Pihanjin - Chapter 43

The four wild night winds were blowing hard, and a group of people with a child rode their horses on the road of the moonlit night.

How could Xie Changgeng’s subordinates think that he would go to Liancheng alone, and when he came back, he had a child in his hand.

When the child appeared in front of them, he was wearing only his inner shirt, his feet were bare, and he was still wrapped in a quilt. Apparently, it was carried from the bed.

They didn’t know who he was and why Jiedushi wanted to walk with him, but considering the various abnormal behaviors of Jiedushi these days, it was not difficult to guess that this child should be related to Lord Weng.

Since it was a matter between his husband and wife, who would dare to ask more? Can only follow the road, until now.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, Xie Changgeng lowered his head and glanced at the little man who was still wrapped in the quilt on the saddle in front of him.

After being brought out by him, he kept twisting and struggling at first, like an angry little tiger, with endless energy, and by now, he should have been exhausted and out of strength.

Across a thin layer of quilt, Xie Changgeng felt a small body inside the quilt, running and bumping along with the horse under his crotch, leaning softly on his body.

This feeling, for him, is very strange.

As if a ball of cotton was leaning up in front of him. Not only that, but it actually caused him to have a feeling similar to holding the woman in his arms before.

As soon as he thought of the Mu Shi’s woman, and then thought of the child’s face with her brows, Xie Changgeng immediately felt unwell.

His body leaned back subconsciously. The little body under the quilt suddenly lost its support, swayed on the bumpy horseback, and was about to fall down, Xie Changgeng stretched out his hand and grabbed him again.

He stopped the horse, looked around, and said to his followers, “Find a place to spend the night.”

After a while, the group settled in a desolate earth temple nearby.

Wherever people live, in every township and even every village, there is a temple dedicated to the land or mountain gods. Different size, or incense, or no human smoke, that’s the difference.

Walking outside all the year round, where there is no post house, Yemiao is a more convenient place to spend the night than sleeping at other people’s houses.

After entering, several entourages routinely worshipped the half-collapsed clay statue, and then checked the surrounding terrain, fed the horses, and searched for fuel to set fire.

Xie Changgeng didn’t want to see this child more, so he took him off his horse, and threw him to Liang Tuan, who seemed to be the kindest in his entourage. Sitting on the threshold, facing the dark field, took out the water bladder, pulled out the plug, and took a few sips of water.

“Sir, he won’t eat!”

Liang Tuan ran out with a helpless expression on his face.

“I’ve already baked the cake and let him eat it. No matter how hard I coax him, he just won’t eat it or talk to me.”

When they stopped to eat during the day, this child would not eat, and Xie Changgeng ignored it.

After taking him out, now, a whole day has passed, almost six hours, except for the short rest in the middle, the rest of the time is almost bumped on horseback.

“It won’t work if you don’t eat, he’s still so young, in case…”

Liang Tuan stopped.

Xie Changgeng frowned, swallowed the saliva in his mouth, got up and walked in.

In the innermost corner of the Earth Temple, a candle was lit, the ground was covered with straw, a piece of cake, a few pieces of jerky, and a bowl of water beside it.

Xi’er was sitting in the corner, her arms crossed her knees, her head drooped, her body shrunk into a small ball, she suddenly heard footsteps, raised her head, saw Xie Changgeng striding towards her, and immediately sat up straight, Straighten up the small body.

“Little son, eat something, I haven’t eaten for a day…”

Seeing Xie Changgeng’s gloomy face, Liang Tuan hurriedly said.

Although the child that Jiedushi brought back was unwilling to cooperate with him to eat, it seemed that he also harbored a lot of hatred for the Jiedushi who caught him, but what surprised Liang Tuan was that he felt bad for himself. attitude is not bad.

I asked him to eat just now. Although he refused to eat, he didn’t make trouble with himself. After being put on the straw pile, he huddled in the corner, motionless, and his appearance was really pitiful. Besides, he was handsome and cute, and I missed him. At such a young age, being forcibly carried off the bed like this must have been very frightening, no wonder he couldn’t eat anything.

Liang Tuan, an old bachelor, actually felt a little bit of love and pity for this child. He was afraid that Jiedushi would get angry and scare him, and he felt a little regretful in his heart. He should not have gone to him just now.

Although Jiedushi is wise and invincible, his methods are not necessarily much better than his own when it comes to coaxing children.

“We are all good people, don’t be afraid, eat quickly, it’s delicious.”

He smiled at the child huddled in the corner and coaxed him again.

Xi’er still didn’t move.

Xie Changgeng’s eyes stopped on the child’s face, seeing that his face was pale, his lips were chapped, he was clearly hungry and thirsty, and had no energy. He was so stubborn when he saw him come in.

“Even if you don’t eat, don’t feed him anything, starve him to death, and when his mother comes over, you won’t be able to see him anymore.” He said lightly.

Liang Tuan was stunned.

After Xie Changgeng finished speaking, he leaned over and gestured to take away the food.

It was too late, but it was too soon. Accompanied by a rustling sound driven by a straw, the group of small figures crawled out of the corner.

A small hand grabbed the cake and jerky before Xie Changgeng’s big hand.

Xi’er held the food tightly in her arms, opened her eyes wide, and stared at Xie Changgeng nervously.

Xie Changgeng looked at him, slowly withdrew his hand, stood up straight, turned around and walked out.

Liang Tuan finally came to his senses, almost didn’t laugh out loud, and quickly turned his back.

He finally completely admired Lord Jiedushi.

Not only did I admire him, but in a single sentence, the child was willing to eat, and even more admired how he was able to hold his face from start to finish.

This kind of ability, he really sighed.

Xie Changgeng took a piece of dry food and returned to the door of the Temple of Earth.

His subordinates took care of things, filled their stomachs, arranged for the people on duty to watch the night, and then each lay down to sleep.

Xie Changgeng knew that the child hated him, and after eating, he didn’t go to sleep, and lay casually on a tattered confession that was facing the past at the temple gate.

Soon, the sound of snoring from the rest of the people was heard.

Xie Changgeng lay down for a long time, and when he was no longer drowsy, he got up, walked outside the door, and asked the man on duty to go in to sleep, and guarded him for him.

The man shook his head again and again, “My lord has worked hard during the day, please go and rest.”

Xie Changgeng smiled and said, “You are also working hard. I can’t sleep, you go to sleep.”

The entourage saw him seriously, thanked him again and again, and went to sleep.

Xie Changgeng dragged the confession over, laying down again in front of the entrance of the temple that had collapsed a door, laying the sword aside, closing his eyes and resting.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and suddenly there was a slight rustling sound in the corner.

A small figure climbed up gently from the straw pile inside, glanced around, and then crept past several adults who were snoring loudly, leaned against the corner, and came out with a cat on his waist. Approaching the door, he stopped when he was in front of the confession.

He saw that the door was blocked by a confession coming across.

In the darkness of the night, the figure lying on top was motionless.

Xi’er didn’t even dare to take a breath, and stopped for a while, feeling that the man should have fallen asleep, so she was relieved.

Xi’er knew that this person must have wanted to harm her mother when she took her away.

He stared at the man, held his breath, and slowly lowered himself, lying on the ground, using both hands and feet, and finally crawled over from under the confession case.

He climbed out of the threshold, got up immediately, spread his legs and was about to flee in the direction he came from, when a hand suddenly stretched out behind him, grabbed the back collar of his clothes, and lifted him up in the air. stand up.

Xie Changgeng carried the child who was trying to escape to him. I thought he would cry and scold himself, but he kept his mouth shut and didn’t make a sound, just looked at him angrily, struggled desperately in his hands, and kicked him with both feet.

During the struggle, something fell out of his arms.

Xie Changgeng looked down and saw that he had eaten the remaining half of the cake and jerky.

He couldn’t help it, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he lifted the person to the confession, forced him down with the scabbard, then pressed the long sword on his body and said, “Can’t sleep, then Just stay vigil with me.”

After he finished speaking, he also lay back.

The child beside him was pressed by the scabbard. At first, he was kicking his legs desperately, like a small fish that was pressed on the chopping board and fluttered. Slowly, he probably knew that he could not escape, and finally calmed down.

After a long time, Xie Changgeng opened his eyes and turned his head.

A dim moonlight shone through the broken door of the Temple of Earth.

The child lying beside him had finally exhausted the last ounce of energy in his body, and was so tired that he fell asleep like this.

His small body was curled up into a ball, his eyes were closed, and there was a little tear stain on the corner of his eye, and a small foot stained with mud fell out from the side of the confession, hanging in the air.

Xie Changgeng slowly retracted the sword that had some weight. He stared at the face of the child beside him for a long time, then slowly sat up from the confession.

In the darkness of the night, his figure was condensed.

There was a sudden noise inside.

Liang Tuan woke up and found that the child sleeping beside him had disappeared. He was startled and ran out in a hurry. Seeing the child sleeping beside Jiedushi, he guessed that he was trying to escape and was caught. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly apologized, “I’m so negligent, I slept so hard that I almost let the child run away. You can rest assured, my lord, I’ll be on duty at night.”

Xie Changgeng turned over from the confession and said lightly, “You go back to sleep with him.”

Early the next morning, at dawn, before Xi’er woke up from her sleep, she was covered with a quilt and her head was covered. She put on the horse and continued on the road.

He was completely lost, let alone where this person was taking him.

He only knew that he was getting farther and farther from his mother, and he would never go back to his mother.