son-in-law

Chapter 243 The Road to Home (1)

Chapter 243 The Way Home ([-])

When the light of the morning lightened slightly, Ning Yi walked out of the tent and sat down on the hillside, surrounded by noisy and quarreling sounds.

As far as the eye can see, the mountains and valleys are full of people fleeing refugees, all kinds of clothes, large and small burdens, horses, mules, and even cattle. Horse-drawn carriages can no longer travel on such mountain roads, so there is no carriage.

Some people fetched water by the stream at dawn, some drank cold water to eat some dry food, and some carried large and small bags, fearing that they would be left behind when they were on the road. At this time, they rushed forward in groups. Most of these people are old and weak, women and children, and they look pitiful in ragged clothes.

Ever since the city of Hangzhou was broken and they were fleeing, those scenes of panic and chaos have turned into a bit of a numbness. In three days, this largest fleeing team has gone through several turning points, and now no one knows where they should go. Where to go, even the leaders of the team at this time don't know.

Since the city broke down, the prefect Lu Tuizhi and others had already left by boat. Qian Xiwen and others, who originally stated that they would not leave by boat, probably got on the boat under the protection of their family members and fled out of the Qiantang River Estuary.The seaboat wharf in the south of Hangzhou City had already been hit once by Wang Yin and others. In the chaos of the city being destroyed, countless residents flocked to it to be incited.Of course, there are always some boats that can go away, but Ning Yi failed to join in the excitement. He followed the original plan and entangled with the rich businessmen and gentry to the north of the city, and then joined the collapsed army and countless Hangzhou residents, and headed north and flee.

Along the way, this initially disorderly and disintegrated team has also gone through various dispersal and gathering, sometimes separating one or two to flee in different directions, and sometimes encountering some people who broke up and fled.After gradually forming a leadership team, they encountered a rebel army from Fang La yesterday morning. The two sides clashed, but the other party did not deliberately come to chase, and the number of people was not large. In the end, both sides chose a truce and ran in different directions. .

At this time, I am afraid that there are many different teams fleeing the fallen city in different directions within this range. There are many wealthy businessmen, gentry, and wealthy families in this team, and they also carry a lot of wealth, such as silver. Invoice deeds, gold and silver property, even though some have been thrown away on the road, the amount at this time is quite considerable.

These people dare not leave the team and fall into the hands of Fangla's bandits.Suzhou and Hangzhou have known for a long time that every time Fang La's army came to the city, almost all the landlords, gentry, and official families were slaughtered. In a family, the men were tortured and slaughtered, and the women were raped and insulted. It was unspeakably miserable.And even those who have no permanent property, dare not leave the team when the external order has been completely lost. Although Fang Lada's slogan is "the law is equal, there is no superiority or inferiority", but there is no backer , in such a situation, if you are alone, who can guarantee that you will not be killed by those rebels like pigs and sheep.

During the initial chaotic escape, although Lu Tuizhi, Qian Xiwen and other Hangzhou leaders left by boat, most of the descendants of the aristocratic families were not treated so well. Now in this team, Qian, Mu, Tang, Chang There were quite a few children from several families, even Tang Xiuxuan, the patriarch of the Tang family, was also in the team at this time, and Qian Haiping of the Qian family, because he was dealing with Fang Qifo, Wang Yin, Shi Bao and others at the time, did not get along with them. Shanghai Ship, he was in charge of government servants and officials in the Hangzhou government, and he also dealt with the army. At this time, he knew most of the generals in the defeated Wude camp. When he started thinking about the next place yesterday, he invited Ning Yi and his wife over. .

At this time, it was just dawn, and Ning Yi sat there and looked down for a while. Not far away, two groups of people probably got beaten up because of a little quarrel or quarrel. If something like this happened in the street market, there must be countless onlookers with great interest.In the small tent next to her, Juan'er came out with a fluffy head, carrying two small wooden barrels in her hands, she glanced at Ning Yi, she seemed to be slightly frightened, and after a while, she lowered her head and went to the distant stream .

This girl just pressed her chest once, and I'm still afraid at this time, I don't know how many times I have pressed your lady's...

Ning Yi sat there and slandered a few words, and then felt that this mentality was a bit like the second generation ancestor who molested the maid all day long, so he couldn't help smiling.There were already many people fetching water by the stream, but when Juan'er passed by, she saw some people pushing and beating and scolding upstream, but it was because some young people were washing their feet in the water or simply jumped into it. At this time, a quarrel broke out, and those young people seemed to have quite a background. At this time, they were depressed and refused to give in, and the scene suddenly became intense.Juan'er looked down, and then went upstream with the barrel.

There was a fight over there for a while, a little upstream, Juan'er finally arrived, squatting by the stream to fetch water, and at this time, one of the noisy crowd not far away had already yelled : "I'm just like this, what can you do to me! My family is... come! If there is something, let's fight! Do it... Damn it! Damn it! My brother died in the army fighting against the bandits, but My family is not dead, if you have the guts... you will not be allowed to fetch water, hey, over there, why are you going up there! Go down there!"

This person's family probably has some military ties, and he ran over while speaking, threw the bucket in one person's hand, and then pushed another person down.Next was Juan'er. The little girl saw the tall man approaching ferociously. She was holding a wooden bucket and wanted to get up and run away. She used too much force for a while, and sat on the ground, and a bucket of water was overturned. Walking to a place less than ten feet away from Juan'er, he stretched out his hand and pointed: "You..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly flew up.

With a bang, there was a huge splash of water in the stream, and it was a scholar who came straight up just now who threw the man into the water. It seemed that he was not as tall as the man, but he just walked over and cut the man back. With his left hand, the other hand pressed the back of his head, pushed him up, and pressed him into the stream with a bang.

In Juan'er's eyes, the seemingly simple and extremely simple action is naturally her uncle Ning Yi, and in the eyes of others, she is just a thin scholar on the way to escape, but he squeezed the other's left wrist with one hand , cut the man's left arm backwards, pressed the man's head to death with the other hand, and immersed his upper body into the stream. The man struggled desperately in the stream, but he couldn't move no matter what.

On the other side of the crowd, everyone with this person also reacted and rushed towards this side. At the same time, a small group of soldiers who had been watching the excitement from the side also rushed over: "What are you doing! What are you doing!" Ning Yi blocked the group of people on this side, but the head of the department knew Ning Yi and asked his subordinates to block them. He just looked back at Ning Yi and called out: "Mr. Ning."

This person also has a little position in the army, although he is not high, but because of this, when he met Ning Yi and his wife who were discussing the matter yesterday, they thought they were simple scholars, but at this time, they saw him holding that person in In the water, I didn't blink my eyes much.The man's whole head was already in the water, struggling hard, and his uncontrolled right hand was slapping around, trying to catch Ning Yi.Ning Yi coughed a few times, put his knee on his back, twisted his pinched left arm to the right, only heard a "click", the man's left hand was probably broken, and his eyes suddenly opened in the water , Countless bubbles gushed out from his mouth and nose like boiling.

After pressing for a while, Ning Yi pulled the man out of the water and threw it aside. The man's body twitched slightly, and he seemed to be dying.At this time, Ning Yi greeted the officer: "General Liu, I'm sorry."

The general was stunned: "Mr. Ning actually knows my name?" He was not high enough to participate in such a meeting, and he just left as a foil, but he didn't expect that the other party knew him.

Ning Yi just smiled and didn't answer. He just overheard this clue when everyone was talking in the tent last night. Of course he didn't take it to heart at the time, but it's not difficult to leave an impression and remember where he came from. With a few words of politeness, Ning Yi said: "It's not easy for everyone on the way to escape. Maybe there will be battles in the future. It's better to be able to work together than to be centrifugal and anxious. If there are such things, if you can manage the end It’s better to manage it.”

After he said this, the other party immediately made a gesture of being educated, and Ning Yi didn't care whether he was convinced or pretended.It is not enough to talk about it, but it is enough to talk about it.After a little bit of dealing with this team of soldiers, Ning Yi turned around and picked up a small wooden bucket and fetched a bucket of water. He originally wanted to help carry the two buckets of water back, but Juan'er abided by her duty as a maid, and the other But the barrel refused to hand it over to Ning Yi anyway, just pursed his lips and shook his head.

The two walked back with buckets, Ning Yi looked at Juan'er and smiled: "Others fleeing for their lives, either bring some gold, silver and jewelry or some food, you girls are good, there are a lot of things I didn't bring, bring two Bucket and basin, who came up with the idea..."

"I brought food..." Juan'er replied like a mosquito from behind.

"Is washing so important?"

"It's for Miss..." Juan'er replied naturally, but of course she was still very quiet, "How can I let Miss wash in front of others..."

"Get a piece of cloth, get a curtain, whatever you want, and I don't think your young lady is so expensive that you still pay attention to those things at this time."

"I forgot when I was running. There were two small buckets beside me, which were not heavy, so we took the basins with us."

"Ah……"

Ning Yi couldn't help laughing for a while, Juan'er followed for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Guye, where are we going next?"

"I don't know yet, maybe it's Huzhou."

"Yeah? Isn't it Jiaxing?"

"Listen to who said it." Ning Yi smiled bitterly, "Of course, it may be Jiaxing, but the most prosperous along the canal. Since Fang La took Hangzhou, the next step may be to win Jiaxing... But now go to Huzhou to Jiaxing. It’s not safe, the gangsters on the road probably joined in the fun with the uprising, and they’ll be abducted wherever they go, our current group of people... so many rich people..."

"My uncle is worried that Fang La will send someone to catch up?"

"It should be sent." Ning Yi paused, "However, Hangzhou is famous for its wealth and wealth. Although it was hit by an earthquake this time, a large amount of money, goods and food were not taken away. Since they have occupied it, killing and liquidating, it should be better to search for money. For a while. Those who can’t get any oil and water over there may be jealous here. People from Fang La, or bandits on the road, this road is not easy to walk, but now we can only go on. If we can get to Huzhou as soon as possible, then Everything will be fine.”

After Ning Yi finished speaking, he smiled at Juan'er. Although he said these things in his mouth, his tone did not give people a sense of despair. After a while, the tent on the mountainside was coming soon. Ning Yi coughed With a cry, Juan'er said: "Uncle, have you caught the cold?"

"Ok?"

"Miss seems to be suffering from the wind and cold, yesterday... ah, look, my lord, miss..."

Juan'er said, pointing her hand to one side, Ning Yi looked over there, and saw that under a tree not far from the tent where he and Su Tan'er lived, his wife was holding the trunk, as if Looking a little uncomfortable, Chan'er followed her and patted her on the back.When Ning Yi and Juan'er walked over, Su Tan'er seemed to have recovered and smiled at him:

"Perhaps it's a bad life along the way. I ate raw and cold food, which broke my stomach... Rich girls are like this. They can't stand the storm, which makes my husband worry..."

Ning Yi looked at her for a while, and suddenly laughed: "I'll find a doctor."

He handed the small wooden bucket to Chan'er, turned around and went downhill, walked a few steps, when the wind blew over, the picture in front of him suddenly trembled, slightly dizzy, he stood there holding his forehead for a while before recovering.When I reached out to touch the bandaged wound on my right arm, there was a sharp pain back there.

"Master, what's the matter?" Su Tan'er and others trotted over in a hurry, Ning Yi turned around and waved: "It's okay, I'll find a doctor right away."

He touched his right arm again, already having some guesses in his heart.Soon after, the doctor came, and after taking Su Tan'er's pulse, he confirmed that Su Tan'er was pregnant.Confirming this news on the way to escape really made everyone feel complicated. Everyone hesitated for a while before smiling hesitantly, but Ning Yi smiled gratifiedly. Su Tan'er held his hand and just squeezed He was smiling, and couldn't stop crying.

Then the doctor also re-examined Ning Yi's wound, and the result almost made everyone feel like they were falling into the abyss.Only Ning Yi had a little speculation before. For a few days, he had a slight cold symptom, and it became a little more serious yesterday and today. He coughed, his head was a little hot, and he felt weak. It may be that he practiced internal skills to delay these. Symptoms appeared, but today, it seems that the wound has been slightly festered.At this time, it is called external evil entering the body, and in later generations, it is called wound infection.

(End of this chapter)