The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 161
At this time, the middle-aged Confucian scholar suddenly opened his mouth and asked the little boy beside him, "Xiao Mao, how is your son?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Young Master, you've gotten better recently, and you can get out of bed and walk." Speaking of this, the child was a little excited, and his face was flushed.

"En, that's good." The middle-aged Confucian scholar breathed a sigh of relief, as if letting go of something, and then said: "Go, Xiao Mao, you will accompany me to see the young master first."

"Okay, sir. I'll lead the way for you." Xiao Mao hurriedly led the middle-aged Confucian scholar to a courtyard.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar walked into the yard, and saw a six-year-old child sitting on a recliner, watching a man playing martial arts in the yard.Full of envy.

The man who was performing martial arts felt that someone was coming, and he jumped up from the spot reflexively, and leaped to the front of the little boy.

Protecting the little boy in his arms with one hand, he moved slightly, turned sideways, and blocked the little boy's face. At this moment, he raised his head to see who it was.

This kind of reaction is already the instinct of the body, just by looking at this reaction, one can see the importance of that child to that man.

After seeing that the person who came was a middle-aged Confucian scholar, his body relaxed.Turning around, he bowed his hands to the middle-aged Confucian scholar and said, "So it's Mr., I made Mr. laugh."

The middle-aged Confucian scholar was obviously taken aback by the man's operation at first, and he didn't realize it until he bowed his hands in salute, and said with a bit of a smile: "It's Jia who has been a little mad, and no one has notified him in advance."

Then he went on to say: "There are many dangers in the capital, the road from the capital to Yanzhou is difficult, and the young master can arrive safely on the road, I understand that all of this is because of Guard Meng."

"Sir, you are joking. If it weren't for Meng's improper protection, the son would not have suffered such a serious crime." When the man heard the middle-aged Confucian scholar say this, not only did he not show pride, but he looked guilty instead. Said.

"Before the second master died, he entrusted me to protect the young master, but in the end I caused the young master to suffer so much. If it wasn't because I was worried that the young master would not be taken care of, I would have thought of apologizing with death." The man said He said with a sad face, obviously showing his true feelings.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy, but it was a bit uncomfortable to continue talking about this topic.

"Meng Huwei must not have such thoughts. Isn't the young master slowly getting better now, and I won't be back to normal before long." The middle-aged Confucian scholar comforted him.

Speaking of this, the middle-aged Confucian scholar seemed to think of something again, and then said: "I tell you a good news, the leader of the grain army has determined to go north. As long as the river is crossed and the siege tools are ready, we will jump across the river and capture Yangping. I believe the young master will meet his grandpa soon."

That man was silent. Although he didn't know the situation of the Liang army's battle recently, the Liang army had dispatched troops twice since last night, but the Liang army still hadn't moved out to march. No need to think about it, he knew that the Liang army must have been frustrated. .

Now under such circumstances, the leader of the grain army can still aspire to go north. The middle-aged Confucian scholar in front of him must have exerted great strength.

At this time, the man suddenly arched his hands towards the middle-aged Confucian scholar, then bent down and bowed deeply.

Seeing this man's appearance, the middle-aged Confucian scholar hurried forward to support him, trying to lift him up, but he tried hard with both hands, but he couldn't see him getting up.

At this time, the man opened his mouth and said: "Since the disaster in the Meng Mansion, I have seen too much of the world with the second master. At that time, I wanted to go to Huangquan together with the second master, but I was entrusted by the second master on his deathbed. Escorting the young master out of the city has no choice but to give up.

All the way to the east, when we came to Yanzhou, Mr. Meng didn't think much of it, he took me in, and even went out of the mountain to persuade the leader of the grain army to go north to help the army.There is no way to repay such a great kindness, please accept it in the next worship. "After that, he bent his waist even deeper. He directly bent his upper body to ninety degrees.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar reached out to grab him, but his strength couldn't keep up with him, so he could only make him bow down continuously.

Seeing his appearance, the middle-aged Confucian scholar said helplessly, "Guard Meng, don't be like this. The Meng family has treated me with great kindness. Now that the Meng family is in trouble, if I still sit on the sidelines, it is different from a beast. That's what I should have done."

The man turned a deaf ear to it, just bowed down again and again, until he bowed nine times, and then stood up straight.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar sighed, he knew the meaning of bowing down nine times like this man, for those who practice martial arts, this is the etiquette that is second only to kneeling and declaring allegiance to the master.

He sighed in his heart: "What a generation of loyal servants."

After the man bowed down, he turned his body slightly, stood to one side, and gave way to the young master who was standing behind him.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar raised his eyes to look, at this moment, the young man was also full of tears.

Seeing the middle-aged Confucian scholar looking at him, the young man opened his mouth, but made no sound.Seeing this, the middle-aged Confucian scholar sighed deeply again, and sighed: "How unfair the heavens are, the old man of the Meng family, who has been loyal to the country all his life, has ended up like this, and the only remaining blood of his family has also lost his life!" A fate like this."

That's right, this man and that young master are the only remaining young masters of the Meng family who were dropped by the eldest grandson Ji.

The man standing next to him was naturally Changsun Ji's personal bodyguard Ma Xiao, and the young man was Changsun Ji's own younger brother, Changsun Huang.

Looking at the grandson Huang sitting on the recliner, Ma Xiao was also filled with emotion.This reclining chair is naturally made by him. He has been with Changsun Ji for so long and has seen the manufacturing drawings, so it is easy to find a craftsman to make it.

Of course, this is not the most important.

Since leaving Tongshan, Ma Xiao has been protecting Changsun Huang all the way to Yanzhou.Along the way, his heart was almost cold.

The last time he came to Yanzhou was to buy grain. At that time, the whole Yanzhou was full of traffic and very prosperous. From the capital all the way to Yanzhou, there was nothing else to do except that he was a little tired on the road. Caravans rushing for merchants could be seen everywhere along the way. .

But this time, along the way, it was the complete opposite of last time.

There were no caravans along the way, replaced by robbers who robbed houses, as well as refugees and disaster victims lying on the roadside waiting to die.The hotels and posthouses that could have been used for people to rest are also empty, except for the rooms that have been stripped by the victims and only the walls are left.Of course, in addition to the garbage scattered on the ground, there are excrement everywhere.

Thank you Ye Yeye for your big reward
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