I heard only the sharp thud, and the next moment the cold light sank into Butu's back, and I saw him twitch and sit stiffly on the horse's back, his eyes wide as if they were about to bulge out.

A little cold light appeared on his chest.

It's the tip of an arrow!

"Big Brother Butu!"

Everyone around them exclaimed, and Butu shook his horse and fell headlong, causing a huge splash.

My eyes widened and I couldn't believe what was happening before me, and when he fell off my horse, I saw at a glance that on the other side of the river, several men with quivers and longbows and scimitars on their backs had come out of the woods.

Behind them, a large group of people rushed out.

Suddenly, the arrows rained down like rain, swishing towards this direction, and several more people fell off their horses one after another, and the huge splash that aroused almost swallowed my whole person.

The rest of the men began to panic and hurriedly rode their horses back to the river.

Just in the panic I stepped on a stone pit at the bottom of the river and fell, coupled with the turbulent river water and the swishing arrows flying overhead, I didn't dare to rise for a long time, until this time I carefully stood up from the river, and saw that those people had run to the middle of the water, standing around me in a circle, although they were all wearing cloth clothes, ordinary peasant dress, but fully armed and just superb archery, obviously not an ordinary peasant.

Moreover, they saved me!

I gasped and looked at them in disbelief, unfamiliar faces with very solemn expressions, except for a dozen people standing beside me, the rest of them all waded across the river and washed all the way to the shore, as if they were going to expel those people.

In the distance, I could still hear the screams of the pine trees and the long neighing of the horses.

After a while, those voices gradually subsided, and a few horsemen and horses slowly walked out of the woods, it was my guards, they seemed to have just experienced a fierce battle, everyone was stained with blood, panting and looking fierce, seeing me standing in the middle of the river, a large area of red blood around me, and those who stood beside me with swords, the leader hurriedly said: "Miss, are you okay?" ”

I couldn't come back to my senses for a while, so I just shook my head gently.

When we were just sniped by Butu and others, I gave them the order on horseback, the first gesture was "disperse", the second gesture was "counter-kill", and apparently they had completed the second order.

It's just that this qiē happened so quickly that I was out of danger before I even reacted.

But, who saved me?

I looked up at the people around me, all of them unfamiliar faces, none of them familiar, and I hesitated to ask, "Are you—"

Just then, a familiar voice came from across the river.

"Miss!"

As soon as I heard this voice, my heart skipped a beat, and I hurriedly turned around, and saw a man stumbling out of the woods, her slightly chubby figure making it difficult for her to walk on the bumpy river beach, and there were people with bows and arrows on her back, and young men with scimitars supporting her.

It's Aunt Hong!

I couldn't believe my eyes, but the person who was so excited that he stepped into the river with one foot, and even disregarded the dissuasion of the people around him, and was about to go this way while the river was flowing, was clearly my Aunt Hong!

She's here?

I stood in the middle of the river, letting the icy water flow past me, until she was helped up to me, and the heavily armed men around me also stepped back and whispered "Aunt Hong".

She brought someone to save me!

I was still standing still, Aunt Hong's face was already full of water, and I didn't know if it was tears or river water, she came over and grabbed my arm: "Miss, Miss, are you okay?" You're not hurt, are you? ”

"Aunt Red......"

At this moment, I was completely confused.

Just now, when Butu told me that there would be no more bodhisattvas to save me this time, and I sneered and replied, "My mother will help me again", in fact, I just wanted to delay time and wait for my guards to come to save me, and I didn't expect this to be the result at all.

Aunt Hong, she actually brought someone to save me!

Is God helping me?

However, she touched my arm at once, and the place where I had just fallen from my horse and hit me immediately made my whole body shrink in pain.

Aunt Hong was so frightened that she hurriedly retracted her hand: "Miss, are you injured?" ”

"I—"

Not only my shoulder, but also my knees, the back of my head, my back, all of them were bruises from falling from the horse, and arrow wounds from my ankles.

Aunt Hong hurriedly stepped forward to help me, and hurriedly greeted the people around her: "Hurry! The eldest lady is injured! Send the eldest lady back to the village! ”

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I was escorted across the river by them in a sweaty state, and someone brought me an old-fashioned wicker chair, placed me on it, and staggered to the opposite side. I sat on my back on a wicker chair, and I couldn't open my eyes to the sunlight above me.

After crossing the river and walking through a small forest, a wide and flat road appeared in front of me, leading to the village ahead, and at the entrance of the village was planted a tall begonia tree, with lush branches and leaves, which had already produced a lot of green fruit, and when they carried the rattan chairs under the tree, the sporadic sunlight leaked through the gap between the leaves, and I was a little distracted.

After that, I'm a little vague about how to get into this village.

I only felt as if I was still in the river, being hit by the rushing river, and my ears were filled with noisy and noisy sounds, and I felt more and more ashamed, and finally closed my eyes and fell asleep when the labor pains kept coming.

When I woke up again, when I opened my eyes, I saw Aunt Hong's worried look.

She sat on the edge of the bed and watched me, and when she saw me wake up, she immediately said happily, "Miss, you are awake!" ”

"Aunt Red......"

I also called her happily, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I felt a fire burning in my throat, and suddenly coughed, she hurriedly went to pour me a cup of tea, I was very thirsty, and I wanted to reach out to pick it up, only to find that my shoulders and arms were wrapped in thick bandages, and my fingertips were numb and difficult to move, she said: "Miss, don't do it, your shoulder has been bruised, you have to take care of it, don't move these days." ”

With that, she reached out and helped me sit up and brought the teacup to my mouth.

I drank several sips in her hand, and my throat finally felt a little more comfortable, Aunt Hong put the cup on the table, then turned around and walked back to the bed, looked down at me, and said distressedly: "Miss, does it still hurt?" Is there anything else that is uncomfortable? ”

I hurriedly shook my head: "It's okay." ”

"Hey, it's a good thing our people came in time, otherwise I don't know what they would do to the eldest lady. This injury, if Mrs. knows, she will be distressed! ”

“……”

As she spoke, her eyes turned red and she sobbed.

Of course, I knew that she felt sorry for me, although there was still some faint pain on my body, I could only endure it myself, and forced a smile to comfort her, while comforting her, while sorting out my somewhat disordered thoughts.

After all, her appearance was also unexpected to me.

When she finally calmed down and sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to help me straighten the messy hair next to my ear, I said softly, "Aunt Hong, this is—"

She said: "This is Gantang Village. ”

Gantang Village, where the ancestral hall of the Yan family is located.

The tall gantang tree I saw when I entered the village should be the origin of the name of this village.

Thinking so, I looked up at the room, and found that it was a very large and spacious room, but it was very simple and simple, except for some necessary cabinets, there were almost no furnishings, and the door leading to the outside was hung with a thick blue curtain.

It's a bit like the house in Jixiang Village.

I said, "Aunt Hong, why did you come here?" ”

Aunt Hong looked at me: "The eldest lady came this time, is it because of that-the old lady is making waves in the Yan family again?" ”

I nodded.

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The candlestick beside the bed had been quietly emitting light, only to burst out every once in a while, and the sound of popping seemed a little abrupt in the room.

I talked to Aunt Hong intermittently about everything that happened in the past few days.

When I heard me say that Xue Qian asked Pei Yuanxiu to find Yan Gang, Aunt Hong's brows were twisted together, and she said hatefully: "I have never seen anyone more ignorant than her!" ”

"Aunt Red......"

"The matter of the eldest lady in Jinling has been transmitted back to Xichuan intermittently, and I already know about it, so as soon as that Pei Yuanxiu came, I knew that there was nothing good, but I didn't expect that he had already colluded with the surname Xue. This time, I secretly inquired that they wanted to take this opportunity to gather the elders of the Yan family, not only to deal with the head of the family, but also to deal with the eldest lady, and I knew that the woman was fainting again! ”

The more Aunt Hong spoke, the more angry she became, and she said indignantly: "To be honest, I've lived most of my life, and I've never seen such a confused woman, why did you say it was for her back then-"

At this, she paused suddenly.

Looking at my somewhat gloomy eyes, she swallowed all the words that followed, and then said: "I inquired that she was going to summon the elders of the Yan family to the ancestral hall, but how could I just sit and watch them succeed, if it was like that, let alone the Yan family, we can't eat good fruits in the whole Xichuan!" ”

"So, you're here?"

"Yes, they can't let them do it!"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile on my face.

I didn't expect Aunt Hong to be so old, but she was still so thoughtful and thoughtful, and I only thought of coming to the ancestral hall to find someone to help after Pei Yuanxiu went to find Yan Gang, she had thought of it so early.

I smiled and said, "Thank you, Aunt Hong." ”

When Aunt Hong heard this, she suddenly felt as if she had been pricked by a needle: "Miss, why are you still saying thank you to me?" ”

Seeing that she was anxious to reproach me, I hurriedly laughed, she held my hand again, patted the back of my hand hard, and then said: "Some people and things here, I have made it clear in advance, eldest lady, please rest assured." Old Man Ma also knows the intention of the eldest lady, and he will call the shots. ”

Old man Ma, that is-

Seeing that I was a little unfamiliar with this name, Aunt Hong hurriedly said: "He is the person next to the old lady and the elder of this village. ”

I immediately understood: "He is the one who guards the ancestral hall for the Yan family." ”

"Yes."

"Is he here now?"

"Hmm. He is in charge of everything big and small inside and outside this village. Don't look at his age, but he is very sober. ”

As soon as I heard this, I was very happy, in fact, before and on the way here, I was a little worried, a person who has done things with his grandfather, how to count the age should be close to the age of the cane dynasty, I am afraid that such an old person may have been confused, or lingering on the sickbed, I didn't expect to listen to Aunt Hong, the old man is still very energetic.

Aunt Hong continued: "The patrol people in the village found that someone had entered the pine forest, and as soon as I heard their description, I knew that it was the eldest lady who came, and I was afraid that the eldest lady would suffer, so I told him that I would bring someone over to help, but fortunately he agreed to let the group of people follow me, otherwise the eldest lady would really suffer." ”

"Great!" I smiled and said, "I want to see him." ”

While saying that, I was about to get off the bed, but Aunt Hong hurriedly stopped me and said, "Miss, your injuries-"

Before she could finish speaking, as soon as I moved, I felt a dull pain in my shoulder, as well as ankles, arms, waist, and several places, and almost fell off the bed in pain.

She said: "Miss, don't move now, although the wounds on your body are bandaged, they will still crack if you move like this." ”

“……”

"The eldest lady is so beautiful, she can't leave a scar on her body!"

“……”

"Miss, you can rest here in peace, and when you are rested, he will come to see you. Actually, he was supposed to come today, but the eldest lady was injured, and I kicked them all out. ”

"But—"

"Besides, it's still the middle of the night outside."

“……”

I was stunned, and when I looked at it, I realized that it was indeed pitch black outside the window, but I didn't expect that I had been asleep for so long.

However, since Aunt Hong has arranged it like this, she naturally listened to her, I was helped by her and obediently lay back on the bed, she explained a few words, and was about to turn away, I suddenly remembered what happened during the day, and asked: "Aunt Hong, what about the people who chased me during the day?" How are they? ”

Aunt Hong said: "It's all dealt with, only a few are left." ”

"What about those people? There's a man, the one who talks to me during the day—"

"He? He's dead. Along with the others, it was all dealt with. ”