Just as he was complaining secretly, he heard a crash behind him, and the man suddenly slipped and fell to the ground with an "ah" sound!
Yi Haoran did not hesitate, and immediately took a step forward. He thrust his sword and stabbed. Unexpectedly, he stepped on something round and unsteady, causing him to lose his footing. He fell down and lost his sword.
All I could hear was a dying groan.
He was so shaken by the fall that his eyes turned black. He was so anxious that he ignored the dizziness and pain and struggled to get up.
But he saw that the woman had already picked up the sword he had thrown away, clenched it with both hands, and pointed it directly at his chest.
The man's head was tilted to one side, and it was covered in blood. Beside him was a heavy Iron Ruyi, which was stained with blood.
Yi Haoran did not dare to act rashly and whispered: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person!"
The woman's face was full of tears, she shook her head with difficulty and said: "I don't care whether you are a good or bad person..." After that, she stabbed her with a sword.
Yi Haoran hurriedly stepped aside, but unexpectedly he stepped on something and slipped again. This time he was prepared and grabbed the pillar under the eaves of the corridor to prevent him from falling. Seeing the woman stabbing in the air and staggering, he immediately turned his hand over.
He twisted his wrist, exerted a little force, and the sword fell to the ground with a clang. Yi Haoran was afraid of the woman shouting, so he quickly whispered: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid! I am really not a bad person!"
However, the woman's body softened and she fainted.
Yi Haoran quickly supported the woman, dragged her into the main room, and placed her on a chair.
He listened intently, only to hear silence outside, except for a few occasional barks. He felt calm in his heart. He was deeply afraid that there were the man's accomplices in the house, so he quickly returned to the eaves, retrieved his sword, and tried the man again.
His breath has already expired.
He got into a life lawsuit for nothing! He was a little at a loss. Even though in troubled times, human life was not as good as that of dogs, but after all, someone died. How should he deal with it at dawn?
In the distance, I heard the sound of a clapper hitting the third watch and three o'clock. When the fourth watch hit, people doing the morning market would get up and prepare to make a living, and people gradually began to appear in the market. I looked like this on the street.
If you wander upstream, you will be captured by patrolling thieves in no time.
We can only hide here for a while! We can survive the day.
Thinking of this, he turned back and pinched the woman's middle several times. The woman finally woke up. When she saw him, she looked frightened again. She lowered her head and shrank up and said, "What do you want?"
Under the dim light, the woman's face was pale, her hair was disheveled, and there was blood on the corners of her mouth - it is true that people are not human, and ghosts are not ghosts. In troubled times, people are as cheap as dirt. Thinking of what happened to this little woman, Yi Haoran couldn't help but sigh,
He bowed and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, don't be alarmed, the student is also in trouble - the thieves entered the city and arrested the officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty. I was in the Governor Xiong's tent and had no way out, so I came here.
I just ask my sister-in-law to let me hide here for a day and leave as soon as it gets dark tomorrow."
He spoke sincerely and spoke like a serious scholar, which really made the woman's expression relax. She turned around and looked him up and down by the light of the oil lamp, and the expression on her face relaxed a little more.
Asked: "Are you... an official?"
"The student is not an official, but a staff member of Governor Xiong's secretariat - Governor Xiong's master." Yi Haoran was afraid that she wouldn't understand, so he explained.
The woman nodded, looked at him a few more times, and suddenly asked: "A few days ago, did the master have a fight with soldiers nearby?"
Yi Haoran was startled: At that time, he was trying to rescue Chang Qingyun who was attacked by rebel soldiers, and he had indeed clashed with wolf soldiers nearby.
"It is true." Yi Haoran nodded, "The students were patrolling the city under orders at that time. They saw Master Chang being trapped by the rebels and rushed over to rescue him."
"Is the Master Chang you are talking about a middle-aged scribe in his early forties with a beard? He was riding a horse that day with eight or nine soldiers."
"It's him. Master Chang Qingyun, we are all in the Xiong Governor's tent."
"It turns out his surname is Chang." The woman murmured.
The look on Yi Haoran's face when he saw her suggested that she had some connection with Chang Qingyun. This made him feel a lot calmer.
"Master Chang has a good relationship with this slave," the woman said.
Yi Haoran nodded: "That's it."
"That day when Wuzhou was trapped, something happened to my mother's family, so I hurriedly went home to have a look. On the way, my husband was killed by the rebels..." At this point, he was about to cry, and he continued after a while,
"The thieves had to rape and humiliate the slave family in the street. Thanks to Master Chang who led the troops on patrol, they were able to keep their innocence... At that time, the slave family was still obsessed with asking Master Chang to take revenge for their husband. Unexpectedly, he himself could not protect himself. Fortunately, he could not protect himself.
A master is here to save me."
"No, no, no. We are together in the Xiong Governor's tent. He is in danger. How could I not save him?" Yi Haoran unconsciously started to respect Chang Qingyun. He never thought that he would ever perform such a righteous deed!
"I wonder if it's safe if Mr. Chang is here first?"
"I saw him leaving the city with the refugees last night. I don't know whether he is alive or dead - but the thieves are not bloodthirsty. Even if he is captured, he will only suffer some humiliation and be used as a force, and his life will always be safe."
"That's good, that's good." The woman clasped her hands together and recited a few Buddhist chants.
The two chatted for a few more words, and Yi Haoran knew that the woman's maiden name was Jiang, and her nickname was Qiu Chan. Her maiden family owned a silk shop on Ximen Street, and her husband's family was from Teng County. They had some fields at home to collect rent. After she got married, she gave birth.
They had a son, and her husband became a scholar and went to a private school. The couple moved to Wuzhou with their son, bought a house in the city, and lived a very harmonious life.
I never imagined that such a disaster would come from heaven!
Chang Qingyun could save her innocence for a moment, but he could not save her forever. Yesterday, the city was broken and the rebels fled in all directions. A foreign soldier climbed over the wall in desperation. This time no one can save her.
"... The slave family originally wanted to refuse the marriage with death. I never thought that this thief would capture the slave family's son and use it as a blackmail..." At this point, Qiu Chan could hardly say any more.
Yi Haoran nodded and said: "You don't have to blame yourself too much. Although you have lost your integrity, firstly, you were forced by others, and secondly, it was for the sake of prolonging the heir. The fault is not yours."
Qiu Chan nodded silently, probably still not recovering from the issue of "losing his integrity".
Yi Haoran said: "It's just the corpses outside..."
This immediately reminded Qiu Chan, and she jumped up in shock: "Oh my God! What can I do about this...this...?!"
"Is there a cellar pond in this courtyard? Let's bury the body first."
"There is no pond in the cellar, but there is a dry well in the backyard..."
"Let's go and clean up." Yi Haoran said, "It will be terrible if someone discovers it at dawn."
"Yes, yes, that's what the master said." Qiu Chan had completely lost her backbone at this time, and subconsciously regarded him as her support.
The two of them worked together, first wrapping and tying the corpse of the rebel soldier with a torn reed mat and rope, and then moved it all the way to the backyard.
When they were cleaning up the body, they discovered that the "crash" sound was from soybeans. Qiu Chan sprinkled half a bucket of soybeans on the ground, and then took advantage of the moment when the rebel slipped and smashed the rebel with a Tie Ruyi used as a paperweight in the main room.
's head.
This wit and the fierceness that burst out instantly made Yi Haoran couldn't help but look at her with admiration - she was not an ordinary woman!
The dead body was very heavy, and Qiu Chan was weak and had bound feet, so he couldn't help much. Yi Haoran even dragged the body with a strap and finally transported the body to the backyard.
There is a small vegetable garden and a thatched pavilion in the backyard. It seems that Qiu Chan's deceased husband was a very leisurely person. In peacetime, he would probably still drink tea, enjoy flowers and the moon here... even during the war.
, not only did he die, but his wife and son also suffered a torture... It’s really unpredictable...
"This is the dry well." Qiu Chan pushed aside the grass beside the wall, and there was a wooden board on the ground. Yi Haoran moved the wooden board, and a smell of fishy water and rancidity came to his nostrils. He looked around and saw that the dry well was quite deep.
It should be okay to go down for ten days and a half. I immediately pushed the body down and covered the well mouth with wooden boards again. I also covered it with a layer of floating soil to prevent the putrid smell from leaking out.
After discarding the body, the two of them washed away the blood stains on the corridor. When all the traces were cleaned up, they were already crowing. The two of them had been tossing for half a night, and their muscles were numb. Yi Haoran said: "You and
If you lock the door with me, then remove the padlock on the door after I climb over the wall - if the padlock is left hanging, it will cause trouble."
A padlock on the door will make people think that no one is at home, but it will attract the prying eyes of criminals.
"It's easy to open the lock. You can just open the back door and go around. Once you open the lock, what if a thief comes..."
"The thieves never disturb the people. It's just that after the thieves break through the city, they will come to check the household registration. It doesn't matter as long as the young lady handles it carefully." Yi Haoran said, "It's just that the students have to hide in the backyard for a day."
Qiu Chan nodded slightly, bit her lip and thought for a moment, then said resolutely: "Mr. Yi, hiding like this is not an option. If you are discovered by the thief, you will not be able to tell clearly. From the perspective of the Yi Nu family, you might as well be considered as a member of the Nu family's husband's family.
Cousin, I went to the city to do some business and got stuck in the city - I will rest here for the time being."
Yi Haoran thought about it and realized that Qiu Chan's words made sense. Her husband's family was from Teng County, and the Wuzhou natives naturally didn't know who her husband's family was. It would be easy to fool them by pretending to be a "cousin."
Fortunately, Xiong Wencan's shogunate moved to Wuzhou not long ago. Because he was training in Teng County, his time in Wuzhou was even shorter. There were very few people who knew him in the city. As long as he didn't meet anyone he had worked with, it was not difficult to hide him.
Disaster.
"Okay, it's up to you." Yi Haoran bowed to the end, "Thank you sister-in-law Qiu Chan!"
"Don't thank me, we are all in trouble," Qiu Chan sighed, "It's just that the name needs to be changed."
"Yes, yes, the student understands."
Now Yi Haoran changed his name to "Hao Ran", and his identity is Jiang Qiuchan's maternal cousin. When he was young, he went out to study and travel, and recently returned to his hometown. This time he was stuck on business in Wuzhou, so he could only stay with his cousin's niece. Yi Haoran
After many days of military training in Teng County, he knew a thing or two about the geographical environment and humanistic conditions of Teng County, and he could be fooled to some extent. Because he was "the boss who returned home after leaving his hometown since childhood", he could not speak the Teng County dialect, so there was an excuse for this.