"Son, your body is so cold, it must be very cold, my mother hugs you tightly."

"Mother's good baby, we'll be home soon."

"By the way, my mother made you steamed buns, mutton filling, didn't you say you like to eat them."

The woman muttered, her face pressed against the face of the child in her arms, her voice hoarse, her eyes dead. A cool breeze came, and she was afraid that the child would be cold, so she hurriedly took off her coat and covered the child.

"Baby, you sleep a little longer, and in a little while, we'll be home soon."

Sanbao nested in Liu Yunxiang's arms, glanced over there, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, why is that brother motionless?" ”

"Shh Liu Yunxiang shushed at Sanbao.

Sanbao sighed a little, and said, "Mother, I'm hungry." ”

Liu Yunxiang flicked the little guy's nose and just ate a snack in the car. Fortunately, Yan Dui knew that Sanbao's mouth was not idle, so he brought him a bag of snacks.

"No, you can only eat another piece, otherwise you won't have an appetite for dinner at night."

"Then I want a big one."

"Generally large."

"I'm comparing."

Watching the little guy take out the square cake made of glutinous rice and honey from the bag, and carefully compare and laugh, Yan Du and Liu Yunxiang were speechless and funny.

"My son is hungry too." The woman spoke suddenly.

Liu Yunxiang looked over and saw that the woman was staring at the bag of snacks in Yan Dui's hand.

"Can you give my son a piece?" She asked again.

Liu Yunxiang was a little afraid to look at the child in her arms, but hearing her say this at this time, she felt a chill down her spine. Yan Du didn't know what to do for a while, after all, the child in her arms was dead.

However, Sanbao didn't know that he was holding two pieces in his hand, jumped down from Liu Yunxiang's arms, and handed one of them to the woman.

"This piece is big, I'll give it to this brother."

The woman hurriedly took it, thanked her repeatedly, and then bowed her head to her son to eat.

"Xiaojie, you must be hungry, take a bite."

"Obediently, open your mouth."

"Don't stir up trouble, otherwise my mother will be angry."

The woman stuffed the child in his mouth and thrust it so hard that the cake was crumbled.

"Why can't this brother wake up?"

Sambo asked this question in confusion, and the woman looked up sharply at him.

"My son is just asleep, he will wake up soon, you talk nonsense, I will tear your tongue!"

The woman's eyes were bloodshot, so fierce that Sanbao cried in fright.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly pulled San Bao back and coaxed him not to cry.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a green cloth robe ran in and hurriedly apologized to Liu Yunxiang and them, "My wife, she is too sad and confused, don't worry about her." ”

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly waved his hand, and then looked at the woman, who was carefully cleaning the pastries on the child's body.

"This is not delicious, my mother will go home and steam the buns for you."

"Aren't you your favorite to eat the stuffed mutton?"

"Are you sleepy, don't you want to talk to your mother, then sleep for a while......"

Liu Yunxiang felt uncomfortable and asked the man, "What's going on?" ”

"Hey!" The man sighed heavily before he could speak, "During this period of time, a group of bandits came to our Liangshan County, who specially kidnapped children and women, and then asked their families for money. My son was robbed when he went to the street to play, and the other party asked for a hundred taels of silver, and our family still opened a noodle restaurant, and the family went bankrupt to make up enough for this hundred taels, but ......"

Speaking of this, the man's face was full of resentment, and at the same time, tears fell, "These wicked people, they got the money, but they still ...... He also killed my son, and only gave us the body of the child. ”

Liu Yunxiang looked at this family, it was really pitiful.

"Why didn't you report to the police?" Yan Du asked.

"We don't dare, they said that if they reported to the official, they would kill our Xiaojie, but who knows...... Who knew that we paid honestly, and they still didn't let it go. ”

The man couldn't bear it anymore, so he squatted down and cried bitterly.

Jiang Yuan and a guy from the man's family also ran into the pavilion at this time, and the guy persuaded the man a few words, and then wiped away his tears uncomfortably.

After about half an hour, the rain finally began to fade.

Because their chariot is in the way, they need to go first. The man wiped away his tears and coaxed the woman that his son was hungry and that he should go home early. The woman then picked up her son to the man, and then followed out, and the family got into the carriage.

After thanking them, the man went over and drove away.

Liu Yunxiang was behind them, and after getting into the carriage, Sanbao put his arms around Liu Yunxiang's neck, and his fleshy little face squeezed into her shoulder socket.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yunxiang patted his son's buttocks.

"Mother, isn't that little brother ...... He's dead? Sambo asked in a muffled voice.

Liu Yunxiang sighed slightly, "Hmm." ”

Then she felt a wetness in her neck, and only the little one cried, so she could only kiss him with her head sideways.

After walking for a long time, when it was almost dark, the carriage in front of me stopped. Jiang Yuan walked around from the side, only to find that there was a team of officials in front of him and blocked the road.

Yan Du got out of the car to look, and Liu Yunxiang opened the car curtain.

An official stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "The road ahead is not easy to walk, and there are bandits, you had better go down from here and stay in the town in front." ”

Yan Du looked forward, and there were many officials there, "Is something wrong?" ”

"There was a murder."

"What homicide?"

"Don't ask, while it's still dark, let's go find the inn quickly."

The official waved his hand, not wanting to say more.

On the other side, the man who lost his son cried again, and a man in an official uniform shook his head and sighed.

"You said you, why didn't you report to the official!"

"We were afraid, afraid that they would hurt Xiaojie, and we didn't think about ......"

"This group of bandits has no humanity, and they won't let anyone go if they take the money."

"Your Excellency, you must catch them, catch these wicked people!"

"Okay, I'll send a few officials to escort you across this forest, and take the children home as soon as possible."

The man in the official uniform explained to his subordinates, and several officials led the horses and escorted the carriage to the front.

After the carriage left, the man in the official uniform saw Yan Dui, looked up and down, stepped forward and said, "Look at this son's extravagance, it is really eye-catching, let's go to the town in front to stay, so as to save those bandits and thieves." ”

Yan Du clenched his fists and thanked him, "I don't know who the adults are?" ”

"I am the county guard of Pinghu County, and my surname is Hu."

"It turned out to be Hu Junshou."

Yan Dusk saluted, said goodbye to the county, and then got into the carriage.

"Jiang Yuan, let's go to the town and stay overnight."

The town ahead was not large, with only one inn, but many passers-by were persuaded to stay overnight. Originally, there was no room in the inn, and Yan Du spent a lot of money, and the innkeeper vacated the east wing of his own house in the backyard.

"A caravan was robbed on the official road ahead, not only were all the valuable goods robbed, but more than a dozen people were killed by robbers. The case was so big that the government had to close the road first. The innkeeper led them to the backyard.

"About a dozen dead?" Yan Du asked.

"But no, this group of bandits is very vicious, and there have been six or seven murders in Pinghu County in the past month."

When they were sent to the door, there was a commotion in the front yard, like the sound of tables, chairs and benches being smashed. A group of men ran over with their foreheads covered, their faces full of panic.

"Boss, a group of people have come, and they want us to vacate the inn, and their people want to live!"