"Ahhh......h

Xia Qian dodged lightly, did not be bumped into, and his eyes followed their figures all the way away until they were completely overwhelmed by the crowd.

"It's the third time, and it's today. Xia Qian secretly calculated.

Xia Yu immediately replied: "No, it's the fourth time." ”

Xia Lin also responded: "Indeed, when you buried your head in picking up the meat in the pot, you did walk through the door. As she spoke, she glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally.

The corners of Xia Qian's mouth twitched, this Xia Lin is really mean!

He suddenly remembered the young man he saw last night, and he must have a secret in him. If Ma Wu's achievement is really caused by him, of course he must include such a talent under his command, hum.

"Where are we going next?" Xia Yu asked.

Xia Qian burped, turned around and left, "Go find that Yao Xiucai." ”

"What are you looking for him?" Xia Lin followed him.

Xia Qian's old habit is to hold his head in his hands and walk leisurely.

Xia Lin reminded: "I can remind you, don't slack off in your cultivation, otherwise you will fall short and be completely wasted." ”

His tone was quite tough, and Xia Qian frowned when he heard it, a little impatient, and blurted out: "You are my mother......" The words stopped abruptly. Remembering the suffering not long ago, he twitched his quick mouth and almost said the wrong thing again.

Xia Lin raised his eyebrows, and his meaningful eyes drifted towards Xia Qian, "Hmm, what did you just say?"

Xia Qian hurriedly changed his words and said with a disguised smile: "I said you, you look like Xiulang." I compliment you on your good looks. "Xiu Lang refers to a young man with a good look.

Xia Lin twisted his face away and snorted coldly.

Xia Qian patted his chest, glad that he was very talented. Xia Yu smiled and walked silently.

The three of them came to the gambling house at the end of the alley, and there were still people coming and going. When they had been hiding in the dark, in addition to staring at the small black mud room not far away, they also found a strange old woman, she was about thirty-five or six years old, her dull hair was wrapped in a thick cloth rope, the flush on her cheeks was the mark of a long time of sunburn, her hands were rough and dry, she was the hands of many farm workers, she should be a farmer who had been cultivating the land for a long time. She had been waiting not far from the door of the gambling house, and the anxiety in her eyes was no less than theirs.

The gambling house must end every night, and the shouting in the gambling house also abruptly ceases when the sun recedes into the horizon. Those who come out are less happy and more sorrowful.

The old woman hurried a few steps forward, and one by one she looked at the faces of those who came out, and there were words in her mouth, and someone was displeased that she was in the way, and pushed her to the ground with a careless push.

The old woman fell to the ground and wept for a long time, quite pitiful. She slowly moved under a tree on the side of the road, still waiting.

Xia Qian and the others have not been alarmed, compared to Yao Xiucai's matter, this old woman's strange behavior made them more curious.

In the old time, Ma Wu and Yao Xiucai appeared again. Ma Wu carried a bright lamp to illuminate the road ahead. Although the light is faint, it is the brightest place in the dark night.

The old woman jerked her tired head, her eyes filled with tears. Before Xia Qian and them could act, she rushed out first. With numb legs, he stumbled and grabbed Yao Xiucai behind Ma Wu, and shouted, "Son!

Yao Xiucai was so frightened that he ducked back, Ma Wu stood in front of him, kicked the old woman in the chest, and scolded: "Where did you come from, madman, get out." ”

The old woman rubbed her aching heart and fell to the ground, she had not eaten oil and rice for many days, and her legs were really unable to support her, so she had to crawl back on her knees, pull Yao Xiucai's trouser legs, and cry: "Son, son." It's all my mother's fault, my mother begs you, save us, your father used all the money he collected this autumn to gamble, and there was no rice at home. Everyone in the village has no money to live. She wept so hard that she couldn't stop crying. In the quiet night, she was the only one crying, and it was scary to hear.

Yao Xiucai opened a pair of misty eyes, as if she didn't understand what she said at all. He shook his head desperately at Ma Wu, revealing panic. Ma Wu hurriedly took him into the gambling house, away from the old woman's sight.

The old woman was so sad and hungry that she rolled her eyes and fainted to the ground.

Xia Qian immediately ran out of his hiding place, rescued the old woman and brought her back to his small hut. Xia Lin and Xia Yu were guarding at home, while Xia Qian went back to the gambling house.

When he arrived again, the two of them came out of it, a long time later than before. He quietly followed the two back to Ma Wu's new mansion, and it was unbelievable that Ma Wu could buy such a mansion in the courtier's district, where every inch of land was valuable.

Ma Wu entered the gate of his horse mansion and casually beckoned a young and beautiful little maid. When he saw her approaching, he pulled her into his arms, touched her thin waist, took a handful of oil, and leaned into her ear and said, "Send him back to the room, come to my room, and rub my shoulders." His eyebrows fluttered, he wiped the hara on his lips, and went to his main hall with his hands behind his back like a county master.

The little maid sent Yao Xiucai back to the side hall as instructed. Ma Wu really didn't treat him badly, this side hall was about to catch up with his Linyuan Pavilion.

As soon as the little maid left, Xia Qian landed safely at the door of his room. The footsteps are light, and the dust falls.

The lights were lit in the house, and Xia Qian knocked on the door. Yao Xiu had just sat down when he heard someone knocking on the door. Without asking who it was, he pulled out the deadbolt and opened the two doors.

A gust of wind blew in, blowing out the only oil lamp in the room. There was no one at the door, so Yao Xiucai closed the door again in a daze, turned around and lit the oil lamp again.

As soon as the room lit up, Yao Xiucai took a step back suddenly, his eyes showing horror, and he looked at the strange man lying on his couch defensively.

Xia Qian lay on his side on the bed, propped his head, looked at him with a smile, touched the fox fur blanket under him, and sighed: "This fox skin is really good, it is very good to touch." ”

"Who are you?" he said slowly, word by word, with a frown.

Xia Qian kicked his legs, sat up lightly, and asked him, "Then who are you?" ”

Yao Xiucai ignored him with his mouth curled, his eyes were still innocent, and he really didn't know what he was.

Xia Qian got up, came to him, circled around him, covered his mouth that was about to shout, and warned: "Don't make a sound, or I will kill you." He pretended to intimidate him.

Yao Xiucai didn't dare to move, and nodded stunned. As a result, as soon as Xia Qian let go, he was grabbed by his hand and bit him the palm.

I'm damn it!

Xia Qian covered his right hand, cried silently, and slapped the table in great pain, which made the pain worse.

Yao Xiucai turned around and was about to run away, but Xia Qian opened his mouth to stop: "Yao Xiucai, you are pretending to be stupid." ”

Yao Xiucai immediately paused. After a long time, he straightened up the back that he had been carrying, tied up his scattered hair again, and turned around flatly, the shrewdness and wisdom in his eyes were completely different from the misty stupidity of Fang Cai.

Xia Qian smiled proudly: "Sure enough." ”

Yao Xiucai reinserted the deadbolt and politely poured him a cup of tea. He politely asked, "How do you know?" ”

Xia Qian was not taboo, and really drank the cup of tea he handed over: "Stupidity can be pretended, but fear cannot be concealed." How could a fool be afraid of me?"

Yao Xiucai chuckled: "It's true that my acting skills are not good, but it's enough to deceive those fools." ”

Xia Qian glanced at him: "You said Ma Wu?"

Yao Xiucai was noncommittal.

Xia Qian continued to ask: "What is the purpose of you and Ma Wu jointly opening a gambling house, not just to make money. ”

Yao Xiucai blew the tea leaves floating in the teacup and replied, "No." ”

Xia Qian asked again: "Then why are you pretending to be stupid? Deceive Ma Wu to let down his guard against you." ”

Yao Xiucai replied: "No. ”

Xia Qian: "I thought you were going to resist to the end and pretend to be stupid with me." Aren't you afraid that I'm not good?"

The corners of Yao Xiucai's mouth curved slightly: "Don't be afraid." He looked up at him: "I can see that you are a good man." ”

Xia Qian laughed heartily, suddenly shut up, stared at him with a pair of bright eyes, and asked, "Is that old woman your mother?"

Yao Xiucai's hand that put down the teacup suddenly froze, and he was silent for a long time, his eyes were complicated. "You see?"

Xia Qian: "Didn't you guess it too?"

Yao Xiucai flicked his fingers, and the white porcelain teacup fell and rolled down, and it immediately fell apart. His answer was accompanied by a piercing cracking sound.

"Yes. ”

Xia Qian's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that the upright young man in front of him would see his mother being kicked in the street, and he was still indifferent.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps at the door, and the inquiring voice of the little maid sounded: "I heard the movement, did something happen?"

Another servant said to him, "He's a fool, you ask him, can he get you back?"

Yao Xiucai blew out the candlestick in front of him. As soon as he was asleep, the servants hurried away again. "You're not leaving?" he looked at Xia Qian in front of him.

Xia Qian persistently asked, "What is your purpose?"

Yao Xiucai smiled innocently, squinted and said, "You'll know soon." ”

When Xia Qian left the Ma Mansion, he saw Xia Lin waiting for him outside the door.

"Why are you here. He asked.

Xia Lin replied, "The woman is awake. ”

"That's it, I'm going back right now, anyway, why do you bother to make a trip. He walked on the way back in the cool night breeze.

Xia Lin followed in his footsteps and walked side by side with him. He whispered, "I have to protect you." ”

Just as a gust of wind blew through, blowing away the words from his lips. Xia Qian put his hand to his ear, approached him, and said loudly: "What did you say?" ”

Seeing that he was deliberately mocking himself, Xia Lin whispered in his ear: "I said, if you don't cultivate, I will break your legs." ”

Xia Qian grimaced at him and patted his ass again, and ran away all the way.

The two of you chased me back to our little hut. The old woman woke up and was devouring her meal. A bowl of thin porridge was obviously not enough for her to drink, so Old Man Hou shook the rice jar and reluctantly dug out a small amount of white rice.

Xia Qian leaned on the door frame, stared at the old woman and said unexpectedly, "I went to see your son just now." ”

The old woman was stunned when she heard this, and the bowl with the rice soup in her hand immediately fell to the ground.

"Oh, my official kiln porcelain, what's the matter with you? I'll give you food, and you still drop my bowl. Old man Hou squatted down in distress to clean up the debris and fragments.

Xia Yu kindly squatted down to help him clean up, he picked up a piece of debris and looked back and forth, and innocently comforted: "Dad, don't worry." This is not real official kiln porcelain, it is a fake. ”

Old man Hou showed a fierce light, snatched the fragments in his hand and smashed them into the bottom of the bowl, and said angrily: "I said yes, yes." ”

Xia Yu didn't understand where his anger came from, and looked at Xia Lin blankly. Xia Lin sighed lightly.

The old woman was stunned for a long time, and suddenly rushed to Xia Qian's side, knelt down, and begged: "Please, stop him." If this continues, our family and our village will be completely destroyed. ”