The spring is cold, the fields are silent, and there are a few trees standing on the river embankment not far away, the bark of which has long been stripped away, leaving only a few dry branches, and the broken nests are silently waiting for the return of migratory birds.

Zhang Xing had already walked half a mile and hadn't met anyone yet, so she sighed and asked, "How far is it from the nearest village?" ”

Gu Yu replied: "The front is it." ”

Zhang Xing looked at it, at the end of the gray world, there was a desolate river embankment, and there were a few protrusions scattered under the river embankment, if you didn't look closely, you would definitely think that it was a mound of earth.

Although the people along the Huaishui River have suffered from the floods, they also need to rely on it to survive, so many villages are near the river embankment.

When they arrived at the bottom of the river embankment, He An squatted on the ground and grabbed a handful of soil, Gu Yu didn't know what he was doing, and asked, "Master He, what are you looking at?" ”

He Antian ran all over the world, and he was used to exploring the clues to see if the road ahead was safe. Patting the dirt on his hands, he turned to Zhang Xing and said, "Madam, I'm afraid there is no one in the village anymore." ”

After the uprising in the northwest, wars broke out one after another, and Xiao Fugui on the Jianghuai side integrated the Heyuan army, proclaimed himself King Fu, and strengthened the encirclement and suppression of the Huaiyang Palace.

Although the Huaiyang royal palace has been entrenched in Jianghuai for many years, the troops are insufficient, and they can only defend several places in Jin'an and Yu'an, Yuxian County, Huaiyang, and the villages and towns below are difficult to take into account, so the guerrillas are scattered and rampant, and some villages that live together unite to organize the defense of the young and strong in the village, which can barely be supported.

Many scattered families do not have this confidence, and either break down in repeated harassment, or form homeless people, wandering and begging.

After entering the village, the surroundings were still quiet, and He An pushed open the doors of several houses in a row, but no one was seen except for the broken tables and chairs.

From the head of the village to the end of the village, they saw not a single living thing, except for two wild dogs with green eyes that were hungry from the pyre.

Zhang Xing sighed and said, "Go back." ”

Leaving the village, I saw a group of homeless people staggering on the riverbank from a distance. He An saw Zhang Xing stop and said, "Madam, you go first, I'll go over and have a look." ”

Zhang Xing nodded, "Master He, be careful." ”

What kind of virtue is a hungry and ruthless person, Zhang Xing has seen it before, although He An has some skills, but he still has to be careful.

"Madame, don't worry."

When Zhang Xing and the others were about to return to Zhuangzi, He An rushed back, panting, and said: "They are from Liuhe Village, under Yu'an, and they have been fighting every day over there for the past few days. Yu'an City couldn't enter, they went to Yuxian. ”

He An was originally on guard, but when he got closer, he found that it was just some old and weak women and children. With dry food on his back, he went to a family at the back of the line, and took half a cake with the old father, and got the news.

These days, the war in Yuxian is also tight, and it is not as convenient as before to pass on the news, often they get the news, and it has been several days.

After the little young master was out of confinement, Zhang Xing let Zhang Jinbao go back to Yu County. Wei Minwen went to southern Fujian at the beginning of the year, and this year, no matter whether the wind and rain are smooth or not, Jianghuai will not receive grain. Wei Minwu went to Heyang, and he had already connected with Meng Fugui.

As soon as the war in the northwest began, the demand for grain and grass was endless, and the things accumulated by the Zhang and Wei families had to go north. But the road is far away, and even if there is the Yun Clan's horse gang, it is difficult and dangerous to bypass many forces. This matter is related to the survival of several of their families, and they can't easily fake their hands, so Wei Minwu can only personally lead the team north.

Heyang's defender Wan Beishan is a descendant of the Yan family, and after the little emperor came to power, he was transferred here and confronted the Shen family for several months. Crossing his borders requires extreme caution.

Fortunately, Heyang Mountain is high and deep, and the dense forests are thick, and this realm is what the Yun Clan's horse gang is good at.

Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu have all left, Yuxian County cannot be without people in the town, Yun Jinlan is about to produce again, and Zhang Jinbao must go back.

Originally, Fu Xianglian and Ye Hexiang wanted to come to see her, but they were stopped by her. In the chaotic years, it's better not to go out.

She originally planned to wait for her little brother to turn one year old before returning to Yu County, but it seems that it will not work.

In the night, she called Sun Steward He An and others to come in, and asked about the situation in the surrounding towns again, in short, it was chaos, everyone ran out, and many of the previously lively markets were gone.

"Let's go back to Yuxian tomorrow, go to Zhanghe Town first, and after picking up Uncle Fu, we will go together. Steward Sun has bothered a lot. Zhang Xing said to everyone.

Sun Xin answered, and went out to arrange for people to start packing things.

Zhang Xing's room was arranged by You's mother, and when they came over, they didn't bring much with them, and it was easy to pack up, but they had been cleaned up overnight.

At dawn, Sun Xin drove the carriage over, the ladies all got on the carriage, He An and others rode horses and hugged several carriages to the town, and met several waves of homeless people along the way, all of whom dragged their children and daughters to come up with bowls to eat and drink.

Sun Xin is an old man, and he unceremoniously waved his whip to catch up.

Sun Baozhu sat in the carriage, looking at the skinny faces outside, and couldn't help but take a piece of dim sum to hand it out.

Mother You grabbed it, "I can't help it!" ”

Sun Baozhu looked at Zhang Xing. Zhang Xing hugged her little brother to feed, leaning on the carriage, without blinking her eyes.

Sun Baozhu's move, of course she knew. But it's also as Mama You said. At this moment, I can't do it.

It's not that she's reluctant, it's really that she can't do it.

When they give a man to eat, a crowd of people will come around them, all hungry and frightened, and when they see a glimmer of hope, they will hold on to it, just as a drowning man will desperately grasp everything they can and never let go.

If you can't ask for it, you will rob it, and you will kill it.

She has also seen this scene.

The homeless people were driven away, and the carriage was able to move again. Sun Baozhu looked at it with blank eyes, and Mother You persuaded in a low voice: "I know you pity them, but ah, if you give this little snack, we may all have to stay here today, I have an old bone, naturally it doesn't matter, but look at the little brother, it's still so young." ”

When the little brother heard someone calling his name, he quickly turned his head to look, smiled brightly at Sun Baozhuyou's mother, turned his head again, and continued to feed.

Sun Baozhu looked at the little brother in a daze for a while, then looked at the snack in his hand, silently stuffed it into his mouth, stuffed it a few times, and suddenly turned back to his stomach and vomited a few times.

Zhang Xing glanced at her. This is not the first time that Sun Baozhu has done this.

Mother You thought she was choking, so she hurriedly helped beat her back, and said, "What are you anxious about?" And no one is robbing you. As a result, the more she pounded, the more Sun Baozhu vomited, almost throwing up.

Zhang Xing hugged the little brother tightly and handed over a cup of tea.

Sun Baozhu drank and finally stopped. She lowered her head and put the teacup back.

When he arrived at the gate of Zhanghe Town, Sun Xin handed over the documents that had already been prepared, and the city gate patrolled them one by one, and looked at the heads, even the carriage was not spared, and the inspection was very strict.

Mother You has been living in Zhuangzi these days and rarely goes out, so she was surprised: "Is it so difficult to enter the city now?" ”

Zhang Xing lifted the carriage curtain and glanced back, it was densely packed with people, and this was just the town.

Because they have Li Zhengbaoshu, they have taken special care, and it still takes a lot of time from the time they get to the city gate to enter the city, and ordinary people are afraid that it is more difficult.

When I entered the city, it was really overcrowded. Uncle Fu and Uncle Fu got the letter early, sent a small servant to wait at the gate of the city, saw Wei Ji's carriage, and hurriedly greeted him.

Uncle Fu thought about it all night, but he didn't plan to leave. He is now very old, and the root cause of the disease caused by going south and north in his early years has attacked, and his legs and feet are no longer good, and he always feels that he will not come back if he leaves. When the mood of falling leaves returns to the roots, I don't want to leave.

Zhang Xing told him about the situation in the nearby village.

Uncle Fu really didn't believe it, "Is it so chaotic outside?" ”

There are many people fleeing in Zhanghe Town, and there are all kinds of rumors, but the town is peaceful, and he only listens to half of it and believes half of it.

But Zhang Xing is different, he knows her personality, and what she says is definitely not false.

Gu Yu was on the side, blowing the wind and said: "Uncle, don't believe it, I heard that Yu'an was fighting fiercely, King Fu smoked everywhere, and if he couldn't smoke it, he set fire to the village, I don't know how many people died." Not to mention, those soldiers who escaped were the most hateful, burning, killing, looting, and doing everything. Our town seems to be stable at the moment, but it may not be, it is too close to Yu'an. ”

Uncle Fu patted his leg and hesitated.

When Aunt Fu saw Zhang Xing's son, she missed her little grandson more and more who hadn't seen her for a few months, and couldn't help but say angrily: "You old thing, I want to keep you, I'm leaving." ”

Uncle Fu finally decided, "Well, it looks like my old bones are going to die outside." ”

Uncle Fu pointed and scolded hatefully: "It's really that the older you get, the more you go back, in front of the children, you actually say nonsense, what can't you die, what can't you live?" You want to stay, and no one will stop you. ”

The older Uncle Fu is now, the more he can bear Uncle Fu, and he was scolded like this, and he didn't say a word back.

Gu Yu smiled secretly. Zhang Xing knew that the relationship between the old couple was actually very good, Uncle Fu had a stubborn temper, and only Uncle Fu could persuade him, Uncle Fu's words sounded fierce, but they all showed deep concern.

After explaining Uncle Fu, Zhang Xing said to Uncle Fu again: "Is Yu Langzhong in the south of the city still there?" ”

Aunt Fu was taken aback, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Uncle Fu also looked at Zhang Xing and looked at the little brother in her arms.

Zhang Xing smiled: "It's not me, it's Baozhu, she hasn't eaten well these days and lost a lot of weight, I want Yu Langzhong to show her." ”

Aunt Fu breathed a sigh of relief, "Here, where can he go?" Hurriedly asked the little guy to take the name card and invite someone.

Yu Langzhong, please. For Sun Baozhu, Zhang Xing only had a rough guess in her heart, but when she thought of her usual person, she felt incredible.

Yu Langzhong asked Sun Baozhu for a pulse, and after reading it with both hands, he asserted: "Madam, it's a happy pulse." ”

Because of a vague guess before, Zhang Xing was not much surprised. She looked at Sun Baozhu, she lowered her head, and looked calmer than she was.

Zhang Xing asked Gu Yu to send Yu Langzhong out. She wanted Sun Baozhu to say it herself. However, after eating a cup of tea, Sun Baozhu still knelt motionless.

Facing such a stuffy gourd, Zhang Xing couldn't hold her breath at first, "Who is it?" Don't you say, don't you all have eyes? ”

After more than two months, the body was immediately pregnant.

Sun Baozhu still lowered his head and remained motionless.

If it were someone else, Zhang Xing would definitely have to ask a clear question. If the people around her have other thoughts, how dare she use it? But Sun Baozhu is different, she has been with her for six or seven years, longer than Xiao Deyu.

has changed from a stubborn beggar to the most indispensable person around her now. Although she couldn't speak, she knew better than anyone else. From the day she kowtowed, she felt that she regarded herself as heaven, and if she had any commands, she would not hesitate to do it, even if it was for her to die.

Zhang Xing sometimes finds it difficult to understand this feeling, but being treated like this, she feels happy and heavy in her heart.

"Do you want to face it alone?" Zhang Xing asked.

Sun Baozhu is not a person who can't bear it, she doesn't say it, and it won't be difficult to speak, she is doing this to defend the other party.

Who the hell is it? Since it's provoked, why don't you dare to stand up?

Zhang Xing had already thought about the people around her, and they didn't seem to dare to do it.

"Do you want to face it alone?" Zhang Xing asked, "You have a big belly, have you ever thought about what others will think of you?" After the child is born, have you ever thought about what others will think of the child? ”

Sun Baozhu's hand unconsciously put it on her abdomen, and she also raised her head, looked at Zhang Xing, and burst into tears.

Zhang Xing looked at her, it was the first time she had seen her cry, without any sound. She had prepared a lot of words, and she was stuck at once, and she couldn't say a word.

Sun Baozhu suddenly kowtowed.

Zhang Xing heard this clear and dull kowtow, and the fire in her heart rose, "Okay! She stood up suddenly, "I will confess, saying that you were promised by me in the countryside, and the other party's life was thin, and he died not long after getting married, child, you are a posthumous child!" ”

Sun Baozhu remained motionless and fell low on the ground.

"I can only help here, you, do it yourself." After Zhang Xing finished speaking, she didn't look back.

Sun Baozhu raised his head, his face was full of tears, knowing that Zhang Xing couldn't see it, he still kowtowed a few times.

Since Uncle Fu decided to leave with him, he had to start packing his luggage. Zhang Xing thought about what he had seen and heard along the way to Zhanghe Town, so he asked Sun Xin to take some silver money and place an order at the only dart bureau in the town.

The Fu family's belongings are not Zhang Xing's, Uncle Fu thought very thoroughly, he felt that he would not be able to go back to Yuxian this time. Who knows when this battle will be over. Everything that could be taken away was taken away, and it was busy for a few days, and it was full of seven or eight wagons.

When he went out of the city, it was mighty, and many families in the town knew about the situation of the Fu family, and his in-laws and son-in-law were in Yu County, and the business was big. They're going to Yuxian. Some people didn't think much about it, but some wondered, is the situation not good? Do you want to move the ground too?

But if people have sons-in-law to take refuge, who can they rely on? Besides, today's Yuxian County is not so easy to enter.