In fact, Shang Xia had probably already judged the strength of these two people when he saw them outside the small courtyard from a distance.
He was about 20 years old, and his martial arts cultivation level was about the same as that of Hai Min, both of whom were in the martial arts realm.
Another warrior in his thirties has clearly gathered the will of martial arts, but his cultivation level is not as good as that of Shang Xia, and he is only at the first level of martial arts realm.
Naturally, the two of them didn't know that the details of their cultivation had already been seen through, but they still looked up and down at Shang Xia, who was approaching, with a scrutinizing gaze.
Shang Xia didn't care about the two people's gazes. He just looked at Hai Min with a smile and said, "My mother-in-law is here and you don't want to introduce me to her?"
Hai Min's face turned red when he heard this, but he still said softly: "This is Uncle Cen, and this is Brother Huang Jiu."
Shang Xia smiled and raised the grouse in his hand, looked at the two of them and said, "It turns out to be the fifth uncle and the ninth brother. It's rare for you two to come here. We happened to hunt game. Why don't we stay for dinner!"
The older Uncle Cen smiled and said, "There's no need for dinner. Thirteenth sister likes peace and quiet. Since she is willing to stay here, please be kind to her!"
Shang Xia smiled and said, "Of course!"
Uncle Cen nodded, then looked at Brother Huang Jiu beside him and said, "Let's go!"
Brother Huang Jiu had a look of anger on his face when he heard Uncle Cen's words before. Now he heard Uncle Cen telling him to leave. When he walked to Shang Xia, he whispered: "If you can't take good care of them, mother and daughter, huh...
…”
"Laojiu!"
Uncle Cen's voice came from the front, and his deep voice had an unmistakable tone: "Follow me!"
Brother Huang Jiu gave Shang Xia a hard look, turned around and chased in the direction where Uncle Cen left.
From the beginning to the end, Shang Xia had a smile on his face, as if he was welcoming the two of them to his home.
At this time Uncle Cen's voice came again: "If you have any difficulties, you can come to us for help. You know how to find us!"
Shang Xia's eyes swept across Hai Min's body and noticed the slightly complicated look on her face.
Watching the two figures disappear at the corner of the street, Shang Xia turned around and said with a smile: "Go back, it's getting late!"
Hai Min said "Oh" and opened the blocked door somewhat uncomfortably.
At this moment, Hai Yuanyuan rushed over from the courtyard. When she saw Shang Xia, she jumped up for joy. She pointed at the cloth tiger under his arm and said, "I want that, I want that!"
Shang Xia handed the cloth tiger to the little girl with a smile, and handed the two silver coins in his pocket to Hai Min, and said with a slight expression of satisfaction: "Here, I killed a roe deer today and exchanged it for two silver coins.
!”
Hai Min was hesitant for a moment whether to take the silver dollar from his hand, which showed Shang Xia's expectant smile. She finally reached out and took the silver dollar and said with a smile: "This money is enough for a long time. You don't have to spend it every day."
Everyone goes into the mountains, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, it’s too dangerous!”
Shang Xia took off the long bow on his shoulder as if to show off, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with this bow, you won't be afraid even if you encounter a big insect!"
Hai Min was amused by his deliberate showoff and couldn't help but said: "See what you can do!"
After saying that, she suddenly realized that this sentence was more like a term used between husband and wife. Her face became a little hot for a while, and she did not dare to look at Shang Xia.
However, Shang Xia seemed not to notice the change in her expression, and walked straight to the courtyard and said: "You boil a pot of hot water, and I will take care of the grouse, and you can eat chicken at night."
With that said, Shang Xia had already arrived in the middle of the small courtyard, and took out an oil paper bag from his arms, and waved it in front of Hai Yuanyuan, who was playing with a cloth tiger: "Good girl, look at what this is?"
"Sesame candy!"
Hai Yuanyuan's big eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly grabbed the paper bag, took out one and stuffed it into her mouth. Her original big eyes had narrowed into a pair of crescent moons: "Thank you, uncle!"
With that said, the little girl took another one from the paper bag and handed it to Shang Xia: "Uncle, eat it too!"
As soon as Shang Xia took it, the little girl had already run from him to Hai Min, handed her another sesame candy and said, "Mom, you can also eat the candy that my uncle bought for me!"
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On a roof not far from the small courtyard, Uncle Cen Wu and Brother Huang Jiu, who had already left, unexpectedly appeared here at some point, and were looking at the cheerful and playful Hai Yuanyuan in the small courtyard, with a smile like a silver bell.
Even though the laughter was dozens of feet away from the two of them, they could still be heard clearly.
"Let's go!"
After a vague sigh, there was no trace of the two of them on the eaves.
However, what these two people didn't know was that shortly after they left, in the corner of the small courtyard, Shang Xia, who had just bled the grouse and was about to pour boiling water on it and pluck its feathers, inadvertently looked towards the side of the small courtyard.
He glanced at it from above, and then handed one of the most beautiful feathers plucked from the grouse to Hai Yuanyuan to play with.
On the way back to the inn, Uncle Cen suddenly asked: "Can you give Shisan such a life? Are you willing to live that kind of life?"
Brother Huang Jiu's face turned green and red, and he couldn't help but said: "We are..., coming and going without a trace, and being high-spirited. That is our life."
Uncle Cen sighed and said: "That is the life we live, but it may not be the life everyone is willing and hoping for!"
Brother Huang Jiu was stunned and looked at the people around him with doubtful eyes: "Fifth Uncle?"
Uncle Cen waved his hand, his expression seemed a bit lonely: "Let's go, let's go meet the others first, and now we have to find a way to rescue the third child!"
Brother Huang Jiu was unwilling to say: "Even so, can she still refuse to save her? That's her..."
Uncle Cen took out a corner of something from his sleeve and said, "Do you know why I asked for this cloak of silence from her?"
Without waiting for Brother Huang Jiu to answer, Uncle Cen continued: "If I guessed correctly, Thirteen's original plan was to use this cloak to save people."
Brother Huang Jiu was startled and lost his voice: "Isn't that looking for death? She is only at the extreme level of talent and martial arts, how can she save people from Yang Hu?"
Having said that, Brother Huang Jiu saw Uncle Cen's sighing expression, and his expression changed: "You want to take the cloak from her just to prevent her from taking risks? But she would rather save people by herself than trust her brothers?"
After speaking, Uncle Cen sighed and said nothing more.
The two of them walked in silence on the street back to the inn. After a while, Brother Huang Jiu said: "Uncle Fifth, is there anyone among our people who is unwilling to save the third child?"
"more than!"
Uncle Cen said something that made Brother Huang Jiu a little stunned.
"Uncle Wu, what does more than mean?"
Brother Huang Jiu vaguely had some bad guesses.
Uncle Cen was silent for a moment, until Brother Huang Jiu couldn't help but speak again, he said: "Yang Hu is actually recruiting us secretly. This time the third child was detained in Changfeng City, it may be a trap, and the third child is a bait
!”
Brother Huang Jiu's expression changed and he said: "So, Thirteenth Sister doesn't trust her own people? Does she suspect that the third child was detained by her own people?"
Uncle Cen didn't even raise his head and said, "Only we know about the third child going north."
Brother Huang Jiu retorted: "That's not necessarily us. Changfeng City is Yang Hu's territory, and he has a big tree here with deep roots. Could it be that the third child exposed his whereabouts and was captured by Yang Hu?"
Uncle Cen shook his head slightly, unwilling to argue with Brother Huang Jiu on this issue.
Brother Huang Jiu thought of something at this time, and suddenly said: "Fifth Uncle, I heard that there are actually people behind our Eighteen Riders. Why not let those people come forward?"
Uncle Cen's face changed after hearing this, and after a long time he said with a complex expression: "They seem to have too much to take care of themselves, otherwise, what can Yang Hu do? In fact, I have always suspected that the reason why Yang Hu dared to plot against our Eighteenth Cavalry is because
I know the reason for this."
Brother Huang Jiu suddenly said: "That's why Thirteenth Sister suspects that someone among us has secretly colluded with Changfeng City?"
Uncle Cen glanced at him and said: "The Eighteen Cavalry have been traversing Jizhou for many years. If there is no backer, they will be surrounded and killed by the Jizhou family in an instant!"
Brother Huang Jiu sneered: "Even if we are abandoned, can Yang Hu and his Changfeng City protect us? Does he have this ability?"
Uncle Cen was silent for a moment and then said slowly: "At least, he is from Youzhou!"
Brother Huang Jiu was startled when he heard this, as if he suddenly understood something.
Although he grew up in Jizhou, his parents seemed to have escaped from Youzhou decades ago.
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Tongyou City Shangfu
More than a month ago, Duan Hong, the craftsman worshiped by the Shang family, finally forged a low-grade weapon.
After the merchant has his own master craftsman, the gap in background between the merchants and the other three major families in Tongyou City has been further smoothed.
However, after this sharp weapon spear was successfully forged, its owner Shang Xia, who was supposed to belong to it, disappeared after being attacked in the Chiba Mountains.
For more than a month, although the merchants still have not given up searching, because there has been no news, and now the attention of the entire merchant, and even the entire Tongyou City, has been focused on the return of the Coral Forest Xuanjie,
The search for Shang Xia became even less focused.
Now only Yan Qi is left handling this matter.
Although Shang Xi asked him to report the search results to her every day, in fact Shang Xi himself was very busy now. When Yan Qi's search was fruitless, the daily report could only be given to her.
It just adds to the worries.
Something that was beyond Yan Qi's expectation was that Shang Jian would come and ask him every few days, sometimes discuss with him where Shang Xia might be hiding, and occasionally make some suggestions.
Whether these suggestions are reliable or not is another matter, but Yan Qi can feel that Shang Xia, the second uncle, cares for Shang Xia sincerely.
This actually made Yan Qi look at this person with admiration, at least he was more pleasing to the eye than Uncle Jiu from Shang Xia who had always coveted that low-grade sharp weapon, the spear.
However, in the evening of this day, Yan Qi suddenly discovered that Yan Nier and her four little birds, who used to return to their nest at a fixed time in the past, never came back until dusk fell.
Just when Yan Qi's heart was darkened and she was about to report the matter to Shang Xi, a silver lightning suddenly flashed over the Shang Mansion, and Yan Nier was back!