The girl hid in the ancestral hall for several days.
The back hall is the fourth entrance to the courtyard, and few people come here.
But in order to avoid being discovered, she did not leave the room at all, and did not even dare to open the door or window to get some air, for fear of being discovered.
Tie Zhu would secretly bring her food every night and take the filth out of the house to clean up. Both of them were extremely cautious.
But one day.
There was a bored child who secretly followed Tie Zhu back to the ancestral hall. Then he discovered that he had something delicious but he hid and ate it alone.
So when he rushed over to make a fuss, he accidentally discovered the girl hiding in the house.
"Huh? I thought you had already left the village. Those people have left, why haven't you left yet?"
The child was so naive that he never thought about the girl's situation. He simply thought that the girl was still staying in Osmanthus Village and had not left.
When the girl heard this, she didn't know what she thought of, but she covered her mouth and began to cry suppressedly. Her tears were so pitiful.
The child was suddenly panicked and confused.
Tie Zhu said quickly: "You must not tell anyone about my sister's here. Someone outside seems to be trying to arrest her. I heard Mr. Wang saying this when I was walking on the road two days ago."
The child scratched his head in confusion: "Oh, why do you want to catch her?"
Tie Zhu put his hands on his hips and said threateningly: "Don't worry about why, you can't tell this matter, otherwise I won't let you leave this room!"
"Oh fine."
Although the child responded, he actually didn't take Tie Zhu's threat seriously and thought it was just a joke between friends.
After the girl heard what Tie Zhu said, she actually wanted to keep the child.
But she also knew that this was impossible!
Because this child is the child of the head of Guihua Village, if he is lost, Guihua Village will definitely search for him vigorously, and there is no guarantee that he will find this place!
So they couldn't do anything to this child.
All we can do is keep brainwashing him.
The two of them lobbied, prayed, threatened, and repeated for an hour and a half...
It wasn't until the night got darker and they saw that time could no longer be delayed that they reluctantly put the impatient child back.
After the child left, the girl's eyes were dull.
She felt that she should quickly find another place to hide, but thinking about it carefully, those people must be guarding the entrance of the village, and there were barren mountains on all sides. There were probably people on the mountains looking for her.
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Tie Zhu came over to comfort her.
"He actually has a pretty good personality. Since he promised not to tell anyone, he definitely won't tell anyone. You don't have to worry."
"Tie Zhu, how is your painting going?"
The girl suddenly asked.
Tie Zhu took out a piece of paper from his clothes bag, with lines and boxes drawn crookedly on it. In some places, the lines overlapped, making the overall picture very messy.
Tie Zhu said embarrassedly: "I didn't dare to draw outside, so I made a note to draw it again when I got back to the house. But after I got back to the house, I couldn't remember some parts clearly."
The girl looked at the painting blankly, despair rising in her heart.
She forced a smile with difficulty and said: "It's okay, you're pretty good at drawing like this. Just draw the route from the ancestral hall to the entrance of the village."
Although the houses in Guihua Village are similar, there are a lot of small and narrow alleys extending in all directions. These alleys are reserved for roof drainage.
If she wanted to leave, she would definitely not be able to take the main road even at night.
You can only escape through these small alleys.
…
The girl was in fear for two days.
And because she was worried that the child would tell the truth, she carefully slept under the bed for the past two days, and her whole spirit was tortured and tense.
It wasn't until she was sure that the child really didn't tell anyone about it after he left that she felt a little relieved.
And tonight was also the time when she was preparing to leave the village.
She planned to take action in the middle of the night. Even if there were guards at the village gate at that time, they would feel sleepy and take it lightly.
For this reason, the girl got enough sleep during the day.
At night.
When she woke up, she saw a small basket already placed by the window, which was probably the dinner Tie Zhu had prepared for her.
But the accident also happened at this time.
The noise came from outside.
The door was knocked open by a huge force, and the fragile door latch had no resistance at all. The person who broke through the door was like a steel wall covered with thorns!
"ah--!"
…
In the alley not far away.
The boy was imitating how he would lead his sister to escape later, when he heard a scream coming from the direction of the ancestral hall.
He subconsciously ran two steps that way.
But then, he saw several strong adults holding torches and breaking into the ancestral hall. The expressions on everyone's faces were gloomy and terrifying.
These sights stopped him abruptly.
Tie Zhu's heart was pounding, and suddenly, he heard someone calling his name.
As if this was a signal, the boy turned around and ran away, disappearing into the alley in the blink of an eye like a loach!
The villagers looked for the iron pillar in the ancestral hall, but when they couldn't find it, they ignored it.
After all, it was just a naughty child. He was probably bewitched by that woman and hid him. And now that he has been caught, it doesn't matter where the child without his parents is.
No one cares.
night.
Heart-wrenching cries could be heard on the streets of Osmanthus Village, from the houses in the east to the houses in the west. In the end, maybe something blocked their mouths, and the voices became quiet.
But in fact, no one cares about what's going on outside.
People who have nothing to do with it have their doors closed, have gone to bed early, or are idle mending and making utensils.
The movement outside seemed unheard.
The joys and sorrows of people are indeed different from each other.
…
Tie Zhu hid in the alley, his little body trembling constantly, and he even shed tears in fear.
When he heard the sister's cry, he quickly covered his ears, but when the sound completely disappeared, he hurriedly looked in that direction again.
I don't know how long it has been.
The young boy seemed to have mentally prepared himself. He crept out of the alley and re-entered the ancestral hall through the back door.
The building was empty as people left, and the ancestral hall was silent.
He carefully walked to the room where the girl had been hiding, and saw that the floor was in a mess, with sawdust scattered, tables and chairs overturned, several pieces of osmanthus cake falling on the floor, and some of them being trampled into mud.
Tie Zhu had a complicated look on his face, and he stepped forward and picked up two intact pastries.
Looking at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand, he then looked at the room in front of him. After hesitating for a long time, he finally seemed to have made up his mind.
Tie Zhu put the cakes into his pocket, and then ran into the reception hall in the front yard.
The dining hall is very large and there are no barriers such as doors.
Green smoke curled up above the memorial tablet.
Tie Zhu first bowed to the pile of memorial tablets with an embarrassed look on his face, muttering "offended", "please let go", etc., and the next moment, he poured out more than a dozen cigarettes inserted in the incense burner.
Pulled it out.
Before I left, I might have thought that I had already done everything, so why not...
So Tie Zhu couldn't help but pick up the apple on the offering table - even if the food as tribute was spoiled here, no one was allowed to eat it secretly.
And if there is less food on the offering table, the villagers will first suspect that he will be the one to blame.
There is no reason or need for reason.
Tie Zhu put the already shrunken apple into his mouth, took a hard bite, and quickly ran back to the messy room in the back hall.
He gathered the cigarettes into a bunch and approached the bed tent with trembling hands.
The thin bed tent was quickly ignited by sparks, and weak flames slowly burned upward along the cloth lines.
The iron pillar blew a few more times, and the fire became more and more intense.
Immediately afterwards, he set fire to pillows, bedding and other fabrics that were easier to burn.
Looking at the dancing firelight in the room, Tie Zhu's heartbeat seemed to be beating violently with the fireworks, but he turned around and thought about it.
I feel like the fire in this small room is too easy to put out.
So he ran out and lit his room on fire again. Until the entire back hall was filled with thick black smoke, Tie Zhu threw away the incense in a panic, turned around and ran out of the ancestral hall.
soon.
Villagers living nearby discovered that the ancestral hall was on fire.
This scene shocked everyone’s scalp!
The Osmanthus Village Ancestral Hall is an ancestral hall that everyone believes in and supports. It has carried the feelings of generations for hundreds of years. Its existence can be called a belief!
The villagers who discovered it first immediately panicked!
"It's gone!"
"It's gone!"
"The ancestral hall is in trouble! Go call someone quickly!"
"Hurry up and help! The ancestral hall is burning!"
"Someone come quickly!"
The village houses to the east immediately became panicked, and even the villagers living at the foot of other mountains were awakened. After seeing the smoke billowing from the ancestral hall, they all hurried over to help.
For a time, the entire Guihua Village was a little noisy.
Tie Zhu took advantage of the darkness and wandered through the alleys, and soon found the door of the large Wang family.
White curtains can be seen everywhere in the Wang family's village houses. People in Guihua Village know that the Wang family is doing white things during the past half month, and they also know that they plan to give their son who died young a match.
The panic caused by flooding in the ancestral hall also affected this area.
Tie Zhu was like a loach. He was slim and slippery and slipped into the yard through the dog hole. After taking a few cautious steps, he heard several people talking in the room.
"Why did the ancestral hall suddenly burn down?"
"Could it be because of our matter..."
"Nonsense! Someone is clearly up to something. Let me tell you, I have decided on my son's marriage!"
"Why are you in a hurry? We didn't say we disagreed. We'll just do it when the time comes!"
"But over there at the ancestral hall..."
"We can't really burn it out, otherwise those people will probably make trouble for us, so we need to find a few people to help us quickly."
"Old Wang, go and see for yourself."
"..."
After several people finished speaking, there was another rustling sound, and then the door was pushed open and two people hurried out.
Tie Zhu hid in the corner and watched the two people leave.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed something and looked back in excitement.
Under the moonlight, I saw a black wolf dog squatting in the yard, looking straight at him and wagging its tail.
Tie Zhu quickly raised his finger and made a "hush" sound, then took out the bitten apple from his arms, shook it at the big dog, and then threw it away.
The black wolf dog looked at the apple that rolled to the ground, and then looked at him again, indifferently.
There was a stalemate between one person and one dog.
No one said anything.
After a while, Tie Zhu gritted his teeth and took out another piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from his pocket, waved it towards it and threw it over.
As soon as the black wolf dog raised its head and opened its mouth, it bit down on the piece of pastry that was thrown over. Then it shook its head twice and swallowed the piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake whole.
At this time, Tie Zhu hooked his hand towards it.
The black wolf dog stood up and walked over slowly, his tongue sticking out from time to time to lick it, as if he was aftertasteing it.
"I'm looking for a sister. She's so tall and fat. Do you know where she is?" Tie Zhu lowered his voice and spoke and gestured.
"..." Black Wolf Dog remained indifferent.
"that is……"
Tie Zhu was anxious, feeling that the dog did not understand what he was making. After thinking about it, an idea suddenly flashed across his face!
He quickly said: "You are my sister who has also eaten the sweet-scented osmanthus cake I made. You know the taste of that sweet-scented osmanthus cake!"
"...!"
Then, Gouzi seemed to have an idea.
The black wolf dog swung its tail and ran ahead to lead him, even warning him to avoid people passing by in the yard.
Tie Zhu followed and drilled two more dog holes, finally stopping in front of a house.
But there are two people guarding the door of this room.
Tie Zhu gestured to Gouzi, then walked around to the back of the house, gently pushed the window with one finger, and found that it was not locked.
So, he opened the window very slowly, for fear of making any noise.
After both windows are pushed open.
Tie Zhu looked into the room.
There are no candles lit here.
But through the moonlight shining in from the window, we could vaguely see a girl in a red wedding dress tied up on the bed with a white silk curtain, and a red hijab on her head.
Without making a sound, he climbed in through the window on the back of the black wolf dog.
After quietly approaching the bride in her wedding dress, Tie Zhu suddenly lifted her red hijab and looked into a pair of frightened eyes.
There was fear, despair, panic, and astonishment after seeing the boy in the girl's eyes.
Obviously she didn't expect that the other party would actually come over.
While untying her, Tie Zhu whispered: "Sister, please don't make any sound, I will take you out."
After the cloth ball in her mouth was taken out, the girl took a few quick breaths.
She whispered: "There are many people outside."
"The ancestral hall is on fire. Everyone is busy putting out the fire. We can run out during the chaos," Tie Zhu said.
After hearing this, a glimmer of hope finally reignited in the girl's eyes.
The two of them then left through the window. When they saw the ferocious and powerful black wolf dog on the wall, the girl was almost frightened, but luckily she covered her mouth in time.
Tie Zhu consoled him: "Xiao Hei is very good, he doesn't bite."
The girl looked strange: "You have a good relationship with this family's dog?"
Tie Zhu looked around and said, "Xiao Hei actually likes to play outside, but the adults want him to stay here and look after the yard. I have seen him run into the mountains to catch pheasants several times before."
Girl: "..."
The black wolf dog led the way in a sensible manner. The two of them avoided the people who often passed by the yard, and ran out through the dog hole in a thrilling manner.
However, after they got out, Tie Zhu turned around and saw that the black wolf dog was also planning to get out with them.
This frightened Tie Zhu, and he quickly pushed the dog's head back.
"You can't! If you disappear, they will definitely look for you everywhere! Go back! Go back quickly!"
"Woo..." the black wolf dog barked softly.
"I'll take you to the mountains to play tomorrow, so hurry back now!"
The black wolf dog seemed to be trying hard to get out, and the iron pillar held its head tightly. The girl who saw this situation became anxious, and was about to say just take it away.
Are you worried about a dog when you have everyone with you?
But at this moment, shouts came from the yard.
"what happened?"
The Wang family saw the dog grunting in the corner and flicking its tail, which was strange, so they walked over while asking.
When Tie Zhu heard the sound, he was so frightened that he stopped caring about the dog, picked up the girl next to him, turned around and ran away.
As he ran, he looked back and saw that the black wolf dog didn't follow him out like he was having fun, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
…
The two of them were running quickly in the alley.
The girl was still wearing a bloated red wedding dress. She didn't have time to change it now, so she could only hold up the hem of the skirt and follow her panting.
There are still people guarding the entrance to the village.
Tie Zhu skillfully pulled her around from the foot of Nanshan Mountain, pushed aside the bushes, squeezed through, and walked around the mountain road to the entrance of the village on the other side.
But there is a winding river at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, which cannot be bypassed no matter what, just like the natural chasm that isolates Osmanthus Village.
There is a wooden bridge at the entrance of the village, but not here.
"Sister, can you swim?" Tie Zhu turned around and asked her.
"Yes...a little bit."
The girl gasped and said quickly: "Hurry up, they will definitely find out after it takes so long!"
However, just when she finished speaking, there was a loud noise in the distance. Standing on the hillside, one could faintly see the burning torches and the rushing crowds on the village road.
Found!
They were discovered!
The girl was so frightened that her feet slipped and she rolled down the hillside. She fell into the river and choked until she coughed.
Tie Zhu was also frightened by her, and he quickly leaned down and slid down the hillside, pulling her up from the water with all his strength.
"I, I'm fine, let's go quickly!"
The girl didn't dare to stop, her whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and her voice was shaking when she spoke, but her arms still tried hard to paddle to the other side of the river.
Fortunately, she does know how to drink a little water.
But just when they swam to the center of the river, the light of torches appeared on the other bank not far away, cluster after cluster, like sparks all over the sky in the night.
Then, someone suddenly shouted again.
"over there!"
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