Yuanfeng country, the fifth day of the fourth month of the fifty-seventh year of Yuanfeng

early morning

"Wow...... Wow......"

The baby's mournful cry woke up everyone in the Jin family, from the ancestors of the Jin family to the cook, who rushed to the door of the room out of breath within a stick of incense.

Before they could breathe, everyone only felt a flower in front of them, and a young woman with a cloaked hair and white and tender feet trotted all the way over flashed in their sights.

She was obviously about to lose her breath, but she still hoped that the little baby girl in the room could hear her comfort. "Li, Li'er, don't cry, mother, mother is here. ”

Everyone took their eyes off the young lady who didn't care about her image, and sure enough, a handsome man with no clothes on his upper body ran behind the woman.

While running and waving the silk orchid embroidered shoes in his hand, the man was distressed by the small feet of the woman in front of him who were directly touching the ground. "Demon, demon, slow down, put on your shoes first. ”……

It stands to reason that in this ancient era of feudalism, women could not see the naked body of men, and men could not look directly at women's bare feet. Especially the master, he must be well-dressed and dazzling.

The two behaved in such an unorthodox manner, and no one among the crowd expressed surprise or surprise, but they all sighed and looked at the sky speechlessly.

As the saying goes, habit becomes nature. Come to think of it, everyone is no longer surprised by what is happening in front of them.

Because, in front of them is the young grandmother Lu Xiaoyou, who has always lacked roots, and the shirtless man behind is Jin Hai, the eldest young master of the Jin family, who always takes care of the young grandmother who lacks roots.

"Li'er. Lu Xiaoyou anxiously pushed open the door and took the little baby girl who was crying desperately in the middle of the bed into his arms, trying his best to comfort the little girl. "Li'er is good, my mother is here, don't cry......"

The man who entered the door with his back feet casually threw aside the silk orchid embroidered shoes, picked up Lu Xiaoyou, who was barefoot, and placed her on the soft couch next to the bed, and pulled the quilt on one side to cover Lu Xiaoyou's lower body, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bang bang. There was a knock on the door, and the voice of Yahuan Xiaolan, which they were familiar with, sounded. "Young master, young grandmother, the old ancestor asked you to take the little lady out, he was very worried about the situation of the little miss. ”

"Xiaolan, go back to the ancestors, I'll come. Jin Hai answered towards the door, and picked up the golden glass in Lu Xiaoyou's arms. "You'er, let's go. ”

After the ancestor of the Jin family saw Jin Liuli, who was safe and sound, he asked everyone to go back and do what they should do, and then he also went back to the room.

That night, Jin Hai sat down at the desk in his room, smiled and looked at Lu Xiaoyou and Jin Liuli who were both asleep on the soft couch, and planned to take the mother and daughter to play in the mountains and rivers outside the city early the next morning.

It's just that he didn't know that his plan would let his beloved daughter Jin Liuli get out of the Jin family's protective circle for more than ten years.

The seventh day of the fourth month of the fifty-seventh year of Yuanfeng

Dressed in complicated clothes and accessories, Jin Hai walked to the bed and bent down to wake up his wife, who was still asleep. "You'er, it's time to get up. ”

"Xianggong. Lu Xiaoyou opened his eyes in a daze and looked at Jin Hai for some reason. "What's wrong?"

"You haven't been out of the house for nearly a year in order to give birth to Li'er, and Li'er has never been out of the house since she was born, the weather is good today, I'll take you to the suburbs. Jin Hai lifted the embroidered silk quilt covering Lu Xiaoyou's body, took off the pink shirt hanging on the screen, and put it on for Lu Xiaoyou himself.

Letting Jin Hai dress himself, Lu Xiaoyou lazily leaned his body on Jin Hai, thinking of his lovely son Jin Minglang, who was more than seven years old. "Are you going with Lang'er?"

"I'm sleeping, silly demon. Jin Hai pushed Lu Xiaoyou's weight as light as a feather to the bedpost on the side, squatted down and put on a small silk embroidered shoe for Lu Xiaoyou, which was only the size of his palm. "Isn't Lang'er starting school this year? ”

Lu Xiaoyou scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and stuck out his tongue at Jin Hai mischievously. “…… I forgot ......"

Half an hour later, Jin Hai, Lu Xiaoyou, and Jin Liuli, who was held in Jin Hai's arms, got into the carriage led by the groom waiting at the gate of the Jin Mansion.

In this way, Jin Hai, Lu Xiaoyou, and Jin Liuli in the carriage, and Liu Chang, the horseman and Yahuan Xiaolan outside the carriage, a group of five people embarked on a ...... A journey to the road of life and death.

Yuanfeng ten miles abroad, on the outskirts of the city

"Boss, there is a carriage coming in front of you, it seems to be the carriage of the richest man in Yuanfeng, the Jin family. An ugly man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks smiled flatteringly at the young man lying on his back. "This is a big fat sheep, there must be a lot of good things in the carriage, boss, let's rob them and rob them of all the valuable things. ”

"The Kim family?" the young man rolled over and sat up, slapping the ugly man on the back of the head. "You can't make a thing, how many times has Lao Tzu told you, when you meet a big fat sheep, you have to take a long-term view, and tying them up and their relatives to ask for ransom is the first thing. ”

Rubbing the place where the young man was beaten, the ugly man pouted and muttered, living a wronged little girl. "You didn't say it at all......"

"Still stubborn?" the young man glared at the ugly man angrily, and yelled at the ugly man angrily. "Hurry up and tie them up!"

"Yes, yes......" The ugly man shrank his head, turned around and immediately changed his face, crossed his hands on his hips, and looked at everyone with a commanding look. "You all hear that, go and tie them all up. ”

"Yes. The earth-shattering roar resounded throughout the woods.

The ugly man, satisfied with his momentum, nodded, and looked at the man with the bow and arrow among them. "San'er, get the driver in the way out. ”

The man called San'er stepped forward, drew his bow and arrows, and aimed at the man who was about to whip outside the carriage......

Below the hillside, several people in the carriage became nervous when they heard the sounds echoing between the mountains and forests.

"It's not good, it's a bandit. Jin Hai, who was still talking and laughing with Lu Xiaoyou a moment ago, turned pale, and gave an order to Liu Chang outside the carriage in a hurry. "Liu Chang, turn around and go back to the city. ”

"Yes, young master. Liu Chang grabbed the reins, raised the horsewhip, and saw that the horsewhip was about to fall on the horse's hips, but lost his center of gravity and fell out of the carriage.

His chest, pierced by a slender feathered bow and arrow, was bleeding profusely.

Trying his last bit of strength, Liu Chang moved his lips, and passed out in the next second.

"Ahh Yahuan Xiaolan screamed in surprise and understood the word 'escape' in Liu Chang's mouth.

didn't dare to hesitate any longer, Xiaolan hurriedly pulled the reins, and without a horsewhip, she slapped the horse's buttocks hard. "Young master, young grandmother, hold on steady, drive. ”

The horse's hooves were raised high, and at the same time as the horse's hooves touched the ground, the horses galloped forward rapidly, and the whole carriage shook violently with the speed of the horses.

Seeing that the carriage rushed out like an arrow from a string, the mountain bandits raised their inevitable smiles one by one, turned over their horses unhurriedly, and followed slowly.

Looking back at the empty rear and the dense woods on either side, Xiaolan, who loyally protects the Lord, came up with an idea.

Tightening the reins a little, the speed of the carriage slowed down. Xiaolan let go of the reins, ignoring the difference between master and servant, and lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at Jin Hai and Lu Xiaoyou tightly. "Young master, young grandmother, you jump from the carriage now, and the slave and maid drive the carriage to lead the bandits away. ”

"No, we can't leave you behind. Lu Xiaoyou didn't want to refuse Xiaolan's kindness, they couldn't use the powerless little girl ring as a substitute for the dead ghost in order to escape. "Jump together. ”

"Young grandma!" Xiaolan retorted to Lu Xiaoyou for the first time in her history, she couldn't watch Lu Xiaoyou, who had been like her sister since she was a child, have something to do.

The tone softened, and in order to reassure Lu Xiaoyou, Xiaolan patted her chest and assured her. "Young grandmother, no, miss, the slave will be fine, the slave will jump off the carriage after running for a while longer, and let the carriage move forward on its own, and even if the mountain bandits catch up, all they get is an empty carriage. ”

"Xiaolan, we have inherited your affection. Jin Hai used the spare clothes he brought to wrap the golden glaze with his eyes wide open and not crying or making trouble a few times, and then hugged Lu Xiaoyou, who was already full of tears next to him, and jumped out of the carriage from the wide window.

With a heavy muffled sound, Jin Hai's back hit the ground, and the friction between the thin clothes and the uneven ground made the skin on Jin Hai's back faintly oozing blood.

Fortunately, with the protection of Jin Hai, Jin Liuli and Lu Xiaoyou were not harmed at all.

Without looking at the carriage that continued to gallop forward, Jin Hai stood up, hugged Jin Liuli with one hand, and led the delicate and white slender jade hand of the little demon with the other, and ran towards the depths of the woods.

Jin Hai is not greedy for life and afraid of death, nor does he take Xiaolan's approach of luring away the mountain bandits, but in the current situation, he must first protect his cherished wife and daughter.

"Oops. Lu Xiaoyou, who accidentally tripped over the roots of the tree and fell to the ground, exhaled in pain, not only did his feet fall, but even the palm of his hand was cut by the small stones on the ground.

"Demon. Jin Hai bent over, helped Lu Xiaoyou, who was frowning because of the pain, and didn't have time to say a thoughtful word, so he pulled her thin arm around his neck, turned around, and carried Lu Xiaodemon on his back with the strength of his psoas muscles.

Holding the base of Lu Xiaoyou's thigh with his right hand, Jin Hai used that not too strong arm to carry the weight of her whole body. Fortunately, Lu Xiaoyou's body is light and not heavy.

After turning around and looking at the surrounding terrain, Jin Hai chose the direction of the ramp in the woods and took a step.

Seeing the continuous dripping of Jin Hai's ears and temples, Lu Xiaoyou felt that his feet were much better and struggled twice, wanting to jump off Jin Hai's back and walk by himself.

Jin Hai was still holding Jin Liuli in his arms, and Lu Xiaoyou couldn't increase Jin Hai's burden. "Xianggong, let me down, I'll be fine. ”

"Lady, don't move, let's do our best, find a place, and avoid it. Jin Haihai breathlessly stopped Lu Xiaoyou's movements.

Jin Hai, who had a premonition that the mountain bandits were about to catch up, did not dare to relax his vigilance, and finding a place to avoid it was the top priority.

"Xianggong ......" grabbed Jin Hai's shoulders with both hands, and Lu Xiaoyou gasped. "Front ......"

Jin Hai stopped and looked ahead, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat. "How so?"

"Xianggong. Slipping down from Jin Hai's back, Lu Xiaoyou stood on the ground and asked Jin Hai a question seriously. "Xianggong, are you afraid of death?"

As soon as he grasped Lu Xiaoyou's cold little hand, Jin Hai shook his head without hesitation. "I'm not afraid. ”

Without explanation, Lu Xiaoyou hugged Jin Liuli in Jin Hai's arms and kissed her little face, full of guilt.

Lu Xiaoyou had a thousand words to say to Jin Liuli, but when the words came to his mouth, Lu Xiaodemon couldn't say a word.

Tearing off the jade pendant around his waist, Lu Xiaoyou tied the jade pendant behind Jin Liuli's neck, and turned up an extra corner of his clothes to gently cover Jin Liuli's little face.

Jin Hai, who was confused by Lu Xiaoyou's actions, looked dazed, "Lady, what are you doing?"

"I can't let Li'er die with us, this jade pendant should have been given to her on Li'er's first birthday, and now, I gave it to her in advance. Lu Xiaoyou endured the pain in his ankle and limped towards the weedy pile that was growing on the left side of the cliff.

Squatting down, pushing aside the weeds, and pulling out the most unnoticeable dwarf weeds in the middle, Lu Xiaoyou placed the golden glaze that did not cry or make a fuss in the first position of the dwarf weeds that had been uprooted.

Sure that Jin Liuli would not feel uncomfortable because of the uneven ground, Lu Xiaoyou covered the swaddling clothes with the broken weeds in his hands.

"The people of the Jin family are in front, chase me!" shouted the mountain bandit who found Jin Hai's figure.

Hearing the voice of the mountain bandits, Lu Xiaoyou, who had sorted out the weeds, hurriedly stayed away from the weeds, for fear that if he moved slowly, the mountain bandits would find clues in the weeds.

When they arrived at the edge of the cliff, the bandits formed a semi-circle of encirclement, sealing the only way for the two richly dressed people in front of them to live.

The young bandit leader burst out laughing. "Hahaha, run, run. ”

Lu Xiaoyou hid in Jin Hai's warm and reassuring embrace, and his courage was also a lot stronger, and he asked the mountain bandits if they had anything to do with Xiaolan. "Where's my Yahuan Xiaolan?"

"Lan, you mean the little girl in the carriage?" Talking about this little girl, the mountain bandit leader couldn't help but admire. "As we were about to catch up with the carriage, she jumped into the pool on the side. ”

His eyes were red, and Lu Xiaoyou's voice choked. "Xiaolan, we're sorry for you. ”

"Demon. Jin Hai hugged Lu Xiaoyou's slender waist and led her to turn around and face the bottomless cliff mouth. "Let's go. ”

Raising his head and looking at Jin Hai, Lu Xiaoyou grinned.

"Hey !!" finally knew what the men and women of the Jin family would do next, and the hand of the mountain bandit leader was raised high, wanting to stop the two from abandoning their lives.

Not noticing the frightened expressions of the people behind them, Jin Hai and Lu Xiaoyou took a step forward together, and they were greeted by an extremely uncomfortable sense of falling......

The group of mountain bandits looked at the empty cliff side dumbfounded, and lost their minds for a while.

"Boss, what can I do?" The ugly man swallowed hard and turned his head to look at the young man beside him. "These two big fat sheep actually jumped off the cliff. ”

"You ask Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu asks who is going. The young man rolled over and dismounted, and walked to the edge of the cliff to look down.

After finding the two in vain, the young man complained about their impatience with a sad face. "Why are the people of the Jin family so anxious, Lao Tzu hasn't finished speaking. ”

"Boss, what should we do with the groom and little girl ring we saved?" The ugly man squinted at the slowly approaching carriage behind him. "We can't let them go back, although we are not afraid of officers and soldiers, but the old and weak women and children in the village will not be able to see a big battle. ”

In the carriage driving towards the edge of the cliff, Liu Chang, a horseman who was injured and fainted and had his wounds bandaged by the mountain bandits, and Xiaolan, who was unconscious and had been changed into clean clothes by a young man, each leaned on the corner of the carriage, their faces were uniformly white and bloodless.

"What to do...... Whoever let us kill two lives at once, let's atone for our sins. Following the ugly man's gaze, the young man sighed. "However, our grain and grass reserves can last until the middle of this month at most. ”

The bandits originally planned to kidnap the people of the Jin family and ask for ransom, so that the partners in the cottage would not go hungry.

Unexpectedly, the person was not tied, the ransom would not come, and there would be two more mouths that needed to be fed, which was really worth the loss.

Stepping on the horse, the young man straddled the horse's back and led a group of dejected mountain bandits in the direction of the cottage. "Go back to the village and burn some incense for the two people who jumped off the cliff of the Jin family, after all, we caused them to lose their lives. ”

"Alas......" The uniform sighs of the mountain bandits echoed on the edge of the cliff for a long time.