After hearing what the scholar said, Bai Song himself suddenly understood.
It’s only half a month until enrollment. If I miss the deadline, I still don’t know if I can enroll?
Even if Bai Song didn't care, Xiang'er would have been ridiculed for a while when he came home and found out that he had missed the school day.
Bai Song pondered for a moment, feeling that he had to leave immediately, otherwise he would really be late.
Leaving the cell, Bai Song began to look for opportunities.
Waiting until night, there was no movement around Bai Song. Wang Dali seemed to be really going to do something big. He hadn't seen anyone all day, and there was no one watching around. It was a good time for Bai Song to slip away.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Bai Song sneaked into the cell.
The cell in this cottage was not as good as the government cell. It was very simple and crude. The guard didn't pay much attention to it. He was fast asleep at the door, completely unwary.
In the cell, the arrested man was also sleeping deeply, and there were snores everywhere.
The key to the cell hangs on the side, and there is no hindrance in taking it off.
The guards here were too relaxed, so Bai Song only took extra precautions in order to bring the few scholars who were going to the capital with him.
"Hey! Wake up quickly!"
Bai Song suppressed his voice and patted several sleeping scholars.
Several people woke up in a daze, rubbing their eyes, subconsciously afraid of retreating: "Uncle, you are going to beat me!"
"Shh...it's me, come with me quickly."
Only then did several people see Bai Song clearly, and they all asked in surprise: "Are you the young master in the daytime?"
Bai Song stopped talking and waved to a few people to follow him.
A few people couldn't care less, they didn't want to stay in this rotten place for a moment.
Several people walked out of the cell and looked back at the other sleeping people: "Sir, they..."
"Just take care of yourself! They will be let go sooner or later. If there are too many people, it will be difficult to leave."
Bai Song explained briefly, and several people took it seriously, and followed Bai Song and easily slipped out of the cell.
Bai Song had already planned the departure route. Within a quarter of an hour, Bai Song and several Shusheng appeared at the small pool outside the village.
Several scholars looked back at the village with glowing fire, feeling like they were in a dream. Who could have imagined that one moment they were scared in the cell and the next moment they were out of danger.
The scholars were grateful to Bai Song and thanked him repeatedly.
"Thank you very much, sir, for saving my life."
"That's right, if it hadn't been for Young Master's rescue, we don't know when we would have escaped from the tiger's mouth."
"Young Master, for your kindness today, we will repay you twice as much when we arrive in the capital tomorrow."
"That's it, that's it...thank you sir."
"Okay, let's leave quickly. We might have been discovered, and someone will be chasing us soon." Bai Song reminded seriously.
"Yes, yes, let's go quickly."
A group of people walked along the creek under the pool under the cover of night.
Not long after leaving, several scholars shouted that they could no longer walk.
These scholars were really weak and had to stop after walking for less than two hours.
Bai Song had already become good people, and it was not appropriate to leave them behind at this time. They could only rest together by the stream.
Fortunately, Bai Song had internal strength and his perception was much stronger than before. He could clearly feel that no one was moving around him, which proved that no one from Qingfeng Village was chasing him.
It was extremely cold late at night in the mountain col. In late summer, a few frail scholars were shivering from the cold by the stream.
Because it was too cold, a few people gathered together and talked quietly to distract themselves.
One person asked Bai Song: "I still don't know the name of my benefactor."
"Jixian Bai Song Dynasty."
"Jixian County, Youzhou, Bai Song Dynasty..." Several people exchanged glances and thought hard about this name.
"When did a family with the surname Bai appear in Jixian County?"
Bai Song did not explain this.
After a while, a few people seemed to understand and kept silent. Instead, they took the initiative to introduce themselves.
Among these four scholars, two are brothers from the Xie family in Suzhou, one is named Xie Yuan and the other is named Xie Shang.
A poem by Wang Chang from the Wang family in Chengdu.
The only one left who is somewhat related to the Bai Song Dynasty is Cui Xing of the Cui family in Qinghe.
The four of them are all nobles, they are all scholars who passed the examination this year, and they all went to Beijing for further studies this year.
What's more coincidental is that he and Bai Song are classmates, and they are all ready to join Yu Shinan's sect.
Bai Song didn't say which family in the capital he studied under, but he was secretly surprised, thinking that he was right to be a good person today.
These four people are my classmates. With this kind of friendship, I will definitely be able to take care of them when I study in the future.
Bai Song had long heard that students from other places studying in Beijing were not easy to get along with, because there were many young masters from aristocratic families in the capital, all of whom had high aspirations and often looked down on foreign students.
Bai Song knew that he was a troublemaker, so when he went to the capital to study, he would inevitably have conflicts with the dandies in the capital. It was better to have several people to take care of him than just one person.
The four of them thought that Bai Song came from a poor family and that he only had some spare money to study in a random school in Beijing. They all said that after they went to the capital to get acquainted, they would recommend Bai Song to study with them.
Bai Song thanked several people for their kindness and urged a few to continue on their way.
Before leaving, Cui Xing wanted to drink some water and went to the stream alone.
But not long after, Cui Xing returned to a few people with a strange expression, and said hesitantly: "This... this stream... seems weird."
"Weird? What's weird? Were you scared to death in the village?"
"If you don't believe me, go try it. Why is this stream so fishy?"
"There's something wrong! Don't be suspicious, let's leave quickly!" Wang Changshi said angrily, impatiently walked to the stream, took a sip of water and drank it.
But as soon as the stream entered the entrance, Wang Changshi spit out the water.
"Bah, bah, bah...what does this smell like?"
"There is something strange in this water!" Cui Xing looked at Bai Song with more certainty.
Bai Song hesitantly arrived at the stream. He did not drink water, but looked at the flowing water in the moonlight.
Under the dark night, the stream reflected the moonlight, but the stream showed a dark color, which was a bit abnormal.
Just when Bai Song was seeing some clues, Wang Changshi, who had been drinking water before, suddenly let out a scream. He didn't know what terrible thing he saw, and he sat down on the ground in fright.
"Brother Wang, why are you so startled? What should I do if the sound reaches the ears of the bandits in the middle of the night?"
"You...look there!"
Wang Changshi pointed to the other side of the creek, where there was a small dark soil slope...
wrong!
Bai Song's eyes narrowed, and a chill arose.
That was not a small breakthrough at all, but a mountain of corpses.
"Oh my god! Run! You've seen a ghost!"
The Xie brothers were timid and were frightened the moment they saw the corpse.
Fortunately, Bai Song reacted quickly, grabbed the two of them, and quickly covered their mouths.
"It's just a dead person, what are you afraid of?!"
Bai Song was surprised for only a moment, but quickly calmed down.
The Xie brothers squatted down and hid behind Wang Changshi, not even daring to look at the other side.
Among the four, Cui Xing was the more courageous. He and Bai Song lay down across the stream and arrived in front of the mountain of corpses.
Bai Song turned over a few people and found that the stream had been dyed with blood, so it smelled of blood.
And these people died not long ago, no more than two days at most.
Thinking of this, Bai Song already guessed something and gave Cui Xing a questioning look.
Cui Xing took a deep breath, trying not to appear too scared, and nodded heavily: "Yes... they are the twenty or so people who were let go yesterday."
Hearing this answer, Bai Song's heart skipped a beat.
"Brother Bai, don't you think these bandits don't kill anyone? Why...why do these people..."
Bai Song did not answer, but he was already convinced that he had been deceived.
He asked Wang Dali and some women in the village, and they all said that the village did not kill people, but only frightened the captives for money.
"Damn it, I actually believed that crazy woman's words!" Bai Song secretly clenched his fists, feeling a little unhappy.
Wang Dali is so good at hiding himself. It is obvious that he thinks of the other party too simply.
"Run quickly! Why are you still standing there? If we are caught, we will definitely be killed."
The Xie brothers behind him urged with tears in their voices.
Bai Song nodded. At this time, it was unrealistic to go back and confront Wang Dali.
Anyway, I have to leave first.
Bai Song was about to leave with a few people, when Wang Changshi actually stood up to stop everyone.
"You all wait!"
"What are you waiting for?"
"The situation is not good now. Now that it has been proven that those bandits are murderous demons, what will happen to the remaining people who have not been rescued?"
"..." Everyone was stunned, including Bai Song.
I didn't expect that someone would consider other unimportant people at this time.
Bai Song felt that he was a good person, but he would not express his kindness at such a time.
But this seemingly frail scholar is actually like this. I don't know if he is stupid or has an excessive sense of justice.
Wang Changshi was very serious and continued: "We are all literati. We study poetry and prose just to serve the country and uphold justice. There is injustice happening right now. How can we not save it?"
"Yes! We can't just ignore death. If we just leave tonight, Cui Xing will not be able to live in peace for the rest of his life."
The Xie brothers looked at the two of them and said helplessly: "Then...then we brothers will listen to everyone."
I didn't expect this to be the case. The four boys were scared to death before, but now they have a sense of justice.
But, this is fine, even four weak scholars have stepped forward. How could he, a time traveler who has been around for two lifetimes, back down?
…
At the end of the third watch, a group of people came out of Qingfeng Village, each lighting a torch and scattering in all directions.
This group of people had not been out for too long, and several people led by the second master Shanhuai bumped into Bai Song and four scholars.
Shanhuai was overjoyed and shouted angrily: "Here comes someone, take him down quickly!"
"What are you doing?" Bai Song also shouted, holding up the rope in his hand, "I went out in the middle of the night to help you arrest people, and now that they are back, you still want to arrest me?"
The rope in Bai Song's hand threw the four scholars, who were strung into bunches of grapes by Bai Song. They all followed dejectedly.
Seeing this scene, Shanhuai frowned: "What did you say? You disappeared because you went to arrest someone?"
"You don't think I ran away, do you? If I ran away, do you think a rough guy like you could catch me?"