Su Cheng's marriage was called off, so Liu Xiaoqi sneaked to the Su Mansion at night to discuss with the two girls what to do next. Jia Gui said, "Isn't it true that your niece is missing?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I found the letter I just got."
"Ah? We found it so quickly..." Jia Gui was disappointed.
Liu Xiaoqi snorted: "She is quite capable, so she ran away and became a little bandit!"
It turned out that little girl Liu Mingyi had her immature values shattered by her biological parents, and she ran away from home when she got mad. She had never left the capital since she was a child. Fortunately, Liu Xiaoqi's bookstore was full of maps, and Chen Ruijin gave them to her when she left the capital. There were two silver notes hidden in her purse. She then stole a horse in the suburbs of Beijing and headed south. She also left a hairpin for someone to use as money to buy the horse and ran away. After finding the hairpin, Jia Xu After waiting for someone to get her information, they chased her all the way and finally caught up. Her little ancestor suddenly disappeared again, as if he was following some merchants from Fujian. The waiter at the inn heard her say that she had a master. In Taiwan, if she was sent back, her master would definitely repay them double the money they paid for food and lodging along the way. Then those merchants would never be able to find her again.
Until recently, Chen Ruijin was subduing bandits in various places in Jiangxi. He occasionally heard that a group of bandits disguised themselves as merchants and went to Beijing to play. On the way back, they picked up a little girl and had some skills. The bandit leader saw her clever and cute and wanted to adopt her as his daughter. The little girl refused to die and almost ran away. Chen Ruijin heard that the girl's age, appearance and temperament were similar to Liu Mingyi's, so he rushed over. By chance, he met this girl and coaxed someone to take her down the mountain to buy sweets. Xuan let her succeed, so he hid aside and watched without saying a word. Finally, another sensible minion noticed, scolded the little minion, pointed at Liu Mingyi and said: "This is a villain! You lead it She will know the way once she walks back! Run back and see if the king doesn't deal with you!" and drove the little girl away. Liu Mingyi ran around the village angrily. Seeing that there were people guarding every road, she had to return to herself. Go inside.
There are also women on the mountain. There is an aunt who likes her and knows that she is not at ease, so she persuades her: "Pan girl, if you want to go down the mountain to play, won't you become the eldest lady on the mountain if you ask the king to be your father?"
Liu Mingyi shook his head: "I only have one father, who loves me the most and doesn't recognize anyone else."
The aunt glanced at her: "Why did I hear that you ran away from home?"
"Um."
"Since your father loves you, why did you come out?"
"...I'm angry with my mother."
"Is your mother treating you badly?"
"Okay, okay..." Liu Mingyi was so upset because she failed to escape again that she couldn't care about anything else, so she casually said, "My mother stole someone."
"Ah?!" A gossipy light suddenly appeared in the aunt's eyes, and she smiled, "You look so neat, I guess your mother is also a beauty. Who did she steal?"
Liu Mingyi pouted: "My biological father!"
The aunt was stunned: "Who? Isn't it your father's kiss?"
Liu Mingyi sighed: "Both my mother and I were picked up by my father. My biological father threw it away. Oh, I can't explain... Anyway, my biological father doesn't want me anymore! It's not that he doesn't want me, it's..." She thought about it. , her biological father was just stupid, not bad. He simply puffed up his cheeks and said nothing. On the contrary, the aunt became interested and used various words to seduce her; she just remained silent.
At dusk, all the women in the mountain knew that Little Pan ran away from home because her mother had an affair with someone, and the person who stole it was her biological father. Regardless of their status or age, the women surrounded Liu Mingyi like a pack of wolves, Everyone asked about the story of her parents. Liu Mingyi was full of displeasure - she had never been so unhappy since she left home. Later, the prince personally drove them away for her, but she was still miserable.
That night, Liu Mingyi went to bid farewell to the King of the Mountain with a sullen face and said, "I feel uncomfortable staying on the mountain."
The king frowned and said: "Just because women are gossipy? Women in the world are like this."
Liu Mingyi said: "My master is not."
The king said: "I've heard that all the women in Taiwan go out to do things like the men. I just don't believe there are women who don't talk nonsense."
Liu Mingyi said: "My master is not."
The king said: "You are not allowed to leave anyway, just stay and be my daughter." He waved her hand and drove her out.
Liu Mingyi glanced at him for a few times, bowed and said: "Logically speaking, I should kowtow to the king to thank you for protecting me for traveling such a long way. But my uncle Cong said that kowtow and kneel down are some of the most formal etiquette. It's a very unequal thought, but it's not good anyway. Let me bow to you. In fact, my biological father's surname is Liu, and Pan is my adoptive father's surname. I know that even if I find a master in the future, I will definitely have to have the surname Liu. .”
The king smiled and asked: "Why?"
Liu Mingyi pouted: "Master and father are from the same sect."
The king said: "It can be seen that master and biological father are in the same group, why are you looking for her?"
Liu Mingyi said: "Master is the best, and my father is not bad either. I'm just angry - I don't know why I'm angry." The king laughed again. Liu Mingyi bit her lips and said, "I'll let you know if there are any difficulties in the future. , go to Chengtian Mansion in Taiwan to find Liu Mingyi. Even if I can't help you, my master will definitely be able to help you."
The king sneered and said: "What a big tone! What can you do for me, a little older child? If it weren't for me, you would either starve to death or be beaten to death or sold!"
Liu Mingyi curled her lips and said: "You are right. So do I owe you a favor..."
The King choked her and didn't know what to say for a long time, and finally waved her hand to let her go. Liu Mingyi bowed again before leaving.
That night, Liu Mingyi passed through the bushes in the back mountain, trying to escape down the mountain. The mountain king hid behind and watched her for a long time before moving a few feet away. He gritted his teeth, took off the bow from his back, nocked the arrow and took aim. After half a day, I finally put down my hands and turned around to go back to the village.
Chen Ruijin followed Liu Mingyi secretly, waiting for her to slowly walk through the trees for an hour and a half before she found a path. She sat down and rested for about a quarter of an hour, then ran down the mountain along the path until the sun came out. , Liu Mingyi took out a brown rice dumpling from the bag and ate it, then looked at the sun to identify the direction, and finally found a big tree to climb up to sleep, and fell asleep in the blink of an eye. Chen Ruijin jumped up to the fork of the tree to take a look, and the child had lost a lot of weight. My son, I felt proud and distressed at the same time. I couldn't bear to wake her up, so I carefully picked her up from the tree, carried her on my back and walked away.
When Liu Mingyi woke up in the inn and saw her master, she blinked and said nothing for a long time. Chen Ruijin's face sank and he was about to scold her, but she quickly shouted: "Hungry!" Chen Ruijin had to get her something to eat first, and then went to various places. Letters were passed around telling everyone that the little ancestor had been found, and the scolding was delayed for most of the day.
The next day, Chen Ruijin carried her to him and said, "You told the mountain king to ask him to go to Chengtian Mansion to find Liu Mingyi when he encounters difficulties?"
Liu Mingyi was stunned and said aggrievedly: "Master, how long have you been following me!"
Chen Ruijin ignored her: "Do you know how big Chengtian Mansion is and how many people there are?" Liu Mingyi shook his head. "And now your master, Uncle Cong, and others have moved to Dajiala, do you know?" Liu Mingyi shook her head. "How old are you? Are you confident that everyone knows Liu Mingyi's name?" Liu Mingyi was stunned. Chen Ruijin hummed, "You can't even leave a letter to your benefactor."
Liu Mingyi thought for a while: "Should I let him go to the prefect Jia Lian?"
Chen Ruijin said: "I don't know how many people look for Jia Lian every day. Even if he comes to the magistrate's office, he may not be seen. You should leave a token for him and let him go to a good place to send the message. For example, Jia's horse shop,
Camellia Embroidery Shop.”
Liu Mingyi touched his head: "Then let's go back and leave a souvenir now. If I hadn't followed them, I really wouldn't have been able to walk such a long way."
"No need." Chen Ruijin said, "I'll keep it for you."
Liu Mingyi suddenly smiled as bright as a flower: "Thank you, Master!" He raised his little face and asked, "What token did you leave behind?"
"Falcon Bookstore's film. If he encounters difficulties, ask him to go to the capital to find your seventh uncle."
Liu Mingyi pursed her lips and said nothing. For a long time, she muttered: "It's not that I don't like uncle. I just don't feel comfortable."
Chen Ruijin sighed softly: "It's too difficult for you to understand the world now. Just do whatever you like."
She was silent for a long time and asked, "Why doesn't my mother like my father?"
Chen Ruijin thought about it over and over, but finally couldn't find the right words to tell such a young child what a eunuch was, so he had to prevaricate her and said: "Because she liked your biological father first. After you like one person in your heart, you can't like another one anymore."
Yes." Liu Mingyi actually understood! She nodded like a little adult.
This section has passed. Chen Ruijin had to run around, and it was not convenient to lead the little girl, so he threw her up Jinggang Mountain. Because Li Guopei led the troops down the mountain and did not know what they were doing, and Wan Zhang was often absent, the mountain lost its backbone and military discipline.
Gradually, she became a little looser. Liu Mingyi was young, and the bandits in the mountains regarded her as Wan Zhang's relative and took no precautions against her. It was the first time Liu Mingyi saw such a tight mountain village, and she found it interesting. She climbed up and down to check and play, just like in the Pinghua story.
Adventure in general.
That day, she found a small courtyard with many soldiers guarding it. She was very curious, thinking that there were some treasures or strange beasts inside, so she climbed up a big tree and took a look inside. The look in the child's eyes
Well, I saw an old man planting flowers and trees in the courtyard from a distance! I wondered: Are there so many people guarding the courtyard just for one old man? Could it be that he is a magician? I thought about it and went there often when I had nothing to do.
Take a stroll around the yard.
Two days later, at night, Liu Mingyi found two soldiers guarding outside the old man's yard dozing off, so she climbed over the wall from them and took a look. By chance, she met the old man standing in the yard with his hands behind his back.
, and waved to him. The old man was shocked. Liu Mingyi put her finger on her lips and shushed, then turned over and climbed down the wall. Normally, there would have been patrols by now. Now the leader is not in the mountain, even
The patrolmen were all too lazy. Liu Mingyi got inside safely and asked the old man: "Old man, who are you?"
After a long while, I heard the old man trembling: "I don't even remember who I am."
"Oh, have you lost your memory?" Liu Mingyi felt pity, "Why are they locking you up?"
The old man sighed: "I have no idea why they locked me up. I don't recognize them."
Liu Mingyi tilted her head and thought for a while: "You probably owe money to this mountain king, right?"
"No." The old man looked at her and asked, "Little girl, who are you?"
Liu Mingyi shrugged: "I am...my master is busy, so he left me here to be fostered for a few days. When she is done, she will take me back."
The old man said: "How did you get in? Isn't there anyone watching outside?"
Liu Mingyi said honestly: "The guard is asleep."
The old man thought: "There are usually horse teams patrolling every day, but these days it seems that there are gradually fewer and fewer."
Liu Mingyi said: "The Mountain King is not at home, they are just lazy."
The old man nodded and said: "I can't even remember how many years I was imprisoned. Little girl, how is it outside now? Is the saint okay?"
"A little saint?" Liu Mingyi thought for a moment and said, "Not really... I heard from my uncle that he is just a puppet. King Yan still has the final say in Beijing."
"King Yan?" The old man frowned, "Who is King Yan?"
"The King of Yan is the King of Yan~~the Lord of the Yan Kingdom."
The old man took a deep breath: "Yan country?" Liu Mingyi nodded. The old man thought for a long time, "Are there other countries besides Yan country? Which country is here?"
"There is no enfeoffment here. On the surface, it belongs to the little saint in Beijing, but in fact there are bandits everywhere." Liu Mingyi said casually, "There are many countries in the world, I can't remember so many. Wu, Shu, Chu, Liao and so on."
"Ah - it turns out..." The old man was silent for a long time, smiling and crying, "I don't know at all." Liu Mingyi looked at him and felt that he was so pitiful. "Do you know what the names of King Yan and King Wu are?
"He then slowly tricked Liu Mingyi into asking her what was going on outside. Although Liu Mingyi was young, she knew a lot of things. Anyway, she didn't tell him about her own affairs. Everyone knew that it would be okay to tell him. She was so
Thinking.
There was so much to talk about outside for a while. Liu Mingyi was a child after all. After talking for a while, she got sleepy and wanted to go out over the wall and go back to her room to sleep. The old man asked in a trembling voice: "Little girl, are you coming back tomorrow?"
What? I only have half a life left anyway, and I want to know something about the situation outside."
Liu Mingyi said: "I don't know." She saw that the old man's eyes were still bright just now, and suddenly became depressed. She felt a little bit unbearable, and said, "I don't know if the guard will be asleep tomorrow."
The old man's eyes lit up: "What if they fall asleep again?"
"Then I'll come."
The old man was so happy that he bowed to her: "Thank you very much, little girl!"
In the next few days, Liu Mingyi found the dozing guards every night - one was asleep today, the other was asleep tomorrow, and some were drinking and gambling. So she came every night to talk to the old man about outside affairs.
The old man sighed: "If the Supreme Emperor comes back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to bring the world under control."
Liu Mingyi said seriously with a sullen face: "I heard from the adults that even if he comes back, he will have nowhere to live. His son is old and has his own land. Who would want to have me on top of him?"
The old man nodded: "Your master is right." He thought for a while and said, "Little girl, your master fostered you on this mountain?" Liu Mingyi nodded. "Then you have to leave sooner or later?" Liu Mingyi said again
Nodding. The old man said with tears, "I am locked up here for no reason, and my wife and children don't know whether I am alive or dead. If it is convenient, can you ask the girl to send a message to them for me? Just say that I am dead and ask them not to ask for it.