In the woods outside the North City Gate, on a rugged mountain road, a young man and a brother with a baby were scurrying westward.
"Ah, hurry up, let's hurry up." The young man propped his brother's back with one hand and his arm with the other to drive forward.
"Aliang, I, I can't walk anymore. Xiaoming, do you think he's okay?" The brother holding the baby, Uncle Lin, he was sweating profusely and panting.
The young man is Uncle Lin's second son Lin Liang, he frowned and replied, "I don't know, I don't know what that person will do. In short, let's hurry up and bring the child he wants to him. "
Speaking of the baby, Uncle Lin looked down at his arms.
Yu Baobao, who was only three months old, was staring at him with dark eyes. Seeing him looking down at him, he thought he was going to play with him, so he immediately stretched out his little hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and said excitedly "Ah" After a moment, he grinned at him, opening his mouth where only pink gums and tongue could be seen.
Uncle Lin stopped.
"Ah, what's the matter? Are you tired of hugging? Shall I hug him?" Lin Liang looked at him suspiciously and asked, before reaching out to pick up the child.
"No, I'll hug." Uncle Lin hugged the child tightly, looking at the baby's innocent face, his heart tightened, and he didn't dare to look at the baby's clear eyes again.
He raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and said with tears: "Aliang, baby, will this child be okay? What does that person want him to do? He is still so young. Let's, let's do this, if something happens to the baby, It's going to be struck by thunder... Otherwise, why don't we think of another way? Huh?"
Uncle Lin freed up a hand and grabbed Lin Liang's arm excitedly, with worry and struggle on his face.
Lin Liang also looked at the baby, and then said impatiently and anxiously: "Oh, ah! Why are you doing this again? Didn't we agree? If we don't give this child to that person, what will Xiao Ming do? Xiao Ming But your grandson, he's still crying and waiting for us to save him!"
"But, but..." Uncle Lin's eyes were flushed, and he said, "But if something happens to this child, we will not be at peace in our lives, and we will all be sinners in our lives!"
"Then what do you say?! What can we do now?!" Lin Liang roared, and irritably shook off Uncle Lin's hand, sat down on the ground, held his head in his hands, and kept pulling at his hair. , and yelled, and punched the tree trunk next to him as if venting his anger.
Lin Liang's roar frightened the baby, his mouth deflated, and he began to cry with a wow, and his eyes quickly turned red.
Hearing the baby crying, Uncle Lin quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeves, then hugged the baby and patted his swaddle, shaking it and coaxing him: "Oh, oh, good baby, baby don't cry, baby don't cry Oh… "
Uncle Lin took some time to coax the baby.
The baby was crying, crying, crying, tired, and falling asleep, and his face was red from crying.
Uncle Lin turned to look at his son, looked at the baby again, and cried. There was nothing he could do, they had fallen into a dead end.
Yesterday afternoon, his three-year-old grandson, Xiao Ming, was playing in the yard. He and his son and husband were busy in the house. After they were busy for a while, they felt as if they hadn't heard the sound of the children playing for a while. When I was a child, I found that the child was gone.
They thought the child was playing at the next door neighbor's house, so they went to look for it, but couldn't find it. They inquired about the whole street outside the house and the neighbor's house, but they couldn't find it.
They were so anxious that the three-year-old child couldn't walk very far, and they didn't hear the child's voice for about a quarter of an hour, and the child disappeared. It was definitely not the child who walked out on his own, but was carried away.
The family kept looking, but they couldn't find it in the dark, but they found a letter tucked in the crack of the door.
Their family was illiterate, and they hurriedly found someone who could read to help them read it. Only then did they realize that it was written: If you want to find the child, go and take the newborn child who was taken care of by the youngest two months ago. Come to exchange, not allowed to report to the officials, otherwise the child's life will not be saved.
The address was not written on it, only that the address would be told to them in the morning, and it was also written that the child's Ah Mei would take the child to Buzhuang tomorrow morning.
As soon as they heard it, the newborn child that Uncle Lin took care of two months ago was only the baby of Yu Qingze and Le Geer.
The family didn't sleep all night, they discussed it, and finally decided to let Uncle Lin go and carry Yu Qingze's child over.
Early the next morning, they did receive a letter stating the location of the exchange of children. Their family rushed over immediately, and in a shabby hut, they saw a man with unkempt hair holding Xiao Ming, holding a pair of sharp scissors at Xiao Ming's neck.
Xiao Ming was only three years old, and he was terrified long ago. He cried a lot. When he saw his father and the youngest, he cried even more.
Seeing the child like this, they thought nothing of it, approached the person and the child, and told the person to exchange money for the child, no matter how much they wanted, they would borrow it.
The man disagreed. Seeing that they hadn't brought Yu Qingze's child over, he stretched the scissors forward, and the scissors immediately punctured the child's neck with blood beads.
They were frightened and dared not move.
The man asked them to bring Yu Qingze's child, or stab the child to death immediately.
Uncle Lin and they were terrified. He and Lin Liang quickly returned to the city and asked Uncle Lin to hold the child. Lin Liang responded outside the city, and then Lin Liang's husband watched the man and the child over there.
Uncle Lin looked at the irritable appearance of his son on the ground, and he was also very afraid and helpless, and he didn't know what to do. He asked his son, "Aliang, what should I do now? After so long, Brother Le and the others must have been looking for a child, and they might find him soon."
Hearing this, Lin Liang paused, and after a while, he slowly raised his head, his eyes were already red, he said to Uncle Lin, "Ah, I have no choice, even if I bear sins in the future, I can't just watch it. Xiao Ming, go to hell! He is my son and your grandson."
Thinking of the blood marks on his grandson's neck, Uncle Lin shuddered in his heart, looked at the sleeping face of the baby in his arms, and nodded with a cruel heart.
The two continued to walk forward, and the broken thatched hut was two miles ahead. It took them about a quarter of an hour to arrive.
When Lin Furang saw that they had brought the child, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed Lin Liang's arm. Lin Liang patted his hand and comforted him.
"We've brought the child you want. Let me go!" Lin Liang said at the door of the broken thatched hut.
"Yes, let go of my son!" Lin Furang shouted.
Seeing that Uncle Lin was indeed holding a swaddle in his hand, his head that had been lowered suddenly lifted up, his eyes covered by his long hair shone with a frenzy, and through his long hair, a red mole between his eyebrows loomed. .
"You are not allowed in, back off, back off!" the man shouted.
Uncle Lin, they backed away as they said.
Then, amid Xiao Ming's cries, the man dragged Xiao Ming out of the thatched hut, then pressed the scissors against Xiao Ming's neck, and shouted, "Bring the child here, I'll take a look."
Lin Liang reached out to hold the baby over.
The man suddenly shouted again: "It's not you! You, just you, hug me!"
The man raised his chin and motioned to Uncle Lin to hold the baby over to show him.
Uncle Lin's body trembled slightly, and he slowly walked over with the baby in his arms.
"Dad! Ah..." Xiao Ming has been crying for a long time, his throat is hoarse, his face is full of tears, he cried and dried up, dried and wept again, when he saw his youngest coming over, he kept looking at his youngest , crying: "Youngest, woohoo, youngest..."
Uncle Lin saw that the blood on his grandson's neck had already flowed into a streak, worried to death, and cried out, "Baby, don't cry, don't move around, be careful with the scissors, the youngest will come to save you... "
This time, roaring, crying and shouting, Yu Baobao was woken up, and he started to cry.
Both children, big and small, cried, and it was heartbreaking to hear the adults.
The man didn't care about the child's crying, and said, "Show the child's face and let me see!"
Uncle Lin held the baby down a little according to the words, and opened the swaddle, so that the person could see Yu Baobao's face.
Although Yu Baobao is only three months old, those who are familiar with Yu Qingze and Le Ge'er know that his facial features can be seen as a combination of Yu Qingze and Le Ge'er.
When the man saw it, he was sure that this was the son of Yu Qingze and Le Geer.
He pulled out a weird smile from the corner of his mouth, wrapped his right hand around Xiao Ming's neck, the scissors were still facing Xiao Ming, then stretched out his left hand, and said to Uncle Lin, "Give me the child, you stand back!"
"You, you let my grandson go first!" Uncle Lin said tremblingly.
"Give it or not?!" The man's face suddenly grim, and the scissors stabbed the side of Xiao Ming's neck.
"Wow-ah--" Xiao Ming was in pain and cried even more.
"No!" Lin Furang yelled and cried, "Ah, give it to him, give it to him!"
Uncle Lin was also taken aback, and quickly said, "Give it, I'll give it, don't hurt my grandson!"
He clenched his hands tightly, looked down at Yu Bao Bao who had been crying, gritted his teeth, reached out and handed the baby over.
At this time, Yu Qingze and Le Geer chased after him all the way, and heard the baby's cry from afar.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they came over, they saw at a glance that Uncle Lin was handing the baby over to a man with unkempt hair who didn't know who it was.
Brother Le was in a hurry, and subconsciously opened his mouth and shouted.
"Baby!"
His voice was hoarse and rough, full of worry and despair.
Yu Qingze glanced back in surprise, then turned back and continued to run in the next instant. Now, saving the baby is important.
When they turned around, they saw Yu Qingze and Le Ge'er running frantically towards this side. Yu Qingze was in front and Le Ge'er was behind. Yu Qingze ran faster, only fifty or sixty feet away from them.
When the man saw the two, he immediately pushed Xiao Ming, got up and grabbed Yu Bao Bao and ran away.
"No!" Brother Le looked desperately at the man who snatched the baby. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, but he just paused, didn't even stretch out his hand to wipe it, and chased after him.
Before Uncle Lin could respond, he felt that his arms were empty, and he wanted to grab it again, but the man had already run away. He wanted to go after him, but saw his grandson fall to the ground, he quickly picked up his grandson and comforted him.
Lin Liang and Lin Furang also hurried over, crying with excitement as they hugged the child.
The family was crying and reunited. Over there, Yu Qingze quickly passed them, chasing in the direction of the man, and then, Brother Le also ran over.
When Uncle Lin saw it, he handed the child to Lin Furang, looked at Brother Le and the others, reached out to pat his son's arm, and choked up, "Aliang, hurry up, hurry up and chase the baby, hurry up and chase the baby!"
"Okay, you take the baby back to see the doctor first, and I'll go after him!" Lin Liang said, and followed after Brother Le and the others.
The path was difficult to walk, let alone run. The man held the baby and staggered forward. He looked back and saw that Yu Qingze was getting closer and closer to him, so he simply ran to the river with the baby in his arms.
There happened to be a village in front of it, and that field was all the village's fields. It had just finished the autumn harvest, and it was very empty.
The man crossed the field and was caught up by Yu Qingze at a distance of 20 to 30 feet away from the river.
He turned around immediately, held the baby in one hand, and pointed the scissors to the baby's face in the other, panting, "Don't come here! Come over again, and I'll kill him!"
Yu Qingze stopped, panted, looked at the crying baby in the man's arms, and first said aloud to comfort the baby, hoping to soothe him: "Baby, baby, daddy is here, daddy is here, don't cry , Dad is here!"
The baby seemed to have heard Yu Qingze's voice, but didn't feel the familiar breath and embrace, and suddenly cried louder, crying so hard for a while that he was choked and coughed.
At this time, Brother Le also arrived. He was out of breath when he heard the baby cough and continue to cry. He went smoothly, "Ba-uh, treasure!"
Before he finished speaking, Brother Le felt another sweetness in his throat, and he vomited a mouthful of blood when he opened his mouth.
"Brother Le!" Yu Qingze was shocked when he heard Brother Le speak again. Before he had time to rejoice, he saw that he was vomiting blood, so he hurried forward and hugged Brother Le, worried and asked, "How are you? Stop talking, stop talking."
At this moment, the man ran forward again.
"Treasure—" Brother Le hurriedly pulled Yu Qingze and chased after him again.
The two stopped the man by the river.
"Who the hell are you?! Why did you steal our children!" Yu Qingze asked loudly.
"Hahahahaha..." The man raised his head and laughed and said, "Who are you asking me? Hahahaha..."
The man was disheveled, and his hair covered his face, so he couldn't tell who it was, but as soon as his voice came out, the two of them immediately heard it.
"stone-"
"It's you? Shi Sheng!" Yu Qingze exclaimed in shock, "I didn't expect you to be released!"
A while ago, the emperor pardoned the world, pardoning a group of criminals, and Shi Sheng was also within the scope of the pardon.
It's just that the current Shi Sheng is no longer as handsome as he used to be. After nearly two years of prison life, he has to do hard labor every day. His appearance is not much different from that of Uncle Lin in his forties. No wonder Yu Qingze and the others didn't recognize him at all.
"Hahahaha, that's right, it's me! I can't think of it, I'm not dead yet, isn't it disappointing you?" Shi Sheng laughed wildly, his eyes bursting with endless hatred and madness, his spirit was already extremely high unusual.
He roared excitedly: "God bless me, Shi Sheng's life shouldn't end! How can I die, I'm dead, but you guys are happy outside, I won't allow it! My child is gone, why? Your children are still there! I am like this now, it is all your fault, it is all your fault!"
Yu Qingze knew in his heart that this Shi Sheng had already fallen into madness mode, and if he was stimulated a little, he would not know what he would do. Therefore, for the safety of the baby, do not stimulate him any more.
When Brother Le heard this, he trembled with anger.
Yu Qingze grabbed Brother Le's hand, motioned him not to be impulsive, then tried to slow down and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Hahaha, that's a good question! What do I want to do? I'll think about it," Shi Sheng looked around while holding the baby, then looked at the hands that Yu Qingze and Brother Le were holding, and said, "You guys are not husbands. Is your husband in love? Then, prove it."
Yu Qingze asked, "How to prove it?"
Shi Sheng looked at Qinghe in front of him and said, "You, push Chang Le into the river, and I'll return the baby to you, how about it?"
"What?! Impossible!" Yu Qingze vetoed.
It is absolutely impossible for him to push Brother Le into the river! What's more, it's winter now, and the river is cold, Shi Sheng is clearly going to let Brother Le go to die!
"Then you don't want the child anymore?" Shi Sheng smiled strangely, then glanced at the baby, and said, "Look, what a lovely child, it's a pity, even if you cry to death, your father doesn't want you either... Oh, you say, why does his face feel a little purple?"
Hearing that, Brother Le was in a hurry, and immediately let go of Yu Qingze's hand, ran two steps towards the river, jumped from the middle of the two trees, and jumped into the river.