After rebirth, the cold prince clings to me every day

Chapter 507 Extra The Princess and the Shadow 17

William went to the dyeing workshop to see Anna, and An An and Jing Qi went to see the grandfather they met here last time.

Dogs have the most sensitive sense of smell. From a distance, the thin dog that ate An An's beef jerky last time ran over slowly, stuck out his tongue and licked An An's feet.

An An touched its head, which was so thin that it was almost bone-shattering: "Don't worry! I brought enough dried meat tubes this time!"

The two children and the dog came to the dilapidated house. It was still the same as the last time they saw it. The old man sat motionless outside the dilapidated house, without even changing his posture. Except for the breathing of a living person, he looked like a statue.

An An squatted down and put the food he brought in the old man's hand. Seeing that the other man was still unmoved, he pretended that he couldn't hear and could only talk and gesture. He originally wanted to say something like, "Grandpa, are you going to open the door?"

I'm very happy..." Waiting for the intimate words.

As a result, in a hurry, what came out of his mouth was: "Grandpa, only when you are full can you have the strength to be in a daze!"

When she realized what she had said? An An hurriedly covered her mouth.

Then she breathed a sigh of relief, okay, okay, grandpa couldn't hear her. And what she just said seemed to be in Chinese.

Just when he thought this, he saw the old man standing motionless as a statue in front of him raised his hand and waved it. After a pause, as if he was afraid that she would misunderstand, he picked up a piece of bread and put it to his lips and took a bite.

An An's eyes widened in shock: "Grandpa, can you hear me!"

Jingqi was also a little surprised and deliberately called "Grandpa" in Chinese. Unfortunately, the old man showed no reaction after he waved his hand just now.

It wasn't until the moment when her feet landed firmly that An An had some sense of reality, and only then did she react belatedly.

It seems like she has been through hell!

At this moment of escape, the little girl's first thought was, okay, okay, my mother didn't know about this, otherwise the stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots would have been too light, and the review would not have reached the 10,000-word mark.

An An didn't understand: "But if this is the case, why is Grandpa so powerful..." He looks so desolate!

He carefully looked at the professional fishing techniques of the boys across from him. It was not difficult to learn, but he just felt it was too slow.

An An spoke earnestly: "Brother, you need to have confidence, but we can't be too ambitious!"

An An's mind went blank at the time. She only remembered that a very strong arm pulled her away when she was about to fall. Thinking back to this, she seemed to hear the faint sound of the iron chain colliding.

Just when An An was about to ask if it was the old grandfather he was thinking of, he heard a violent noise in the distance. The moment An An was rescued, Rebecca was held down by the yamen who reacted.

In other words, since they arrived here, the old man has been following them secretly, but he deliberately hid it before, so he didn't feel it at all.

An An stomped the ice hard and asked in a very unexperienced way: "With so many of us stepping on it, won't the ice crack?"

Jingqi knew what she wanted to do without even looking, and refused with a serious face: "No, what if you get wet and catch a cold and you cry!"

An An spun around happily without looking back: "I know,"

For a moment, she didn't know what to think, she just felt a little dull and uncomfortable. She asked Jingqi: "Am I the farmer and the snake that the husband said, fighting for the sake of rice?"

This laughter reached the ears of a group of girls playing on the ice in the distance.

Before the two children had time to be surprised that he could speak Chinese, An An looked at the words on the paper and said strangely: "Shadou, this name is so weird?

"Wow! Even though I don't understand it, it sounds awesome!"

Jingqi turned away uncomfortably and said in a low voice: "... there's sand in my eyes!"

The two children looked at each other, but An An didn't pay much attention: "Maybe it's just a coincidence! Grandpa probably just doesn't want to reject us."

Although her brother Jingqi was willing to accompany her most of the time, An An couldn't do anything if she really screamed.

William came over, handed several bundles of red thread to Jing Qi, and joked to the two of them with a smile: "If you want to learn how to do business, would you like uncle to find someone to take you?"

Rebecca, who withdrew her hand, saw that An An didn't fall down. She gritted her teeth angrily. When her head got hot, she stretched out her hand and pushed An An hard, who was about to get up.

The two of them were already relatively close to each other, and this incident only happened in the blink of an eye.

The opponent's movements were really fast, and the two government officials present were stunned and didn't see clearly.

Feng Lisheng relies on his powerful internal strength to catch fish.

Jingqi's martial arts practice is still at the stage of physical training, and she has at most touched the threshold of internal martial arts.

He was born with extraordinary sensitivity to this kind of things. He had an intuition. Now he could vaguely feel that someone was following them. It was not because of how powerful he was, but because the other party deliberately let him know.

An An looked at the grandfather who suddenly appeared in front of her, her eyes widened in surprise: "It's really you!"

After repeated practice many times, Jingqi gradually figured out some skills, but did not forget to distract her attention and stare at An An:

An An tied a rope around Rebecca's waist and pushed her into the ice cave where she choked on a lot of water, making her experience the fear of being on the edge of death.

"...You can't learn if you don't know."

Then let’s call you Grandpa Sha from now on, right?”

An An gently touched its head: "Where did grandpa go?"

Jingqi subconsciously let go of her arms.

At the end of the sentence, there was a hint of crying in his voice.

An An was speechless: "Brother, you said it's more reliable to get ice cubes in your eyes than sand!"

Jingqi finally caught a fish. He raised his head and looked at An An with a smile. When he saw the scene in front of him, his pupils shrank suddenly, dropped the wooden thorn and rushed towards An An's direction like crazy.

Her name was Rebecca, and she was the little girl who An An felt sorry for and gave her bread on the official ship.

While they were talking, the group of people had already trotted to their destination, which was almost the same as what Jingqi said, but there were still people using fishing nets to catch fish.

There was only a girl with a thin face in the corner, staring at An An's figure running happily in the distance, her eyes full of resentment.

The old man couldn't speak, so he just waved his hand gently.

She looked around and then reacted belatedly: "Who saved me just now!"

The officer on the side also hurriedly agreed, saying that he would report to William and he would definitely not let the girl in front of him go. They were specially sent by Lord William to protect the two children. If such a mistake happened, they would naturally want to make up for it more than anyone else.

William warmly invited me: "If you don't mind me, I can be a guest at my official residence."

An An, who was chasing the skinny dog ​​over, also noticed them. His eyes lit up and he trotted over. They were all half-grown children. Although An An was the youngest, they quickly started playing together.

Jingqi wiped away her tears: "It's grandpa!"

A group of girls overheard the conversation between the two and joked kindly: "You Easterners, don't the rivers freeze in winter?"

After saying that, he pulled a piece of An An's handkerchief and blocked Rebecca's mouth. Then he turned to An An and asked, "How do you want to deal with her?"

Although Jing Qi despised the childishness, it did not affect his active participation.

An An raised her head and stared at him with suspicion: "Can you catch fish?"

Jingqi nodded casually, "It's faster to catch him this way."

Moreover, he faintly noticed that the other party did not leave, as if he was following them in the dark.

Jingqi saw her drooping little head and her long curled eyelashes drooping, and couldn't help but feel a little soft. He rolled up his sleeves: "Don't you just want to catch fish? Wait, I'll catch it for you!"

Just at this time, she arrived at the carriage. Jingqi found paper and pen from the carriage.

Although this dog is thin, he is still quite humane. He was fed by An An twice and he was very affectionate towards the little guy.

"I've heard of this," Jing Qi explained: "In our north, where the climate is relatively cold, ice fishing is used, which means drilling a hole in the ice and fishing with a fishing rod directly on the ice. However, this pair of baits

There should be a request!”

However, most girls as young as them are implicated by their families. As long as they become adults and atone for their family's sins, they will still have the opportunity to go out, marry and have children like normal people...

She had kept that scene in her mind for a long time, and whenever she felt that practicing martial arts was hard, she would unconsciously recall the greatness of practicing martial arts.

No one noticed that the old man sitting motionless in front of the dilapidated house did not raise his head, but the expression on his face could not help but move.

He waved people to take Rebecca down directly. Before leaving, An An repeatedly told her that her fall was none of the girls' business, and asked the steward not to punish them. It was not until the steward agreed at William's signal that she left with peace of mind.

The same goes for the Wen Wan she met before, and now Rebekah is here, which makes her a little discouraged and wonders if she is particularly unpopular with girls of her own age?

Jingqi's face was tense: "Don't let a few irrelevant people affect your mentality."

When a group of people arrived at the broken house, the door was empty. The stone bench at the door was still there, but the old man sitting like a statue was not there. The thin dog was there.

An An walked over and recognized Rebecca at a glance as the little girl she had met on the official ship.

Jing Qi nodded: "His movements are very fast. He can pull you over and then leave. But I can't be wrong."

Jingqi, on the other hand, has a reluctance to admit defeat. Originally she just wanted to catch a fish to make An An happy, but now she is a little more serious.

"ah……"

But she was still very happy knowing that her grandfather could hear her. She took out the dried meat and squatted down to feed the skinny dog.

An An was also very angry. If she hadn't been lucky, something might have happened just now.

…

An An became a little interested and stared at him in disbelief: "You want to stick a fish with your bare hands with a wooden thorn!"

She and a group of girls were skating forward hand in hand. There was an ice hole in front of them that had been broken by someone but was not yet frozen. Just as the leading girl was about to make a skillful detour, a commotion suddenly broke out behind her.

The girl in line behind An An felt someone push her, and she was driven by inertia and bumped into An An.

An An poked Jingqi's arm, eager to try: "How about... let's try it too!"

Rebecca hates An An for no other reason than she thinks it's unfair.

"It's also freezing, but not as thick!"

No wonder the little guy was surprised. He was obviously the same person, but his temperament was completely different from what he had seen before. Although the man in front of him was still skinny and his hair was white and messy, when he stood up, he completely lost the sense of desolation and desolation.

My back was unconsciously straight, like an unsheathed sword!

The next moment, a figure flashed in front of him, and an old man with disheveled hair appeared silently from nowhere.

An An raised her head and looked at the old man in front of her curiously, her eyes admiring: "You are the legendary hidden master! You are really amazing!

The old man picked up the pen, paused with his fingertips, and slowly wrote a name, which was actually written in Chinese characters.

But before he finished speaking, the old man nodded slightly.

Jingqi closed her eyes and listened quietly to the various sounds passing by around her. Then she opened her eyes and looked in a certain direction outside the house.

Although the capital city is quite cold in winter, the ice on the lake surface is usually not too deep. She still remembers that Qin Shuqing secretly went to play on the frozen lake last winter, but stepped on the ice too hard and almost fell. After returning, she was beaten

I didn't dare to go out for half a month after the fight.

They were all in trouble, so how could some people be so lucky? With just one face, he could make the vicious officials look good, and he was even taken back to the city lord's palace.

I remember one time when their family went out to play in the city, my mother said she wanted to eat fish. My father found a creek, cut off seven or eight wooden thorns for inserting fish, and threw them into the water at will.

There was a splash, water splashed, and then a row of seven or eight fish were thrown onto the shore.

She pursed her lips and exerted the same energy as she did every day. When she fell, she clasped one hand on the ground and tried to keep her body balanced. At this time, her head was facing the ice hole.

An An was curious: "How can we catch fish when the lake is frozen!"

As he talked, he pulled An An and ran towards the crowd gathering place. The river was very long. At this time, a circle of boys were excitedly gathering on the other side of the river.

He just said it casually and did not expect the old man to agree. After all, in the two years he had been in office, he had always had the impression that the old man was very unique.

An An got bored after watching it for a while, and started sliding around on the ice. Anyway, he was wearing thick clothes, so it wouldn't hurt if he fell.

Jingqi: "You can find out if you just ask."

And she and her mother went through all kinds of troubles to escape from the country, but were finally caught. She felt that these officials were ruthless, and her mother knelt down to beg them, so couldn't she just turn a blind eye and let them go?

Leave?

These people are really stupid. Even if they atone for their sins, they will remain stained as criminals throughout their lives and can only marry ordinary men.

Jingqi and a yamen officer worked together to dig through a hole in the ice, and then exchanged some food for some bait with a half-year-old boy. They also found wood and began to cut the wood thorns with a knife.

She was still in a daze before she came in, when she saw Jing Qi rushing over and hugging her tightly.

"An'an, I'm sorry! I didn't protect you well,"

Jingqi had already set up his posture and prepared the bait. "How will you know if you don't try it?"

It shows how powerful the other party’s martial arts is!

Naturally, she wouldn't admit it and started crying, saying that she didn't do it unintentionally.

The moment danger approached, An An couldn't bear to panic. She knew that if she fell, she might not be able to climb back up.

William narrowed his eyes thoughtfully. He had always guessed that this old man was not an ordinary person. Unfortunately, the other man did not want to say anything and did not leave, so he ignored him.

He was born in the Earl's Mansion and has seen a bit of the world, but the skill the old man just showed was something he had never seen before in his life.

Listening to this carefree laughter, many girls felt envious. Although they were also having fun, even if they laughed, they were restrained.

"Don't wander around. Someone has dug a hole in the ice nearby for fishing. It's still a bit dangerous."

It wasn't until they had walked a long way that An An took the opportunity to ask: "You said the person who saved me was the old man in the house over there? You read that right!"

A man and a dog chased each other back and forth in the open space. No matter how smart the little guy was, he couldn't escape his childish nature, and his clear and carefree laughter spread far and wide.

The two of them usually spoke in Chinese when communicating. William couldn't help but asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"

Jingqi kept staring at the old man and couldn't help but wonder about his martial arts skills. "I wonder what you call me, grandpa?"

Although William was surprised, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised. Some people naturally have reverence for the strong, and William was not immune to this.

Jing Qi, who rushed over, opened her eyes and stretched out her hand to grab Chao Anan, but there was someone who moved faster than him.

However, it is much colder here than in the capital. It is no exaggeration to say that a drop of water turns into ice.

The girls who were playing on the ice just now all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at An An's leaving figure with grateful eyes.

At the critical moment, everyone felt an extremely fast afterimage passing by, and An An, who was about to fall into the ice cave, was pulled far away.

An An and the two were also very happy. They talked to the old man from time to time along the way, but it was a pity that the other party could not communicate normally.

The few government officials who were following me couldn't help but get involved.

Thank you for saving me just now."

Unlike prison, the prisoners exiled here are free at other times except for the fixed working time every day, but they cannot leave the Maya City.

An An pointed in the direction of the broken house: "What are we talking about about grandpa?"

The officer went to report the news, and William hurried over. He was shocked and broke into a cold sweat when he got the news. If An An was really the Queen's niece, what if something happened? He couldn't bear it.

Everyone screamed in horror. It was too late to attack Rebecca's viciousness, and they stared at An An.

The old man seemed stunned for a moment, then nodded casually.

An An looked at his red eyes and couldn't help but feel soft. She had never seen this guy cry since she could remember. But her mouth was unforgiving: "Hey, I haven't cried yet? Why are you crying!"

However, the reality is that after Jingqi spent a long time digging, she just barely touched the shadow of a fish, and all the fish she attracted suddenly ran away.

Seeing the unconvinced look on the little girl's face, he emphasized coldly: "Do you still want to go home? This is not Daxia. If you get sick, no one can say what will happen."

Although she has experienced a lot along the way, at her young age, the most she can think of is retaliation, not killing.

An An finally came back to his senses and pushed him: "Hey! Let me go first, your shoulder is squeezing me so much!"

At this time, there was a burst of excited shouting from a young man in the distance. The girl who had just spoken turned her head and looked: "Oh, Jack and the others are catching fish! Let's go over and join in the fun."

An An's familiarity made them relax. The girl next to them laughed and said, "No way! Is this ice thick? Let alone us, even if a group of strong laborers step on it, it will not crack."

An An shook her head firmly and said in a confident tone: "Thank you, uncle, I am very good at business."

William raised his eyebrows with interest, "Oh, when Miss An An makes a lot of money, don't forget to treat uncle to dinner."

An An patted her chest generously: "Don't worry, when I find my family, I'll treat my uncle to the best restaurant in Maya City."

However, within half an hour, the little guy was slapped in the face.

(End of chapter)