Originally, all the female dependents gathered together and ran forward, but there were too many of them, and the target was too big, and they were caught up by the pursuers after a while. Old Mrs. Chu couldn't walk fast when she was old, and she didn't want to delay everyone because she couldn't, so she gave an order to let Xu Yao, Xiangqiao, and Mama Lin run all the way to the east, and she and Mama Yao ran west together, and if there was any accident and they got separated, they would meet in Yangcheng.

As a result, the two groups of people led by Xu Yao and Old Lady Chu acted separately. Seeing that the group of pursuers was about to catch up, Xu Yao hurriedly helped the tired and almost paralyzed old lady Chu into a dense bush to hide, and let Grandma Yao squat in it to reduce her voice.

He ran two steps forward with Mama Lin Xiangqiao and a few others, and waited for the pursuers to see them, and then ran east in a panic. Several pursuers crossed the bushes in front of Mrs. Chu, and after they were far away, Mama Yao helped Mrs. Chu to carefully walk out of the bushes and went all the way to the west.

Because he deliberately wanted to lure away the pursuers, Xu Yao always kept a distance from the pursuers. At first, they were able to maintain this speed, but after a quarter of an hour, they gradually lost their strength, and their speed slowed down, and the distance between the pursuers behind them became closer and closer.

Seeing that the big knife was about to fall on Xu Yao's face, Xu Yao was so frightened that she lost her face and forgot to move.

Xiangqiao gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and stepped forward to push Xu Yao to the side, but she was slashed in the back by the big knife, and the sound of the knife cutting into the flesh was obviously so light, but everyone present at this moment seemed to hear it.

Xu Yao was pushed by Xiangqiao and staggered, and when she looked back after standing firmly, she saw the scene where Xiangqiao was about to be cut down by a big knife, and couldn't help but exclaim and wanted to step forward and drag her to her side, but was stopped by Mama Lin on her side and dragged her forward. Xu Yao was dragged all the way forward by Mama Lin, but she kept looking back at Xiangqiao, only to feel that her eyes were hazy, and her eyes were wet with tears.

Although the big knife hit Xiangqiao's back, it didn't hurt his life, the barbarian glanced at Xu Yao and the others who had run away, and then looked at Xiangqiao under his feet is face is ruthless, so he raised the big knife and wanted to make up for it again.

Life and death were just in an instant, and when Xiang Qiao thought that her little life was about to be explained here, she saw that Yan Escort led his men to support.

The long sword of the Yan Guard, who was running at the forefront, was against the man's broadsword, avoiding the end of Xiangqiao being split in half with a single sword. Seeing this, the barbarian couldn't care about the old, weak, sick and disabled here, so he raised his knife and was about to do it with Yan's guards, but the two guards who caught up took the lead in cutting his throat.

Yan Guard glanced down at Xiangqiao on the ground, and was relieved to see that although she was frightened, she didn't have to worry about her life, and left a sentence of "go quickly" before joining the battle.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yao broke free from Mama Lin's confinement and ran back to support Xiangqiao, who fell to the ground. Seeing that she was in a hurry, Mama Lin gritted her teeth and could only run over and support Xiangqiao's other side, and almost ran forward with Xu Yao with Xiangqiao.

The three of them ran forward for a long distance, and only after there were no more pursuers behind them did they breathe a sigh of relief and sit down on the ground panting. Xiangqiao had already been stabbed, and after running so far, her little face was so white that she seemed to be able to faint at any time.

Xu Yao, who was panting, saw that Xiangqiao's face was really ugly, and couldn't help but say out loud, "Mama Lin, it doesn't matter if you can see the injuries on her body for her, let's see if you can stop the bleeding first." ”

Mama Lin nodded and took a closer look at the wound on Xiangqiao's back. The wound looked a little horrible, but it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, just some skin wounds. Mama Lin is not a child in everyone's mansion, she also suffered a lot when she was a child, and she is also a little familiar with wild vegetables and common herbs.

At this moment, he glanced around at some herbs that could stop bleeding not far away, hurriedly picked them and mashed them and put them on the wound, and tore off a piece of pure white cloth from his middle coat and bandaged her.

"Thank you......"

Xu Yao's voice was very soft, if it weren't for Xiangqiao sitting beside her, she almost thought that she was hallucinating. If these words came out of his wife's mouth, Xiangqiao would not be surprised, but when they came out of Xu Yao's mouth at this time, Xiangqiao felt very strange.

After all, although this cousin is not a fierce and pampered person, she is definitely not a person who will thank her as a servant!

"Madame asked me to ensure the safety of you and the old lady, and I promised Madame." Xiangqiao pursed her lips and only replied with such a sentence.

Even if there is really a good one, none of them can live, so she will always die in front, so as to live up to Madame's commission.

Xu Yao opened her eyes and looked at Xiangqiao in surprise, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Yes, she is the maid next to Xu Jiayi, so naturally only Xu Jiayi's orders are obeyed. But even so, she was grateful to Xiangqiao and Xu Jiayi in her heart, if it weren't for them today, she might have been split in two by now.

The three of them sat in place and waited for about half an hour, but no one came to look for them, and the longer they passed, the more anxious they became. If you go back rashly, if you collide with those bad guys, you won't be caught in the net.

"Girl, why don't you go back and take a look at the situation first." Seeing the sunset, Mama Lin stood up and looked at the road they had come, "If the slave doesn't come back after half an hour, you and Xiangqiao don't have to come back to find the slave and maid, and go directly to Yangcheng." ”

"Mama Lin......" Xu Yao's mouth was a little bitter, and she muttered.

Mama Lin bowed her head at Xu Yao, and then her eyes fell on Xiangqiao, "Xiangqiao, the girl will be handed over to you." ”

Xiangqiao nodded heavily.

I don't know when the sky is overcast, the dark clouds are overhead, the wind is howling, and it seems that a heavy rainstorm will fall soon. Xu Yao and Xiangqiao waited in place for nearly an hour and didn't see Mama Lin who came back, so they had no choice but to leave first. In the forest, he roughly determined the direction of Yangcheng, and walked towards that side.

Xu Yao propped up the trunk of the tree with one hand, and wiped the hot sweat on her forehead with the embroidered handkerchief with the other, "Xiangqiao, it looks like it's going to rain this day, I'm afraid I can't continue to go." ”

Xiangqiao also knows that this is the reason, but if they don't leave, they can't just wait for the rain under this tree. Xiangqiao gasped, and suddenly said in surprise, "Cousin, there is a ruined temple in front, let's go there and avoid it first." ”

Xu Yao glanced in the direction that Xiang Qiao pointed to, and sure enough, there was a dilapidated thatched temple. If she hadn't looked down on such a place in the past, but now that the situation is special, she can't help but take Qiao, and even when she saw this dilapidated temple, her first feeling was that she was happy and nodded, "Okay." ”

Before the two of them reached the ruined temple, the torrential rain had already swept in. The big rain fell first and hit his face a little cold, Xu Yao raised his hand and touched the rain on his face, but in a daze, the bigger rain had already poured down, and it fell on the ground and splashed on the ground.

The rain was falling fiercely.

Although the two of them ran fast, when they arrived at the ruined temple, their clothes had already been soaked a lot. The wound on Xiangqiao's back was stained with rain, and it was hurting badly at this moment, but she gritted her teeth desperately and endured it.

Summer is mostly the rainy season, and the rainstorms come and go quickly, and it won't be long before the rainstorms stop.

Xu Yao's face was very ugly, worried about the safety of Old Lady Chu and Mama Lin, and even more worried about her own situation. There were guards by her side before, but now she and Xiangqiao, two weak women, if something happens, there is no one to help.

I knew that I would encounter such a bad thing if I left Changzhou, so I might as well stay in the Anping Marquis Mansion!

Wait, how can there be barbarians on the official road from Changzhou to Guanzhong?!

Xu Yao suddenly thought of this question, and her face was even more ugly. Isn't it that Changzhou has been broken, and the group of barbarians have already hit here, isn't that cousin-in-law......

No, it's not!

Changzhou was fine when they left, even if the barbarians could capture Changzhou, they wouldn't be so fast if they wanted to reach this official road. Moreover, she had heard that the barbarian language was different from theirs, and they spoke some incomprehensible dialects, but the people they met today spoke their Qingguo dialect.

They are not barbarians.

So who are they? And why pretend to be a barbarian? Why kill them?

Xu Yao was so confused that she didn't think about it, and suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside the broken temple, and Xu Yao and Xiangqiao glanced at each other. There was nothing in this ruined temple, only some straw and tables and chairs with ashes and missing arms and legs, and there was not even a place to hide. The most important thing is that there is only one main entrance to enter and exit this ruined temple, and there is no way for them to slip away quietly.

Before the two of them could think about how to deal with it, they saw a group of men running in from outside with a chill. There were about a dozen people who came, all with weapons in their hands, and they didn't look like good people.

The group of men didn't expect that there were still people in the house, so they couldn't help but be stunned, "Huh...... There were two women. ”

The man who started with "Phew......" touched the rain on his face, spit out a mouthful of saliva, looked at Xu Yao, who was protected by Xiangqiao behind him with fine skin and tender meat, took two steps forward and approached the two, with a lewd smile on his face, and said very happily, "I didn't expect to meet such a beautiful chick here, hehe...... Could it be that God knew that the master hadn't opened the meat for a long time, so he specially sent it to the door. ”

Looking at the man's yellowed teeth and the stench emanating from his mouth, Xu Yao couldn't help but retch, and was almost smoked and vomited.