Wu Xiao inspected it in the front yard and said: "I'll go to the backyard to see", the backyard of this house is built on the mountain, the mountain is gentle, the original owner rested a few platforms in a high place, and the steps are connected to each other, several courtyards and pavilions are built on these platforms, standing on a high place, you can see far, and the pond and road outside the house can be seen clearly.

Wu Xiao took a look at each courtyard again, it is estimated that there are fewer people in these courtyards, and the damage is not serious, there is actually a small courtyard against the mountain rock that is still very clean, but the furniture and utensils have been emptied, and it is estimated that the nearby villagers have stolen it privately for a long time.

Wu Xiao came to the front yard and explained the situation, the three of them decided to rest in the backyard, which could save a lot of trouble, and immediately the three of them tied the horse to the back yard, Zhaohu was responsible for mowing the grass and taking care of the horses, fetching water and chopping firewood, and the red fish cooked, Wu Xiao cleaned the yard and the two rooms, the room was full of dust for a long time, the footprints on the ground were of different shades, and the cobwebs were also everywhere.

There was a small locked room on the side, Wu Xiao looked through the crack in the door, there was still some furniture in it that could be used, so he smashed the lock, took out some wooden frames and planks from it, and set up two beds, after doing this, he turned around to confirm that it was almost done, but went to the front to see how Hongyu and Zhaohu were doing.

A burst of fish fragrance came from the small kitchen not far away, and Wu Xiao walked in.

"Come and taste this soup," Hongyu said busily when he saw Wu Xiao coming

"Yes, it's so fresh, where did you get such a big fish," Wu Xiao said

"Zhaohu tied it in the pond in front of him, he tied three, which pond has a lot of fish" The red fish is very happy, they haven't had a serious meal in the past few days, and today there is finally fish to eat.

"It's not enough, it's not enough, I'll tie two more," Zhaohu said as he came in with a few firewood

"I found out that Ah Hu won't worry about eating anywhere in the future, haha, Xiaoxiao, what do you say" Hongyu smiled heartily

"Useful" Wu Xiao's brief evaluation

"Don't laugh, this is a piece of cake for me, I was a child and my father went up the mountain to catch roe deer, beat rabbits, go into the water to catch fish and catch scare, every time I didn't return empty-handed" Zhaohu was very proud

The three of them quickly ate a pot of fish, and there was not a drop of soup left

Wu Xiao helped the red fish find a wooden barrel that could still be used, boiled some water, and let the red fish clean, while the two men jumped into the pond in front of the house to clean.

"Don't pay attention to the movements around you when you sleep at night," Wu Xiao said while wiping his chest with a cloth

"What's the matter, what is the eldest brother worried about?" Zhaohu wondered

"It's nothing, barren mountains and wild leaders, be careful," Wu Xiao said

"Okay, I see," Zhaohu replied

"Come, I'll help you wipe your back," Wu Xiao rolled the cloth into his hand

Zhaohu turned around, Wu Xiao wiped it for him, and after it was over, the two of them rotated, they were tired during the day, and after cleaning, the three of them went to bed early.

Wu Xiao was lying flat, while the red fish hugged Wu Xiao's neck and slept soundly.

It is the night moonlight like water, shining on the floor of the house through the panes, forming a grid of window shadows, and in the dim light, the dust is filled with dust, and it is extraordinarily silent.

At midnight, a black shadow slowly escalated on the light and shadow of the floor, blocking most of the light spots, and a figure appeared in front of the windowsill so suddenly, motionless.

After the good outside, the man sighed, as if a dry leaf had fallen to the ground, he took a deep breath softly, and two soft and loud nighthawk calls came out of his mouth.

A moment later, a tile on the roof was gently removed, without making a sound, and no moonlight shining through, apparently someone was blocking the light with their bodies.

There was no movement for a long time, until two more nighthawk calls were heard outside the window, and the fireball fell from the roof and shot at the two men on the bed.

When the fireball fell to the arm's height in front of the bed, Wu Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, and with a quick wave of his left hand, hit the fireball, the fireball shot towards the windowsill, and exploded on the windowsill, and the entire windowsill immediately burst into flames, obviously a canister of fire oil wrapped in cloth, if it fell on Wu Xiao and Hongyu, it would immediately catch fire, and it was difficult to extinguish.

"Zhaohu" Wu Xiao shouted, got up from the bed, shot out of the house, and landed in the courtyard, which black shadow outside the window obviously did not expect such a change to happen, he was stunned for a while, and flashed in the direction of the pond.

At the same time, a petite figure on the roof jumped rapidly towards the back hill, and Zhaohu's door was kicked open, and the door panel flew out far away, and he jumped out.

"Which one is yours above" Wu Xiao pointed to the roof and chased in the direction of the pond.

Which black shadow in front has been bowing down, rushing forward through the hidden place of the big tree and the courtyard wall, Wu Xiao jumped on the courtyard wall, condescendingly, and chased after the black shadow, which black shadow suddenly turned around, three cold lights shot towards Wu Xiao, Wu Xiaoping turned over his body and dodged the hidden weapon.

Picked up the bamboo pole leaning against the courtyard wall, and threw it at which person, the landing point was very clever, three steps in front of the person, which black shadow had to stop and avoid, this pause, Wu Xiao had already caught up.

As soon as the black shadow turned around, a cold light swept towards Wu Xiao's face, Wu Xiao leaned back, kicked at the jaw of which person at his feet, who immediately retreated, Wu Xiao turned over a heel, stepped forward as a punch in the chest, which person gave way sideways, the dagger slashed at Wu Xiao's wrist, Wu Xiao's right hand suddenly shrank, turned his wrist and buckled the wrist of the person holding the dagger, who only felt that the wrist was tight, a strong force came, the wrist was buckled, the dagger immediately fell to the ground, and at the same time only felt a tight elbow, his hand had been twisted to the back, the pain of drilling the heart came from his arm, and he felt that he was about to be twisted, he had to lie down, Wu Xiao stepped on the back of his heart, and trampled him on the ground。

Wu Xiao hijacked someone back to the small courtyard, found a hemp rope, and tied him up strongly, and soon, Zhaohu came back with a shrunken figure in one hand.

He wanted to climb the cliff in the back mountain, but his grandfather smashed her down with a flying rock. Zhaohu said proudly

Wu Xiao pointed to the ground, Zhaohu threw the person in his hand to the ground, and the two rolled into a pile, who was busy checking before, but his arms were tied and he was unable to move, so he had to sit on the ground, arch his petite body on his feet, lowered his head and listened to his breathing, and when he saw that he was not dead, he straightened up again.

Redfish walked over and asked, "What's going on?"

Wu Xiao briefly said what happened just now, and then said, "These two people are going to burn us to death."

Hongyu sighed and was about to walk over to take a look, but Wu Xiao pulled her and walked in front of the two of them.

By the light of the moon, I could see clearly the two people on the ground, and sitting was an old man, he was very old, his body was completely clumsy, he couldn't stand upright, his face was crawling with wrinkles like tree bark, so deep that they were like knives, and they were dirty, only two eyes were still shining from time to time.

The other one was already unconscious, probably injured by Zhaohu from the mountain wall, and his hands and feet were broken in many places, and the blood did not stop, and the old man's pants were wet. I can't tell men and women, but I should be very young, and my face and body are the same mess.

"Who are you, why did you kill us," Wu Xiao asked calmly

"If you want to kill, kill," the old man made a hoarse voice like a broken gong

Wu Xiao took out the dagger and pressed it on the neck of the small body on the old leg, obviously exerting force, and the blood had already flowed out of the blade.

The old man's body was stunned, his eyes were full of urgency and concern, but his eyes were still very firm and did not speak.

"Don't kill this little girl" Hongyu ran over and grabbed Wu Xiao's arm.

Wu Xiao and Zhaohu were a little surprised, and took a look at the probe, and sure enough, the chest was slightly raised, and the eyebrows were also the appearance of a girl, but they were too dirty, and neither of them paid attention to it.

Wu Xiao raised the knife, and the red fish picked up the little girl and put it on a wooden board.

"Bring me my bag and fetch another bucket of water," Redfish said to Zhaohu, who complied, and the old man was always alert and concerned about everything in front of him.

Hongyu wiped the girl's wound with water, the pale but delicate skin base was revealed, fortunately the wound on it was not deep, the red fish sprinkled a little hemostatic powder, and soon stopped the bleeding, and finally, she wiped the girl's face, a beautiful girl's face appeared, she was still unconscious, but her breathing was much smoother, there was no blood on her face, and the pale was terrible.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the ground all of a sudden, Zhaohu came over and glanced at the little girl, and fortunately said: "I didn't know that she was a woman, if I knew...", Zhaohu thought for a while and continued: "If I knew, I would also beat her down."

The red fish gave him a blank look, and Zhaohu walked away with interest and came behind the old man.

Hongyu glanced at Wu Xiao, Wu Xiao nodded and said, "Keep her first"

He walked up to the old man and said, "We were just passing by, and we heard that there was a courtyard here, so we came to stay for one night, and we didn't bother to probe your secrets."

The old man looked at Wu Xiao, and he wondered, "How did you wake up?"

"When I was cleaning the house, I saw different shades of footprints on the ground, and some of them were just imprinted."

"The courtyard on the stone platform on which side is relatively clean, it doesn't look like it has not been taken care of for many years," Wu Xiao pointed to the small courtyard on the right

"And the whole house is covered with thatch, but there is a path from the courtyard wall to the pond, and it is obvious that someone often takes water and steps it out," Wu Xiao continued

Wu Xiao paused for a moment and continued: "The most important thing is that when we were eating fish, I heard footsteps outside the house, although it was very soft."

After listening to it for a long time, the old man sighed and said: "Although Your Excellency is young, you are thoughtful, alert, and extraordinary. ”