Chapter 17: Bloodthirsty Fangs
In the year that Shi Qingyi was in the Gao family, in addition to often visiting the eldest grandson Wurong and prescribing some prescriptions to Gao Shuyun to nourish his body, he only practiced his martial arts in the backyard, Gao Shilian's family was a kind person, Shi Qingyi did not feel constrained anywhere, and occasionally went to Wenmo Zhai, and used the channel of the Huajian faction to send a letter to the valley to inform him of safety, and there was nothing to do.
The eldest grandson Wurong's condition stabilized after recuperating in the Jingnian Monastery for several months, but he still had to recuperate slowly, Gao Shiliansuo directly took his niece to live at home, and went to the Jingnian Monastery every ten days to let the empty use of true qi treatment. In this way, although the effect is slow, but the eldest grandson Wurong's body is still improving day by day, because they live together, Shi Qingyi has more time to tell her stories, because the stories she tells are completely unheard of, so not only Rong'er, Gao Shuyun, Gao Shilian's wife and concubine also often listen to Shi Qingyi's storytelling, so in order to tell a good story, Shi Qingyi also has to rack his brains desperately to think about the memories of his previous life.
Yang Xuan felt rebellion, the towns near Luoyang were also affected by different Cheng dรน, from time to time there were small groups of thieves to rob and kill activities, although the county is protected by the city wall, but the defense of robbers can, in the face of the battlefield fighting army is not good, fortunately, at present Yang's army is fighting under the city of Luoyang, so a large force of the army did not participate in the robbery, in a few months, the county can still remain safe.
Until the early afternoon of the day. Shi Qingyi and the Gao family had lunch, and when they were going to take a nap, they suddenly heard a discordant sound, coming from the direction of the county town facing Luoyang, chaotic, panicked sound, Shi Qingyi was stunned at first, and then his eyes suddenly became fierce, did there be a chaotic army entering the city, and from the sound of the wind, there were a lot of them, a lot, it seemed to confirm Shi Qingyi's inference, the voice of the county town in that direction suddenly became louder, crying, The sound of scolding faintly came into Shi Qingyi's ears, Shi Qingyi didn't stay, immediately returned to his room, took out the sword box on his back, turned around and walked to the place where everyone in the Gao family in the front yard was, because of the more and more clear noise in the city, everyone walked out of the room uneasily, guessing what happened, seeing Shi Qingyi carrying a sword box, with a stern look, they asked what happened, Shi Qingyi did not hide it, and said directly, "The worst result, the rebels have entered the city!" Everyone was taken aback, although they knew that there might be such a result, but there was no such thing for a few months, everyone slowly put their minds at ease, and now when they heard Shi Qingyi say this, they couldn't help but be a little flustered, and the eldest grandson Wuji was a little unconvinced, "How is it possible, although the city wall of this county town is not high, but it is not a small group of ruffians who can attack it, although Yang Xuangan is not strict in governing the army, he will not let a large army go around disturbing the people!" Shi Qingyi shook his head, "I don't know, but it is true that a large group of soldiers have entered the city from the direction of Luoyang, and they are now looting, and it won't be long before they come here." Shi Qingyi looked at Mrs. Gao and said, "Madam, is there a hiding place at home?" Mrs. Gao shook her head, and Shi Qingyi said disappointedly: "Then let's prepare the weapons in our hands immediately, we don't have much time!" Mrs. Gao immediately took the servants to prepare, and Shi Qingyi began to count the number of people, Mrs. Gao, Gao Shuyun, the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wurong's brothers and sisters, Gao Shilian's concubine Zhang, the four maidservants of the Gao family, six servants, plus Shi Qingyi, a total of sixteen people, after Mrs. Gao found the weapon, everyone chose the right weapon, Mrs. Gao, Zhang and Gao Shuyun both chose the sword, the eldest grandson Wuji held a long knife, and the maidservants selected some casually, the eldest grandson Wurong did not know martial arts, and also took a dagger and put it in his arms- This dagger is not for killing. And Shi Qingyi saw that she had made this decision, and didn't say anything, just looked at her deeply.
At this time, the noise had spread to the outside of the walls of the Gao Mansion, and there was only a wall between it and the people, occasionally mixed with the unbridled laughter of the soldiers, and the Gao family knew that it would not be long before these robbers would rush in through the main entrance, "Go through the back door." Shi Qingyi said, when he walked to the backyard first, through the house where Shi Qingyi lived, a circle of wooden fences blocked the way, Shi Qingyi pulled out the red silk and opened a gap a few times, and beckoned everyone to come out of the gap, the backyard of the Gao family is very remote, the outside of the fence is a vegetable garden, and the people don't care about such a trivial matter as damaging the vegetable field, so they immediately speed up and want to pass through this open space, reach the residential area opposite, and cover themselves with the help of the terrain there, Shi Qingyi did not rush out first this time, Instead, he stayed at the end, and at the same time vigilantly observed the surroundings, and there were noisy voices from the backyard of the Gao family, and Shi Qingyi's eyes froze: They really chased after them. I saw a small group of chaotic troops chasing out of the fence cut by Shi Qingyi, and the blood stains on their bodies and weapons showed what these people had done before, and when they saw Shi Qingyi and his party, they rushed up with shouts. Without regard to the fact that the numbers on both sides are roughly equal.
A bunch of outlaws who don't want to die? Shi Qingyi was relieved, it seems that Yang Xuangan is defeated, the status of the soldiers of this dynasty is extremely high and respected, but if he participates in a major crime such as rebellion, he will become a criminal army, not to mention that his status will plummet, and he will be requisitioned to a distant frontier, and he will not be able to return to his homeland for the rest of his life. Sooner or later, it's a death, so it's better to have a good time before you die. If the army plans to do this, it must be a huge disaster for the local people, and Shi Qingyi has already imagined what kind of Shura scene the suburbs near Luoyang will look like.
"Now that you've made up your mind, I'll have no choice but to send you on your way!" Shi Qingyi whispered to himself, the red silk lit up with a red brilliance, and Shi Qingyi's lightning-like figure rushed into these soldiers together, the red silk danced, like light and shadow, before anyone could see the trajectory of the sword, Shi Qingyi had already put the knife back into the sheath, and caught up with Mrs. Gao and her party without looking back, behind her, the bodies of those soldiers slowly fell to the ground, spurting red blood from all over the body.
Quickly entered the residential area, which has also become a hell on earth, the rebels are raging in the homes of various civilians, crying, screaming, the smell of arson, the neighing of horses, the group has just entered, and a group of robbers are unexpectedly encountered. The eldest grandson Wuji had already been unable to bear the blood in his heart, pulled out the long knife, and was the first to rush over, Gao Shuyun was afraid that Ai'er would make a mistake, and he followed closely, in, the eldest grandson Wuji's martial arts are good, but the actual combat experience is very poor, basically in the competition of strength, Gao Shuyun has a lot of swordsmanship attainments, and behind the eldest grandson Wuji, he has solved a lot of crises for him.
Damn, Shi Qingyi's heart is on fire, in this case, it is the best choice to break away quickly, now it doesn't matter if the eldest grandson Wuji is a hero himself, even the people who have affected him have all been stirred up, and now, how to get out. Sure enough, as Shi Qingyi expected, although they quickly killed this chaotic army, but soon, more and more soldiers and bandits surrounded them, and Shi Qingyi had to get close to the eldest grandson Wurong, so that he could protect this weak little sister nearby. At the beginning of the melee, Shi Qingyi's sword light was woven into a sword net, but all enemies who were close to her three feet away were pierced in the center of the lungs to open, and they would die immediately, she was also the only one among the people who still had the ability to take the initiative to attack, and the rest of the people were all caught in a bitter battle, besieged by one or several people, Shi Qingyi took advantage of the small and complex environment of the dwellings to give support one by one, so that there were no casualties yet, but Shi Qingyi knew that this balance would soon be broken, and there were too many loopholes on his side. When she approached an earthen wall as cover again, with a tremor of the ground, the earthen wall actually collapsed, Shi Qingyi narrowly avoided it, but still saw a handmaiden pressed underneath, behind the earthen wall, there was a row of soldiers with spears in their hands, they shouted, the spears stabbed forward like a forest, two handmaids, four male servants, just in an instant and took their lives, the pikemen rushed into the battle circle, cutting this resistance force into two parts, and there were a succession of soldiers behind them to join, made the situation of Shi Qingyi and his party more and more critical.
"Let's break through each other, so that there is still a glimmer of life!" Shi Qingyi roared, took advantage of the chaos to grab Rong'er's hand, and rushed forward, this is not the time to save true qi, Shi Qingyi was lucky with the sword, the sword light skyrocketed to three zhang, and between Shi Qingyi's waves, between the blood and light, he actually cleared a large piece of open space, and then ignored the others, only took the eldest grandson Wurong, waved the huge sword light and rushed outward, and against the army blocking her way, the long sword light directly cut them into pieces, blood, flesh and bones were scattered and flying, Shi Qingyi's face and clothes were also stained a lot, looked hideous, but didn't care, and killed all the way until everyone turned away from her. The others were not stupid, they used the open space created by Shi Qingyi to quickly break away from their respective battles, and then rushed out in search of weak spots as they were in different directions.
The reason why she rushed into this residential residence was because of the large number of residents here and the complex environment, and she killed the rebels, Shi Qingyi found a place to hide people on a ruin, she overturned the earthen wall, let the eldest grandson Wurong get in, and then covered the stone, in this way, there is no abnormality outside, as long as the eldest grandson Wurong remains quiet, and the soldiers and bandits will not carefully search, it is difficult to find. Shi Qingyi was still not at ease, thought about it again, and slapped the sword box, and a small cyan snake came out of the box and coiled around Shi Qingyi's wrist affectionately. "Protect the people below." Shi Qingyi said to Xiaoqing, "If someone carefully searches here, kill him." Xiaoqing was very smart, obediently burrowed into the soil, Shi Qingyi was relieved, and left quickly to go to other people.
Although Gao Shuyun is skilled in swordsmanship, but no matter how clever swordsmanship, the user's own body must be strong, although Gao Shuyun has been quietly recuperating for more than a year, but her body is still not very good, and now she is constantly swinging her sword and slashing people, with her body has long been unbearable, but after glancing at the eldest grandson Wuji, who can no longer move, Gao Shuyun can only insist, she understands that she may not be able to wait for Shi Qingyi to come back, with the decline of the body, Gao Shuyun's accuracy of swinging the sword also deviates from time to time, and such a mistake, Gao Shuyun can only use more strength to make up for it, and as a result, the loss of the body is faster, forming a vicious circle, Gao Shuyun and the eldest grandson Wuji just broke through and encountered an enemy soldier again, this time with the experience of the last time, the mother and son were hiding from the thieves in the alley, but in the end there was no direction to run away, so there were more and more enemies gathered around, and when Shi Qingyi arrived, he saw such a scene: Gao Shuyun was struggling to resist the siege of a group of ruffians in a corner, Behind her is the eldest grandson Wuji, who is injured in both legs and can only hold a short bow and release arrows, trapped beasts are still fighting, and those robbing soldiers and bandits also know this truth, so it is not a fierce attack that has been continuing, but like a cat and mouse, waiting for Gao Shuyun's body to be exhausted, Changsun Wuji shoots arrows with a short bow, wanting to help his mother relieve some of the burden, but the enemy cleverly uses the terrain and Gao Shuyun's body to block, so that Changsun Wuji's arrows have nowhere to make a difference. When Shi Qingyi saw it, he didn't make a sound, but approached slowly, and then put his hands into his pockets and grabbed out two iron nails prepared in advance.
Shi Qingyi suddenly rushed out, raised his hand to raise all the steel nails, like a rainstorm, the small soldiers around Gao Shuyun suddenly killed and injured a large number of people, Shi Qingyi came to Gao Shuyun in a few steps, grabbed the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shuyun, struggled over the wall, and quickly got rid of this large group of thieves.
Shi Qingyi also concocted it according to the law, hiding the mother and son in the ruins, she clapped her hands, took a slight breath, and returned the same way again, the others are not important, Gao Shilian's wife and concubine must be saved, but this time she pounced, and the bodies of the other servants have been found by her, but these two people are nowhere to be found. On the contrary, Shi Qingyi kept patrolling the streets and alleys, so he kept fighting with the rebels, so after not finding the traces of the two several times, Shi Qingyi also gave up searching. The two of them have lived here for a long time, and their familiarity with the terrain is far above Shi Qingyi, and if they are hidden, the hope of survival is also very high, so Shi Qingyi gave up looking for it and hid in a hidden place. Wait for the enemy soldiers to leave.
Talking about the eldest grandson Wurong, hiding alone under the earthen wall, afraid that her voice would be discovered by the enemy, she didn't even dare to breathe loudly, from time to time there were small groups of soldiers and bandits on the ground stepping over where she was, every time it would make her heart pound, until these soldiers and bandits gradually went away before they calmed down, and there were some soldiers and ruffians who would look for property in the ruins alone, several times, they were slowly approaching the location of the eldest grandson Wurong, which made her heart frightened, but in the end, those people did not search for her, Because the footsteps always stopped suddenly when they were close, and then there was no sound, at first the eldest grandson Wurong was worried, but then when he saw that there was nothing to do, he put his mind at ease.
The night came, the weather was cold, the eldest grandson Wurong was hungry and thirsty, and she was afraid of the dark, so she didn't even dare to close her eyes, although as the night fell, the robbery of the soldiers and bandits gradually stopped, but the eldest grandson Wurong was still very afraid in her heart, she missed her mother, thought of her brother, and also thought of her newly recognized sister Shi Qingyi, but she also knew that the other party might be the same as herself, hiding somewhere and not daring to come out, the same cold and starving. She curled up in this way, and fell asleep until her spirit finally could no longer support her.
The bandits did not leave the county until the afternoon of the next day, when the eldest grandson Wurong finally heard the familiar voice, the stone that covered her figure was also removed, Shi Qingyi stood in front of her, smiling with relief, behind her, was Gao Shuyun with a tired face but still with joy, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who was covered in injuries but still made a smile at his sister. It's great that everyone is alive! Eldest Sun Wurong thought in his heart. He also smiled with joy. Anyway, we're still here, aren't we?
Mrs. Gao and Gao Shilian's concubine Zhang did not die, after being dispersed by the soldiers and bandits, the two of them used their familiarity with the county town to quietly find a hidden place to hide, and like Shi Qingyi, they did not come out of the hiding place until the rebels left. After Yang Xuangan's rebellion was extinguished, the emperor was furious, focusing on investigating the officials involved in the rebellion, although the Gao family suffered a great disaster, the house and the countryside were burned to a white ground, but the god of fate obviously did not favor the Gao family, because Gao Shilian and one of Yang Xuangan's subordinates were close friends, and they were implicated, Gao Shilian was convicted and demoted to Lingnan to be a small county minister. There is not only a long distance, but also there are poor mountains and bad waters, Gao Shilian felt sorry for his sister, so he left his sister behind, and because the home has become a ruin, he had to take out his savings for many years, and bought a smaller house in Luoyang City, as a place to house his sister's family, he took his wife and concubines, plus a few newly bought servants to embark on a long journey.
Gao Shilian thought that he might stay in Lingnan for a long time, but what he never dreamed of was that when he returned to Luoyang again, everything was already different.