The two of them screamed and fell to the ground one after another, blood spurting wildly from their necks, but they died after a few twitches of their hands and feet. Chu Silian saw this at first glance, rolled her eyes and fainted directly. Yu Guisheng hugged her, but he was also so frightened that he trembled, and tried his best to hide the old lady behind him.

Dong Rong was suddenly sprayed with warm liquid all over her face, and when she realized that it was the blood of the Chu family brothers, she subconsciously bent over and vomited. A few barbarians who had been waiting for a long time took the opportunity to rush forward, and easily snatched the dagger in her hand and locked her arms fiercely.

Zizhu and Yun Rui rushed forward with a scream, desperately trying to save their master, but how could the brother and sister be the opponents of the barbarians, and they were also subdued in the blink of an eye.

Dong Rong regretted it and wanted to die headlonging, but the mistake had already been made, and she could only try her best to make up for it. She shouted loudly, "Yun Rui, sue them, if you kill people again, I will kill myself by chewing my tongue!" ”

The barbarian had already raised his hand, and when he heard this, he stopped for a moment. Dong Rong hurriedly shouted again, "If I want to die, I can always find an opportunity, you want my corpse, it's useless!" ”

The barbarian sneered, and was about to speak, but two sentry agents came running outside the orchard and quickly said a series of words. The barbarian frowned, changed his raised palm into a fist, and swung it heavily.

All the barbarians immediately turned over and got on their horses, Dong Rong and Zizhu Yunrui were also placed horizontally on the saddle, and the horse team quickly disappeared in the distance with a puff of smoke and dust just like when they came.

It took a long time for everyone in the orchard to wake up after the disaster. Zhang Yang was the first to jump up, and the headless flies spun around the ground a few times, and then he ran to the stable like crazy, grabbed a horse and ran to the county seat. Mrs. Cao lay directly on the ground, rolling and crying, "My sister Rong, I killed and arrested my daughter-in-law these days..."

Sister-in-law Liu and other women also cried, and almost half of the ground between the legs of the handymen was soaked with feces and urine. They are honest and responsible people on weekdays, and they rarely even quarrel with others, but today they were suddenly surrounded and slashed by a large group of soldiers and horses, and seeing the flesh and blood flying, they were not directly frightened crazy, even if they were bold.

The villagers in the slope saw the arrival of the horse team from a distance, and thought that the royal family had come to announce the decree again, but then the two descendants who were tying straw in the field saw that something was wrong, so they ran back to the village to report the news.

The village chief's broken bell was runged, and all the men, young and old, rushed to the orchard with hoes and knives. As a result, the blood and injuries all over the ground frightened everyone dumbfounded.

Liu Ergou saw that his father and brother arrived, and he didn't care that his arms were still bleeding, so he cried and pounced.

The rest of the villagers, regardless of whether they had relatives or not, threw away their weapons and ran forward to help all the injured, "What's the matter, what's going on?" ”

It was the time of chaos, and the county commander of Qingxian County finally arrived with a few hundred soldiers. When he saw the blood stains inside and outside the orchard, the villagers were crying, his heart was slightly weak, and finally he hurriedly walked into the door with the soldiers, and asked loudly, "What is going on, someone came forward to answer!" ”

Everyone cried together, and before they could recover from their fear, naturally no one answered. Two soldiers wanted to pat the county commander's ass, stepped forward and kicked a handyman who had just stood up, and scolded loudly, "Dog, the county commander asked, answer quickly!" ”

The handyman fell to the ground, and the horror he had suffered suddenly exploded, and he picked up the pole in his hand and waved it wildly, "I'll kill you, kill you!" Why weren't you here when the barbarians were killing people just now? Now run and play prestige! I'm going to kill you..."

The two soldiers were beaten and scurried, and the rest of the people dodged again and again. Seeing this, the county commander couldn't see this, so he called a few soldiers to subdue the handyman strongly, and then he softened his voice and asked, "Fellow villagers, you are frightened, this county really shouldn't be late." But who hurried to tell me what was going on, where are the princesses and county lords, and the county should hurry up to meet them..."

As soon as Mrs. Cao and Old Man Cao heard this, they hurriedly squeezed out, and the two old men cried like tears, and they knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "Master Qingtian, please send someone to chase after me, my daughter-in-law... No, the princess was captured by the barbarians. Please save her..."

"Catch... Caught? The county magistrate turned white with fright, and suddenly remembered that if the king of Zhongshan, who was extremely fond of his wife, knew that he was timid and afraid of war, and closed his door, so that the thief plundered the princess lightly, then wouldn't he have no life to live?

"Someone, chase me, you must catch up!"

Many of the soldiers replied, and got back on their horses and ran out of the orchard, but unfortunately the speed of the run was obviously a little slower than when they came. Don't say that chasing a barbarian who is good at riding, that is, chasing a pheasant and a rabbit, I am afraid that I will be kicked with a gray face.

The wounded in the orchard looked at them from afar, and they all hated it. Sister-in-law Liu finally came to her senses at this time, and reluctantly dragged her soft legs to lead people to the workshop to release the female workers hidden in the warehouse, and then took the wound medicine prepared before and distributed it to everyone to wipe and bandage the wound.

Zhang Yang quickly returned from the city, and immediately arranged for the carriage and horses to send the female workers home, and the workshop was closed directly.

All the wounded were given medicine and silver, ten taels for the heavier ones and five taels for the lighter ones. Seeing this, the handymen and villagers all cried and pushed, "It's all useless for us, we can't protect the owner!" ”

"Woo, the owner was arrested just to save us!"

Zhang Yang insisted on stuffing the silver into everyone's hands, and then said loudly, "Folks, the orchard has suffered this disaster, and I am afraid that it will be closed in the future." All these coins are collected, and if the owner is here, he will definitely arrange it like this. If everyone still remembers the kindness of the owner, they will help take care of the orchard more on weekdays. I still have a lot of things to arrange, so I won't send it, so it's important for everyone to go back to recuperate. ”

Everyone shed tears and helped them out of this place where they almost died. Zhang Yang saw that the people around him were all close to him, so he said with a blue face, "You also saw it just now, the county order and the government soldiers are not reliable at all, and if you want to save the owner and come back, the prince has to find a way, this matter must be difficult." The orchard is uninhabitable, so I'll send the three little masters away tonight. As long as the little master is safely sent to the prince, the prince will definitely make arrangements for the rest. ”

Everyone nodded in response, "That's right, who knows if those barbarians will come back and send the child away quickly." ”

Mrs. Cao folded her hands and prayed non-stop, "God bless, the children are safe and sound." As long as Sister Rong is saved, it will be the same as before. ”

Zhang Yang sighed in his heart, how could things be as easy as his mother-in-law said, but at this time, the most important thing is to stabilize people's hearts.

He turned to Zhao Qingshan and Sister-in-law Liu again and said, "I will leave some silver for you in a while, and you will send the wages of the female workers tomorrow." The storehouse is locked, the door is closed, and no one will say anything about who will listen to the news. ”

"Yes, Grand Butler." Sister-in-law Liu and Zhao Qingshan hurriedly responded, Yu Guisheng happened to come out of the house, and when he heard this, he said, "Our family lives in the orchard and doesn't leave, I will patrol day and night." ”

Zhang Yang nodded, and when he was about to say anything more, the shopkeepers and guys who died outside the orchard gate finally came, needless to say, another crying and scolding. Although this incident is a natural and man-made disaster, and the orchard cannot be blamed, but the people died outside the orchard gate. Zhang Yang was the master, and each of them lost 20 taels of buried silver, and finally appeased the family.

That night, when it was dark, Zhang Yang took Yu Guisheng to Xinzang Cave, pushed open the big stone at the entrance of the cave, and picked up the worried people.

Wen Niang and Second Sister Cao heard that Dong Rong was plundered, and they almost fainted from crying, and Yiba was clamoring to save his wife, but he was slapped twice by Wen Niang, and then he stopped. In the end, everyone took the three little masters who were still asleep, as well as Qingfeng, the nurse and the Fuzi and a few half-sized children directly into the carriage, and the wind generally ran along the official road to Kyoto...

Murong Huaide served the decoction in front of the Queen Mother again this day, and he was busy all day, and when he was finally able to leave the palace at sunset, he couldn't help but lean in the carriage and breathe a long sigh of relief. Remembering that the palace was deserted, there was no wife and children waiting for him to go back, and there was no hot meal, so he directly ordered the coachman to change the route to Xiaoyi Garden.

Mr. Feng had just returned from outside the city with a medicine box on his back, and happened to meet a place in his apprenticeship, so he joked, "Oh, the king of Zhongshan is here, and the old man is really out of reach." ”

Murong Huaide guessed that the old man was blaming him for not coming to the door for a few days, so he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the medicine box, and helped the old man back to the room all the way, and then asked with a smile, "Did Mr. go to the free clinic again?" If it's cold today, you should stay in the garden to rest. Just now I passed by the Wu family's old shop and bought some sauce meat, if Mr. didn't dislike it, he drank two sips of wine to warm up. ”

Old Man Feng was very satisfied with the apprentice's diligence, but he still said, "You kid has been domineering all day long, causing a miasma of smoke in Kyoto, and I, the master, blushed when I heard it." If you don't go out to see the poor and accumulate more good fortune for you, I'm afraid that God will stun you directly with a thunderbolt. ”

Murong Huaide laughed and said, "Master, don't worry, those things are just for some people to see." If I had followed the rules, I am afraid that I would not have lived so peacefully this day. ”

Old Man Feng naturally knew that there was an undercurrent surging in the court now, and when he heard this, he began to feel distressed again. When the boy who usually served him brought beef and wine jugs up, he waved his hand to signal him to guard the courtyard, and then pulled the apprentice to talk carefully about the affairs of the court, for fear that the apprentice would think wrong for a while, but would be involved in danger.

Murong Huaide's heart warmed slightly, he poured wine and meat for the old man with a smile, and occasionally looked out the window at night, missing his wife and children far away in the north more and more. At this time, the two sons may have slept down, and the youngest daughter who loves to be spoiled must be in the arms of her daughter-in-law again. It would be great if he could fly back in an instant, and sleep peacefully with his wife and daughter in his arms, what a blessing.

Thinking like this, a smile crossed his face. But the world is unpredictable, and he never thought that what his beloved woman was doing at this time had nothing to do with happiness.