Chapter 342: The Great Fire
The county lord finally stopped crying, his mind was full of the most messy scene at the moment, in case he rushed in like this, the thief "tore up the ticket" of the child, but how could he get it?
"Slow! Hear me first! "At critical times, women just like to be indecisive, and the county lord has been frightened by his own imagination.
"Everyone thinks about what other methods can be used, the first is to ensure the safety of the child, even if all the thieves are let go, it doesn't matter, if the child is held hostage because he wants gold and silver treasures, although he agrees, I just need the 'little second' to do it well!"
The order of the county lord was quickly conveyed, Wu Lu temporarily changed his tactics, did not surround it, and only sent a few people to block the other two village entrances, and the rest of the people all entered the village to search, always doing the ideological work of thieves.
The people of the two villages have never seen such a nervous group of people this time, first two loud cavalrymen shouted back and forth in the village, what "as long as the children are released safely, you will be safe, and the reward ...... will be returned."
This has ruined the "three views" of many people, robbed other people's children, and can still get rewards, is it true? The family is sick, right?
But then the men who broke into the houses to search were absolutely not sick, they were disciplined and acted neatly, and after each street and alley search, two men would be left to guard, and the rest of the people continued to search.
Ah Yuan's heart was beating faster and faster, and she could even feel that her son was nearby, hidden in a dangerous place, perhaps, as long as it was one step too late, it would be too late.
Wu Lu followed the county lord closely, and the young master was robbed. The county lord can't have an accident.
The first village has finally been investigated. There is no trace of thieves and "little dicks" at all. When the residents of the village were inquired, they did not know the whereabouts of the child.
Wu Lu rushed to the next village with the county lord, and most of the more than fifty soldiers who arrived early had already been checked, and the remaining few were located at the entrance of the village, trembling, and the whole family gathered in front of the house to wait for the results.
"Forget it, it is impossible to hide people in these houses, and the location at the entrance of the village is too dangerous." Ah Yuan waved his hand tiredly: "Don't scare them." Let's go ahead and look outside! ”
Just like Wang Rong, the prime minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, said when he was a child: "The tree is on the side of the road and has many seeds, and it will be bitter." "Take it for granted. The farmer who lives at the entrance of the village will not hide thieves and children, because it is too conspicuous to cover up.
The soldiers retreated quickly, and the atmosphere that had just been tense was suddenly relaxed, and several trembling villagers could finally breathe a sigh of relief, there was no way, and anyone who encountered officers and soldiers raiding their homes had to be afraid.
Ah Yuan stepped into the stirrup with one foot first, hugged the saddle tightly with both hands, and dragged his tired body to climb on the horse's back. Behind him, an old woman suddenly called hesitantly.
"Madame—looking for a dozen men on horseback—aren't you?"
If it weren't for Wu Lu, he was always on the side with his two hands, ready to answer. The county lord was bound to fall this fall, Ah Yuan stood firm, turned back eagerly, grabbed the old woman's arm and hurriedly asked, "Have you seen it?" Yesterday? With a child? ”
The old woman's body began to tremble violently, the son and daughter-in-law of the family seemed to want to come forward and pull the old man back, Wu Lu took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, handed it to the old woman, and comforted loudly: "Don't be afraid, old man, whether you say it or not, whether it is the person we are looking for or not, these silver must thank you for your warmheartedness." ”
In fact, this is Ah Yuan's negligence, dozens of men with weapons went to search in every household, who dare to talk too much? There must have been many people who had seen the group of thieves, but they all felt that more was better than less.
The old woman's body trembled even harder, and she was incoherently trying to explain: "Yesterday, I ate a bad stomach, squatting, squatting, squatting."
Her old finger pointed to the low wall facing the entrance of the village, and the thatched latrine of the farmer's house was on the corner of the avenue.
Ah Yuan pressed anxiously and asked straightforwardly: "Inside, did you hear the sound of more than a dozen men riding by?" ”
"Well, it's dark, there's no one else outside, there are a lot of sounds of horses running, here at my house, and there was a pause, and a man said, yes, it's this road, and then go to another village."
The old woman finally spoke neatly, Wu Lu's silver had been thrown into the old woman's arms, and the two hands did not hesitate to set up the county lord's arms, and with a slight flick of the horse, he got on the horse, and then jumped into the air and rode on his own horse, grabbing the reins of the two horses in his hands: "Drive-go!" ”
Now that the direction has been asked, it is most important to start tracking the young master's traces immediately, if you wait for the county lord to climb on the back of the horse and then sit up straight and start to start, you have to vomit blood from Wu Lu's heart, liver and lungs.
The county lord has no objection to transforming himself into a sack, and even is grateful for Wu Lu's move, people in this era are too conservative, what kind of rules for men and women to give and accept kisses delay how much business?
There is another village to go along this road, and the hundred and ten people are anxious, only the old woman behind them is smiling, and the sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and grandchildren are all holding the moon, and the old people who are lucky and treasure are coaxed......
The spot that the old man had pointed out was clearly visible as he passed through the village halfway through, for in that direction a raging fire was rising, accompanied by smoke, rising into the sky......
Qi Ayuan let out a long cry on his horse, his teeth biting his tongue, or his lips, and in short, a fishy-sweet smell permeated.
In fact, the inside of her legs has been worn off by the horse's back, but where can a mother still be aware of this little thing? All she could see was the sky-high fire, the sound of the mountain being slapped on horseback, and she just wanted to rush to the fire.
It seems that a few fierce horses are rushing out of sight, it seems that the black faces of Ma Guotao and Ma Xunhuan are right in front of him, and Wu Lu's voice knows the master's wish: "Go all out to fight the fire!" No pursuit! ”
What if the little master had any accidents, he was really in danger in that firelight, and he caught all the thieves?
The 100th person finally rushed to the source of the fireworks, and the villagers had spontaneously come to fight the fire with wooden basins and buckets, after all, people's hearts are still good, and there is a fire in the village, one by one, if the fire spreads, no one can escape!
Qi Ayuan rolled off the horse like crazy, and rushed straight inside, the houses of this era really couldn't help but burn, the wooden doors and windows were burned into ruins in a blink of an eye, and the beams of the roof collapsed to the ground, accompanied by the black adobe walls, after being splashed with water, it was difficult to make a "hissing" sound.
"Little second baby, don't be afraid, my mother is here-", Qi Ayuan probed inside with one foot and one foot shallow, and the calls were tear-jerking.
There were flames that had been extinguished and continued to linger, and the smoke did not dissipate, but the beams of the house had all collapsed without exception, and the wooden furniture had turned into black ashes, and there was not a single living figure in it......
Hundreds of people were all following the firefighting, and the county lord didn't know how to persuade him, and the villagers hid on the side and were only responsible for drawing water from the people next to them and sending it, and they didn't dare to get in anymore.
"Master Jun, there is no one here, more than a dozen men have run away on horseback, and they set fire before leaving, and they lock the doors and windows to ...... death."
"Yes, yes, this was originally Xing San'er's house, his father and mother died, so he went to be a soldier and never ......came back."
"It seems that there was movement in the middle of the night last night, listen carefully, and there is no more, and I didn't dare to come out to see."
The gossip couldn't hide Qi Ayuan's sorrow, Wu Lu couldn't stop her, so he had to follow and pull away all the collapsed dilapidated beams.
"Don't look for it anymore, county lord, the little young master can't be here, the doors and windows are locked outside, and that group of people must have escaped with the little young master......."
Wu Lu explained desperately, because the county lord's hands had been dyed black, and they were swollen like two burnt steamed buns.
The body of a daughter, to pull the wooden beams that have not yet burned out, can there be good?
"I'm his mother, I know he's here, I can hear the voice of the little second, he's saying, 'Mother, save me'......."
Qi Ayuan's face was like black charcoal, in fact, she had lost all her self-control in the past two days, and the child with the same life was taken away, and the mother could no longer make a calm and self-contained expression.
Wu Lu's head was burned with a lock of hair, which was just affected by a broken beam for the county lord to resist, this time the charge had already touched the thief's old hole, but unexpectedly a fire interfered with all the jihua.
Since the thief wants to escape, weishenme has to set a fire before leaving? Could it be that they had predicted the temper of the county lord, and knew that they would definitely lose time in the ruins, so that they would not continue to follow their trail?
One hundred and ten people all joined the ranks of cleaning up the ruins, and the five houses burned not too much, and found a small shoe in front of a black earthen kang, and it was still emitting green smoke, because it was stuck in the cracks of the earthen kang and not all burned through......
Ah Yuan's body was trembling violently again, her legs were about to shrink unconsciously, she bit the back of one of her hands fiercely, and the feeling of pain to the bone marrow maintained a standing posture.
This is the shoe worn by the "little second", in order to prevent the soles from being often stepped on, the maid arranged by Ah Yuan wrapped the oilcloth in the sandwich of the sole, and now, the oilcloth is still exuding an unpleasant burnt smell......
"Baby is in this room, baby is in this room!" When the mother's wolf-like roar shook the heavens and the earth, it seemed that there was really a little abnormal movement, and it sounded from the feet or from the side...... (To be continued......)
PS: I'm more comfortable today, health is really important, friends......