Shi Qingxue sighed and whispered: "I'm not angry with you."
Abao stared at Shi Qingxue, his big round eyes clearly saying: I don't believe it!
Shi Qingxue stepped forward and gently took the child into her arms.
He pressed down the boy's raised hair with one hand, and then said in a deep voice: "I'm really not angry with you. If I have to say it, I'm even more angry with myself!"
Abao was stunned, tilted his head and asked, "Why?"
"I can't say whether what you did is right or wrong. After all, in such an environment, it is understandable that you do it to protect yourself." Shi Qingxue sighed helplessly.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, her heart was extremely complicated, and she sighed quietly: "But, if I had been stronger, or he... maybe what happened today wouldn't have happened!"
At this time, Shi Qingxue missed Mo Junyang extremely.
Abao was silent for a while and suddenly asked: "Who is he?"
Shi Qingxue felt better, rubbed Abao's head again, and said with a smile: "He! He is a great hero. If he were here, he would definitely come up with the best of both worlds to solve this matter."
At least, with Mo Junyang's strength, none of the initial murders and property seizures would have happened.
Abao snorted: "If he is really that capable? Where is he now? Why didn't he come to save you?"
When Shi Qingxue was asked, she felt a little melancholy, but more hopeful.
She suddenly showed a bright smile to Abao and said softly: "We will find him!"
yes!
Isn't the purpose of her coming here just to get Mo Junyang back
Although the current changes made her a little unbearable, she should not be depressed because of it.
Shi Qingxue held Abao's hand, and in Abao's confused eyes, said seriously: "I don't want to say anything more about this death. I have no right to blame you, after all, I am also a beneficiary.
As you said, they may not be good people, and they may even be eyeing us. But the hatred disappears after death. Now that they are dead, we have no grudges against them anymore.
Therefore, both emotionally and rationally, we should not let them die in the desert! Let's work together and help bury them all, shall we get on the road again? "
Abao glanced at the corpses on the ground, and his first reaction was naturally unwilling.
But what Shi Qingxue said was reasonable. He was worried that Shi Qingxue would think he was cruel and ruthless, so he hesitated and nodded in agreement.
The two men dug a big pit, carried the bodies in one after another, buried them, and then plundered the remaining usable belongings and carried them on camels.
Shi Qingxue looked at Abao who was sweating profusely from working hard, took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and said: "You are tired too, get on the camel's back and have a rest. I will lead you away!" "
This camel followed them for so many days, and no matter how hardworking a desert boat it was, it could not bear the weight of two people.
Shi Qingxue thought: No matter how strong Abao looks, he is only a half-grown child. I have been tired for so long and am very exhausted. I still need to take a good rest.
But Abao didn't say anything, and took the reins from Shi Qingxue's hand, and walked forward silently, silently saying that he would never sit on it.
Shi Qingxue had no choice but to take a piece of cake and put it into Abao's hand, and sighed: "If you don't want to sit down, don't sit down! You have to eat something. If you are really tired, how can we walk to Meng'an?" ?”
"I can hold on!" Abao replied subconsciously, but looking at the big cake stuffed into his hand, he hesitated, then took it and started to eat it.
Devouring it.
Shi Qingxue's nose felt sore just looking at him. He was a poor child after all.
——
The two walked in the vast desert for about three days and three nights, and finally on the evening of the fourth day, they saw Meng'an, the capital of the Liang Kingdom.
Meng'an is very different from Kyoto. The huge capital city is surrounded by open areas without even a decent wall.
But as the capital of the Liang Kingdom, even if Meng'an is not as lively as Kyoto, it is still a bustling scene with people coming and going.
Shi Qingxue and Abao were both covered in dust and dirt, looking very miserable.
But the passers-by were already used to this scene, and they didn't even look at the two of them.
The desert is frightening, a tornado blows through, and even a city may be submerged in the vast desert. Compared with it, personal life and death are too insignificant.
Shi Qingxue was particularly satisfied with this. The first thing she did when she came to Meng'an was to find an inn and buy two sets of Liangguo clothes. After she and Abao had cleaned up, they settled down.
It was at this time that the waiter brought her the meal she had prepared earlier, and the two of them gathered around the table to eat.
The two of them have been living a life of one meal and one meal for who knows how long, and they don't pay much attention to it at this time.
Shi Qingxue had a small appetite and was full after just one bowl of rice, but Abao, on the other hand, had eaten three large bowls of rice and still seemed to be unsatisfied.
"Don't choke, let's have a cup of tea first!" Qingxue watched Abao put down his bowl and chopsticks, and added a bowl of tea to him.
Abao picked up the tea bowl and started drinking.
It was also at this time that Abao looked like a child.
Shi Qingxue looked at Abao for a long time and suddenly asked: "Abao, are you from Meng'an?"
Abao stopped drinking tea, lowered his head and said dullly: "How do you know?"
"It's so obvious! You are familiar with Meng'an, but you are not familiar with the inn at all. When we came to this inn, which is said to be the largest, we still looked like passers-by." Shi Qingxue explained slowly.
Abao still asked: "What can this prove?"
"Since you know Meng'an very well, there are only two possibilities. First, your family is out of town and you often come to Meng'an to trade; second, your home is in Meng'an."
Abao: "Both of these are possible, right? Why did you rule out the first possibility?"
Shi Qingxue: "It's very simple. If it's the first possibility, you must stay in an inn when you come to Meng'an. But you don't even know the most famous inn, which means you have other places to stay in Meng'an."
Shi Qingxue spoke slowly and bluntly, speaking in an organized manner, leaving Abao unable to quibble.
But Abao was still unwilling to admit it directly, and asked instead: "Then why didn't you say that you are not from Meng'an! I guess you are not even from Liang!"
This time when it was Qingxue's turn, she was stunned.
She did not deny it, but just asked with a smile: "Is it that obvious?"
Abao was surprised by Shi Qingxue's confession, but still nodded, "It's obvious! It can be seen in your conversation and behavior, as well as your eating habits."
Shi Qingxue followed Abao's line of sight and saw the leftovers on the table, and then she remembered: the staple food of Liang Kingdom is highland barley noodles, not rice.
"Okay!" Shi Qingxue replied calmly: "I am from Mo country. Now that I have answered your question, should you also answer mine?"
Abao: "What else do you want to ask?"
Shi Qingxue: "Why haven't you returned home since you returned to Meng'an?"
Abao was silent for a longer time this time, and didn't make a sound for a long time.
When Shi Qingxue saw this, she couldn't bear it anymore.
"Okay, you don't have to say anything, I won't ask you anymore!" Shi Qingxue felt pity for the child, and knew in her heart that there must be something unspeakable for such a young child living in the desert.
He really couldn't bear to put the other party in trouble.
Shi Qingxue turned and said, "Since you are from Meng'an, I want to ask you a question."
"What?"
"Do you know any way to sneak into the Liang Palace without alerting the royal family?"
Abao looked at Shi Qingxue in surprise, "Why do you ask that? You... want to enter the palace?"
Shi Qingxue's topic jumped too much and she was too shocked.
So much so that Abao didn't know whether he should be surprised that Shi Qingxue would blurt out such a 'secret' to him, or shocked by her audacity.
Shi Qingxue's expression was very calm, and she said calmly: "I want to find someone!"
"who?"
"Family."
Abao was silent again. It was Shi Qingxue's frankness that made him not sure how to treat Shi Qingxue.
He must not be willing to compromise.
but…
After hesitating for a long time, he asked in a low voice: "Why do you think I can help you get into the palace?"
"Ah!" Shi Qingxue seemed not to have thought about this problem at all, but was stunned by Abao's question.
After a moment, he smiled bitterly: "I didn't think too much about it. It's probably... I'm in a hurry and seek medical treatment!"
This was Meng'an, a place Shi Qingxue was unfamiliar with, and the only 'local' he knew was Abao.
Apart from Abao, she really didn't know who else to ask this question.
Abao raised his eyes to look at Shi Qingxue, pursed his lips several times, and then asked in a low voice: "Is he important to you?"
Shi Qingxue can give the answer with certainty this time, "Yes! It's very important! He is the great hero I told you, and I came to Meng'an just to find him!"
Abao fell silent again, until Qingxue felt that she was forcing someone into a difficult situation and was about to withdraw her request, then she said: "I'll help you!"
"What!" Shi Qingxue raised her head in surprise and looked at Abao's calm expression. However, she was not overjoyed. Instead, she said hesitantly: "Do you have any connections?"
Abao raised his eyebrows, "What? You don't believe I can help you?"
Shi Qingxue shook her head hastily, "Of course not! It's just that I didn't think carefully just now. I made a request without asking anything clearly. Will this embarrass you?"
In the past, she was not the kind of person who would make things difficult for others. This time, she was concerned and confused, and she didn't even consider the most basic issues.
Hearing this, Abao finally had a smile on his cold lips, "You don't have to worry about this! Of course I have my own way! I..."
Abao was about to say something else, but suddenly his expression became solemn, he looked outside suddenly, and his voice suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Shi Qingxue also followed Abao's line of sight and looked out.
I didn't see anything, it was dark and quiet outside.
When Shi Qingxue wanted to ask again, Abao suddenly covered her mouth, made a silence gesture, and then blew out the oil lamp on the table.
Then, the door creaked and opened a crack, reflecting a bright light.
It's a big knife!