"The boy disappeared, he must have come back." Little Thumb said, "He said a few days ago that he wanted to come back to burn paper for his dead parents and go back to the place where he last lived."
"What are you looking at? Is there anything interesting to see?" Southeast's face sank, "You two hurry up and go find him. Don't let him cause trouble in the capital. Although he doesn't know our details, the Lord still has some use for him. Don't let him go bad.
The Lord’s business.”
"I think it's time for Brother Southeast to go for a run." Thumb walked into the room, jumped up, and sat on a chair, "We might not be able to find anyone if we dig the underground of the capital into ant holes. After all, they are underground.
Working is what we are good at, but if we want to find people on the ground, we are not as good as your big brother from the southeast."
Thinking about it in the southeast, Thumb said the same thing. These dwarf brothers can run rampant underground, but if they show up on the ground, even disguise can't hide their special appearance. If they are noticed and captured by people from Prince Xuan's Mansion
, is also the Lord’s loss.
Therefore, Southeast decided to find Ximenhai on his own.
In his eyes, Ximen Hai was nothing at all. He didn't have a few kung fu skills and was dull-witted. He was not even as good as the stupid prince Ximen Che. However, Ximen Che's martial arts was pretty good.
"That kid was talking about his mother's birthday coming soon, saying that he wanted to come back to get his parents' belongings. He begged us brothers before that we would not return to the capital on our own without the Lord's order. That kid couldn't bear it.
I think he probably went back to the house where he moved after the Xiaoyao Hou Mansion was burned down." Seeing that Dongnan was about to leave, Thumb added, "But just to be on the safe side if I guess wrong,
You'd better go check it out."
"Everyone is dead, what's the use of remembering birthdays!" Southeast snorted coldly, "If he can really sneak back, that's what he's capable of. I'll go look for him."
Look southeast toward Ximen Jingyu's house.
In the evening, the vendors on the road were preparing to close their stalls. In the corner next to a stall selling sesame cakes, there was a beggar nestled in. His clothes were torn, his hair was messy and had a lot of frizzy things stuck on it, and he had a pair of black shoes.
He was holding half a pancake in his hand and chewing on it.
"Is that enough? I'll give you one more." The young owner of the sesame cake stall casually threw a sesame cake to the beggar.
The beggar opened his hands and held the flying biscuits in his arms.
Suddenly, the beggar's chaotic eyes lit up. He looked at the man passing by the sesame cake stall, stood up suddenly, and ran over regardless of the sesame biscuits that fell from his arms.
Suddenly a beggar ran towards him. Dongnan threw a piece of silver in disgust. He was doing something and didn't want to be disturbed. Even if the beggar came to him, he would happily send it away.
However, the beggar did not pick up the silver that rolled to the side, but followed Southeast closely.
Dongnan's expression remained unchanged, his heart sank, and he wanted to kill someone.
After passing an alley, Southeast turned and turned.
The beggar never left and followed closely.
Southeast, who was guarding the wall at the entrance of the alley, raised his foot and the beggar was caught off guard and tripped to the ground.
Southeast then stepped hard on the beggar's back and said coldly, "I gave you money for free, are you seeking death?"
"Ahem..." The beggar lay on the ground, unable to breathe after being stepped on, "It's me..."
This voice...
Southeast released his feet, the beggar turned over slightly and stood up half-supported.
Southeast dragged him up, opened his messy hair hanging on his face, and stared blankly at the face, "Is it really you?"
Although Dongdongnan had already heard that it was Ximenhai from the voice, looking at him face to face with his own eyes and seeing the dirt and stains on his face, he still couldn't believe that this miserable man was the former Xiaoyaohou Mansion's little boy.
Lord Hou.
Ximenhai kept nodding his head, and Southeast's questioning also convinced him that he had not mistaken the person. He was the man who appeared on Wuli Peak to convey their master's orders.
Southeast looked around vigilantly to make sure no one was watching, then dragged Ximenhai to a corner where no one would notice, and then let go.
Looking Ximenhai up and down, Dongnan chuckled and said, "You can really hide yourself well like this. No wonder you can put aside your thumb and sneak back to the capital."
"I want to go home and take some of my parents' relics with me. My mother's birthday is coming soon. I want to burn incense sticks for her at home. From now on, I will go out to do things. This is the last time..." Ximen
Hai Road.
"Is it useful to do these superficial things? Can people be resurrected? Can it help you achieve revenge?" Southeast asked one after another. Such a soft and gentle person is not the material to do big things.
Such a gentle man is not the material for big things at all. However, he is not someone he values in any case. He is just a chess piece in the hands of his master.
"Filial piety comes first, I don't think I'm wrong." Ximen Hai said, "My parents raised me for a long time, but I ended up with no one to die. I just came back after so many days to burn incense sticks. I have done a lot.
Far from enough.”
"Haha... After hiding in Huai'an County for a while, I have definitely changed a bit. I am not so excited anymore." Southeast sneered.
"My father and mother are dead, and it is useless for me to be sad. I just want to pay homage to my father and mother one last time. I think my father and mother also want to see that I am still alive." Ximenhai said, "From now on, before the great revenge is avenged, I
I no longer know how to worship, and I have no shame in doing so."
Southeast nodded, "This is also your decision. So, have you gone back?"
"I went, but I didn't come in." Ximenhai said.
"Enter? Isn't that courtyard always sealed? How dare you expect to enter through the door so arrogantly?" Southeast glanced at Ximenhai up and down, "Do you want me to take you over the wall and jump in?"
That's what he said, but he didn't want to touch this dirty beggar any more.
"I can climb in by myself." Ximen Hai saw the disdain for himself in Dong Dong's eyes. No matter how bad his martial arts skills were, he could still climb over the wall.
"Really?" The sarcastic smile in Dongnan's eyes deepened, "Then you were tripped by my kick just now. I was really afraid that you would fall from the wall and break your head. It's really useless for a beggar to become a fool.
Already."
"I admit that I can't compare to you." Ximen Hai suppressed his anger, and his expression could not be seen on his dirt-covered face. He did not guard against Southeast just now and fell to the ground, which was very ungraceful.
But now he is no longer the young marquis of the past. He is just a homeless fugitive with deep hatred. What kind of demeanor can he still have?
Although it wasn't that far from Huai'an County to the capital, he had been a beggar all the way. Now, apart from facing his dead parents, there was nothing left for him to care about his appearance, let alone his demeanor.
In fact, he is not even as good as a real beggar. A beggar can beg freely and openly, but he has to be careful not to expose his identity and is always nervous.
"I will definitely use my own method to avenge my parents!" Ximen Hai said, only his eyes were shining, showing the hatred that could not fade away.
Southeast's contemptuous expression subsided slightly, and he snorted lightly. He was too lazy to argue with Ximen Hai here. Some energy was not worth wasting. What he focused on was the results, not empty words.
"It's not that I can't go home, it's that I found that there seemed to be someone in the sealed yard." Ximenhai also got to the point of his words.
Because he noticed someone, he didn't dare to sneak in rashly. He knew his level and was afraid that he would get into trouble if he made a mistake, so he chose to avoid it.
He didn't know where to contact the "Lord" in the capital, but he knew that he had escaped from Huai'an County, and Brother Thumb knew that he would definitely find him, so he hid on the roadside leading to the house and waited.
I met Southeast by chance.
"Is there someone in the courtyard?" Southeast was a little surprised. The sealed courtyard seemed to be abandoned and was located among the rows of civilian courtyards. When no one paid attention, Ximenhai actually said that there was someone in the courtyard?
In fact, logically speaking, that house is not Ximen Jingyu's home. Xiaoyaohou Mansion has been burned down long ago. Ximen Hai only lived in the small house for less than a month, but it was their final destination.
, Ximen Hai wanted to go back, but he was just looking for psychological comfort.
It was obvious that the news that there was someone in the yard far outweighed Ximenhai's wishes, causing Dongnan to immediately think that there might be something unusual hidden there.
"There must be someone," Ximenhai said, "I walked around to the back wall of the broken house where the west wall collapsed. I originally planned to climb over the wall and get in, but I heard someone's voice on the other side of the wall, but I couldn't hear it clearly. Later,
I avoided it from a distance, and sure enough I saw someone coming out from behind the broken house. He was so quick that it would have been difficult to spot him unless I kept my eyes on him."
"Have you seen that person?" Southeast asked.
This thing is really strange. Who would be hiding in that yard? Maybe they are plotting something?
Ximenhai shook his head, "That man moved very quickly and I couldn't see clearly. Should you go check it out?"
Looking at the sky in the southeast, there is only a trace of the sun's afterglow.
"Let's wait until dark." Southeast said. "Since they are here, they won't leave for a while. I'll go to the master first and ask. If you still want to wait at the sesame cake stall, I'll ask Brother Thumb to pick him up."
You leave."
"I won't leave, I have to go home!" Ximen Hai said stubbornly. If he just left like this, wouldn't he come back in vain? Besides, he also wanted to know who was secretly working in his home.
"Go home? Do you really think that is your home? Your Xiaoyaohou Mansion has long been reduced to ashes. You should go to the ruins of Xiaoyaohou Mansion to pay homage." Southeast Road.
"Xiaoyao Hou's Mansion was burned down." Ximen Hai had to admit that the fire was the beginning of their misfortune. "But there were things my parents last used in that yard, as well as things that were saved from the fire.