When you come to the slightly open area, you will see large and small fields, most of the fields are barren, the weeds grow to waist-high, and you can see a barren scene, only at the foot of the wooded mountain in the distance, there are dozens of scattered families, and when you look closely, most of them are thatched houses, only a few people are covered with green tiles, and high earthen walls are built around the houses, as if they are deliberately isolated from other households.

Yuan Lingjun followed the field path to a clean river, the water was shallow, and aquatic plants floated on it. She was tired of walking, and her mouth was very thirsty, so she immediately took off her socks, tied her dress to her belt, carefully stepped on the big rock, leaned over to wash her hands, picked up a large handful of water and drank it, and pulled up her trouser legs and stepped into it.

After washing her feet and preparing to go ashore, her legs and feet suddenly cramped, and she fell into the water without the slightest defense.

Yuan Lingjun shouted bad luck in his heart, and tried to stand up by climbing the rocks, but he was horrified to find that he couldn't move at all, and was about to call for help to the farmers working in the distance, his neck suddenly tightened. An arm wrapped around her chest and dragged her back.

Could it be that you have encountered a thief again? Yuan Lingjun was a spirit, and after reacting, he calmly pulled out his knife and swung it violently. The tip of the knife hit the opponent's wrist, and immediately blood flowed down her neck and into the placket.

The person behind him snorted in pain and let go of his arm like a hot potato. Yuan Lingjun, who had lost his support, sank to the bottom of the water at once, and poured a few mouthfuls of river water. Choked on her mouth and nose, almost out of breath, when she thought she was going to drown in the shallows. The next moment his head surfaced, giving him a chance to breathe.

She was being dragged by two arms towards the dry riverbank. Although this man has a lot of energy, it is still very difficult to move a pregnant woman.

The midday sun shone brightly above, and the stones of the river beach were warm.

The clothes of the two were wet, and the water droplets on their skin rolled down into the cracks in the stones.

Yuan Lingjun squinted, still frightened, and his breathing gradually slowed down. His chest heaved violently, and his lips kept shaking, as if he was afraid.

"Are you okay? The child will be fine, right? ”

Smell. Yuan Lingjun sat up with his stomach and looked at the person opposite him vigilantly.

She looked a little old, but her voice was sweet and soft, clearly a girl's voice. It shouldn't be too old. At the age of sixteen or seventeen. She rolled up her sleeves, took off her hairband, and began to bandage her wrists, acting swiftly and skillfully, as if she had done it often, and at the last point she bit one end with her teeth and fastened a strong live button.

Seeing that she was looking at her, the girl didn't feel embarrassed and raised her wrist. With a mouthful of white teeth, he smiled: "I have been taught, it is a sharp and good knife." ”

Yuan Lingjun's face changed. Suddenly, he grabbed the short knife and looked wary. I don't know if this person is friend or foe, she has to be on high alert.

The girl saw that she was defending herself, and she was not surprised, Gu Zi walked to the side, lifted the knee part of the skirt and twisted it together, wrung out the water hard, and then walked to the place where she had just fallen into the water, leaned over and picked up something.

The girl walked over and spread out her palms, "Oh, your scabbard is off." A good knife can't be unsheathed. ”

With his palm stretched forward, the scabbard was handed to her. Yuan Lingjun hesitated and took it.

"Come home quickly, your family will be worried if you come out alone." The girl's tone is like a lesson to a playful and lost child. With that, she didn't stop long, turned and walked towards the path on the other side, passing through a row of old mulberry trees, and her figure gradually disappeared into the verdant shade.

It's a villager who lives here, and it's not a bad person that he can help her after injuring her with a knife. Yuan Lingjun sighed, put the short knife back into its sheath, wrung out the water on the robe, sat for a while, looked around, felt strange and afraid, she didn't know what kind of danger she would face next, and what kind of predicament she would encounter. But now is not the time to think about these problems, it is better to change her clothes first, it is too uncomfortable to get wet, and besides, she has not eaten a full meal for a long time.

Having made up his mind, Yuan Lingjun put on his shoes and socks and walked towards the gathering place.

Through the mulberry forest, you can see the whole picture of the mountain village, Yuan Lingjun's eyes scanned back and forth, and finally landed on an inconspicuous small thatched hut, although the thatched hut is small but not broken, the outside is surrounded by a fence, vines are entwined on it, the leaves are green and complex, and the small red buds are dotted in between, Yuan Lingjun stepped forward, behind the fence, several hens were looking for food, and a small doll with drooping hair squatted there and poked the ants on the ground with a wooden stick.

"Hu'er, come over and eat." A Maiden in Mai laid out her meal on a stone in front of the courtyard.

The little baby answered, threw away the stick, and ran over with her little feet.

"Remember to wash your hands."

The girl set the meal, looked up and saw Yuan Lingjun standing outside, her eyes lit up, "The lady hasn't gone back yet, I'm hungry, come and eat together, I cooked a lot." ”

After opening the fence door, the girl pulled Yuan Lingjun to a wooden pier and sat down, went into the house and took three bowls, placed the little baby beside her, and said while serving rice: "I dreamed last night that I saw grass on the mountain on my back, and I always felt that there were guests today, and the meal was cooked more, but I didn't expect that there were really people." The tea and rice are coarse, and the lady will eat some of it. ”

The rice grains exude an attractive fragrance, and Yuan Lingjun buries his head in eating it. The little baby who was chewing slowly on the side was stunned.

"Lady, slow down, there's still vegetable soup here." Seeing that she was only concerned about shaving rice, she took the vegetables and added them to the bowl.

Yuan Lingjun shaved a few bowls of rice, and used another bowl of vegetable soup, seeing that one big and one small looked at him, he lowered his head embarrassedly, "I...... I haven't eaten in a long time. "Blushing to the neck.

The girl looked at her, pregnant and pregnant, she hadn't eaten for a long time, her clothes and shoes were so tattered that she couldn't cover her body, she must have walked a long way. I don't know what difficulties I encountered, but I had such an encounter.

"What about the lady's family? Well, where is the lady's husband? ”

Holding the bowl in his hand, he felt very hot, buried himself in the soup, and tears smashed inside. "The family is not here, husband, husband...... I was separated from him, and I don't know where he had gone. Yuan Lingjun pursed his lips, and his eyes were crimson.

The girl was a little shocked, "The lady is suffering, just use some more soup, you are pregnant, and you can't delay eating and drinking." Scooped a spoonful of soup into her bowl, "If you don't mind, just stay here with me temporarily, there are only me and Hu'er at home, although the house is small, but it is also clean, you first take care of your body, and then go to find your husband to reunite." ”

Yuan Lingjun bowed deeply and said: "The lady's life-saving grace, if there is another day, the six mothers will spring to repay." (To be continued.) )

ps: If this book is finished and the pit is opened, I decided to write about the heroine's ancestors, that is, the Taizong dynasty, and the plot is still lighter.