22. The little son of the General's Mansion
Ripples rode a horse and galloped on the road, thinking about Qiu Tong's last choked words, the taste in his heart was indescribable, the grass and trees on the side of the road retreated rapidly, the heavy rain stopped at the beginning, and a full moon hung in the air. The sound of rushing water sounded from behind him, and Ripple's heart felt slightly uneasy, and the manipulator's horse galloped towards a high slope not far away, and suddenly lost color.
But seeing the reflective water spreading in this direction, there was no edge in sight, and the reflection of the fine moonlight slowly and silently swallowed up everywhere it went......
Seeing that the flood was coming so quickly, the hairs on the ripples and bodies stood on end, and the spirit was highly nervous, and he galloped out on his horse.
As the sound of the rushing water became clearer, the crowd of people fleeing on the road increased their speed, most of them ran barefoot, and saw a boy in his early teens riding a tall horse, and there were already people who were eager to survive.
Three or four stout men suddenly stopped in the middle of the road, and Ripple hurriedly tightened the reins, and stopped at the sharp neighing of the horses, and before he could figure out what was going on, the one led by the big men approached Ripple angrily and tried to get her off the horse.
The highly tense nerves were powerful enough at this moment that almost instantaneously they understood the intentions of the men, and they clung to the reins and whipped the horse's ass with a whip desperately, and the horse neighed and galloped over.
Those few people were also like dying, one of them reached out and grabbed the reins, and was dragged to the ground by the ripples riding a horse, with a huge body and a huge weight, the horse that had been galloping for a long time could not bear this much strength, and was about to stop panting.
Ripple hurriedly looked around, gritted his teeth and quickly turned the horse's body, running in the opposite direction, the man who was dragged to the ground did not expect Ripple to suddenly change direction, and was trampled on the stomach by the horse, unable to bear the pain and let go.
"Stopβcatch her!" Ripples was wandering, how to go next, and saw that the big men were outflanked, only a few steps away from her, behind them was an endless flood, and in front of them were several strong men who were eyeing each other, Ripples jumped out of the corners of his eyes, and his heart was crossed, before he wanted to abandon the horse.
I heard a person next to me say, "What is the ability to bully a child!" Ripple was overjoyed, but when he saw that the people next to him knocked those big men to the ground in just a few moves, he realized that those people were just burly, but they didn't have any substantive work, and those people saw that Ripples had a helper, although they were indignant, but they thought that there was a flood after that, and they still turned around and fled forward.
Ripple saw that the face of the person he had just rescued was only in his thirties, his hair was gray, he was obviously dressed in martial arts, but his face was like a literati who had read poetry and books, so he wanted to thank him, and the man hurriedly bowed deeply and said: "This little son, surnamed Pei, is the last bit of blood and blood of our Pei family in Tongcheng, and I ask Gongzi to help take care of it." β
This look only to find that the middle-aged man also had a tall horse behind him, and unlike his own horse, there was a five or six-year-old child sitting on the back of the horse behind the man, and there was a basket on the left and right sides of the horse, in which were placed babies who were still gnawing their fingers. There was also an old man sitting calmly on a four-wheeled cart next to him.
Ripple's lips trembled slightly, and he said, "Sir, it's not that I don't want to help, you see that I myself was almost robbed of my horse, and how can I protect these three immature children." β
Pei Shengjin bowed again tremblingly, and then said: "I don't know how many miles away from Songshan here, and I don't know when the flood will arrive, there is an old father at home who needs someone to take care of, these children, with us there is only a dead end, if you follow the little son, then there is still a glimmer of life." β
Ripple looked at the three children on the horse, and then looked at the old man on the four-wheeled cart on the side, her mind was full of the words of the middle-aged man. He untied one of the baskets on the horse and tied it to his horse, and ran forward with the two horses in tears.
The man's last words are still in his ears: "When the prince is in danger, just protect himself, whether he dies or lives depends on the three of them, but if there is a glimmer of life, just send the three of them to the Pei family in the capital......"
The ripples were full of tears, but he couldn't wipe them with one hand, and when he walked dozens of meters, the ripples clenched the reins and turned his head, shouting as if he was telling Qiu Tong: "...... I will protect the child...... Don't take your own ......"
With that, Ripple clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and the horse galloped out in an instant......
The sudden jolt made the child in the basket cry loudly, and the boy on the other horse, although his face was pale with fear, he endured it to death, his little fingers firmly grasped the reins, and hummed softly in his mouth that his mother coaxed his younger siblings to sleep is a song that can only be hummed.
The ripples drove the horses fast, for fear that there would be another person who grabbed the horses like just now, and no one in the crowd shouted, "The flood is coming-" The sound of rushing water was getting closer and closer.
There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, the roar of the flood was getting closer and closer, and in the distance, I don't know which vendor's car overturned, and the wooden tub and barrel rolled to the ground.
Ripple instinctively stopped the two horses, found four large wooden basins, and held a baby with a six-year-old boy, Ripple tied the four wooden basins together with the hemp rope he found, and then sat on the diagonal with the boy, and the flood was already roaring.
The wooden basin swayed wildly under the impact of the water, and the young baby cried loudly again, and the ripples hurriedly stabilized their minds, listening to the boy as if humming a small tune, the wooden basin still swayed wildly under the impact of the water, but the baby gradually quieted down under the sound of the minor key.
After the flood just came, the water gradually stabilized, and the ripples felt a damp heat in their eyes, and they were once again so close to death. I don't know how long they will float on the water, Ripple put away the uneasiness in her heart and asked, "What was the tune you just hummed?" β
The boy's expression darkened, and he replied: "My mother often hummed this tune to my younger siblings when I was alive, and then my mother passed away, and my younger siblings cried all night, but as long as someone hummed this little tune, my younger siblings would be easily appeased." The boy pursed his lips, and he could see that he was trying to restrain his feelings, but the tears in his big eyes could not be hidden.
Ripple tried to adjust his expression, smiling as much as he could: "It will pass, it will pass soon." Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "What is your relationship with the Pei family in the capital?" β
The boy replied shyly: "Pei Shengguang is my second uncle." β
Ripple suddenly realized, and said: "It's also fate, it seems that God has his own arrangement in the dark, and it is also my merit to save you." β
The east was white, and the sun was gradually rising.
The two little dolls slept sweetly in their arms, ripples and boys, but they didn't even dare to close their eyes. At this time, the sky was bright, and I could finally see the surrounding forms clearly, and the endless sky was full of water, and the hope that I had just mentioned was suddenly beaten back to the prototype.
Ripple was secretly disappointed, but the boy's expression instantly became excited: "Brother, look! There's someone over there! β
Ripple hurriedly turned around, and when he saw two people holding the raft and looking for them, he couldn't help but get excited, afraid that the people over there would not see them, so he waved his horsewhip and greeted the two people.
The bamboo raft is getting closer and closer to the wooden basin, and the figures on the bamboo raft are getting more and more clearly visible.
I heard Cheng Junlin say: "There are two children here!" β
Ripple saw that the clothes on his body had been wrinkled after being soaked in the rain, his hair was messy like a chicken nest, and it was blisters and fire, his face must be different from before, Ripple lowered his throat and said in a deep voice: "It's not two, there are two babies." β
Cheng Junlin didn't say anything more, just put the raft close to the wooden basin.
Ripples breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that he didn't recognize himself, and when they met on a narrow road, they really shouldn't be what they are in trouble now.
Cheng Junlin first picked up two young babies and then pulled over six-year-old children. Ripples stretched out his hand, but saw Cheng Junlin take a step back, Ripples jumped into the air, his body staggered, and he almost fell into the water.
Ripple could only stare at him dryly, and said in his heart what kind of nerve did this neuropathy have.
Cheng Junlin suddenly raised his eyebrows and beckoned to the ripples: "Come, come closer, let the master see your face." β
Ripple suddenly panicked, and said that this guy didn't recognize him. Instinctively, he lowered his head and sat back down in the basin.
"Quite a big temper!" Cheng Junlin smiled: "Do you know who I am? β
Ripple shook his head.
Cheng Junlin suddenly stretched out his hand to remove the ripple bangs, looked at the big eyes, and said, "Sure enough, it's you!" Then he gritted his teeth and said: "It's easy to find me!" Say, Who are you! Needless to say, you're just waiting here to feed the fish...... Ah Sheng, let's go! β
The surprise that Ripples came turned into sadness and indignation in an instant, and the person who knew the times was Junjie, Ripples hurriedly spoke, and said, "I'...... My name is Ye! It! Chapter! β
Cheng Junlin turned his head and smiled leisurely: "I can't complain that I can't find you all over the place, it turns out that you are the little son of the General's Mansion!" β