Long Xiyue hurriedly stepped forward to help the little beggar up, and two wolf-like soldiers rushed over, one of whom shouted: "There is another one here, arrest it" The little beggar cried out in horror: "Don't arrest me, I didn't do anything bad" was already crying in fright when he spoke, but it was a six or seven-year-old girl, tears flowed down her little face full of dirt, revealing her skin as white as jade, and a pair of dirty little hands tightly grasped Long Xiyue's sleeve, looking at her with help.
The soldier was also stunned when he saw Long Xiyue so beautiful, he stretched out his big hand and tried to catch the little beggar, Long Xiyue said: "Stop, she's just a child, why do you have to embarrass her" At this time, more than a dozen soldiers all gathered around this side, and the leader of the general shouted fiercely: "I advise you not to do too much, the king has a decree to expel all the beggars and disciples from the country, and if you are not allowed to resist the order, arrest them the same." ” The little beggar cried, "I, I'm not a disciple of the beggar gang."
Hu Xiaotian walked over, too lazy to speak, and shook the jasper carved dragon card in his hand in front of the general's eyes, the general obviously recognized this dragon card, knew that it was the palace letter symbol, and was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head, hugged his fists and said: "There are no eyes and beads below, and I hope that the adults will not be surprised if they are offended." ” Hu Xiaotian waved his hand and motioned for them to leave quickly.
The group of people really didn't dare to continue pestering, and left with the beggars.
Long Xiyue looked at the little beggar with some distress, the fall just now was not light, a big bag bulged on her forehead, Long Xiyue said softly: "Does it hurt your family, why do you beg along the way?"
The little beggar sobbed and said, "My father and my mother don't want me anymore, I just want food and don't want to starve to death."
Long Xiyue's eyes were red, she stretched out her hand, hugged the little beggar in her arms, and said softly, "Come with my sister."
Sister takes you to dinner. ” Hu Xiaotian knew that Long Xiyue had always loved Jie, and when he saw her hugging the little beggar without any dislike, he appreciated her kindness even more in his heart.
The two took the little beggar to the nearest restaurant, and Xiao Er greeted them with a smile on his face when he saw them coming, but when he saw the little beggar, his smile immediately retracted.
With a wry smile, he arched his hand to Hu Xiaotian and said: "This uncle, it's not that you don't do your business, you really don't dare, there is an order from above, if someone dares to take in the beggars, they will be punished for harboring, uncle, don't be embarrassed." ” Hu Xiaotian was about to reason with him, but Long Xiyue said softly: "Forget it."
It's not easy for anyone, so why should you embarrass him.
The little beggar had not eaten for many days, and when he saw that the buns' eyes had become unusually bright, he couldn't speak, so he grabbed a bun and ate it in a big gulp, because he was too anxious to eat.
Hu Xiaotian gave her the water bladder he was carrying, and the little beggar finally got the meal down.
Don't look at her young age.
But the amount of food was not small, and after a while, he ate all six big buns like a storm, and kept burping.
Long Xiyue touched her head lovingly, and said softly, "Are you still hungry?"
The little beggar shook his head.
Long Xiyue said: "What is your name, what other relatives in your family say it, maybe we can help you." ” The little beggar filled her stomach, and her heart was not as scared as just now, and she whispered, "My name is Xiao Ou."
There is no one at home, I have been separated from my father and mother for two years, and I can't remember where my home is, and I have almost forgotten what my father and mother looked like" She burst into tears again.
Long Xiyue looked at Hu Xiaotian, Hu Xiaotian knew her mind. smiled and said: "Since you want to help her, let her go back with us first, Senior Qiao just has a little companion by his side, it is good to let her help Senior Qiao recognize the way, Quan should help him find a pair of eyes." ” Long Xiyue felt comforted in her heart when she heard this, Hu Xiaotian really understood herself.
Qiao Fangzheng heard that he had found a companion, and couldn't help frowning, but he himself was also sent under the fence, of course, it was not easy to say anything, although Xiao Ou was young, it may be because he was displaced and used to seeing the hot and cold world, he was very eye-catching, and his hands and feet were diligent, Qiao Fangzheng had any ideas, and without waiting for him to command, Xiao Ou rushed to help him do it, in just one day, Qiao Fangzheng actually had a feeling that he couldn't leave this child.
After leaving Coconut Wind City, even if they officially entered the range of the Redwood River, this area is full of mountains, rivers, dense forests, the temperature is quite high, there is no winter, it is in the hot summer all year round, and the rain is abundant, so they can stop and go, the original plan was to arrive at the hinterland of the Redwood River in three days, but now they have not arrived for five days.
Since leaving Lianyun Mountain, Hu Xiaotian has lost contact with Ji Feihua, but fortunately, he has not encountered any enemies on this journey.
At dusk that day, the team camped in the dense forest, looking for open heights, and had just set up camp tents, when a rain fell again, and after entering the Hongmu River, it was already a daily occurrence for them, and this was the third rain of the day.
Hu Xiaotian took a string of coconuts and drilled into Long Xiyue's tent.
Long Xiyue was wiping her wet hair and said to Hu Xiaotian: "The weather in this Hongmu River is really stuffy and hot. ” Hu Xiaotian said: "I heard that when you enter Fire Tree City, it will become cool and dry. ” Long Xiyue nodded and said: "I have read the geographical log about the Redwood River, go to the Fire Tree City, the terrain will continue to rise, the two hundred miles around the Fire Tree City are plains, and it is also the most prosperous place in the Red Wood River, and the capital protection mansion set up by the Tianxiang Kingdom in the past is in the Fire Tree City." ” Hu Xiaotian picked up a dry towel to help Long Xiyue dry her hair, Long Xiyue hung her head shyly, seeing her beautiful neck as white as jade, Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but lower his head and kissed the back of her neck, it seemed that he didn't feel very enjoyable, and took another sip, leaving a lip print on Long Xiyue's neck, Long Xiyue saw it in front of the bronze mirror, and was so ashamed that she reached out and twisted his ears: "I hate you, you are so ruthless, how can people go out like this." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "The weather is hot, and I didn't keep my mouth shut for a while."
Cheeky and wanted some welfare, but Long Xiyue reached out to her chest and whispered: "Don't make trouble, there are people everywhere." ” Hu Xiaotian also knew that it was a tent after all, and there were brothers outside, and it was always bad to make a noise and be heard by others, so he smiled and pointed to his lips.
Long Xiyue leaned over and kissed it lightly, and Hu Xiaotian retreated contentedly, but saw Xiao Ou outside holding Qiao Fangzheng's hand and standing under a big tree, one old and one young, not knowing what to say.
At this time, the rain was much lighter, and the rain in the forest was said to be gone, and Hu Xiaotian walked over to the two.
Qiao Fangzheng was the first to turn around, his hearing was extremely sharp, of course, this was also related to Hu Xiaotian's failure to deliberately hide his whereabouts.
Hu Xiaotian said: "You two don't take shelter from the rain in the tent, what do you come out to do?"
Qiao Fangzheng said: "Is this the lock dragon platform?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "I don't know what the place is, I started to get confused when I entered this forest, we have been drilling the forest for four whole days, and it seems that it will take another day to get out." ” Qiao Fangzheng said: "It should be Suolongtai, my feeling will not be wrong, Hu Xiaotian, have you seen a mountain peak rising from the ground, and on the top of the peak, there is a lonely tree" Hu Xiaotian looked up, there were big trees everywhere, covering the sky and the sun, even if there was a place Qiao Fangzheng said, he was afraid that he would not notice it when he walked over.
Qiao Fangzheng looked quite anxious: "Is there any?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "I haven't walked out of the forest yet, and when Ming'er walks out of the forest, I may be able to see it." ” Qiao Fangzheng said: "If you go out, you will miss it, Hu Xiaotian, you are light and strong, look for a big tree to climb up and take a look." ” Hu Xiaotian slapped himself on the back of the head, he was really confused, why didn't he think of such a simple truth, it seems that he is not superhuman in everything.
He smiled at Xiao Ou and said, "Xiao Ou, do you want to go up with me to have a look?"
Xiao Ou nodded, now Xiao Ou has washed off the filth and changed into clean clothes, a girl carved in pink and jade, very cute, and quite favored in their team, although Qiao Fangzheng is not enthusiastic about her in front of people, but in private he is very nervous about this girl, and always holds her little hand, not only because he wants her to lead the way, but also because he is worried that Xiao Ou will get lost in the jungle.
Hu Xiaotian let Xiao Ou ride on his shoulder, and flew up in the air, Xiao Ou cheered, but the kid was not small, and Qiao Fangzheng's concerned voice came from behind him: "Don't frighten Xiao Ou" Hu Xiaotian took Xiao Ou to sway up along the trunk of the tree, rising higher and higher, drilling out of the canopy, but saw that the dark clouds in the sky were dissipating to the west at a visible speed, a magnificent seven-colored rainbow was like a long bridge connecting the blue sky and the emerald forest, a group of egrets in the forest flew gracefully into the sky, the scenery after the rain was beautiful, Hu Xiaotian really wanted to bring Long Xiyue together to see.
Xiao Ou suddenly pointed in the direction of due north: "Brother Hu, look" In fact, she was originally called Uncle Hu Xiaotian, but Hu Xiaotian asked her to change her name to Big Brother because she was called Sister Long Xiyue.
Hu Xiaotian looked in the direction she pointed, but saw that there was indeed a mountain peak in the north, and there was a lonely sky-looking tree on the peak.
Hu Xiaotian blinked, convinced that he was not mistaken, before returning to the ground, he told Qiao Fangzheng what he had seen.
Qiao Fangzheng said in a low voice, "We have to go there." ” Hu Xiaotian had already guessed that he would make such a request, and said in a low voice: "That mountain peak is still five or six miles away from us, although it doesn't seem to be far away, who knows what the situation of the road ahead is and it seems to be contrary to our heading to Fire Tree City, once we go back, I'm afraid that it will take a lot of time, and we won't be able to arrive at Fire Tree City as scheduled tomorrow."
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