44. Chapter 044
Two simple words really used up all Shen Shu's strength.
The carriage was jolting abnormally, and the door curtain was flying in the wind, because her vision became blurred because of the previous collision, and it was only through the moment the door curtain was raised that she was able to see the scene ahead.
It can be said that she has put all her hopes on that vague figure, but she can't see whether that person is male or female.
After shouting for help, she couldn't hold on any longer, closed her eyes, and lost consciousness little by little.
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Because the line of sight was blocked, Shen Shu only saw part of the scene, the tall figure was actually not alone, but a group of more than a dozen people walking on the road, and the person was walking in the forefront.
A young man in his twenties can only be regarded as upright in appearance, but because of his tall and strong posture and clear facial features, he can barely be called handsome. He was dressed in a very ordinary dark gray caftan brown, with a black belt and a flask hanging from his waist.
The rest of the people were dressed in the same way, and a few of them were relatively thin compared to the others, all of whom had wooden sticks in their hands and were on the ground, as if they were using them as crutches.
In fact, before Shen Shu shouted for help, they heard the sound of carriages and horses, and turned around to take a look, and saw a carriage speeding along the road from a distance, bringing up bursts of smoke and dust wherever they passed. They thought it was the host's family in a hurry, but when they got closer, they found that there was no one to catch the car.
Seeing that the carriage was about to come, everyone retreated to the side of the road, raised their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses temporarily. Only the young man who walked in front was still standing there, looking at the speeding carriage, staring at what he was thinking.
The wind rolled up the curtain of the door, and I vaguely saw a slender hand in the door, and the next moment, the carriage drove by in a hurry, and a cry for help came from the car.
His eyes widened instantly, and then he immediately turned and snatched the reins from his companion's hand, and after pulling the horse a few steps to the road, he turned over neatly and got on the horse, and as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, the horse began to run with its hooves.
"Where are you going?" asked his companion in the back at the top of his voice.
"There are people in the car, I'll go to rescue people first, you guys go back along the road to see the situation, and then meet at the old place." He said loudly without looking back, and one man and one horse chased the runaway carriage, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
Looking at the dust rolling on the road, someone wondered, "Didn't you say that you were waiting around here, why did you let you go back?"
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In the canyon, chaos continues.
Although the three subordinates that Sister Hui'er specially bought just in case were strong and strong, they looked fierce and vicious, and took a knife again, but in the end they were just ordinary people who had never seen blood. Although Xie Changning said that life and death matter, when they really moved, they did not dare to directly attack people's vital parts, such as their heads and necks, but only dared to greet their hands and feet.
However, the homeless people who rushed over did not seem to be afraid of pain, and they would not flinch when their hands and feet were cut, and they still rushed forward with the rough weapons in their hands while they were still bloody.
An ordinary person meets a madman in a narrow way, and it is not difficult to guess who will have the final laugh in the end. And the current situation is a few normal people, struggling to stop a group of crazy people.
Gradually, several of the family members were wounded, and the defense line began to be forced to retreat, and it was only a matter of time before they retreated to the side of the carriage. Even if the problem of the horse not going crazy in the end, it is not safe to remain in that carriage. Shen Shu chose to transfer a few children to the carriage in advance, which was actually the best choice, and it turned out to be so.
Frightened by the accident, the horse galloped away, knocking down several homeless people along the way, including the suspicious man. Not only was he knocked down, but his right leg was run over by the wheel of the carriage, and if it weren't for the noisy environment, he would have heard a crisp sound, the sound of a broken bone. The man screamed so badly that he almost fainted in pain, and for the time being, he had no intention of continuing to command the homeless people to besiege the Xie family.
Without anyone to command, the team was forcibly separated by the carriage, and although the homeless people looked crazy, their behavior became disorderly, and they instantly turned into a plate of loose sand.
As a result, the Xie family was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Xie Changning pulled out and sent Sister Hui to the carriage behind, and hurriedly glanced at the direction in which the carriage ran away, and the homeless people over there rushed up again, so he didn't care about it anymore, and hurriedly went up, only praying in his heart that something would happen over there.
The injuries suffered by the little ones increased little by little, and the accumulation became very strict, and gradually some of them were not supported. Although many of the displaced people were injured, they had a large base and had an advantage over the Xie family.
The little ones retreated little by little, and not far behind them was the carriage carrying the children and their dependents, and the screams and cries were intertwined and came out of the car.
Just when they were about to hold on, a group of people suddenly appeared in the canyon in front of them, dressed in ordinary coarse cloth caftan brown, some dusty, but definitely not homeless.
Seeing this, Xie Changning did not immediately put his mind at ease, but became more worried. The sudden appearance of centaurs, no one knows whether they are friends or foes. Behind the scenes, there is not only one option for the homeless, but there is also someone else, and this is not a conflict.
Fortunately, his luck was not too bad, and this group of people was just ordinary passers-by, because the carriage that ran past before knew that something was wrong and followed the road to find it back. With the help of this group, it didn't take long for all the displaced people to be subdued, and as for the suspicious person, when he sensed that the general situation was gone, he committed suicide, so that Xie Changning's plan to ask for clues from his mouth was in vain.
He put aside his intention to examine the body for the time being, and asked the group about the carriage and the people in it. The Xie family and his party, the men were basically injured, and the female dependents were also frightened, and the current situation did not allow him to catch up at all. He was a little relieved to learn from the other party that one of them had chased after him before.
After briefly thanking the group, Xie Changning invited them to go together. First, it was to thank them for reaching out to them, and secondly, it was good to take care of them, after all, the situation of the Xie family and his party was really bad. In addition, the person who went to chase the carriage said that the old place converged, and he had to go with him in order to determine the situation between Shen Shu and Cui Yijing.
After learning that he was Xie Changning, the group was a little surprised, and some of them opened their mouths to say something, but in the end they couldn't say it.
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Yue Donghai chased for a long time before catching up with the speeding carriage, and spent some time keeping parallel to the carriage, and found an opportunity to jump from the horseback to the carriage, the process was very thrilling, but fortunately succeeded in the end.
The horses that pull the carts are domestic, docile, and although frightened, they are easy to tame.
After Yue Donghai jumped on the carriage to stabilize his body, although he wanted to check the situation of the people in the carriage, he also understood that the current situation did not allow him to do so, so he could only hold his thoughts, grab the reins, and tame the frightened and crazy horse little by little.
The carriage had deviated from the road and made its way through the dry fields, and after efforts to cross the East China Sea, it finally came to a stop not far from the cliff.
There was a deep canyon in front of it, and if the carriage did not stop in time and fell, the people in the carriage would have no chance of survival.
When Yue Donghai saw this scene, he was afraid for a while. He breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly became nervous again, and turned to lift the curtain of the car door, his hands trembling slightly.
The curtain of the car door was lifted, and two figures came into view, one tall and one petite, but it was a petite person who reached out to protect the tall figure, even if he lost consciousness, his hand was still tightly grasping each other's clothes.
Shen Shu was tilted sideways, half of her face could be seen, her eyes were closed, her brows were frowned, her hair was scattered, and her mouth emitted unconscious syllables, proving that she was still alive.
Yue Donghai's heart was put down. He crouched on the board, stretched out his hand, and just as he was about to touch her, he suddenly stopped, and froze in mid-air. After a while, he turned to Cui Yijing, who was on the side, to check on his condition.
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The Xie family and his entourage followed the group of well-wishers to a village located at the foot of the mountain about forty miles outside the city of Jingzhou, which was where they settled, that is, the place where Yue Donghai said to meet. The village is not big, and there are not many apprentices, so it was difficult to use water before, but this drought directly led to the death and flight of the people who originally lived here, and now there is no one in sight.
When they came, a long time had passed, and it was almost time.
The attendant took some dry food from the carriage, dealt with it briefly, and set it on the table, but almost no one moved. Everyone present had a somewhat heavy expression.
At the end of the unitary time, Yue Donghai came back in a wolf, looking very tired.
He came back alone, led the horse to Xie Changning with heavy steps, and said to him apologetically, "I'm sorry." As soon as these two words came out, some words no longer needed to be spoken.
Sister Hui couldn't accept this result no matter what, regardless of the fact that she rushed to Yue Donghai, with a crying voice and a hoarse voice, "Where is the mother? Where is she? And Brother Jing'er, why don't you bring them back?"
Soon after the group of outcasts was subdued, she was relieving herself from the brink of collapse. Because she recalled the previous incident, she was immersed in regret along the way. If she hadn't gone wrong at that time, and got off obediently like Brother Zhen and Brother Yan'er, there would have been no follow-up, Shen Shu would not have gone up to the carriage, and Cui Yijing would not have followed out of curiosity, even if the horse was frightened, it could only be an empty car, and they would not have been taken away together.
It's all her fault!
Yue Donghai was a little surprised when he saw Sister Hui'er, and then quickly lowered his eyes and didn't look at her, and said apologetically, "When I caught up with the carriage, it was already very close to the cliff, and I tried my best to stop it, so I could only watch the carriage...... Sorry ......"