Every time he took a step forward, Shi Siming felt that the strength in his body was losing little by little, but he held his breath, if he couldn't enter the mulberry forest before dawn, he would definitely be discovered by those patrolling soldiers outside Yuanxiang City. Once discovered, this last bit of hope will be dashed like Mars.

One step, two steps, three steps, Shi Siming had exhausted all his physical strength, but the mulberry forest was still several miles away from him, as if he would never be able to walk. Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer, and only felt that his eyes were black,

His strength was gradually exhausted, and despair filled his eyes.

"No, no, I must not die so easily, the eldest husband stands up to the sky, even if he dies, he must die vigorously......"

Shi Siming was talking to himself, reminding himself over and over again, but after all, human power was beyond his reach, his eyes had completely fallen into boundless darkness, and none of the stars in the sky could be seen, and his body was only moving forward mechanically, unconsciously, until even his thoughts were stagnant, and the world finally became a dead silence......

"Thirsty, thirsty......"

The first moment Shi Siming regained consciousness, he was extremely thirsty, he smashed his chapped lips, and called for water weakly. And the miracle happened at the same time as he called, and drops of water fell on his chapped lips, tongue, and throat, and the vitality of life seemed to return to his body little by little at this moment.

Even if his eyes couldn't be opened, Shi Siming instinctively stretched out his hands, he touched a large stoneware bowl, and another pair of rough big hands, so he desperately pushed those hands, trying to pour more water into his mouth. But the hands were retracted.

Without the coolness of the water, Shi Siming cried out uneasily:

"Water, Water ......"

"Drink slowly, drink slowly, you've been asleep for three days and three nights, and you don't have anything in your stomach, so it's not okay to drink so much water!"

This is the voice of an old woman, it sounds very old, Shi Siming only now realizes that he is not dead, nor has he been caught by the disobedient son, is he already saved?

"Dare to ask, dare to ask, where is this?"

But the old woman replied:

"My family Saburo is a hunter in the mountains, three days ago I found you in a mulberry forest, he thought you must be a refugee who starved to death, so he thought that he couldn't let you be simple and wilderness, so he thought that he had to let you go into the ground for peace, but after tossing for a while and found that you were still alive, no, he carried you back again, and now it's okay, and finally pulled you back from the ghost gate. Ah Mitabha, saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter......"

The old woman was obviously a devout Buddhist child, and her prayer sound fell into Shi Siming's ears like a heavenly sound, which was really rare in this life.

"Dare to ask how far is Juyuan Township here, and how far is it from Zhaozhou?"

"The old woman has never seen the world, I don't know where Zhaozhou is, but Yuanxiang has heard that there was a famine last year, and people have long been empty...... Hey, I heard San Lang say that you were found in Yuan Township, do you still want to go back?"

Shi Siming said in his heart:

Of course, I can't go back, otherwise that disobedient son may do something rebellious. The old woman didn't know where Zhaozhou was, but it was inferred that since the old woman had heard of Yuanxiang but didn't know Zhaozhou, it must be very close to Yuanxiang, and it should be a hundred miles away from Zhaozhou.

Shi Siming originally wanted to ask the old woman to go to Zhaozhou to deliver a letter to his cronies, but when he thought that this was just an old woman who had never seen the world, how could he entrust it?

Thinking of this, Shi Siming couldn't help but sigh secretly, being able to escape the catastrophe is not already a blessing to heaven, and if there are more extravagant hopes, I am afraid that even God will oppose it.

Shi Siming, who has experienced life and death, is indeed a lot more open-minded, but fortunately, he is ready to recuperate from his injuries and stand by. But who knows, early the next morning, I faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside. Shi Siming struggled to get up from the Hu bed, and the Orion, who was taken by the old woman, ran into the house in a panic.

"The Hu Bing is coming to catch the strong man again, Ah Niang quickly and go to the mountains with her son to hide. ”

The old woman said:

"San Lang, you carry this poor man on your back first, so that your mother can walk......"

When the two of them were talking, the sound of horses' hooves had already reached the gate of the courtyard, Li Hu's eyes were red, and he knew that it was too late to leave.

"How did Hu Bing come so quickly today? I didn't even have time to avoid walking up the mountain!"

Orion Saburo beat his chest again and again, as if he had encountered something desperate. Shi Siming felt strange, so he asked:

"Where are the Hu soldiers catching strong men?"

Only to hear the old woman curse:

"Which Hu soldier can it be? A few years ago, the surname An, the surname history in the past two years, no matter what the surname, none of them are good, if they didn't rebel, why are my eldest lang and second lang still uncertain?"

It turned out that the eldest son and the second son of the old woman were arrested together three years ago to fight for the so-called Dayan Imperial Court, and there has been no news for three years now.

"Maybe there's news this year......

The old woman burst into tears, covered her face and choked.

"I'm afraid I'm just waiting for the news of the death of Da Lang and Erlang!"

Shi Siming still wanted to comfort the old woman, but his mouth was open and closed for a while without saying anything, and he felt that any words of comfort at this time were pale and weak.

After a few words, the chaimen was already slapped.

"Is there anybody, is there anybody?"

Orion's face changed drastically.

"Mother, Hu Bing is here, son, son is going to fight with them!"

The old woman grabbed her son and prevented him from going out easily.

"Hide up, get into the stove, carry him on your back, go in together, curl up a little, and let you two be a problem!"

Where was San Lang willing, he was about to refuse, but he was slapped in the face by the old woman.

"You are an unfilial son, don't you know that you are the last male of the Zhang family? Do you want the old man who died early to cut off ......his children and grandchildren?" Immediately afterwards, the old woman's tone softened again, "Son, listen to my mother's words, they came to catch Ding, my mother is old, what can I do if I catch them?"

The old woman's scolding and pleading stunned Orion Saburo, and then he knelt down and kowtowed to the old woman three times, and when he stood up again, Shi Siming found that this Zhang Saburo had burst into tears.

After getting up, Zhang Sanlang picked up Shi Siming and came to the stove to put him down, and then got into the passage under the stove like a trick, and then pulled Shi Siming in little by little.

The space under the stove was cramped, and it was so difficult for Shi Siming to breathe. However, he also knows that only in this way can he hope to avoid those so-called "Hu soldiers".

Thinking of this, Shi Siming secretly smiled bitterly, he never thought that he would be like a monster like a flood beast in the mouths of the people. In fact, in Shi Siming's consciousness, there has never been the word "people", he doesn't care about what history is left behind, nor does he care about the evaluation of the people, he only cares about whether he can hold the power and eliminate all those who oppose him.

However, after escaping death today, I suddenly heard the benefactor who saved my life scolding me, and I had an indescribable feeling in my heart. This kind of taste made Shi Siming very uncomfortable, he had never been a sentimental person, but now he did feel sad. Maybe it's because of the big changes, after living in the dead, even if Shi Siming is a hero in troubled times, there will inevitably be changes in his heart.

"Don't make a sound, hold on for a while......"

Zhang Sanlang reminded Shi Siming in a whisper, Shi Siming really wanted to save the old woman, but when he thought that those people outside were likely to be rebels, he resisted the urge to go out, just like Zhang Sanlang explained, he didn't say a word, and even his breathing slowed down and slowed down.

Faintly, Shi Siming could hear the old woman open the door and negotiate with the soldiers outside. The old woman said over and over again that there was no one at home, and he was the only one left, but the soldiers didn't seem to believe it, and broke into the courtyard and the house to check it, and when someone walked to the stove, Shi Siming's heart almost jumped out of his throat. Fortunately, they didn't bend down to check, but judging from the sound of clanging, the soldiers must have taken away valuable things.

In the chaos, the old woman's sobs and excuses could be faintly heard. Shi Siming clinged to Zhang Sanlang closely, so that he could clearly feel that his body was trembling uncontrollably, and as long as there was one more anger, he was afraid that he could overturn the stove at any time.

For a moment, Shi Siming was really worried that Zhang Sanlang couldn't help but climb out, but it would be a failure.

However, this Zhang Saburo finally held back and did not act rashly, but the fate of the old woman was very bad, and he vaguely heard that the soldiers were going to take the old woman away and then use it in the barracks for making a fire and cooking.

The old woman did not resist, not even begged for mercy, and the silence outside soon returned to death. There was only Zhang Sanlang's violent wheezing and suffocating feeling under the stove, Zhang Sanlang was about to get out, but Shi Siming stopped him and whispered:

"Wait, if someone comes again, won't it ......be in vain?"

didn't wait for him to finish speaking, Zhang Sanlang, a burly man, couldn't help crying. After waiting for a while, there was no movement outside, and the two of them came out of the underground of the pot stove one after another, Shi Siming took a closer look at the bottom of the pot stove, and it was specially dug and widened, and the pit that was usually deepened was covered with carbon ash and did not feel anything abnormal, but as long as people got in, there would be enough space.

Zhang Sanlang didn't bother to see what was missing in the messy house, but only ran quickly to the yard, as if he was still expecting the old woman not to be arrested. But I called Ah Niang several times in a row, but there was no answer. Shi Siming also came to the courtyard with the door panel, only to find that the courtyard was actually located in a mountain col.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves outside the chaimen suddenly sounded, Shi Siming's complexion changed drastically, and it was too late to hide.