Old Madam Hou smiled and said, "That's not true. At that time, the old man was lying on the bed, pretending to be asleep, and the man searched for a while, but in the end he took nothing, and went empty-handed. Imagine that the two old women of us live in isolation, and our homes are surrounded by walls, and there is really no treasure to be found. After thinking about it, the old man felt that most of what the thief was looking for were the relics of the old man, but fortunately, Ping'er was clever and had already put those relics in her room for safekeeping. ”

Hearing this, the three of them all glanced at the old woman, and secretly praised in their hearts: "In the eyes of others, the relics of the old general are of great significance, and the old lady must treat them as treasures and do it herself, and she will never hand it over to such a lowly, old and ugly old woman for safekeeping." This old woman is really unseemly. ”

Mrs. Hou continued: "Since the thieves came, the old man is also thinking about it, although the old man was the pillar of the country and led the army during his lifetime, he has always been heroic and heroic, bright and upright, and there seems to be no enemy in the temples and rivers. I couldn't figure out who the thief was instructing and what he was looking for. Later, the thieves came back every once in a while, and the two of us gradually got used to it, and we didn't bother to think about it. ”

Xiao Di said: "As soon as the old general is mentioned, that past can't help but flood into my mind. He raised his head and stared at the sky, thoughtfully, for a long time, sighed, and said slowly: "I remember that in the first battle of Suoguiba, I had 50,000 soldiers, fell into a treacherous scheme, and was surrounded by 100,000 troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and fought fiercely for three days and three nights. ”

Long Shaoyang and Xiao Yuanying listened to Xiao Di's reminiscence of that painful past, and looked at each other, and couldn't help but look solemn.

Xiao Di continued: "I escorted the old general all the way to break through desperately, but I saw that there were fewer and fewer brothers around me, and then the sword flashed, and I only felt that my body shook, and I didn't know anything." When I woke up, I found myself lying in a pile of dead people, and my legs hurt terribly - it turned out that I had been woken up in pain. At that moment, I didn't care about the pain, and struggled to get up to find the old general.

Nearly 20 years have passed since this incident, and the scene is still vivid. I remember that there was a crescent moon on the horizon at that time, the cold moonlight poured on the ground, the wind roared in my ears, and the corpses were piled up like a mountain, which was really creepy. I fought hard and searched for a long time but was at a loss.

"I was scared and anxious, and at this moment, at a glance, I felt a crystal light of an object in the distance, like an illusion. My heart moved, and I limped forward with my legs, and opened several corpses, and found the old general lying there, covered in blood, with cold tentacles, and the man was gone.

"At that moment, I couldn't help crying bitterly, I cried for a while, stretched out my hand and rubbed it, only to find that it was a piece of peiyu that the old general was carrying, shining in the moonlight......"

Long Shaoyang and Xiao Yuanying heard Xiao Di say that day on the carriage that day, he was trapped with Hou Wu, the general of Pingbei Zhuguo, and the whole army was wiped out, but at that time it was just a passing by.

Xiao Di said again: "I endured my grief, thinking that the old general was going to be buried in peace, and it took a lot of effort to drag the old general's body out. I found a vacant lot nearby, and buried the old general hastily......"

After speaking, he turned his face and looked at Old Madam Hou. I saw her tears full of eyes, and she wanted to cry.

Long Shaoyang was sad when he heard this, and comforted: "General Hou is a generation of famous generals, who sacrificed his life for the country, although his death is heavier than Mount Tai. The old general is heroic in the sky, if he sees the old lady and Brother Xiao hurting themselves like this, it will be difficult to rest in peace. The deceased is gone, please mourn more!"

Xiao Di came back to his senses when he heard this, smiled to himself, and said, "What Shaoyang said is! After saying that, he bowed and saluted, Long Shaoyang and Xiao Yuanying followed aside, and the three of them immediately resigned.

Mrs. Hou nodded, watched the three of them walk through the courtyard, out of the wood gate, and disappeared among the yellow flowers and green leaves, and then heard a horse neighing, the sound of horses' hooves, and the carriage drove away.

She looked at the direction where the three of them had gone, stood there in a daze, half loud, and said to herself: "Between the eyebrows and eyes, there is such a similarity. It's been almost twenty years, and after the princess left, she has not been heard from, and I wonder if she is still in this world?"

The old woman's eyes lit up and she said, "It turns out that Madame is talking about her." Well, it's a bit similar. ”

Old Madam Hou didn't answer, sighed, turned around and walked in.

The three got into a carriage and drove to Los Angeles. By this time the three of them had eaten and drunk enough, and when they saw that the hour was just after noon, they told the coachman to hurry away, and to plan to enter the city before it was dark.

The sun was shining, the grass was green, the insects were chirping, and the carriage was winding along the path. After traveling for several miles, I turned a hillside and entered the avenue, and the car gradually stabilized.

Xiao Yuanying stretched his waist, looked at Xiao Di, and said lazily: "This master and servant are really strange! As for this servant, he always looks like he loves to ignore him, and the dishes he cooks are salty and dead. Hey!"

Long Shaoyang smiled: "Your Highness, it's because she doesn't welcome us - but it's rare for a servant like her to have a temper than her master." Brother Xiao, I don't know where this Mama Liu comes from?"

Xiao Di said: "Oh, this Mama Liu was the maid of Mrs. Hou's dowry. For decades, especially after the death of the old general, the two got along day and night, being masters and servants externally, but like sisters internally. But in terms of age, she is a few years older than the old lady—or else she would not have given me the baggage. As he spoke, his right hand gently touched the furoshipi in his arms.

Xiao Yuanying looked at the bulging burden in Xiao Di's arms, his eyes turned, and he suddenly came to his senses, and leaned forward and said: "Brother Xiao, it is still far from Los Angeles at the moment, I see that you are also tired, you might as well take a nap in this car to recuperate." As for me, this son is in good spirits, so I might as well keep this burden for you for the time being. ”

Xiao Di's heart was bright, and he said with a smile: "Don't dare to bother Your Highness, this kind of trivial matter is still up to me." With that, he leaned into the carriage and closed his eyes.

......

After a while, Xiao Yuanying moved his body and said, "Brother Xiao, do you think there will be gold and silver treasures in this baggage, I look like it's quite heavy?"

Xiao Di opened his eyes, but before he could speak, Long Shaoyang had already taken over the conversation and said with a smile: "I have heard that among the generals of the four pillar countries, General Hou is the most brave, excellent in martial arts, and suave. However, gold and silver have always been regarded as dung. ”

"Hmm. Xiao Di nodded yes, "This burden should be the old general's correspondence and personal belongings during his lifetime." ”

"Hehe, that's what I thought too. Is the old general a mediocre and vulgar man, with a coppery smell? But when he sees his burdens bulging, he is just curious. Xiao Yuanying said sneeringly.

After walking for a few miles, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, Long Shaoyang lifted the corner of the curtain and saw the two horses galloping head-on.

The two horsemen came near, took hold of the reins, turned over and dismounted, and suddenly followed the carriage and stopped.

I only heard someone shouting outside: "On the car, His Royal Highness King Teng, Xiao Zhanshi, and Longshe people, my subordinates have something important to tell the three adults." Xiao Di opened his eyes and looked at Xiao and Long, and the three of them couldn't help but wonder.

Long Shaoyang's legs and feet were sharp, one turned over, got out of the car, and saw that these two people were dressed as soldiers, so he was relieved and said, "The two brothers have worked hard." I am Long Shaoyang, and His Royal Highness King Teng and Lord Xiao are also in this carriage. I wonder what's going on?"

The soldier on the right said happily: "I heard that the three adults came to Xinxian in the morning, and we almost turned it over, but we found you." Lord Qiyulong, his subordinates came to report on the order of Lord Jing Zhaoyin, there is a rich man in Xinxian who occupies more than 200 hectares of land, and today the official sent to Zhangdi to divide the field, who knows that the rich man's family not only did not let him enter the land, but also started beating people, and it is estimated that the son will still be frozen there. ”

"What? and beat the official?" Xiao Yuanying called out and lifted the curtain, "It's really lawless." What about the magistrate of Xinxian County, what does he eat? If he can't manage it, what about Jingzhao Mansion Yin. ”

When Long Shaoyang heard this, he was suspicious and asked, "Just let Xinxian and Jingzhao Mansion send more people over." It's really not good, let the two prefectures and counties go there in person, and know the benefits. We are ordered to follow the law and do errands, so why hold back?"

The soldier muttered, "The pie is the pie, it's just ...... It's just that the magistrate of Xinxian County and Lord Jing Zhaoyin both said that they were unwell and did not go in person, and they ordered the little ones to come and ask the three adults to decide. Little Heard...... I heard that the two adults seemed to be pretending to be sick, but they didn't dare to go, saying that they were ...... He said that the rich man was not ordinary. Small...... The younger one also heard that the rich man had the title deed of the field in his hand, so he was even more fearless. But these are small rumors...... Rumors, can't do it accurately. He couldn't hold his mouth, and he was at a loss for what to do.

"There is a title deed for this field?" Long Shaoyang was taken aback, "Didn't the file sent by the Yamen of Xinxian County say that this field is an ownerless field?"

"That's true. The little ones have checked that the field was originally owned by a villager from a nearby village. A few years ago, there was a plague, more than half of the villagers were killed and injured, and the rest were afraid of infection and begged for food. But the rich man's gang of family members were very convincing, not to say that this land was originally their master's family, so they almost took out the title deed - the little ones were also very puzzled by this. ”

Long Shaoyang nodded, glanced back at Er Xiao, and said, "Thank you two for your hard work, bother you two to lead the way, let's rush over and take a look now." ”

The two soldiers agreed, turned their horses, turned their horses, and led the way.

After walking for several miles, I got off the official road and zigzagged down the country road.

The three of them sat in the car, and suddenly felt a bump around them, but they were puzzled in their hearts, and they bowed their heads and frowned in the car, contemplating and meditating.

After about half an hour, I faintly heard a noise in front of me, mixed and unclear, like a group of people arguing.

The three of them immediately cheered up, urged their horses to run, and galloped towards the place where the sound sounded.