The daily life of a charming girl who made a fortune in ancient times

Chapter 52 Drums and Torches

It was still dark at this moment, the gates of the west courtyard and the backyard were closed, only the door of the main hall was open, and the floor was full of people sleeping, only the tall Guanyin statue in the hall opened its eyes slightly, watching Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge leave one after another.

Taking advantage of the slightly bright sky in the east, Shen Ge carefully observed the footprints outside the temple gate, followed the latest footprints and prepared to go down the mountain.

But after walking down for a while, the footprints on the ground turned into the woods.Shen Ge showed such an expression as expected, and not far behind, he saw Shen Shangzhi in coir raincoat standing under a big tree.

The light was dim, and Shen Shangzhi covered most of his face with a bamboo hat. Shen Ge couldn't see his expression clearly, but he could still feel that he was angry.

Shen Ge smiled and said, "You just came here? I happen to be going down the mountain too, so let's go together."

Shen Shangzhi frowned deeply, and said in a deep voice, "Go back!"

"I won't return." Shen Ge stopped smiling, and stared back.

No hard ones, come soft ones.

Shen Shang coaxed, "Most of the people taking refuge in the temple are young and strong men. If these people are instigated by the blind man Ma Er to attack the East Courtyard, Ma Qinglin and the others will not be able to defend them. The situation of Mrs. Lin's family is more dangerous than the old man. You Come back quickly."

Shen Ge asked back, "Where are you going? This is not the way down the mountain."

Shen Shang remained silent.

Shen Ge said bluntly, "Are you looking for a place to hide and recuperate? The Guanyin Temple goes up to the top of the mountain, and there is not even a stone cave that can accommodate people. Even if there is a cave, do you think the locals don't know about it? As far as you are now Can you go into the cave and grab a place to lie down and recuperate? Those wild vegetable dumplings in your arms can last one meal or two?"

"It can last for five days."

Shen Shang smiled and said, "I thought Mrs. Lin had guessed what my plan was, so I prepared some extra vegetable dumplings, which turned out to be for you."

"Madam Lin doesn't know."

"Does Ruyu girl know?" This time it was Shen Shangzhi's turn to ask, "Ruyu girl knows, can her mother not know?"

Shen Ge stared at his neck, "No matter what you say, I won't go back anyway!"

"You stubborn." The words slipped out of his mouth, and Shen Shang remembered that when the eldest son was alive, he had scolded his son like this several times. ? Go back, be obedient."

"I have wounds on my arms, but not on my waist or legs. I can catch pheasants and hares, can you? No matter where you go, let me give you a ride. Wait for Bao Li and Chen Siye to find them I will leave, and I will never follow you and delay your affairs."

"I can kill pheasants and hares with stones, and I can't eat meat in the temple. I've been hungry for a long time." Shen Shang straightened his face and said harshly, "This old man has experienced many battles, and it's easier to escape being hunted and killed alone. The sky is about to dawn, you go back quickly! If you dare to follow, the old man will be tied to a tree!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Just when the two were arguing, the rhythmic beating of drums suddenly sounded, shaking the mountains and forests.

How can there be drums at this moment?
Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge were puzzled, and the man in gray at the foot of the mountain and everyone in the temple were alerted at the same time.In the east courtyard of Guanyin Temple, Lin Ruyu sat up immediately, and said pleasantly, "Mother, Second Uncle is here!"

Fang also felt that there was a high probability, "It is indeed like your second uncle who can make such a big noise. Let's get up and send someone to go down the mountain to have a look."

"No need to go down the mountain." Lin Ruyu got up and quickly put on her clothes, grabbed the torch that had been prepared by the bed, "Mother, daughter, go to the top of the hall and shake the torch, and the second uncle will know we are here. Uncle used to play tricks with his daughter."

"Too dangerous……"

Before her mother could finish speaking, Lin Ruyu said eagerly, "Mother, my daughter must go, others don't know how to wave a torch."

Lin Ruyu lay on the top of the main hall of Guanyin Temple and looked down. In the twilight, on the surface of the river, more than a dozen lanterns reflected the outlines of two large ships. The commotion caused by the sound of drums in the Guanyin Temple.

Lin Ruyu's tears flowed together with the rain. She climbed up and sat on the main ridge of the main hall, wrapped her arms around the protruding chinchilla at the end of the ridge to stabilize her body, lit the torch skillfully with a torch, and waved the torch in the same rhythm.

Boom, boom, boom!
The rhythm that complemented the sound of the drums was quickly drowned out by the drizzle.Lin Ruyu immediately took out a small gourd filled with lamp oil, poured the oil on the head of the torch and lit it, and continued to shake it.

Boom, boom, boom!
The torch was extinguished again, Lin Ruyu poured oil on it again, and before she started to shake, she heard the sound of the drums on the big boat on the river change:
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The second uncle saw the torch!
Lin Ruyu burst into tears and laughed, and waved the torch a few times in the same rhythm. When the torch was extinguished again, Lin Ruyu carefully climbed to the edge of the roof, and went down the ladder to the ground. Uncle Ma and Zhao Lu immediately protected him. She, perfunctory to the people who rushed out of the main hall to inquire, returned to the east courtyard.

In the main room in the backyard, the blind man Ma Er looked at the torches that were lit three times on the roof of the main hall ahead, and kept shaking, his eyes kept turning.

Ma Wang was also very excited, "Second brother, someone is here to pick up the people from the East Courtyard, do you see us?"

"Send someone down to have a look, if there are not many people, just grab it!"

"Yes!" He Sanpang responded and jumped out.

On Ma Wang's slender face, a pair of small eyes shone fiercely, "If there are too many of them, let's take the people from the main hall and the west courtyard together!"

Many people gathered around the gate of the east courtyard shouting and asking questions, and some people followed He Sanpang to smoke and ran out to check the situation down the mountain.In the east courtyard, the people in the house were packing their things. Ma Sanshu and others held their swords, bows and arrows, and hatchets tightly, guarding the courtyard door and the wall.

The two gray-clothed men who were sleeping under the stone split into two groups, one running up and the other running down to investigate the situation separately.

Inside the woods, Shen Ge said pleasantly, "This must be the Lin family sending a boat to pick up Mrs. Lin's family! Uncle..."

"With such a big commotion, people in the temple and the village will be alarmed." Shen Shangzhi immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, "Go down the mountain to deliver the letter, and let the Lin family divide into two halves, one half will guard the boat, and the other half will come up to pick them up." People. If anyone dares to snatch the boat, kill them as an example to others!"

"Okay." Shen Ge responded immediately, "What about you?"

"The old man went to ambush outside the temple gate, just in case, go quickly."

"it is good!"

Shen Ge ran down the mountain, while Shen Shangzhi supported the tree and walked up the mountain.

At this moment, the sky has gradually brightened.Because the mountain road was winding and slippery, Shen Ge didn't even go out of the woods, and slid down quickly while holding onto the trees on the slope.

Coincidentally, he bumped into the man in gray who rushed up the mountain to check the situation. Seeing the thick bamboo hairpin on the man's head, Shen Ge shrank his pupils and shouted loudly, "Uncle, you are sent by Xuanzhou!" The pick-up, right? That's great!"

Seeing that it was a half-grown child rushing down, the man in gray held the dart that was about to be thrown, and then showed a big smile on his face, "We are indeed here to pick up my master. He is eight feet tall and his voice is like a bell. I don't know if he is on the mountain?"

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