Midnight.

Pei Zhen has not rested. Although he lay on the outermost edge with his eyes closed, he remained awake at all times.

This is always a wilderness, if you encounter thieves, with the four of them, the old, weak, sick and disabled are half of them, I am afraid there is no way to deal with it.

When he went out to collect firewood, Pei Yue discussed with him that he and Pei Yue would keep watch for the first half of the night and the other for the second half of the night.

Soon after falling asleep, it snowed heavily. The goose-feathered snow fell, crushing the branches of the dead tree in the yard. The slight cracking of the branches was particularly clear in the silence of the snowy night.

When Pei Xin closed his eyes and recuperated, he suddenly heard a "creak" and "creak" sound.

Pei Zhen pricked up his ears quietly, the sound sounded like the sound of a person stepping on the snow. Could it be a thief?

Thinking of this, Pei Zhen quietly clenched the matching sword at his side.

The creaking sound was getting closer and closer, and Pei Zhen couldn't help but hold his breath. He could hear that there was not only one person coming, but at least three.

Pei Zhen thought about it, but quietly woke up Pei Yue.

Pei Yue had just woken up, and there was still a hint of confusion in his eyes. Pei Zhen pointed to the door of the main hall, and Pei Yue understood.

There are people outside the door.

Suddenly, the creaking sound was gone, replaced by a slight push on the door. But the door of the main hall was very heavy and in disrepair, and the axle of the gate was rusty. Although the person who came was light, he still made a loud and piercing hoarse sound.

Hearing the sound, Pei Zhen instantly bounced up from the straw mat, he was in good shape, and jumped to the door in a few steps.

Pei Xin's sword was unsheathed and pressed against the other party's neck: "What person?" ”

At the same time, Pei Yue also turned over and got up, blocking in front of Li Wei and Lu Chunnian.

Li Wei and Lu Chunnian, who were woken up, rubbed their eyes.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Lu Chunnian had just woken up, still feeling sleepy. I saw Pei Yue, who was originally sleeping beside him, blocking him, while Pei Zhen was standing at the door of the main hall with a matching sword. The sharp side sword reflected the dancing flames.

Pei Yue did not speak.

Pei Zhen raised his hand and leaned the sword against the neck of the passer. The sharp blade almost touched the skin of the person: "Tell me, who are you?" ”

The man seemed to be frightened by Pei Zhen, who rushed up in front of him with a sword, and had just returned to his soul at this moment, and he said tremblingly: "Don't kill me, young man, I'm just a refugee." ”

Before Pei Zhen could act, a dagger was pressed against his waist.

It turned out to be the person who followed behind the man who was subdued by Pei Zhen.

The man was wearing a black hat, and she couldn't see her face clearly, and she said coldly: "Shaoxia, we are just fleeing." This ruined temple is our place to stay. ”

It's a woman.

Pei Zhen looked behind her again. The woman was followed by a child who was also wearing a hat, and the child was only up to the woman's waist, and looked no more than seven or eight years old.

When Pei Zhen was in the capital, he had been following Pei Yue to handle Uncle Zhong's case. He knew that most of the children abducted by Uncle Zhong were of this age, so as soon as Pei Zhen saw a child of this age, he couldn't help but think of Uncle Zhong.

Pei Xin's hand was behind his back and he made a gesture to Pei Yue.

Pei Yue comprehended, and when he raised his hand, a silver needle shot out.

The silver needle was in the middle of the wrist of the woman holding the dagger. The dagger fell to the ground in response.

Pei Zhen also saw that the man he controlled with the sword had no martial arts at all, but the woman with the dagger had some kung fu on her body.

Seeing that Pei Yue fixed the woman's wrist with a silver needle, Pei Zhen immediately started to restrain the woman.

Who knew that as soon as Pei Xin subdued the woman, the child who followed her cried loudly, and said while crying: "Why do you want to tie up my sister? Why? Why? You're the bad guys! Let go of my sister! ”

Hearing this little girl call this woman her sister, Pei Zhen was a little embarrassed. He thought that the child had been kidnapped by the man and woman, but he didn't want the child to be the woman's sister.

A few people don't know each other.

"I'm really sorry," at the critical moment, he still had to rely on Li Wei to get out of the horse, and he raised his hand to the three people in front of him: "The two little brothers in our house are also to protect their masters, so they treat the two as bad people, and I hope that the two adults have a lot and spare them." ”

Pei Zhen and Pei Yue also saluted: "I'm sorry, it's a little abrupt." ”

The woman rubbed the silver needle on the back of her hand expressionlessly, and did not speak. And the little girl hid behind her, refusing to come out.

Instead, it was the man who was pointed at by Pei Zhen with a sword, and he smiled kindly: "It's okay, it's okay, we also know that the world is chaotic now, and it's all to protect the master." ”

As he spoke, he patted Pei Xin's shoulder and said, "This young man is good at kung fu." ”

The man said and leaned closer to Pei Zhen and whispered, "Where did the young man learn kung fu?" Why don't you come and follow me? ”

Pei Zhen smiled awkwardly.

"Old Mo!" The woman suddenly stopped the man.

When the man heard the name being called, he said nothing, and returned to the woman cheerfully.

Pei Yue saw that the woman had been rubbing the back of her hands, so he said, "This girl, I'm really sorry. We thought that this child was abducted and trafficked, so we took action, and we hope that the girl will forgive us! ”

"Trafficking?" The woman's mind moved, "How did you think it was trafficking?" ”

Pei Yue continued to explain: "That's right, we are from the capital. When I left the capital, I heard rumors in the capital that after the flood in Qingzhou, someone deliberately abducted and sold children and used them to collect money for themselves. ”

"And those children are about the same age as your sister. When we saw a child of this age, we were confused for a moment, and we thought ......"

"That's it." The woman interrupted Pei Yue: "I thought you saw me and my sister and the two women, and you had a bad heart...... It turned out to be all a misunderstanding. ”

After solving the misunderstanding, a few people can be regarded as truly not fighting and not knowing each other.

The man named Lao Mo was the first to speak: "My name is Mo Yu, you can call me Lao Mo, this is my sister Mo Qing and Mo Xi." We are all from Qingzhou, and our family suffered from the Qingzhou flood, and only the three of us escaped. The house was washed away, and there was nowhere to go, so I had to hide in this ruined temple. It's good to be able to shelter from the wind and rain. ”

"How many days have you spent in this temple?" Pei Yue asked.

"It didn't take a few days. It's seven or eight days. Mo Yu explained.

The woman named Mo Qing suddenly looked up at Mo Yu, Mo Yu touched her nose, and then didn't say anything.

Pei Yue said: "It turns out that you live in this temple, no wonder we saw straw laid here when we came." ”

Li Wei also apologized: "I'm really sorry. We hurried away, and there was no shop in front of the village, so we borrowed this dilapidated temple to settle down. I didn't expect it to take your place. It's really gratifying. ”

Mo Yu waved his hand and said, "It's nothing." It is inevitable that there will be an inconvenience when going out. Besides, this temple is here. Anyone passing by can come in and borrow it. We're just staying here temporarily. ”

"I just don't know if a few people are coming from the capital to Qingzhou?"

Li Wei nodded, and he explained: "We are from the Lujia Embroidery Building in the capital, and we came to Qingzhou this time for business. This is our young master Lu Nian. ”

Li Wei raised his finger and pointed at Lu Chunnian, who was sitting on the straw mat yawning, and Lu Chunnian, who was named, hurriedly greeted: "Hello Brother Mo, hello Miss Mo, I am Lu Nian." ”

Mo Yu raised his hand with a smile: "Young Master Lu is really a talent. ”

Lu Chunnian smiled embarrassedly, with Pei Yue here, he really deserves this talent.

Mo Qing bowed slightly, as if she had said hello.

Lu Chunnian didn't care, anyway, he wasn't the young master of the Lu family's embroidery building.

The identity of going out is given by oneself. If it weren't for this outfit, he would have wished he was a little guy and wouldn't have to deal with outsiders.

Li Wei continued: "My name is Lu Wei, and I am the housekeeper of the Lu family. Just now, these two are our Lu family's account clerks, Lu Yue and Lu Zhen. ”

Pei Yue and Pei Zhen, who were named, also greeted the Mo family brothers and sisters in turn.

Mo Yu still looked like he was smiling, and he didn't treat the three of them differently because they were from the Lu Mansion at this time.

"Oh, it's really a hero from ancient times." Mo Yu praised.

Mo Qing, who had been wearing a hat, quietly raised his head to look at Pei Yue, Pei Yue was wearing a blue robe at this time, the robe was not a good material, but it was a little more bookish on him, saying that he was a bookkeeper and could get by, but Mo Qing always felt that Pei Yue was not as simple as Li Wei introduced.

After all, how can a bookkeeper be so proficient in using hidden weapons?

Pei Yue thought that since the Mo family brothers and sisters were from Qingzhou, they must have some understanding of the situation in Qingzhou at this time, so they wanted to talk to them more and explore the way.

Pei Yue thought for a while and said, "Young Master Mo......"

"Don't don't, don't call me Young Master Mo," Mo Yu waved his hand and said, "I'm not a young master, I'm just a farmer." You can just call me Mo Yu. ”

"If you don't dislike it, you can call me Brother Mo."

Mo Yu smiled honestly, Pei Yue was no longer entangled, and called directly: "Brother Mo." ”

Mo Yu nodded: "Brother Bookkeeper." ”

Pei Yue's expression froze, and he said, "Brother Mo, you can just call me Ah Yue." ”

Mo Yu is as good as a stream: "Alas, it's good." Ah Yue. ”

Pei Yue continued: "Brother Mo, since you are from Qingzhou City, can you tell us about the current situation in Qingzhou City." ”

"Ugh." Mo Yu let out a long sigh when he heard Qingzhou.

"Qingzhou Flood...... You must know that. There has not been a flood in Qingzhou for many years, but in July this year, it rained heavily for more than a month, and the water level of the Yellow River soared, and one night the Yellow River suddenly burst its embankment, and it was ......."

"All the crops were still in the fields, the people were still asleep, and the houses were swept away by the flood. Our family...... Alas. Mo Yu's face was painful.

Pei Yue wanted to be comforted, but he didn't know where to start.

It was Mo Xi, who had been hiding behind Mo Qing next to her, she pulled Mo Yu's sleeve and said, "Brother, brother." ”

Mo Yu hurriedly put on a smiling face, looked at Mo Xi and said, "What's the matter, Xiaoxi." ”

"I'm hungry." Mo Xi whispered.

Mo Yu looked embarrassed. They went out today and found no food, and all three were hungry for a day. He and Mo Qing said that they could endure it, but Mo Xi was still young, and it was when he was growing his body, how could he endure hunger.

Maybe hunger is contagious, and Mo Yu's stomach began to growl.

was embarrassed, and two baked cakes suddenly appeared in front of him.

Pei Yue held the baked cake in his hand and handed it over: "Brother Mo, you eat first to cushion your stomach." ”

Mo Yu was very grateful, and he thanked him happily: "Oh, I really met a nobleman, thank you Brother A Yue, thank you Young Master Lu!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the baked cake to Mo Xi and said, "Thank you brothers and uncles." ”

Mo Xi took the baked cake and whispered, "Thank you, brother, thank you, uncle." ”

After speaking, she gave her baked cakes to Mo Qing: "Sister, there is something to eat." ”

Mo Qing wanted to refuse, but Lu Chunnian's eyes were quick, and he quickly took out another baked cake and handed it to Mo Qing: "Miss Mo, please use it." ”