Yang Chuncheng hurriedly walked to the east gate, and saw the flags on the city tower, the fire was shining brightly, and there were countless Eight Banner soldiers standing, so he had to force his composure and walked to the city gate, where more than 20 Eight Banner soldiers were checking out the people out of the city.

I saw a young man dressed as a rich young master and leading a white horse, who was stopped by three soldiers and wanted to check the defense.

The young man said anxiously: "A few adults, my mother is very sick, I went into the city to grab medicine, where did I come from!" Please let me out of the city, I have to rush back overnight, my mother is waiting for these medicines to save my life! ”

One of the soldiers shouted, "What are you yelling about! If there is no defense, don't say that your wife is sick, even if she dies, you don't want to go out of the city! ”

The young man was furious and said, "Hey, why are you cursing people! ”

Another soldier pulled him away and said, "Brother, don't quarrel, it's just your bad luck to blame!" There's a thief hiding in the city, and we're searching for it! Don't say it's you tonight, even if your county master is here, there is no defense, and you can't get out of the city! Well, it's useless to be anxious, let it go! ”

When Yang Chuncheng heard this, he poured a basin of cold water on his head, thinking: "Where did I come from the customs defense, now there is only one way to escape for my life, with Lao Tzu's kung fu, it is effortless to overturn these Eight Banner soldiers!" ”

He pressed the steel knife tightly, and was about to step forward, when he suddenly thought: "But let go of it like this, doesn't it just prove that I am hiding in the county town and want to cause trouble for Enming?" "I had to stop.

He thought about it for a while, hurriedly turned around and walked away, trying to find a city wall without officers and soldiers, and escaped over the wall, but after walking along the foot of the wall for a long time, there were many Eight Banner soldiers standing on the city wall.

He didn't dare to delay, and wanted to try his luck at the south gate, but after walking a short distance, he heard a noise not far away, and a eunuch said in a sharp voice: "What are you yelling, be honest!" ”

One man shouted, "Let me go, I'm wronged!" ”

When Yang Chuncheng heard this voice, he was so familiar, and hurriedly looked back, it turned out to be Zheng Yixia, who had changed into thousands of general uniforms, and was twisted by more than a dozen officers and soldiers.

I only heard the eunuch say: "You indiscriminately hurt people's lives and harbored Qin criminals, who wronged you!" ”

"Father-in-law, this is someone framed and framed, how can I indiscriminately hurt people's lives and harbor Qin criminals!" Zheng Yixia struggled.

"You still want to argue, today the hungry people found a dead body in the abandoned kiln outside the city, some people say that you killed it!" The eunuch said, "Last night, a guy surnamed Yang fell to death in the church, it is clear that you are harboring the Qin criminal, who framed you!" ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, I'm wronged!" Zheng Yixia said loudly.

"I don't talk nonsense with you, what grievances do you have, tell your father-in-law to go, let's go!" The eunuch waved his hand and asked the officers and soldiers to escort Zheng Yixia and hurriedly walked away.

Yang Chuncheng was taken aback, and thought: "It's not good, Enming's murder and saving me has been exposed, and I want to rescue him!" He hurriedly followed, but after walking through three streets in a row, he saw that the torches were bright, and there were officers and soldiers everywhere, so he had no chance to attack.

At this time, he heard Zheng Yixia shouting again: "Father-in-law, you let me go, I am really wronged!" ”

The eunuch scolded: "When is it, you still dare to scream!" You clearly wear the same pants as the prisoner, wait for us to use you as bait, fish him out, and see how strong your mouth is! ”

When Yang Chuncheng heard this from afar, he was shocked again: "It turns out that the officers and soldiers arrested Enming to lead me to save him, and it seems that they have already laid a net waiting for me!" Even if I rescue Eun Ming, I won't be able to escape! Thinking of this, I had to stop.

He watched the officers and soldiers escort Zheng Yixia away, and he was anxious: "Even if I don't save Enming, but the county seat is just a small place, and I will fall into the hands of the officers and soldiers sooner or later, won't I have to implicate Enming?" How good is that? ”

He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, only to hear a few officials next to him say in a Beijing accent: "Hey, everyone, look at it, where is the water?" ”

A soldier replied: "Back to a few adults, it is a church in the county seat, which was abandoned a few years ago. Strange, how did it catch fire? ”

Yang Chuncheng hurriedly looked back, and the direction of the church was full of flames, illuminating half of the county, and he couldn't help but panic, thinking: "The officers and soldiers set fire to the church, could it be that Shu Zhengqi and they are dead?" Anxious, he suddenly thought: "They must be hiding in the tunnel, and they will be fine!" "I was relieved.

When he thought of the tunnel, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he had an idea: "If the officers and soldiers set fire to the church, they will not search there again!" As long as I hide in the tunnel for a few days, the officers and soldiers can't catch me, and they won't be able to catch the evidence that Enming took me in. ”

He was overjoyed, and hurried back, and saw in the distance that the church was in flames, the courtyard walls had been torn down, the six side rooms were in flames, the spires of the churches had been burned down, and only the tower by the courtyard wall was unharmed.

He hurriedly walked to the vicinity of the church, only to see that in the light of the fire, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners surrounded the church from afar, and they were heavily guarded. An officer shouted: "Everyone, look carefully, the Qin prisoner is a martial artist, and he is very good at kung fu, be careful that he jumps over the wall in a hurry and comes out to hurt people!" ”

All the officers and soldiers agreed.

Yang Chuncheng pressed the knife on his waist in his hand, pretending to patrol back and forth, anxious, not knowing what happened to Shu Zhengqi and them.

At this time, in the midst of the firelight, I only heard an officer not far away say: "Lord Jin, there is a big bell on that tower, will the prisoner hide underneath?" ”

Another officer said, "Lord Qian is too worried! I went up to see it just now, and the bell said that it was two thousand catties, and I asked a few strong guys to try it, but it didn't move at all, who could lift it? Besides, the surname Yang is not stupid, even if he has amazing powers, lift the bell and hide inside, let's set fire to the bell, isn't he a dead end?"

"What Lord Kim said is very true, I am too worried. You watch from here, and I'll go over there. The officer hurried away.

After another half an hour, the church and the six side houses finally burned down, the fire gradually extinguished, the Eight Banners soldiers surrounded the front, a burst of sticks and kicks, knocked down the earthen walls one by one, only some remnants of the wall remained, no suspicious traces could be found, and then the troops were collected.

Yang Chuncheng hid behind the mound of dirt, saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly ran to the foundation of the burned church, only to see the ruins everywhere, the furniture was burned to charcoal, and the mess was unbearable.

He found the entrance of the tunnel, used his waist knife to remove the ash charcoal debris, reached out and touched it, the stone slab at the entrance of the tunnel was hot and hot, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Shu, Mr. Wen!" ”

He screamed a few times in a row, but no one answered, and he was anxious, when he suddenly heard someone under the entrance of the cave: "Is it Brother Yang?" It was Shu Zhengqi's voice.

He was surprised and delighted, and said, "Brother Shu, it's me!" Are you alright? ”

only heard a "bang", the slate was lifted to the side, and Shu Zhengqi said: "Brother Yang, come down quickly!" ”

Yang Chuncheng hurriedly jumped into the tunnel, and Shu Zhengqi used an iron rod to push the stone slab to cover the hole, leaving only a gap to breathe.

Yang Chuncheng walked into the tunnel, only to see that the oil lamp was dim, shining on more than a dozen panicked faces, and the children's faces were wet, obviously just crying.

Yang Chuncheng felt sorry in his heart, he didn't know what to say, and as soon as he sat down against the earthen wall, the stone immediately ran over, threw himself into his arms, and cried: "Uncle Li, I thought you weren't coming back!" The dog officer burned down the house, and I was so scared! ”

"Don't be afraid of the stones, isn't Uncle back?" Yang Chuncheng stroked his head and said to everyone: "Everyone is okay!" ”

Everyone said: "Brother Yang, don't worry, we're fine!" They all laughed.

The children also wiped their tears and burst into laughter.

Shu Zhengqi threw the iron rod and said, "Brother Yang, as soon as you and Master Zheng left, fortunately we kept an eye on it, for fear that the officers and soldiers would suddenly come to search, we asked the children to hide in first, and also collected some quilts and clothes to come in." Sure enough, as soon as you left for a while, the officers and soldiers came to knock on the door, and we quickly hid in, and then we heard these dog mongrels smashing and setting fire to the house! ”

Yang Chuncheng smiled bitterly: "The soldiers and bandits have never been a family, there is no reason to talk about it, everyone is fine." ”

"Brother Yang, how is it outside, can't you get out?"

"The city is under martial law, and there are officers and soldiers everywhere. I originally wanted to break out, but I was afraid that the movement would be too big and implicate Lord Zheng, so I had to come back and hide. ”

Shu Zhengqi said: "Brother Yang, don't worry, Lord Zheng will think of sending you out!" ”

"Alas, you don't know, the officers and soldiers arrested him!"

"When did this happen?" Everyone was amazed.

"Just now." Yang Chuncheng said, "I can only watch, I don't dare to go up to save him, it's really a wretch!" ”

Wen Moshi comforted: "Brother Yang, don't blame yourself, there are so many officers and soldiers, no matter how capable you are, you can't beat it!" ”

"I just heard a eunuch say that they arrested Master Zheng just to lure me to save him." Yang Chuncheng said, "I am guilty of sin, and it is not a pity to die, but I don't want to affect Lord Zheng anymore." ”

Everyone looked at each other and said, "What can I do?" ”

"I just thought about it, since the officers and soldiers burned down the church, they won't come to search again." Yang Chuncheng said, "As long as I hide in the tunnel for a few days and don't fall into their hands, they can't catch the evidence that Lord Zheng took me in, so they can't do anything to him, as soon as Eunuch Cao leaves, Lord Zheng may be fine." ”

Everyone was overjoyed and said, "This method is good!" Brother Yang, you just hide in the tunnel, don't let them catch it! ”

"That's all there is to it now." Yang Chuncheng said apologetically, "It's just that the church burned down, and everyone doesn't even have a place to live, it's all my fault, and it's all affecting you!" ”

Shu Zhengqi said: "Brother Yang, don't say that!" If you didn't save the child, you wouldn't be exposed! Besides, you also said that we are a family, sharing blessings and difficulties, why are you polite now! ”

Wen Moshi and the Xia family brothers also spoke comfortingly and persuaded him not to think too much.

"Thank you, brothers!" Yang Chuncheng sighed, "We are hiding in the tunnels these days, we can only cook at night, and we are afraid that people will see us during the day, so we will wronged you to eat cold rice!" ”

"What's this, isn't it just a few days of hard work?" Everyone was gossiping, "In the past, when I was fleeing the famine, it was common to ask for food during the day and sleep on the side of the road hungry at night, which is much more difficult than now!" ”

The more reasonable they were, the more sorry and sad Yang Chuncheng became, lowered his head, stopped talking, and the tunnel was quiet.

After a while, Xia Dingchuan said: "Brother Yang, I have a sentence, I have always wanted to ask you, but I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Yang Chuncheng raised his head and said, "Brother Dingchuan, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." ”

"What did you do that the officers and soldiers had to catch you?" Xia Dingchuan smiled and said, "Anyway, it's okay for us to sit, can you tell everyone?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Dingshan reprimanded: "Dingchuan, what nonsense are you talking about!" He said to Yang Chuncheng again: "Brother Yang, don't pay attention to him!" ”

Yang Chuncheng smiled bitterly: "Brother Dingshan, there is nothing bad to say!" We've lived together for so long, I haven't told you, and now I still have to suffer with me, if I don't say it, I'm too sorry for everyone! ”

Then the people came to their spirits to hear what he had to say.