At noon, a large official ship full of sails caught up with Zeng Asheng's merchant ship, and a man who looked like an official on the opposite side shouted: "The ship in front of the ship will stop immediately, and the ship will be sunk immediately if it does not stop after three times", and then the sound of the horn spread all over the river. Zeng Asheng people anchored, and the two boats confronted each other on the wide river. He came to the bow of the ship and hugged his fist on the opposite side: "Why did the official on the opposite side order me to stop the ship, we are doing serious business, but we are not the slightest traitor", the official on the opposite side shouted: "Wait, After a while, a middle-aged man walked out of the attic of the official ship opposite, Zeng Asheng immediately knelt down on one knee and reported in a loud voice: "The grass name Zeng Asheng has seen the inspection of Lord Li", and the brothers behind also bowed down together, Lord Li looked at Zeng Asheng and said slowly: "Zeng Asheng get up, no need to be polite", Zeng Asheng stood up, and the brothers behind also stood up.

"Zeng Asheng, the people at the dock said that they saw a court criminal jump on your boat, but there is such a thing" Zeng Asheng glanced at the brother behind him and said: "A child jumped on my boat in the morning, I don't know if this child is the court criminal that the adults said", Li coughed twice and said: "Exactly, where is the current criminal".

"I don't know what this kid has done, it's worth the adults to do it themselves"

"It's not up to you, a civilian, to take care of it, where are the prisoners at the moment?"

"My lord, Zeng Mou is not talented, friends raised and gave me the name of Yijiang Dragon, which little brother hurriedly threw himself into my boat, if I tell my whereabouts like this, how will I behave in front of my friends in the future, I don't know if the adult can explain the reason, in the end a seven or eight-year-old child committed a heinous crime, even the inspector Li personally came out to hunt down"

"Zeng Asheng, so bold, you can also ask about the affairs of the court, quickly say that you committed the crime, otherwise don't blame the official for not talking about the past", Lord Li listened to Zeng Asheng's words, and couldn't hold back his words for a long time, and it was not easy to express it clearly, so he only hinted that he had received a lot of benefits from the Qinghe Gang in the past, but these things could not be taken on the surface, it was not this matter, he would definitely not find trouble with Zeng Asheng, how could anyone cut off his own financial route, but today he had no choice.

"My lord, the court also talks about the law, I don't think a seven or eight-year-old child will have the ability to do evil, I don't know if adults can go down to the people's feelings, open the net, and let the child rehabilitate."

"Zeng Asheng, this official is all about this, this is a secret of the country, it is inconvenient to declare, you quickly tell your whereabouts, otherwise you and your brothers on the ship will be punished for harboring crimes, and the law will be corrected on the spot, you think about it, is it worth exchanging so many brothers for a court criminal", Master Li said sharply.

Zeng Asheng was obviously very embarrassed, looked at the brothers, and finally sighed slightly, made a look, a lean man immediately ran into the cabin and pulled out a seven or eight-year-old child, pushed to the bow of the boat, which child glared angrily, but was not afraid at all.

I only heard Master Li shouting: "It is this person, Zeng Asheng immediately sent him over, read that you don't know the reason, it is a pure heart, and the official will not be held accountable", several officials quickly set up a long canban between the two boats, the two men were about to escort the child, which child shook his arm, and said coldly: "I will go", strode towards the canban first, and the two officials on the opposite side hurriedly came to receive.

The child walked to the middle of the board and suddenly changed, he shouted all his life: "Dog officer, my whole family will not let you go if you are a ghost", after doing a loud shout, jumped down the river, at this time the river is very urgent, the child's figure was washed away as soon as he entered the water, leaving only the people on both sides of the boat looked at him in astonishment. Zeng Asheng ran to the side of the boat in three steps and two steps and shouted: "Little brother, little brother, it was Ah Sheng who hurt you, I am sorry for you." After saying that, Ao was annoyed and burst into tears.

Seeing this situation, Lord Li didn't know how to deal with it for a while, he looked around for a while, and he didn't know the essentials, at this time, a few figures flew out of the attic and landed around the official building to look down, a pillar of incense time passed, and there was no movement on the river, thinking that the child's body had already been washed by the river and didn't know where it went.

"Zeng Asheng, you are so self-conscious" After Lord Li said this, he also went into the attic, and soon the official messenger on the deck put away the canban and drove away, and Zeng Asheng was still crying by himself.

Everyone took three steps and two steps down to the bottom warehouse, saw that the red fish was anxiously pacing back and forth, saw Zeng Asheng hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Uncle Zeng, how is it", Zeng Asheng comforted: "Don't worry, the official has already left", and then lay on the warehouse board under the ground with a few brothers, several people each held a thin iron sheet, inserted into the gap between the two ends of a warehouse, and pried the warehouse up, just pried up the warehouse board, and saw Wu Xiao's face exposed at the bottom two inches, he only had his nose and eyes in the only two inches of air, The others were all soaked in the water, two small hands grasped a cable under the bottom of the boat, it was very difficult, the warehouse board opened, he immediately put his head into the cabin and inhaled a big mouth, and then spit out a lot of water, the two men immediately lifted up from his river water, lay flat on the warehouse board, only to see the bottom of the warehouse two inches below is the turbulent river, from time to time there is the river water rolled up stones to hit the bottom of the boat.

"Little brother is really not simple, he is very brave at a young age, when he grows up, mix with me, as long as I am alive" After speaking, Zeng Asheng laughed heartily.

"It's still Uncle Zeng's plan, otherwise I'll die too," Wu Xiao said unprecedentedly after panting a little more calmly.

"Ships like ours that sell smuggled salt, the bottom of the boat generally has such a secret grid, if it is inspected by the officials, they will pour the salt from here into the river water, in case they are caught, I also temporarily thought of this idea, so that the little brother will hide for a while, the officials will think that you are dead, they will not pursue the matter again, and you can live in peace in the future."

"Thank you Uncle Zeng for saving your life," Wu Xiao said sincerely.

"Don't thank me, you are a friend of the red fish, we are willing to take such a big risk, the red fish don't know how many lives our brothers have saved, today they just paid back"

"Uncle Zeng is serious, this is a matter for Hongyu and Grandpa, don't dare to say this" Hongyu smiled.

"You can not care, our brothers can't stop talking, otherwise we won't be able to mix in the road, aren't we brothers?"

"Big brother is right," the brothers said in unison.

"Okay, let's stop talking about who owes whom, wait a minute," Redfish said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, the redfish girl is right, this matter has been said for three days and three nights, let's go, let's go up first".

At this time, when it got dark, everyone hastily made dinner, leaving a few brothers who were on vigil, and they all went to sleep, and also vacated a small boat warehouse for Hongyu and Wu Xiao alone, in Zeng Asheng's words, two clean people should stay away from our group of stinky coolies, so as not to smoke you.

At night, Wu Xiao lay on the bed, covered with a relatively new quilt, listening to the sound of the wind and water outside the boat, and felt that the surroundings were very quiet, he had not slept in this situation for a long time, and he couldn't sleep a little, he simply opened his eyes and looked at the Haoyue Galaxy outside the window, thinking about what had happened recently, thinking that the day before the accident, his father was still teaching his own archery skills in the backyard, and his mother sewed a winter robe for himself, and asked him to try on half of the clothes, comparing the size. His parents have left him, leaving him alone in this world, and he doesn't know where to go, as well as who his parents were plotted to do, who are the people who chased and killed him, and why these people want to harm his whole family, he doesn't know anything, how to repay this hatred of the sky, Wu Xiao secretly decided that he must live, and let those who killed his whole family be counted as one, so that they will regret what they did that day. The fists were clenched hard, and the nails were inserted into the palms of his hands, but Wu Xiao had no tears, and in the moat of the capital, he had no tears when he turned over from the wooden plank.

After a long time, Wu Xiao relaxed, he looked sideways at the red fish on the bed opposite, and fell asleep quietly, there was a steady breathing sound, and the girl's unique fragrance, this smell seemed to be very familiar, and the pain just now was calmed down a lot.

The next day, when the sky was just slightly bright, Wu Xiao was woken up by the red fish, "Come, get dressed, we're going to leave soon"

"Where to go" Wu Xiao took the clothes that the red fish gave him and found that it was a coarse cloth shirt, it was estimated that it was a random one, Wu Xiao was much bigger after wearing it, the red fish took a belt and helped him tie it, it looked like a big coat, after cleaning up the red fish picked up the skin bag and pulled him out, at this time Wu Xiao found that the boat did not know when it landed at a deserted small dock, his black horse had already been pulled out of the cabin and bolted to the shore, and several strong men in short clothes were carrying bags of goods from the boat, After carrying it to the dock and tying it to the wheelbarrow, Zeng Asheng saw Hongyu and Wu Xiao coming out, and hurriedly ran over and pushed them back and said, "You guys will come out later, don't let people see it now", and then closed the warehouse door, and the two of them sat on the bed and waited.

"Where are we going in a while?" Wu Xiao asked

"Aren't you looking for Xiping Reins, I'll take you to him," Redfish said

Wu Xiao's heart jumped: "Do you know where Xiping's reins are?"

"We're pretty acquainted, of course I know where he is," Red Fish laughed

"How soon can we get there"

"Half a month," Redfish tilted his head and thought for a moment.

Then Wu Xiao was silent, just at this time Zeng Hesheng opened the warehouse door, beckoned to the two and said: "Let's go". After coming out of the abandoned dock, there is a dirt road, and there are some indentations of wheelbarrows, which are estimated to be left by the person who picked up the goods just now.

Hongyu looked at the black horse and said: "This horse is good, much stronger than my donkey, go back and kill the donkey to eat meat", after saying that, she turned over on the horse, straightened the skirt, and looked back to see Wu Xiao still standing stupidly by the horse's head, she beckoned to Wu Xiao: "Come up, what are you still standing", Wu Xiao walked to the side of the horse, and was about to get on the horse, Hongyu stretched out two pink arms and clamped Wu Xiao's armpit, and lifted him to the front to sit down, Hongyu moved to the back of the saddle and said: "Not tall, it's quite heavy, hold it firmly", she snorted lightly and shook the reins, the black horse ran around, a woman, a child, together are not as heavy as an adult man, so the black horse does not feel how hard, running is still brisk and steady.

Wu Xiao grabbed the copper ring on the saddle with both hands, Hongyu hugged him with both hands, afraid that he would fall off the horse, Wu Xiao was a little restrained, Hongyu felt that his body was as stiff as an iron plate, and secretly laughed in his heart, and did not break it, afraid that he would be more nervous, and deliberately found some gossip to talk about.

"Who are the people who are chasing you?"

"It's a killer, but I don't know which organization it is," Wu Xiao replied

"Where are you from?"

"Chang'an"

"So far, how long have you walked"

"It's been a month" "Have you been caught up by them?"

"Yes, but I escaped"

"Do you always talk so little?"

"......" Wu Xiao was silent

"Okay, what are you going to do with the Creek Flat Reins?"

"I found him to know"

"You don't want to say it, don't you say it to me?"

"......" Wu Xiao was silent again

"Why did you come out alone, what about your parents, don't they travel with you?"

"......." Wu Xiao lowered his head, his mood was obviously low, and after a long while, he said, "It's all dead."

Hongyu's heart tightened, a sadness inexplicably surged up, a seven or eight-year-old child, his parents forgot about it, fleeing alone for thousands of miles, what kind of fear and suffering did he have to go through to get here, Hongyu tightened his arms and hugged Wu Xiao tightly in his arms, Wu Xiao did not resist, at this moment he felt so peaceful, tears flowed down like beads with broken threads, men have tears and do not flick, but not to be sad, not to mention that he is just a little boy, when he is cared for by women, the fragile things in his heart are like a flood that bursts the embankment, After a thousand miles, Hongyu stopped his horse, hugged Wu Xiao tightly like this, and didn't say anything, letting Wu Xiao cry silently in his arms, for a long time, for a long time.

Wu Xiao slowly calmed down, Hongyu used his cuffs to help him wipe away his tears, and also wiped the dirty parts of his cheeks and forehead, only to find that Wu Xiao's face was so delicate at this moment, he was a little in a trance, and felt that this little boy was very unreal.She smiled and said: "Let's go, I remember that there is a tea shed in front, let's eat something.", Wu Xiao seemed to be infected by her quiet and warm smile.Hongyu urged the horse to run, Wu Xiao also easily leaned on her arm, the two of them seemed to have known each other for a long time, there was no longer restraint, no longer estranged.