Li Chengru and Fengsheng have excellent martial arts. Ye Xiaoxian knows that.
Sure enough, as soon as they appeared, they flew over from the carriage, stepped on the nearby trees, flew over the eaves and walls, and finally came to the bandits.
Only heard "whoosh", the gangsters resisted slightly, and soon fell to the ground.
Li Chengru and Fengsheng did not show mercy. Their moves were fatal. They cut their throats and stabbed their hearts. After the bandits fell, they only had their breath and the blood vessels that burst on their bodies were spraying blood.
At ordinary times, these countrymen must be scared out of their wits in the face of this tragedy, but they have become numb after seeing so many bodies along the way. What's more, these people almost killed them. Now they see it and feel that they deserve it.
Ye Xiaoxian reacted quickly. She shouted to everyone, "are there any injured? Hurry to bandage each other!"
A servant outside Liu was stabbed several times. He was badly hurt and hurt to the point. Even the bandage could not stop the blood. His life disappeared a little and finally stopped moving.
The other two servants are skin trauma. It's good to stop bleeding.
The two servants couldn't help crying when they looked at the dead one. Everyone encouraged and helped each other along the way. They thought that as long as they arrived at their destination, they could be safe and sound.
But who knows, something happened and someone left halfway.
On the Xiao family's side, the Xiao iron tree was stabbed twice, one in the leg and the other in the shoulder. The wound was about 2cm deep. The Xiao copper tree was also stabbed in the arm. Fortunately, there was no life crisis. As long as it was wrapped up, we can continue on the road.
Ye Xiaoxian went to Fengsheng and Li Chengru and was about to thank them for their help. At this time, member Liu stepped in and said with gratitude. Fortunately, they arrived. Unexpectedly, their martial arts are so high. I can't see it.
Li Chengru ignored member Liu, and Fengsheng just answered perfunctorily.
When Li Chengru fell ill in the inn, Fengsheng went to ask Liu Yuanwai for help. Liu Yuanwai just gave some money and didn't really help.
Fortunately, there were leaves.
So Fengsheng turned to look at Ye Xiaoxian and asked with concern, "are you all right, little lady ye? I just saw that you were almost cut off."
Ye Xiaoxian smiled: "I'm fine. Fortunately, you came quickly. By the way, why did you take this road?"
Fengsheng sighed: "the Phoenix in distress is not as good as the chicken. We originally planned to rush to the capital from Zhengwu county. Who knows that the road is closed in front, and the city gate will not be opened. Even we... Can't get in. Not only don't let us in, but also say that we pretend to be dignitaries."
Ye Xiaoxian smiled again: "they have no eyes. How can you two pretend to be? You can see at a glance. Where do rural people have such good skins as you."
Feng Sheng said, "young lady ye, don't make fun of us."
Ye Xiaoxian looked at Li Chengru again. Li Chengru looked cold at any time. She didn't say hello to him, but continued to ask Fengsheng: "where are you going next?"
"Go to Baoning City, take refuge... Take refuge in relatives." Feng Sheng said.
"So coincidentally, we also went there." Ye Xiaoxian said.
Ye Xiaoxian didn't mean well to tell Fengsheng to go together. After all, two people in a carriage can arrive in more than ten days. If they go with their large army, they will have to go for at least twenty days.
Ye Xiaoxian didn't speak, but Liu Yuanwai took the lead in saying: "Fengsheng, childe Li, otherwise we can go together. In this way, we can take care of each other on the road. We used to be friends anyway. You've all killed us. It's better to be a good man to the end and send the Buddha to the West."
Where did Feng Sheng dare to make a decision? He said, "I want my childe to promise."
Member Liu went to ask Li Chengru: "childe Li, look at our group, old and small. If we can't make it to Baoning without your help, it's better for you to send us and take care of each other. We don't have anything else, but there are still some rations. We can share them together."
Unexpectedly, Li Chengru looked at Ye Xiaoxian at this time and thought of the porridge cooked by Ye Xiaoxian.
They have eaten dry food for many days. They have no dry food since the day before yesterday. They only have silver, but now they can't buy food with silver. They had to hunt in the mountains, which delayed so long.
Ye Xiaoxian doesn't understand why Li Chengru looks at her. Does she want to ask her opinion? She said, "if childe Li doesn't mind, let's go together?"
Li Chengru nodded.
Liu Yuanwai is happy, Feng Sheng is also happy, and others are even more happy. Now that there are two experts in the team, you don't have to be afraid of robbers anymore.
Feng Sheng missed Ye Xiaoxian's porridge very much, so he asked Ye Xiaoxian, "when will you have porridge next?"
Ye Xiaoxian understood that the reason why the master and servant agreed readily was that they wanted to have porridge. She said, "when you get out of the mountain, cook porridge at the next place suitable for rest."
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Li Chengru and his family are two people in a carriage. When they set out, they saw the Xiao family huddled together in the small carriage, so they said to Fengsheng, "call the small ones to us."
Fengsheng called Baofeng, Baocheng and Baoxue.
After the two sat down, the Xiao family was finally not so crowded, and Wang Mudan and Chen Ju didn't have to curl up all the time. The injured Xiao Tieshu can also get on the carriage, which really relieves a lot of pressure on the Xiao family.
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Baoning city.
The loss of Hexin county has long been reported to Li Chengyi, and Xiao Baoshan naturally knows it.
First, Hexin County fell, and then Qinghe County.
Xiao Baoshan was so worried that he wanted to fly back to his relatives when he thought of his relatives.
But he also knew that he could not save them by himself. At present, only by fighting back the Japanese pirates in Hong Yan country could he keep the peace of his hometown people.
He and Li Chengyi are anxious to become ants on the hot pot, but the imperial court's reinforcements haven't arrived yet. If they don't arrive again, Qinghe County will also be lost.
Xiao Baoshan had to ask Li Chengyi for instructions. Li Chengyi took the lead in mobilizing nearby soldiers and horses. Then Xiao Baoshan led the troops out of the shock. He could keep it as long as he could.
Li Chengyi has been hesitating. This kind of thing is no small matter. If he loses, he is still a good king who cares about the country and the people. If he wins, he may become a noisy man. Maybe some people with ulterior motives in the imperial court will think that he colluded with the Japanese pirates, first attracted the Japanese pirates, then repulsed them, and could return to the capital early and then participate in seizing their legitimate rights.
But Xiao Baoshan still insisted on remonstrating, kneeling in front of Li Chengyi many times and asking to go to war.
He said: "the grass-roots people are generals. Now they have been used by people with ulterior motives, framed and pursued. But the grass-roots people can still worry about the country and the people. You are the king and the royal family, and you should not ignore your life, put the people in deep water and fire, and ask the king to send troops!"
Li Chengyi was begged by Xiao Baoshan for a long time, but finally he was persuaded by Xiao Baoshan.
But there are not many soldiers in Baoning city. We have to go to Lincheng to mobilize and be stunned again. Some early refugees heard that there were stunned soldiers, so they took refuge one after another.
If there are strong men at home, they can share food and land. The refugees are worried about having no place to live. Now they have the opportunity to take refuge one after another.
Half a month later, Xiao Baoshan set out with the troops mobilized from all over and the newly recruited troops.
This army is quite a force that goes out to fight while practicing, and receives many refugees along the way. At first glance, it is also vast.
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Ye Xiaoxian and others continued on their way.
Probably with Li Chengru and Feng Sheng, the itinerary of their group was not so tense.
In addition, there are injured people in the team, so it is not suitable to travel for a long time, so you can rest during the day.
After another two days, they arrived at DINGHE county.
DINGHE county is northwest. Although it is also a county, there are only two streets in the whole county, and there are no checkpoints in the county, so people can go in and out freely.
There are also inns in the county. Ordinary refugees can't afford to live. They gather in every corner of the city. Some beg for food, and some are hungry and have no money.
No wonder Zhengwu County refuses to let the refugees in. Sometimes it's not sympathy, but some starving refugees can't control themselves.
Moreover, DINGHE county is also poor. Now, after refugees come in, the local yamen cooks two pots of porridge every day. Everyone goes to line up every day and can be divided into a small bowl. This small bowl can't solve the problem of food and clothing at all.
After they entered the county, ye Xiaoxian found an inn.
At this time, they have nothing else but more money. Ye Xiaoxian took out all her family's savings, not to mention the family outside Liu. Their family is the richest.
Li Chengru and Fengsheng are not short of money. Because they were willing to spend money, they finally stayed in the inn, ate hot food, and everyone took a hot bath.
Ye Xiaoxian and Li Hongmei, as well as Wang Mudan, Chen Ju and Baoxue, slept in a large all-purpose shop. After taking a bath, Wang Mudan and others collapsed on the bed: "I know now that the most comfortable thing in life is to take a hot bath, and then fall into bed and have a warm sleep."
Chen Ju said, "sister-in-law, the basin of water I just washed is all black and scared to death. I never knew I was so dirty."
Li Hongmei said, "me too, me too. Alas, I suspect that lice have grown on my head."
Ye Xiaoxian didn't interrupt. She didn't.
This sad journey through.
Fortunately, now she has a chance to rest. She can sleep in a warm bed, carry things on the bus, and let the store keep several carriages. She can sleep comfortably.
We talked for a while, and soon everyone slept very heavily. This sleep was close to noon the next day.
When ye Xiaoxian got up, she heard the owner of the inn say that an army passed their county in the morning. It was the army of the six kings in Baoning city.