[Jianwang III] Caiwei Dongshan

"Where's brother?" Goudan'er pressed Niuniu's eyebrows carefully, and asked softly.

Niuniu shook her head, "I haven't seen brother Xue'er, isn't he with you?"

Goudan'er bit his lip, stretched out his hand and pulled Niuniu up, "Can you go? Come to my house to eat something first."

"Yeah." Niuniu stood up with strength, staggered and almost fell, Goudaner quickly supported her, but found a wound on her calf.

"Be patient, I have wound medicine at home." Goudan'er hugged Niuniu to make her legs easier.

Niuniu responded, and followed Goudaner to his house.

There were corpses along the way, both men, women and children.The person who was joking with them the day before is now lifeless.

Realizing that Niuniu was already sobbing, Goudan'er turned his head and said, "Close your eyes, I will take you away."

"Hmm..." Niuniu closed her eyes obediently, but she was still crying uncontrollably.

Goudaner took her to his home, found the wound medicine, went to the kitchen to dig out two steamed corn buns, he scooped up a bowl of water and brought her into the house together, "Niuniu, let's eat something first, you rest and we'll eat it." Go down the mountain. I will go out again to find my brother, and I will come back to find you soon."

"Going down the mountain?...Why do you want to go down the mountain?" Niu Niu raised her head in surprise and asked.

"We can't stay here anymore, they killed everyone, maybe they will come back to find us." Goudan'er pouted, "You rest first, I'll go out and have a look."

Niu Niu curled up obediently on the bed, gnawing on the cornbread bit by bit.

Goudan'er searched the village, but there was no trace of Xue'er, and he couldn't find a living adult.

He knew that he had to rely on himself in the future.

Niu Niu is a girl, he has to take good care of Niu Niu.

——This time, he wants to protect important people.

Goudan'er walked to the entrance of the village, took out the spear from Mrs. Li's hand, kowtowed to Mrs. Li, and went home to pack a bundle.

He packed some clothes and rations, and the knife that Flint and Xueer gave him.After thinking about it, he put the small shovel he used every time he went into the mountains to dig wild vegetables into the package.

"Money is needed at the bottom of the mountain..." Goudaner stood in the yard thinking in distress, looked down at the pendant hanging around his neck, and shook his head again. "I don't know how to peel skins or iron... People definitely don't want a child like me, and my mother is not willing to let me help. Do you want Niuniu to eat wild vegetables all the time..."

"Goudaner?" Niuniu yelled when she saw that Goudaner didn't come into the house after she drank the water.

"I'm here!" Afraid that something might happen to Niu Niu, he quickly let go of his thoughts and entered the room, "What's the matter?"

Niuniu looked at Goudaner with a nervous face in embarrassment, and pointed to the cornbread on the table, "I can't eat it, you can eat it."

"Oh..." Goudaner just sat down and gnawed on the remaining cornbread.

Niuniu hugged her knees, "If we go down the mountain, where are we going?"

"Mother said, there is a place called Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a Yiying Building. There is a lady named Gongsun who has adopted many orphans. They can learn arts and martial arts." Goudaner swallowed the cornbread in his mouth and replied.

Niuniu was at a loss, "Orphaned girl? What about you?"

Goudan'er stopped chewing, looked at the pendant on his chest, "Mother and brother asked me to go to Luoyang."

Niuniu's eyes began to gather tears again, "Aren't we together?"

"You can't go where I'm going." Goudan'er also looked down at the clear water in the bowl, "I don't want to be separated from you either, but Yiying Building is very good, you can learn anything you want."

"What about you? Where are you going?" Niuniu opened her eyes wide, "Why can't I go with you?"

"...Anyway, you can't go with me. I'll accompany you to Yangzhou first." Goudan'er pursed his lips.He knew that Tiance was an army, and that only loyal ministers were accepted there.It's not just that he doesn't know if Niuniu will be accepted by Tiance, but also, he doesn't want girls to fight.Because fighting sounds like a bad thing.

Niu Niu pursed her lips and wanted to cry again.

"Don't cry, it's not like we're going to separate now." Goudaner wiped Niu Niu's tears, "I'll accompany you to Yangzhou."

"Well...but I want to be with you..." Niuniu started to cry again, "Brother Xueer said that there are bad people out there...you are a good person..."

"Mother said, there are not all bad people outside. Don't worry." Goudan'er looked at the sky, "We have to leave quickly, how is your leg?"

"It's, it's okay..." Niuniu looked down at the wound that Goudaner had bandaged for her, and the blood was no longer oozing.

Goudaner also found the remaining wound medicine and put it in the package, "Do you have anything to bring?"

Niuniu thought for a while, "The doll my mother gave me." After she finished speaking, she looked at Goudan'er's package embarrassedly, "That one, it's not heavy, I can just carry it myself!"

"Okay." Goudan'er pulled Niuniu up, "Let's get it."

In addition to going back to her home, Niuniu also bought a few clothes and daily necessities under the reminder of Goudaner.But her mother is different from Li's, some dowry is soft, Niuniu looked at the cabinet, it has been smashed, and even found an earring.

Goudan'er knew that they were counting on the money that this earring could exchange for, but he didn't know how much it could exchange for.

Niuniu still wanted to rummage, but Goudaner stopped her, "Let's go quickly. Those people will be in trouble if they come back."

"Yeah." When Niuniu heard those people, she flinched in fear, "Let's go."

"Follow me closely, talk when you're tired." Goudan'er picked up his small package and led Niuniu out of the village.

This mountain is the place he is most familiar with, Yangzhou is in the south, he looked at the sun, and he can tell that Nan is convenient to lead Niuniu all the way to the south.

Niuniu's calf was cut, and the two children couldn't walk fast, and they didn't get out of the mountain until noon.

"Let's rest for a while before leaving. It's time to change the medicine." Goudaner found a flat place, let Niuniu sit down, and found out the medicine bottle, "I'll go and see if I can find something to eat. Take it easy."

Niuniu nodded and changed the medicine by herself.

Goudan'er didn't dare to go far, so he searched nearby, but suddenly heard a familiar hissing sound.

It's that horse.

He froze for a moment and whistled.

Sure enough, there was a sound of hoofbeats, and it was the horse that Mrs. Li brought with her when she came to the village.

"Horse." Goudan'er patted its body and got a neigh. "Do you know where brother is?"

The horse paced back and forth, neighing constantly.

"...Brother was taken away? By those bad guys?" Goudan'er became anxious when he heard that, "Do you know where he is?"

The horse didn't respond, it just rubbed its head against him affectionately.

"Ma'er..." Goudan'er was discouraged, "Brother must be fine... definitely..."

The two children are not sinking, and with this horse, both of them can ride, and the speed is more than doubled. After spending the night in the mountain, the two went down the mountain the next day, and saw a small town .

Goudaner went to inquire about Yangzhou, and the people in the town looked at him in surprise, "It's so far away."

"I know, but how?" Goudaner was very stubborn.

In the end, it was an old beggar who told him that walking all the way south was Luoyang, and when he arrived in Luoyang, someone would naturally tell him how to get there.

After hearing this, Niu Niu said, "You came first."

"I'll accompany you to Yangzhou." Goudan'er was unmoved, "I said I would go to Yangzhou with you."

"But it's far away." Niuniu pouted, "Do you have enough dry food?"

"I have a solution." Goudan'er adjusted the reins, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Niuniu was put on the horse by Goudan'er in frustration.

She can be a female star, and she's fine.She can do housework and even read and write.

But all this is useless.

When she was in the mountains, she didn't know what to eat and when it was dangerous; when she arrived in the town, she didn't know the rules of the outside world.

She can't do anything without a dog egg.

"Goudaner, I'm afraid..." Niuniu leaned on Goudaner's back.The horse runs fast and steady, and she can sit still without much effort.

Goudan'er supported the iron gun hanging on the side of the horse with one hand, and controlled the rein with the other, so he turned his head and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I will take you to Yangzhou."

"Hmm..." Niuniu closed her eyes.

Goudaner only wished to run faster.He didn't understand the outside world either, so he had to find a place for Niuniu to shelter her as soon as possible.

As for himself, after all, he has practiced martial arts with Mrs. Li, so he has some basic skills. Besides, children who grow up in the mountains, at worst, don't follow the official path, go to the mountains, and they will always be there.

Goudan'er closed his eyes and took a deep breath, now, protect Niuniu.