Shen Xiaokun nodded.??

I hurriedly asked, "Who is it? What happened?"

He glanced at me and said, "I don't know who it is. After I took over the people of Shanhu, I had to do some business on the road to support so many people. We stopped the caravan and asked them to ask for money to pass by. That day, we just arrived at the mountain gate at the Jiangkou in front and saw two teams fighting."

"Is it my daughter's group?"

"Well, but it's not a war," he said, recalling it again before slowly saying: "It seems that there is really someone else who wants to rob your daughter."

"What?" I was shocked: "Someone wants to rob Li'er?"

"Yes." He nodded and said seriously: "I thought it was a bandit or a bandit who were robbing, but then I found out that they did not hurt people. They just kept pointing at a carriage, and later they drove it away. I thought someone forced a robbery. This part was originally my territory. Of course, I couldn't let someone take action here, so I took my brother up and rescued the person, and it turned out that it was your daughter."

I thought about it and asked hurriedly, "Do you know who those people are?"

"I don't know this."

My brows were locked deeply.

If Li'er is really just kidnapped by such bandits, then it's still simple, it's just a matter of spending money to buy peace. But Shen Xiaokun said that those people don't hurt people much, but just want to rob Li'er. This is definitely not the means of ordinary bandits.

Who is the one who wants to rob Li'er and what is their purpose?

Is it for me or for Pei Yuanxiu?

In fact, it doesn’t matter to anyone. After all, Pei Yuanxiu and I have each had their own grudges to this day, which is understandable to adults, but when things involve children, I have to be wary of them.

I asked, "Where is the place where Li'er was robbed?"

"Near Changde."

"Near Changde?" I thought silently in my heart, felt something vaguely, and asked again: "Aren't the people of Jie Li'er ordinary bandits?"

"Of course not. If it is a bandit, I can see it at a glance, and there is no room for them to retreat."

Shen Xiaokun said loudly, suddenly remembered something again and said, "To put it, those people are not only not bandits, but instead-"

"What on the contrary?"

"On the contrary, it seems to be some means."

I suddenly became nervous: "What does it mean?"

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me and said coldly: "You have seen the means of leading the troops. If I really want to take people to suppress the bandits, there is no way out for them. This time, in addition to saving people, we also have to tell those people not to attack on my territory. However, those people are really not simple. They didn't let me take too much advantage and even withdrew."

"oh?"

I have seen Shen Xiaokun's martial arts. After all, people who have been ministers of the Ministry of War are different from ordinary bandits. This place is so largely governed by him. But those people can actually escape successfully under his pursuit. It seems that the other party is not an ordinary character.

"The actions of those people are not ordinary bandits, but more like trained troops."

My heart moved.

The foyer was very empty, with several braziers standing around and blazing flames burning, illuminating the entire foyer and making noises. As soon as people were silent, they showed a strange silence.

I don’t know how long it took, but I finally spoke, my voice was a little hoarse: “Have you heard those people speak? Are there any characteristics?”

Shen Xiaokun was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at it for a while, and suddenly he seemed to be enlightened, saying, "Yes, the accent of those people - it is the accent of Shu!"

My heart sank.

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Shen Xiaokun and I talked to each other until midnight. When we went out, it was already dark around us, with only a few thick middle-aged women still guarding outside, holding a red lantern in their hands. When we saw me, we immediately said, "Madam Qingying, we will send you back."

I said softly: "Thank you."

Although Shen Xiaokun has always hated me, he is not too bad to me. So late, he did not let those big and thick bandits come to see me, but let women come to see me, which really made me feel more at ease. It seems that after more than a year of training, he has indeed grown a lot, unlike the Qingtou boy who used to only know how to act with his uncle and has martial arts skills. Now he seems to have the confidence of a leader.

After a while, I returned to Li'er's room.

I carefully pushed the door and walked in. I was holding a lantern given to me by a woman in my hand. I gently lit the oil lamp in the middle of the house. But Li'er was awake, and his eyes were flashing with the lights, looking at me.

I hurried to the edge of the bed: "Lier, are you awake?"

She seemed not very clear and had a messy head. She raised her little face and looked at me with a pair of eyes confused. After a while, she stretched out her hand to me: "Hug."

When I heard her soft and soft voice, my heart softened. I hurriedly sat on the head of the bed and carefully held her in my arms.

She didn't seem to know who I am, but she was just a child's character. She would be scared when she suddenly woke up at night. She had to hold her to her to be at ease and feel that she was loved.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of Pei Yuanxiu and his years.

He is really good to Li'er. He doesn't need medicine to tell me all the time, and I don't need to guess. Only children who are truly loved will be afraid of anything, will be willful, will make trouble, like to cause trouble, are good at running around the mountains, and need the love of many people. Only happy children are born with such power and self-consciousness.

He not only saved my daughter, but also gave Li'er a good childhood.

I have been suffering for so many years because of Li'er being kidnapped, but now I think about it, if I am by my side, maybe she may not be so happy, and that closed imperial city does not allow her to breathe freely.

only……

I lowered my head and looked at the child's peaceful sleeping face.

Such peace cannot be maintained. Now there are some inevitable crises that will affect her.

Those who spoke in the Shu accent and trained as an army wanted to rob her, which was already a sign, and I already understood that it was the people from Xichuan who were going to attack her.

Just now, Shen Xiaokun also sent someone to ask questions with the guards around Li'er. Li'er has been going to a temple in Changde for years to fast and fulfill his vows. I wonder if Pei Yuanxiu had already been determined. He sent many guards and had strict control of his actions. But this time, because the incident of my arrival in Jiangnan was spread, Li'er was almost crazy and urged them to go on the road without caring about it, and he was in a hurry to come back to see me. Although this young lady was a little concerned, as soon as she spoke, the people below could not remain indifferent. The staff arrangement was not strict enough, so she still bit the bullet and set off.

In my opinion, the people in Xichuan may not only have this idea now, but only this time they have the opportunity to take advantage of it. I just didn’t expect to encounter the accident of Shen Xiaokun.

And the one who takes action...

The third division of Changmingzong was in charge of the position, and the martial artists in the martial arts lecture hall were specifically responsible for training elite killers and personnel dispatching. They could train a group of thugs into such a moderate team, and to take an action in Changde, a place close to the boundary of Shu, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

It may be-

I suddenly didn't feel like thinking.

He, who left his third brother, left me, left me, left the imperial city where he gave birth to him and raised him, was too far away, so far that I could no longer see him clearly, and I was almost forgetting many things.

But I still remember that his clean smile and reckless expression were the warmth I had in the palace in those years.

Could it be him?

Could it be him who wants to rob my daughter?

No, I believe it wouldn't be him!

He will not hurt others, nor will he hurt me. If he really knew that Li'er was my daughter, he would not have done this! This must not be his behavior, this must be-

Another person, what to do.

When I thought of that person, I suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing from the bottom of my heart, and my whole body trembled.

I have never guessed his thoughts, and no one else could guess. Just as what he was going to do, maybe he just raised his hand gently, but maybe it was the shocking waves thousands of miles away.

However, what are their purpose for this robbery?

In fact, even if I don’t think about it, I know very well that the situation in the entire Celestial Empire is in a stalemate. For Pei Yuanhao, he has the victorious force in the north, the joint forces of Pei Yuanxiu and Yao Lao in the south, and the uncertain factor in Shu. For him, the situation should be very difficult, but in fact, there is another world.

First in Shengjing, when Huang Tianba sent me away, he told me that he would stop Luo Shi from going south to use troops during his lifetime, and over the years, he did do it. Although I knew that Luo Shi was not so easy to appease, there was no war in the north in the past few years, which was obviously his great merit. This place was temporary peace.

Jiangnan and Shu were originally two cancers on the soles of the Heavenly Dynasty. If they were difficult together, they would indeed have the opportunity to subvert Pei Yuanhao's rule, but now there has been no movement in Shu for several years, which is unexpected. Yao Lao rebeled from the sect and assigned a large part of the power to Pei Yuanxiu, which undoubtedly formed a subtle confrontation between Shu and Jiangnan.

In addition to Shengjing, Pei Yuanhao was dominant in the Central Plains and formed a three-legged situation with Pei Yuanxiu in Jiangnan and the Xichuan forces. Whoever moves first and who fights first may be a shocking battle.

And now, the person with a Shu accent actually attacked Pei Yuanxiu's people at the border and wanted to kidnap my daughter.

This is undoubtedly not an ordinary action. Even if others don’t say it, I know very well that if Li’er really had an accident, Pei Yuanxiu would not let them go easily for me. Then, there may be a real war between Jiangnan and Shu, and how big an accident will be involved?!

Thinking of this, my heart became heavier and the chill in my heart had not yet faded, and countless worries were added. Li'er in his arms had closed his eyes in a daze and fell asleep. He felt my trembling and wriggling uneasy. As soon as I reached out to carefully brush the broken pieces on her face, I heard her muttering, "Aunt Ruoshi..."

“…”

"Aunt Ruoshi, my mother...my mother is here."

“…”
Chapter completed!