Zha Xiaodao hugged his shoulders and looked at the child named Cao Yongchang in front of him.
Wearing a cut-and-cut cloth shirt with thick cotton and a blue swastika, he was captured by two men of unknown origin, but his expression was calm and composed, but the occasional clenched fists showed that his heart was not so calm.
"So, you let me"
Zha Xiaodao pointed to himself, and then to the child he was pressing on the horse's back.
Li Yan nodded.
Zha Xiaodao said to Li Yan in a low voice: "There should be no difference if there is a guide. Taking such a child on the road will take at least ten days and a half months. Do you have to take him with you when you go to Longhu Mountain? And such an older child , wouldn't it be more troublesome to say that you slipped your mouth?"
When Cha Xiaodao thought about it, Li Yan was also an official, with the handprint of the Liaodong General Soldier and the Seal of the Commander on his body, and he supported Cha Xiaodao, and he was the guide of the dead ghost. In this tiring year, Who dares to say that there is a problem with his identity.
But Li Yan looked at the child and shook his head: "But it would be troublesome to let him go to the government to report to the officials. This is a world of ice and snow, where do you tell him to go? This child is quick-witted and has strong judgment. He knows current affairs, so it's not in the way." .¡±
He didn't lower his voice, Cao Yongchang heard it clearly.
"But¡¡"
Zha Xiaodao still hesitated, but he didn't expect the child to roll his eyes, but he jumped off the horse and saluted Li Yan and Zha Xiaodao deeply.
"Whether you two are soldiers or bandits, gods or ghosts, Yongchang doesn't ask me a word. I just ask the two uncles to bury my uncle. From now on, Yongchang will rely on their orders."
Seeing this, Zha Xiaodao felt relieved, and secretly gave the kid surnamed Cao a thumbs up. It is really not easy for a thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid to say such a thing.
Li Yan was surprised. When he first saw this child, it was at the time of his life and death. This child dared to bury himself in the pile of dead people, with a sharp knife in his hand, and there was almost a sly and fierce look in his eyes. It was definitely not fear. If he hadn't dressed completely differently from the horse thief and had been hiding in the pile of corpses, Li Yan would have thought of killing him.
However, the child surnamed Cao has become obedient and pure at this time. The sentence of burying the uncle can make people feel better, and he is clearly a man of the city.
Thinking of this, Li Yan's eyes naturally fell on Cao Yongchang, and he was so shocked that his heart jumped.
Li Yan smiled, and patted Cha Xiaodao on the shoulder: "Go, bury someone."
The three of them walked back along the imprints on the snowy ground with one horse. Cao Yongchang was dragged on his horse by Li Yan and hurried away. Now that he revisited his old place, he didn't go to check his uncle's body, but to see what happened to those ferocious horse thieves.
Even though Li Yan didn't pay much attention, he just rode on the horse and slashed back and forth a few times, but the dozen or so horse thieves all died tragically. The huge wounds on their bodies made people shudder. Then Cao Yongchang looked at the corpse, and then glanced at Li Yan. , Grinning secretly.
After tidying up the corpses of the robbed passengers beside the carriage, Zha Xiaodao also took off a cloth robe from the corpses and put them on for himself. While scolding himself for being stupid, he knew that there was no Ninja to arrange his identity, and spending a hundred yuan online to buy a costume is nothing better than nothing.
Li Yan Haolai looked at the attire of these dead bodies, a groom driving a carriage, a pair of actors with costumes in their packages, a strong man with beards who couldn't tell where he was from, and Cao Yongchang's uncle, A thin middle-aged man whose neck was broken by a horse thief.
"What's your uncle's name?"
Li Yan asked casually.
"Zhengsheng, Cao Zhengsheng, opened a tobacco shop in Tongzhou."
Li Yan found an account book from the corpse's clothes, which indeed contained tobacco records. He now has an extraordinary sense of smell, and can even smell some tobacco gas from the dead corpse's nails, and nodded secretly.
Li Yan was a little surprised that the owner's name was not written on the road.
For these corpses, the three of them dug a hole and buried them shortly after they were busy. The main reason is that Li Cha and his two were not as quick as ordinary people.
Li Yan looked down at the soil bag, then raised his head suddenly: "Why do you speak with a Yangzhou accent?"
Cao Yongchang took it easy: "I grew up in Yangzhou since I was a child. After my father died, I went to my uncle who was doing business in Tongzhou."
"So, there is no one in your house?"
Cao Yongchang shook his head sympathetically.
"How old are you?"
"Thirteen."
"The two of us are officials, but we are in a hurry. You need to use your uncle's guidance. Don't bother with the details. You are a child. If you can't keep it here, let the wolves take it. Come with us and wait until the matter is over. i send you backTongzhou. "
After thanking Cao Yongchang for his gratitude, he tentatively asked: "You two, I also traveled north and south with my uncle. Now it's not the Hongwu period. If you want to enter the city, there is no one to check the road. In fact "
"We are going to Guangningwei, which is an important military town. Not to mention going into the city, even if we encounter inspections, we need to guide us."
Cao Yongchang groaned, but couldn't see anything.
?The three of them agreed on a speech. Li Yan, the governor of the guard, rescued Cao's uncle and nephew from horse thieves on his way to his fate. The two wanted to go to Guangning Guard from Liao Zuo to collect the debt, so they entrusted Li Yan to go with them.
It was night, Li Yan took care of Cao Yongchang, built a bonfire for him, and fell asleep leaning on a tree trunk, and it was not too much to check the knife. Cao Yongchang thanked him again and again, and fell asleep in front of the bonfire until late at night.
Both Li Cha have good sleep habits and never snore. Even if they look straight at their faces, most people would not dare to conclude that the two are fast asleep.
The night was thick, Cao Yongchang tossed and turned for a while, and suddenly opened his eyes, his brows were furrowed, and he sat up slowly, the crackling bonfire stretched his shadow very long.
He took out the ear knife from his buckskin boots and held it in his hand, stood up little by little, with the tip of the knife facing Li Yan, but slowly backed away.
One step, two steps.
Cao Yongchang turned around and started to leave.
"Where are you going?"
Li Yan, who was resting on the tree trunk, opened one eye.
In the dream, Cha Xiaodao sighed heavily, waved his hand at Li Yan, turned over and fell asleep again.
Li Yan knew what Cha meant: "You let this kid go, so we don't have to worry about it, what can he do to us if he runs away?"
But Li Yan thought this kid was really interesting, and the name Cao Yongchang sounded familiar to Li Yan, so he really didn't want to just let the kid go.
Cao Yongchang Who is this?
The child stood still, did both eyebrows stand up, and the face with his back to Li Yan was full of fierceness and slickness, but the tone was not obvious at all, and it was still bland and a little confused after waking up: "Pee."
"Go, remember to come back."
Li Yan said with a smile.
"Eh."
Cao Yongchang is not stupid, there is no village in front of this place, no shop in the back, and horses have four legs, so they can't run very far by themselves. After a while, I honestly came back to sleep
All the way without a word, Cao Yongchang tried to escape several times, but Li Yan snatched him back without a trace. Finally, the three of them arrived in front of Guangning Weicheng Pass.
The gatekeeper respectfully handed Li Yan back his fingerprints. A soldier quoted: "Master Zhenfu, Mr. Li has been waiting for you for a long time."
Li Yan nodded, winked at Cha Xiaodao, and walked forward.
The queue outside the Chengguan was not long, and behind Li Yan, there was the old god Cha Xiaodao and the restless Uncle and Nephew Cao Yongchang.
There was a way to guide them, and the city guard didn't make it difficult for the two of them. He just swept Cao Yongchang's face and ignored them.
It's just that Li Yan led the horse and walked a few steps, when he heard the city guard behind him turn his head suddenly and shouted: "That kid, don't go!"
As soon as Li Yan turned his head, Cao Yongchang was not tall, but he jumped up and kicked a soldier next to him in the crotch, cursing, "My dear father!"
Immediately afterwards, a kite turned over, overturned a firewood truck, and rushed towards the noisy crowd in the city!
"Catch the fugitive!"
The city guard shouted!
A gust of wind blew out of nowhere, and a wanted warrant danced in the air, Li Yan clutched it in his hand.
"Cao Yongchang, a native of Yuxi Town, Yangzhou, was a young and ruthless rascal, who killed people in street fights, and issued arrest documents at sea"
Li Yan blinked, not only not surprised but happy, he finally remembered who this Cao Yongchang was. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com