161. Bandit Emperor (7) (1/2)

On the second day after the capture of Yunzhou City, Wei Mingyan sat on the Taishi chair, holding the little girl in his arms, watching her eating snacks one by one, eating with one hand and catching the crumbs with the other, her face He couldn't help but smile.

"Eat slowly before you choke again."

Xiao Yi was wearing a new green dress with a beautiful braid on her head. She finished eating and looked up at him with red and swollen eyes. Her fair and tender face was full of expectation, "Sir, you have found my mother." Yet?"

Wei Mingyan coaxed her softly, "My father is a scholar, my mother works in the fields, and there is a grandma at home. What you said is too common. I am looking for the person who sold you to Yazi, and I will wait until I find her." Then you can find your mother."

The little girl nodded gratefully and expectantly, "Thank you, sir."

Qing Ziyu came in with the letter and said respectfully:

"My lord, there is a letter from my sister."

"bring here."

Wei Mingyan gently put the little girl in his arms on the ground, patted her little head, "Go and play with your sister, don't go to the lake."

Qing Ziyu looked at the cute little girl wearing brand new clothes and holding up a skirt as she crossed the threshold and went out with a smile on her face, "Do you like Xiao Yi very much?"

"I don't know why, but I like her when I see her."

Wei Mingyan chuckled and said, "Maybe it's because she looks a bit like my sister."

"Do you still have a sister in your family?"

Speaking of this, the handsome man sitting on the Grand Master's chair had a smile on his face and said, "Yes, I have a sister."

"Now that my foundation is solid, it's time to bring my family back."

Wei Mingyan opened the letter, looked at the contents, and his eyes gradually softened, "I feel wronged by your sister. In order to accompany my wife, I went to a place so far away from the capital alone."

Qing Ziyu couldn't help laughing, "Sir, Miss Ji didn't agree to marry you at all."

"You don't understand. We have already exchanged tokens of love. She must be thinking of me as much as I think of her."

Wei Mingyan looked at the details of Ji Xiawan's daily life recorded on it, as well as a page of scriptures handwritten by Ji Xiawan, and the smile on his lips never fell.

He carefully took out the page of scripture and put it in his arms, with a rare expression on his face.

"Assemble some troops and return home with me."

"Where's Mo Da? Let him go with me."

Qing Ziyu smiled and said, "He has found the whereabouts of his daughter. I will accompany him soon."

***

Yunzhou City was breached, and the people were panicked and hid in their homes. Except for the Miao City troops, there was no one on the streets.

Everyone is hiding at home, whether they are old, middle-aged, women or children, the whole family is hiding in a room with fear. Those who have men at home feel a little more at ease, and those who have no men at home and only women are even more worried. I was so scared that I didn't even dare to express my anger.

This was the case in Widow Song's family. She and her husband both lost all their relatives in a flood. Her husband was her only support, but the military conscription took her husband away. She was already pregnant when he left. She was pregnant, but after her husband left, she supported her alone and accidentally had a miscarriage.

It was already very difficult, but less than two months later, the person who went with her came back with a broken leg and the news of her husband's death.

There were no men in the family, and there were no elders to help her. Under such circumstances, Widow Song quickly changed from a gentle woman to a taciturn woman who only worked day and night.

She became a widow, had no elders in the family, and lost her child. Her neighbors advised her to remarry, but she and her husband grew up together, so how could she be willing to leave him.

Later, no one advised her to remarry, but they were worried about what she would do when she got old because she had no children. Widow Song just laughed and said that when she got old and couldn't work anymore, she would find a rope to kill herself to avoid suffering.

Everyone said she was stubborn, so she kept to herself, and ended up picking up a little girl who was beaten and dying. She spent all her savings to hire a doctor to diagnose and treat the child and give her medicine. When others asked, she just said: From now on, this will be her and her husband's daughter, and her husband will be spared every incense.

The child was too young and could only cry and say that a bad guy had beaten her. She couldn't tell her whereabouts, so everyone just ignored her and the two unrelated mother and daughter lived like this.

Widow Song was famous among her neighbors for being timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but now most of the people are simple and honest. They would not bully her when they saw her as a woman pulling children. Sometimes she would even help some. There was only one gangster who always faced her. When the neighbors saw the gangster talking dirty to Widow Song, the grumpy woman would help him to drive him away.

That gangster's parents were washed away by floods when he was a child, and he was raised by his neighbors. At that time, no one had enough to eat, but he was still able to survive because his neighbors took a bite out of his own rations. Come out and give it to him.

Therefore, although this gangster didn't learn how to follow others and became an idler when he grew up, he never did anything to the neighbors. He was a talkative person but never acted in real actions. He was said to be a shameless joker. Two sentences, don’t hold grudges either.

Once, Widow Song's daughter got a cold and she was looking after her haggardly. Unbeknownst to the gangster, when he saw her, he teased her a few times as usual. Widow Song walked away quickly in shame and anger, or ignored Widow Song. He suddenly broke out, holding a pole and beating at the same time crying.

It's not easy to scold him, but for him to treat her like this is really worse than a beast.

The gangster seemed to be frightened after that time. He no longer dared to talk to women. When he saw Widow Song, he avoided Widow Song from a distance. The neighbors all told Widow Song that this guy was He felt guilty. After all, he was brought up by everyone. He himself knew how difficult it was to live alone, and he would definitely not trouble her again in the future.

Sure enough, from then on, the young gangster never appeared in front of Widow Song. Even if he did appear, she would look at him from a distance and avoid him. She gradually felt relieved and could live her own life.

Who would have thought that not long after the relaxation was released, Yunzhou City was actually broken.

Widow Song was hiding at home with her daughter. Her family was already poor, and she had no farm. She spent every day doing embroidery to pay back the money, and then went to buy food in exchange for money. In the past few days, Miao City called, and many people came here. They stopped selling vegetables. They didn’t buy any vegetables yesterday and could only eat the leftovers.

She only ate a little all day yesterday, and today she didn't eat all day. Widow Song has suffered a lot. Although it is uncomfortable, it is not unbearable. But her daughter is not even ten years old. How can she bear it after being hungry for two days? Come on.

"Be good, be patient, and I'll give you some water."

Widow Song watched her daughter turn pale and cover her stomach. She quickly stood up and poured water. She could hardly hold back her tears.

Her daughter was badly injured at first, and the doctor said she should take good medicine to nourish her body, but it was of no use to her and she had no money to take good medicine, so she could only live like this.

My daughter was not in good health, and now she has not eaten for two days. She is really scared...

No matter how much suffering she felt in her heart, Widow Song turned around and hid her tears and handed the water to her daughter.

The girl took the water and thanked me obediently, "Thank you, mother."

She drank it one mouthful at a time, her delicate face turned pale, and her stomach felt cramped. The pain was like tiny steel needles pricking her, but she still held back her silence, not wanting to worry her relatives by shouting out.

But she didn't shout. Widow Song could still see her pale face and lips without any color at all.

She had raised this child for seven years and had long regarded it as her own flesh and blood. How could she bear to see her suffer, so she gritted her teeth and decided to go out to buy some rice from her neighbors.

"Mom, don't go."

The girl's cold fingertips grasped her sleeve weakly, and she struggled to squeeze out the words, "There are Miaocheng officers and soldiers outside now, don't go."

"I'm fine. I'm just hungry for a few days. It doesn't matter."

"But what will you do if you get hungry again?"

Widow Song couldn't help but shed tears, "Mom, you are the only one left..."

The girl shook her head and was about to say something else when the door was suddenly knocked.

The two men's movements suddenly stopped, and their eyes were filled with panic at the same time.

The door was knocked lightly again. After no response, a gangster's voice came from outside. His voice was very soft, "Sister-in-law Song, it's me."

Widow Song grabbed her daughter's hand in fear, took a step back, and looked at the door as if looking at some wild beast.

"I know you have no food at home. Here is a small bag of grain. I left it at the door. You can take it and eat it."

After the gangster finished speaking, he gently put down the food, looked around carefully, and tiptoed back to his home.

His house was close to Widow Song's house, and he disappeared after a while.

In the house, mother and daughter were too scared to go, for fear that the man who had molested Widow Song had some conspiracy.

After a stalemate for a while, looking at her daughter's pale face, Widow Song gritted her teeth, took her into the inner room and let her hide, and opened the door regardless of her obstruction.

There was indeed no one outside the door, only the food on the ground, waiting quietly.

Widow Song's heart was beating like a drum. She didn't even know how she got the food back to the house. When her daughter asked, she realized that she had already cried tears all over her face.

The gangster returned home, rubbed his stomach that hurt from hunger, took a spoonful of cold water and drank it. He quietly stood outside the window. From this angle, he could clearly see the door of the Song family.

Widow Song is quite good-looking. Although her appearance has become haggard due to having to do housework in the past few years, she is still eye-catching among women. This kind of appearance may be very good when she is a girl, but when the man is gone, she will be very eye-catching. .

The gangster was always bold. When the people were hiding at home and afraid to go out, he had sneaked into the street several times. He found that the city gate was wide open and was accidentally seen by the soldiers of Miaocheng. He did not pursue him. They didn't drive them away, as if they were originally Yunzhou's city defenders.

But the gangster did not relax his vigilance. He had known many people of various religions in the past, heard a lot of the beastly things the Huns did when they invaded the Jin Kingdom, and knew how the defeated side would be treated.

He is alone, and he is a grown man, which is better. There are two beautiful women in Widow Song's family, and there is no man to support her. In this situation, it is the most dangerous.

Last night, he sneaked out and knocked on the door for a long time before buying this bag of grain from his former trader. He just noticed that the Song family had no food.

The gangster was hungry, but he didn't take it seriously. Man, he was hungry when he was hungry. He looked at the door of the Song family's room with his small narrowed eyes attentively.

As he watched, he couldn't help but want to sleep. He closed his eyes and didn't know how long he slept, when he suddenly heard the sound of uniform footsteps.

The gangster shuddered in his dream, opened his eyes suddenly, and looked over. As a result, he was horrified to find that a group of soldiers wearing Miao City clothes stopped at the door of Widow Song's house.

A tall and strong man in front who looked like a leader was knocking on their door.

The gangster felt cold in his heart. He had heard many people talk about what would happen if a woman fell into the hands of soldiers. If he took care of it, his life might not be saved. No matter...

Finally, he gritted his teeth, opened the door and walked over.

They were listening to the knock on the door outside, and the mother and daughter, who were holding each other in fear, heard a familiar voice.

"My lord, my lord...what do you have to do with this family? I'm familiar with them. If you have anything, just ask me."

Mo Da frowned and looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him carefully, "Do you know this family? Is there a woman and a ten-year-old child living inside?"

The gangster's eyes changed, beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead, and he still smiled shyly, "Master, look at what you said, no one has lived here for a long time, where are there any women and children?"

"What's the matter with you? I grew up here, just come to me directly."

Mo Da looked him up and down, "No one lives inside?"

"Come on, open the door for me."

"No, no, no!"

The gangster who had been trying to remain calm just now panicked and subconsciously rushed over to block the door, "Master, if you have anything, just tell me..."

"I'll ask you again, is there a mother and daughter living here."

"Yes! Yes!"

When Widow Song heard this, her eyes were full of despair, and she carefully protected her daughter in her arms.

if……

Then she would rather die than let those people succeed!

But then, the gangster's voice came from outside again, "Master, those mother and daughter are ugly. I'm afraid you'll see them. What do you want to do with them? Just tell me!"

He had a flattering smile on his face, but he was always guarding the door, holding on tightly, always on guard against the person in front of him breaking in.

Mo Da was already anxious, but seeing that he still refused to give way despite his ramble, he simply walked forward and said, "Let them come out, I have something to ask."

"Master!! Master!!"

The gangster's voice immediately became nervous, "If you like beautiful girls, hello to the girls from our Yunzhou Flower House. I have some silver coins here. You can use them to drink. The one here is a widow. I'm afraid you will have bad luck..."

What and what.

Mo Da frowned and was about to force his way in. Qing Ziyu followed him and whispered, "Master Mo, he thinks you have a crush on the woman inside."

"I?"

Mo Da opened his eyes wide, and then he realized what he was doing. He looked up and down at the gangster in front of him. He was slovenly dressed, average-looking, with twinkling eyes. He was actually willing to risk his life to protect someone who had nothing to do with him.

"Okay, let me ask you directly if the woman inside picked up a baby girl seven years ago."

The gangster was on guard, but he didn't expect that he would jump right here when he opened his mouth.

He was confused, thinking that the little girl was beaten to the last breath when she was picked up. He was a little afraid that the person in front of him was an enemy, so he was a little cautious, "Our neighbors all know that Sister-in-law Song has a daughter. It looks like it should be his own.”

The light in Mo Da's eyes suddenly dimmed. He clenched his fists and looked disappointed.

Qing Ziyu had a headache and glanced at Mo Da, who believed him without any doubt, and looked at the gangster, "Master Mo's daughter was lost seven years ago. She was only three years old when she lost her. Now she is ten years old. We found out It's because this woman picked her up in the first place. If you know the truth, tell me quickly. If you don't tell the truth, we still have ways to verify it. "

The gangster's expression suddenly became hesitant. Mo Da saw hope and said quickly, "My daughter's nickname is Xuan Niang. She has a red birthmark on the back of her neck, which is very small..."

The girls in the room were still afraid, but Widow Song opened her eyes wide. She looked at her daughter in her arms, and there was a small red mark hidden on the back of her fair neck.

The author has something to say: Second update, good night everyone, the first ten little angels will give out red envelopes