It was getting dark again.

The team had no intention of stopping.

Zheng Sui staggered behind the team, walking forward step by step, Chenfeng wanted to help Zheng Sui, so Zheng Sui refused, Chenfeng's situation was similar to her, this was the first day of walking.

Last night, I heard the team leader Dong Weng say that it would take four days to detour from Liangzhou to Xinzheng.

They have been out of Xuzhou City for four days, the first three days, is to take the ox cart to transport goods, the ox cart they use to transport goods, no more than Zheng Sui in Jiankang when the ox cart ride, the space is narrow, the carriage is hard and erect, at the end of the day, both feet are swollen, yesterday when they arrived in Liangzhou, to change the mountain road, then changed the ox cart, with a plate car to transport goods.

There were about sixty or seventy people in this caravan, each of whom was carrying a burden and pushing a cart, Rao is Zheng Sui and they were empty-handed, but their feet were slower than those people, and the people looked more tired than those people, falling at the back of the team.

The team stopped only after arriving at its destination.

The so-called destination is a leeward valley.

They often take this section of the mountain road, so they are particularly familiar with this section of the road, so that the place to rest, are fixed, a few days ago, and Dong Weng chatted that they people, a year, also go this time, after the beginning of spring, the south of the cloud brocade and orange grapefruit and so on to Pingcheng, when the autumn comes, the wool fabrics and cheese of the north of the north, bring the south of the goods.

Dong Weng was a thin and short old man, with a slightly heavy back, and he was the leader of this caravan, and he walked this road no less than seventy or eighty times.

When I first saw Dong Weng, I saw Dong Weng's face full of wrinkles. With silver hair, Zheng Sui thought that Dong Weng was over sixty years old. Later, after listening to Dong Weng himself, I learned that Dong Weng was only in his forties, about the same age as Aya, but in Zheng Sui's opinion, he was much older than Aya.

Because of Manqin, Zheng Sui didn't like businessmen. Coupled with the inherent traditional thoughts, there is still a little disgust with businessmen, these days. After getting along with Dong Weng, Zheng Sui's understanding of businessmen has changed somewhat.

If nothing else, it's extremely hard to do it. And also suffer from white eyes. The commercial taxes collected by the government were very high, and they had to take a detour through the mountains to avoid the officers and soldiers.

It is the season of spring cold, warm and cold, the mountain wind blows, whistling by, and the cold is raging.

The campfire in the camp began to burn. The bright light of the fire broke through the darkness of the night. It brought a little warmth.

After a few days, although I was not used to it, I had lost a lot of attention and was very tired, and when I sat down by the bonfire, the morning breeze only laid a fine linen cloth in front of Zheng Sui, and Zheng Sui knelt on it.

Chenfeng was about to lean down again, pinched Zheng Sui's feet, and let Zheng Sui push him away, "Forget it, you're tired today, I'll just pinch it myself." ”

"Little lady. Although Chenfeng lowered his voice, he still made Zheng Sui turn his head and glare.

Chenfeng smiled helplessly, "Xiaolang, it's too hard to walk like this for a day, and the small ones can't stand it, not to mention Xiaolang, tomorrow Xiaolang will take the board cart they pushed, don't walk anymore." Chenfeng persuaded while squatting down and pinching Zheng Sui's legs, this is in the wild, the weather is cold, and Zheng Sui can't take off his shoes, but you don't have to guess, you also know that the soles of Zheng Sui's feet are all worn out blisters.

Zheng Sui didn't say anything.

Chenfeng said again: "If Lang Jun sees Xiao Lang like this, he will also feel distressed, Xiao Lang always doesn't want to see Lang Jun, he can't even walk." ”

Lang Jun refers to Zheng Han.

Later, Dong Weng brought food over, and it was still two steamed cakes, and when Chenfeng took it, he talked about it.

Dong Weng smiled, "Last night, the old man told the two Xiaolang, but the two didn't listen. He handed Morrowind a small cloth bag, "This is the trauma medicine we carry with us, you can apply it to the soles of your feet, it will relieve some pain." ”

"Great, thank you. The morning breeze took it with both hands in joy.

Dong Weng waved his hand and sat down on the edge of the campfire, "Speaking of which, the money you gave is enough for our team, and it is not too much to ask us to provide a carriage for such a trip." Because of this, in order to take care of these two people, from Xuzhou to Liangzhou, they used ox carts to transport goods, if in the past, along the way, they used board carts, of course, it is also because of these two people, they dare to take the official road in front of them, almost all the way is smooth.

Moreover, all the way is exempt from commercial tax, he has to be suspicious, there are not many people in Xuzhou City who can do it.

After passing Liangzhou, it turned to the mountain road.

However, these two little ladies are going to Xinzheng.

"Xiaolang, you will eat some. Chenfeng wiped the steamed biscuit with a handkerchief, put it in Zheng Sui's hand, and poured Zheng Sui a glass of water, "This steamed biscuit is hard, drink some water first." ”

Zheng Sui nodded, took a sip of water first, handed the cup back to Chenfeng, and then picked up the steamed cake in his hand and bit it carefully.

The steamed bread was the dry food they brought on the road, and the water was spring water from the mountains.

Dong Weng watched from the side, these days, every time he stopped to eat, he could see this scene, although when he came to the business house to ask him to take these two people to Xinzheng, he didn't say what the identity of these two people was, and these two people didn't want to say more about getting along on the road these days, but Dong Weng with a heart full of vicissitudes of life, through a pair of eyes accustomed to seeing the world, also guessed that these two people, a master and a servant, are not from ordinary people.

Not to mention anything else, just the glass cup for drinking water, there is no one on the market, they are all objects made in their own workshops by the big families.

Although these two people made themselves black, the first time he saw it, he saw that it was two girls.

Along the way, but there was no puncture.

What he can't understand is that these two girls, how could they rush to Xinzheng, Xinzheng is now occupied by Qianhu, Xinzheng's food, since last year, began to be in short supply, I heard that in order to raise food, at the end of last year, the Zheng family in Xingyang was served, and the two girls went over, according to the cruelty of Qianhu, and it has not become the food in the mouths of those people.

After getting along for so many days, he was moved by compassion.

I thought about it, how to persuade the two girls to go back, I can't watch the two girls go to death.

Zheng Sui ate steamed cakes with difficulty, the body consumed today was too much, he was already hungry, unprecedented, the first time, he finished eating a steamed cake, and there was no left.

Seeing that the two girls ran out of steamed cakes, Dong Weng spoke, "Xinzheng is not very peaceful, the people in the city have fled long ago before the occupation of Qianhu, and recently, even the people outside the city have begun to flee, and the people there have avoided it, why do you have to rush to Xinzheng two Xiaolang?"

"We ......"

Chenfeng only said two words, and then let Zheng Sui grab the words, "Ah Weng can send us into the city, as for the rest, Ah Weng don't ask." ”

"The old man doesn't mean anything else," looking at the vigilant faces of the master and servant, Dong Weng hurriedly explained, "The old man just doesn't want the two little men to die in vain, the old man has been running south and north for decades, and he has seen it with his own eyes, and he cooked the girl and ate it ......."

With a thud, the cup in Morrowind's hand fell.

It wasn't a slate floor, it was a squishy mud floor, and the cup stopped after rolling on the ground a few times.

Chenfeng hurriedly got up to pick it up, looked at it in the light of the campfire, and patted his chest, "It's okay, it's not broken." ”

The smile on his face was a little reluctant.

Similarly, Zheng Sui also had a white face, and after a long time, he said to Dong Weng: "There is a reminder from Lao Aweng, we know." ”

After that, he lowered his head, held a small pebble in his hand, and kept gesturing on the wet ground.

The atmosphere was too dull all of a sudden, Dong Weng saw it, so he got up and left, and then admonished, "The two of them rest early, and they should get up early tomorrow and hurry." ”

The morning breeze answered.

After Dong Weng left, Chenfeng had already packed his baggage and squatted beside Zheng Sui.

As soon as he squatted down, he heard Zheng Sui ask, "Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid. Chenfeng grabbed the hem of his clothes with both hands, shook his head, and held on a little strong and happy.

Looking at such a morning breeze, Zheng Sui's heart was astringent, and he didn't say anything more, and lowered his head again.

Using a stone to draw on the ground, he drew a large character, overlapping and overlapping, over and over again, as if unconscious.

At this moment, she was a little scared.

She regretted it even more, she shouldn't have brought the morning breeze over, she didn't want the tragic death of her concubine and cattail to happen in front of her eyes again.

She doesn't want to be like last time, when she got the news of her fifth brother's death, she was extremely sad and heartbroken, and she didn't want to experience it again.

If she could, she would rather be the one who suffered first, rather than the people around her, because then she would not be sad and sad.

This is why she dared to come to Xinzheng, and why she came to Xinzheng.

So, this time she didn't want to wait stupidly for the bad news to come, and then be sad and painful.

She would rather the relatives around her come to cry for her than for her to cry for the death of her relatives.

If something happens to Aya and Sister-in-law, she prefers to follow Aya's sister-in-law.

The night breeze blew, and Zheng Sui shivered.

People are much more sober, and their dullness has disappeared a little.

The wind in the mountains is strong, even in the leeward area, the wind is stronger than the flat land, the north wind in the forest whistles, and the howls of wild beasts are faintly heard, sometimes far and sometimes near.

As the night deepened, the bonfire was still there, and the voices of the people around them gradually became less and less, until they gradually disappeared, and there was no one at all.

The snoring began to rise and fall, and the morning breeze squatting next to her also began to squint and fall asleep, Zheng Sui woke her up, and pointed to the mat that had been laid out next to the bonfire, "You go to sleep first, I'll sit for a while." ”

"Don't, the maid accompanies the little lady. After saying that, Morrowind immediately came to his senses.

Zheng Sui shook his head helplessly, "I'm all confused like this, don't hurry up and go to sleep, I'm also sleepy, and I'm going to sleep after sitting for a while." ”

When the morning breeze heard this, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep on the mat.

Zheng Sui didn't feel a trace of sleepiness, his eyes widened, staring at the bonfire in front of him, and adding some dead branches from time to time.

In this way, I don't know how long it took, the sound of beasts in my ears, the sound of the wind, mixed together, in this silent night, it seemed particularly gloomy and terrifying, Zheng Sui could only keep comforting himself, those beasts were far away, not in front of him, and it was okay.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared, Zheng Sui looked up, and let out an almost irrepressible scream, and the whole person collapsed on the ground...... (To be continued......)