Old things in Nancheng

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is the instinct of all living things. When it rains, ants will move, and when there is an earthquake, snakes and mice will run wildly. Even the king of the mountain will choose to come out for food in the early morning when the animals are weakest.As for human beings, with the degeneration of body functions, this instinct becomes weaker, but the evolution of the brain and the growth of wisdom allow human beings to have a strong ability to overcome difficulties in the face of danger.

Jingxi South Road, passing by the Han River, connects Xingyuan Mansion and Xiangyang. On this uneven official road, many people drag their families and head eastward against the scorching sun.This official road is not safe, but the Xingyuan Mansion behind it, the Han River on one side of the official road, and the mountains and forests to the north are even more deadly places.

War, knives, guns, and ferocious beasts are definitely not something ordinary people can contend with, and there is only one place in their hearts that is safe and sound——Xiangyang, because in Xiangyang City, there is General Yue Fei and the Yue Family Army.

There are thousands of mountains and rivers, lack of food and clothing, but the refugees on the official road still rely on this little hope to go east, and then east.

"Drive! Get out of the way!"

The whip volleyed in the air, and with a loud shout, the people on the official road panicked and avoided it. Then, they saw more than 20 riders, guarding the four carriages in the middle, speeding past.

"What a great prestige!"

"If it weren't for the timely avoidance, the collision would have killed him."

"The sky is bright and bright, why are you so arrogant!"

"Who made someone a government official? Our death will be in vain."

The crowd saw that the horse team was covered by the dust, so they dared to complain. Among them, a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar stroked his sparse beard and said: "The official plate of the Northwest Transit Yamen is hung on the carriage. On Southwest Beijing Road, there are no checkpoints, no taxes, and non-stop. What do you know? There are hundreds of thousands of people in Xingyuan Mansion, and now those who are not dead are rushing to Xiangyang. Don't talk nonsense, hurry up."

Everyone listened to the middle-aged man's advice, and they didn't bother to complain any more. They tightened their thin burdens and continued on their way.

At noon, the galloping horse team found a shady place to rest, a handsome young man got out of the carriage, staggered a few times with his sore legs, then rushed to the front of the horse team, and carefully helped a young man off the horse.

"Young Master, stand still." The young man couldn't help saying distressedly when he found that the young man's legs were swinging after he got off the horse.

"Stop talking nonsense, help me over quickly."

The young man was helped to the shade of a tree, gulped down half a bag of water, and finally recovered.The boy was a very clever person, he took a pillow to support the young man's waist, and held a cold cotton cloth to wipe the young man's face.

"Master, let's take the carriage in the afternoon, it's been two days, you can't bear it anymore."

"Don't sit down." The young man said stubbornly.

"Master, the younger one will trade with you, and the younger one will ride a horse."

"As far as your riding skills are concerned, come on, don't drag everyone down." The young man didn't appreciate it, she only had the speed of the trip right now, this bit of suffering was nothing.

"My dear brother, you are competing with yourself."

When the young man saw the person coming, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother, you are not bad, don't let others support you if you have the ability."

The visitor laughed when he heard the words, imitating the appearance of a young man, lying half-lying under the shade of a tree without any image, and he was also very tired.

After two full days of traveling, the entire cavalry team was exhausted, but the most unbearable ones were Wang Zimo and Jiang Shangpei under the shade of the trees.

In Xiaoyang Village, after weighing the pros and cons, everyone resolutely chose the official way. Their greatest reliance was the official road guide from the Northwest Transit Yamen, and the letter written by Xing Rong to Yue Fei in Wang Zimo's hands.

Rugged mountain roads, beasts infested, and bandits, these are not something they can contend with, but taking the official road is relatively safe, as long as they are fast enough, as long as they are not overtaken by the golden soldiers.

Wang Zimo and Jiang Shangpei calculated that although Xingyuan City fell, there were still many Song soldiers in the city. It would take at least three or five days for the Jin soldiers to control Xingyuan Mansion. Whether the Jin soldiers had time to move their troops southward along the Han River is unknown.

Of course, they didn't dare to take the slow waterway. What they wanted was to take advantage of the time when the Jin soldiers were burning, killing and looting in Xingyuan Mansion, and rushed frantically to reach the border of Xiangyang as soon as possible.

In order to hurry, many supplies were abandoned in Xiaoyang Village, and more than 20 horses were taken with them. There were also four carriages, two for carrying people, and two for storing necessary supplies.They have the confidants of Caishengzhuang, the servants sent by the Wang family and Jiang's family, and the escorts they have recruited.Among these people, only the dozen or so guards and the prince of Zheng Daming, Mo Jiang Shangpei, were better at riding. The others could only ride in a carriage, which slowed down their speed a lot.

"My dear brother, it will take half a month at least to a month at most to go to Xiangyang. If you and I are in such a hurry, I am afraid that we will die of exhaustion if we don't reach Xiangyang. From tomorrow onwards, you and I will take turns riding in a carriage. I don't think there will be much delay. .” Jiang Shangpei suggested.

Wang Zimo stretched his sore legs and nodded helplessly.She also didn't think this would work, at least, the dew on her inner thighs let her know that she couldn't hold on any longer.

Watching everyone start the fire and cook, Wang Zimo fell asleep in a daze.

"Steward Wang, it's time for dinner, please wake up."

Wang Zimo slept very soundly. At noon in May, the sun was fierce, but under the shade of a tree, it was very gentle. Two days of wind and rain, sleeping in the open, riding a horse and galloping, tortured a good girl to the ground and fell asleep. Life practice.

Wang Zimo was shaken awake, very unhappy, he stared and wanted to curse, but found that it was Peach Blossom, looking at her cautiously.

"Understood." Prince Moweng replied in a low voice, propped up limply.

Seeing this, Taohua hurriedly helped Wang Zimo up and leaned against her, wiped her face with a wet cotton cloth, and then brought the prepared food and wine over for Wang Zimo and Jiang Shangpei to use, while she silently stepped aside and huddled alone. Nibbling on buns in the corner.

"Brother, those who are blessed and will not enjoy will not live long, you know that!" Jiang Shangpei threw a piece of meat into his mouth, drank a big gulp of wine, stretched his neck, and the meat went down. God is sorry, this suffering Days have forced a well-behaved scholar into a king of the mountain.

"Why?" Wang Zimo was also hungry, and the speed of pouring wine and meat into his mouth was not much slower than that of Jiang Shangpei.

"Destroy everything, be struck by lightning!"

Following Jiang Shangpei's gaze, Wang Zimo saw Taohua who looked a little lonely, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Originally, Wang Zimo planned to have someone send Taohua back to Chengdu Mansion, but Taohua was raped and murdered by her stepfather back then, and now she has a home and cannot return.Wang Zimo only discussed with Tao Hua, and Tao Hua burst into tears, and said why Wang Zimo saved her at that time, and let her die in the prison camp to be considered clean.

It's fine if you can't be rescued, since you've been saved, you can't just leave Peach Blossom in Xiaoyang Village, when the golden soldiers go out to attack Caogu, Peach Blossom's misfortune and fortune are unpredictable, but she didn't release the document, it's really a big deal for Wang Zimo and his group. He dared not take her back to Yanguan County.

It was Jiang Shangpei who helped to write a release document and forged the official official seal. If he didn't check it carefully, it would be possible to confuse the fake with the real one.

"Brother, I have been hurt by you. If you bring Taohua back, Lan'er may misunderstand." Wang Zimo rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you bring Taohua back to Jiang's house?"

"Pull it down, it's not my mother-in-law."

"But it's not mine~"

The two chatted and laughed, Zhang Bucai and Wang Fulai came over after dinner, accompanied them to drink and discuss the itinerary.

Wang Fulai looked at the map and said, "Second Young Master, we have to sleep in the open tonight. There are only two post stations between Xingyuan Mansion and Jinzhou. Let's hurry up tomorrow, and we can reach the first station at night."

Wang Zimo took the map and looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine, these two days have been tough, and we'll have a good night's rest at the station."

Jiang Shangpei also nodded in agreement, and asked unintentionally: "We have been traveling for the past two days, and we only saw a lot of refugees on the official road, but we didn't meet the cavalry of rich businessmen from the government. I don't know what happened, we shouldn't be there."

Zhang Bucai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said: "Those who left the city earlier than us probably took the water route. We were the first group after breaking the city, but we were delayed for a day in Xiaoyang Village. You have to meet three or five big households, could it be possible that you didn't escape later?"

"It shouldn't be." Wang Fulai was also puzzled.

It's normal for people from small households to die in the city without money, connections, or abilities. For wealthy families, they have more money and guards. It is still possible to leave the city in the chaos, not to mention that Wu Shengquan was bewitched by Wang Zimo. , Open the gate of the city wide, the big households in the city cannot escape [-]%, but they can escape [-]% to [-]%.

"Don't think too much about it, let's just go on our way, and if we meet refugees when we turn back, we'll find out by asking."

Wang Zimo doesn't want to bother, she can't control other people's life and death, she only knows how far she can go, the government and emperor don't care about the life and death of the people, so why should they be thankless.

After lunch and a short rest, the group set out on the road again.

The first carriage was full of shopkeepers from Caishengzhuang. In the third carriage, besides some food and drink supplies, there were servants from the Jiang and Wang families. The fourth carriage was full of valuable goods. , there was only one person in the carriage in the middle—Peach Blossom.

Taohua was a little uncomfortable being bumped by the carriage, she opened the curtain to breathe, and saw the thin back riding in front, she was a little confused for a while.

Are you really going back to Yanguan County with her?Back to her hometown?

I heard that there are beautiful mountains and clear waters, gentle wind and light rain, and the floor is covered with brocade. The people there are as courteous and gentle as Wang Zimo and Jiang Shangpei. The men are handsome and the women are pretty. Presumably her wife is also a dignified and gentle beauty.

Love is a very mysterious thing, it comes and goes without a trace, in it, you will have no regrets in this life if you get it, and you will feel the pain of losing it.

Taohua never got this thing, she thought she had it, but in fact Wang Zimo never gave it to her.Taohua doesn't hate Wang Zimo, no matter she is a man or a woman, Taohua knows that she has no reason to hate her, she didn't tease her, but her own wishful thinking.

Tao Hua knew that this life was saved by Wang Zimo, whether she wanted to or not, after all, during the year in the prison camp, Tao Hua was protected by Wang Zimo, and when the city was broken, Wang Zimo took her again. Bring her out, and take her back to her hometown.

However, Taohua couldn't appreciate Wang Zimo. Sometimes, Taohua even felt that Wang Zimo's kindness was superfluous. At least let her die, and she wouldn't be hesitant like now, powerless and unwilling, but reluctant to let go.

Zheng Daming guarded Wang Zimo. He rode very steadily, as if the two-day gallop did not exist. His strong and tall body was as thick as a mountain. The thin waist seems unable to support the already thin body.

But in Taohua's eyes, Wang Zimo is still tall and unattainable.Wang Zimo's body is very thin, but his heart is extremely strong. There are so many strong guards and wise shopkeepers around him, they are willing to listen to all her arrangements, and even lose their own lives.

Looking at Wang Zimo's ups and downs and thin body, Tao Hua's eyes gradually became wet for some reason.

The horse team kicked up the dust and left in the dust. Indistinctly, the wheels of the carriage could be seen densely covered with thick straw, and there was an unknown amount of precious silk on the outside.