Is Master happy?

In the early morning, the gate of the city was only opened a crack, and a gray horse with a guard on its back rushed into it from outside the city. Like a gust of wind, it rushed straight to the depths of the city. The imperial merchant's mansion also brought a sensational news throughout the city.

More than a thousand miles away from the city, in Taixu Mountain, bandits descended from the mountain and robbed the imperial merchants.

Xiya opened the door and looked at the patient for a long time before he got the news from other people that the bandits not only robbed the imperial merchants, but also robbed the escort carts of the remaining small merchants.

Seeing that it was already noon, and his carriage had not returned yet, Xi Ya couldn't help but think about it, maybe he was also robbed by bandits.

The bandits ordered that a person's head would be 200 taels, and if they wanted to redeem someone, they would come with money.

Xi Ya didn't have much silver taels in his body, he searched in the medical hall, but only found more than 100 taels, so he couldn't help but go to the pawnshop to pawn a sapphire wine cup, and when he got enough money, he was going to go out of the city to redeem someone.

"I'll go with you." Li Siyuan tentatively helped Xi Ya pack his bags.

Now that the people in the city are in panic, no one is willing to lead the way, so Xiya can only ride to Mount Taixu by herself. She originally thought about leaving Li Siyuan to guard the door in the medical clinic, but she insisted on accompanying her, and was rejected several times. Once, but until now he has not given up.

"I'm going to see the bandits." Xi Ya glanced at her helplessly, "The bandits are not ordinary thieves, if one says something wrong, they will use knives and guns, and they will hurt you."

"Then I will go even more." Li Siyuan secretly stuffed one of his clothes into the bag, and said righteously: "You are not good at words, if you negotiate, I am afraid that you will definitely use swords and guns. An eloquent man like me is safe."

"Sometimes they are unreasonable, and they might rob people without listening." Xi Ya fumbled for Li Siyuan's clothes, but did not take them out, and tied them together with his own.

"Then you are the most dangerous." Li Siyuan stretched out his hand and turned her face away, quite worried, "Mr. Feng is so beautiful and shameless, maybe the king of the mountain will take a look and pull him back. I went to the village as Mrs. Yazhai."

Xi Ya took off her hand and muttered without changing his face: "I'm wearing men's clothing now."

"It's not guaranteed that there won't be such a masculine bandit..."

The two argued for a long time, but Xi Ya finally said that he couldn't stand Li Siyuan, so he had no choice but to rent a carriage and take her on the road together.

Li Siyuan has seen her use spells, so there is no need to be jealous, but to avoid the eyes and ears of others, Xiya had to drive a carriage with the crowd who had collected enough ransom in the city, and it was already dusk when they reached Taixu Mountain It was hours and the sky was dark.

The bandit's stockade is quite imposing, with a soaring wall built of mud tiles on the outside, there are sentry boxes on both sides of it, and black dragon flags are planted, and there are bandits patrolling on it, looking at the ground below with cold eyes, crying and scolding. of the people.

Xi Ya stopped the carriage and arranged for Li Siyuan to sit obediently inside and not to come out casually. Although she used a blindfold to hide Li Siyuan's original appearance, she was still a young girl in the eyes of others. too safe.

She squeezed to the front, next to the group of people in the Bandit Village, there were guards with armor and steel knives, lined up in an orderly manner, forming a circle, guarding a purple velvet nanmu There was a bonfire in the carriage, and there was a faint smell of rice wafting out. With such pomp, it must be the imperial merchant.

Xi Ya didn't want to provoke her, so she approached a commoner woman beside her, and asked softly, "Eldest sister, what's the situation now? We all came with money, why don't you open the door?"

The woman sighed and got angry, her eye circles were red, she must have cried a lot, she just said: "The former son sent someone out, saying that he will send someone out to collect the money at sunrise tomorrow, and it is not clear when he will be released. "

"That's it." Xi Ya raised his eyes and looked around, most of the people around were ordinary people, most of them didn't have carriages, they could only come here on foot, how many of them could make up the ransom?

With such a big incident, the magistrate of the city should send troops to negotiate or fight against the bandits by force, but all the way they came, they only saw the common people who were worried about their families and rushed to Mount Taixu. Where did they see the officers and soldiers?

These are not things she can worry about, Xi Ya sighed lightly, then got out of the crowd and headed towards her carriage.

Li Siyuan hid in the carriage obediently, and when she saw her coming back, he took out the dry food and handed it to her, saying: "Although it's cold, the taste is not very good, you should eat some at least, don't be hungry."

Xi Ya turned over and got into the carriage, took the white pancakes, sat down silently, and took bites.

"What did they say?" Li Siyuan asked her curiously.

Xi Ya told her what the woman said, she shook her head helplessly, and sighed: "What are you doing to embarrass people? Most of the people who come here are from small businesses and small shops. It is not easy to raise enough money. If you come here bitterly, you have to spend a whole night in fear in vain.”

"Maybe you are afraid that you will be attacked by officers and soldiers when you open the door now?" Xi Ya finished eating the pancakes, took a sip from the water bottle.

"I'm afraid the officers and soldiers are still sleeping soundly in the city." Li Siyuan lowered his eyes, seeming to disdain the government.

Xi Ya thought about her previous imprisonment, so she didn't answer the words, she just said: "Tomorrow I will pay the ransom, don't follow me..."

"I'll go with you." Li Siyuan suddenly raised his head when he heard the words, his expression became serious for a moment, and his eyes were radiant, as if he was extremely determined.

With such an appearance and such a tone, it became more like a boat, Xi Ya couldn't help but soften his tone, "It's not safe..."

"Then it's not safe for you to go alone." Li Siyuan pouted, as if returning to the easy-going and leisurely look of the past.

"I know some tricks to defend myself..."

"It's just those blinders, and...the magic that appeared thousands of miles away when you saved me that day? If those things can be used in front of outsiders, why would you work so hard today? Come here in a carriage?" Li Siyuan raised her hand and rubbed her sore shoulders, after sitting in the carriage for a day, she felt that her body was about to collapse, "Let me go with you, maybe I can help you, After all, I know more about the world than you do."

"...That's good." Although worried about her safety, Xi Ya knew that she was telling the truth, so he nodded, "Then, tomorrow you can say that you are me..." Xi Ya lowered his eyes and thought, What kind of identity can be more convenient.

"Ma'am?" Li Siyuan suddenly opened his mouth, and as soon as the words fell, the two of them looked at each other, their faces blushing almost at the same time, Li Siyuan coughed lightly, and explained: "I see that's what is written in the notes of those stories. Just say it casually, don't mind."

"It's really more convenient to say Ma'am, no, it's okay." Xi Ya concealed his embarrassment, but he was still a little at a loss, so he muttered: "You rest first, I will go to watch the night." Then he panicked and went out Go, she missed a glance when getting out of the carriage, and the top of her head hit the side of the carriage with a "bang", she just jumped down without saying a word.

Li Siyuan looked at her and felt that he was hurting for her.

Ma'am... It's actually quite interesting to be called Ma'am and Husband.

She lowered her eyes and smiled, reached out and rubbed her hand in the bundle beside her, took out a small thing, then got up halfway, and got out of the carriage as well.

After getting off the car, I happened to see Xi Ya sitting on the side of the car shaft, rubbing the bulge on her head by herself, it was getting dark and I couldn't see her expression, but Li Siyuan felt that she was still shy.

"You ran too fast, and I didn't even get you an ointment." Li Siyuan held a small wooden box and handed it to her, "Can you rub it yourself, or should I rub it for you?"

"...I'll do it myself." With a hot face, Xi Ya took the wooden box, opened it, stuck some white plaster with his fingers, and gently rubbed it on the bulge on his forehead.

"There are so many stars in the sky tonight, you can see them all clearly. It should be a good weather tomorrow." Li Siyuan also sat down with her, looked up at the sky, and muttered softly.

Xiya also raised his head, and saw a dark blue night sky above his head, with tiny stars shining, each guarding in a small world, emitting a faint light, the sky is vast and innocent, and he doesn't know where it spreads away, and the sky is in the sky. ...Master, where should I be?

The cool breeze is blowing all around, and the lush leaves on the surrounding treetops rustle, which makes people feel quiet and distant, but it is very comfortable.

"This cottage has been built in a good place." Xi Ya covered the wooden box and handed it back to her.

Li Siyuan took the wooden box and looked at Xi Ya with burning eyes, "If one day you don't want to open a medical clinic, why don't we buy a carriage and go sightseeing in the mountains and rivers."

"When you get to the village, find a family to stay for one night. If you can't find it, you will stay in the suburbs for the night as you do today. Although you are wandering, you can also get a rare quietness. What do you think? good."

Okay, Xi Ya replied in his heart, but lowered his eyes and stopped looking at her, but unfortunately... After all, things didn't go as expected, even if he wanted to leave, he couldn't take a mortal with him.

She didn't answer, Li Siyuan didn't ask any more questions, the two wanted to sit and accompany each other, they were speechless.

Although the bandits are ruthless, they are still trustworthy. In the early morning of the second day, just after the sun came out, the gate of the cottage opened, and a short, short-brown man in commoner clothes strode out, his voice was dull, and he raised his voice. He drank some words.

Xi Ya listened for a while, he called some people's names, but Wu Tong was not there, and then some people rushed to his place, and he led them into the cottage.

"It's prudent enough to go to the bandits' lair to trade." Li Siyuan leaned out of the carriage and yawned. There was a faint bruise under her eyes, as if she didn't sleep well last night.