Sanye Village, a marginal village located in Huozhou in the western part of the Northern Regions, has been dry for many years, with very little rain and an extremely harsh living environment.

The little girl in front of Meng Qiu, called Bai Ling, was only ten years old, and her parents died of illness two years ago, leaving her to live alone.

"Bai Ling, the people in the village, haven't you thought about leaving here?" Meng Qiu was puzzled, since it was difficult to survive here, why didn't he migrate elsewhere.

"If you can't get out, someone has tried before, but they were all killed by those adults halfway. Bai Ling whispered.

"Why?"

"For they say, 'We are the offspring of sinners, and we must make atonement for our sins from generation to generation, and we must not depart from them.' ”

"Ridiculous, what kind of punishment is this? Generations of future generations need to pay for it. Meng Qiu sneered, feeling unfair about what happened to Bai Ling.

"I don't know, but that's what the adults say. ”

After all, Bai Ling was only a ten-year-old child, and Meng Qiu didn't expect to ask for results.

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In the evening, Meng Qiu accompanied Bai Ling to get dinner, and the food in Sanye Village was distributed by the village, and it was the same for three meals a day.

Meng Qiu's appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention, because he was gorgeously dressed and full of blood and blood, which was incompatible with the poorly dressed image of the villagers, and the discussion rang out, chattering about Meng Qiu, a stranger.

Dinner is still blackened steamed buns, one for each person.

Bai Ling told Meng Qiu that the person who distributed the food was their village chief, who looked like he was forty years old, but his actual age was only thirty, and there was not a single old man in the whole village, because of the harsh environment, the life expectancy of the villagers would generally not exceed fifty years old.

Bai Ling was obediently queuing, and suddenly remembered an excited voice behind her.

"Xiao Bai Ling, there is a smell of meat on her body, she is the previous meat thief. ”

As soon as the words landed, the crowd was indignant, and everyone surrounded Bai Ling for a while.

"Sure enough, it smelled. ”

Village Chief Lu Qun approached Bai Ling and sniffed, and asked, "Little Bai Ling, say, is it you?"

"Not me, I didn't steal. ”

Bai Ling was aggrieved, tears kept rolling in his eyes, and he endured it so that he didn't slip down.

"Then how do you explain the smell of flesh on your body?"

Lu Qun frowned, as the village head, he must be responsible for the whole village.

Bai Ling was silent, the meat she ate was given by her eldest brother, if she told the truth, someone would definitely have bad intentions and deal with her eldest brother, so she must not say it.

"There's nothing to say, it's her, thief. ”

"Get out of here and leave her to fend for herself. ”

"Yes, get out. ”

"Get out. ”

The sound of crusade was endless, and Bai Ling lowered his head all the time, without refuting.

"Bai Ling, where are you hiding the rest of the meat?"

Lu Qun had already decided that Bai Ling was a meat thief, and the most important thing was to recover the stolen meat, so much meat, Bai Ling couldn't eat it at all.

"Wait, isn't it too much for a bunch of you to bully a little girl?"

At this time, a cold voice sounded, and I saw Meng Qiu squeeze through the crowd and come to Bai Ling's side.

"This is our village's business, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Lu Qun knew that the person in front of him was the young man that Bai Ling rescued a few days ago.

"Why is it not related to me?"

Meng Qiu said, took out a piece of barbecue, and said, "Because the meat that Ling'er eats is given by me." ”

"Big brother, you ......"

Bai Ling looked at Meng Qiu with a worried expression, but he didn't expect to be exposed in the end.

"It's fine. ”

Meng Qiu smiled and patted Bai Ling's shoulder, looked at Lu Qun, and asked, "Doesn't it have anything to do with me now?"

"It must have been him and Bai Ling who stole it. ”

In the crowd, someone immediately made such a sound.

"Yes, they must have been stealing together. ”

"Yes, grab it. ”

The echoes came and went, as if the fact that Meng Qiu and Bai Ling had conspired to steal was a foregone conclusion.

"Who dare?"

Meng Qiu took Bai Ling's little hand, and with a gentle push, he squeezed out of the crowd.

"Stop, don't make this matter clear, don't want to leave. Lu Qun shouted loudly and took the lead in leading the villagers to prepare to start.

"How?

Meng Qiu slammed the Qingjun Sword to the ground, and a strong wave of qi burst out, and for a while, the dust flew up, shaking all the villagers who were about to make a move out.

The villagers looked at Meng Qiu with shocked faces, as if they were looking at a monster, and they all fell silent without the aggressiveness just now.

"It doesn't matter who you are, you have to be clear. ”

Lu Qun stared at Meng Qiu vigilantly, although he was afraid of the latter's force, he still asked calmly.

"You ......"

Meng Qiu was a little annoyed, how could such a stupid person become the village chief?

"Big brother, don't be angry, the village chief is a good person. ”

Bai Ling held Meng Qiu's hand tightly, for fear that he would hurt the village chief with a sword.

"That's it. ”

Meng Qiu felt Bai Ling's pleading gaze, and sighed secretly, he would help him once for Bai Ling's sake.

"Follow me. ”

Meng Qiu glanced at Lu Qun and led everyone to a house.

"This is Liu Chen's home. ”

Lu Qun looked at Meng Qiu suspiciously, and asked, "What do you mean by bringing us here?"

"Of course I'll have to ask him. ”

Meng Qiu pointed to one person in the crowd with a playful expression, and that person had been the most cheerful before.

"Liu Chen. ”

The villagers quickly recognized the man, but he was pale and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Lu Qun was not a fool, seeing Liu Chen's abnormality, and then thinking of Meng Qiu taking them to Liu Chen's house, he already had a judgment in his heart.

"Go in and search. ”

After a while, the stolen pieces of meat were found in Liu Chen's home, and the accounts were seized, and the theft case was revealed.

Previously, when the villagers suspected Bai Ling's theft, Meng Qiu used his divine sense to carefully sweep the entire village, found the stolen meat in Liu Chen's home, and locked up the real culprit of the theft early.

"Big brother, you're so amazing. ”

On the way back, Bai Ling looked at Meng Qiu with adoration, his eyes full of little stars.

"Haha, little meaning. ”

Meng Qiu waved his hand indifferently, disapproving.

Bai Ling was very happy, since she lost her parents, she rarely showed a smile, Meng Qiu's appearance made her feel the warmth she hadn't seen for a long time, especially Meng Qiu's image of repelling everyone with a sword in order to protect her, leaving an indelible imprint on her young heart.

For dinner, of course, Meng Qiu would not let Bai Ling eat spoiled steamed buns, there was a lot of food in the Sumeru space bag, enough for Bai Ling to eat for a while, during which Bai Ling's home ushered in an unexpected guest.

"The village chief. ”

Bai Ling was very surprised by Lu Qun's arrival.

"Ling'er, I blamed you for today, and I came to apologize. ”

Meng Qiu glanced at the arriving Lu Qun and said with a smile: "Village Chief Lu, don't be polite, let's talk about something directly." ”

Lu Qun sneered and said: "Young Master Meng, be quick to talk, today's events are a lot of offenses." ”

Faced with Lu Qun's apology, Meng Qiu accepted it calmly, after all, he helped him find the real culprit and recover his losses in time.