Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 12
After about an hour.Ouyang Ruo was resting with her eyes closed, Wan Hui couldn't help but lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, only to see two big green hills in front of her, leaving only a winding path in the valley.Ouyang Ruo glanced at the gap in the curtain of the car, and his eyelids twitched heavily.Looking to the side again, I saw that the refugees were still following at a moderate distance, but they seemed to be starting to slow down.

"It's here." Ouyang Ruo said suddenly.Wan Hui was startled, but she didn't know where the shock came from.

The sun became more and more intense, and the surrounding air felt thick and stagnant in the car.The cicadas on the trees on both sides were screaming at the top of their lungs, making people even more irritated.When the team walked into the valley, a cool wind blew from the mountains, and people were shocked. Before they could fully wake up from the drowsiness, there were bursts of rumbles above their heads.

Ouyang Ruo said badly in the car, Wan Hui glanced outside, and shouted suddenly: "Madam, it's bad! The rocks on the top of the mountain rolled down!"

The guards on both sides hurriedly reined in their horses and drew out their long knives to surround the carriage.Ouyang Ruo's complexion was livid, and he hugged Ling Xiang tightly.Wan Hui saw pieces of rocks falling down like rain, hitting the soldiers one after another, blood splashing, and some of them were hit directly on the head, causing their brains to burst.The horse was frightened and ran out of rein, rushing forward, bumping into the walking soldiers again and again.A whole team of people suddenly felt like a pot of porridge boiling, and the sounds of people neighing, hooting, and moaning could be heard everywhere.

Wan Hui was so frightened that she leaned against the car door, and Ming Ying pulled her back into the carriage bravely.Dexuan's face was as white as paper, and he hurriedly helped the coachman pull the carriage back.The horse was frightened, and the two of them tried their best to hold it back.He could only drive back with the whip in his hand again and again.The long line was suddenly broken into several pieces by this accident.Don't care about each other.Chu Huotian's frame was in the depths of the valley, but Ouyang Ruo's frame barely entered the valley.

"The whole army listens to the order! The front team has changed to the rear team, go out of the valley!" A shout exploded like thunder.After all, the Chu army was well-trained, and immediately came to their senses and rushed out of the valley in an orderly manner.

Before the troops of the Chu army left the valley, suddenly there were shouts and killings outside the valley.Dexuan only took one look, almost soft on the ground, and saw black crows of unknown people on both sides of the mountain road rushing over like the tide with sharp swords, and chopped at the Chu soldiers when they saw it.With the sword in hand, the unprepared Chu soldiers in front were immediately cut to pieces.The sound of the swords colliding with each other was mixed with the screams of Chu soldiers' pain.

Rocks were still rolling down behind him, and the screams of people turning their backs could be heard from time to time.Although General Su sent many guards to surround the carriage, De Xuan still felt chills in his heart and numbness in his scalp when he saw the scene like a Shura field.He only desperately pulled the carriage and rushed out of the valley.In the carriage, Ouyang Ruo pressed Ling Xiang's ears to her chest, her heart was beating wildly, she had never seen such a tragic situation since she was born, how could she not be afraid?She was so full of anxiety that she couldn't even scream.

Ling Xiang looked at her with a pair of black grape-like eyes, hugged her neck with two small hands, and kept calling in a childlike voice: "Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine..." But he didn't cry.

Ouyang Ruo looked at her little face that looked like Ling Yu, tears welled up in her eyes like a spring.It is still unknown whether the people in this car can reach Chudi safely, and she has never felt so powerless like this moment.

The troops of the brigade finally began to move out of the valley step by step. Several generals under Chu Huotian rushed to the valley entrance to help fight against the enemy. Back and forth, those crowds disguised as refugees broke through a gap.Several generals rushed forward to kill, Chu soldiers rushed forward to kill, and the rest rushed towards the mouth of the valley.Tens of thousands of people are in the end, there are so many people, panic but not chaos.In the narrow valley, they can still form a simple formation, rushing forward like wheels.

Ouyang Ruo's carriage was shaking and bumping violently, Dexuan and the coachman shouted desperately, the horse was barely pulled and followed the Chu soldiers out of the valley before reaching the mouth of the valley, suddenly there were dense swishing sounds in the air, De Xuan exclaimed: "Madam, be careful!"

Ouyang Ruo didn't know what happened, only heard a few aggressive sounds from the carriage, suddenly a few arrows shot into the carriage and nailed to the carriage board, the white feathers at the tail of the arrow were still trembling, showing the strength.Wanhui and Mingying yelled in alarm and hurriedly lay down in the car.Ouyang Ruo also exclaimed, and hurriedly protected Ling Xiang under her body.There was a constant swishing sound, as if hailstones were pounding frantically on the roof of the carriage.Mingying was so frightened that he cried.Wan Hui was also trembling all over.

Ouyang Ruo heard a long sad hiss from the horse outside the carriage, and De Xuan cursed in anger and surprise: "The one who killed a thousand swords, the horse has been hit by an arrow!" run wildly.

If a car of people bumps up and down in a storm, their bodies will slam into the thick car board.At first I could scream, but in the end I could only hold my head and grunt a few times.Ouyang Ruo barely locked the window of the car with one hand, and hugged Ling Xiang tightly with the other. Ling Xiang was so frightened that he burst into tears.Ouyang Ruo pursed her lips tightly, turned her head in a panic and saw Wanhui and Mingying's faces pale, thinking that she was not much better.

At this time, the galloping horse suddenly softened and fell to the ground.The carriage fell to the ground in an uproar.Someone outside the carriage shouted: "Madam is inside, quickly pull the people out of the carriage."

Ouyang Ruo's head slammed into the car board, and the stars in front of him suddenly bumped. He couldn't see the things in front of him clearly, so he hugged Ling Xiang tightly subconsciously, and a vague thought flashed through his mind: "It's fine if you die..." Wait until someone is killed. Pulling out the carriage, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she saw Chu soldiers all around, and a tall dark horse standing uneasy in front of her.

"Ma'am, I have offended you in a hurry." The man on the horse jumped off the horse and carried her on the horse.

Ouyang Ruo looked blankly at the young and familiar face in front of her: "General Su..." she murmured.A trace of pity flashed in Su Yanqing's eyes.

"Where is Ling Xiang, where is Ling Xiang!" When she came back to her senses, she suddenly called out in a high-pitched voice, struggling to get off the horse.Su Yanqing was taken aback, and hurriedly turned her head to look for Ling Xiang, who was being held in Wan Hui's arms, crying loudly.

"Ling Xiang, Ling Xiang...my Ling Yu, Ling Yu..." With tears in his eyes, Ouyang Ruo seemed to see that the city was broken that day, and Ling Yu was being hugged by the nanny and crying to find him.

"Ma'am, don't get off the horse!" Su Yanqing embraced Ling Xiang, tore off her robe neatly, carried her tightly behind her back, and shouted at Ouyang Ruo who was groping to get off the horse.A flying body, like a swallow, flew onto the saddle.He hugged Ouyang Ruo tightly and rushed forward.

Ouyang Ruo screamed, and the horse under her flew forward like a dragon, with a firm and powerful arm across her waist, holding her tightly.The wind is blowing head-on.There was a lot of shouting and killing around them, and the flying arrows flew past them, bringing a fierce wind.Ouyang Ruo closed her eyes and leaned on the horse, while Su Yanqing behind her kept drinking the horse forward.Ouyang Ruo only felt that he was like a person floating in the sea, with waves hitting him head on, and he could only hold on to the last piece of wood.

All the gods in the sky, please let this carnage end!Ouyang Ruo closed his eyes, tears and sweat dripped down on the saddle like rain, and hit the arms across his waist bit by bit.I don't know how long it took, the horse rushed out of the valley, and the rear army of the cut off line was ahead.A large group of people is being besieged by a group of refugees, but the formation is not scattered.

Su Yanqing said happily: "Madam, we are almost at a safe place."

Ouyang Ruo raised his head when he heard the words, but unexpectedly an arrow came flying towards Ouyang Ruo's face.She was so frightened that she screamed, Su Yanqing yelled, and swung the whip with her hand like a dragon.Knock that arrow to the ground.Arrows shot across the sky like rain one after another, with strong force and the sound of gold and stone breaking through the sky, it was actually done by a master.It seems that he knows that Ouyang Ruo is his Achilles' heel, and it is actually the vital point that Zhi Zhi shoots at her.

Ouyang Ruo simply closed his eyes and leaned on the horse tremblingly. Suddenly, he heard Su Yanqing groan, and suddenly loosened the hand on his waist.Ouyang Ruo felt that he couldn't stabilize his body suddenly, and fell to the ground with a scream.Su Yanqing shouted loudly, and rolled her long whip towards Ouyang Ruo, almost wrapping around her waist, another arrow came in an instant, and shot on Su Yanqing's whip.Su Yanqing only felt a strong force coming along the whip, as if there was life, the tiger's mouth numb, and the whip fell to the ground immediately.Ouyang Ruo was rolled up by this area, fell to the ground and rolled several times.Su Yanqing hurriedly reined in the horse that was running forward, causing the horse to hiss to the sky.

"Ma'am!" Su Yanqing roared, her eagle-like eyes were blood red, her arms were bloody, and her body was wet.He hurriedly turned his horse's head and ran towards Ouyang Ruo.Ouyang Ruo rolled several feet away, and his whole body felt as if it was falling apart.Just as he was about to struggle to stand up, he suddenly saw a person leaping towards him holding a sword a few feet away.His strides were so big that he got a few feet closer with just a few jumps, and he was in front of Ouyang Ruo in a short while.

"Ma'am, come back quickly!" Su Yanqing shouted loudly, turning her horse around and galloping forward.The man smiled "haha", and hugged Ouyang Ruo by the waist like an eagle catching a chicken.

"Thief, put Madam down!" Su Yanqing yelled angrily, drew out the long sword at her waist and slashed.

The man smiled "haha" and pushed Ouyang Ruo in front of him.Ouyang Ruo only felt that the sword light in front of him was harsh, with an extremely chilling murderous aura.Seeing that Ouyang Ruo was pushed in front of him, Su Yanqing was startled, and suddenly withdrew the thundering sword abruptly.Ouyang Ruo was pinned around the waist by the man, unable to move at all, startled and frightened, Su Yanqing stabbed several more swords, but the man used Ouyang Ruo as a shield to defuse them one by one.

"Very shameless villain!" Su Yanqing was so angry that his handsome face was livid, and the long sword in his hand was brushing, but he couldn't hurt that person.Ling Xiang on his back cried louder.

Out of the corner of Ouyang Ruo's eyes, he suddenly saw a few refugees with knives quietly surrounding him, and it seemed that they were about to form an encirclement.

"Go! General Su, go!" Ouyang Ruo shouted.Su Yanqing was stunned, and suddenly saw a dozen or so refugees who were eager to go up all around were holding shiny steel knives, and she knew in her heart that this person wanted to lure them here, so that they could be captured alive.

"General Su, go! Go! Take Ling Xiang and go!" Ouyang Ruo cried with tears.The man snorted coldly, and clasped Ouyang Ruo's fair neck with his hands. Ouyang Ruo's face flushed immediately, and he couldn't say a word anymore.

Su Yanqing's face was ashen, murderous aura had already spread all over his body, half of him was soaked in blood like a god of death from hell, he supported Ling Xiang behind him, and said word by word: "Madam! Yan Qing will definitely come back to save Madam, Cut these thieves to the sword one by one!" After speaking, the black horse under him neighed, turned around and ran towards the Chu army in the distance.

Ouyang Ruo looked at him like a dragon, like a dragon, rushing away from the siege of a few refugees, raised his sword in his hand, and the refugees fell under the sword without even making a sound.The man who held her yelled angrily, "Chu thief is very cunning."

The tears in Ouyang Ruo's eyes rolled down like broken pearls.The man cursed bitterly, dragged Ouyang Ruo around and ran away.Ouyang Ruo only felt that the hands clamped around her waist were like iron hoops, which made her feel sick for a while.The man walked extremely fast, leading her to run all the way.

"Let me go, let me go!" Ouyang Ruo struggled desperately in panic.The man just said nothing.There was a commotion all around, and the Chu soldiers trapped in the valley had already rushed out. In a panic, Ouyang Ruo saw that Chu Huotian's car was firmly protected by the Chu soldiers.Ouyang Ruo wanted to open his mouth to shout, but finally closed his eyes powerlessly.The distance between her and him is not just a few tens of meters, but the gap between life and death.

The Chu army advanced slowly in an orderly manner, and the besieged refugees in disguise became fewer and fewer, and it became more and more difficult.The man shouted: "Quick retreat!" Then the disguised refugees began to back away slowly.

The troops of the Chu army outside the valley had already merged with the troops rushing out of the valley, and their power suddenly increased greatly.The man holding Ouyang Ruo took an unowned horse, threw Ouyang Ruo onto the horse, jumped on it himself, patted the horse and left.The remaining besieged refugees began to scatter, fighting and retreating.They run very fast, and they think they have been walking in the mountains all year round.Compared with Chu soldiers wearing heavy armor, they have a greater advantage in the mountain road.

Ouyang Ruo only felt that her stomach was pressed against the saddle tightly, and the violent bumps made her dizzy, and the scenery on both sides flashed by quickly.In a blur, Ouyang Ruo could only hear someone shouting eagerly behind her, and finally she couldn't hear anything clearly and passed out.

After an unknown amount of time, Ouyang Ruo heard someone whispering in his ears.His head was still hurting violently, but he was no longer on a horse, but was carried on his shoulders.

"Have you found it?"

"Go back to the big leader, but I can't find it. There are many Chu soldiers. Many brothers died..."

"Damn it!" Someone was cursing bitterly, but they still kept their feet on the ground, "I didn't expect that the scheme that had been planned for so long would not be able to save Vatti!"

"Boss, the brothers all feel that the Chu army is clearly prepared this time...Nah, big boss, who is that woman, is it useful to us?"

"I don't know! Seeing that the white-faced general is protecting her so much, he must be a woman of General Chu. No, the Chu army never takes women with them when they go out on expeditions." The speaker suddenly stopped.

"Report to the chief, someone is chasing you!" Another person came and said out of breath.Ouyang Ruo half-opened and half-closed, only to see a pair of feet walking quickly on the ground.

"what's the situation!"

"It was a single horse leading a dozen people to chase after it."

The person carrying Ouyang Ruo suddenly said: "Take your brothers and retreat to the southeast quickly, spreading out as you go. I'll go and have a look."

A few people around me panted and responded, and ran away separately.

The man put down Ouyang Ruo and hid in the bushes, and Ouyang Ruo had fully woken up.I saw that man's face was painted black, and he wore rough clothes and bunted clothes, dressed like a refugee.

Ouyang Ruo wanted to move but didn't dare to act rashly.The surroundings were silent, the sun was setting, the hot breath was still roasting the woods, and the heavy and oppressive breath was like stagnant water.After half a cup of tea, the sound of horseshoes could be heard from afar.

Someone shouted: "Go and search around. If you see a refugee, shoot and kill!"

"Yes, General!" Several people responded loudly.The sound of hooves gradually faded away.

Ouyang Ruo only heard this sound, and tears flowed down without warning.

He is finally here!Su Yanqing really came to save her!
She struggled violently, and was about to turn over and shout, when suddenly the man seemed to have eyes behind him, turned around and rushed forward, covering her mouth.

"Do you want to die?!" He shouted in a low voice, the murderous look flashed in his eyes.

Ouyang Ruo was restrained by him all over, she was struggling violently, she wanted to go back!She must go back!She still has Ling Xiang!

Gradually, the sound of horseshoes dissipated and finally became inaudible.The light in Ouyang Ruo's eyes gradually went out, and she stared weakly at the man in front of her. Sadness and despair spread from her body and eyes, making him look away unnaturally.

"Who are you from the Chu army? That general wants to protect you like this, heh heh, he even came to rescue you himself." The man snorted a few times and looked around carefully before he was relieved.

Hearing what he said, Ouyang Ruo was slightly startled, and suddenly asked: "Are you from Lingjun?" She changed her official dialect and spoke the unique and authentic dialect of Lingjun.

The man was startled, his eyes lit up: "You too?!" He also spoke the authentic Lingjun dialect.

"I am the Ouyang Family of Ling County." Ouyang Ruo said quickly, and the hope that had just been extinguished began to burn again.She must leave this dangerous place alive, and leave at all costs!

"Ouyang?!" The man exclaimed in a low voice, "But Ouyang Mansion on Suimen Street?!"

Ouyang Ruo nodded hurriedly: "Ouyang Qingyin is the concubine's father." The man suddenly gave her a deep look.With a cry of surprise, he took a few steps back and prostrated himself on the ground: "Zhang Ziming accidentally offended the young lady, and he really deserves death. Xiaosheng received a great kindness from his husband ten years ago, and he still dare not forget it. I wonder if the husband is in good health now? "

Ouyang Ruo suppressed the turmoil in his heart and said tremblingly, "I died of illness three years ago."

The man trembled violently, and suddenly knelt down and cried, "Sir, why did you go... why did you go before the students have repaid your kindness?"

Ouyang Ruo stood aside wiping away tears, but looked at him coldly.Seeing him tearing up and down, it didn't seem like a fake, although he was confused, but he saw hope faintly.Seeing that he was almost crying, she stepped forward to help him: "My father has many students, I really don't know you are..."

Zhang Ziming stood up and wiped his face to reveal a small piece of fair skin: "Ten years ago, my father passed away, and Ziming was stubborn by nature. In order to let me go on the right path, my mother knelt in front of Ouyang Mansion and begged my husband to take me in." As a student. Mr. Ouyang knew that my family was poor, so he specially took the money back for me to support the family. Ziming studied with him for two years. Not only did he not pay a penny of his tuition, but he also received a lot of favors from him..." he said Here, he wiped away the tears on his face again, and his face became more and more handsome.

Ouyang Ruo wept and said, "My father was clean all his life, and he loved the people very much as an official. The night before he died of illness, I heard the old housekeeper in the mansion say that he was still reading local political affairs."

Zhang Ziming sighed, and said firmly: "If there are more people like Mr. Hua in Huaguo, it won't be..."

He came back to his senses and looked at Ouyang Ruo carefully: "The student once met Miss once, at that time..." Before he finished speaking, he blushed and had to turn his head away in embarrassment, but fortunately his face was covered with dirt and nothing unusual could be seen.

He was young and naughty at that time, and he was studying at Ouyang's house. Although he was honest and honest in front of Ouyang Qingyin, he would play bird and cricket fights with a few teenagers after school, having a great time.Ouyang Ruo was only a girl less than ten years old at the time, but she was already very beautiful. Zhang Ziming heard people say that she was beautiful, so he asked a few teenagers to secretly peek on the wall in the backyard.How could it be easy to see the daughter's house raised in a deep boudoir.But once they actually peeked at it.

I still remember that in the spring of March, when the grass was growing and warblers were flying, there was a little girl standing among the flowers.Her complexion is like spring, and her stature that has not grown up still has a hint of peerless elegance.All the teenagers were astonished as gods, and they all said that to marry a wife should marry such a beauty as Ouyang Ruo.

But Zhang Ziming didn't take it seriously and said: "A man, be careful with grand plans and great careers. Why are you so useless and only miss someone's beauty." Even so, Ouyang Ruo's cool and beautiful beauty has long been deeply imprinted in his mind.

(End of this chapter)