Unofficial history records: At the beginning of the establishment of the First Central Empire, there was a tragic palace coup. The Mu family, the founders of the empire, were massacred by the Manchus. Only the infant prince Mu Qingche escaped, and his whereabouts are unknown since then.
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However, there are very few people who know this secret history. In the blink of an eye, two hundred years have passed, and the First Empire has become more and more prosperous. No one mentions this past, and no one remembers the Mu family, the former founders of the empire!
There was lightning and thunder last night, and there was wind and rain. In the morning, Su Junbao got up early and looked outside the tent. The rain finally stopped!
Encountering violent stormy weather during the journey is really not a pleasant thing. Last night, they hid under a cliff and barely survived the night.
"Su Junbao, go help when you wake up and load all those things into the car. Let's get on the road early!"
As soon as Su Junbao walked out of the camp, a tall woman came to him and gave him instructions.
Her name is Li Ya, and she is the leader of Su Junbao's mercenary group. Their mercenary group makes a living by escorting business travelers!
Upon being urged, Su Junbao nodded and walked straight out of the camp. He had to find a place to empty the inventory first.
Li Ya glanced at him and then looked away!
Strictly speaking, this boy is not from their mercenary group. He is just temporarily hired by the Fire Cloud Group to do odd jobs and earn a little money because the Fire Cloud Group does not have enough manpower. He is usually taciturn and does not stand out anywhere. He is relatively diligent and does not use swear words to do tiring work.
Be willing to do it! After this errand was over, he and Huo Yun Tuan separated.
Naturally, Li Ya wouldn't take him seriously as a little handyman. She still had many things to be busy with!
Su Junbao walked far away and wanted to go behind a cliff, but when he got there, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
On the originally flat ground, for some reason, a large pit appeared. There was an egg at the bottom of the pit. The oval-shaped egg was about as tall as an adult, standing there alone.
Su Junbao had been here last night, but he didn't remember that there was such a big pit and dome. It seemed like it fell from the sky and made a deep pit on the ground! The strange thing is that none of them could notice it last night. Could it be that
Is the wind and rain really loud?
For a moment, Su Junbao couldn't understand it either.
"What on earth is this?"
After watching for a while, Su Junbao finally couldn't help his curiosity and touched it to see what it was. Suddenly, his hand shook and he quickly retracted it. A drop of blood still dripped onto the stone egg.
The stone egg is a standard oval shape, but the surface is not smooth. There are many sharp edges and burrs. Su Junbao's hand was cut.
As Su Junbao's blood dripped onto the stone egg, only a clicking sound was heard, coming from the stone egg that was still motionless just now. At the same time, cracks began to crack on the surface of the stone egg, as if there were
When something is ready, it must break out of its shell.
"It's about to burst!"
Su Junbao didn't know why and quickly stepped back.
Then there was a roar, and the stone egg was completely broken into countless pieces. Su Junbao, who was standing on the spot, opened his mouth wide in an instant, and saw a chubby little girl sitting in the middle of the egg shell. She was only two or three years old, with a pair of big eyes.
She has a chubby little face and looks very cute wearing a red t-shirt.
A little girl jumped out of the stone!
This is really beyond the scope of Su Junbao's cognition, but it is really happening in front of you, and you can't believe it!
The little girl came out of the egg and sat there blankly, looking a little dazed. It seemed that she had not adapted to the surrounding environment.
After a while, she saw Su Junbao standing there blankly. She stared at him again and again, suddenly giggled, got up from the ground with a cry, opened her arms, and walked with two short legs, walking awkwardly.
Da Da came over and hugged Su Junbao's legs, raising his head and babbling not knowing what to say.
The little girl's action really startled Su Junbao, but seeing that she looked cute and not malicious, he gradually relaxed and looked at her carefully.
The nose is a nose and the eyes are eyes. They are no different from normal children. They are chubby and very cute. If there is any difference, Su Junbao feels that she is surprisingly strong. When she hugs his legs, she is stronger than an adult.
Still big.
How could a two- or three-year-old child have so much strength?
"What's your name and where are you from?"
Su Junbao asked tentatively, not sure if she could understand human speech!
Sure enough, the little girl stared blankly, unable to understand anything, let alone answer.
"Haw!"
She freed her hand to touch her belly and looked up eagerly. Su Junbao understood that look.
That is a sign that the child is hungry. The little guy who just jumped out of the stone will be hungry as soon as he comes out!
Suddenly a little guy with a strange origin popped up, which made Su Junbao a little bit at a loss. He bumped into a living person, so he couldn't just leave it alone, right?
This place is hundreds of miles away and is deserted. A little girl who can't walk safely is left here. She is afraid that she will not live for more than two days, and sooner or later she will starve to death or be picked up by a wild beast!
"Take it back first and then talk about it!"
Su Junbao thought, and bent down to pick him up. He was chubby and not very heavy, but he was definitely a human!
The little guy seemed to have a natural affinity for Su Junbao, and he was so happy to hug him with his chubby little arms!
By the time Su Junbao and the little guy came back from behind the cliff, everyone else in the team had woken up. Some were sitting lazily, while others were drinking soju and eating breakfast!
There are thirty or forty people in their group, and they are on their way to Qinghe County in Fenglan Country. They are expected to have five or six days of travel left!
Twelve of them are mercenaries from the Huoyun Group, and the rest are the employer and his assistants. Now you can easily tell who is following whom just by looking at where they are sitting on both sides.
The mercenaries sit in a pile by themselves, and the employers sit in a pile by themselves.
Everyone was very surprised when they saw Su Junbao carrying a little girl back!
The little guy was very shy when seeing many people. His little face was buried in Su Junbao's shoulder, and he refused to raise his head. He hugged her tightly!
"Where did it come from?" Li Ya asked!
"Picked it up nearby!"
Su Junbao replied that he would not mention the stone eggs because it was too bizarre. It was not unusual to pick up a little girl on the road!
The land here is barren and the living environment is harsh. There are always some children who cannot be raised and are abandoned on the roadside, left to die. It is not surprising!
"I picked her up as soon as I saw her! Captain, do you think you can take her with you on the road?" He looked at Li Ya and asked again.
"no!"
Hearing this, before Li Ya could speak, someone in the team made an objection. It was a fat middle-aged man who stood up, named Lu Jinhai, the employer of this business trip.
"Captain Li, with all due respect, it's a long way, so it might be inconvenient for us to have a little girl with us along the way!" Lu Jinhai said, with displeasure on his face.
"What's the inconvenience?"
Su Junbao, who rarely speaks at ordinary times, frowned and asked: "It's just a child, we can't just leave her here, right? Then she will definitely die. I'll just take care of her until we get there...!"
"Just because she is a child, it is inconvenient!"
Lu Jinhai interrupted him very rudely, and a young boy actually dared to refute him: "I paid you to protect my delivery of goods, not to take care of my children when you have nothing to do!"
"That's right, eating, drinking and defecation of children is the most troublesome. If they get sick again, wouldn't it delay the trip? Can you afford to pay for it?" His assistants all agreed.
"You, you are just too young. I advise you to put them back wherever you picked them up. As a mercenary, you have to get used to this. How many people will not die in this world every day? The roads are full of beggars and homeless people who are waiting to die because they don't have enough to eat.
Han, if everyone were like you, our mercenary group wouldn't even have to work!" Someone in the mercenary group also said.
"Meaning that if you meet alone, you will ignore it?" Su Junbao asked.
"There are too many things in this world that you can't control, so why bother? We are mercenaries, not good people. You have just entered this industry, and there are still many things you don't understand!" The man shrugged indifferently.
In the face of everyone's objections, Su Junbao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he just held the bewildered little guy in his arms and said nothing.
"alright!"
Seeing that there were more and more objections, and Su Junbao was rarely willing to give in, Li Ya, as the group leader, finally spoke: "I'm just a child, it won't delay anything. Boss Lu, what do you think? Just show kindness."
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She turned around and smiled sweetly at Lu Jinhai!
"Haha! It's easy to say. Since Captain Li has spoken, it will be easy to handle. But when we get to the city, Captain Li must not refuse to have a meal with Mr. Lu!"
Facing Li Mai, Lu Jinhai's attitude changed completely and he was all smiles. A pair of soybean-sized eyes stared at Li Mai's perfect curves, revealing a blazing light that seemed to eat the person in front of him alive!
This is an unusually tall and fit woman. Her proud body is tightly wrapped in a suit of warrior leather armor. She looks like she is in her mid-twenties, and her face with slight freckles has an indescribable wild beauty.
It's just full of vicissitudes and maturity that don't suit her age, and she looks a little tired.
"Easy to say!"
Li Ya also laughed, her smile was very stiff. Huoyun Tuan was just a small mercenary group. A large part of the reason why Lu Jinhai was lucky enough to receive such a big deal was because he came here for the person who got her.
Li Ya has been in this business all year round, so how could she not understand the other party's little thoughts? It's just that business is difficult, so sometimes she can only give in and give in.
"Okay, don't delay. After dinner, get on your way early!" She turned to Su Junbao and said again. She looked at the little guy in his arms and sighed. She didn't know which family the child was from. It's not easy to live.
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"Thank you!" Su Junbao was silent, just nodded and said thank you.
"Boy, don't worry about this kind of thing in the future. There are gangs everywhere on the road. You can't afford to delay your trip! If gangs really come, you and I will not be safe!" The ones who spoke were deputy captains He Si and San.
The ten-year-old short man stood next to Li Ya, who was 1.8 meters tall. He was a full head shorter. However, when he glanced at her from the corner of his eye, he could not hide the blazing light in his eyes.
As soon as He Siqi finished saying this, his expression gradually froze!
Many people who were still eating on the ground stood up one after another because they all heard the sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground in the wind, which was also mixed with various roars and strange sounds.