Lee Dachin fell asleep in the carriage and he leaned on Fang Yaoting's left shoulder. On the other side of the bench, Ping'an embraced Guozhao Shanquan and she leaned on Guo Baiyu's shoulder. Guo Baiyu was reading a medicine pamphlet that was left by Lord Kaiming. When the rain began to fall heavily onto the roof of the carriage, the sound of the rain hitting the rooftop making Guozhao Shanquan agitated, and he began to cry.
When Zhao Renshu controlled the horses, he looked forward and he saw three children walking hand in hand. The tall child is carrying a big large bag on his back. The older child stood in the middle, holding the hands of two small children. Zhao Renshu stopped the carriage and looked at them carefully. It seems that this big boy is carrying a child about two years old on his back. The older boy pushed the two young children behind him. The children are very scared of Zhao Renshu.
Guo Baiyu, "Why do you stop the carriage?"
Zhao Renshu, "Baiyu, come out?"
Guo Baiyu raised the curtain and looked at the children.
The big boy stared at the two men with cold and fearless eyes, "What do you want?"
The two young children began to cry.
Zhao Renshu smiled and said, "What do we want?" He scratched his chin with his left thumb.
Guo Baiyu, "What do you think we want?" He looked at the four children. "Four children walking alone in the middle of nowhere. There are three reasons. First, you got lost; second, you ran away deliberately; third, you are looking for someone?" Guo Baiyu smiled. "If my guess is correct, then you are the second and third reasons."
The older boy, "How do you know?"
Guo Baiyu, "Everyone has scratches on their faces. The shoes are worn out. You feel scared when you see us."
The older boy pointed at Zhao Renshu, "Because he looks like one of the man..."
Zhao Renshu, "One of the man? Keep going."
Fang Yaoting took a peek out of the curtain, "What's wrong? We need to find a place to shelter from the rain."
The older boy and the two younger children stepped back. The children looked more frightened.
Zhao Renshu, "Look kid, tell us what happened. If you don't want to, then let us give you a lift. We are not bad people."
The older boy scoffed and said, "Every malicious man always claims to be a good person." He stared coldly at Zhao Renshu. "I don't trust anyone easily."
Guo Baiyu, "Do you not trust us?"
The older boy, "The only trustworthy person is Master Guo."
Zhao Renshu laughed and said, "Well kid, today is your lucky day. You are looking at the original Young Master Guo." He pointed at Guo Baiyu. "His name is Guo Baiyu."
The older boy smirked and said, "Lair...you must be that bastard's servants. I didn't even mention the name of young master Guo. Do you think you can deceive me? The young master Guo passed away many years ago."
Guo Baiyu, "Then who are you looking for?"
The little girl said, "Auntie said to go get brother Renshu."
Zhao Renshu, "It's a coincidence that my name is Renshu." He turned to Guo Baiyu. "Xiao Mei? Where is she?" Zhao Renshu raised his voice and frightened the little girl, causing her to cry loudly.
Guo Baiyu, "Where is Auntie?"
The little girl shook her head.
The older boy, "She's dead."
Guo Baiyu closed his eyes, tears falling, "Is she dead?"
Ping'an opened the curtain, "Who is dead? Are you talking about Xiao Mei?"
The little girl cried out loud, "Big sister." She stretched out her hand to Ping'an.
She tried to get on the carriage. Zhao Renshu shook his hand and picked up the little girl from the ground. The little girl ran into Ping'an's arms. Ping'an handed Shanquan to Fang Yaoting.
The little girl, "Big sister, I am scare."
Ping'an was confused, "Don't be afraid I am here."
The older boy, "Are you sure Xiao Mei?"
Xiao Mei nodded.
The older boy put down the two-year-old boy from behind and handed it to Guo Baiyu, "She didn't tell me his name before she died. I don't even know whether these two children are her children. Her last sentence was The only person I trust is my late Master Guo'."
Guo Baiyu looked at the boy and asked, "Thank you. What is your name?"
The older boy replied, "We are strangers to each other, therefore, we don't need to know each other's names." He peeked in the carriage. "Goodbye, Xiao Mei." He held the other boy's hand and the two children began walking away.
There are not much the adults can do when the boy refused theirs kindness. Zhao Renshu slowly drove the carriage past the two little boys, and he felt very sad. Zhao Renshu heard horseshoe behind them. Suddenly, the older boy was hit hard, and the boy flew twenty yard away in front of the horse carriage. Zhao Renshu stopped the horse carriage. Zhao Renshu watched the older boy spat out blood.
The little boy called, "Big brother." His tiny feet ran to his fallen brother.
Five men riding horses stopped right in front of the fallen boy.
The group leader said angrily, "You little bastard. Do you think you can escape from Master He?" He used his horse whip and hit the older boy seven times. The older boy used his left hand to defend himself from the whip.
The boy grunted in pain, but suddenly laughed, "Ha...ha...ha...ha...is his dick fell off yet." The boy continued to laughed.
The group leader began to whip the boy. Zhao Renshu got up, but Guo Baiyu stopped him.
Zhao Renshu said madly, "What's wrong with you?"
Guo Baiyu, "Wait."
Fang Yaoting said madly, "Baiyu."
The group leader stopped whipping, "Bring them back."
Two of the men jumped off their horses and walked towards the two injured boys.
The older boy said, "Zhaohui, don't let them catch you and bring you back. You must run towards the man on the carriage now." He looked firmly at the little boy. "Right now!"
Zhaohui ran to Zhao Renshu. A man chased after little Zhaohui, another man grabbed the older boy's neck and squeezed it hard.
The group leader said, "Take off his clothes and let him walk back naked. That was Master He's order." The man began to undress the boy.
Zhao Renshu was very angry. He shouted, "Baiyu!"
Guo Baiyu let go of Zhao Renshu's arm. He said, "Make sure to drew your sword."
Zhao Renshu unsheathed his sword and flew over the man holding the big boy's neck. Fang Yaoting jumped out of the carriage and kicked the man who was chasing Zhaohui. Fang Yaoting's kick made the man slide thirty yards away and went straight to Zhao Renshu. Fang Yaoting grabbed the child and flew back to the carriage.
Zhao Renshu breathed heavily, his eyes is full of hate. He pointed his bloody sword at the rest of the men and said hatefully, "You scums... don't deserve to breath."