Everyone except me knows that I'm a broken sleeve

"Don't run!! Stop!!!"

"Hey! This little bastard is still running fast!!"

"The brothers behind keep up!! This kid has delicate skin and tender meat! He will definitely sell for a good price!!!"

The sun is shining, and the official road made of mud and sand is flying with dust, which is easy to confuse people's eyes.Snakes and insects are active in summer. A snake that ran on the official road was crushed by someone's carriage wheel, and turned into a dry snake under the sun. Flies and insects lingered on it, making a buzzing sound.

A half-grown kid suddenly ran past quickly, startling the buzzing mosquitoes and flies away.He was wearing shabby coarse linen clothes, and one of the shoes on his feet ran away at some point. The soles of his feet must have stepped on gravel, and the entire soles of his feet were stained with blood.The weather was too hot, and he felt hot when he walked on the road with his shoes on. What's more, he was still barefoot, and he had several blisters because of it.

Although this person was dressed in rags, his fair skin and callus-free hands showed that he was once the young master of a wealthy family.His face was covered with a layer of plaster, but the exposed eyes were very beautiful. At this moment, they were full of panic and wet. He looked like a little beauty, and it was no wonder that he was being chased.

They were chasing after a few rough men holding inferior machetes, wearing coarse bunts, the weather was too hot, and their bodies exuded an unbearable smell of sweat.The leader was the most ferocious, with a huge scar running across his face, and his eyes were fixed on the weak figure fleeing for his life ahead, full of greed.

The movement from the official road quickly attracted the figures of a few passers-by in the tea shed. Seeing the thin and pitiful children in front of them, they couldn't help being moved, but they also saw the cold light on the hands of the big men behind. Da Dao, then shrank his neck and bowed his head to drink tea, pretending that he didn't know anything.

Only the owner of the tea shed picked up the hem of his clothes and wiped his sweat, shaking his head and sighing: "What a crime..."

In broad daylight, or on the official road where people come and go, dare to rob people with great fanfare, isn't this a crime, what is it?

The child in front of him was already panting from exhaustion, his cheeks were reddened by the fierce sun, and his sweat was dripping down in big drops.The blisters on the soles of his feet were all broken, but he could no longer feel the pain. He only felt a fire in his lungs, making him unable to breathe.

His vision was a bit blurred, and he saw a few figures in the tea shed not far away, and he was about to run to the tea shed as soon as his eyes lit up.But again, the people in the tea shed were all wearing ordinary civilian clothes, and there were also small vendors carrying burdens into the city to sell goods, all of them hunched their necks and heads, and hesitated again.

The big man at the back pressed on with every step, and the child gritted his teeth, bypassed the tea shed, left the official road, and ran to the small road.

The owner of the teahouse saw that the child was going far away, and his heart tightened. If there was no one on the official road to help him, who would be there on the cold forest path?

Seeing the big man running away after the child, several guests hurriedly gave tea money and left in a hurry, for fear of being watched.

At both ends of the story, the owner of the tea shed here sighed with emotion, and the bandits chasing into the woods over there made trouble.

I clearly saw that kid running in, why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?

"Damn, where did you go?!"

The big man in the head spat and waved his hands impatiently: "Find them all for me!! All the ducks you got are flying away, and those who return to the cottage will not be able to skin you!"

The few minions all thought of the vicious and vicious head of their own family, and felt chills in their hearts, and hurriedly scattered to search for people.

The forest was not deep, and a few big men rudely cut off the branches blocking the way, scaring away the birds perched on the trees.In summer, the mosquitoes are vicious, and within a short while, the big man in the head bit a few big red bumps.

Someone stepped on the rabbit trap left by the hunter, and someone was jumped by the snake that suddenly fell from the branch of the dense forest. For a while, the quiet jungle was very lively, and the noise made people's ears hurt.

After about a stick of incense, the bustling jungle slowly quieted down.

Wang Er was cursing and cutting off the branch in front of him when he was hit on the head by something, which was so hard that he staggered forward.

"Who?! Who hit me?!"

When I turned around, I found that there was no one behind me.He just prepared the gift and turned to look for that brat, but suddenly stopped.

As for his group of brothers, how could there be no one in such a short period of time?

The surrounding area was a bit abnormally quiet, and the cicadas could not be heard in such a hot weather.Only the very deep cuckoo call could be heard in the distance, like a cry for death.

Wang Er was in a cold sweat for a while, but he didn't dare to move anymore.

There was a sudden sound of breaking through the air in front of him, Wang Er couldn't dodge, and was hit hard on the forehead by a small stone. The pain caused him to bend down and cover his head, grinning, and tears came out.

"Hey, why are you crying like a big man? Shame!"

A clear and clean youthful voice suddenly resounded not far away, like a breeze passing through the ears, which made people feel refreshed physically and mentally.

Wang Er looked up, and saw a young man sitting carelessly on the tree in front of him, stepping on a branch with one foot, and dangling in the air with the other.He was wearing dark coarse cloth clothes, which were patched here and there, looking nondescript.A few novelties of unknown origin were tied to the black rope around his waist, swaying with his feet.

The young man's long dark hair was tied up with a dark red rope. It was probably not very good at tying it. It was crooked, and two strands of crow-like hair hung down from his forehead.The young man has a handsome face, slightly raised eyebrows, a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes with narrow and long tails, smudged with sharp edges and corners.His lips were reddish, and there was a weed in his mouth that he tore from nowhere, and he looked very foolish.

Wang Er was ridiculed for not being a man. He felt depressed and couldn't help but choke back: "You look like a little boy, you are not a man!!"

Gu Xiaoyong rolled his eyes, spat out the grass in his mouth, and looked at Wang Er condescendingly: "Aren't you childish, are you new here?"

Wang Er originally lived in the Wang Family Village not far away, but the world has not been peaceful for the past two years, and the imperial court enforced conscription. He was unwilling to go, and fled to the bandit's den to become a gangster. He only went for a day or two, and today is the first It was noticed by others the first time I went out on a mission, and I couldn't face it, so I muttered for two rounds and stopped talking.

"I see that you haven't done anything bad. Go home honestly. You can't do bandits." Gu Xiaoyong yawned and waved his hands impatiently, "Go, go, disturb my sleep, don't bother me!" died."

Wang Er gave a naive oh, knowing that he couldn't beat the opponent, just about to go back, he turned around unwillingly and asked, "Where are my brothers?"

"A friend of mine is serious and can't bear these things that touch people's lives." Gu Xiaoyong clacked his ears with his little finger, smiled, showing his big white teeth, "I was also brought into a fight by him. What, you want to save me?" ?”

Wang Er shivered, but didn't dare to answer, and ran away.

The forest returned to silence, and a sparrow flapped its wings and stopped, tilting its head and looking at the boy curiously.

"Look at it, what are you looking at? Little Master plucked your hair to make a roasted sparrow." The young man gave the sparrow a lazy look, jumped down from the tree neatly, and walked towards a hidden corner whistling.

"Come out, little one, there is no one else."

After a long time, the child slowly poked his head out, and timidly looked at the smiling young man with his eyes wide open.With both hands leveled between the eyebrows, he saluted earnestly: "Thank you young hero for your help."

Yo, it's still a courtesy.

Gu Xiaoyong raised his eyebrows: "I remember that there is a tea shed on the official road over there, why don't you ask the people there to rescue you."

The child pursed his lips, and said after a long while: "They are ordinary people, and their lives are not easy. If these bandits go, many of their families will starve."

"I can't protect myself, but I still want to protect others." Gu Xiaoyong snorted lightly, a little bit of a sage who looked down on this little brat, put his hands on the back of his head, turned around and left staggeringly.

The child lowered his eyes, raised his hand to caress the jade pendant hidden in his coat, clenched his fists, and followed.

The owner of the tea shed had just cleaned up the remnants left by the last wave of customers, when he heard a clean and refreshing young voice from behind: "Shopkeeper, come here, remember to put more spicy."

The boss looked back and saw a handsome young man sitting on the bench with a smile on his face.Behind the young man, the child who was chased by the bandits before was standing safely, looking fine.

The boss was grateful for the child's love for him before, so he quickly put a pot of hot tea on the table, and said with a smile: "Young Xia hasn't been here for a long time, we stopped selling noodles here half a year ago, this pot of tea is considered a I beg you."

Gu Xiaoyong paused on his dangling toes, and his face suddenly collapsed: "Why didn't you sell it? I'm hungry."

The boss smiled, took out clean cups and poured tea for the teenager and the children: "Go through this official road, not far away, there is a small town about ten miles away, young heroes can go to the restaurant there."

The child was still standing quietly behind the boy, with his head down, not speaking.

"No, I've eaten the food there before, it's unpalatable." Gu Xiaoyong picked up the teacup and drank it down, took out a few pieces of silver and put them on the table, "Shopkeeper, please do me a favor."

A pot of tea costs less than a few copper coins, and these scraps of silver are enough to feed the tea shed owner's family for several months.He hastily declined: "Young Xia has something to say directly."

"In the woods over there." Gu Xiaoyong pointed behind him, "There are a few bad guys who probably won't wake up for a while, please report to the police for me."

The storekeeper looked at the child, and he understood, and said: "A dozen miles away from here, there is a small bandit den, and the bandit leader inside is ruthless. Today these bandits were arrested, and tomorrow He will also be rescued by that boss, how about a young hero, by the way...?"

This place is remote, and the nearest big city is Liangzhou City, fifty miles away. The government and soldiers are weak, and they can't solve the bandit den with a large number of people.The people complained quite a lot, but there was nothing they could do.

Gu Xiaoyong drank half of a pot of hot tea, and then stopped.He didn't care and said, "Okay, then I'll go and have a look."

Just as the store owner was about to kneel down to thank Dade, the kid who had been silent behind him suddenly said, "I can't go."

Gu Xiaoyong: "Oh? Why?"

"The bandit leader was originally an aide of the Li family in Jiangdu City. He was very skilled. He defected because he defiled the Li family's young lady. The Li family sent many people from the rivers and lakes to kill him. If you go, it will be very difficult. Danger."

This kid looks like he is only six or seven years old, yet he can understand so much.

This made Gu Xiaoyong a little curious about his identity, but he deliberately said: "What if I have to go?"

The child was silent for a while: "...I will accompany you."

"Ha, you don't know martial arts." Gu Xiaoyong propped his chin, "Aren't you a drag on me when you come with me?"

"I...! I have our family's exercises, and I will protect myself!" The child suddenly raised his head, his eyes were red, "I will not drag you down, please let me follow you!"

"why?"

"I'm too young, I can't survive by myself." The child lowered his head to prevent others from seeing the tears in his eyes, but he didn't know that his voice was choked up, "I can't die, I want revenge."

The relaxed expression on Gu Xiaoyong's face finally became serious, and he forcefully lifted the child's face: "Your surname is Xiao?"