The person in the lead quickly noticed the sudden whistle, stopped and stared warily in the direction of the rice fields. The people behind didn't know why, but continued to move forward without stopping.
Li Jinxiu was the first to notice something was wrong and got out of the carriage to check the situation. It seemed that there was nothing unusual in front of him for a while.
Suddenly, the shouts of men came from the end of the team. Several masked men attacked from behind and killed the people guarding the end of the team.
When everyone turned back to look, arrows were fired from the front again. Several soldiers standing at the front fell down one after another, and the crowd instantly became chaotic.
The sudden movement finally woke Huan Ci up. The horses were frightened and the carriage swayed left and right. She was able to lift the curtain, and an arrow was nailed right next to the window.
"Be careful!" Zhao Jin yelled, holding her head to keep her away from the window.
In the chaos, Fu Shen shouted: "Be careful." Li Jinxiu's voice followed immediately. There were weapons clanking outside, Huan Ci was tightly protected by Zhao Jian, and there was only a piece of plain clothes in front of him.
When the two looked at each other, the carriage stopped steadily, and someone outside the curtain bent down and entered the carriage. Fu Shen glanced around and ordered: "We will break out from the front. You and Li Jinxiu will go first. You must follow closely."
he."
"What about you?" Huan Ci asked with a frown.
Seeing the worry in the woman's eyes, Fu Shen stepped forward and held her hand: "Don't worry, I'll follow you."
"Okay!" Huan Ci nodded, "Be careful."
Fu Shen glanced at her, then bent down and went out. Taking this opportunity, Huan Ci and Zhao Jin rolled up all the windows and closed the doors tightly. This carriage was specially made, and ordinary arrows could not hurt it at all.
Not to the people inside.
However, after they did this, the sounds outside were not very clear. Although Huan Ci felt uneasy, he also knew that going out at this time would only cause chaos.
She leaned close to the carriage, holding hands with Zhao Jin to comfort each other. But after a moment, the carriage driver shouted outside the door, and then the carriage started moving again.
Thinking that a road had opened up ahead, Huan Ci silently breathed a sigh of relief and put his ear to the side of the car to hear clearly what the people outside were saying.
"Protect the Prime Minister!" "There are people over there!" "There is also an ambush ahead!"
Suddenly, overwhelming shouts reached his ears. Zhao Jin looked at her curiously, his expression extremely nervous.
Huan Ci was about to say something to comfort her when he suddenly hit the carriage uncontrollably. Then, she felt the carriage swing violently, and she and Zhao Jin were also tossed around by the carriage.
"Be careful, grab the stool!" Zhao Jin slammed the door hard, still thinking about getting up and supporting her.
However, Huan Ci couldn't help herself now. She stretched out her hands for a long time but in vain. There was nothing in the carriage that she could grab.
At this time, the carriage stopped for a moment, and before she could take a breath, it fell rapidly down the next moment.
Zhao Jin suddenly screamed, and Huan Ci turned pale with fright and almost forgot to breathe. Fortunately, the rapid fall only lasted for a short moment. Zhao Jin hit the car hard, although his whole body was in severe pain.
, but she was protecting her head just now, and now she doesn’t feel any injuries.
There was no sound around her. She stood up holding the door, but suddenly found that Huan Ci's lips were extremely pale.
"What's wrong with you?" She hurriedly ran to the woman's side and tried to help her up.
"My stomach was touched just now, and it hurts so much." The woman's voice kept trembling, and she spoke intermittently.
"Are you okay? What's wrong with you?" Zhao Jin almost cried out of fright. She pushed open the car door with difficulty and tried to help Huan Ci climb out, but the woman couldn't stand up no matter what.
Zhao Jin had no choice but to crawl out to find the rescuers. It turned out that they had rolled down the slope. Fortunately, the slope was not steep, but the horse driving them was motionless.
People on the slope were still attacking each other, and no one was paying attention to them now. Zhao Jin gritted his teeth and planned to find a way to bring Huan Ci out. When she turned around, a human head had already appeared in front of the car door.
Huan Ci covered her stomach and gritted her teeth to prevent herself from humming. She felt something was left on her legs, and her stomach shrank and hurt badly.
"Ah Jin, come here, help me." After climbing out of the carriage, she panted and looked at Zhao Jin who was not far away.
The woman in front of him looked so miserable that Zhao Jian's heart shrank suddenly and he ran towards her almost instantly: "I'll help you up." She said in a tearful tone.
Huan Ci supported her arm and tried to stand up, but then he realized that his leg was injured. She gasped in pain and almost fell to the ground again.
Zhao Jin couldn't help her up, and she became more and more anxious. In addition, she saw that Huan Ci had lost a large piece of her dress, and she quickly understood the situation: "I'm afraid you are going to give birth."
Huan Ci took a deep breath and sat on the ground holding her legs. Her head was dizzy, as if she was about to lose consciousness. The people on the slope were still fighting fiercely. She glanced around and couldn't find Fu Shen, even
His carriage was nowhere to be seen.
"Xuan Mo." She whispered, then turned around and fainted.
Zhao Jian hurriedly held her head and looked around helplessly. Just when she was hesitating whether she should go to the slope to bring reinforcements, Li Jinxiu suddenly ran down the slope with a group of people on horseback.
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Huan Ci was woken up by the pain in her lower abdomen. When she woke up, she found that she was lying in a clean and tidy room. There were several people standing under the ground, but no one she recognized.
"Where is this?" she gasped.
A woman came forward to wipe her sweat, lowered her head and whispered softly: "This is Jizhou, and you are now at Mr. Kong's house."
"Kong Lin?" she asked with a frown, and the next moment she clenched her mother-in-law's hand tightly because of the pain in her abdomen.
The mother-in-law comforted her and said, "It's him. You are about to give birth, and we are here to deliver the baby to you."
Huan Ci glanced around the room: "Where is my husband?"
The woman paused and said, "Your people are bandaging up front. Maybe they'll be here soon."
"Is he okay?"
"I don't know who the madam is talking about. I was just sent by Mr. Kong." The mother-in-law shook her head.
Huan Ci was sweating like rain, looked into her eyes and begged: "Please send someone to ask if the Prime Minister is injured."
"Okay, okay, don't worry." The woman assured her again and again, looking at the person next to her, and then looked at her again, "Madam, please stop talking, the child is about to come out, please save some strength.
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Huan Ci nodded with difficulty and let her mother-in-law put a pillow behind her. Her lower abdomen ached again and again, and her legs had almost no strength.
Thinking of this, she looked down at her legs and discovered that her left leg was wrapped with a bandage.
Suddenly, someone outside the door screamed: "My lord is here."
The mother-in-law was also very surprised, and hurriedly wrapped Huan Ci tightly in a quilt, and then turned to look at the door.
Huan Ci stared blankly at the man who had just appeared.
After seeing her, Kong Lin frowned and walked to the bed in three steps and two steps: "How are you?"
"I'm fine. Where's Ah Mo? Where is he?" Huan Ci asked hurriedly.
"Don't worry, they were slightly injured, and the doctor is helping them apply medicine. It's just that there are too many people, so the movement is a bit slow, so he asked me to take a look at you first."
"Okay, thank you very much." Huan Ci finally breathed a sigh of relief and lay back on the bed.
It's a pity that she didn't see Kong Lin turn around and give the midwife a warning look. The man looked around at everyone in the room and ordered: "Watch carefully, the doctor is outside. If you have anything, you must ask me. If anything happens, I will
I'm asking you guys."
Everyone nodded in agreement and watched him leave quickly.
After Kong Lin went out, everyone in the room became busy again. Some brought tea and water to Huan Ci, and some hurried in and out to prepare things. The midwife sat at her feet and was worried.
I heard that the child was born early, and according to Huan Ci, her status was not low. She couldn't afford it if something happened. But she was the most famous midwife in Jizhou, so it was not surprising that Kong Lin found her.
"Come here, prepare your things, come here." After a while, she shouted to the lower person. Then she looked at Huan Ci, her tone was particularly low: "Madam, it's time to give birth, you have to use your strength.
"
Huan Ci pursed his lips tightly, holding the quilt tightly in his hands, and followed the midwife's instructions.
The candles in the room were almost burned out, and a maid ran to get new ones to light. Huan Ci felt that she was about to die from the pain, but now she only had one thought, and that was to get the child out as soon as possible.
I don't know how long it took, but she gradually lost strength. The midwife was still shouting in her ear, and she was still waiting for Fu Shen.
"Try harder, there will be danger if the baby is not born." Seeing her relaxation, the midwife hurriedly supported her and shouted.
Huan Ci was exhausted and looked at everyone with a gray face: "Where is Fu Shen? Where is he?"
"Your husband will be here soon," a woman came in with water and said to her. The people behind her brought something to feed her to help her regain some strength.
After Huan Ci took two mouthfuls, she didn't want to eat anymore. The midwife became more and more anxious and jumped to the ground to press her belly: "It's almost coming out. Just use a little more force and it will come out."
I'll be able to breathe a sigh of relief after giving birth. Huan Ci thought like this and started to tighten his grip on the quilt again.
She didn’t know how long it had passed, but she heard the midwife shouting excitedly: “When you see the baby’s hair, it’s coming soon.”
Then came the head, and then the body. In a confused state, she heard the midwife congratulating her: "She is a rich lady."
When he felt relieved, Huan Ci had only one thought. Fu Shen hadn't come until now. Did something happen?
But she was too tired, so after the midwife held the baby and let her take a look, she fell asleep.
The midwife hugged the crying baby and was happy for another successful delivery. People outside also clapped their hands and screamed excitedly when they heard the cry of the baby inside.
Seeing someone coming to invite him, the doctor quickly stood up and went in to inquire about Huan Ci's condition, in case the woman was at the root of her illness.