Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

At dusk, the setting sun dyes the mountains, forests and streams golden yellow.The bone-chilling chill seeped into Shen Zhenzhu's limbs and bones.Leaning against a tree, she couldn't help shrunk her body and stroked her cheek. Even her hands were numb from the cold, and she felt nothing when touching the face.This place is very hidden, not easy to be found by others, but the traces of horses, horses and people on the road can be clearly seen. She was waiting, waiting for Xue Hong to show up. She was rescued by Zhang Hanruo and Xue Hongxian that day, and she thought it would be extremely dangerous to be chased by An Qingxu, but fortunately An Qingxu did not lead his troops to chase her out of the city for some reason.Zhang Hanruo and his party traveled westward for more than a hundred miles and stopped to set up camp to rest.In the evening, the effect of the drug Shen Zhenzhu took gradually dissipated, and she woke up from the chaos, as if she had had a bizarre dream.Zhang Hanruo was extremely remorseful and ashamed, and pleaded guilty to her with tears in his eyes. After she learned the cause and effect, she felt pity for Zhang Hanruo and urged Zhang Hanruo to lead his troops to defect to the Tang army.Zhang Hanruo said: "My Zhang family used to oppose the Tang Dynasty, and today I oppose the Yan Dynasty. Now I go to the Tang Dynasty again. I am capricious. I would rather fall into a bandit than do such a thing now!" Zhang Hanruo's decision has always been With no regrets, Shen Zhenzhu couldn't persuade her any more.

If Zhang Han knew what Shen Zhenzhu was thinking, he would have sent several soldiers to escort Shen Zhenzhu to Lingwu to meet Li Chu.It just so happened that Xue Hong wanted to go back to the mountain immediately to meet her master. The way she went back to the mountain was exactly the same as Shen Zhenzhu's trip to Lingwu, and she promised to protect Shen Zhenzhu to Lingwu before returning to the mountain.If Xue Hongxian's martial arts Zhang Han is one hundred, don't worry, and the road is in turmoil, and it would be inconvenient if there are too many escorts. After discussing with Shen Zhenzhu, he managed to buy a small carriage, changed into men's clothes, and Xue Hongxian drove Send Shen Zhenzhu to Lingwu.

Three days later, at a certain section of the road, the two were thirsty and the stream was gurgling under the forest. Xue Hongxian went to fetch water, while Shen Zhenzhu stayed in the carriage and waited. Xue Hongxian had only left for a quarter of an hour, and there was a tsunami-like shout of killing from behind, mixed with the sounds of horseshoes, screams, blares, and fighting.Shen Zhenzhu vigilantly lifted the curtain of the car when she heard the whistling sound of being torn apart in the air, and suddenly a powerful arrow pierced through the air and flew over the top of the carriage, piercing straight into the tree trunk beside the road.

Shen Zhenzhu looked back and saw hundreds of soldiers holding broken banners, fighting and retreating, fleeing in a panic, not knowing where the fleeing army was, and where the pursuers were, the two sides fought in a melee, getting closer and closer to him, From time to time, arrows shoot from left to right.Shen Zhenzhu panicked and yelled several times in the direction of Xue Hongxian to fetch water, but her voice was completely lost in the sound of fighting.After thinking for a while, she made a decisive decision and decided to get out of the car and hide behind the woods. Fang wanted to jump off the carriage, when he heard the whistle of arrows in the air, the two arrows crossed and flew across the top of his head, collided in the air, and fell on the horse in a flash.The horse was startled suddenly, jumped up wildly, spread its four hooves and ran forward.Shen Zhenzhu grabbed the reins and put all her strength in the driver's seat, not letting herself be thrown off the horse.The horse galloped wildly for a long time, and started to slow down, but the rebels didn't catch up. Shen Zhenzhu felt relieved, relaxed the reins, and rolled off the carriage with a "boom". Fortunately, he was not injured, and the horse was not Waiting for her, he raised his hoof and ran forward slowly.

Shen Zhenzhu didn't dare to go back to the original place and wait for Xue Hong to appear, after thinking about it for a while, she felt that if Xue Hong found that she was missing, she should have found her along the way, why not just hide here and wait for her arrival. A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour... It should be an hour, two hours, three hours, and Xue Hong has not appeared yet. Night finally enveloped the sky and the earth, and the carriages and horses on the road gradually became scarce.Shen Zhenzhu walked out from behind the woods, it was dry and cold in October, it was so clear and pure, if she didn't come out for a walk, she was afraid that she would freeze to death.The dry food stored in the carriage was gone now, and Xue Hong was nowhere to be found. She couldn't help asking herself over and over again: What should I do?It turns out that in the troubled times, it is so difficult for a woman without the strength to restrain a chicken.Recalling that she was kidnapped by Xiliang people back then, she was not as helpless as she is now—yes, back then she knew that Li Chu would do everything possible to rescue her; but now, does he know that she is still alive?Even if he knew, what could he do?Her son, the bone of her bones, the blood of her blood, has not been seen for four months, has he gained weight?Have you grown taller?Has it changed?

In any case, she wants to live, she doesn't want to die.At least, let her see them again, touch their faces, and smell the familiar smell... There are no houses with lights in this area for dozens of miles, but the bright moon is in the sky, and it is cold and lonely.Walking alone in the long night may even be more convenient and safer than walking in the daytime.People are originally passers-by who walk alone between heaven and earth, only the lucky ones can find the place where they feel in love with each other. Walking alone on this desolate and gloomy road, why not be frightened and timid!The wind blows the leaves rustling, there are squirrels jumping up and down on the tall trees, and there are more unknown creatures making strange sounds in the night, as if they are like shadows and ghosts.

The more Shen Zhenzhu walked, the more flustered she became, and she fell down several times in a hurry, which made her dizzy, and she couldn't tell where the world was. In fact, after walking a mile or two, she was exhausted and leaned against a big tree, gasping for air. , the chest wound was aching again, hurriedly took out the medicine bottle from his arms, and swallowed one, only to feel better, tired and tired, leaning against the tree trunk and slowly fell asleep... "Hehe, it turned out to be a little girl!" In her sleep, she suddenly felt a chill on her head, and she woke up instantly. She opened her eyes and saw a pair of small bean chicken eyes, which were almost close to her face, and the black gauze on her head fell on her. hands.She was startled suddenly, she pushed the person in front of her away, and immediately stood up: "What are you doing?"

In the panic, I realized that the sky was clear when I woke up, and there were three soldiers in front of me—no armor on their bodies, their inner clothes were torn and stained with blood, one was as skinny as a bean chicken with small eyes, one was stout and strong, and the other was wearing red wine lees. nose.That "small-eyed bean chicken" looked her up and down, and praised her maliciously: "This little lady is really beautiful." The other two also giggled lewdly, and approached Shen Zhenzhu at the same time. Shen Zhenzhu knew something was wrong, she shrank back, her back shuddered, leaned against the tree trunk, there was no way to retreat, she saw the word "Tang" written on the bow and arrow worn by "Jiuzaibi", blurted out: " You are Tang Jun!"

"Jijizuzi" seemed to be taken aback for a moment: "The little girl still has some knowledge." Shen Zhenzhu not only wanted to know why Tang Jun was here, but also wanted to delay time, so she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty was originally in Lingwu, why did you appear here?" "Douji Xiaoyan" breathed out a bad breath, which smelt Shen Zhenzhu's face. Shen Zhenzhu held her breath and listened to him: "Fang Guan is as stupid as a cow. Defeated and retreated. But... I have a lot of good fortune..." Lustful fans looked at Shen Zhenzhu, salivating.

It turned out that Suzong wanted to recover Xijing as soon as possible. His successor Tong Zhongshumenxia Pingzhang Shi Fangguan had always been very happy and boastful. Together with Concubine Zhang and Li Fuguo, Suzong persuaded Suzong to lead the 50,000 soldiers Li Chu had just recruited to attack Xijing. Second, concubine Zhang was selfish in establishing meritorious deeds, but Su Zong agreed without careful consideration.But Fangguan was good at talking about war on paper, but when he came to the battlefield in person, he actually imitated the ancient books and put oxen into battle to meet the enemy. Humans and animals were mixed together, and more than 40,000 people were killed or injured. Only a few thousand people fled in all directions and were chased by the rebels.

The ambush Shen Zhenzhu saw yesterday was one of the rebel troops chasing the fleeing Tang army.These three soldiers were originally among them, but they had a lot of thoughtfulness. They hid in the dark during the scuffle between the two sides. After the rebels wiped out the fleeing Tang army in one fell swoop, they sneaked out to escape.Although most of the soldiers Li Chu recruited had the intention of serving the country and killing the enemy, but the recruitment was hasty, so good and bad inevitably mixed up. Who would have expected Shen Zhenzhu to meet these three extremely unbearable soldiers. This kind of soldiers who have been defeated from the battlefield will naturally not return to the army, they are already fearless, Shen Zhenzhu knows that even if she reveals her identity, it will not help but will only increase trouble. "Douji Xiaoyan" rushed forward, hugged Shen Zhenzhu into his arms and began to pull her skirt, while saying to the two behind him: "Brother, I will come first, how about it?" Hehehe and "Jijiubi" sat down on the spot beside him, and said: "Okay, it's up to you, anyway, the three of us have enough to enjoy today." With this tone, Shen Zhenzhu was already regarded as a lamb to be slaughtered. Shen Zhenzhu's eyes widened in amazement, and she tried her best to break free. Although "Little Bean Chicken" was thin, her arms were like iron tongs, tightly holding her hand, and her stinky mouth kissed Shen Zhenzhu's neck.In desperation, Shen Zhenzhu opened her mouth and bit down on his shoulder fiercely, screaming "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" A gold hairpin in my collection.That "Small Eye of Douji" became angry from embarrassment, raised his hand and slapped Shen Zhenzhu hard across the face, causing stars to appear in Shen Zhenzhu's eyes, and jumped on him again. The two soldiers next to him just smiled and didn't come up to help.Suddenly he heard "Small Eye Douji" scream "Oh", he was surprised, turned around and saw "Small Eye Douji" fell to the ground slowly, the captive beautiful woman seemed to tremble all over, and then ran away.The two jumped up to look - "Small Eye of Douji" was stabbed in the heart by a gold hairpin, obviously he couldn't live. Shen Zhenzhu was in a panic, she killed someone!Although this person deserves to die, it was her first time to kill someone - she ruthlessly inserted the golden hairpin into his heart, and she seemed to hear the sound of his blood stopping abruptly.Her hands were not stained with blood, but she kept wiping her hands on the robe as she ran, as if her hands were covered with blood. She couldn't run very far, she stumbled and fell to the ground. "Can you run away?" The two soldiers behind her laughed. Could it be that today is really doomed?She closed her eyes in pain, her fingers dug deep into the ground, and her nails broke, but she clearly felt no pain.Li Chu, where are you, why didn't you come to save me? "Distiller's Nose" ripped off Shen Zhenzhu's gown from the back with a bang, and her crystal-like jade back was instantly exposed. The fat and sturdy soldier seemed to have a light shining in front of his eyes. He shook his head and stared again, and murmured: "There are such beauties in the world!" Shen Zhenzhu wished to die immediately, she didn't know when strength came back to her body, she tried her best to get up again, stumbled and rushed forward. "Distiller's Nose" grinned grimly, threw her to the ground, and began to tear the front of her clothes with his big hairy hands.Shen Zhenzhu screamed loudly, full of anger and humiliation, desperately resisting.During the pulling, "Jijiu Nose" slapped Shen Zhenzhu's face with a loud slap, Shen Zhenzhu's brain was buzzing, her chest was cramped, she had difficulty breathing, her whole body was weak, and she couldn't lift any more strength, so she had to Let the "alcoholic nose" do whatever it wants. "Jijiu Nose" frantically tore Shen Zhenzhu's clothes, yelling: "Damn it, I've been holding it back for months, you won't let me..." While shouting, I heard a horse neighing and neighing in front of me, and one of them waved Whip came galloping in a carriage, he hurriedly hugged Shen Zhenzhu and rolled to the side of the road on the spot, avoiding the wheels of the carriage. The carriage came fiercely, whizzing past "Jijiu Nose".Jiuzai breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to take another action against Shen Zhenzhu, when the horse rider suddenly pulled the reins and slowed down with a "woo--", turned around the front of the carriage, stopped abruptly at a distance of ten feet, and shouted: "You are here do what!" "Distiller's Nose" looked up, and the horse rider was a young man, tall and tall, with a tall and straight posture, wearing a brocade crown on his head and white jade around his waist, he was undoubtedly a noble son.Impatiently, he jumped up from the ground, wiped his face with his hand, and shouted at the noble young master: "Young master, don't worry about my affairs!" The young man caught a glimpse of Shen Zhenzhu, who was disheveled beside him, and his face was immediately covered with a layer of frost. A woman's gentle inquiry came from inside the carriage: "Chengcai, what's the matter?" The young man smiled slightly, turned his head and said to the inside: "It's a small matter, you don't have to come out, I'll take care of it." After finishing speaking, he said to the two soldiers in front of him in a stern voice: "I don't care about the other things, you bully the weak girl. I'm in charge today!" The fat and sturdy man gave a wink, deceiving that the noble young man had no weapons, and "Jijiubi" quickly pulled out his sabers, one left and one right, and slashed at him. The young man laughed and said: "You are looking for your own death, but don't blame my ruthless subordinates." While speaking, the rein in his right hand flicked, and the soft rope was flexible and tough like a poisonous snake at this moment, and it wrapped around the neck of "Distiller's Nose", and the rein When the sky raised, Shengsheng lifted the body of "Jijiubi" and threw it away. With a loud "bang", "Jijiubi" was thrown far away by more than ten feet, hit a big tree trunk, and immediately vomited blood and died. The fat and strong man took a step forward at night, watching "Jijiu Nose" die on the spot, knowing that he met a master, he was so frightened that "Dang Dang" threw a knife and knelt down, kowtowing like garlic: "Young master, spare your life!" The young man held the reins and shook hands, with a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, he squinted at the shameless person, but asked softly inside the car: "Lady, do you want to forgive me, or not? I'll listen to you." The fat and sturdy man thought that the woman in the car spoke softly at first, she must be a kind and timid little lady, he couldn't help but had great hope in his heart, thinking that this woman would definitely not have the heart to kill someone, and he might be able to escape with his life.He kowtowed again and again to the carriage: "Madam, please spare me, Madam, please forgive me!" The woman in the car didn't answer for a while, and became silent for a moment.The fat and sturdy one seemed to have been waiting for several hours. Suddenly, the voice of the woman in the car changed from gentle and soft to stern and serious: "How can women in the world be so easy to bully, Cheng Cai, if there is one more person like this in the world, we women will suffer more, this kind of pig and dog are not as good as it!" I am glad I have never seen its disgusting face, and I don’t want to see it again in the future!” "it is good!" The fat and strong man hadn't woken up the meaning of the words, when he heard the young master shouted, his neck tightened, and he was caught in the same way, before he had time to snort, he died under the reins immediately. Shen Zhenzhu came out of a desperate situation, her whole body was still numb and weak, not to mention standing up, she didn't even have the strength to raise her head to thank the young man, she fell on the ground, and the pain in her chest gradually spread. The young man looked at Shen Zhenzhu, seeing that her clothes were very disheveled, he hurriedly turned his head away, and rushed into the car and said: "Lady, come and see how this girl is doing?" The woman in the car agreed, came out with the curtain, raised her skirt, and walked quickly to Shen Zhenzhu's side.Shen Zhenzhu lowered her head and saw the gorgeous dress, she looked more and more embarrassed, she hurriedly lowered her head even more, but she heard the woman exclaimed in surprise: "Miss Shen?!" Shen Zhenzhu was startled, at this time Fang felt that the woman's voice seemed familiar, and there was a slightly strange accent in her accent, so she couldn't help but look up. "Zemiy!" The woman in the car was actually Zhemiyi, a Huihe girl who had been with her for more than a month!