After returning the basket full of vegetables to the east courtyard, listening to the laughter of the children in the courtyard and feeling the cold murderous aura surrounding the master in front of him, An Fengchun's hand holding the lantern trembled, and the shadow on the ground also swayed.

"Humph." An Ziyuan tossed his sleeves and returned to the west courtyard.

The lights in the east wing were bright, and figures were moving on the window, talking anxiously in low voices about how to relieve Shen Ge's fever. An Ziyuan walked over without stopping, and An Fengchun's eyes swept across the figure on the window, and then quickly returned. Staring at the strange figure, he cursed in his heart: You two idiots! Damn, they can't even kill a furry kid, so why did another person show up!

After bowing and sending the prince into the east room, An Fengchun kicked An Jiachun, who was bowing his head at the door and pretending to be stupid. Whoever provokes the anger will bear it. Don't think about plotting against me and taking it for you!

An Jiachun bravely entered the house, knelt down and apologized in a low voice, "Just when the villain was about to take action, they came with reinforcements. The villain was afraid of losing a big deal, so he didn't dare to take action rashly. Please punish me, Master."

After An Jiachun finished speaking, he couldn't hear the prince speak for a long time, and he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Fearing that the prince would raise his hand and strike him, An Jiachun said in fear, "Master, please give this villain a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious service."

In the east wing room, Uncle Ma whispered to Shen Ge, "Shou Fang Gang has his own difficulties, let's not make things difficult for him."

When An Jiachun was confronting Shen Ge and Chen Hong, An Juchun rushed out of the house and pointed the tip of the knife at Shengzi. After Fang Jiayin saw it, he returned to the kitchen; after making the oar, Fang Jiayin silently went back to Xili room to sleep. , making it clear that he did not want to get involved in the grudge between Shen Ge and An Ziyuan.

Shen Ge, whose face turned red and whose voice became hoarse, replied, "Don't worry, third uncle, I understand in my heart. If it weren't for Fang Gang, we wouldn't have been able to escape from the tree to the mountain so smoothly. He would have to go with An Ziyuan When I return to my hometown to find my relatives, An Ziyuan promised to give him two hundred taels of silver. Just now he didn't side with An Ziyuan, so I'm satisfied."

Shengzi lowered his head and whispered, "I didn't listen to my brother, so I took it upon myself to run into the courtyard and drag my brother down."

"You two are not big, but you are extremely brave." Uncle Ma patted his son on the shoulder, pushed Shen Ge to lie down, and sighed, "Ge'er, rest in peace, I'll follow you Brother Chen takes turns keeping vigil."

Chen Hong, who was sitting on the stool, then spoke, "We are going to create the illusion that Shen Ge is dying, so that An Ziyuan will feel that he does not need to take action and Shen Ge will not survive. Just in case, no one will do anything tonight." Don’t go out of this house, just get through the night and wait until daybreak.”

In the main room of the east courtyard, Mrs. Fang hugged her daughter and asked in a low voice, "Just now in the vegetable garden, what did Jiaojiao say to Mr. An? I see that he has been looking bad ever since."

That's right, Lin Ruyu raised her lips, "He asked his daughter why she was afraid of him. She said she had no fear of him, only gratitude and respect for her elders, and he got angry."

In the darkness, Fang's face suddenly darkened, but her tone was still gentle, "Jiaojiao is right. He may have thought of his wife and children in Cai's family, so he was worried. It has nothing to do with Jiaojiao. Go to sleep and tomorrow morning We still have to look for and collect medicine."

"Well, mother, go to bed soon. If you sleep a little longer, your body will recover quickly." Lin Ruyu rubbed her mother's arm with her little head and closed her eyes with peace of mind.

After her daughter fell asleep quickly after a tiring day, Fang stood up gently, bolted the door to the courtyard, closed the bolt in the main room, moved a chair to block the door, closed the windows between the east and west tightly, and used a coarse porcelain bottle filled with water to close the door. The bowl blocks the window sash.

If someone tries to enter the house through the door or window in the middle of the night, the people in the house will hear the noise and wake up.

After doing this, Fang, who was holding the oil lamp, walked quietly to the bed, covered Dafu and Aheng with quilts, then returned to the east room, blew out the oil lamp, and pressed the kitchen knife from the kitchen under the pillow.

He stayed close to his daughter and closed his eyes.

Outside the window, the sound of frogs could be heard all the time, and the flood below the mountain was still rising little by little. In the flood, some people were exhausted and clinging to the big tree, some were kneeling on the roof to beg Bodhisattva for blessing, and many people were drowned, and the corpses of livestock were floating on the water.

Drifting along the water makes one's heart tremble just by looking at it.

Under the dim light of the stars and moon, two men in black took a canoe and drifted to the foot of the mountain where Lin Ruyu was. They threw out a rope with a wall-climbing hook and hooked it to a big tree, and climbed up the mountain.

A few hours later, in the east courtyard of Guanyin Temple, Lin Ruyu opened her eyes and turned around to see her mother sleeping outside, still sleeping soundly.

Then she raised her eyes and glanced at the slightly bright window. Lin Ruyu dressed lightly and got up. She used a handful of fine soil prepared last night and placed the words "My daughter went to collect medicine" on the table. Lin Ruyu moved

Open the chair, go out quietly, pick up the backpack, and walk out of the temple.

After the rain, the mountain forest was very humid, but Lin Ruyu ignored her wet shoes and trouser legs and looked for useful medicinal materials in the grass with wide eyes.

Soon, she gathered half a basket of herbs. Lin Ruyu was tired and happy. She stood up straight and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeves. She looked around for cypress trees. She also needed to get some cypress bark for medicine.

Before the yellow cypress tree could be seen, Lin Ruyu spotted two figures flashing through the forest not far below the mountain, climbing the mountain. Lin Ruyu immediately hid behind the tree and tightened the hatchet in her hand.

The two figures looked like grown men at first glance. Judging from their attire with tied trousers and cuffs, they did not look like fleeing villagers, but more like bodyguards or Jianghu people. They were fleeing up the mountain, so what were they doing hiding in the woods?

Before Lin Ruyu could figure out how to return to the temple quickly and safely, she heard the shouts of Dafu and Xiao Aheng not far away:

"Second sister——"

"sister--"

"Second sister——"

"sister--"

The two people who were climbing up heard the shouts and immediately leaned over to hide.

Seeing that their first reaction was to hide, several thoughts flashed through Lin Ruyu's mind. She quietly retreated to a position where she couldn't see the two people under the mountain, then she clenched her hatchet and responded cheerfully, "I'm here -

I collected a lot of herbs——"

After responding, Lin Ruyu ran towards the temple and soon met Dafu and Aheng.

It's good that the two people in the woods didn't chase after them, so Lin Ruyu didn't have to remove their arms and legs in front of Dafu and A Heng.

Ah Heng rushed forward and hugged Lin Ruyu's leg, "Sister is bad, she ran out without Ah Heng."

Lin Ruyu's heart was beating fast. She raised her hand and poked Ah Hang's bulging cheek, pretending to be nothing, and said with a smile, "My benefactor An and the others will leave for Xia Cai later, so my sister wants to

Let’s go out early to pick some wild vegetables so that we can go back and make breakfast for them.”

"What are you going to do, sister?" A Heng, a snack foodie, looked at his sister with bright eyes.

Lin Ruyu handed the basket to Dafu, smiled and held her brother's hand, leading them back, "There are more than a dozen adults in the temple. I plan to make two large pots of wild vegetable porridge first, and then bake a few cakes for them.

The five of 'An' benefactors took the five of them to eat on the road. As they rowed, they had to eat more to gain strength. Although An'engong was not short of silver, there was a flood now, and he couldn't buy it no matter how much silver he had.

Eat..."

Lin Ruyu emphasized that there were more than a dozen adults in the temple, as well as the "Five An En Gongs" who had "no shortage of silver" and were about to leave the temple and go back to "Xiacai", so that the people who were hiding could hear clearly.

It wasn't until Lin Ruyu and the others reached the temple gate safely and there was no movement behind them that Lin Ruyu relaxed her guard.

Very good, these two people were not here to catch her, otherwise they would have rushed up long ago when they heard that there were ten adults in the temple.

If these two people were sent to search and rescue An Ziyuan, and they heard what he said, they should show up and follow him.
Chapter completed!