Yang Kang, learn from Guo Jing

The two dried their clothes. It was already dark outside, and the inside of the room was pitch black. Under the flickering firelight, it looked even dilapidated and gloomy.Yang Kang is smart and bold, but he is just a ten-year-old child who is spoiled and spoiled on weekdays, so he spends the night in this kind of place.Seeing Shen Xingqiu's unhurried appearance, he thought he had some meticulous plan, and couldn't help but feel a little calmer.

Shen Xingqiu stomped out the fire that was about to extinguish completely, turned around and followed behind him and said to Yang Kang: "Follow me closely after going out, don't wander around. These people should have many accomplices. There should be another place not far from us." The place where Tang Kuoting and others are locked up, let's go find them first."

Yang Kang was puzzled, and asked suspiciously: "Shouldn't we find a way to go back first, and send troops to encircle and suppress?"

"If we can't wait until we bring our troops over, these people will find out that we've escaped. It's hard to say what will happen then." Yang Kang nodded and pinched Shen Xingqiu's sleeve seemingly inadvertently.

The door was locked with a big brass lock. Shen Xingqiu stuck out two slender fingers from the crack of the door, clamped the lock ring and twisted it vigorously.There was only a toothache "creak" sound, and the lock ring fell off in response.

The bright moon hangs high outside the house, and the sky is full of stars.

There were lights coming from a few houses not far away, and human voices could be heard faintly.The two crept closer to the lighted room, only to hear one person say: "We have gained a lot from this trip, we should go south earlier, get the goods out, take the money and have a good time, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"What are these rough country kids worth? We have to find a way to get some facial features, like the two today, tsk tsk, one is worth more than ten." Listen, it was the bald head during the day.

Shen Xingqiu counted the shadows reflected on the window, and slowly retreated into the darkness.Yang Kang clenched his fists tightly, lowered his voice, and said angrily, "These traffickers are absolutely outrageous."

This group of human traffickers should be an organized and disciplined group. There are rumors that monsters eat children in the Green Bamboo Forest, so they must have provoked it.Shen Xingqiu stroked Yang Kang's disheveled hair, looking at his current appearance, he couldn't help but want to laugh, the fairy-like little prince in Prince Zhao's mansion is now like a little cat that has rolled in the mud .

"Don't worry, I won't keep it for long, they will definitely kneel in front of you and beg for your life. Let's go, let's find Tang Kuoting."

Shen Xingqiu was afraid that Yang Kang would fall in the dark, so he simply took his hand.Yang Kang only felt that the hand holding him was warm and soft, and subconsciously struggled a few times without breaking away, and let him hold it.

These houses are very dilapidated, some doors and windows are crumbling, and some have no doors at all.It took a while to find a room that was a little complete. Shen Xingqiu leaned against the wall and listened intently for a while.

There was a soft whimper coming from across the wall, as if there was the steady sound of a child's soft voice.Shen Xingqiu found the door, unscrewed the lock ring in the same way, and the wooden door opened with a slight creaking sound.

There were a dozen or so children of different ages crowded in the room, and they all looked at the two people who came in from outside the room with expressions of horror.Yang Kang searched around, only to find Tang Kuoting whimpering in the innermost corner. He squeezed two tears, his hands and feet were tied, his mouth was stuffed with a rag, and he couldn't speak a word. come out.Presumably, the group of traffickers had seen his voice before, and the traffickers were afraid that he would attract attention by shouting loudly, so they blocked his mouth with rags.

A dark and skinny little girl struggled to stand up and asked tremblingly, "Are you here to save us?"

Facing the eyes of the children turning from panic to Xi Yi, Shen Xingqiu nodded.The children became agitated in an instant, Shen Xingqiu hastily motioned for everyone to silence and stop making noise.

"Someone will come to check it out soon." The little girl in Heishan said again.

"How many are there?" Shen Xingqiu asked.

"There are three people who often come to check, and there are two who arrested us. I don't know about the others." The little girl seemed a little anxious, licked her dry lips, and reminded again: "The people who check will immediately It's coming."

Shen Xingqiu pushed Yang Kang into the pile of children, and said, "Untie the ropes for them, wait for me to come back." After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the room, disappearing into the darkness.

Yang Kang immediately went to the corner to untie Tang Kuoting's hands and feet.As soon as Tang Kuoting freed his hands, he quickly pulled out the rag from his mouth, spit out several mouthfuls.Yang Kang didn't say much, pulled him up and walked out the door.

The little girl standing at the door jumped over to block the two of them, and whispered: "Your brother asked you to untie us and wait for him here."

Yang Kang sneered, looked at her sideways and said, "What are you, you deserve me to do it." He kicked the little girl to the ground, dragged Tang Kuoting and walked out without looking back.

The little girl slammed her head on the hard ground, bleeding from her forehead and nose. The children suddenly panicked. Several timid girls huddled together in a corner, crying softly.

Shen Xingqiu knocked out the person who came to check, and was about to drag him into the grass when he saw Yang Kang and Tang Kuoting running over.

"Why did you come out? Where are the other children?" Shen Xingqiu asked.

"Still in the house, let's go back to the palace first, and when the officers and soldiers arrive, those children can still come out." After speaking, Yang Kang grabbed Shen Xingqiu's arm and motioned him to go together.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xingqiu broke free from his hand, and said anxiously: "You can't leave them behind, you go hide in the grass first, I'll bring them over right away."

"You..." Before Yang Kang finished speaking, Shen Xingqiu ran back quickly.Yang Kang turned his head angrily, and said to Tang Kuoting: "Shen Xingqiu wants to let him take care of it alone, let's go."

Shen Xingqiu returned to the room where the children were imprisoned, and immediately found that the room was in a mess. The children were crying and sitting, and two bright-minded boys had jumped out. Too loud.Shen Xingqiu untied the two boys first, then scanned the room, and found the little girl lying in a pool of blood.

Kneeling halfway on the ground, and helping the little girl lying on the ground to lean on his lap, Shen Xingqiu took out a small green porcelain bottle from his arms, and shook some white powder on the little girl's scratched forehead.This is the hemostatic medicine he brought from home.The little girl opened her eyes weakly, and said in a low voice, "And...the one who came with you..."

Shen Xingqiu stopped her words, wiped the blood on her face with his sleeve, and said, "I know, you should rest well, I will rescue you out."

Picking up the sleeping little girl, Shen Xingqiu looked around at the children standing in the room, six boys and five girls, all of them seemed to be born in poor families, all of them were shabby and disheveled.

"Who lives in this village?"

The children shook their heads in unison, and a boy whispered, "My home is in Qingzhu Town."

"My home is in Dali Village."

"I...my home is in Wild Boar Ridge."

"Do you know the way to Qingzhu Town?" Shen Xingqiu asked the little boy.The little boy shook his head blankly.

"I know, as long as we go straight up along the Xiaoshuang River." Said the child who had just jumped out of the house.

"Well, you lead the way ahead, you go one by one, don't talk nonsense, don't run around. The older ones should take care of the younger ones."

"En." The children left the house one by one, and walked towards the river with one deep foot and one shallow foot.Shen Xingqiu walked last with the sleeping little girl in his arms.He glanced worriedly at the side of the grass where Yang Kang had been before, and there was no one there.

"Are we going the wrong way?" Tang Kuoting panted heavily, looking at the dark forest in front of him with his hips akimbo.After Shen Xingqiu left, they ran all the way without distinguishing things, finally found a small path, and walked to a small forest halfway up the mountain.Yang Kang was not much better than Tang Kuoting, the golden crown that tied his hair had fallen out of nowhere, and his clothes were scratched in several places by thorns.

"Why don't we go back," Tang Kuoting said.

Yang Kang also had some regrets at this time, but when he thought of Shen Xingqiu abandoning him and resolutely going to save those children, he couldn't help but get angry.

"If you want to go back, go back, the people in the palace must be looking for us, let's find a place and hide." Yang Kang looked around cautiously, and found a small haystack with his sharp eyes.

Tang Kuoting dug a hole in the haystack with hands and feet, and got in by himself.Yang Kang also hugged a large pile of clean grass, and covered most of his body, only his head was exposed.

"It stinks, this can't be some beast's den." Tang Kuoting pinched his nose, rolled his eyes and looked around, for fear that something would come out of the forest. (Big Scalper: This is the straw stack that I haven't finished eating, okay?)

The two burrowed into the haystack, sleeping and waking up for a while, having nightmares again and again.Finally, it was only when the morning light was slightly dewed that I heard mocking human voices coming from a distance.Yang Kang climbed out of the haystack, stood on the mountain and looked down, and found a small group of gold soldiers in brocade clothes and silver armor holding guns in their hands, searching towards their direction, and there was a green man standing not far from the gold soldiers. gray figure.

"Oops..." Yang Kang blurted out.

"What's the matter?" Tang Kuoting also walked up to him, and was overjoyed to see the Jinbing team.

"My master is here."

The gray-clothed men in the Golden Soldier's team seemed to have seen them too, and in the blink of an eye, the figure was as fast as lightning, and within a few ups and downs, it had already arrived in front of the two of them.Tang Kuoting took a closer look, only to see a gray-clothed Taoist priest with flying beard and eyebrows looking at them with a sullen face.To be exact, he was looking at Yang Kang.

"Master..." Yang Kang called out.

Qiu Chuji's face was sinking like water, his eyes were like cold stars, and he said angrily, "Kang'er, why are you so ignorant that you don't study hard at home. Instead, you play and run around, how did Master teach you?"

Yang Kang's heart was not disturbed, but his face showed regret and sorrow, and said softly: "Master, I don't dare to be here, so don't be angry."

"If Mr. Shen hadn't brought us here overnight, you don't know how long you'll have to stay in this deserted village."

After Qiu Chuji reprimanded him severely, he summoned the golden soldiers who were looking for him, and they returned to Prince Zhao's mansion surrounded by everyone.

In Prince Zhao's mansion, the lights were still brightly lit, and Bao Xiruo waited restlessly.Wanyan Honglie had not returned from patrolling the army. She was weak-hearted and had no opinion. She could only be anxious and worried. During the long night of waiting, she fainted several times.

As soon as Yang Kang entered the room, she hugged him and groped up and down to make sure that he was safe and sound before hugging him, tears streaming down his face.

Leaning in his mother's warm embrace, Yang Kang felt as if he had passed away. He yelled "Mom..." and then shed tears.