Lao Tong came over with some grass and trees, added some more to the fire, and looked at the girl over there.
Zhi Changle was lying on the ground, his clothes untied.
Xia Zhaoyi sat on the stone next to him, holding a small wood chip in his hand. The wood chip was piled with black and green paste-like sap.
The small cloth bag in her other hand was stained with juice, and she went to Zhi Changle's open chest to wipe it.
"Girl, what's your name?" Lao Tong asked.
"Call me Ah Li, the pear of Lihua." Xia Zhaoyi replied,
"How do you know this?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and raised his head: "There are many medicine farmers here, and there are also many lumberjacks. You can think of me as a little medicine boy."
"You call me Lao Tong, and his name is Zhi Changle." Lao Tong stretched out his finger.
"Old Tong?"
"Li Rendong." Lao Tong said.
He is nameless and has no parents since he was three years old. He grew up wandering on the streets and encountered traffickers who abducted children several times, but he was clever and escaped from them all.
Once I was listening to storytelling in front of a teahouse and heard the words "Li Ren Dong". I remembered it so deeply that I called myself Lao Tong.
This also has the advantage of being friendly, as if you have known everyone for a long time and have a deep relationship with them.
Xia Zhaoyi nodded and said, "Okay, Lao Tong."
"My brother is not seriously injured, right?"
Xia Zhaoyi shook his head: "You are not light, and his injuries are not light either."
What to do?
Lao Tong frowned.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at their descriptions and attire, paused, and said, "Are you soldiers?"
Lao Tong was stunned, pursed his lips, and avoided her eyes: "No, it's not."
"Huh?" Xia Zhaoyi looked at him.
Lao Tong didn't say anything. He piled the grass and trees in his hands beside him. After sitting down, he looked at Zhi Changle: "Well, how is he? Is he paralyzed?"
"No." Xia Zhaoyi said, looking at him again, then looking back at the concoctions on Zhi Changle.
Lao Tong's face seemed to be on fire, and his whole person became uncomfortable. He raised his hand and scratched his neck, not knowing what to say.
If I had known better, I would have taken off these clothes first.
But when I took it off, I was afraid of going down the mountain without any protection due to bumps and bumps.
Who would have thought that a little girl would appear in the deep mountains and forests at night like this?
Feeling uncomfortable in his heart, Lao Tong paused and shouted: "Ah Li."
"Huh?" Xia Zhaoyi looked up.
Lao Tong met her clear eyes, and once again avoided it with a guilty conscience, and said: "Well, don't tell anyone what I told you."
"Um.".
"I, I am what...yes, we are soldiers!" Old Tong mustered up his courage.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at his armor and said, "Are you from the Jiangnan Barracks?"
"Um."
"Why was he transferred by Marquis Jing'an?"
"Do you know that we are from Marquis Jing'an?" Lao Tong was beating in his heart.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Don't worry, I don't like Marquis Jing'an."
"What?"
"I also know that you are deserters, but there is no need to be nervous." Xia Zhaoyi looked at him, "I have sworn hatred with the relatives of Marquis Jing'an."
Lao Tong subconsciously asked: "Tao Lan?"
After saying that, he blinked. The little girl's eyes were clear and quiet, and the biting chill that flashed past seemed to be dazzled by his own eyes.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said nothing.
Lao Tong licked his lips and said: "Ah Li, let me tell you this, we are indeed going to be deserters. I know this is very disgraceful, but I just don't want to sacrifice my life for the Marquis of Jing'an. You are so angry in the distance
Did you see that the man surnamed Lin insisted on letting us go down? When my third brother Bai went down, he accidentally dropped the torch in his hand. As a result, the man surnamed Lin lost his temper and cut off the rope of my third brother Bai! Also!
One time, we were sent to wait for someone in the stone road. There was no one there until it got dark, but they insisted on saying that we were derelict in our duties and punished us with not eating for two days and having to work hard all the time. A grumpy man couldn't stand it anymore.
, threw something, and ended up being chopped in front of us. We were still alive, but the blood was real! Our lives are worthless at all, and those people don’t take us seriously! I told them again
What about loyalty and benevolence?!"
"You are going in the wrong direction." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Lao Tong's words were boiling with anger and his tone was fierce. However, seeing that the girl listened quietly without any emotional fluctuations, she couldn't help but feel like she had been poured cold water on.
"Wrong direction?" His voice calmed down.
"Going down this way is the earth temple. You go around in a circle and go back."
Lao Tong paused for a moment, then raised his head and looked to the other side: "Then, which way should we go?"
"It's also deep in the mountains over there. You'll have to spend at least five days there. And you have no experience walking in the mountains. I don't know if you can make it out alive. There are many ferocious beasts in there."
Lao Tong frowned angrily and said, "That's really not possible. Just go back the same way. The fire over there is probably about to burn out, and the vegetation on the road will be reduced by a large amount."
"It won't rain in the next few days. There has just been a forest fire there and it is poisonous. You'd better not go there." Xia Zhaoyi thought for a while and said, "I can think of ways to help you, but you also have to
help me."
"Do you have any way to help us?" Lao Tong said blankly, and then he realized what he was doing and said, "No, this is a condition of exchange. Ah Li, if you want us to help you, just say it, it's not you, I and this
Zhi Changle will be scared to death here today."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Okay, just answer a few questions for me. Do you know what happened to Duke Dingguo's mansion?"
"Dong Guo?" Old Tong picked up a piece of grass and randomly wrapped it around his finger, "Is he the one who died in Huangze Valley two years ago?"
"Are there other Dukes of Dingguo?"
Lao Tong shook his head: "That's not true. It's just that you suddenly mentioned him and couldn't remember who it was for a moment. Maybe I can be more clear-cut when you mention his daughter."
These days there is chaos and war. People die on the battlefield and chaos occurs in the court. From time to time, we hear that someone has been killed in battle, or someone has been demoted or dismissed from office. In more serious cases, his entire family has been executed. Everyone has become numb.
On the contrary, some touching stories of passionate love and filial piety between sons and daughters were spread widely in storytelling, and were praised in the streets and alleys.
Intentionally or unintentionally, it is like a spiritual force that encourages and comforts the world.
The story about Li Ling Xia Zhaoyi, the world-famous eldest daughter of Duke Dingguo, who died for her brother, is one of them.
Thinking of what happened in those two years, Lao Tong sighed: "You are making trouble. This is why I don't want to stay here. The Marquis of Jing'an is scolded by people all over the world because of Tao Lan. He is now panicking day and night."
, the emperor wants to kill him, and even more the righteous people want to harm him. I don’t want to work behind such people. If there is a woman in the family who forgets her roots, betrays her country and seeks glory, how can the others be better? "
