After nightfall, there was still a group of eight people walking in the darkness on the official road from Gucheng to the south. The official road was vaguely visible in the dark night. No one spoke, and there was only the sound of people's footsteps among the chirping of insects. Wang Dashan was walking in the countdown.

The second and final escort was the Two Locusts. After Yu Baohu Banner ordered the errands, he selected people on the spot and brought them to the custody of Mianyang Port. Only Wang Dashan and Xu Zhu were from Jiangbei, and Yu Baohu was

The flag is brought

Two old guards, and one man wearing a bamboo hat and a turban on his head, could not see his face. Wang Dashan didn’t know where he was going, how long he was going, and what he was going to do.

What I know is that it is getting farther and farther away from Gucheng, and the shacks have not been built. How can the woman and her son live? Several gentlemen have no

Said.

On the dark ground, everything was hard to see clearly. Xu Zhu's figure in front was blurry, and there were faint blue will-o'-the-wisps flashing around him. Cold sweat dripped from Wang Dashan's forehead, and it seemed that those will-o'-the-wisps would pounce in front of him at any time.

While they were panicking, there was a whooshing sound in front of them. Wang Dashan and the two locusts screamed at the same time. A black thing sprang out from the left side of the road, crossed the road in front of Wang Dashan, and quickly rushed into the grass on the right side.

, a little while

Suosuo's voice then became quiet again.

The team paused, and Yu Baohunqi's voice from the front cursed, "Who is shouting?"

"If you scream again, I'll chop off your head." The voice of two locusts said in the darkness.

Wang Dashan trembled and whispered, "Second, second master, there is a ghost."

The two locusts said angrily, "So what if there are ghosts? I killed so many people, but no one came to claim my life..."

Just as he said this, a long howl like a wolf or a dog sounded in the distance, echoing in the wilderness.

The sound of the two locusts stopped immediately. Wang Dashan heard that the second chief's breathing was a little rapid. When the howling gradually disappeared, the small team was quiet for a moment, and Master Yu's voice said again, "Have a rest ahead."

The team started walking again, but after only walking for a moment, it stopped again. Wang Dashan panted and looked around. He could see several broken walls on the roadside, which was a dilapidated village.

The little boy's voice said, "Master Yu, there should be no one around here."

"Looking for a place to rest." Someone left in front, and the voice just now should be the little boy who opened the way. After a while, the little boy returned, and the team entered the village. It was dark all around, and they could hardly see their hands. They walked like this for a while

, approximately to

We walked to the middle of the village and stopped in front of a slightly complete dilapidated house. The little boy took the lead and entered the house one by one. Wang Dashan groped for the earth wall and followed behind. He seemed to have stepped on a wooden board under his feet, making a crisp sound.

He staggered and almost fell down. He was afraid of being beaten and scolded by the two locusts behind him, so he quickly touched the wall again.

Bi walked two steps quickly and bumped into Xu Zhu in front of him again. Xu Zhu's angry voice came out, and then he pushed hard. Wang Dashan fell to the ground. There were some debris on the ground, which stung Wang Dashan and almost made a sound of pain.

It was a little different in the past. When I was scared, I felt a little angry, but this anger

Not even making him utter a sound, he endured the pain and climbed up again, but was pushed hard by the two locusts behind him.

Wang Dashan bumped into the wall and entered the house cautiously. When he heard Xu Zhu stop in front of him, he immediately squatted against the wall and squatted on the ground. The solid feeling of the earth wall on his back made Wang Dashan feel at ease. Mr. Yu stayed behind

Finally, he walked around in a circle and allowed everyone to drink water and eat dry food when he came back. Wang Dashan took off his jacket, groped inside for a while, and found the dry food he had been given when setting off. He put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, not daring to

Make some noise.

The gentlemen didn't care. There were sounds of chewing and drinking in the darkness. Wang Dashan also speeded up. He quickly finished a pancake and took out a kettle to drink water. After a while, it became quiet again. Wang Dashan pinched

After looking at the bag, there were still a lot of dry biscuits in it. Before setting off, Master Yu brought a lot of them and let everyone pack them as they pleased. This was a situation that Wang Dashan had never experienced before, even when Su Song was there.

When I was young, I never said I could eat as much as I wanted. I didn’t know where I was going, and I thought I could take it back to feed the woman, so I not only filled my bag with it, but also carried several in my arms, but unexpectedly it got worse.

The further we go, I'm afraid I won't be able to take these pancakes back with me, but just touching them

, I was actually very satisfied in my heart.

"This mission was sent by the eighth master." Master Yu's voice said in the darkness. Wang Dashan stopped groping and listened carefully to what Master Yu said. However, the second chief's family next to him continued to eat.

"The place we are going to is... Anqing."

Wang Dashan's heart skipped a beat when he heard the clattering sound from the two locust chiefs' house next to him and stopped.

"The errand is sent to Mr. Liu. The person in charge here has been on errands for many years and knows all the rules. This is my first time running an errand. Master, I have to give you instructions."

Xu Zhu's voice said, "Master's orders."

Wang Dashan hurriedly answered, "Listen to the master's instructions." "Anyone who cannot be seen outside, no matter lost or ran away, will be killed by his family members. The two of you will keep an eye on each other on the road. If something happens, the other one will sit in the car. If you want to think about Gucheng's family members,

As long as you are alive, you must obey your master's orders and do not say anything about Xiying on the road.

You are not allowed to ask any unnecessary questions, you are not allowed to talk to outsiders, and you are not allowed to go out without being accompanied by your elders. Do you understand me?"

Wang Dashan was the first to say, "I understand."

"If the errand is done well, the family will be fine. As long as the Eighth Master is happy, he can be in charge of the team when he comes back, and a servant will be assigned to you."

Wang Dashan's hands were shaking a little, and he felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart.

The voice of the two locusts next to him said, "Master Yu, what errands are you going to Anqing for?" "Last year when Susong was defeated, the wives and children of the masters were separated. The officers and soldiers were not strict, and some old brothers escaped again.

came out and said that most of these women and children were captured, including the eighth master’s mother-in-law, who was with the mother-in-law in the camp.

Lock them together, and if we can rescue them this time, we will rescue them. If we cannot rescue them, we will have to find out where they are."

After a moment of silence in the darkness, another voice from the team leader said, "The deputy general Pang from Anqing is at Mianyang Port. People in the camp say he sells everything. How about spending some money to buy those women back with him?" Mr. Yu.

He said coldly, "Vice General Pang sells everything, and everything is not cheap. The eighth master said that if this person knew that these women were useful, they might pay a high price, which would alarm him and make those women

Watch tighter,

It will be difficult to save him then.”

The guard said again, "The soldiers and horses in Anqing are fierce. We are afraid that we will not be able to please them if we go there."

"With Pang Yu's soldiers and horses here, Anqing must be empty." Mr. Yu paused and added, "The eighth master also said that if we can't save him or find out for the time being, he will stay in Anqing and wait for the next time we go there."

The guard asked in a low voice, "Doesn't the Eighth Master always want to be an official?"

"This is not something you should know." Mr. Yu said in a cold tone, "I have been an official and general, so I will naturally ask you to come back."

The guard stopped talking, and the little boy's voice asked again, "Master Yu, it's a long way to Anqing, and it will take us a long time to walk like this." "There are officers and soldiers, country soldiers, official servants, and local bandits on the road.

We have to avoid these people, so we travel at night and rest in uninhabited places in the countryside during the day. The world is not peaceful and the waterways are safer, but don’t take a boat near Gucheng.

Tianhou found a place to board a boat to Wuchang, and then took a boat from Wuchang to Anqing."

The little boy said again, "Master Yu, what are our identities? It's hard for these people to pretend to be beggars. Why don't we go separately for convenience?" "Let's go together on the way, but pretend we don't know each other. We'll be in two groups. I'll take the old man with me."

Brothers pretend to be merchants and go to the south of the Yangtze River with Xu Siyang from Hezhou to sell wood. Wang Siyang from Anqing, you pretend to be a family. Wang Dashan, the woman you married is from Nanyang Prefecture.

Locust and Xiaowazi are brothers of the girl's family. You are from Susong. You went to Nanyang Prefecture for business with your uncle and got married in Nanyang Prefecture. Now that the north is not peaceful, you took your wife back to your hometown in Anqing to escape famine. Do you understand the surname Wang?

.”

Wang Dashan listened blankly. He had never done such an errand before and didn't know what to ask. He stammered, "Then, the woman from Nanyang Mansion is, is..."

No one seemed to pay attention to his question, and Er Locust's voice interrupted directly, "Many masters from various families have been separated. Among the many women, who can identify the women who should be found?"

Master Yu did not answer, and there was silence for a moment among the broken walls of the deserted village. Wang Dashan thought that Master Yu was being questioned.

Suddenly a woman's voice sounded from the opposite side of the darkness, "I recognize it."

... "There are all my relatives and friends among the official families in Wuhu. As for the dyeing shop run by our family, no one dares to come and cause trouble. Let me count with you. My third uncle is the clerk of the military room, and my second uncle is the eunuch."

, the third uncle’s uncle is a household secretary, his cousin

I can talk to the prefect..."

In the slightly shaking cabin, a traveler was talking loudly, and several porters surrounded him with admiring expressions on their faces.

The cabin was divided into two rows and filled with passengers. Some were lying on their sides, some were taking naps against the cabin wall, and some were still awake, taking out dry food and munching. The air was filled with the smell of sweat.

The man who spoke loudly asked again, "Where are you going?"

A porter said, "Sir, we went to Anqing to join the army."

"What future does Qiu Ba have?"

The porter replied cautiously, "Some of my fellow countrymen went ahead and came back with a letter saying that they would have enough food and a monthly salary. Some newspaper readers on the dock said that they were recruiting again and they had to go quickly. Even the shipping fee was collected by relatives and friends...

..." There was a lot of noise over there. When Wang Dashan heard An Qing, he turned over so that he could hear it more clearly. He turned around and faced the back of the woman on the left, who was his nominal wife. Her back looked very strong and similar to Ying's.

those who are thin

The woman is completely different. Although she is still veiled in the stuffy cabin, Wang Dashan has never seen the woman's face until now. He only knows that her name is Yue Shufang, but this must be a fake name, because Yu Baoyu

Get it for everyone

Got a pseudonym.

Yu Baohongqi was also on the boat, but on the other side. Neither of them had spoken to each other since they got on the boat. At this time, a snoring sound sounded like thunder on the opposite side. Wang Dashan raised his head and saw the two locusts lying on the opposite side, snoring.

The man was separated from him by one person. He seemed to be a rather sturdy businessman. He also carried a sword and stood alone.

He occupied the position of two people, and no one around him dared to approach.

The second head of the family was obviously not one of those who were afraid of him. He was awakened by the snoring, so he stood up and walked over, kicking the man on the ankle.

"who?"

The snoring stopped suddenly, and the merchant suddenly woke up. He immediately sat up and looked around for a long time before he figured out what was going on. As soon as he saw the person in front of him, the two locusts had already kicked him over. The merchant grabbed the sword and put it in his hand.

In his hands, the people in the cabin got out of the way, and the people who were talking there also stopped immediately. Wang Dashan quickly put his feet away and huddled next to the cabin wall to prevent the two from fighting and hurting himself. But it was far from the past.

Such fear.
To be continued...