The afterglow of the sunset shines on the Zuo River, and the water is filled with golden light. The returning fishing boat floats slowly on the water, and the long poles of the shipmen swing in the water, rippling in circles.

The crowds on the shore were bustling, and pedestrians and vendors gathered here to exude a bustle.

Dagui held his father's hand and looked at everything around him curiously. People and things he had never seen and had never experienced were novelty everywhere, which made people yearn for.

After several tests, Cen Dalang finally walked out of the mountains and came to Taiping County. As expected, Wei Magistrate of Jiangzhou no longer sent people to arrest him. Even the rewards for the previous years were cancelled. The dark clouds in fate had already dissipated. Cen Dalang and his son started their new life in Taiping County.

With his first-hand medical skills, Cen Dalang set up a stall in Zuojiang. The money he earns every day is enough to support the life of his father and son, and there is still a little savings. In a few years, they may be able to settle down here.

"Dad, look at that person is still there!"

Dagui shook Cen Dalang's hand and pointed at the person lying there like a dead dog under the willow tree on the street.

Cen Dalang shook his head and sighed: "Poor young man, I don't know who has offended to suffer like this!"

As he said that, he walked up, took out two plasters of plasters and placed them in front of the young man who was lying down, and said softly: "After using these two platters, your legs will be almost well. Find some work and save money to go home."

The young man kept nodding and making a ummy voice.

Dagui said, "Dad, this person is still a mute."

"It's all hard to live, and it's hard to live in this world--"

Putting down the plaster, Cen Dalang took his son and left with a sigh.

Seeing the father and son walking away, the young man picked up the plaster on the ground, lowered his head and turned around and walked out of the town. At this time, the sun set and the cool breeze gradually rose, and the young man couldn't help but shrink his body.

When he arrived outside the town, he saw that there was no one around him. The young man sat on the ground and cursed: "It's a bad luck. He's going to suffer this disaster! It's really a loss for the two fools, one big and one small, otherwise he wouldn't know when his legs would be better. Unfortunately, the father and son were also poor. They gave me two plasters of plaster every time, and it would be better if there was any gold or silver to give me. If someone is unlucky, he will lose his luck. Why don't I meet a member of the official!"

While talking, he rolled up his trouser legs and changed the plaster on his legs.

This person in ragged clothes was actually Huang Conggui, the little yamen in Zhongzhou. He seized the opportunity to escape from Luobai County, and saved his life, but he also injured his legs and could not walk far away. He wandered around these days.

After changing the plaster, Huang Conggui saw that it was getting dark, stood up, and spit on the ground: "Let's go to the town to find something to fill his stomach. I'm sorry for being born rich, but I end up fighting with a beggar! As the saying goes, there will be blessings in the future if I survive a great disaster. When I get rid of this great disaster, I will definitely find it back twice as much!"

The sun sets and the lights are on, and the streets by the river are still lively.

Duan Yunjie took Xiuxiu to walk in the crowd and saw a hawker in front of her carrying a load to sell tangerines on the street. She said to Xiuxiu: "Let's buy some fresh oranges and eat them."

Xiuxiu said "um" and didn't know if it was agreed or not. Maybe it was just a sound that didn't make a bad impression.

Duan Yunjie shook her head helplessly. These days, Xiuxiu is still like this. Although she is a little more agile than two months ago, she still rarely speaks and has no interest in anything. She does whatever she asks her to do and never talk back. Even if she can't do what she wants to do, she will continue to do it, and she will never tire of it until someone calls her away.

No one knows what Xiuxiu is thinking, and she doesn't know when she will return to her former appearance.

Before leaving, Xu Ping entrusted Xiuxiu to Duan Yunjie, and specifically told him not to stay at home every day and take him out for a walk and relax.

All the personal soldiers with him were taken to Qianlongdong by Xu Ping. No one followed Duan Yunjie and did not dare to take Xiuxiu around, but just took a walk around the river. Today, someone from Taiping County's government office came to Jiang to do business, so Duan Yunjie took Xiuxiu with the servants and went back together later.

There are many merchants from other places on this side of the river and many new things. Xiuxiu may be interested in seeing it. She used to be a person who couldn't stay idle for a moment.

The vendor weighed the oranges, and Duan Yunjie touched her body and said, "Damn it, why did you forget to bring your purse on your body when you came out today? What should I do?"

Xiuxiu doesn't have to count on her. She has long forgotten these small things like purses these days.

The vendor carried the oranges and smiled at Duan Yunjie, "Who doesn't know the two little ladies on this street? You can bring back some oranges and eat them first. Just send money to me when I have free time. I will sell them here for a few more days."

"How can you be so embarrassed? I'm afraid I'm going to let you gossip for nothing."

These days, Duan Yunjie couldn't come across the river casually. She hesitated and turned her lower body, her eyes lit up: "No need, there is a store opened by an acquaintance over there. I'll borrow some money."

After saying that, he said to Xiuxiu: "You are waiting here. My sister goes to Qiu Niangzi's shop to borrow a few coins and comes back in a blink of an eye. Don't leave."

Xiuxiu nodded and said no.

Duan Yunjie left, Xiuxiu stood by the street, silently looking at the crowd on the street. Xiuxiu's eyes were pitch black, but there was no glory of the past. These eyes looked at the world, and perhaps she didn't see anything.

Suddenly, Xiuxiu turned around suddenly, as if a flash of lightning flashed across her eyes, and her eyes suddenly became brighter. She just stared blankly. After a while, Xiuxiu turned around and looked at the direction of Duan Yunjie leaving, her face full of anxiety.

Duan Yunjie still didn't come back, Xiuxiu was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Seeing Xiuxiu's appearance, the vendor picked up an orange and handed it over: "What's the urgent matter for the little lady? Don't worry, at this moment, eat an orange to quench your thirst."

"Thank you, I won't eat it."

After Xiuxiu finished speaking, she took out a handkerchief from her body, took out a strange pen, and hurriedly wrote words on the handkerchief.

This pen was given to Xiuxiu by Xu Ping. Xu Ping always played with Xiuxiu first when she had any novelty things. Xiuxiu always carried it with her. This is a treasure that belongs to her alone.

After finishing writing on the handkerchief, Xiuxiu carefully folded it up and handed it to the vendor: "Uncle, please give this handkerchief to my sister for help. I have something to do to leave."

After saying that, Xiuxiu stuffed her handkerchief into the vendor's handkerchief, turned around and left in a hurry. After three or four steps, Xiuxiu turned around and said to the vendor: "Uncle, you must leave it to your sister!"

Before the vendor could answer, Xiuxiu's figure merged into the abortion and disappeared into the night.

The vendor held up his handkerchief and before he could say anything, he could no longer find Xiuxiu.

Zhang Rong was left to lead a command of the township soldiers to Qianlongdong, and Xu Ping returned to Taiping County with Gao Daquan's township soldiers and Zhongrui Army. Once he returned to Taiping, he arrested and imprisoned according to the list provided by Huang Magistrate. Zhongrui Army was divided into two groups, led by the commander and deputy commander, and went down to various Tuzhou counties and counties to capture the families of the prisoners.

After all this was arranged, Xu Ping returned to Houya, and Duan Yunjie had already been waiting there.

After handing Xiuxiu's handkerchief to Xu Ping, Duan Yunjie, exhausted, shook her head constantly: "Since Xiuxiu left the day before yesterday, I have asked Brother Sun Qi and the people in Taiping County to search around, but I can't find her shadow. Where can she, a little girl, run to?"

After saying that, he sighed: "Let Xiuxiu go, I'm sorry for you!"

Xu Ping spread his handkerchief, which was written by Xiuxiu, which looked a little sloppy: "Official, I saw that thief Huang Conggui. He harmed Liu Xiaomei's sister and many people, so I will not let him run away. I want to follow him and see where he is hiding. If there is news, I will tell the official, you should bring someone to arrest him."

At the end, Xiuxiu wants to add: "Official, I have been with you for many years. If Xiuxiu has an accident this time, remember Xiuxiu's good things and forget Xiuxiu's naughty things. Help me take care of my parents, and my younger brother Huzi. I haven't taken good care of them well for so many years, so I miss them again-"

Xu Ping looked at the words on the handkerchief and didn't speak for a long time.

Broken the handkerchief and put it away carefully. Xu Ping said to the people around him: "Call Gao Daquan and Tan Hu to come over, come over immediately!"

Duan Yunjie sighed and silently lowered her head and stood aside.

Xu Ping paced back and forth, and saw Gao Daquan and Tan Hu coming to his side, and said in a deep voice: "Xiuxiu found Huang Conggui on the other side of Zuojiang River, and followed him to chase him. You two each took me fifty personal soldiers and went to find him separately. Everyone around here knows Xiuxiu. It is impossible that there is no news, so you will definitely find someone back!"

Gao Daquan and Tan Hu agreed and looked at each other. Especially Gao Daquan, who followed Xu Ping one after another, knew how serious it was for Xiu Xiu to lose. This task was much more serious than fighting a war. If Xiu Xiu could not be retrieved, Xu Ping would probably turn the entire Zuo Jiang Dao over.

As soon as the two turned around, Xu Ping said again: "Come Xiuxiu back, Huang Conggui doesn't care about him for now. As long as he is still in this world, I will capture him if I make a fuss!"

The two stood there and saw that Xu Ping didn't say anything for a while. Just as they were about to leave, Xu Ping said again: "I will tell me immediately as soon as there is news, don't be a delay! Okay, you guys go!"

This is a small shack built by locals. It is a place where you can stay in the summer garden at night. By this season, it is already dilapidated and can barely shelter from the wind and rain.

Less than a hundred steps away from the shack, a large stone was square, and the rain had washed out small pits on it over the years.

Xiuxiu fell asleep on the stone, but she couldn't sleep, and had all kinds of dreams. She dreamed that when she was a child, she followed her father to drive her sheep on the beach and grass by the Jinshui River. She dreamed that she took her brother tiger to catch cicadas under the big willow tree by the river. She dreamed that she followed her mother to wash clothes by the river. She dreamed that her parents were helpless looking at the sky after losing the sheep at home. She dreamed that she saw Xu Ping with her little flower cloth bag that day. She dreamed that Xu Ping asked herself with a smile: "Are you afraid of selling it to my house at a young age?"
Chapter completed!