In the end, Xie Shuci really bought him a wooden sword.

It's just that, it seems like it's just something for children to play with, and it's harmless, but once it's in Xiao Xun's hands, it feels a little different.

Xiao Xun's temperament is different from that of ordinary people. Wearing ordinary clothes on him, there is an illusion that ordinary people can't afford it, just like some people are born with an air of superiority over others. , Xiao Xun is like this.

He raised the wooden sword to his eyes, and looked at it for a moment with lowered eyes. It made people feel that his hand was not a wooden sword, but a genuine sword that could kill people.

Although it is far inferior to his saber, since Xie Shuci bought it for him, let's reluctantly keep it.

He carried the wooden sword on his back, turned to Xie Shuci and said, "Let's go."

Xie Shuci nodded, and couldn't help but look at him more.

He obviously only carried a broken wooden sword on his back, and he felt like a hidden hero. Sure enough, the protagonist is different, and his little blind man is different.

Xie Shuci didn't intend to stay here, he wanted to rush back to Tianzhu City as soon as possible, return the token to Miss Luo, and then take Xiao Xun to the place where the Xianmen general election took place.

It is said that the place where the Xianmen General Election is held is different every time. The specific state where the Xianmen General Election will be held this time is not yet the exact address.

Resting in the city for half a day, Xie Shuci bought a carriage and released the crane that had been locked under the cabin.

During this period of time, he didn't care about the crane. If Chu Guiyi hadn't occasionally fed it some horse grass, he would have rushed out from below the deck to settle accounts with Xie Shuci.

Even so, when Xie Shuci took him off the boat, he still spat on his face, and Xie Shuci persuaded him for a long time before inviting him to get off the boat.

There is no way to throw it on the boat, it is not like a king, it can change shape, so it is convenient to carry with you.

With the crane, Xie Shuci originally wanted to buy another horse, but the king volunteered and said that he would pull the carriage with the crane, but the king's original form has become more and more powerful, Xie Shuci didn't want to be eye-catching, and he didn't want to scare The common people along the way turned it into a big dog, pulling carts with the cranes in front.

I don't know whether the two communicate with each other in the language of dogs or horses. Sitting in the carriage, Xie Shuci can hear the voice of the king from time to time "嗤嗤". happy.

"Little licking dog." Xie Shuci muttered as he leaned against the wall of the car.

Xianhe looked down on it at first, and ignored it at all, but he couldn't stand the king's cruelty, love to act like a baby, and his thick skin. As time went by, Xianhe no longer ignored it as before.

They chatted happily, but Xie Shuci was boring.

He looked at Xiao Xun, who was silent, and lowered his head. He was wiping his wooden sword with a piece of good cloth he bought in Xie Shuci, so that there was not even a speck of dust on it.

The wooden sword was very rough. He rubbed the edge of the burr with his fingertips, looked up at Xie Shuci, and asked, "Do you have a dagger?"

Xie Shuci took out a dagger from a pile of sundries he bought, handed it to him, and said, "What are you going to do?"

Xiao Xun said: "Cut off the edges."

Xie Shuci paused, thinking how could he give such a dangerous thing to such a poor kid, "Give me the sword, and I will cut it."

Xiao Xun raised his eyebrows, but didn't say much, and handed the wooden sword to Xie Shuci.

Xie Shuci took the wooden sword, leaned against the table, and used the dagger to cut off the burrs on the edge.

Xiao Xun sat opposite and looked at him without blinking. The wood used to make wooden swords is not good. If Xie Shuci cuts off a burr, other debris will come out. If he is not paying attention, his hand will be pierced with a small hole, and bright red blood will come out from the fingertips. When he came out, Xie Shuci couldn't help cursing: "Cheap is not good!"

Xiao Xun quietly looked at the blood drops on his fingertips, and suddenly a very strange thought came to his mind.

He got up and walked to Xie Shuci, took the wooden sword and dagger from his hand, put the dagger aside, and held Xie Shuci's bloody hand again.

His palm is not much smaller than Xie Shuci's, and he can wrap Xie Shuci's hand in his palm.

"What are you doing?" Xie Shuci asked puzzled.

Xiao Xun didn't look at him, but stared at his fingertips with dark eyes, and then slowly pressed his bleeding finger against the blade of the wooden sword, the blood immediately seeped into the wood, and the color also changed. Got a little deeper.

The scraps of the wooden sword rubbed against Xie Shuci's wound, Xie Shuci didn't feel much pain, but seeing Xiao Xun's serious expression, he felt a very subtle feeling in his heart.

There were many times when he couldn't understand Xie An's behavior.

For example, why did he use his own blood to nourish a peach branch that can be seen everywhere.

The blood seeped into the wooden sword, leaving a dark red mark on it, like a wound.

After a while, he moved Xie Shuci's finger away from the wooden sword, gently brushed the sawdust off Xie Shuci's fingertips, and watched a drop of bright red blood overflow from his wound again, his eyes suddenly darkened. a lot.

His silence made Xie Shuci feel a strange feeling in his heart, he took his hand out of Xiao Xun's hand, and asked suspiciously: "Are you really only nine years old?"

Xiao Xun glanced at him, returned to his original position with the dagger and wooden sword, and said, "I only have memories of before I was nine years old, but it doesn't mean I'm only nine years old."

Xie Shuci nodded slightly, "...Oh."

Xiao Xun didn't speak again, and neatly cut off the burrs on the wooden sword with a dagger, and then put it away carefully.

At night, Xie Shuci spread out a soft couch, let him rest first, and went out to see the king and the cranes by himself.

After traveling for seven or eight days, Xie Shuci and the others entered a neighboring country of the country where Tianzhu City is located.

Thinking that Tianzhu City was not far away, Xie Shuci stopped in a small border town in no hurry.

The journey was as smooth as Xie Shuci had imagined. Except for a few cities near Machine Reading City, the other people basically didn't know what happened. Probably those monks really did not expect that Xie Shuci would take Xiao Xun on the business road and pass through the territory of mortals.

After all, if they accidentally cause riots in their territory, not to mention being punished by heaven, Baimen will not allow their appearance to affect the lives of ordinary people.

The carriage drove slowly towards the city gate. Xie Shuci was sitting in front of the carriage. Seeing several guards stepping forward, he immediately handed over the documents and tokens in his hand.

The guard glanced at his documents, frowned and asked, "Are you going to Dongliguo?"

Dongli Country is the country where Tianzhu City is located.

Xie Shuci nodded and said: "Yes, sir, I will go to Dongli country to join relatives, and buy some medicinal materials by the way."

The guard looked at the carriage behind him again, and asked, "Who's in there?"

Xie Shuci turned back and opened the curtain, pointed to Xiao Xun who was sitting by the wall, and said, "This is my eldest nephew. To tell you the truth, my elder nephew's parents died early, and I worked hard to raise him." At this age, his mother's relatives asked me to send him back, and I was seriously ill, and I heard that Dongli's medicinal herbs can cure my illness, so I..."

The guard looked at him, then looked at the expressionless Xiao Xun inside the car, probably believed Xie Shuci's words, and said, "My lord, the war between the two countries is now over, and the border deployment is very tight, you want to go to the east from here. Leaving the city is very dangerous, at least you can’t leave until Dongli withdraws its troops.”

Xie Shuci had inquired that passing through this city and leaving from the Southwest Pass was the shortest road to Tianzhu City. Now if he was asked to detour to leave, he might have to waste a few more days.

Xie Shuci thought for a moment and asked, "When will they withdraw their troops?"

The guard's expression darkened, "If it's quick, within two days, if it's slow, I'm afraid the troops won't be withdrawn."

Hearing this, Xie Shuci couldn't help frowning, "Didn't the war between the two countries stop? Why didn't they withdraw their troops?"

The guard sighed: "We have been fighting for several months, our army has been short of food and grass, the people have been displaced and hungry, and the weather has turned cold. Even if we can win this battle, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. The emperor has no choice but to order peace with Dongli. But this The number of casualties in the Middle East during World War I was no less than that of our army, but their territory is too large and there is no shortage of food and soldiers. If we want to negotiate peace, we must pay some price."

Xie Shuci nodded with a half understanding, and said, "Dongli agreed to negotiate a peace, but with conditions?"

The guard sighed and nodded, and returned Lu Yin to him, "That's right. Young Master, you go in first, if Dongli withdraws, you can leave."

Xie Shuci looked at his vicissitudes, and couldn't help but feel heavy, "Thank you, farewell."

Xie Shuci has never experienced war. History books only use a few strokes to record the rise and fall of a country, but the cold words are the traces of countless hot blood coagulated.

War is always the most ruthless disaster in the world.

Since he couldn't do without, Xie Shuci planned to find an inn to stay.

Probably just after the war, there were not many outsiders like Xie Shuci in the city, but the streets were still lively.

Xie Shuci inquired about the best inn in the city, but since there were not many outsiders left in the city, the inn seemed very calm, a few guests were sitting in the lobby eating wine, and the servant leaned against the door to take a nap, being shivered When the winter wind blows, shrink neck in the cold.

The wheels stopped at the door of the inn, and the boy was shocked when he heard the movement, and immediately opened his eyes to shine.

As soon as Xie Shuci opened the curtain, the servant greeted him in three steps at a time, "Hey guest officer, are you a top player or staying in the store? The store has complete facilities, and the lobby is full of people at twelve hours a day. Just mention anything you need."

After finishing speaking, he graciously supported Xie Shuci and got out of the carriage.

"To stay in the hotel, I want a room." Xie Shuci said.

"Okay, guest officer, you go in first, and I will help you park the carriage in the backyard."

Xie Shuci turned to greet Xiao Xun, "We've arrived, come down."

Xiao Xun walked out of the carriage with his broken wooden sword on his back. Just as the waiter was about to step forward to help him, he jumped off the carriage neatly.

Xie Shuci took off the reins from the king, not knowing why this little licking dog liked the crane so much, and reluctantly rubbed the crane's neck, the crane raised its head and chest, and the birds didn't care about it.

Seeing its inseparable appearance, Xie Shuci said: "Otherwise you and Brother Xianhe together..."

Before Xie Shuci finished speaking, the king quickly broke free from the rope, ran to Xiao Xun's side, and looked at Xie Shuci with a very innocent look.

Dad, what are you talking about? The baby can't understand.

The crane glanced at them, raised its hooves aloofly, and walked towards the backyard led by the servant.

"Why only one room?" Xiao Xun looked at Xie Shuci and suddenly asked.

Xie Shuci was taken aback, looked at his unusually serious expression, and said with a dry smile, "Then what... I'm sorry, I'm used to it."

Xiao Xun glanced at him, didn't speak, and walked into the inn first.

Xie Shuci walked to the counter and said to the waiter, "Please ask for two rooms."

The shop clerk said with a bitter face: "Guest officer, I'm really sorry, there is only one room left in the small shop."

"Huh?" The writer was a little surprised, "Aren't there no customers in your store?"

The waiter said: "There is news from Shangjing that the bandit soldiers from the entire Songjiu Battalion are coming. There are only a dozen or so upper rooms in the small shop, and they account for more than half of them."

Xie Shuci said curiously: "Didn't you come here to make peace with Dongli? Why did you send troops here?"

"I don't know about this little one. In short, the leaders of Songjiu Battalion have never lived in the barracks. Whenever they return to a place, they have to send someone to send a message in advance, and leave them a few rooms in the best inn in the city. , Even if the room is full, they have to drive people out when they come.”

Xie Shuci found it funny, "Are they bandits or soldiers? They are also 'heads of the family', aren't they bandits?"

The waiter sighed and said: "Guest officer, you are really right. They used to be really a bunch of bandits! Even the court couldn't do anything about them, and finally the emperor came forward to persuade them to surrender. They used to be called Songjiuzhai.It’s called Songjiu Battalion, it only listens to the emperor’s orders, and has made a lot of contributions to our Qi Country. It may be the emperor’s order to come to our Southwest Pass this time.”

"Oh, that's ok, besides the upper room, are there any common rooms?"

"There are some."

Xie Shuci paid the money, and the waiter in the shop gave him two brands, one with a Tianzi name and one with a local name.

"Little brother, I also have a dog at home, so it shouldn't have any effect, right? Then the bandit soldiers from Songjiu Battalion are here, won't they trouble me?"

The king is now the image of a big dog, which looks quite scary.

Seeing the waiter looking at him, the king immediately sat obediently on the ground, and stuck out his tongue flatteringly at the waiter.

The waiter said: "Guest officer, please don't worry, it is said that Songjiu Battalion's family also has a big dog everywhere, and he probably doesn't mind. Although they are a group of bandits, they don't have any pretensions."

"That's good."

The shop waiter asked them to take them back to the room, and walked to a corner, the man said: "The room with the name of the place is here, which of the two guest officers will go with the young one first?"

Xie Shuci didn't even think about it, "I'll go with you."

He handed the signboard of Tianzi Brand to Xie An, and said, "Let the king accompany you these few days, and it will be fine for it to sleep next to the bed at night."

"Aww."

But the baby wants to sleep with daddy, what if accidentally make mother angry?

Xiao Xun was stunned for a moment, seeing that Xie Shuci had not accepted the sign for a long time.

Xie Shuci was a little puzzled, thinking that he didn't want to live in Tianzihao, so he said: "Then... why don't you feel wronged? The room in Tianzihao should not be too bad."

The waiter said: "Guest officer, don't worry, only Feng Shui is a little worse in the room of Dizihao, and everything else is the same as Tianzizi."

Even so, Xiao Xun still showed no signs of accepting the sign.

He stared at Xie Shuci for a long time, his lips were stretched, not sure if he was angry or what.

Seeing his expression, Xie Shuci was a little puzzled, and asked hesitantly, "What's wrong?"

The corners of Xiao Xun's lips pressed down, he didn't speak to Xie Shuci, he kicked the king next to him, and calmly said a word: "Go."

Xie Shuci and the king were taken aback at the same time, their faces bewildered.

Seeing that they didn't move, Xiao Xun said directly to the waiter, "Take it to the shop."

When the king heard this, he looked at his mother in disbelief. With such a beautiful mouth, how could you say such words that make the baby sad?

Dawang cried and walked to Xie Shuci's feet, lay down, and complained twice, if Daddy dared to throw one of his dogs into some famous room, it would exhaust itself, starve to death, and die of thirst Own.

Xie Shuci: "..."

Damn, he thought Xiao Xun was thin-skinned and didn't want to live with him, good guy, he actually let a dog live in a room alone like him eight years later. As expected of the same person. Since childhood, the brain circuit is different from that of ordinary people.

Xie Shuci looked down at the teary-eyed king at his feet, and met his gaze. The king was a little timid, "Oh..."

Don't leave the baby alone...

Xie Shuci sighed, turned around and returned the signboard of the place name to the waiter, and said: "I will return one room, as long as the room with the name of Tianzi."

The shop waiter nodded and took it, "Okay, two guest officers, please follow me."

The king breathed a sigh of relief, but Xiao Xundao behind him frowned dissatisfiedly.

Leading the two of them to Tianzihao's room, the waiter said: "Please wait a moment, the guest officer, and I will bring the check-out money to the guest officer when I turn around."

Xie Shuci said: "No, we should stay here for a few days."

"Yes. Those two rest first, and if you need anything, just ask."

"Thank you."

After the people left, Xie Shuci pushed the door open, the king was afraid that he would be left behind, he squeezed into the room before Xiao Xun, and found a corner to lie down and pretend to sleep.

The baby is already asleep, motherfucker can't possibly throw the baby out!

Xie Shuci turned his head and saw Xiao Xun's sullen face, he couldn't laugh or cry, so he simply pulled him in and closed the door.

"Angry?" Seeing his silent appearance, Xie Shuci couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Xun looked at him and asked, "Before he allowed this dog to live in the same room as us?"

Xie Shuci suppressed a smile and said, "Don't tell me, he was just like you, and he planned to let the king live in his own room."

Xiao Xun stared at Xie Shuci, his eyes were inexplicably complaining, "Then you still bring it in?"

Xie Shuci laughed, "Then it can't really let it go by itself? How pitiful, besides, it doesn't take up much space, so it can sleep anywhere."

"Then send it to the horse."

Xie Shuci: "..."

Xie Shuci was a little unrestrained, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "To be honest, you will have the same plan eight years later."

"No success?"

"No success."

Xiao Xun tightened his lips and glanced at Xie Shuci with dark eyes, "Did he punish you?"

"???"

Xie Shuci smiled, "Why did he punish me?"

Xiao Xun just looked at him and didn't speak.

Xie Shuci asked curiously: "Then you want to punish me now?"

Xiao Xun lowered his eyes, "Yes."

Xie Shuci felt that he was too amusing when he was young, and his ideas were even weirder than his eight years later, so he asked, "How do you want to punish me?"

The latter was silent for a while, then raised his head, fixedly looked at Xie Shuci, and said, "Xie Shuci, I won't punish you for the time being, I will remember this and use Xie An's body and memory to punish you. you."

This is what it means to settle accounts after autumn. Xie Shuci didn't take it too seriously, "All right, all right, then you should remember."

After running around for several days, Xie Shuci didn't get a good night's sleep. After washing up early at night, he planned to go to bed and rest.

As soon as Xie Shuci knelt on the edge of the bed with one leg, Xiao Xun who was on the couch looked towards him.

Xie Shuci paused, "What do you mean?"

"I'm not Xie An."

Xie Shuci shrugged, "You are Xiao Xun?"

Seeing that he didn't understand what he meant, Xiao Xun said again: "This body is not mine."

Xie Shuci: "..."

This is a path I never imagined.

"What about all?"

"So, you should keep your distance from me."

This unlucky boy! How can it be so annoying?

"OK, OK, I'll keep my distance from you."

Xie Shuci turned around and wanted to leave, but just as he took a step, he heard the brat behind him say, "Where are you going?"

Xie Shuci said: "I will go to find the king."

"Why are you looking for it?"

"Then I can't sleep on the ground, right? And it's warm."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xie Shuci was a little curious about what he wanted to do, so he looked back at him.

He frowned slightly, looked at Xie Shuci, then looked at the hard floor, and then looked at the expectant king in the corner. It seemed that after a series of weighing pros and cons and struggling, he raised his eyes to look at Xie Shuci, moved his body a few inches inside, patted the position beside him, and said, "Come up and sleep."

Xie Shuci: "..."

He couldn't understand what this guy was thinking.

The kid in front of him is only nine years old, although he has almost the same appearance and soul as Xie An, but to Xie Shuci, he is purely a poor kid.

Xie Shuci didn't think much about it, the king likes to drool when he sleeps, so it's best to have a bed to sleep on.

Xie Shuci lifted the quilt and sat in, Xiao Xun said again with a serious face: "Don't move around at night, and don't touch me, otherwise Xie An will definitely punish you when he wakes up."

Xie Shuci: "..."

"All right, all right, I won't touch."

"Yeah." He reluctantly agreed.

After seeing Xie Shuci lying down, he moved in a few inches, leaving at least one person's distance between Xie Shuci.

Xie Shujian is speechless, really speechless, don't know what this little thing is thinking.

It's too hard to guess what the little boy is thinking.

Xie Shuci was too lazy to think too much, covered his head with a quilt and slept soundly.

Xiao Xun lay on the couch for a long time without feeling sleepy.

He thought Xie Shuci was the same as him, but after a moment of silence, Xie Shuci's steady breathing came from behind him.

Xiao Xun: "..."

If Xie Shuci accidentally bumped into him tonight, he must punish him in the future.

However, one night passed, Xie Shuci turned over a few times, and never approached him at all.

Xiao Xun felt that his heart was very strange.

He was both satisfied and dissatisfied.

Satisfied that Xie Shuci didn't touch anyone other than Xie An after he fell asleep, and dissatisfied that he was clearly beside him, and didn't even stretch his arm towards him the whole night.

As a result, after Xie Shuci got up refreshed early in the morning, Xiao Xun didn't say a word to him for half an hour, no matter what Xie Shuci said, he liked to ignore him.

Xie Shuci was innocent, Xie Shuci was depressed, he didn't know why he made him angry again.

Fortunately, when the waiter in the store brought the food, Xie Shuci delivered the food to him first, and then took care of the king who was crying for food on the ground. When he turned around again, the little poor boy returned to normal.

Xie Shuci felt very confused, and even felt that the mind of a poor boy was more difficult to guess than Xie An himself.

After breakfast, Xie Shuci planned to take them out to have a look, and learn about the situation by the way, when Dongli would withdraw his troops.

However, when Xie Shuci and the two walked out of the inn, they found that both sides of the long street were full of people standing neatly, leaving the passage in the middle.

Xie Shuci was very curious, and asked the waiter, "What are they doing?"

The waiter said: "Songjiu Battalion's soldiers have already entered the city, and everyone wants to see their heroic appearance."

"Aren't they bandit soldiers? Are they still so popular?"

The waiter smiled and said: "They are like bandits, but they are also soldiers, how can ordinary people not like soldiers who defend their homes and the country.