Before Mr. Jiang could react to Liu's words, the mud ball swishly shot out from the grass on the side, like falling rain, a dozen or so in a row.

Mud Dian threw on Liu Shi's Luo skirt, she jumped up screaming, looked at the grass, and exclaimed: "Who is there?"

This is the backyard of Ning An Bo Mansion.

Uncle Jiang and Mrs Liu just came back from Fourth Master Jiang and passed by here.

It was far from the Sifang Family, and seeing no one around, Liu Shi couldn't help but let out a few words because of the suffocating anger in his heart.

Knowing that there was someone here, and thinking that what she said just now was overheard, couldn't help but feel cold behind back.

She said to the servant girl next to her, "Go and see who is there."

The servant girl pushed away the grass.

In the corner of the wall, a chubby little body was lying on the ground.

The servant girl said, "It's the sixth young master."

Liu Shi was shocked, "Why is he there?"

"Stuck... stuck in the dog hole."

Jiang Jinxing didn't say a word, the round puppy's eyes were fixed on Liu's, shining brightly, full of anger, as if he was about to bite.

But he was stuck in the dog's hole and couldn't move, so he couldn't bite.

It's shameful now.

Very humiliating.

Jiang Jinxing was taken out of Jinling before he was one year old, and he has grown to seven years old, and he has no memory of living in Ning'an Bo Mansion.

But he was naturally daring, and when he came back, he didn't recognize birth. Like a puppy, he circled around Ning Anbo's mansion every day. Everywhere he could go, he had to step on it to see and leave his own footprints.

Today, while the father and mother were talking with the uncle and the aunt, the child sneaked here alone, hiding from the maid and the servant, crouched under the north wall, and stared at the dog hole for a long time.

look at.

look at.

The hole seemed to have magic power.

He drilled.

Then.

Seven-year-old Jiang Jinxing understood a truth today.

Not all dogs are the same size.

Not all dog holes are the same size.

Only he, whether in Yecheng or Jinling, eats the same amount of food, and his round belly is always the same size.

Woohoo this world is really cruel.

He didn't want to make a sound at first, and didn't want anyone to find him. He was hungry for an hour or two, and he might get out.

So when the uncle and aunt came over, he didn't make a sound.

But when Liu Shi said that his elder sister would definitely lose money if she managed the shop, Jiang Jinxing started to make mud eggs with his hands that were able to move.

Hearing that Liu Shi said that his sister might as well be kidnapped by the traffickers, Jiang Jinxing threw the good mud eggs out.

Now even if the grass is peeled off to reveal his face, and he is caught throwing mud, there is nothing to be afraid of when the little bully is in trouble, and there is nothing to be afraid of now.

Not only was he not afraid, he was being watched, holding mud in his hand, and dared to continue throwing it in Liu Shi's face.

But in the end, the servant girl on the left pulled her left arm, and the servant girl on the right pulled her right arm, and she was dragged out of the dog hole like a pig waiting for the grill.

The hands and arms were covered with black mud, keeping evidence of the crime just now.

Uncle Jiang looked at Jiang Jinxing's face and couldn't help but have a headache.

It's really the child of his fourth brother's family.

Suddenly, Jiang Jinxing was dragged out of the dog hole, broke free from the hands of the maid and the servant, and rushed over.

Liu Shi might as well, he was knocked to the ground at once, and two black mud handprints were added to his skirt.

"Bad lady" Jiang Jinxing didn't know what words to use to express the anger in his heart, the vocabulary in his head was so few that he panicked, and he was even more angry when he was holding back, and he said a few times, "You lose money, your whole family loses money. If you don't have money to spend on your children, they will be abducted by traffickers"

Jiang Jinxing couldn't believe it. The aunt and uncle, who had just praised his sister for getting more and more beautiful in front of his parents, actually spoke so nasty behind their backs.

While he was beating, he started to cry, "My sister can't meet a trafficker once, and she can't meet her in her entire life."

Liu Shi blocked his beating, oh oh oh oh, he called the uncle of the Jiang family and the servant girl, "Come and pull him away!"

Jiang Jinxing was picked up by the uncle of the Jiang family.

The uncle of the Jiang family stumbled a little under his weight, gave Jiang Jinxing a chance, and kicked Liu Shi with his legs.

Liu Shi had no manners at all, got up slowly from the ground, and slapped Jiang Jinxing.

However, the uncle Jiang grabbed his wrist, "Don't bother with a child."

He said sternly: "If this matter goes to the old man, you will be the one to blame."

Liu Shi knew that he was right, but even when he was angry, he slowly put down his hand.

The uncle of the Jiang family comforted Jiang Jinxing in his arms, "Brother Jin, don't be annoyed, just now your aunt didn't say that your sister would lose money or that your sister would be abducted."

Jiang Jinxing was taking advantage of the chaos and wiped the mud from his hands on the uncle of the Jiang family.

Seeing that the palms of both hands were almost wiped clean.

Uncle Jiang sees himself clean

The net clothes were stained with dirty mud, and his brows jumped, and he immediately let him down.

He thinks that a seven-year-old child can't change the age of right and wrong, good and bad, and it should be easy to fool, "What your aunt said is that she is worried that your sister's shop will not be happy enough to lose money, but fortunately, your sister Liu I was found when I was old."

Jiang Jinxing had never heard of Jiang Rao being abducted before, but when he heard it, he thought that he almost had no sister, and burst into tears.

The uncle of the Jiang family was busy wiping his tears with his fingers, turned around and glanced at Mrs. Liu, and asked Mrs. Liu to come too.

Liu Shi understood, took out the handkerchief and came over to wipe Jiang Jinxing's tears.

Jiang Jinxing didn't use her handkerchief, he wiped his tears with the back of his hand, and then wiped it on Uncle Jiang's body.

Uncle Jiang had a black line on his face.

But seeing that the child seemed to be coaxed, he felt relieved, patted Jiang Jinxing on the back, and coaxed softly, "Don't tell your parents about this when you go back, the uncle won't put you in a dog hole. , tell your parents, okay?"

Jiang Jinxing's eyes changed slightly, he lowered his head, followed Uncle Jiang's outstretched arm, and wiped away his tears and snot on his sleeve, bowing like a puppy, as if nodding.

Uncle Jiang felt that the child was being coaxed, and was completely relieved.

Jiang Jinxing, who had wiped his face clean, raised his fair face, and then Sayazi ran out, "I'm going to find my grandfather."

Uncle Jiang and Mrs Liu's expressions changed drastically.

This boy, go to report

...

Jiang Jinxing didn't have a deep understanding of the eight words "people in front of people and people behind them".

But he was trapped by Yang Xiuzhu last time. Later, his father and mother told him that his family didn't let him eat candy because he was changing his teeth. Heart, called buying.

He thought he was helping a person and treating him very well. The big brother who fell in love with him was actually just interested in his family's money and wanted to marry his sister. He helped him by turning his elbows out, stupid. Eggs do.

This time, the uncle tempted him with the benefit of helping him keep the dog hole secret.

But he won't turn his elbows out any more.

What he heard in the dog hole was the truth!

Uncle, this is not kind.

This is a buy-in.

The aunt cursed his sister behind her back!

When his brother is a dead man!

Jiang Jinxing ran faster than a dog chasing him, no servant girl could catch him, and ran all the way into his grandfather's yard.

...

The uncle of Ning'an's Mansion has always been partial to the fourth room.

Yes, after listening to his big fat grandson howling on the roof, he aggressively called the eldest son's family over.

Uncle Jiang and Mrs Liu, who were all dirty, tried their best to explain it, and blamed the child for the fault. It is said that children speak innocently, and they misunderstand and talk nonsense.

However, for such a specious thing, the old man will believe whichever he favors in his heart.

He always felt that his youngest son, Jiang Xingzhou, was the most promising of all the sons in the family, but he was also the youngest son. He was the one who could not support the family the most. He had no idea of ​​being in charge of the family. Just thinking about assisting his eldest brother, he ran away for him six years ago, calling him both favoritism and anger at the same time.

But in the end it is more preferred.

This time, as soon as the younger son came back, he was called into the palace to paint for Emperor Zhaowu. After returning, he received the emperor's reward the next day. What a dazzling scene.

Since the old man's heart was on the side of the fourth room, he punished Liu Shi.

On the grounds that Liu's family disturbed the harmony of the family, she was fined to sort out all the matters of employment and purchase in the shop within three days, and exchanged the shop to the four-bedroom family.

In exchange, let her go to the ancestral hall after handing over the shop, and face the tablets of the ancestors and copy the family letter ten times.

Liu Shi was dissatisfied, but he did not dare to attack in front of the old uncle.

It's just that he gritted his teeth secretly, wishing to immediately see the scene where the shop was destroyed by Jiang Rao's hands.

After a while, Jiang Siye and Jiang Qin, who heard what happened, came to hear the news.

Uncle Jiang was coming out of the uncle, and when he saw his fourth brother and sister-in-law, he stopped.

He said, "It's only Xiu Niang's fault today." There was an apologetic tone in his tone.

"Xiu Niang did her best to manage those shops, but she suddenly let her go. She's just not used to it. She talked a little too hard for a while. Don't blame her."

Jiang Siye has always respected his big brother very much.

After his mother passed away, his elder brother was the one who accompanied him the most.

The brotherhood of his youth still seemed precious to him in retrospect.

But some things are his bottom line.

He said sternly: "Even if my sister-in-law is not used to it, she shouldn't joke about being kidnapped every year."

Back then, at the lantern festival, my daughter was taken by so many servants, but she was abducted instead. Obviously, it wasn't an accident, but someone did something wrong.

But at that time, after half a year of investigation, he could not find out who it was. He felt uneasy and feared that the same accident would happen again, so he resolutely left Jinling.

The person doing the trick is just afraid that he will inherit the title of Ning An's Mansion.

For the sake of his daughter, he can refuse the title, and he can't allow anyone to offend her.

Uncle Jiang looked a little embarrassed, "I will take care of the housekeeper."

After parting, Jiang Qin shook his head and said, "In the beginning, when Liu took the initiative to ask the shop to take care of it, it was more urgent than anyone else, but today we are back but we are unwilling to give it, in other words to hurt your brothers and family. It's really not like It's like being a good mother-in-law."

Fourth Master Jiang sighed, "You can't just blame the eldest brother, we lost our mother early in the morning. The elder brother's marriage was arranged by his stepmother. Although Liu's family background is enough, his character..."

Fourth Master Jiang stopped talking.

Jiang Qin understood the hardships of the two brothers when they lost their mother, and took his hand soothingly.

Mrs. Liu, whom the old uncle continued with later, did not seem to be a good friend. Fortunately, Mrs. Liu had no children under her knees, which saved a lot of trouble.

She held her husband's hand and asked him in a low voice, "Master has returned to Jinling this time, because he has no intention of becoming the head of the family?"

Fourth Master Jiang shook his head firmly, "I just want to live my life well."

...

Jiang Jinxing not only sued, but at his grandfather's place, his grandfather rubbed his stomach and coaxed him for a while before he was able to go out.

He didn't even know that his grandfather was coaxing him, but he was coaxing his grandfather. Just now, his grandfather supported him and scolded his aunt to make him happy. He also wanted to make his grandfather happy, with a small bun face , made a lot of grimacing, in exchange for the ticklish little belly to be rubbed by grandfather.

It's really not easy to make old people happy.

After finally coaxing his grandfather into a happy mood, Jiang Jinxing went out and ran back to his yard.

"Father, mother." Jiang Jinxing climbed onto the chair and asked them nervously, "My sister was kidnapped when she was a child, what happened?"

How come no one has spoken to him.

"Your sister was six years old at the Lantern Festival. She got lost in the crowd, and was kidnapped by traffickers. Fortunately, she was found after three days." Jiang Qin faced his younger son, and didn't say it too clearly. He just said, "Your elder sister was frightened at that time, so we won't mention it again."

"Where is my sister now?" The less they said, the more nervous Jiang Jinxing became.

Jiang Qin found a maid and asked, and replied, "At the grain shop by the Qinhuai River."

...

The horizon is a red glowing cloud of fire.

Jiang Jinxing went to the Qinhuai River, and saw Jiang Rao flipping through the books in the small room in the inner courtyard of the grain store. He ran over and took her hand, picked it up and rubbed her cheek.

After a long sigh of relief.

Then he put down Jiang Rao's hand and quietly climbed onto the bench and sat on Jiang Rao's side, just watching her sister settle the account, she was very relieved.

When Jiang Rao read the account book, he immediately took out the paper roll in his arms, unfolded it, and spread it in front of Jiang Rao.

Jiang Rao looked down at the paper that Jiang Jinxing brought, and was confused, "Why did you look for the map of Jinling to show me?"

"Sister, take a good look at this." Jiang Jinxing looked serious.

He was very afraid.

It turned out that he almost didn't have a sister.

Although the milky voice is milky, but the words are true, "Sister, in the future, look at the map more and read less useless words, so you can't get lost again."

Mother said that my sister was frightened, and it was best not to mention it, but he was worried that when he couldn't see, she would get lost again.

"Look more, take a good look at the map, read it every day, and memorize it by heart," he repeated.

The tone is very similar to that of the old gentleman in the school, and he almost didn't hold a bamboo or wooden ruler in his hand.

Seriously.

Seriously.

Jiang Rao felt that his brother was a little abnormal.

During the days when he returned to Jinling, Ning'an's mansion was new to him. He was running around, and he didn't have enough fun. He suddenly came out to find her, brought a map of Jinling, and told her not to get lost. road.

Suddenly blessed to the soul, remembered something.

Jiang Rao asked tentatively, "Did you... know that I was kidnapped when I was a child?"

Jiang Jinxing nodded lightly, but there was a sound of "woo" in his nose.

He pursed his lips, and his eyes were about to burst into tears. He picked up Jiang Rao's hand and put a sticker on his face, rubbed it, and said ruthlessly, "I want to kill those hateful human traffickers."

I actually knew about it...

Jiang Rao has always remembered the incident when she was abducted when she was six years old, but she doesn't really want to recall it.

At this time, Ming Shao came in and said, "Miss, the ninth highness wants to find you, do you want him to come in?"

"Let him in."

Jiang Rao glanced at the sky, thinking that it was time to leave for the Egret Academy.

Turning his head to look at Jiang Jinxing, he rubbed his head and said, "I was kidnapped six or seven years ago. It's been many years, and I'm fine."

Jiang Jinxing's eyes were red.

Jiang Rao looked at her younger brother's immature face, thinking that when she was kidnapped, she was about the same age as him now, she felt uneasy in her heart, and said, "Don't always think about getting rid of the little girl who is following you in the future. Servant, if you run out to play alone, you can easily be abducted."

...

During the Lantern Festival that year, Jiang Rao couldn't remember how she was led away from her parents by the maid, and when the maid disappeared.

She just remembered that she was by the river, carrying a bag of jelly beans in her pocket, watching the lights in the river, and biting into the jelly beans to eat, she was covered with a piece of cloth from behind, and she was taken away after fainting.

She woke up halfway, jumped out of the arms of the trafficker and wanted to run.

But the residual medicinal properties of the drug caused all the things in her sight to overlap several shadows.

In the deserted countryside, the lights were dark and the fire was blinding. was tripped over by a branch and plunged into a mud pit.

The six-year-old Jiang Rao is small and light, and it is easy for an adult to lift her up with one hand.

The trafficker held Xiao Jiang Rao by the back collar with one hand, and pulled her out of the mud pit, whose face was covered in mud. Come on, it's as easy as pulling a radish out of the ground.

Carrying a small mud radish all the way, he carried it to a dilapidated house outside the city, threw it in, and closed the door and locked it.

There were several children in the room, and the whole room was full of children who were tired from crying and sobbing in a hoarse voice. They huddled together and shivered.

There was only one little boy, leaning against a wall alone, not staying with the other children, which seemed very out of place.

Only he didn't cry.

His face was covered in blood, he seemed to be injured, and he was breathing heavily.

Blood smeared his entire face, and the moonlight was very dark. She couldn't see what his face looked like, but felt that his eyes looked very fierce. She heard the sound and raised her eyes to look at her, as if with blood.

When the trafficker saw him, he scolded her, locked her inside, and the footsteps faded away.

She thought about ways for a long time, but couldn't escape, and cried in despair.

Behind him, a dragon rustles.

The little boy who had been leaning against the wall without any movement, walked towards her.

She thought he was coming to accompany her to woo woo woo.

But she never thought he was here to grab her jelly beans

A pocket of jelly beans, almost all of them were snatched away

But he seemed to be too hungry, and the jelly beans in her pocket were stained with mud, and he could actually eat it instead.

Although she was also hungry, seeing him so hungry, she wiped away her tears and gave him all the remaining jelly beans.

But after feeding the jelly beans, he grabbed her hairpin again

Woohoo this guy is so bad.

...

Jiang Rao didn't want to recall how loud she cried at that time.

...

The little boy snatched her hairpin and turned it into a sharp weapon with a stone.

When the traffickers opened the door to look at them the next day, he weakly hugged his stomach, shouting that it hurt, asking someone to hold him. When the traffickers bent over to look at him, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he stabbed him in the neck.

When the traffickers resisted, they grabbed the little boy by the neck, so hard that the veins on the back of his hands bulged, and the little boy didn't let go.

Until the trafficker lost his breath and let go.

The little boy slowly let go of the blood-stained hands that were holding the tail of the hairpin.

That scene was the eternal shadow in Jiang Rao's heart.

But the trafficker is dead and she can go home.

In a way, it was indeed the terrifying little boy who saved her life.

Jiang Rao said to Jiang Jinxing: "You must be careful. If you are kidnapped, nine out of ten will not be able to escape. I was thankful for having that... brave child."

But the terrible child - Jiang Rao added in her heart.

But saw brother's eyes suddenly moved to the door.

Jiang Rao followed his brother's gaze and turned to look.

By the door, Rong Ting's wheelchair was parked there.

There was a slight strangeness in his eyes, and he was looking at her.