Song Huiyue lay on Yinxiao's back, feeling that her internal organs had shifted, and the injured area seemed to be cracking more and more due to the shock. She couldn't help but secretly said in her heart: "Hey, it hurts me so much."
My heart ached, but my face was half-hidden. I rolled off Yinxiao's back in a sloppy manner, rolled to the ground, and looked at the sky.
Hou Er breathed a sigh of relief, helped Song Huiyue up, put the wooden stick in her hand, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat.
"Yinxiao, what a good boy!"
Yin Xiao said nothing, stood up and looked towards where they were.
Loess is everywhere, and the wind has become a knife that carves out the soil, carving out thousands of ravines in the loess. Except for the ravines carved by knives and axes, there is no grass growing on the loess. A slight breeze blows up sand and dust.
Song Huiyue pointed to a cave dwelling: "There is a cave there, go and take shelter from the rain first."
The dark clouds had reached as low as the top of the head, as if they could be torn off with just one hand. Lightning and thunder rumbled in the clouds, with earth-shattering potential.
Yin Xiao once again carried Song Huiyue on his back, took steps forward, and ran with Hou Er.
When they were rushing to the cave dwelling, heavy rain poured down, and the calm river was suddenly turbulent. Yellow mud and yellow sand rolled down, dyeing the water more and more turbid. Over time, the river bed became silted up, and the river banks became narrower and narrower.
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People were unable to open their eyes due to the pouring rain, and the yellow muddy water flowed down endlessly, converging into small streams one after another in the ravines, and the thunder roared so close that it seemed to be in people's ears.
Yin Xiao spread her long legs and ran away, Song Huiyue on her back made the rain pound in her ears. It wasn't until the three of them entered the cave that they felt scared.
Only a small part of the hole was dug before it was abandoned. The walls were surrounded by rough loess particles, and the ground was covered in dust.
Once the rain meets the dust, it becomes indistinguishable, turning into yellow mud like glue. None of the three people could care so much and sat down in the mud, each breathing heavily.
Song Huiyue bent her left leg, not daring to use any force at all. She wanted to lean against the wall, but she was covered in mud.
She had to sit with her back straight and listen to the sound of heavy rain outside.
Yin Xiao sat close to the entrance of the cave, trying his best to shield Song Huiyue from the wind and rain with his body, while also listening to the noise outside.
It doesn't matter whether it's a rainy day or a sunny day, it makes no difference to him. He must be careful to avoid losing his life.
The three of them were speechless for a moment. Just when Hou Er was falling asleep, Yin Xiao suddenly stood up, took out the sharp knife and reached out.
"Someone is coming."
Hou Er stood up immediately, frowning, and whispered: "You stay with the madam, I will go out and take a look."
Yin Xiao took a step back and gave way to the entrance of the cave.
Hou Er quickly walked out and disappeared into the rain, while Yin Xiao closed the hole again like a door.
Song Huiyue tightened her grip and listened carefully to the movement outside. Soon, a heartbreaking cry came from the rainy air: "Second brother, help!"
Then came Hou Er's angry shouts.
Song Huiyue immediately understood that this was the person brought to Zezhou by King Jin. Could it be that King Jin was nearby?
She quickly looked at Yin Xiao: "Let's go out and take a look."
The two of them got out of the hole together. They were already soaked. No matter how much they tried to cover themselves, it was in vain. Yin Xiao always held the sharp knife tightly in his hand. Song Huiyue squinted her eyes and saw clearly what was happening in the rain.
In front of Hou Er, there was a man and three peasant women who were running wildly in the rain, all holding huge bundles in their hands. They were in a state of panic. Behind the four people was a group of garrison troops. The leader in front held a long knife in his right hand and was riding a horse with his whip in his left hand.
, leading a dozen or so sergeants behind him, rushed over and caught up with everyone in front in an instant.
Hou Er was caught off guard and shouted angrily: "Xiaojun!"
Su Xiaojun immediately bent over and lowered his head, and the long knife passed over his head brightly.
He didn't have time to straighten up, so he immediately counterattacked, and at the same time said to the three peasant women: "Run!"
How could two legs run past the horse? Soldiers holding long knives rushed over, trying to kill all the people in front of them.
At the critical moment, Hou Er and Yin Xiao arrived one after another, reversed the situation, and killed this group of people everywhere.
Seeing that there were so few people on his side, the leader refused to fight and immediately called the remaining five companions to leave.
Su Xiaojun stuck the knife in the mud and finally took a breath. Then he raised his head and said, "We have to leave immediately, there will be more pursuers behind us!"
One of the youngest peasant women suddenly cried loudly: "I won't go, I won't complain, please send me back, I really won't go!"
Song Huiyue raised her head and looked at the three women.
They were all peasant women from the village, dressed in coarse linen and sackcloth, holding the baggage in their hands tightly. They were confused and frightened, and their cheeks were thin and sunken, as if they had been unable to eat two full meals for many years.
All three of them also wore filial piety.
Su Xiaojun had known that this matter would be difficult, so he spent a lot of effort to secretly obtain the petition from all the people, and also found three women with no men left in their families to go to the capital with them. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Xinghua Village, someone would
Reported.
He looked at the frightened woman and sighed: "Aunt, if I don't go back, I can only put you down at the front. If you two aunts don't want to leave, just say so."
The other two women looked at each other, but they had already made up their minds to go to Kyoto to file a complaint.
"I have to go. My husband and son are buried in it. If I don't go, I won't be able to survive."
"Me too. At my age, I'm almost done."
Su Xiaojun sighed heavily again, and held his hands to the eldest lady: "Madam, it is not convenient for me to stay longer, there will be pursuers behind me, so I will leave first."
At the same time, he took a step forward and whispered where the prince was hiding.
The rain was so heavy that Su Xiaojun's voice only reached Song Huiyue's ears, and even Hou Er didn't hear even a few words.
Song Huiyue felt relieved when she learned where the King of Jin was hiding, and said to Su Xiaojun: "When you arrive in Kyoto, arrange for people to go to the teahouse. After the lawsuit is over, if they are willing to stay in the teahouse to work, you can
Let Liu Qin arrange it."
"yes."
The woman who refused to say anything at first rolled her eyes and hesitated a little after hearing Song Huiyue's words. After all, being able to make a living in Kyoto seemed very tempting.
Under her hesitation, Song Huiyue continued to make arrangements: "Hou Er, you and Su Xiaojun go back to Kyoto together. It's enough for me to have Yin Xiao here."
"yes."
Song Huiyue pointed to the horse standing in the rain: "Let's go. If you don't go, the pursuers will be here."
After that, she took the nearest horse, turned over, endured the pain in her legs, took off the riding whip from the saddle, whipped the horse, and galloped away.
Yin Xiao immediately got on his horse and followed her, and the two of them disappeared into the rain.
Su Xiaojun wiped his face and said loudly: "Second brother, let's go too!"
A woman said: "But I can't ride a horse..."
Not to mention riding a horse, this was the first time she had ever seen a horse in her life.
Hou Er held one in each hand and placed the three people on the two horses, letting them hold on tightly. He and Su Xiaojun rode one horse each, and the horses ran away with their hooves.
It's just that these two horses bear the weight of two to three people and are very uncomfortable. They can't run wildly and can only twist their butts and trot, which is far less leisurely than Song Huiyue and Yinxiao's running.