After traveling for several days, the bright red was cautious everywhere along the way, and finally arrived safely at the outskirts of Yongquanji, so he abandoned the boat and walked, sold the barge boat and folded some silver taels, and came to Yongquanji.

The three hired an ox cart and walked slowly and unhurriedly. Along the way, I saw some lonely refugees displaced from the people, some begged along the road, only begging to survive, some stuck straw in their heads, willing to sell themselves as slaves, and there were even those miserable parents who sold their children and sold their daughters, it turned out to be the Jiuqu Yellow River burst, and the river was diverted again, flooding countless crops and farmland, so there is this scene.

On this day, I will go to the town, and see the refugees in groups of three or five, sitting or lying in place to rest, and only after inquiring will I know that there are checkpoints set up in the main roads before and after the Yongquan Gathering, and they are not allowed to enter and exit casually.

Yanhong ran to the intersection of the card, and saw countless strong men dressed as Zhuang Ding maintaining order at the intersection, each holding a sharp blade majestic, and there was a disobedient poor and sour man approaching, and immediately waved a knife to beat and scold and drive away, looking like he was the king of heaven. Yanhong saw that no one took care of her, so she had to find a Zhuang Ding who kept the card, and said humbly: "This big brother, the little woman wants to enter this Yongquan set, and it is convenient to beg." ”

The Zhuang Ding saw that the bright red was a little bit more colorful, and said with a smile: "Does the girl want to enter this Yongquan set?" I wonder if there are any relatives who are from this place? If you don't get married, I'm afraid it won't be easy. ”

Yanhong said: "The little girl is a foreigner, where did she come from." ”

Zhuang Ding rolled his eyes and said: "You don't know anyone if you are not a relative, don't be a bad person, who can do it accurately?" Unless there is a guarantor to come. ”

Yan Hong said: "The guarantor? ”

Zhuang Ding said: "Not bad. Seeing Yanhong's frowns, she smiled and said: "I see that the girl is also honest, give you two methods, one is that you give me fifty taels of silver, and I will go to the housekeeper to accommodate me, and then I can go in." Yanhong exclaimed: "Fifty taels!" ”

Seeing Yanhong's surprise, Zhuang Ding smiled meaningfully: "Can the girl take it?" ”

Yanhong looked embarrassed and asked, "I don't know what the other method is?" ”

Zhuang Ding said: "The other, hehe, is the person who is my guarantor for the girl, to ensure that you enter the town safely, but ...... Everything has to be rewarded, no, the wronged girl was my cheap lady for two days, I don't know if the girl was unwilling. ”

This is obviously to take advantage of Yanhong, Yanhong was angry in her heart, but she said with a smile on her face: "The eldest brother is really funny to say, wait for the little girl to think about it when she goes back, and then give the eldest brother an answer." ”

Bright Red was full of indignation, and went back to the oxcart to think about how to enter the town. Fang Zhong saw that Yanyan's face was red and angry, and asked, "Aunt Hong, what's wrong?" ”

Yanhong sighed and said: "They are both raised by their fathers and mothers, and they are all human beings, but they practice each other for fun, when will this dirty world be a head." ”

Since she couldn't enter the town, she could only sleep in the suburbs tonight, so Yanhong drove the ox cart under a tree and made a bunk on the ground to let the two rest. Fang Zhong carried the injured little beast to his side and slept with it.

As soon as the night darkened, Bright Red sat in the car by herself, looking up at the night sky. Before the midsummer comes, the starry sky is already bright, twinkling and flashing, is the bright stars just like the old people say, really a portrayal of mortal life? If so, who is it, and who caused these stars to die or perish? Bright red held her chin and meditated quietly in the sleepless night. In the distance, there are still a few lanterns dotted with the night, and the figures are shaking, still guarding dutifully.

The sound of trembling footsteps came, and although it was not loud, it was heard by a large number of people. The little beast in Fang Zhong's arms raised its head violently and listened for a moment, "Woo! A long howl suddenly woke Fang Zhong, Xiaolan and Yanhong up at the same time. The sound of the dense footsteps was also a panic, but then the chaotic footsteps appeared, and since the line was already exposed, those few people simply ran quickly with the courage to run, and said as they ran: "Rob!" Grab ......"

Yanhong was startled, turned around and pulled out an iron sword, and said to the two Xiaodao: "Get in the car!" As soon as Fang Zhong and Xiaolan climbed into the car, the crowd rushed in, but they saw that these people were ragged and skinny. Yanhong raised her sword to threaten, where did it work, and the crowd rushed to the car in an instant, pulling and carrying luggage. Yanhong gritted her teeth, slashed her sword, and one person turned over and fell down with a scream, and the rest of the people rushed up, instantly trampling him on the soles of his feet. Yanhong was so frightened that she almost threw away her sword, and she didn't dare to use her sword to cut it anymore, so she hurriedly pulled the two children to hide aside, and saw that there were old people and children in the crowd, as well as women, all with crazy faces, what kind of courtesy, righteousness and shame, in front of survival, worthless!

Yanhong, Fang Zhong, and Xiaolan stared blankly at the looting of the crowd, as if it was not their own thing that was robbed. After a long time, the crowd dispersed, and the ground was in shambles, while there were three corpses left, who had fallen and trampled to death during the robbery.

Bright Red slowly walked to the looted ox cart, knelt down, and began to cry bitterly.

In the distance, the figures in the light of the lanterns looked at the place, and then looked at themselves, which seemed to these Zhuang Ding to be commonplace.

When Yanhong cried for a long time, she cleaned up the scattered items that fell around, and finally picked up a few pieces of clothes that had not been torn or torn. The three of them sat by the ox cart all night, and none of them closed their eyes.

The sky was bright, Yanhong raised her head, looked at the fish belly that was getting whiter, and felt anxious in her heart: How did this night pass so quickly, it's not good to be late!

The three of them were hungry and had not slept all night, and they were all sleepy and tired. Xiaolan said: "Aunt Hong, we can't leave yet, I'm so tired." Yanhong comforted: "Wait a little longer, Aunt Hong will have a way." Standing up and looking at it from afar, he made up his mind that as long as he saw any rich and noble family, even if he knelt down on his knees, he also asked for the kindness of others to pull him up.

"When! While! While! A gong sounded, and I heard a high-pitched Zhuang Ding shouting: "Listen, the owner of my Crouching Tiger Village commanded, because to welcome the nobles, this place is temporarily closed to traffic, and it is not easy to wait for the bumps to come here. The Zhuang Ding commanded his men to bring out a few buckets of clear soup and coarse grains from inside.

There was a commotion in the crowd outside, and then a tidal wave poured out. Those villagers put the wooden barrels away, stood aside with their hands down, and saw the embarrassed statues of those homeless people competing for coarse food, pointing their fingers and laughing.

At the beginning, there were not many people scrambling, Yanhong, Fang Zhong, and Xiaolan shrank and could still get to the edge of the barrel, seeing that the bucket had already been caught by someone's hands, and the family that served the rice didn't know where to throw it, so they could only reach out and fish it like others. But when the news spread, the crowd gathered more and more, and the latecomers were even more desperate, desperately squeezing in, how could Yanhong and the two little ones compete for a group of reckless rough men. Xiaolan was pushed by a thin beggar and fell to the ground, the crowd was surging, thousands of legs were moving around, who would take care of a weak creature under her feet, Xiaolan was just about to get up, she was trampled on two feet and fell down, this fall, don't think you can get up by yourself!

Xiaolan cried loudly, looked up and saw the excitement and madness of the robbery on those strange and ruthless faces, reaching out for help, and was inconspicuous in the shadow of her feet. Seeing that Xiaolan would be overwhelmed by the crowd, a small figure quickly squeezed through the crowd and rushed to Xiaolan's side, and I don't know how this small figure contained such great power, but instead squeezed a few people around him to squeeze a person on his back, picked up Xiaolan and squeezed out of the crowd again.

Xiaolan was trampled on and her nose and face were swollen, and the bright clothes woven by her mother before her death were full of dirty footprints, and she couldn't help but hug Fang Zhong and cry bitterly, "Mother! Father! …… I want to go home, woo, mother......" Fang Zhong turned his head and looked at the surging crowd silently, without saying a word.

The three of them found a place where the crowd was sparse and waited for the time being.

The hustle and bustle of the crowd finally dispersed, and a few Zhuang Ding carried the overturned wooden barrel into the town with a grin, and threw down the words before leaving: "There will be alms at noon tomorrow, stay if you can wait, and take a detour if you can't bear it, the checkpoint will not be withdrawn for a while and a half." ”

In the distance, a slightly chubby Taoist priest came listlessly with a sickly face, carrying a burden and carrying a wooden sword.

Seeing the noisy crowd and the miasma, the man couldn't help frowning, turned his head to see that Yanhong's place was still quite clean, so he paced to Yanhong's side and asked, "Girl, ask about the poor road, what are these so many people doing here?" ”

Yanhong returned the salute and replied: "There is a checkpoint for entering the town here, and there are no acquaintances or signed silver taels, so you can't enter and exit casually, so many people are stranded here." The Taoist nodded and said to himself, "But this can't help me." With that, he turned around and wanted to go.

Yanhong heard it clearly, and grabbed the sleeve of the Taoist robe.

The Taoist was taken aback and asked, "What is the girl's going to do?" ”

Yanhong said sadly: "Ask the Immortal Master to take me and take us into the town together." ”

The Taoist shook his head and said: "Poor Dao doesn't have so many silver taels, and he doesn't know the people in the town, so he only cares about himself." "Flick your sleeves and leave.

Yanhong was in a hurry, her knees were weak, she knelt in front of the Taoist, and said with tears: "Daoist, please have mercy on the poor hungry children, I Yanhong will definitely repay your great kindness even if I sell myself in the Qinglou." "Hold on to the sleeves of your robe.

The Taoist heard Yanhong's words and knew that he was a person who was forced into an embarrassment, otherwise it would not be so, so he hurriedly helped Yanhong up and sighed: "The situation is not clear, there are many cunning people, if you really have a heart, Poor Dao will come again at night." Remember, it's just a few of you, and if there are a lot of people, I don't care about walking on my own. ”

The Yanhong listener actually agreed, and was very grateful in his heart, but said that he would come back in the evening, but there was another layer of suspicion, seeing that although this person had a sallow face and a sick face, he was a little tricky and slippery, so he didn't want to meet a bad Taoist again.

The Taoist said a few words and walked away.

As soon as the twilight fell, Yanhong cleaned up, carried the iron sword on her back, and ordered the two little ones to wait with the things they used, and made up their minds, as long as this smooth-faced Taoist really had any bad intentions, when he passed the checkpoint, he would turn his face immediately, and he was not afraid of what this Taoist dared to do in a crowded place.

After waiting for a while, the Taoist man really came, and he still held a few pancakes in his hand, and said with a smile: "The girl is hungry, come, the two babies also eat a little, don't be hungry." ”

Yanhong took the pancake, although she was so hungry that she put her heart on her back, she didn't eat it immediately, she tore a piece of the cub that was thrown to Fang Zhong, and the little beast immediately ate it in two bites. Xiaolan saw that her saliva was watering, and she hurriedly said, "We haven't eaten yet!" ”

Yanhong said lightly: "It's also hungry, let's see if it grows more energetic after eating." ”

The Taoist smiled when he heard Yanhong's words, and he didn't know if he could understand the meaning of the words.

After eating the pancake, the little beast looked up at the bright red and whined. Yanhong saw that it was fine, and hurriedly shared the pancake with Fang Zhong Xiaolan and ate it, and there was still a brute. In the blink of an eye, the wind and clouds were whirling, and it didn't matter whether it was elegant or not, and I ate it clean.

The Taoist waited for the three of them to finish eating, took out a yellow rune paper from his arms, and said with a smile: "Poor Dao, I'll take you into the town." ”;