Jiangshan is the betrothal gift

Chapter 77
I don't know who came to attack the city, who set fire to the city gate, or how the war broke out so suddenly.

Rui Yi listened to these people's chatter, but was even more confused.But no matter what, it is true that Great Yanjing is in chaos now. It is said that there are 10 troops besieging the city. With so many people wanting to eat, keep warm, and drink water, all the Zhuangzi around are in trouble.Men were dragged to and fro, women who ran slowly were thrown into the military camp as prostitutes, and those who came to Luoxue Nunnery ran away as soon as they heard the news, so they didn't get hurt.

Just like that, in the middle of the night, Rui Yi leaned against the corner of the wall and stared dazedly, when he heard someone shouting outside.In an instant, the entire Luoxue Nunnery became restless, not only someone shouted in the yard outside, "There are soldiers coming to grab things, run!"

Rui Yi stared dumbfounded at the women in the room wrapping their children on their bodies at an extremely fast speed, and then walked out.

The round-faced woman saw Ruiyi's master and servant frightened, and said while hugging the child: "Run quickly, this Luoxue Temple is too close to the city gate, and we will suffer disaster sooner or later. We just came here to make a living. I thought I would leave in the morning, but now I have to run in the middle of the night."

Ling Xiao jumped up first, and didn't dare to put on the mink fur cloak he brought from the city before, it would be fatal to be so conspicuous.I hid it in the bundle and carried it on my back, and put on the thick cotton coat borrowed from the nunnery on Rui Yi, and said, "Girl, let's run too."

The woman was right, if such a girl's beauty fell into the hands of those bandits, it would be a disaster.

No matter what, it's important to save your life first.

The crowd suddenly became chaotic, men's shouts, women's curses, and children's cries, adding a bit of frightening terror to this dark night.

"What about the masters in the nunnery?"

"The masters are all serious monks. They will not leave the nunnery. I asked in the afternoon. But we can't. At first glance, we can get over it, but after careful questioning, everything is revealed." Ling Xiao whispered , "Girl, Master Fahui has prepared dry food, and the servants are all on their backs. She said that let us go up the mountain through the back door and climb over this small hill. The opposite side may be better."

Rui Yi had no other choice at this time, but could only follow everyone out.After leaving the nunnery, I saw the long dragon approaching here with the torches lit from a distance, and I could faintly hear the sound of horseshoes.Rui Yi had never encountered such a thing before, and she was so frightened that she gritted her teeth and ran to the back door.

After walking a few steps, I found that there were still a few people following behind me. At first glance, it was the woman with the round face carrying the child on her back, and the mother and child with the long face were also walking this way.A few people walked together, no one spoke, and quickly disappeared into the night. After climbing up from the back door for half a cup of tea, everyone stopped to catch their breath, and the round-faced woman said : "Those people went to the east, and I don't know if they can escape this catastrophe. We orphans and widows dare not go with them, so we can only climb over the mountain."

"Why don't you dare to go with them?" Rui Yi gasped and asked. He had never climbed a mountain like this in his life. Fortunately, he had put on thick-soled shoes, otherwise the soles of his feet would be worn out.

"Little master, you can see that you are someone who has never traveled far. Not to mention the chaos of war, even in times of peace and prosperity, it is not easy to go with a man. There are many people who want to see money, not to mention there are chasing soldiers behind. It's really a matter of life and death, maybe someone will push him out to be a scapegoat."

"The fleeing people will not die under the hooves of the horses, but when the food is hard to supply, some people will come to grab your things. We women can't grab men, so how dare we go with them." The woman with a long face said, the child behind her She snorted twice as if feeling uncomfortable, and hurriedly turned her hands behind her back to pat it twice.The white air exhaled from the mouth is faintly visible, and there is a helpless sigh.

"I thought you all knew each other." Rui Yi said in surprise, such a thing is simply unheard of.

"Knowledge, but what's the use of knowing, who cares about whom at the moment of life and death." The long-faced woman sneered, "When we ran out of Zhuangzi yesterday, there were bullock carts at first, and then bullock carts. If the people in the carts run slowly, we women and children will be driven out, otherwise we wouldn't be going to Luoxue Nunnery."

"The kid next door to my house is the worst thing. He was arrested as a strong man, and he even brought his soldiers back to the village to arrest him again. If I didn't run fast with my child, I would have been arrested if I hadn't run fast with my child." Gone." The round-faced woman scolded angrily, and she shed tears as she spoke, "The man of my family went to serve as a soldier. He has been away for more than a year, and there is no news about him. I don't know if he is dead or alive. "

Rui Yi's face turned paler when he heard that, the world he lived in before was too simple and stable, he never knew that there was such a danger outside, his hands were tightly clutching his clothes, almost out of breath.She didn't know if she could survive in such a turmoil. She looked at the two and asked, "Do the two sister-in-laws have a place to go?"

"There is a small town just over the mountain, so go there and avoid it first, and don't dare to say anything else."

Hearing this, I also knew that they were not willing to take their master and servant with them, and they did not answer whether there were any relatives who took refuge in them.Rui Yi didn't ask any more questions, at least he gave some pointers, and it would be nice to have a town to avoid.

After taking a rest, everyone in the cold and freezing night didn't dare to stop, so they had to keep walking forward.Ling Xiao supported Rui Yi, and he was quite tired. Naturally, their masters and servants are not as good as ordinary women, and they have to work in the fields all year round, which is nothing.Slowly, he distanced himself from others until he couldn't even hear the footsteps in front of him.Halfway up the mountain, Ruiyi looked back and saw that the torch dragon had already approached Luoxue nunnery and surrounded it, thinking that they would not come out without hesitation, and prayed that the masters in the nunnery would be safe.

"These people really have no conscience. The girl let them into the house, gave the children food, and let them sleep in your bed. Now they run fast." The more Ling Xiao thought about it, the more angry he became, feeling very wronged.

But Rui Yi said: "In troubled times, life is like nothing. I couldn't understand it at first, but now I understand it a little bit. Don't blame them. They are dragging us along. We have to think about their children."

"You are kind-hearted." Ling Xiao supported Rui Yi to climb up, "I don't know how long it will take to get over this mountain, it doesn't look high, how come it takes so long..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a scream from not far ahead, which made people feel creepy in this dark night.

Ling Xiao's hand supporting Ruiyi became stiff for a while, and he replied tremblingly: "Girl...mother, it seems to be the voice of that fat old lady..."

Rui Yi also recognized it, "Let's catch up and have a look."

"No, what should we do if there is danger? We have no power to restrain the chickens, and the slaves have a life, you can't do it." Ling Xiao was about to cry, she was afraid, really afraid, this ghost place was cold and hungry It's dark again, who knows what's ahead.

"We have come up this road, and sooner or later we have to go, if we don't go now, we have to go." Ruiyi is also afraid, she is not really that great, and she doesn't care about her own life for others.We just walked this road together, and we have to get over it anyway, so if we can help, it's a good thing.

Ling Xiao couldn't say no to Rui Yi, so he had to support her master and servant to speed up the pace and walked for a quarter of an hour without finding anything.

Panting for breath, Ling Xiao looked up at the dark sky without even a single star. If it weren't for the reflection from the snow, who would dare to walk this way. "Why have you walked for so long and still haven't met? It's impossible."

Rui Yi wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, thought for a while and said, "Maybe another person helped, the two of them are together."

"Young lady is right, maybe that's the case." Ling Xiao also wiped off his sweat, looking at the dark mountain road, "Girl, do you want to take a break?"

Rui Yi shook his head, "It's colder to stop, let's go."

Climbing all the way up, he didn't see the woman's shadow, Rui Yi felt relieved that maybe the woman was rescued by another person.When I climbed to the top of the mountain, the sky was slightly bright, and the mountain was not high, so I could see it clearly from here.The burning torches were dazzling, and there was a silence in Luoxue Nunnery. Looking towards the city gate again, the fire had been extinguished long ago. In the silent dawn eve, only the sound of his own breathing could be heard.

Suddenly Ling Xiao tugged at Rui Yi, "Girl, where are you looking?"

Rui Yi was taken aback by Ling Xiao, and looked in the direction of her finger, dumbfounded.I saw a round-faced woman lying there with blood on her head in a distant ravine, the child on her back was gone, and her clothes were full of holes where dead branches hung out.

No wonder they didn't see anyone all the way, they fell into the ravine.From where Rui Yi and the others stood to the place where the woman's body was, there was a straight and deep ditch, and it was impossible to even collect the body.

"Girl, let's... let's go quickly." Ling Xiao supported Rui Yi and said, it was too scary, it should have accidentally slipped and fell last night.

But what about children?
Rui Yi nodded, they couldn't help in such a situation, but they didn't expect that a person who was alive and well before would die in the blink of an eye, which made people feel very sad.

On the top of the mountain, you can still see the scenery of Mochou Lake from a distance. It is too far away to see clearly before dawn. When I think of the past, and compare it with running for my life at night now, I suddenly feel that the past is really nothing. Son.

(End of this chapter)