After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Xu Qingying saw that everyone was looking at her worriedly. She didn't expect that a small cold would attract so many people's attention. Her heart warmed up and a forced smile appeared on her face, "I'm sorry to worry you all. I'm sick and have to eat." It’s much better after taking medicine.”

Mr. Huang sat on the edge of the bed and touched her forehead, feeling a little reassured. "It seems that she is not as hot as before."

Xu Qingying saw that Huang's face was gray, with fatigue brewing between his eyebrows, and a circle of blue and black under his eyes.

Xu Qingying knew that elderly people could not stay up late, and she felt a little moved, so she squeezed Huang's hand and said, "Grandma, I'm really fine. You are old, so go back and rest quickly. In case your granddaughter gets better, But you fell ill, am I no longer a sinner?"

Mrs. Huang really couldn't stand it any longer, and she was deeply touched that Xu Qingying cared about her so much, so she told her daughters-in-law, "Okay, I can't bear it anymore, you little ones, please keep an eye on me. There just happened." It’s cold, let’s get something light for this girl to eat tomorrow morning to replenish her body.”

Several daughters-in-law also responded quickly.

Mrs. Miao said to Mrs. Lian and Mrs. Zhao: "Second sister-in-law, brothers and sisters, you should also go back. I think Ying'er's fever has gone away. I can handle it on my own. You should go back and rest first, so as not to delay your journey tomorrow."

Zhao said, "It seems that the rain has lightened up. I don't know if I can go on my way tomorrow morning."

Miao asked, "What happened?"

"Don't you know yet?" Ms. Zhao lowered her voice, "I heard someone say earlier that someone was missing from the escort team, and that Liu Jiejie never came back. Leader Zhao said he would go up the mountain to look for him when the rain stops. "

Miao frowned and looked calm, but Xu Degui next to him visibly stiffened.

"Hey, didn't you say he was in the village earlier?"

"Who knows, I haven't seen anyone yet."

Huang Cui'e prayed to God: "Good deeds and evil deeds will be rewarded. I hope Liu Jie fell to death in the mountains, or fell off the cliff -"

Seeing Miao and Zhao both looking at her, Miao Cui'e snorted, "Why, I'll tell you. Don't say you haven't thought about it this way? Aren't you afraid that Liu Jiejie will take revenge on us one day? Now? Well, the trouble is gone, and we don’t have to be afraid of his revenge in the future.”

I think I thought about it, where can I say it so blatantly?

Mrs. Miao pulled Huang Cui'e and said, "Sister-in-law, walls have ears, so don't talk nonsense."

Zhao also said: "We still don't know whether Liu Jiejie is dead or alive. What if someone is found? Moreover, our family is the only one in the team who has a grudge against him. If anything happens to Liu Jiejie, Zhao Ban will We are the first to be suspicious. At this time, we should keep a low profile. If my sister-in-law’s words are heard by others, I am afraid that someone with serious intentions will suspect our Xu family. "

How could Huang Cui'e have thought of so much? When she heard what Zhao said, she was really frightened and became as silent as a quail.

Xu Qingying said in a hoarse voice: "I'm afraid Liu Jiechai is trapped in the mountains. Tomorrow we will send a few people from the Xu family to look for him. Maybe we can find him soon."

Xu Degui stood nearby and took a deep look at Xu Qingying.

But he saw that the man's face was clean and pigmented, and his pale face was flushed with the flush of a high fever, which made his eyes clear.She said this in a sincere and worried tone, as if she was not the one who slit Liu Jie's throat with a knife last night.

Xu Degui's heart skipped a beat as he met Xu Qingying's gaze.

The two looked at each other.

Fang Huiming said, "Yes, maybe I will go out with Team Leader Zhao to look for him tomorrow. Liu Jie is such a big man. As long as he doesn't encounter a ferocious beast, his life should not be in danger."

Miao saw them off, then walked outside the door to explain a few words to Bantou Zhao and Ming Xiaoshuang before returning.

But they saw that Xu Qingying had already stood up, and Miao and Xu Huiming held her down.

Xu Huiming said: "Sister, what do you want, tell me and I will get it."

Xu Qingying shook her head and smiled, her pale face as translucent as jade, "I can't sleep, I want to stand up for a while."

Miao made the quilt for her, "Don't even think about it. Just lie on the bed with An Xin. Look, everyone is worried about you because of your illness. You are already a big girl, how can you have the nerve to let your grandmother do it?" So hard work? Lie down quickly and call me whatever you want."

Xu Qingying was top-heavy and had a fever and sweat, but now she looked bright and clear-minded.

But she really couldn't let Mrs. Miao worry about it.

Xu Qingying gave in and said: "Brother, help me get that "Collection of Mountains and Seas". I will sit here and read."

Xu Huiming refused, "Reading at night can easily hurt your eyes."

"Brother, just go ahead. I'm very clear-headed now, and I'm not sleepy at all. I'll read a book for a while, and maybe I'll fall asleep."

"Well, in that case, I'll guard you. Mom and dad go to bed quickly. I'm young, so I'll stay with my sister."

It was rare for Fang Huiming to tell the truth, so he actually ran down the kang to get her a book.

Xu Meixiao slept soundly, and so many people came and went without waking her up.Instead, Miao was busy and worried all day. After a while, her eyes closed slightly.

Xu Degui couldn't sleep.

However, he was afraid of being noticed by others, and even more afraid of Mrs. Miao asking about it, so he didn't dare to turn over and just closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Xu Qingying sat on the kang and began to flip through the unfinished travel notes.

Only she knew that she was tired, frightened, and impatient.

She once asked Old Man Xu what it felt like to kill someone.

What old man Xu was talking about seemed to be that he didn't feel anything at the time, but he didn't want to eat meat for a long time.

In total, she already had two lives on her hands.

She thought she had adapted to the life of the Zhou Dynasty, but it wasn't until she fell into a dream of cyclic killings and Liu Jiejie's frightened eyes lingered in her mind that she realized that she had not escaped the guilt of murder. feel.

My heart is numb, my brain is empty, and I feel a little nauseous.

But she had to appear calm on her face, because she knew that once she showed any signs of weakness, both Xu Degui and Ming Xiaoshuang would collapse.

As the backbone, she must be stable and make people unable to see her joy or anger.

The rain was pouring, and in the early morning when the sky was bright, the rain became lighter.

Everyone was sleeping soundly. They had been sleeping in the open air for the past few days. It was rare to find a place that could protect them from the wind and rain. Everyone was also very tired. The village was quiet and peaceful.

Xu Huiming really kept his word and stayed with Xu Qingying.

He also sat against the wall with a book, occasionally looking at Xu Qingying with his peripheral vision, but saw that the book in her hand seemed to have not been opened for a long time.Xu Qingying stared at the book, but her mind wandered to nowhere.

Xu Huiming knew that her sister was a little absent-minded tonight.

After confirming that Miao and the others had really fallen asleep, Xu Huiming moved her buttocks and slowly approached Xu Qingying. Sure enough, she saw that the travel diary in her hand was still the first page.

Xu Huiming sighed, feeling that her sister seemed to have a lot of worries.

He couldn't help but ask softly: "Qingying, what happened last night, can you tell me?"

Xu Qingying tilted her head, her elegant mist-like eyes focused, as if her thoughts had just returned to this room.

"What do you want to know, brother? I'll tell you everything you need to know."

Xu Huiming shook his head, with firm eyes and a low voice, "I know that neither you nor dad told the truth."

"You were present at the time, so you should know what happened."

Xu Huiming hesitated to speak, but he had a hunch that Xu Qingying would not tell him the truth.

When he found his father and sister, he already noticed something was wrong.

The injury on the second uncle's hand was very strange, and only Ming Xiaoshuang and Xu Qingying had blood on their bodies at that time.

If the second uncle was really injured as a result of falling down the wrong way as dad said, why was there no blood on dad's body?

According to common sense, if the second uncle falls, his father must help him. Why is there no bloody smell on his father's body, but there is a strong bloody smell on the bodies of Xu Qingying and Ming Xiaoshuang who arrived later?

Yes, even though it was washed away by the heavy rain later, the smell of blood on his body at that time was very strong, and it was definitely not caused by the small wounds on the second uncle's hands.

What's more, although Xu Qingying's face was calm at that time, there was an undetectable murderous aura deep in her eyes.

Xu Huiming has been frail since childhood, so her mind is sharper than others.

Thinking of Liu Jiejie's disappearance tonight, Xu Huiming suddenly had an incredible thought in his heart.

When he thought about this possibility, he felt his breathing become a little short.

So he turned his head to look at Xu Qingying's face, trying to glean something from her expression.

Xu Qingying's pupils were very dark, but her expression was very calm. She seemed to be aware of Xu Huiming's thoughts. She closed the travel diary in her hand and asked quietly: "Brother, why are you looking at me like this?"

Xu Huiming looked away in panic, and smiled a little reluctantly, "It's nothing, I just thought that the rain has lightened up, and I have to rush again tomorrow. Can your body bear it?"

"I have a fever, and I have taken medicine. It should be fine." Xu Qingying also sighed, looking at her thin body, "No, I still need to practice more."

"Practice? How do you plan to practice?" Xu Huiming looked at her funny, "You are a girl who wants to show off with a sword?"

"The broadsword is too heavy for me. I am suitable for close combat. Bows and arrows are also good -"

"Can you draw the bow?"

"So you have to practice. If you practice, you will be able to pull away."

Xu Huiming only thought she was joking.

There is no need in this world for a girl to work so hard.

The next day, the showers stopped and the sky became bright. It looked like good weather.The blue sky is like a wash, and the mountain forest is cold after a burst of rain.

Xu Qingying summoned a large army to explain yesterday's situation, and ordered everyone to find the corpses. Finally, it was found that there were eleven corpses in the village, all of which were old people who refused to flee.

"Don't worry, everyone. These eleven corpses are all ordinary farmers. Bantou Zhao and I checked last night. It is initially estimated that bandits from nearby came down to grab food and killed them. Since we passed by here, we saw them again. We cannot stand by and watch this tragedy happen. What I mean is that we dig a few holes under the big locust trees in the south and let all these old people bury them in their graves."

This statement was unanimously agreed upon by everyone. After all, people must be buried in their graves before they die. It is just a matter of digging a hole, which can be considered a meritorious deed.

"But what if their descendants come back and can't tell the bodies apart?"

"By the way, I don't know if their descendants will come back. Maybe they will only have bones when they come back."

"How about we erect a monument."

"But I don't know their names, so how can I erect a monument?"

Xu Qingying made a final decision, "I just saw that there is an ancestral hall in the village. We will leave a handwritten note later. Explain where these old people are buried, what are the characteristics of their clothes and descriptions, and let their descendants identify themselves when they come back."

"This is a good idea!" Mr. Fang volunteered, "How about I write it."

Xu Huiming also said: "I will write it too."

The two people spread out the rice paper and wrote down how their group passed by this place to take shelter from the rain on a certain day in a certain year and a certain day. They saw these old people. They buried them for the sake of morality and buried them all in order. The characteristics of people's clothing and clothing are clearly written in the hope that future generations can clearly identify them.

Of course, after this incident, everyone in the army was also panicked, and they only discussed it in whispers.

"They were all killed by the bandits. What about us? Should we continue walking towards Jinzhou? I heard that Jinzhou was severely affected by the disaster this year. Looking at the situation, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of refugees at least. Our group is single. I am weak, what should I do if I encounter a bandit again?"

"If we don't go through the Jinzhou detour, is it possible to go back? There are mountains behind us. It took us a lot of effort to get out. I don't want to go back."

"Why are we in this group so unlucky? Maybe people will die on the road before Qianzhou arrives."

"Yes, we don't have much dry food left. You see, it's snowing so heavily now and there are so many refugees. We may not be able to reach Qianzhou in full."

Everyone sighed and looked sad. Leader Zhao had no choice but to take out the map and spread it on the ground. He pointed at the branches and explained to everyone: "We diverged when we were chased by the refugees, and now we are almost at the boundary of Jinzhou." After climbing over the mountains in Jinzhou, we reached the edge of Qianzhou. If we go forward, it will take about ten to 20 days. If we go back, we may meet the same group of refugees who were hiding in the mountains before. "

"We are in a dilemma together. There is heavy snow in the mountains in front of us, and there are bandits and bandits behind us——"

Although Bantou Zhao was unwilling to admit it, it was also a fact, so he had no choice but to say: "That's what it means."

"Team leader, do we have to arrive in Qianzhou on time? The situation this year is so bad, can you please relax and find a reason for us to go to the city to avoid the limelight for a while, and then we can hit the road again when the road is peaceful. .”

Someone's eyes lit up and he immediately echoed: "That's right, squad leader, not to mention us prisoners, the lives of your reconciliation brothers are also our lives. If we encounter bandits again along the way, we, the old, weak, sick and disabled, will definitely The only option is to annihilate the whole army. Since the imperial court has sentenced us to exile, it means to spare our lives. If all of our group died on the road, why would we be exiled? Just behead our heads in Bianjing City. "