A tree of holly is floating

*In the sixth year of Tianwu, the medicine shop of Yong'an Hall in the south of Meicheng.

A woman in a red cloak threw a purse in front of the shopkeeper, grabbed the paper bag on the counter and hid it under the cloak, but bumped into another woman in a cloak when she turned to go out.

"You don't have eyes when you walk!" Yu Nian looked at the red figure, a little annoyed.

The tip of Qin Yunjin's nose twitched, and the strong herbal smell contained a little fragrance of wintersweet.Then he smiled and said: "Maybe she has something urgent, it's fine!"

Yu Nian curled her lips and didn't speak any more. She took a few steps to the counter and took out a piece of paper from her arms, and handed it to the shopkeeper with both hands: "Please hurry up, shopkeeper, we have to leave the city before dark!"

Seeing that the two men were wearing cloaks embroidered with jade-colored gold thread, and their demeanor was elegant and refined, but there was a scruffy little doll by their side, the old shopkeeper forced a smile and took the paper with both hands.

After looking carefully, the old shopkeeper pointed to the herbs on it and said: "These are just baked, I haven't had time to cut them yet, I'll go to the back and have a look, you two sit down and have a sip of tea first!"

After the old shopkeeper finished speaking, he glanced at the little doll again, seeing that he was also staring at him directly, his eyes were as cold as a knife, he couldn't help shivering, and hurried behind the curtain.

The clerk from the medicine store brought three bowls of tea and put them on the table beside him. Qin Yunjin took the little boy by the hand and sat down, took out a piece of cake from the bundle and handed it to him.

Seeing him take the cake and eat it slowly, Yu Nian remembered the look in the eyes of the old shopkeeper, and said, "I'd better go and buy him two clothes!"

Qin Yunjin nodded and said: "Go and come back!" Then he picked up a bowl of tea and gave the little baby a sip.

Yu Nian put the hood of the cloak back on, turned around and went out.After stopping a passing woman and inquiring a few words, he went directly to the alley to the west.

After entering the alley and not walking a few steps, Yu Nian saw the bright red figure again, and for no reason followed him to take a second look.

There are many roadblocks in the city, some places can only be passed through interrogation, and some places are directly forbidden for idlers.But the person in the red cloak didn't have to do anything. The guards immediately removed the roadblock and respectfully let her in and out.

Yu Nian wanted to follow up to see what happened, but was stopped.After pondering for a while, he didn't even bother to buy clothes, so he turned back to the medicine shop.

Seeing that the old shopkeeper was tying hemp rope to the medicine bag, Yu Nian immediately explained to Qin Yunjin what happened just now.

After listening, Qin Yunjin took the little baby's hand and said, "This day is going to change, let's go quickly!"

Yu Nian nodded, took the things from the shopkeeper and stuffed them into his bag, and the three of them hurried towards the gate of the city.

Seeing that they were about to arrive, they suddenly heard the sound of drums on the city tower, and the street was in chaos for an instant. Before they could figure out what happened, the three of them were dispersed.

More than a dozen guards stationed at the city gate opened their bows left and right, and pushed the two heavy city gates towards the middle, making a long series of harsh creaking sounds, only allowed to go out, not allowed to enter.

Yu Nian came to Qin Yunjin's side through the crowd, saw the city gate that was about to close, and said anxiously: "Miss, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"

"The child!!" Qin Yunjin searched hard in the crowd, "The child is gone!!"

"They're here for the children!" Yu Nian whispered, grabbing Qin Yunjin's arm and rushing out.

On the opposite side of the flow of people, the slovenly little doll was already limp under the armpit and headed in the opposite direction, Qin Yunjin had no choice but to give up.

*A quiet courtyard in the north of the city, a house on the west side.

Through the few rays of skylight leaking from the back of the tiles, one could barely see a small figure lying on the bed.

"Oh, is it a female doll?" The woman in the red cloak sneered, "Leave it to me!"

But the tall figure said: "Why, do you want to slash someone in the face again?"

The woman snorted: "I told you it was caught by a cat!"

The man's shoulders trembled imperceptibly: "Yes, the cat scratched it!"

The woman sat on the side of the couch, gently brushed the hair that was scattered on the doll's face, and said, "Believe it or not!"

The man stopped arguing with her, and after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Are you really going?"

The hands lying on the doll's face suddenly stopped.

Do you really want to go?

Clearly, this question no longer makes any sense.

Since Minghua doesn't like her, what difference does it make where she goes, who she stays with, what she does, and what kind of person she becomes?

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Encountered a small episode, the second more finished episode will be presented at 9:[-]