win the hairpin

Lei Tong was lying in a pile of hay, trying to open his eyes in a straight line, but his eyelids seemed to be stuck, and he couldn't open them anyway. He was in a daze, and he made a sleepy voice: "Boss... "

He thought that Xi Zhang didn't seem to be by his side, and wanted to reach out to touch it, but just moved a finger, and fell into the darkness beyond his strength.

When he opened his eyes again, a bowl of oil lamp was lit in the room. The oil seemed to be bad and gave off a pungent smell. He slowly rolled his eyes and looked around.

This is a plank house in a thatched hut, with two-layer wooden walls and loess compacted in the middle.

Lei Tong could smell the smell of cow dung. He was alone in the house, but outside the house there were people overlapping, and there were chattering voices, with a few words of Chinese mixed in Liao.

He has been in Dingzhou for many years, and he can understand a few simple sentences, which seem to be saying that someone is seriously ill and it is difficult to handle.

Lei Tong didn't see Xi Zhang, thinking that it must be healing him, he was relieved, just listening to the Liao language outside, wondering how the Liao people would save him.

He remembered that last night—maybe not only yesterday, he jumped down from the very narrow stone crevice, and jumped into the swift undercurrent with Xi Zhang on his back. In front of him was Yu Tongye, who he saw Yu Tongye's head was ups and downs in the water, his hands were flailing vigorously, trying to get himself into the water, and then he bumped his head against a rock, unable to move his arms and legs anymore, and just went down the river all the way.

And he still held Xi Zhang tightly with both hands, letting the river rush them wherever, but he vaguely felt that the river was not as rushing as it seemed, and it was almost calm when it reached the back.

After that, he lost consciousness.

The voices outside the house left quickly, and only one person was left at the door. When he pushed the door open, he was surprised to see Lei Tong's eyes open: "Woke up so soon?"

When Lei Tong saw Li Jun, he was also shocked: "Why do you..."

"You...reinforcements," his eyes brightened a little bit, and then darkened again, "It's too late, what happened to Mozhou? Where's the head? Where is Xi Tongzhi? Can he keep his legs?"

Li Jun touched his forehead: "No more burning, Mozhou has captured, but the Liao soldiers are besieging the city, and the army is pinned down."

Lei Tong always felt that he couldn't understand the meaning of his words: "You are a small group breaking through? Who leads? Is it You Song?"

He then asked another question: "Where is Xi Jinping?"

Li Jun only answered one question: "Xi Tong is dead."

Xi Zhang died of hunger, pain, turbulence, Chen Qiuping, Zhang Xutang, and Jinshang, but he did not die at the hands of the Liao people.

"Oh," Lei Tong looked at the roof blankly, all joy was lost, "It was almost..."

As long as it is earlier, and sooner, Xi Zhang will be able to survive.

Li Jun changed his subject: "Your problem is not serious, mainly due to bruises and a broken left hand. Yu Tongye is more troublesome than you. I don't know what's wrong with his stomach. I heard from the witch doctor here. Give him cow dung soup and rub his belly, saying he needs to reorganize his intestines."

"Oh, Yu Tongye, he..." Knowing that Yu Tongye was still alive, Lei Tong felt better, "His stomach has been hurting for a long time, what about the others? Where is Yin Xiao?"...

"It's gone, there are only two of you left." Li Jun spoke quickly, obviously wanting to take these words quickly, "Yin Xiao hasn't found it yet, we are looking for it."

He didn't ask where Yin Xiao was. Recalling the previous events, Lei Tong also felt that Yin Xiao was in danger, but there was another possibility: "If the Liao soldiers captured him, they probably wouldn't kill him."

"He will not be captured." Li Jun said firmly.

Lei Tong was stunned for a moment, not understanding how Yin Xiao would break through under the circumstances at that time—alone, alone.

Just when he was in a daze, there was another disorderly footsteps outside the house, this time speaking more Chinese, and he clearly heard someone calling "The eldest lady is back".

"You rest." Li Jun immediately got up, turned and walked out.

Lei Tong had countless doubts in his heart, and also suspected that Li Jun was collaborating with the enemy—with Peng Hu defecting to the enemy, he could not help but feel vigilant.

He wriggled out of bed, and landed on the ground barefoot. As soon as he landed, he felt his eyes go dark, and the sky was spinning. He barely stood still, and then slowly moved out, stood at the door, and opened a gap to look out.

Outside the door is a yard, with houses on the left and right sides, and bowl lights are lit. The situation in the yard is completely different from what Lei Tong expected. There are no soldiers on watch, and there are no long guns. Instead, there are several Taiping vehicles parked. At first glance, the stacked fodder seemed to be fodder, but a little golden light leaked out from the gaps, obviously there was property in it.

The door was half open, a group of people approached from a distance, and the rest were greeted at the door.

The person who came was Song Huiyue.

Song Huiyue was wearing a black cloak, her head and face were covered with a scarf, only her eyes and nostrils were exposed, and the boots on her feet were worn out, revealing the cloth head inside.

She walked quickly, like a marching army, followed by He Jianghuai, Tian Jiguang, and four other boys with excellent water skills.

The six people were also dressed in the same way, all dressed in pitch black, inside the cloak was the knee-length gown with narrow sleeves worn by a fan, with a tall hat on their heads, and small braids hanging down the sides.

Ever since she learned that Yin Xiao was trapped in Waqiaoguan, Song Huiyue has not been idle.

The war was stalemate, and the people trapped in Waqiaoguan saw that they had run out of food. She made a decisive decision, broke into Hu's house, brought out Hu Jinyu, and started to take the business road from Hu's house to Liao Kingdom.

Under the siege of the army, it is impossible to reach Waqiao by normal roads. Only the commercial road, because of the perennial management and the welcome of the Liao Kingdom, can reach Waqiao Pass in a tortuous way.

For the sake of his own life, Hu Jinyu had to bow his head and went all the way to Waqiao Pass, but he didn't see the army. After looking at the sheepskin map, Song Huiyue decided to go west.

It wasn't until the day before yesterday that they found Lei Tong and Yu Tongye on the shallows that they were able to determine where Yin Xiao was.

But there is a big stone wall in the middle. This natural barrier divides the grassland into two parts.

Li Jun strode up to meet him, and the door opened. Song Huiyue walked in all the way, sat down in the yard, untied his kerchief, and the braids all over his head fell down.

The standing people rushed in, stood beside Song Huiyue, and saluted Song Huiyue with crossed hands in unison: "Big lady."

Song Huiyue shook the dust off her turban, and waved to the boys, telling them to go about their own business.

There are no female relatives in this line, so Li Jun did the work of a big maid, brought a large basin of cold water, twisted a towel and handed it to Song Huiyue: "Can you go up?"

Song Huiyue took off the cloak, Tian Jiguang took it quickly, she took the veil and wiped her face and hands, shook her head and said: "The water in the cave is too fast, I can't go up at all, I have to make a detour."

After washing away the sand and dust, her face was revealed in the dim oil lamp—the place covered by the scarf was very white, and the exposed eyes and nose had been exposed to the sun and had begun to shed their skin.