Chapter 42 Elopement

Author: Si Wu

Chapter 42 Elopement

Someone hurried out and came back in a hurry. The wooden basin banged on the ground and made a muffled sound. The water splashed on the ground and formed a pool of water. The force picked up the dust on the ground and flowed forward. The water stain became sticky and moved toward the embers.

Fingers approach.

Several people muttered around the embers, but in the end, instead of wiping them with towels, they poured water directly on her face with a basin. She was suddenly poured all over her face, and water entered her nose, making her almost choke.

After rinsing her face, fingers were pressed on her face to confirm that the scar could not be removed, then she cursed and threw the pot away.

The door was wrapped and locked with chains, the footsteps faded away, and Yi Yan opened his eyes and sat up.

She sat up with her hands on the ground, but she pressed them with mud. Her messy and wet hair was soaked in mud and stuck together, dripping down onto her back.

A feeling of depression was stuck in her heart, and Yi Yan's face was gloomy. It took a lot of effort to suppress the depression, but her face was still not that good-looking. She stood up and walked around the empty room gently.

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This is a typical country house. The entire house is made of earth and the walls are thick. There are only two windows on both sides of the door. However, the paper covering the windows has turned into a gray color, and the indoor light is

Getting darker.

Yi Yan gently poked the window paper with his wet hands and looked outside.

Like the main building of the house, the courtyard wall is very short and made of earth. The top of the wall is covered with grass. There are many discarded farm tools piled up in the corner of the courtyard. The narrow courtyard door is not closed tightly, and there is a lot of light through it.

From the embers in the gap, you can see that the small courtyard is also wrapped and locked with chains.

There is no one to guard the place alone.

I guess they weren't afraid of her running away, maybe these people were sure she couldn't run away.

Yi Yan huddled in the corner, picked up a small stick, and drew two words on the ground: stronghold.

Zhan Shuyun and a few people followed him all the way to a village on the outskirts of Beijing.

The village is not big and is located in a somewhat remote location. Men, women and children occasionally pass through it, but it doesn't look like there is anything special about it.

Zhan Shuyun made a gesture, and several people dispersed and left. Zhan Shuyun found an opening and slipped into the village.

The village is not big, with only thirty households in total. It didn't take long for Zhan Shuyun to check out all these households.

Seven or eight households are locked and appear to be uninhabited. The remaining 20 or so households are mixed with men and women, and they look like one family. There are also several households with several men living together, which can be interpreted as brothers.

It makes sense, except that there are actually a lot of brothers.

Everything looks ordinary, but everything is extraordinary.

Zhan Shuyun quickly followed him to the entrance of the village but did not go further. He was afraid of arousing the alertness of these people, so he did not know where Yu Yan was kept and did not dare to rush in. He quietly retreated out.

Not long after, a neatly dressed man came to the village along the path. He was wearing a coarse cloth and carrying a rough-made bow and a few arrows. He was carrying a hare in his hand and a pheasant hanging upside down at his waist.

, it seemed that the head hanging on the soft neck was a bit heavy, and it swayed with Zhan Shuyun's steps.

The man wiped the sweat with his hands, then put it on his eyes to block the light and looked into the distance. Seeing the obvious joy in the village's eyes, he walked quickly and soon reached the entrance of the village.

"Uncle, can I ask for a drink of water?"

The man, Zhan Shuyun, rushed forward to the joking old men under the big tree. He kept wiping the sweat from his head and neck, breathing heavily, and his lips became increasingly dry.

He was obviously tired and thirsty.

Several uncles looked wary, they looked at each other, and then all their eyes fell on Zhan Shuyun who was begging for water. After a while, one person asked aloud: "Who is this strong man?"

Zhan Shuyun replied: "Masters, don't be afraid of me. I am a hunter in the mountains. I came here to hunt. I ended up chasing a deer and ran far away. In the end, I didn't catch the deer and got lost. I walked for a long time."

I finally saw that there is a village here, so I came here to ask for a drink of water. I am really thirsty."

After hearing what Zhan Shuyun said, he looked the man up and down and said, "Masters, look at me and I look at you. He has relaxed a little, but he has not completely let down his guard."

"Oh, but although the strong man doesn't have the tender skin and tender meat, it's not much different. He doesn't look like a hunter."

"I feel ashamed to say it." The man sighed, "I was not an Orion before, but a scholar. But later on, my family became lonely, my mother passed away, and my father was seriously ill in bed. I had to give up studying in order to make a living, and that's when I became an Orion.

"

The old man said a few more times, but there was not much sympathy on his face, "It turns out that he is still a scholar. No wonder his words are different from those of us rough guys."

Someone waved their hands and said, "Come on, come on, go on. Go somewhere else to ask for water."

"Yes, the hero's origin is unknown and we old guys don't dare to take you into the village. The hero should go elsewhere!"

Zhan Shuyun was anxious, "No, no, no, I'm really thirsty. Otherwise, I won't go into the village. How about you bring me a bowl of water?"

"This-" The elders hesitated.

Zhan Shuyun gritted his teeth when he saw this, and said with determination: "If you don't want me to run away in vain, how about I trade this pheasant for you!"

But there was a look of reluctance in his eyes, obviously not very willing, but it also proved that he was really thirsty.

The elders looked at each other again, and finally one of them coughed and said: "Since the strong man is so sincere, let me go and scoop a bowl of water for the strong man, but this prey..."

"Can it be this rabbit instead?"

Zhan Shuyun was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect this request to be made. He did not agree immediately, but fell into a dilemma. After a moment, he exhaled a filthy breath and responded: "Okay!"

"This hare is yours!"

He stretched his hand forward and turned his head away from looking, but his peripheral vision couldn't help but fall on the wild rabbit.

The old man took it with a smile but didn't take it.

"Strong man?"

Zhan Shuyun lets go.

"That's right, little old man, go get some water right away, and the strong man will wait."

After saying that, he strolled into the village, looking like he was not in a hurry at all.

One person left, but the others had no intention of leaving. They each looked at Zhan Shuyun and talked to him intentionally or unintentionally.

"The strong man doesn't look very old, how old is he?"

"I was twenty-three."

"You are quite handsome. There must be no shortage of girls to like you. You should marry me soon."

"We're married. I'm ashamed to say that my wife eloped with me."

Yo, she still eloped.

"Tell me, strong man?"

Zhan Shuyun licked his dry lips, and with a hint of shame, he told several strangers the whole process of how he and his "lady" had met, fell in love, and eloped. The elders listened with great interest.

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