Return of the Swallow

Qin Yining thought that his hiding place was remote and barren enough, but he never imagined that Xiaolian's place was farther away.

Hand in hand, the two walked in the dark in the moonlight shaded forest. Xiaolian seems to have long been accustomed to this situation. She deliberately slowed down and waited for Qin Yining. When she encountered a difficult place to go, she took the initiative to pull her to climb.

After walking like this for almost half an hour, Qin Yining saw a wooden house.

The wooden house is very simple, but it is also exquisite. Using the mortise and tenon technique, the semi-circular timbers are stacked together. From the front, it looks like two huge wooden boards are placed on the ground in the shape of a "human". It is rectangular when viewed from the side.

"The house, Uncle made it." Xiao Lian's dirty little face was full of pride.

Qin Yining stroked her shiny, messy hair and smiled, "Uncle is a very smart and powerful person."

She was able to take a child and build a house alone, and under her careful observation, the entire wooden house was not built with a single nail, but by tenon and mortise. The fact that a man can make such an exquisite house is a testament to his strength and wisdom.

Qin Yining pinched Xiaolian's soft little cheek again.

This little girl has an extraordinary life experience.

Otherwise, it would not have been hiding in the deep mountains and forests alone with such a capable person, and that person died with three Zhou Dynasty soldiers at a distance of two hours away from here.

Qin Yining was a little embarrassed.

At this time, Xiao Lian had stepped on the snow to the front of the house, lifted up the animal skin that covered the door, pushed open the door, blinked her big black and bright eyes and smiled, asking Qin Yining to enter the house.

Qin Yining regained his senses and immediately followed her into the door.

It was pitch black in the wooden house, and in the blink of an eye Xiaolian disappeared, and then Qin Yining heard the sound of wood rubbing.

Qin Yining took out the fire book and lit it up, and found that Xiao Lian was squatting on the ground, with a pair of small hands clasped together, a small sharpened wooden stick, rubbing it in the groove of another piece of wood, and some fine particles were placed in the groove of the wood. The hay was splashed by the sparks she rubbed, and the hay immediately disappeared.

Xiao Lian carefully used two wooden sticks to pick up the pinch of hay with the sparks on and off, and put it under the earth stove stacked with firewood, and the fire brightened.

Xiaolian stood up and pointed to the fire on the ground, "Warm."

immediately,

Her big eyes suddenly widened, because she saw the fire book in Qin Yining's hand.

"fire?"

Qin Yining nodded. With a smile, he covered the fire fold and handed it to Xiao Lian, "Give it to you."

"For me?" Xiaolian happily took it and pulled off the cover.

Qin Yining taught her how to ignite.

Like a treasure, Xiaolian carefully carried Huozhezi into her arms. When she looked at Qin Yining again, her happy eyes lit up.

Qin Yining could see that Xiaolian really liked her.

Such a pure and kind child, with the clearest heart, is working hard to contact this world that is not full of goodwill.

Maybe she had been alone in the mountains for too long, and when she saw the same kind, she couldn't help but give her food to show off?

Qin Yining took Xiaolian's hand and sat down by the bonfire.

She couldn't help but feel a little fortunate that she was lucky to meet today. If a person with a wrong heart, Xiao Lian is so innocent, he is afraid of danger.

You know, the human heart is more evil than beasts.

Xiaolian stood up at this moment, and took out a dirty quilt from a pile of messy things in the corner. She carried the quilt over like a treasure and piled it in front of Qin Yining.

"Sister, warm."

Looking at the dirty quilt and looking at the bright eyes of the child, Qin Yining almost burst into tears.

She nodded with a smile, unfolded the quilt, pulled Xiao Lian to sit beside her, and put the quilt over the two of them.

Xiaolian laughed happily, and stretched out her dirty hands to keep warm at the bonfire.

This night, Qin Yining's life was much more comfortable than yesterday.

Because of this wooden house, there is a bonfire, a dirty quilt, and a drooling child sleeping beside her, she sleeps very peacefully, and she no longer has to be afraid of wild animals Suddenly came to eat her.

At dawn the next day, Qin Yining woke up with a cough. She felt that her cold was getting worse, but it was still within the tolerable range.

Sitting up, he found that although the house had no windows and only one door, it was not pitch-dark inside.

She looked up at the light source, only to find that there was a bowl-sized skylight on the roof.

Looking left and right, I didn't see Xiaolian, I don't know where this child went.

But this house is really dirty and messy! The dust on the floor is estimated to be three inches thick!

Qin Yining stood up and looked around. Although there was no furniture in the wooden house, there was a heated kang on the original site, but the heated kang was not finished. Thinking about it, Xiaoliankou's "uncle" hasn't finished the work yet. went.

In addition to the unfinished kang, Qin Yining also found a dirty bag piled up in the corner.

The bag was taken apart, and the clothes of several men inside were scattered around.

Qin Yining squatted down to check it out, and found that among these clothes, there was actually a fourth-grade general of Beiji Kingdom!

The military uniforms of the Northern Ji Kingdom are very characteristic, with a big red round neck and narrow sleeves, a leather soft armor and a palm-width cowhide belt.

Qin Yining's face became solemn.

It seemed that the "uncle" Xiao Liankou referred to was a fourth-rank military general in the Northern Ji Kingdom.

Then Xiaolian's life experience must not be simple!

Qin Yining somewhat admired the general who took Xiaolian to hide in the mountains.

She didn't know how many years they came, but judging from the rottenness of the corpse's clothes, he had been dead for at least three or four years, and Xiaolian is now nine years old, which means that the uncle took Xiaolian to hide in the mountains At that time, Xiaolian was only five or six years old.

What kind of power can make a military general take a five- or six-year-old girl to hide in the mountains, build a house, feed the child, and protect her from pursuit?

Qin Yining put away the clothes and packed them into the luggage again. After tidying up the mess in the house again, I took a rag, wrapped the snow outside, heated and melted it on the fire, and then cleaned it up.

After repeated several times and throwing away a few rags, Qin Yining wiped the original wooden floor to its true color.

However, after she swept away the dust, she discovered that there was an inconspicuous gap near the corner of the floor.

She walked over suspiciously and inserted a dagger into the gap to pry it twice. Unexpectedly, the square floor was actually pried off, and a square wooden box was placed under it.

Qin Yining took out the wooden box suspiciously.

The wooden box was so heavy that she couldn't help but guess what was inside.

Opening the lid, a letter was placed on the surface, with the words "Jinxuan personally Kai" written on it.

Qin Yining picked up the letter and was a little surprised when he saw the thing placed below.

This is a big seal made of jade, and the most different thing is that the seal is carved with a dragon!

Qin Yining picked up the big seal that was the size of the man's fist. When he saw the four seal characters "Treasure of Northern Hebei" engraved on his face, he was really shocked.

This is clearly a jade seal! It is the jade seal of the Northern Hebei that has been destroyed by Da Zhou for four years!

ps: Xiaolian is played by classmate Xiaolianzi porridge~