The two planned to take the road from Longzhou on the border of northern Shu to Hezhou in southern Shaanxi, and then from Hezhou to Xining to Liangzhou. However, because the roads in Shu were difficult to travel, they had to drive for several days. Longzhou was still Out of reach.

On this day, the two missed the market town and stayed at a villager's home in a mountain village after dark.

There was only an old couple in their sixties, and at first they didn't want them to stay overnight, but later seeing Chu Zhao's sincerity, they reluctantly agreed.

Chu Zhao was still dressed in men's clothing, so the old woman let him and A'ao live in the same room.

"The space at home is small and I don't have the energy to clean it up, so you can just sleep here for one night!" the old woman apologized.

"That's good." Chu Zhao looked around and asked her casually, "Whose room is this?"

"It belongs to my son." The old woman sighed, "He was captured by those who captured young men."

Chu Zhao was startled. When he looked at the old woman's face under the light, he realized that her face was full of bitterness and suffering.

"Who captured him, the army or bandits?" Chu Zhao asked.

The old woman shook her head and lamented: "Those of us who live in the mountains don't know a single word. Those who harvest young men are like cutting leeks. Today they come to cut a crop, and tomorrow they come to cut another crop. It's impossible to tell who is who. Even if the child is snatched away." Don’t know where to look.”

"What about the government? Doesn't the government care about it?" Chu Zhao asked again.

The old woman smiled bitterly: "The world is so chaotic. The official wants to arrest a few people to guard the gate for him. How can he care about us untouchables?"

"..." Chu Zhao wanted to ask again, but couldn't.

The old woman added: "You two should be alert when you go to bed at night. If you hear any noise, run away quickly. Don't get arrested."

"Okay, we get it." Chu Zhao agreed, finally understanding why the old woman didn't want them to stay overnight in the first place. It turned out that she was afraid that they would be captured by the young men.

After the old woman left, Aao asked Chu Zhao to go to bed and rest. He found an old straw mat and put it behind the door, sleeping there and guarding the door.

Chu Zhao had something on his mind and couldn't sleep for a long time.

But she had no intention of chatting with A'ao, and just kept her eyes open in the darkness silently. It wasn't until the night watchman in the village rang the three-shift bell that she couldn't help but fall asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but she felt something strange. When she opened her eyes, she found Bai Wuchang standing in front of the bed looking at her.

"N-Nvjun, you, you can't go any further. Hurry, go back!" Bai Wuchang said with great effort.

Chu Zhao was startled, sat up and asked him: "Why are you here again?"

"I, if I don't come, you, you, just, just, run away." Bai Wuchang said, "You, you, you saw, you saw, what kind of suffering the people were suffering along the way. Come back quickly and go back to Yunzhou! "

"What are you going back for?" Chu Zhao asked.

Bai Wuchang said he was tired, and after a while he said: "Go back, go back, seize military power, bring peace to the world, and save the common people. This, this, is your responsibility."

"Why is it my responsibility?" Chu Zhao asked again.

Bai Wuchang sighed: "You, you, your own grandson caused trouble, this, this mess, you, if you don't clean it up, who will clean it up?"

Chu Zhao: "...I don't believe it, I don't have such a grandson."

Even if there is, why should she be held responsible?

I have only heard of the debts of the father being repaid by the sons, but I have never heard of the debts of the grandson being repaid by the ancestors.

"Alas!" Bai Wuchang was helpless, "Then, you don't want to see Xiao, General Xiao either?"

General Xiao?

Chu Zhao's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "Where is he?"

"God, the secret must not be leaked." Bai Wuchang said, "Yan Jun asked me to tell you that General Xiao will be waiting for you on your way to Pingtianxia. When the time comes, you guys will... We will meet again."

Chu Zhao: "..."

Has this secret been leaked or not?

Why did she feel that General Xiao was like the carrot hanging in front of the donkey, used by the Lord of Hell to hang her forward?

"Then if I don't care about this, will that ghost King of Hell take General Xiao back again?" Chu Zhao asked.

"Ah?" Bai Wuchang was asked, his two small round eyes blinking, "I, I, I, I don't know, how about you, you go back first, I will ask Xiao Hei to come tomorrow night , come, come and tell you.”

little black?

Is it that Hei Wuchang?

Just as Chu Zhao was about to ask, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside, mixed with the beating of gongs and drums, and the crying and shouting, breaking the quiet night in the mountain village.

"No, the bandits are coming..."

"Run quickly, the man is here to catch him..."

Frightened screams came one after another, and Aao suddenly jumped up from the ground.

"Princess!" He called out the previous title in desperation and rushed towards the bed in the dark.

"I'm leaving." Bai Wuchang disappeared in an instant, and it was rare that he didn't stutter a sentence.

Aao touched the bedside and found Chu Zhao sitting on the bedside.

"It turns out that the princess has woken up." He said, "Let's leave quickly and find a place to hide first."

Chu Zhao sat motionless, feeling that Bai Wuchang was not a dream this time.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and the old woman's husband shouted outside: "Guest, get up and run quickly, you won't be able to run away any later."

Chu Zhao came to his senses, got out of bed, put on his shoes, and went out with his sword and Ao.

"Hurry, run, run." The old man stood outside the door holding an oil lamp, extremely nervous.

"Old man, what will you do when we leave?" Chu Zhao asked.

"We are old and can't be strong men. At worst, we will be robbed of some food rations. It doesn't matter." The old man was so anxious that he stretched out his hand to pull them. "Run, run."

"Okay, then take care of yourself." Chu Zhao said, running out with A'ao.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard footsteps coming this way.

Chu Zhao could tell that the dull sound was leather boots even through the door.

"Open the door, open the door." Those people came to the door and slammed it hard.

Chu Zhao and A'ao hurriedly backed away, turned around and ran back.

The old woman also came out of the bedroom tremblingly, waving to the two of them desperately: "Run through the back window, run through the back window."

The two returned to the room they just stayed in and were about to jump out of the back window when they heard the door being kicked open savagely with a bang.

"No, A'ao, we can't leave." Chu Zhao said, "What if this group of people kills someone?"

"Master, let's go first, I'll go back." A'ao said, holding the knife.

Chu Zhao held him back, but before he could say anything, the old woman in the hall suddenly let out a scream.

"Old immortal, hand over your son quickly, or I will kill you all." A man said viciously.

The two looked at each other, and just as they were about to go out, a man walked in with a torch.

"Hey……"

As soon as the man screamed, his throat was cut by the shining Zhaoxi sword.

"This sword has not drank blood, and I will kill you today." Chu Zhao said, kicking the man's body away and running towards the main room.

In the main room, two men with fierce looks were holding torches. One of them had just pulled out the knife from the old woman's heart and was wiping the blood on the old woman's clothes.

The old woman was lying on the ground with blood flowing all over the floor.

"You beasts, I will fight with you." The old woman's husband threw the oil lamp and rushed towards them in grief and anger to fight them.

Chu Zhao rushed over in time and caught him.

"Hey, there are not only strong men in this house, but also two. No wonder this old immortal closed the door and refused to let us in." The man who killed the old woman said roughly and walked towards them holding a torch.

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