold on the ground?" ”

Yao Qi was startled, and when he turned around to see Han Changdu's pair of dark circles, he smiled: "I didn't see Jinzi, I saw a panda." ”

Han Changwan frowned slightly: "What." ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips suddenly.

It's broken, and it's leaked again.

She hurriedly pointed to the shallow footprints on the ground, frowned, and said, "Childe, these are the footprints of a camel." ”

Two rows of footprints as large as a fan are heading towards the entrance of the post station, and there are two rows of slightly smaller footprints on the left and right sides.

Han Changwan squatted down, examined it carefully, and nodded: "Yes, it's one big and two small, three camels, and they walked outside the post station." ”

Yao Qi tilted his head and said: "Last night's wind was very strong, and it didn't stop until the beginning of Yin, you see, this is far away from the traces of our visit last night, all covered by the loess wind and sand, only these rows of camel footprints remain, these three camels should have left shortly after the beginning of Yin." ”

Han Changdui nodded: "There don't seem to be camels in the dart team. ”

"No, no." Yao Qi whispered: "You don't have to go through a large area of sand moraines on this trip, you take the official road, although the camel endurance is better, but the horses are faster, Li Yushan wants to go back quickly, so as not to have a long night and many dreams." ”

As the two of them spoke, the dart masters also walked out in twos and threes, not noticing the unusual footprints on the ground, and trampling on the yard messily.

Han Changdui looked around and wondered, "It's already dawn, why didn't I see the owner of the shop come out to cook the morning food." ”

"yes, people." Yao Qi also searched for a long time, but did not see the Hu man and the woman.

At this moment, Liu Yi put on his clothes and hurriedly ran to the courtyard, looked left and right, and said in a panic: "Have you seen Meng Ying?" He grabbed Li Yushan, his anxious face was covered with sweat: "Li Darttou, have you seen Meng Ying?" ”

Li Yushan shook his head blankly: "I didn't see it." ”

Liu Yi slapped his thigh hard, and shouted regretfully: "It's bad, it's bad, this kid ran away, I just saw it, and his blanket is gone." ”

Li Yushan hadn't come back to his senses yet, and said blankly: "Run, where did you go?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a terrible scream came from outside the post station, which frightened everyone's souls.