Qing Yue was masked, carrying a silver gun, using her coat to block the Mura in front of her as much as possible, and walked towards the north city gate by the side of the road, her speed was about the same as that of the people around her, and she tried her best to behave like the people. There was no notice in the city that wanted him, but there were twice as many people patrolling and inspecting as usual, and they did not say who to look for and who to arrest, but only said that they would conduct routine inspections and strengthen their defenses.

When I came to the city gate, I observed that the guards were very careful about the people entering and leaving the city, asking where they came from, where they were going, the reason for entering and leaving, the identification certificate or customs clearance certificate, and finally compared with the portrait before they could be released.

"It's so strict! Could the person in the portrait be me? Whether it is or not, you can't get out without proof of identity or customs clearance, you have to find a way. I can't get out today, so let's find a place to stay first. While he was thinking about it, the child in his arms cried a few times, probably hungry. Qingyue gently patted the child and looked around. One is to see if it attracts the attention of others, and the other is to see if there is a place to live nearby. He walked along the road to a relatively remote alley, and there were several inns around, but he didn't want to stay, for fear that the officers and soldiers would check at any time, so he wanted to find a private house to live in for a few days.

He entered the alley and looked from house to house, most of them closed the gates, and occasionally a few of them were not closed, and there was no one in the courtyard. As I walked, I saw a door in front of me that was about to fall open at random, and a woman of about forty years old sat on a small stool in the courtyard to wash clothes, the yard was not large, and a willow tree was planted in the courtyard, and there was a small wooden table under the willow tree, and there were several small stools beside the table. There is a well on the left side of the yard, and the well is covered with a lid so that dirt does not fall into the well. The house behind the woman is a traditional three-room mud tile house, with a main room on the left and right, usually one for the parents and one for the children, with a kitchen in the middle. The doors and windows of the house are simple, dilapidated but not dirty.

When the woman looked up and saw a man standing in the doorway, she asked, "What are you doing?" Is there something wrong? "Speak crisply and neatly.

It made Qingyue a little embarrassed and at a loss. He stammered, "Is it convenient for me - I want to - I want to spend a few nights?" As if he suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly continued: "I'll pay." ”

The woman looked him up and down, her eyes pausing on his face, chest, spear, and waist for a few seconds, before lowering her head and continuing to wash her clothes.

"Is that okay?" Qingyue waited for a few minutes to see that she didn't answer, and asked again.

"Why don't you live in an inn if you have money?" The woman asked.

Qing Yue knew from the way she looked at him that she saw the child and the weapon he was carrying. He replied naturally: "I have children, I can't take care of them, and the guest house is inconvenient, so I hope to find someone to take care of it for me." "I didn't say much else, for fear that the lie would not be made up, and it would be troublesome. Just deal with the questions she asks.

"Five taels of silver a day, pay first, I can't live in love." The woman said.

"Good!" Qingyue agreed without hesitation, and hurriedly took out fifteen taels of silver from the leather bag and handed it to the woman.

The woman got up and shook the water in her hand, took the money, and said, "Come into the house." He turned and walked towards the house.

Qingyue followed the woman to the east room, which was simply furnished, a bed, two cabinets, a table, a few stools, and a stove. "Put the child in bed," said the woman. Qingyue untied the child from her body and put it on the edge of the bed. The woman opened the child's clothes, took off the cleaning paper under the buttocks, threw it into the garbage basin, found a thick coarse cloth and put it under the buttocks, and muttered, "I won't take care of the child." Cover the child with a quilt and say to Qingyue: "There is firewood in the kitchen, put a fire on the stove, and boil the kettle for water." "Like commanding a servant.

"Okay" Qingyue responded, stumbling and stumbling to work.

The woman rummaged through the cabinets and found a few pieces of clothing, cut and sewn.

After a while, the water boiled, the woman gave the child a bath, changed into her freshly sewn clothes, not very fit, but made do with it, the woman smiled and said, "Yes, it's okay!" ”

Qingyue wanted to roll her eyes, but she was still very satisfied when she saw that the woman was so attentive to her child. But the woman's next words made this satisfaction disappear suddenly.

"Five taels of silver." The woman looked at Qingyue and said, seeing that Qingyue was stunned, she said, "This dress doesn't cost money?" I don't see it, but there are several! ”

"Five taels! I gave fifteen taels just now, and an ordinary person's living expenses are less than ten taels of silver a year, this woman is black enough! But she could only take out another five taels for her. There wasn't much silver left on him, and he didn't have much when he came out. "Use it first, and then talk about it when it's gone." Thinking in my heart.

"Go and chop all the wood from the kitchen," the woman commanded unceremoniously. Qing Yue turned around and went to work in the kitchen without saying much.

In the evening, the south side was red and the sky was shining, and many people were standing on the street to watch, Qingyue heard the noise, came to the courtyard, and saw a position in the distance filled with thick black smoke. "That location, it seems to be the Prince's Mansion, it's burned!? The prince and senior sister ......" Qingyue thought, she wanted to go and see, considering that the child had just settled down and was in contact with this woman for the first day, she didn't dare to leave the child alone with the woman to take care of, no matter what the result of the prince and senior sister was, he couldn't change anything if he went now. Just decide to wait.

"That's—silly boy, come here." The woman called him.

Qingyue was helpless and came to the East House. Said to the woman, "My name is Ah Yue, may I ask what to call you?" ”

"Oh, just call me aunt," said and took a set of luggage to Qingyue, "You live in the West House, go clean up yourself" After speaking, she went to tease the child, and it could be seen that she liked this child very much, as if it brought fun to her ordinary life.

"Auntie?!" Qing Yue was surprised, "Your age looks-"

didn't wait for Qingyue to finish speaking, but heard the woman say: "My name is aunt, let's call it whatever you want, what so much nonsense, get out!" The tone was arrogant.

Qing Yue was speechless when she met such a person for the first time. I can only swallow my anger, and now there is no better place to go except here, or even say that there is no place to go.

In the middle of the night, Qingyue heard the child's crying, sat up and was about to go over, thinking that it was not good to go to a woman's room in the middle of the night, so she sat and didn't move. Then I heard the woman dinging the bell and was busy working, and after a while, I heard the sound of the woman clapping and singing, as if she was coaxing the child to sleep. "This woman is really good to the child, as long as she is good to the child, it doesn't matter if the rest is good." Qing Yue thought about it, and lay back on the bed to continue sleeping.

The next morning, Qingyue squatted in the courtyard and walked, which was Qingyue's usual habit - practicing in the morning and meditating in the evening. The woman came out of the room with a bucket, and saw Qingyue squatting on a horse, "Yo he" came to her like watching a juggler, and hit Qingyue's left leg is a kick, Qingyue's left leg was injured, and he snorted in pain. But the horse's steps were steady and did not move.

"It's okay! It's kind of interesting. The woman said.

Qingyue has practiced martial arts for many years, and from the strength used by women, she is not an ordinary woman, she knows martial arts, and her martial arts may not be low. When Qingyue was looking her up and down, she only listened to "Bang!" With a crisp sound, the woman slapped Qingyue, fast and hateful. Qing Yue didn't even notice that she raised her hand and took a beating. "Look at what, go fetch water! Fill the cylinder. The woman said and threw the bucket to Qingyue. It took a while for Qing Yue to come to her senses.