Master Luo Cao

Although they said hello, they didn't expect the baby goat to respond, so they pushed the door open and walked in. At a glance, they saw the baby goat lying upright on the bed, Wang Xiaozhu tucked her quilt tightly, It just happened to have her head stuck outside, and now she has washed her face, and the wound on her cheek has healed a little, showing a bit of a girl's innocence. She opened a pair of dark eyes and looked at them tremblingly. The slender body under the quilt trembled uncontrollably, and finally slipped into the quilt with a whimper when Fu Yunshu took a step forward.

Fu Yunshu hesitated for a moment, then walked to her bedside, tentatively put his hands on the quilt, through the thick quilt, gently comforted the trembling girl, "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. Those who bully you have already Driven away, you don't have to suffer anymore."

The girl gradually stopped trembling, but she still huddled herself in the quilt and said nothing.

Fu Yunshu said softly: "It's stuffy under the quilt, come out, you are still sick, don't suffocate yourself."

The girl still didn't move.

Kou Luoche also came over, and said indifferently: "That old beggar who bullied you hasn't been caught yet."

The quilt suddenly trembled violently.

Kou Luoche said: "Do you want to arrest all the bad guys who bullied you and bring them to justice?"

After a moment of silence, the quilt was suddenly pushed away. The girl's dark round eyes were filled with crystal tears. She bit her lower lip tightly and nodded firmly and slowly.

Kou Luoche asked, "What's your name?"

Tears glistened in the girl's eyes, she lowered her head, shook her head, and remained silent.

"We've heard you recite poems before, and we know you can speak, so we asked you like this," Kou Luoche said coldly, looking at the poor little girl's eyes and the other people who came to cry for justice and the criminals who were imprisoned. Not the slightest difference, said: "If you don't even have the courage to speak out, and you don't have any special skills, let alone revenge, it will be difficult to even survive in this world in the future." After a pause, he said: "Or, You plan to go back to your old business, continue to pretend to be a lamb to cheat passers-by of money, and pick up money while reciting poems? But this time without that old beggar watching, your life will always be much better than before."

"Why are you so fierce." Fu Yunshu complained softly, and patted Kou Luoche's hand.

"Don't be a sheep!" The little girl cried out suddenly, "I will never be a sheep to be beaten and scolded again!"

Fu Yunshu was taken aback for a moment, seeing the young girl crying like pears and rain, he suddenly felt sympathetic, and hurriedly went up to touch her head and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry, no one will pull you to be a sheep anymore, Don't be afraid."

Kou Luoche squatted down, faced the little girl face to face, softened his tone, and asked again: "Then can you tell me now, what's your name?"

The little girl choked a few times and said, "Lianzi."

Fu Yunshu touched her head and asked, "Your name is Lianzi?"

The little girl nodded.

Fu Yunshu asked: "How old is this year?"

The little girl said weakly: "I am 12 years old."

"Are you already 12 years old?" Fu Yunshu was extremely surprised. Lianzi's body was very thin, her arms and legs were slender, and she looked as fragile as a seedling, as if it would break if she bent it lightly. He always thought that she was at most Eight or nine years old.Fu Yunshu asked again: "Where is your home?"

This question seemed extremely profound, which stumped Lianzi. She frowned and pondered in silence for a long time, and finally shook her head slightly, "I have been away from home for a long time, and I can't remember clearly."

Fu Yunshu was about to speak comforting words, but Kou Luoche suddenly squeezed forward and asked coldly, "Apart from that old beggar who looked at you, is there anyone else who bullies you?"

Lianzi said softly: "Those who bullied me, they really can't finish talking for three days and three nights."

"Accomplice, I mean that old beggar's accomplice." After a pause, Kou Luoche asked uncertainly, "Do you know what the accomplice means?"

Lianzi nodded, but did not speak.She just pulled her straw-thin arm out of the quilt and looked at the densely carved scars on it. After drug treatment, the shocking wounds gradually healed, and now pink scars formed. The fingertips of one hand slowly moved over these ugly scars, as if trying to erase them all.After a long time, she said slowly, "There are quite a few friends."

Both Fu Yunshu and Kou Luoche were taken aback.

"Originally, those people took us to stay in the state capital, and the farthest was to go to several surrounding counties to ask for money, but some time ago, they suddenly took us away in a panic, saying that something big happened in Jiangbei and they wanted to escape When I went to another state, I ran all the way to this place. When I heard that there were very powerful bandits here, they dared not go any further. They found a hidden place to hide and sent me out to earn some money and food. Yes." Lianzi said.

Fu Yunshu hurriedly asked, "Do you know where they are?"

Lianzi shook her head, "I have been imprisoned by them all this time, and I can't even tell the north from the south. How can I tell where they are hiding?"

Kou Luoche asked: "Since you have been in the state capital before, why did you suddenly run away?"

"Where would they say this to us? They only vaguely said that Jiangbei had a major incident and couldn't stay any longer." Lianzi was in a daze as she spoke, as if she suddenly remembered something, raised her head, and looked at Kou Luo He said, "Before they ran away, they brought back a boy!" She gestured to her arm, "That boy is missing an arm."

Fu Yunshu's pupils shrank, and he rushed up to grab her shoulders, and shouted: "That boy with missing arms, isn't he called Yang Ye?!"

Since returning from the state capital, Fu Yunshu has been sending people to search everywhere, but the servants he sent came back wave after wave, and none of them heard about Yang Ye.

Kou Luoche pulled him away soothingly, and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, Xichen, don't worry."

Lianzi seemed to be frightened by Fu Yunshu, and shrank back to hide.Fu Yunshu stroked his forehead, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, I was the one who lost my manners just now." He took a deep breath, looked at Lianzi, and said sincerely: "There is a young man named Yang Ye who is very important to us. , from your description, he may be the one with the missing arm, please be sure to explain in detail."

"...Actually, there are quite a lot of people lacking arms and legs in our place. After all, there are even monsters like me. Haha, what is missing an arm?" Lianzi smiled self-deprecatingly, "The reason why I noticed that little The boy who lost his arm is because of his age. Most of the beggars like us who are dragged to beg for money are children under ten years old. It’s a monster, even if you run away, you won’t be able to escape far. But he’s not young anymore, and his arm looks like it’s been cut off recently. I saw it at the time, and I’m still a little surprised how he brought a grown-up back.” After a pause, Lianzi said : "When he came, he was seriously injured and unconscious. His face was covered with blood. I couldn't even see his appearance clearly, let alone ask his name."

Fu Yunshu couldn't help but tremble all over, and sighed silently.

Kou Luoche patted him on the shoulder, turned to Lianzi, and asked again: "Then how many people are there in your place, counting the children who suffer like you?"

Lianzi said: "Not too many, there are about ten people in total."

Kou Luojia turned his head to Fu Yunshu and said softly: "It's not too late, we have to send people to search for this gang near Jiuhe County." Fu Yunshu nodded, and before he could answer, Lianzi suddenly asked: "Are you going to arrest them?" up?"

Fu Yunshu said categorically: "Catch it! You must catch it! Don't let any one go!"

"Then you must hurry up," Lianzi opened her dark eyes and vowed, "They made an agreement with the old beggar who guarded me. They will only take me out for four days. If they don't come back after the time limit, they will definitely You will become suspicious, maybe you will run away and change places immediately!"

Kou Luoche and Fu Yunshu looked at each other, "Let's go."

Because Jiuhe County is plagued by banditry, not many foreigners dare to come here. In addition, two days ago, Fu Yunshu ordered the gate of the county to be sealed off and the whole county was searched for that old beggar. A dozen or so outsiders must be suspicious.Kou Luoche said: "Yangboy said that they dare not go forward because they are afraid of bandits, most people are not in Jiuhe at this moment."

Fu Yunshu said: "But even if you're not in Jiuhe, you won't be too far away."

Kou Luoche said: "I'm afraid it's not that easy to hide in the deep mountains and old forests with a few disabled children."

Fu Yunshu said: "The distance between Ming County and Jiuhe is only tens of miles, and it is very prosperous. There are many tourists coming and going. There are more than ten people and less than ten people. It is impossible to notice."

Kou Luoche turned his head slightly to look at him, "The county lord suspects that group of conscientious paihuazi are hiding in Ming County?"

Fu Yunshu nodded, "I think this possibility is quite high."

Kou Luoche nodded, "The county gate has been closed for several days, if it continues to delay, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the people, and it's almost time to reopen it."

Fu Yun was expressionless and didn't answer, just nodded stiffly.Kou Luoche patted him on the shoulder, "Chen..." His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and Fu Yunshu lowered his head dejectedly, with an irrepressible disappointment in his voice, "I'm not reconciled... Zhao Yu, I am not reconciled, this kind of I failed to catch the animal that should be hacked into pieces..." He raised his hands to cover his face, "Am I very useless?"

"How come?" Kou Luoche hugged him tightly in his arms, whispering in his ear to comfort him, "You didn't make a mistake in any step, there are many towns in Jiuhe County, if he goes to No matter how capable you are, you won't be able to catch him if you sneak into a desolate weed pile... What's more, the matter hasn't come to an end yet."

"Yes." Fu Yunshu moved his hand covering his face away, and sniffled coldly, "If the city gate is opened again, he will definitely try to escape. We just need to wait and see."

Kou Luoche said: "Don't arrange for too many people, lest he be too scared to come."

Fu Yunshu said: "If there is news that the county magistrate has left the county, it must make him feel more at ease."

Kou Luoche loosened his arms slightly, looked down at him, and said, "What are your plans?"

Fu Yunshu said: "I want to go to Ming County to investigate in person."