Chapter 79

The town is a small town, with a peaceful scene, only the voices of small vendors yelling, and the whispering voices of children running around.Xu Xiaofu looked around, but he didn't see any officials, so he breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the inside of the town.

During this period of time, they ate barbecue and wild fruits, and everyone felt a little uncomfortable after eating them. Xu Xiaofu bought some white flour pancakes and fresh meat buns. She ate two buns first, and then ordered a bowl of tea at a tea stall. Drank it down.The proprietress of the tea stand said: "Hey, big sister, drink slowly, don't choke, is it enough? Do you want to add another bowl for you?"

Xu Xiaofu threw down a penny and said with a smile: "Thank you, big sister, no need."

Xu Xiaofu put down the money, and was about to go back when he saw a group of officials walking towards this side, holding a few blank sheets of paper in their hands, which vaguely looked like portraits were drawn on the blank sheets.

Xu Xiaofu was startled, pretended to be nonchalant and continued to sit on the tea stand and continued to drink tea. The official had to stop anyone before he walked up to them, and carefully inspected them against the portrait on the white paper. Xiaofu knew that he couldn't hide, and he couldn't run away immediately, so he ordered another bowl of tea and drank it.

Soon an official came to Xu Xiaofu, grabbed Xu Xiaofu, and compared it with her portrait on the paper, Xu Xiaofu pretended to be frightened and said: "Masters, what are you doing?" She quickly I took a look at the portrait, it was her portrait, but it was painted, it was a little different after all, and it was very different from her current appearance.

The officials ignored Xu Xiaofu, and untied the burden behind Xu Xiaofu, saw the white flour pancakes and steamed buns inside, one of the officials pushed Xu Xiaofu, Xu Xiaofu staggered back two steps and fell to the ground, Xu Xiaofu He said in horror: "Master Guan, what are you doing, don't scare women."

The officer pointed to the white flour pancakes and said, "Why do you buy these things? You don't look like a rich man, yet you can afford white flour food? There are still a few taels of silver in the bag!"

Xu Xiaofu collapsed on the ground, clenched his fists, raised his head and said in panic: "Masters, the woman did nothing wrong, please don't arrest the woman, the woman doesn't know what you are talking about..."

The man kicked Xu Xiaofu, and said angrily: "I asked you how you can eat white flour steamed buns, and where does the other family live? Is it from nearby!"

Xu Xiaofu gritted his teeth, and quietly touched the dagger tied to his calf with his fingers. Just as he was about to fight for his life, the proprietress of the tea stand suddenly said, "Bosses, please sit down and drink some tea, it's so hot. You guys are still busy with your official duties, it's really hard... Come on, drink tea quickly, and the officials and big brothers don't embarrass this woman, she is here to seek refuge with relatives, she said she is here to rely on her elder brother Yes, her elder brother is from the same village as me, both from Sizao Village. Her elder brother’s name is Chen Daniu, and this woman’s name is Chen Erya. Her husband died, and her mother-in-law didn’t want to see her, so she took her own dowry She came back to join her elder brother, but this woman is really pitiful. Her elder brother died a few years ago, and her sister-in-law remarried with her children. I don’t know where she remarried. The white flour pancakes I bought here are said to bring Food for my eldest brother... I just happened to meet me and chatted with me for a few words, and then I knew the identity of this woman, but this woman didn't know that something happened to my eldest brother, so I dared not tell her... ..."

As he said that, he glanced at Xu Xiaofu again, saw Xu Xiaofu's blank face, sighed, and continued: "Look, you're scared, hey, big sister, don't be sad, life is going to pass going down..."

The officer knew the proprietress of the tea stall. Hearing what she said, he took another look at Xu Xiaofu. Seeing that she was not the same as the portrait above, he waved his hand, "Go..."

Seeing them leaving, Xu Xiaofu breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and said thank you to the proprietress of the tea stand, turned around and got up and squatted down to pick up all the pancakes, steamed buns and buns on the ground, wipe them clean and put them in the bag.

The proprietress of the tea stand added another bowl of tea to Xu Xiaofu, sighed and said, "Recently, it's not a big deal, the officials are arresting people everywhere, if they see suspicious people, they will be arrested directly, hey, it's all These are people with a hard life. Don’t worry, sister, the Chen Daniu I mentioned just now is indeed from our village. He has been dead for several years, and there is no one at home. "

Xu Xiaofu got up and thanked him again, and finally grabbed his bag and bought a few water bags, then hurriedly ran towards the foot of the mountain where Xiaohui was waiting.When she got there, Xiao Hui was still lying on the spot waiting for her.Seeing Xu Xiaofu, Xiao Hui stood up and rubbed Xu Xiaofu's hand.

Xu Xiaofu was afraid that he would be followed, so he hurriedly asked Xiaohui to take her back to the mountain, but he was also afraid that someone would follow him, so he still scribbled in the mountain for a while, seeing that there was no danger, he went back.Everyone was still by the stream, Shan Cha and Du Juan caught a few fish and roasted them over the fire.

Everyone waited for more than two hours, there was nothing to eat, the camellia cuckoo grilled the fish, Xu Xiaofu unloaded the burden, took out the water bag and pancakes, steamed buns, and distributed these things, Xu Xiaofu said: "Grandmother, the officers and soldiers outside were chasing us everywhere. They ran into us just now. It was almost a bad thing. Fortunately, a big sister from the tea stall helped me out."

Old Madam Xie took a sip of the brook water that Bai's filled with a water bag, took another bite of the white flour steamed bun, and frowned, "Is the place you're going to big, a town or a village?"

Xu Xiaofu said: "It's a very small town."

The old lady Xie said: "I didn't expect the First Prince to give up yet, I'm afraid he won't let it go if he doesn't catch us."

Indeed, this is the eldest prince's only chance, and only if he controls Xie Duanyue can he have a chance of winning.The old lady Xie continued: "Hurry up and eat now, and continue on your way when you are full."

After eating and filling up the water bags, everyone continued on the road.

The mountain range they are walking on now traverses half of the Western Qin Kingdom, from the capital to Luxi.From Luxi to the frontier, there are hills and flat land. There are no big mountains. Official roads and towns should be avoided.In addition, there will definitely be officers and soldiers ambushing around the mountains, but there is no better way right now, I just hope that the news will reach Xie Duanyu as soon as possible.Let Duan Ranyu send troops to rescue them.

Walking on the mountain road for more than a month, the hard work of this month is self-evident, everyone is in a state of distress, the towering old trees in front of them have become sparse, and the sunlight occasionally shines between the trees.The old lady Xie looked around, and said: "It should be at the edge of the mountain range now, everyone be careful, lest there are officials intercepting it nearby."

After walking for another two days, the trees became thinner and thinner. Everyone was a little nervous. After all, they were going out of the mountains, and they didn't know if they would meet the First Prince.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Xie told her to have a good night's rest and continue on her way the next day.After eating at night, everyone was very tired and you fell asleep. In the morning, Xu Xiaofu felt Xiao Hui rubbing against her hand. She opened her eyes and took a look. walk around.Xu Xiaofu knew that Xiao Hui should have gone out to hunt for them.This journey was really thanks to Xiao Hui, otherwise the group of them must have starved to death.

Right now the genius has just turned pale, Xu Xiaofu looked around, everyone is still resting, she is also a little tired, she closes her eyes and continues to rest for a while, planning to get something to eat when Xiao Hui comes back On the road.

Thinking about it, Xu Xiaofu hugged Xie Lin in his arms and fell into a deep sleep. Not long after, he suddenly heard the sound of the child howling and crying. Xu Xiaofu opened his eyes suddenly, and saw Xie Nian lying on the bed not far away. Howling on the ground.

Xu Xiaofu was startled, looked around and did not see Tianxiang, her heart couldn't help but sink.At this moment everyone also woke up, seeing Xie Nian, the old lady Xie's complexion also changed, she turned her head and glanced at Xie Duanran, Xie Duanran was cold and expressionless, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Xie Nian lying on the grass howling and crying, her face full of grass clippings, Meng could not bear it, and after a while, she walked over and hugged Xie Nian in her arms and coaxed: "Nian'er, be good. Nian'er doesn't cry anymore."

The old lady Xie took a look at Xie Duanran, and scolded: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and chase after her. If she has other intentions to attract officers and soldiers, I can't spare you and let you stop doing serious things. Any woman dares to bring it home!"

Xu Xiaofu was also worried, afraid that Tianxiang would go to inform the officials. They should have woken up last time, but there are Xiaohuis on weekdays, and Tianxiang didn't make any movement. I didn't expect to leave today while Xiaohui was hunting. .Xu Xiaofu comforted: "Grandmother, don't worry, maybe Aunt Tianxiang just can't bear this kind of life and wants to leave everyone. Now I'm going to separate from Duan Ran to look for her. She shouldn't have gone far."

The old lady Xie nodded.

Xie Duan burned his face and didn't know what he was thinking, but when he turned around to look for someone, he looked back at Meng Shi who was gently coaxing Xie Nian.He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, and strode down the mountain.

In the morning, the dew was heavy, and the ground was a little wet. Xu Xiaofu followed the footprints on the ground and chased it for a while. When he was almost at the foot of the mountain, he heard panting from ahead.Xu Xiaofu quickened his pace to catch up, and he saw Tian Xiang running forward.

Xu Xiaofu shouted, "You still want to run!"

Hearing Xu Xiaofu's voice, Tian Xiang looked back as if he had seen a ghost, turned his head and ran forward quickly, but didn't want to step on a big rock under his feet, sprained his footsteps, and threw himself on the ground.Xu Xiaofu quickly chased after him, and picked up Tian Xiang who was on the ground, "Still running, Aunt Tian Xiang, what are you going to do? Tell the truth? Heh, I have never seen a mother as cruel as you, who even took your own The child was left there and ran away by himself."

Tian Xiang shook her head in horror, "Ma'am... Ma'am, you misunderstood, slave... I didn't want to inform you in the past, woohoo, I just can't stand this kind of life and want to leave." She is not a fool, knowing that the informant will What's the end, it's just that I can't stand this kind of life anymore and want to leave.

(End of this chapter)

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