"Ah Xiao, I'm so scared. I just saw my father take out salt and tea from the escort car, which is a full hundred kilograms. I really didn't expect him to do such a thing." Lin Xiaoyan's voice was trembling, like a small animal wet in the cold wind. The girl had fought with horse thieves all the way, and had seen blood on her hands, but now she was afraid of it. It seemed that this hundred kilograms of tea salt was even more terrifying than those horse thieves who came up to kill with swords.

"Also, he just showed the order of goods to Taoist Xia. Although I know that Taoist Xia is a good person, he has been helping us...but...but...but...but since childhood, my father has always told me that the most important thing for an escort agency and an escort is integrity, the most important thing for duty, and the most important thing for rules. But, but now he..."

"Mr. Lin also has his own difficulties. Xiaoyan, you know that the life of the escort agency is getting worse and worse this year..."

"I know all of these...but...but can't we really do it just to go wards?" Lin Xiaoyan's voice was already crying. "Maybe we can earn less money, work harder, but at least we can live a peace of mind. Yes, I also know that you and my father have not sewed new clothes for two years, and their lives are really hard...but...but...you can't do that kind of thing just because of this. I'm so scared now. From the beginning of receiving this ward, I felt panicked, as if something bad will happen this time. I don't know why, although the owner didn't look strange, the stench on his body scared me."

"Smell?" Tang Qing chuckled and didn't seem to know. "What's smell?"

"I haven't smelled that. Actually, it's not very smelly. But I was inexplicably scared when I smelled it, as if the smell was straight into my bones and would burn me up. But my father and others didn't notice it. Also, although the goods from the goods owner were real and valuable, he kept saying that we should be careful, but I always felt that he didn't really care about those goods. If it weren't for the escort agency, I would never agree to my father take the escort."

"...You're thinking too much..." Tang Qingxiao said the same thing as 90% of men in the world comforting women. Because women's problems usually make no sense, they just come from their own feelings.

So almost like all men who speak like this, such comfort usually has no effect at all. Lin Xiaoyan is still so scared: "No. Ah Xiao. Although I am stupid, I know this time it is different. The owner of the goods is so strange that his father actually hid so much tea and salt in the mate... And, it seems that you are different from the past. Tell me. Are you... going to leave?"

"Let's go? I won't go anywhere, don't worry." Tang Qing's chuckling voice was very gentle, and he seemed to pat Lin Xiaoyan on the shoulder. "Two years ago, the Penglai Sword Sect directly summoned me to the sect based on the conditions of the head of the sect and his personal disciples, and I didn't go either."

"No...I always feel...I always feel...I don't know how to say it." Lin Xiaoyan's voice sounded like she was really crying. Women's feelings usually make no sense, and it's not even easy to say it. "You...you...I feel that although you haven't left before, your heart has not stayed in the escort agency... You always don't talk to other people. I often see you alone in a daze, and sometimes murmured to myself. Except when practicing swordsmanship, you can hardly see you really.

I am energetic. I know you must have remembered the past, but no matter how I asked you, you would not say it... I have been afraid that you would leave quietly. You didn't know how happy I was when you rejected the Penglai Sword Sect. But... But... At the beginning of this ward, I realized that you were even more distracted from others, and when you were in a daze, I sometimes laughed alone, but I laughed strangely. I... I... I... I'm really scared..."

Tang Qingxia took a deep breath, and then slowly vomited it out. Xiaoxia could see him moving towards Lin Xiaoyan, and his body moved, as if he was hugging Lin Xiaoyan, and still said in a very gentle voice: "Xiaoyan, I really won't leave. Where will I go? Don't worry, I will always be with you..."

"Well, um..." Lin Xiaoyan's voice settled a little. "You really don't want to leave...I'm very afraid. Dad will do that kind of dangerous thing. If you leave me again...I...I really don't know what will happen... Will you accompany me tonight?"

"No, no, I will always be with you, don't worry..." Tang Qingxiao gently patted Lin Xiaoyan's shoulder. His voice sounded like a pool of warm milk, warm, soft, sweet, and soothing, allowing the girl soaked in it to gradually relax and her breathing gradually slowed down.

But after a few breaths, the girl's breathing completely relaxed and she obviously fell asleep under Tang Qingxiao's hug.

Xiao Xia crawled out from under the bed and patted the dust on his body. He was not afraid of waking Lin Xiaoyan who had just fallen asleep. When he fell asleep so quickly, it would definitely not be the reason why Tang Qingxiao coaxed her a few words. Although the Tang Sect's acupoint technique is not as famous as hidden weapons and poisons, it is silenceless in terms of being silent.

Looking at Tang Qing chuckling with Lin Xiaoyan on the edge of the bed, Xiao Xia said with a smile: "I remember that I was hiding under the bed like this six years ago. At that time, you almost became a bride. I just thought I could see you as a groom today...or have you done it long ago?"

Tang Qingxiao smiled bitterly and put Lin Xiaoyan in her arms on the bed, shook her head and said, "This is how women are troublesome. They often make troubles because of some unreasonable things..."

"Sometimes it's not entirely unreasonable." Xiao Xia's expression was still as smiling. "I remember six years ago, you dressed up as a bride because you wanted to be a hidden weapon in your Tangjiabao...what now?"

The smile on Tang Qingxiao's face disappeared.

Although he was still haggard and tired, the coldness on the boy's face was still as if a knife suddenly flashed with a sharp color. But then he sighed again and stared at Lin Xiaoyan's sleeping face on the bed. The light in his eyes was sometimes confused and sometimes cold.

"Sometimes, people don't have that many choices." After a while of silence, Tang Qing chuckled and said this sentence lightly. His voice was so tired that he had grown aged for dozens of years in just a short period of time.

"Sometimes, it's just that you can't let go of so much yourself." Xiao Xia said lightly.

"So I said, sometimes I really envy you. People who have nothing are really relaxed. They can do a lot of things and get a lot of things..." Tang Qing chuckled and looked at Xiao Xia, and another strange look of envy appeared on her face.

"That's just that you take a lot of things too seriously." Xiao Xia shrugged and sighed. "Forget it. Everyone is no longer a child. Besides, these empty words are meaningless. I have a clear idea of ​​how to do it. After I send you to Baishi City in two days, I will almost turn to Yongzhou."

"Are you leaving?" Tang Qing chuckled and stunned.

"I don't really have the interest in escorting. I have agreed to the matter of President Lin's escort. The 500 taels of silver talisman money is not very important to me. If he really can't take it out, forget it."

"Then..." Tang Qing chuckled and hesitated, and asked, "What if we are in trouble? Don't you stay and help us? To be honest, I really miss when we joined forces at the Tianhuo Sect..."

"If there is really a problem that cannot be solved, wouldn't it be enough to show your identity as a Tang family's child? If there is a problem that cannot be solved even by the name of Tang family fortress, what's the use of me, a wild Taoist priest who has no choice but to do it?" After looking at Tang Qingxia, she seemed to want to say something, and Xiao Xia waved her hand. "I will never have less trouble than yours. Leaving it may only make you more trouble."

"When everyone broke up six years ago, they thought they could drink and have fun on the day they met again..." Tang Qingxiao forced a smile.

"I always think more easily when I was young." Xiao Xia also smiled. "It's a pity that everyone is busy with their own things now, and the timing is wrong. Then there is no way to force it. Maybe there will be a chance in the future."

Pushing open the door, Xiaoxia walked out. Suddenly, she thought of something, and stood up and turned to Tang Qing, who was still sitting on the bed, and said, "By the way. Just use the sword I gave you. I heard that it is a good sword worth thousands of taels of silver, which is better than the sword you had before. However, there are some problems with the origin of this sword. If you have a secret way after dealing with the trouble this time, you might as well sell it. Also, sew a few new clothes for Miss Lin, Mr. Lin, and you."

After saying that, Xiao Xia took the door and turned around and left. In the dark inn, there was only a faint light of fire coming from the paper window on the door behind him, but no sound came, just a silence like death.

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It was morning. With the gradual light of the sky, the town regained its vitality as if it had woken up. The sound of pedestrians, cars and horses, the hawking and the fragrance of food from street stalls all made the bodyguards sitting in the inn lobby feel very friendly.

After the rest of the whole night last night, my physical strength and energy have recovered more than half. Coupled with the long-lost fireworks and lively smells around, the stadiumers all had anger and smile on their faces. Many people were eating the northwest noodles pancakes while talking and laughing loudly, as if they were more confident about the subsequent itinerary. This is a unique scene along the way.

There are only three people who are different. Although President Lin is much more energetic, his mood is not so high. On the one hand, it is because he is worried, and on the other hand, as the person who is in charge of the overall situation, he is not very impetuous. In addition to being in good spirits, Lin Xiaoyan seems to be in a much better mood and has been circling around Tang Qingxia. However, Tang Qingxia looked tired and blood-filled, as if she didn't sleep at all last night.

Just after a glance, Xiaoxia took her eyes back and focused on dealing with the large bowl of noodles in front of her. He slept well last night, at least he didn't have to think about what was strange about this dart. Since someone undoubtedly knew better and understood more than him but didn't say it out, why should he waste his brain and strength?

A sound of horse hooves stopped from far to near, and then several figures in leather armor walked in.

Xiao Xia was stunned while eating noodles, and then frowned immediately. Those were the cavalrymen he met at Jianfengkou yesterday.

While he saw these cavalry, the cavalry also saw him, and immediately walked over with great strides. When he walked to him, the cavalry leader took out a token and placed it in front of Xiao Xia, bowed and said, "We went back to the camp to report yesterday that General Linghu learned that Brother Xia, who had killed the enemy side by side, had arrived nearby. So he asked us to invite Brother Xia to go to the army to have a lecture."

Although the Liuzi Camp is under the jurisdiction of the Hongye Army, the people in the Liuzi Camp are strictly not soldiers. Therefore, even the soldiers and generals in the army do not use the titles in the military, but are commensurate with the tone of the Jianghu.

"General Linghu? Isn't he in Baishi Camp?" Xiao Xia looked. It was indeed the token of the White Tiger Army. These cavalry should not have the courage to use military orders to talk nonsense unless they don't want their heads.

As for these cavalrymen who could find them, Xiao Xia didn't find anything strange. The cavalry scouts in the Yongji Prefectures were all proficient in the art of chasing horses and tracking. Their big guy did not deliberately cover up their journey, and this was the only small town nearby.

"My White Tiger Army's left wing was practicing twenty miles away, and General Linghu was in charge of the army. We brought the horse and asked Brother Xia and us to go quickly." The cavalry leader bowed his hand again.

Xiao Xia frowned. If he was still serving in the Liuzi Camp, he would have to go under the military order. Yesterday, he had just fooled the cavalry in front of him as the Liuzi Camp, so it was impossible for him to immediately say that he had retired. What's more, for people in the martial arts world, a general's military order is not so easy to refuse. Because of frequent wars in the Yongji Prefectures, people in the martial arts world must also act cheaply under the military order.

"General Lin's escort, otherwise you will go on the road first? I will meet the general with these military elder brothers, and I will chase you after the matter is over." Xiao Xia stood up and said to General Lin's escort next to him.

President Lin hesitated for a moment, but said, "Why don't we just wait for Master Xia here?"

It seems that the head of General Lin has been lost in his heart by the twists and turns over the past few days. He didn't dare to act rashly before he understood the situation. Xiao Xia thought about it and said that this big deal was only ten thousand taels of silver, which should not have attracted the jealousy of generals like Linghu Xiaojin. Even if he really wanted it, he would never blatantly show his identity. This military order was probably because he showed the Liuziying military card yesterday.

"Then please trouble President Lin to take everyone to rest." Xiao Xia nodded, thought for a while, and then added: "But if I don't come back within one day, then maybe there is something in the army. You don't have to wait for me anymore."

"Does Brother Xia have other brothers from Liuzi Camp this time? If there are, please go with them." The cavalry leader suddenly said.

"I'm the only one for the time being." Xiao Xia shook her head.

Xiao Xia and a few cavalrymen left together. President Lin sighed and could only instruct the escorts to continue to rest in the inn. The most dangerous thing about escorting on this frontier is not the horse thieves, but the military war. Once you are accidentally involved, the more than 20 people in this small escort agency may not even be splashed, and the corpse will be gone. If it weren't for the fact that there was basically no conflict between Daqian and Xidi in recent years, even if the escort agency is embarrassed, he would never dare to come here.

The stadiumers were naturally happy to continue to rest. Some continued to chat in the lobby, while others turned back to the room to prepare for a rest. Only Tang Qingxia sat silently at a table, looking at Xiaoxia's direction away with bloodshot eyes. Lin Xiaoyan went to the noodle stall outside, buying two bowls of noodles and ate them with him.

The calm and peaceful morning did not last long. Even Tang Qingxiao and Lin Xiaoyan had not finished eating the noodles in the bowl. A rumbling sound of horse hooves came from far and near. Unlike the sound of horse hooves of the cavalry before, the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and there were obviously at least hundreds of horses.

At first they thought it was a border horse team, but a scream from the town people came not far away: "It's a horse thief!"

"Ma thief?" The escorts in the inn looked at each other, and General Lin's head looked unbelievable, and even Tang Qingxia, who had been absent-minded, was stunned.

This place is already very close to Baishi City, the Baishi Camp, and the White Tiger Army in Baishi Camp is only twenty miles away. Why are there still horse thieves? Why do horse thieves dare to come here?

President Lin's head and Tang Qingxiao Lin Xiaoyan walked out of the inn quickly and saw a group of people galloping in the smoke and dust. All the people on the road avoided and screamed, and many people screamed after being knocked down. In a blink of an eye, the team arrived before the inn, and they joined the left and right, and surrounded the inn.

This is really a horse thief. Mr. Lin's head and face are as white as paper. Not only did he see that the horses and horses are all in a fierce face, holding weapons, he also recognized the head's big, eight feet tall, six feet in waist, and two big knives weighing dozens of pounds on his waist, almost making the horse under his crotch unable to bear it.

He jumped off the horse with a thunderous thief. The fat big horse thief, who was led, was covered in a layer of leather armor. Although the leather armor looked extremely rough and seemed to be temporarily sewn, it also covered his head, face, neck and neck. He only dug a few holes in his eyes and nose, and looked like a huge ball.

"You... aren't you dead?" Tang Qingxiao also recognized the horse thief leader. Although he couldn't see his appearance, he knew who it was just looking at his body shape and the two knives in his hand.

"Of course I'm not dead! Do you think your tiny little thing can kill the old man? You dare to deceive the old man and use a small hidden weapon to scare the old man?" The boss's voice was like an angry wild boar, and he looked like a hungry bear. The round bull eyes stared at Tang Qingxiao without blinking, and his mouth flew everywhere, and two spits flowed down his chin. "Today, the uncle is coming to poke you well!" (To be continued...)
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