Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 112 The Old Man Escaped (Happy National Day)

Mr. Tian glanced at the captain, "You don't understand, just listen to me."

"Yes, sir."

Father Shi came back with the lantern, and Aunt Shi quickly asked, "How is it?"

"I've already told everyone, let them do what they should do, don't worry about Er Niangzi's affairs, and don't tell outsiders about Er Niangzi's affairs. I told them, if anyone asks, just say that you have returned. Do business in a shop in the county town."

"Well, that's good, that's good!"

Daddy Shi said: "Anyone with a conscience should know what to do."

Aunt Shi snorted softly: "Of course there are many people with conscience, but I'm afraid that one or two dissatisfied ones will stir up a pot of shit."

"Don't worry, as long as you want to stay in Xiaowang Village with peace of mind, they don't dare to talk nonsense."

"Hurry up and go to bed. During the day, walk around the village more. You still need to be cautious."

"Well, I see."

After dinner, Ma Min'er was led to the best room in the inn. There was a bathtub and changing facilities in it, but she was not in the mood at all. She paused, quickly closed the door of the room, and then listened closely to the door. He listened, and found that the footsteps did not move after a few steps, someone was watching him around, and thumped the door hard.

Unwilling to give up, I found the window again, gently opened it, and looked outside. There are a few old trees behind me. In the summer night, the evening wind blows, and the breeze blows. If you don’t want to escape, it’s good to stand at the window and blow. , Unfortunately, she found a small thing in the room, threw it outside, and immediately behind the tree, the back of the knife was exposed.

"Crack!" Ma Min'er was so angry that she closed the window with a bang, panting heavily with her hands fanning the wind, "Could it be that I really can't escape and will be taken to the capital by him?"

In the next room, the dark guard came back to report, "Jun Wang, Ma Erniang is in the room and wants to escape again."

"Well, I see, watch carefully, don't let her run away."

"Yes, the king of the county." The dark guard suddenly disappeared again.

The staff handed the message received at night to the master, "Jun Wang, finally received a letter from King Jin. He said that he sent a letter a few days ago, but we didn't receive it. I'm afraid it was intercepted by King Qin."

Liu Zaili's eyes were heavy, he received the message from King Jin, lowered his head to read it, and then threw it into the brazier: "It seems that the situation in the capital is not optimistic."

"Your Majesty, should we hurry to Beijing?"

Liu Zaili looked up at his staff, "There's no rush."

"But King Jin...if...wouldn't we be..."

"That's not in a hurry."

"The king of the county—" the staff showed anxiety.

"Don't act rashly." Liu Zaili showed a stern look on his face.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The staff member bowed his head and lowered his anxiety.

Always thinking of running away, after washing up, Ma Miner lay on the bed, sleeping and waking up from time to time, unsteady, and at some point, she fell asleep all of a sudden, when she woke up, the sound of swords colliding could be heard all over her ears She got up in a fright, quickly put on her clothes, picked up the door latch, and slowly opened the door.

Outside the door, Liu Zaili and others were surrounded and killed by men in black. The fight was impenetrable. Feeling terrified, Ma Min'er felt that this was an opportunity, so she quickly closed the door and fastened the bolt tightly. He quickly walked to the window, opened the window slightly, and there seemed to be people fighting outside, and two people were even nearby, who seemed to be Liu Zaili's people, and they blocked the man in black to prevent them from entering this room.

She pursed her lips, although she was protecting herself, she would not thank her, if he hadn't stroked her, why would she have been assassinated, lying motionless behind the window, looking for a chance to escape.

Although the inn was taken over by Liu Zai, but there were shopkeepers inside, they were also awakened by the sound of beatings and killings. They had never experienced such a scene, screamed in fright, and were in chaos for a while.

The two or three people who were guarding themselves outside the window saw the man in black go forward, and they followed suit.

Ma Min'er felt that now was the best opportunity, so she hurriedly opened the window, supported herself with both hands, and jumped out lightly.

After jumping out of the window, he quickly hid behind a big tree and looked at the few people who were killed. A guard saw the window open and shouted anxiously, "Don't come out, it's dangerous."

Ma Min'er knew that the words were yelled at her, but there was no danger. When she had a chance, the man in black saw the window open and stabbed his sword behind the tree.

Ma Min'er rolled on the spot, and immediately went behind another tree. Liu Zaili's men stopped the man in black. When they were fighting, she quickly fled towards the back kitchen, and all the clerks in the inn also rushed towards Fleeing in this direction, they were so frightened that they rushed out of the side door.

Maybe these civilians were not the targets of the men in black. Except for those who blocked the way and were stabbed by them, the rest escaped.Ma Min'er also escaped with these people.

That's great, she escaped, Ma Min'er ran wildly, regardless of her sweaty head and body, looking for a hiding place while running.

I don't know how long I ran, or how far I ran, anyway, I left the town a long time ago, and I went to the wilderness, the starry sky in summer night, the sky didn't look dark, and I kept running along the road.

In the inn, Liu Zaili finally defeated the man in black. On the ground, there were countless casualties, including the man in black, his own people, and civilians. "Hurry up and deal with it."

"Yes, the king of the county."

Liu Zaili quickly went to push Ma Min'er's room. It was so quiet, which made him feel very bad. He pushed and asked, "Where's the person?"

"Go back to the king, well...it seems to be from the back window..."

Liu Zaili quickly went around to the back and jumped into the room. There were still people there, so he quickly chased him out.

In the darkness of night, Mr. Tian went to the old general's bedroom and asked him to borrow someone.

"Maverick Mountain?"

"Yes, old general. Two years ago, someone also ambushed the young general on Maverick Mountain."

The old general Shen Ling, "Although Zi'an likes the little lady of the Ma family, is it right to let the hidden guards protect the Ma family..." He wondered if it was over.

If it is really for the Ma family, it is indeed wrong, but...Mr. Tian is so anxious that his back is sweating. The general has been stabbed by the enemy and almost lost his life. But how can I afford it, "Old...Old general, the main reason for the younger one is that the enemy will capture the Ma family and threaten the little general, which will be detrimental to him."

The old general frowned and looked at his subordinates, "I always feel that you have something to hide from me?"

"No... no."

The old general tightened his eyes, "Okay, then I will lend you five people."

"Old general, 20 people."

"so much?"

"Mainly... mainly because the countryside is rich, if there are few people..."

The old general nodded, "Well, fine, then 20 people."

"Thank you, old general."

Xia Shiyong waved his hand, and immediately a guard stepped forward, "Bring 20 people to Mr. Tian."

"Yes, old general."

"The little one will arrange it."

"Well, let's go."

After Mr. Tian left, Xia Shiyong pondered for a while, waved his hand again, and someone stepped forward, "Old General—"

"Go to Ma's house to find out what's going on. Mr. Tian actually asked me to mobilize my hidden guards."

"Yes, old general!"

In the little general's mansion, Mrs. Xia thought that the eldest grandson would be in the mansion when her husband came, but she didn't expect that both grandparents and grandchildren were not there, which made her stay alone again, "Why do you think the man's house has endless things to deal with? "

The old mother smiled and said: "Madam, people like the old man and the young master must be busy. Who made them generals of the country?"

"Oh!" Madam Xia sighed.

"Old lady, don't sigh, this time the lady is here, and when the old general and the young general come back, you can make an appointment for the young general."

"That's true." Mrs. Xia said, "As for the position of the main wife, let me ask the master. As for the concubines, Zi'an's cousin is counted as one, and the second wife of the Ma family is also counted as one. The main wife will not be able to decide for a while. Come down, then let the concubine's room go through the door first, so that I can take care of Zi'an wholeheartedly."

"Old lady, what if the concubine's husband has a child?"

"That's also a descendant of the Xia family."

"The old lady is right."

The mother and daughter of the Ling family were sitting in Zhao Suxin's room, surrounded by her, listening to her unhurriedly knocking on the wooden fish. Although Mrs. Ling was annoyed, who would let herself ask my sister-in-law, and said with a smile: " Sister, I'm going back to Xiangzhou Mansion in two days."

"Ah."

"Sister, look at Ya'er's marriage—"

Zhao Suxin raised her eyes, glanced at her concubine, then at her niece, "Let Zi'an marry her."

Hearing this, the mother and daughter of the Ling family stared at little stars with joy, and Mrs. Ling directly held the hand of the first sister who knocked Muyu with both hands: "Sister, it's still good, you see, as soon as you come, let the little general marry the elegant woman." Son, but..." Withdrawing one hand to wipe the corner of his eyes, "But how many times I've talked to the old lady, she didn't give me an answer, sister..."

Sitting on the sidelines, Ling Ruya was also elated. After waiting for so many years, she finally got this sentence.

Zhao Suxin's expression was calm, "Ya'er has been with me for so many years, it's hard work for him, I will tell Zi'an to let him treat Ya'er well."

"Aunt..." Ling Ruya cried excitedly.

"Sister, thank you very much, Ya'er has your words, and the rest of her life will be much better than mine." Madam Ling kept wiping away her tears.

"Yeah, it's great to live better than us!" Zhao Suxin's eyes were blank, she didn't know where to look, and Madam Ling stopped crying in fright, "Sister, you—"

"How much I want to go with Zitao!"

"Sister, don't scare me!"

Zhao Suxin's pale face suddenly turned sad: "Zitao, you don't even know how I survived all these years..."

Ling Ruya's mother and son looked at Zhao Suxin, who was dazed and staring straight, and her back was so frightened that she seemed to see the general.

"Sister... sister, you still have to bring a son for the little general?"

"Zi Tao..." Zhao Suxin's expression suddenly softened, like a young lady who just fell in love.

"Sister..." Mrs. Ling stretched out her hand and slapped her.

"Su Lan?" Zhao Suxin, who was awakened by the patting, looked at Shumei blankly.

Mrs. Ling hurriedly got back to the topic: "Sister...Sister, you just said that the general married Ya'er, didn't you?"

Zhao Suxin looked at it blankly, and nodded after watching for a long time, "Yes."

Mrs. Ling swallowed, "Then can you talk to the old lady?"

Zhao Suxin moved her eyeballs, lowered her head and knocked on the wooden fish.

Madam Ling seemed to hear her humming.

When Ling Ruya's mother and son saw Zhao Suxin like this, their ecstatic hearts immediately cooled down, "Sister, it's late at night, so we won't disturb your rest."

After leaving the room, Ling Ruya mother and son quickly returned to their own room, "Mother, is what my aunt said useful?"

Madam Ling said nothing.

"Mother, what should we do?"

"Tomorrow, I'll put this to the old lady and see what she has to say." Madam Ling was frightened by the stupefied sister-in-law.

Ling Ruya was anxious: "Mother, my cousin likes Ma Erniang. I asked Qin Hong to find out. I heard that Ma Erniang was taken away by Yancheng County King, so my cousin went after her."

"When did you find out?"

"Just after dinner."

"It's not for official business."

"Yes, mother, what shall we do?"

Madam Ling comforted her daughter, "No matter how bad it is, it's still possible to be a side wife."

"Mother……"

Seeing her daughter's unhappy face, Madam Ling comforted her: "Son, you are my aunt's niece, even if it's a concubine, you're not the host of this house."

"There are always some names that are not correct, and words that are not right."

"What's the matter, just have the power in your hand, listen to your mother, that's right."

"Oh."

Mr. Tian not only borrowed the old general's secret guards, but also transferred several teams of fine editors to leave the city overnight.

Fu Xiaoyou pressed his grandfather down the hiding tunnel, "Don't come out."

"how about you?"

"Of course I'm looking for the big boss and the little boss."

"Then...then..." I was the only grandson, Fu Laoxu almost told him not to go, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Fu Xiaoyou waded through the night, walking through the corridors, avoiding the men in black to find his boss and boss. What kind of evil did he do? Why did the men in black always come to assassinate him? .

"Little brother..."

"Who... who is calling me?"

Under the vegetable bed fence, the old fortune teller was lying on the ground like a coward, with dirt and grass on his face.

Fu Xiaoyou leaned forward quickly, stretched out his hand and pulled him to the corner of the corridor, "Why are you here?"

"Why am I not here?" the old man asked back.

"Didn't I let you go?"

"I told your boss that I'm also teaching at Mengxue."

"You..." Fu Xiaoyou was so angry that he wanted to beat someone up, "Didn't I tell you that the big boss is kind-hearted, and you will have to wait for the little boss to come back to decide on your matter."

Just as the old man was about to answer, he threw away the things at hand. With a bang sound, something was hit. Fu Xiaoyou poked his head out of curiosity, and a man in black fell to the ground with a thick wooden stick beside him.

He looked at the old man in surprise.

The old man looked back at Fu Xiaoyou with a sullen expression, meaning, leave me alone, I can not only tell fortunes, but also beat bad people, how nice it is.

Fu Xiaoyou's eyes lit up, and he turned to the corner to hold a stack of thick wooden sticks, "There are many storms in summer, this is used by Uncle Niu to build a shelf, you quickly cover me and find a boss."

"Smelly..." The old man stared.

Fu Xiaoyou interrupted him: "Small or not? No, when the little boss comes back, I will speak ill of you in front of her, even the big boss has to listen to the little boss."

"you are vicious."

"Smash it quickly."

Under the cover of the old man, Fu Xiaoyou found the big and small masters who followed Shan Xiaosan's brothers, "Hurry up and enter the tunnel!"

"There is still an injured person upstairs, I have to help him into the tunnel." Ma Qifeng refused to enter the tunnel.

Fu Xiaoyou was so anxious that he wanted to jump off the building: "Dadong's family, Xiaoshan and Xiaosan are talented, they will help Uncle Yu to the underground passage, you and Yue'er go in quickly."

"Yes, Dad, let's go in quickly and let Brother Xiaoshan free up his hands to save people." Xiao Yue'er also persuaded.

These people don't know who 'Yu Duo' is, but Ma Qifeng knows, how dare he leave him and enter the tunnel by himself, "I... let's go together."

"Boss, you..." Fu Xiaoyou stomped anxiously.

The old man couldn't help saying: "Master Ma, you have no strength to restrain the chicken, you should hide quickly and let them free up their hands to save people."

"No, let's go together." After Ma Qifeng finished speaking, regardless of the crowd, he quickly turned around the aisle and headed for the guest room where the general was staying.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and follow." The old man reminded.

"Oh!"

Downstairs, Niu Dabao had settled his wife and niece. He ran upstairs in a cat's body, and was stabbed in the arm by the man in black. If he was not familiar with buildings, he rolled into a certain room and quickly closed the door , Sliding down the bamboo tube from the bathroom window, I'm afraid I've lost my life.

The man in black chased after him into the room, "Where is the man, I saw him come in just now, why did he disappear after a while?"

"You bitch, you're planning to let him lead the way, where are you?"

"Yeah, what kind of broken yard is this? It's connected everywhere, and there are paths everywhere. It's like a maze, but there's no one surnamed Xia."

"Hurry up and find someone, don't mess around here."

"Yes, boss!"

In the guest room, everyone had already arrived at Xia Zetao's room. He was already struggling and was about to find a place to hide. When he saw everyone coming, he saw the young master of the emperor at a glance in the crowd, and his legs trembled unconsciously.

"Brother Yu—" Ma Qifeng saw that his legs were weak, and hurried over to help him, "Follow me downstairs."

Xia Zetao supported Ma Qifeng's hand, and looked at Feng Jiangyi with a good look. He didn't know why he was here, and what purpose he came here for: "You..."

Feng Jiangyi seemed to be unfamiliar, "You are—"

"Yu Duo, our family's benefactor." Ma Qifeng grabbed the words.

"Oh, so that's the case." Feng Jiangyi said with a smile: "My surname is Jiang, and my name is Yi."

"you……"

"A fortune teller, thanks to Master Ma's persistence, he is going to teach elementary school here."

Xia Zetao couldn't understand this person anymore, why did he come to Ma's house, and why did he want to be a Mengxue teacher? Did something happen in the past ten years that he didn't know about?
"Brother Yu, stop asking, let's go downstairs quickly."

Before they could go downstairs, the door of the room was pushed open with a bang, and the men in black rushed over.

Feng Jiangyi reached out and took the nearby stool to block it, and shouted, "Leave quickly, leave quickly."

The Shan brothers and sisters threw a knife at the old man, "Catch it!"

If it weren't for Old Man Feng, the people in the room might not be able to escape tonight.But old man Feng only had one person after all, so it was really difficult to run away by himself and take care of so many people. He taught the Shen brothers how to fight while beating, and he barely blocked the man in black.

Mr. Tian was very anxious. He had just arrived at the entrance of Xiaowang Village. When he looked over, the door of Ma's courtyard was wide open. Someone came in and out. He waved his horsewhip, "Hurry up, hurry up and save people."

"Yes, sir."

The horses were galloping, and in the night, it was as if a slight earthquake had occurred, and the villagers were awakened.

"Quick, quick..."

In the Ma family compound, Hei Yi saw a horse approaching not far away, and hurriedly shouted, "Don't worry about the others, just catch the one named Xia, the injured one."

"Yes, boss..."

"If you want to live, catch the one who lives."

"Yes, boss..."

Hearing this, Feng Jiangyi quickly waved his knife to avoid Xia Zetao, and with his hand, killed two men in black, the neatness and cleanness of the method was astonishing.

But everyone didn't have time to marvel, they even struggled to escape, they all fled to the corner, and were blocked by men in black, with three knives at the front, and the man in the night slowly approached, "Who are you old man?" , you dare to help someone surnamed Xia, do you know who he is?"

"Who he is has nothing to do with me."

"Then why are you protecting him?"

"When the road is uneven, draw your sword to help."

"Looking for death." The man in black swung his sword forward, but the sword was not as fast as the sword. He was stabbed in the throat by Feng Jiangyi, and immediately fell to the ground, scaring the man in the night to stop and dare not move.

Small corners form a confrontation.

"Why did you save me?" Taking advantage of the confrontation between the two sides, Xia Zetao asked softly.

Feng Jiangyi glanced at the man in black like an eagle with his eyes, and replied his words, "There is no reason, just when we meet."

"I do not believe."

"I'm telling the truth."

Xia Zetao was silenced by his words.

Hearing their conversation, the man in black aimed at the right moment and shouted, "Go!" A group of people swarmed up.

"Help me..."

"Help……"

The person who was forced into the corner shouted instinctively.

"Master Ma, I'm coming down now." Mr. Tian's voice came from downstairs.

The group of men in black who attacked heard the reinforcements, and their swords became more and more ruthless.

"Brother—" Seeing that the sword was about to stab Shan Xiaoshan's throat, at this critical moment, Mr. Tian's men arrived and knocked down the sword in the hand of the man in black.

"Boom..."

Ma Min'er felt as if she had collapsed, she couldn't run anymore, she stopped to take a breath, gasped, and looked towards the east, and she could faintly see the morning star, as if the sky was about to dawn, she looked behind again, far away There is nothing but an empty field, and it should be far away from the town.

But... I run with my feet, those people have horses, thinking of this, Ma Min'er moved her legs again, and ran forward vigorously, but she couldn't run anymore. Liu Zaili was taken back, what to do, what to do?
Ma Min'er looks for a place to hide.

After midnight, Xia Zhen and the others set off, and arrived at a small town not long after. In the night, the town stood quietly without even a dog barking.

"Hurry up and check."

"Yes, little general, I'll check it out right away."

Xia Zhen jumped off the horse, pulled the rope and walked in the small town. Under the quiet moonlight, there was nothing but the sound of horseshoes on Qingshiban Street.

"Why isn't there even a watchman?" Xiaowen wondered.

Zhuang Hao replied: "Some watchmen in small towns are lazy. Except for midnight and five watch days, they hide aside and sleep at other times."

"That's true." Xiaowen continued, "Then there must be a dog barking. Don't people here even have a dog?"

Zhuang Hao chuckled, "Don't worry, the inquirer will be back soon."

"Oh."

Sure enough, after a while, the inquiring person came back, his voice was a little excited, "Go back to the general, there are traces of fighting in an inn, and there is no one in it.

"lead the way."

"Yes, little general."

Not long after, Xia Zhen and the others arrived at the small inn. Except for the broken tables and chairs, the ground had been cleaned up, and only some sporadic bloodstains could be seen.

"Little general, I have searched everywhere, but there is no trace of them."

"Which room does Min'er live in?"

"Someone checked it just now. The front door of one room was bolted inside, and the back window was open. Our people went in and looked, and it looked like a room where a young lady lived."

"lead the way."

"Yes, little general."

The guard inside took the door latch. Xia Zhen entered the room from the front door. The mosquito net was half open. There was no movement.

Zhuang Hao had to remind, "Little General, it seems that he hasn't been gone for long, let's catch up."

"Yeah." Xia Zhen put away her sadness and loss, straightened up, turned around and was about to leave, and found a thin bracelet on the table of the Little Eight Immortals, which belonged to Min'er. He picked it up happily, and there was a bracelet hanging from the red rope Little golden dog.

"This is a birthday present from his father." Xia Zhen's eyes were full of smiles.

Zhuang Hao smiled slightly and reminded again: "Young General, you haven't traveled far yet."

"Let's go!" Xia Zhen stuffed the bracelet into her arms, turned around and strode outside, and rode away on a horse after a while.

The sky was already bright and the sun was up, but Liu Zaili still couldn't find Ma Min'er, "How could it be possible, she doesn't have a horse, and she's a little lady, she will go there, how could she not be found?"

"Your Majesty, we have searched the entire area for nearly fifty miles around the town, but we still haven't found anyone."

Liu Zaili stared into the distance, "Impossible, impossible, she is just a little lady, no one can escape my search."

"Jun Wang, the little lady was not found, but Xia Zhen is behind and will be there soon."

Hearing that Xia Zhen found him, Liu Zaili was not surprised at all, "If he can't find me again, I doubt how he can lead an army of 20."

"Your Majesty, now..."

Liu Zaili's face was determined: "I don't believe it anymore, someone actually disappeared under my nose."

"Your Majesty, the situation in Beijing is not good."

Liu Zaili looked at the staff who spoke, "How many times have I told you that there is no need to worry about the affairs of the capital."

"Can……"

Liu Zaili's cold eyes swept over, making Mu bow his head, "Yes, yes, the king of the county..."

The dark guard ran towards Xia Zhen excitedly, "Little General, I found King Yancheng not far away." It felt like their little general had disappeared like a gust of wind before he finished speaking.

Standing on the edge of a high mound, Liu Zaili smiled when he saw Xia Zhen under the mound, "Don't come here, little general Xia!"

"Where's Min'er?" Xia Zhen didn't chat with him at all, and really answered.

"I'm looking for it too." Liu Zaili smiled.

Xia Zhen jumped off the horse in a hurry, jumped onto the mound in two or three steps, and asked sharply, "What do you mean?"

"That's what I mean!"

Xia Zhen swung his fist and went up, Liu Zaili turned sideways, "What are you anxious about me, look for someone, whoever finds it first, she will be hers."

"Bah, don't think about it."

(End of this chapter)