Chapter 346: There are thieves in the north
"No!" The man standing behind the little girl, at Liu Wei's command, responded with his fists clasped into fists, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to grab the little girl's neck, pressed her to the ground, and was about to pick up her dirty clothes.
"Don't!" When the man's hand grabbed her collar, the little girl screamed, and her thin little hand tightly pulled the placket on her chest, and shouted to Liu Weiwei: "I'm a girl!" I'm a girl! Don't tear my clothes! ”
"Let her go!" The little girl shouted that she was a girl, and Liu Wei waved her hand at the man who was pressing her with a smug face, and asked the little girl who was kneeling on the ground again with a wicked smile on the corner of her mouth, "What's your name?" Where are the people? How can it be in this wilderness? ”
"Mr. Hui, the slave family's name is Liu Niang, and she is from Zheng County, and she escaped only because the King of Luoyang entered Zheng County!" Kneeling on the ground, the little girl trembled, and said to Liu Wei tremblingly: "The slave family had no parents in the early years, and there was only one younger brother who was one year younger than the slave family, after leaving the city, the younger brother was captured by the thieves, and the slave family hid in the grass, so he escaped the thieves......"
Replying to Liu Wei's words, Liu Niang's dirty little face twisted to the side, looked at the two bowls of corn on the ground, stretched out her little tongue and licked her lips.
"Let's eat!" Seeing Liu Wei looking at the two bowls of corn on the ground, Guan Qing on the side picked up one of the bowls, handed it to her, and said in a very soft tone: "I think you're also hungry!" ”
Although Guan Qing was wearing a man's deep clothes, her voice was as good as a nightingale, listening to her very soft words, Liu Niang actually felt that her bones were numb.
Taking the rice bowl handed to her by Guan Qing with both hands, Liu Niang looked up at Guan Qing, her big eyes were round, and she muttered: "This gentleman is so handsome......"
Maybe she felt a little out of shape, Liu Niang hurriedly lowered her head after muttering a sentence in a low voice, if her face was not covered with thick mud, Liu Wei had no doubt that her little face was already red with shame at this time.
"Mr. Guan wants you to eat, why don't you eat it quickly!" Sitting opposite Liu Niang, looking at Liu Niang who lowered her head with a look of shyness and panic, Liu Wei also relaxed her tone a lot, and said to her: "Stay until you have a full stomach, and then tell me what happened to you when you escaped from Zheng County." ”
"Hmm!" Liu Niang responded, she was also hungry and panicked, she grabbed a piece of dried meat on top of the corn and stuffed it into her mouth.
Because she was in such a hurry that the meat had not yet been chewed, she threw her neck and tried to swallow the whole piece of meat.
The girl's throat was thinner after all, and this swallow did not swallow the meat, but made her choke and roll her eyes.
"Quick! Water! Seeing that Liu Niang was choking, Guan Qing hurriedly shouted to a few soldiers standing on the side.
One of the soldiers untied the water bag from his waist, walked quickly to Liu Niang's side, and handed her the water bag.
After taking the water bag, Liu Niang poured several large mouthfuls in a row, and only then did she use the lubrication of the water to smooth out the meat stuck in her throat.
"Eat slowly, no one will rob you!" Looking at Liu Niang's gobbling appearance, Guan Qing looked at her with some distress, and sighed: "What a good girl, she is actually in the wilderness......"
Liu Wei on the side knew that Guan Qing was looking at Liu Niang's eating appearance, and remembered the days when she followed Guan Hai to the Yellow Turban Army and lived without food.
But Liu Niang didn't know this, she slowed down the speed of eating, and a pair of big eyes secretly glanced at Guan Qing from time to time.
Looking at Guan Qing's handsome face, Liu Niang only felt that her cheeks were burning as if they were being burned by fire. Fortunately, there was mud on her little face to cover her shyness, otherwise I am afraid that everyone present at this moment could see that her heart had been unintentionally knocked open by Guan Qing.
quickly finished eating a bowl of rice, and when Guan Qing was holding the second bowl of corn and was about to hand it to Liu Niang, Liu Wei raised his hand to block Guan Qing and said to her: "Liu Niang is hungry and panicked, don't let her eat too much at one time, otherwise it will break her spleen and stomach." It's never too late to eat later! ”
As soon as Liu Wei said this, Guan Qing put the rice bowl aside, smiled at Liu Niang, and said to her: "Put the food here, wait for you to eliminate the food, and then eat it!" ”
After eating a big bowl of rice, Liu Niang, who hadn't felt too full, licked her lips, and watched Guan Qing put another bowl of rice aside, although she was a little helpless in her heart, she had to nod her head "um".
"Where did the thieves take your brother captive?" Tilting his head slightly, Liu Wei's eyes stared at Liu Niang's dirty little face, and asked her, "Your younger brother is still young, what are the thieves doing to kidnap him?" DID YOU KNOW? ”
"I don't know!" Speaking of the kidnapped younger brother, Liu Niang's face showed a heavy sadness, a pair of big eyes were also moistened with tears, two tears slid down her cheeks, and on her dirty little face, a tear stain that could be clearly seen even at night was washed.
Knowing that the information about the thief could not be asked from Liu Niang, Liu Wei then asked her: "Where did your sister and brother encounter the thief?" Can you tell me? ”
"Ten miles to the north, there is a small river." Liu Niang raised her sleeves and wiped her tears, wiped her dirty little face like a cat, pointed to the north, and said to Liu Bian: "There is a village on the other side of the river, my sister and brother wanted to cross the river to the village to beg for some food, but before they reached the river, they met the gang of thieves......"
"How many of them are there? How do you dress? Hearing that the thief appeared on the other side of the village in the north, Liu Bian's heart suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly asked Liu Niang.
"Twenty or thirty people, all of them are strong men!" When asking a question, Liu Bian's face was solemn, although Liu Niang said that she was young, she also felt that the atmosphere was suddenly depressed, and replied to Liu Bian with some trepidation, lowered her head and peeked at Liu Bian, her small mouth muttered a few times, but she didn't dare to say another word.
"I'll eat the food later, so I can sleep!" frowned slightly, and her sharp gaze wandered around Liu Niang, Liu Wei waved his hand at her and instructed her: "Early tomorrow morning, take me to the place where your brother was arrested, and see if you may be able to find clues, and maybe you can rescue your brother......"
"Thank you, sir! Thank you sir! Liu Bian said that it was possible to help her rescue her brother, Liu Niang knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing to Liu Bian, forgetting that there was still a bowl of fragrant corn on the side that she hadn't eaten.
Raising his hand towards Liu Niangxu, Liu Wei glanced at Guan Qing, raised his foot and walked towards the bonfire not far away.
When he arrived at the bonfire, Liu Wei picked up an empty bowl from the ground, put some food from the pot on the side, picked a few slices of barbecued meat and put them in the bowl, and handed them to Guan Qing, who came to the bonfire with him.
took the corn rice handed to her by Liu Bian, sat down opposite the bonfire, and looked at Liu Bian, who was serving the second bowl of rice, through the firelight, Guan Qing asked Liu Bian with full doubts: "There are only six of us, how can we help Liu Niang rescue my brother?" ”
"Helping her save her brother is just incidental!" After serving the meal, Liu Wei pinched a piece of barbecue, pinched a small piece and chewed it in his mouth, and said to Guan Qing thoughtfully: "Since the expulsion of the Xiliang Army in the Hongnong area, I have never heard of any thief activities. If Liu Niang's words are true, this matter must really be checked carefully. But I always feel that there is something strange in this......"
Holding the rice bowl in his hand, looking at the few thin slices of barbecue meat in the bowl and the slightly orange corn under the reflection of the bonfire, Guan Qingcai said to Liu Wei after a while: "If the thieves are really good, Qing'er will block them at that time......"
"If the thief is really powerful, I can also take you out successfully!" Without waiting for Guan Qing to finish speaking, Liu Wei smiled at her, muttered to the rice bowl in her hand and said to her: "Let's eat first, if you delay this time, the food will be cold!" ”
"Hmm!" Guan Qing responded gently, picked up the rice bowl, reached out and pinched a piece of barbecue, and put it in his mouth.
Chewing the barbecue, Guan Qinghongyan's lips were twisted into a handful, and when he moved, he was really as beautiful as a small cherry.
Through the bonfire, looking at Guan Qing's pretty appearance eating, Liu Wei had a smile on his face, and he was a little stupid for a while.
swallowed the barbecue, and was still thinking in his heart about how to protect Liu Wei and retreat if he really met the thief, Guan Qing felt as if a pair of eyes were staring at her, and he didn't move away.
She hurriedly raised her head and looked at Liu Bian, who was sitting opposite the bonfire, and saw that Liu Bian's eyes were really staring at her without blinking, Guan Qing's pretty face flushed with shame for a moment, pursed her lips, and said to Liu Bian with a little disregard in her tone: "Don't eat, just stare at others, are you ashamed?" ”
"Shame! Of course shame! Seeing Guan Qing lowering her head again with a shy face, Liu Wei said to her with a smile on her face: "It's just that Qing'er is really good-looking, looking at Qing'er, even if there is no food to eat, I don't feel very hungry!" ”
"It's not in shape!" With a small mouth, she glanced at Liu Wei, and Guan Qingqiao's face turned red and said with disgust: "Looking at people like this, how can people eat?" ”
"Okay, good, I was wrong!" Holding the rice bowl in one hand, Liu Wei raised his other empty hand, made a gesture of surrender, and said to Guan Qing: "Qing'er is good to eat, tomorrow morning, there are important things to do!" ”
When Liu Wei removed the gaze that stayed on her face, Guan Qing blushed and continued to pinch the food in the bowl and eat.
The orange-red bonfire is like a dancer in a red gauze skirt, swaying her body and swaying enthusiastically, and the flames will reflect the faces of Liu Wei and Guan Qing, who are sitting opposite each other, red.
In the mountains in the distance, from time to time, there were a few howls of wild wolves that haunted and foraged at night. The howl of the wolf pierced the silence of the night, not only did not dispel the coldness of the night in the wilderness, but added a bit of profound desolation to this dark world.
The four soldiers who had followed Liu Wei and Guan Qing did not approach them, but gathered together and sat not far from Liu Niang, chattering nonsense from all over the world while monitoring Liu Niang, whose identity was still unknown and who had been pulled out of the grass by a man earlier.
Liu Niang ignored the gaze of the four soldiers. She was holding another bowl of rice very indifferently, pinching the cooked corn in her mouth, and peeking at Guan Qing, who was sitting across the bonfire with Liu Bian, and behaved like two people when she talked to Liu Bian before.