Light Dance Jiajing

This was a village. It was noon and the villagers were eating at home. Meng'er walked into the village and saw several children of six or seven years old throwing stones at the entrance of the village. One child always missed the target. Meng'er watched for a while and shook her head. This child was really stupid. He couldn't aim accurately and didn't use force. The other children laughed at him. After playing for a while, the child felt embarrassed and withdrew and ran to the side to watch. Meng'er became playful and picked up a few stones and walked to the child and said, "Little brother, can I teach you?"

The boy was not good at speaking and looked at Meng'er stupidly. Meng'er pointed to a piece of gravel on the ground in front of them and said, "Look there, let's use it as our target." As she said that, she aimed and threw the stone, which hit the gravel accurately. The boy opened his mouth in astonishment, and then looked at Meng'er with eyes full of admiration. Meng'er stuffed a stone into his hand and pointed at it, saying, "You try it too." The boy bit his lip and aimed for a long time, but did not hit the target. Meng'er patted his shoulder and encouraged him, "It's okay, I'll teach you." As she spoke, she held the boy's hand, "First, keep your eyes on the target. When throwing, it's not just the wrist that needs to be used, but your hands must not shake..." She was proficient in horseback archery, and even her archery skills were very good. It was sloppy, but the accuracy of throwing stones was still good. The boy was really enlightened by her. Although he missed eight out of ten times, he was very excited. After he finished throwing stones, he picked up stones to practice. At this time, the boy's mother came and wanted to take him home for dinner. The boy was having a great time and refused to leave Meng'er. Meng'er was thinking about whether she could go to the boy's house to ask for some food, and her stomach started to growl. The peasant woman was dark and thin, and looked very simple. When she saw Meng'er looking at her, she nodded to her. Meng'er was very hungry and didn't care about being polite. She said, "Auntie, I've been hungry all day. Can you give me something to eat?"

Seeing her precious son holding Mei'er reluctantly, the thin and dark woman nodded and took Mei'er back. The food in the farm house was very simple, just a dark porridge and a plate of vegetables. Mei'er was so hungry that she picked up the bowl and drank it all up. Although it tasted rough, she didn't feel it at all. Her stomach finally stopped growling. Seeing this, the peasant woman scooped her two spoonfuls of soup for her. Mei'er didn't hesitate and took it and drank it again. Mei'er was about to thank the peasant woman when several constables rushed in. The leader took out a portrait, opened it, looked Mei'er up and down, his eyes gradually narrowed, and he waved his hand and said, "It's her, catch her." Several constables behind him rushed forward quickly, and before Mei'er could react, a rope was put around her neck and her wrists were tied up with thick ropes. "Why are you arresting me?" Mei'er was no longer calm and asked anxiously.

The leader snorted, "Didn't you kill those two people in Chunxiang Tower?"

Meng'er said, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I kill anyone?" When she said this, she suddenly shuddered. Chunxianglou, could it be the brothel where Zixuan rescued her? But murder, could it be that... She suddenly had a bad premonition.

The constable said, "The little girl is too vicious. If she runs away, why kill everyone?"

Meng'er said: "I didn't kill anyone. You need evidence to arrest me."

The constable said, "We are only following orders to arrest people. If you have anything to say, go to the hall and talk to the master."

Meng'er thought she had to find out what was going on. It was too speechless to be arrested without knowing why. So she patiently asked, "Master, there must be a reason for arresting me. You see, I can't run away, so why don't you tell me?"

The head constable looked at her and thought that such a skinny girl was not the type to kill people. He had seen many wrongful convictions in the government, and he could not help wondering if this girl was wrongly accused. He softened his tone and said, "Aren't you a girl from Chunxiangyuan? The two people the madam asked you to entertain last night are both dead, and you are nowhere to be found, so we naturally have to take you in for questioning."

"Dead?" Meng'er was shocked. Needless to say, it must have been Zixuan who did it. The constable who was escorting her saw that she looked horrified and did not seem to be faking it, so he shook his head and sighed, thinking that it would be even harder to explain since she had run so far away. If the murderer could not be found, the little girl would definitely be implicated.

After understanding the question, Meng'er remained silent. These people were only concerned with arresting people. There was no point in talking to them. Would they be taken to court later? How should she defend herself? Damn Zixuan, if you want to kill someone, you should do it more efficiently. Isn't this causing trouble for her? But thinking about the death of those two bastards, it was still a relief.

Mei'er quickly went down the mountain with several constables. This section of road should lead to the town, but there were very few people coming and going. Suddenly, several horses in front of them galloped towards them. When they got close, they quickly stopped the horses. Mei'er could see clearly that the man in the lead was Alai. Mei'er's eyes lit up, but she couldn't call him in front of the constables. Seeing that Alai had seen her, she felt relieved and looked for help anxiously. Alai jumped off the horse, and the others behind him followed suit. Alai narrowed his eyes, drew his sword and slashed at the constables without saying a word. Mei'er was shocked. They didn't have to kill anyone to save her, but this would confirm their crime. But it was too late for her to stop them. Those constables were no match for Alai and his men. They were killed after a few moves. Alai untied Mei'er's ropes, and without saying much, he pulled her onto his horse. The two of them rode away with the others behind them.

Meng'er didn't know where Alai was taking her, and she didn't ask. She believed that Alai would not harm her. Besides, she had no choice but to follow him. Although she didn't kill those constables, could she explain it? They drove all the way, and saw that they were heading into the mountains. Meng'er couldn't help asking, "Alai, where are you going?"

Alai said briefly: "Your younger brother has been looking for you everywhere. My eldest brother was afraid that something happened to you, so he delayed for two days to find out your whereabouts. You just follow me." After hearing this, Meng'er stopped talking and was very grateful to Ajin.