His words were not unreasonable, so Cheng Muyou relaxed a little, but he looked at the gradually fading white mist, and his shoulders tightened again, "Just just now, these soldiers had large round guards on their chests, obviously dressed in the Liao army. Has there been a battle here? So these Liao army remained in dispersed and were still wandering here after their death."

Two yamen runners who were already scared to death led the frightened horse over. Chong Chengmu said, "Sir, let's not worry about these dead people. The time is getting late. If you don't leave, you may not be able to get out of the mountain by sunset. If you are trapped here, what should you do?"

Although it is difficult for timid people to accomplish things, they are always the most cautious. So this time, Cheng Muyou also listened to his advice. This place is not as strange and desolate as Xin'an. If you act recklessly, you may lose your life, and it is not just his life.

So he got up and waved his hand forward, "Go on the road, quickly leave the valley, wait until you reach Liaoyang County, and make your next plan."

***

The few people were frightened in the valley, so the remaining road was fast. No one had the intention to chat again along the way and rushed to Liaoyang with great speed. However, even so, when the horse stepped into the dilapidated gate of this small county town in the western border, the sunset had already removed its last ray of afterglow from the city wall, leaving a dark remote town to the four people who came from afar.

The group rode on the only street road in Liaoyang County. Looking around at the dilapidated houses on both sides of the street, almost none of the houses here were intact, either the windows were broken or the roof was rotten. What's more, the walls were half destroyed, but when you look closely, there was a glimmer of light inside, and several people lived.

Jiang Xixi looked at the houses on both sides of the street, "Sir, this Liaoyang County is not as good as the mountain where I lived when I was a child. There, we are at least self-sufficient, and the house is not as dilapidated as it is. After all, this is a county town, how could it be so dilapidated?"

Before Cheng Muyou could speak, Xu Ziming took the lead, "If the girl arrived at my hometown, she would probably have mistakenly thought she had entered the ruins. In fact, Liaoyang is still good. After all, it is still a certain distance from the Liao Kingdom. The Liao army has not been here for too many times, and the war cannot be burned here. Unlike Hejian, wars are fought every few days. Either you offend me or I offend you, the people will not have a day to live a stable life." After saying that, he looked sad and laid on the horse's back and coughed heavily.

Seeing that he was not healthy, Cheng Muyou hurriedly ordered the two yamen runners to go to the front to find if there was an inn that could be spent overnight. He took out the pills he carried with him, asked Xu Ziming to take it under the water, and helped him to the side of the road for a while. After a while, the yamen runners came back. They looked at each other before saying to Cheng Muyou, "Sir, there are inns, but they are just too dilapidated, and the conditions are not as good as the woodshed in our Xin'an Mansion."

Cheng Muyou nodded, "As long as there is a bed, people can sleep, and they can change their clothes. When they go out, there are so many things to pay attention to."

But when he arrived at the inn, he found that he was really right. There were quite a few empty houses here, but there was only a dilapidated wooden bed in each room, and there was not even a table for eating and drinking. In a small, narrow and dark room, there was no one standing by the bed.

Cheng Muyou did not expect the conditions here to be so difficult, but he still asked a yamen runner to hold the lights next to him, and he cleaned Xu Ziming's cracked wound in the dim light and bandaged it neatly.

Seeing Cheng Muyou working for himself with sweat, Xu Ziming's eyes were wet. However, this rough man couldn't wipe his face and cried in front of others. He quickly wiped his eyes with the corner of his clothes, and his throat choked twice, saying the sentence that had been held in his heart for a long time, "Sir, my life will be yours from now on. If you don't dislike me, I will be willing to be a pig and cow, and serve you day and night from now on."

The yamen runner on the side chuckled softly, "You serve the master, what should Miss Jiang do? Get up and let the virtuous."

Seeing Cheng Muyou glaring at him, he quickly closed his mouth and retreated outside with the lamp. Cheng Muyou looked at Xu Ziming, "It's just a small task for me to save you. You don't have to take it seriously, but your injuries have not healed yet. If I leave you alone, wouldn't I push you into a desperate situation again? You can follow me along the way. When you return to Xin'an, you will take good care of your health and I will make a plan for you, and you will settle down."

Xu Ziming tried hard to support half of his body, "Sir, you look down on me and don't want me to follow you? Don't worry, although I am weak now, I still have some skills and I have always been healthy. I will never bother you at all. Sir, I beg you, let me repay you for your life-saving kindness, otherwise, even if I, Xu Ziming, can't keep my eyes closed even if I die."

Seeing that he was emotionally excited, Cheng Muyou couldn't just refuse flatly, so he had to respond to his request and temporarily stabilize his mood. Seeing that he agreed, Xu Ziming felt relieved and fell asleep on the bed.

Cheng Muyou returned to his room and saw Jiang Xixi kneeling on the ground, rubbing the floor with a rag that had accumulated dust for several years. He looked at the bed and saw that the bedding on it had been neatly tidy by her, and there was no wrinkle on the pillow on the bed.

Cheng Muyou shook her head and smiled, "My family has really grown up and is much more virtuous. It seems that it is time for you to find a good family to betroth you." Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered her old illness, and his heart suddenly felt a sudden pain in his blunt pain for a long time.

Jiang Xixi raised his head, "I won't marry anyone. I'll want to be with the adults for the rest of my life and be a little girl who works hard. Do you think it's okay?"

Cheng Muyou lay on the bed on his back, "You have to be with me for the rest of your life, and Xu Ziming has to be with me for the rest of your life. I don't know where the blessings come from, which can make you two so loyal."

Jiang Xixi didn't answer his joke, and she bit her lip gently, "But, is there someone in her heart who wants to accompany her forever?"

Cheng Muyou sat up from the bed and looked at Jiang Xixi in the dark, "What do you mean? Who are you referring to?"

Jiang Xixi swallowed, "I mean Yan..."

Halfway through the words, a cool breeze suddenly blew from the window, and a particularly obvious fishy smell was swept from the horizon in the distance.
Chapter completed!