The wild dog stared at him viciously with its head raised, a deep growl coming out of its throat. The dog's eyes are all red. This is a beast that is used to eating dead human flesh, even if Li Ruoxu is a living person, in the eyes of wild dogs, it is also classified as "food".

"Troubled times come," Li Ruoxu sighed, "People are not as good as dogs." A sudden burst of extreme grief and indignation rose in his heart, and he clenched the stick in his hand. You man-eating brutes! Li Ruoxu let out a low roar and went crazy and shot at a few wild dogs.

Unexpectedly, this "wicked man" was so fierce, he was caught off guard, and ran away in all directions, one of which ran a little slower, and was heavily whipped on the buttocks by the wooden stick, and with a painful "woo-" sound, he sped up and ran away. At this time, the other two wild dogs rushed up from both sides, Li Ruoxu only had time to withdraw the wooden stick and whipped it on the stomach of one of the wild dogs, the wild dog rolled to the ground with a wail, and the other wild dog bit Li Ruoxu's calf fiercely, no matter how people beat it with a stick, they just didn't let go. Li Ruoxu had to pull out the saber on his waist, slash at the dog fiercely, and dragged it hard, the wild dog was cut open with the belt meat, and with a wail, he had to let go and limp away.

The three wild dogs escaped more than a dozen paces before they turned around and stared at the "wicked man" with fear and hatred. The wild dog, which had been beaten with a stick, followed the other two wild dogs by his tail, trying to run, but reluctant to "eat".

Li Ruoxu felt a pain in his calves. Angry in his heart, he took two steps forward despite the pain, and waved the stick in his hand vigorously while shouting "duh, duh, duh-" in a loud fright. One man and three dogs confronted each other for a while through the flesh-and-blood corpses, and the wild dogs finally looked at each other a few times, turned around and fled. ran away for a distance, but turned back to look at Li Ruoxu, and saw that he didn't catch up, but he didn't leave, so he whimpered a few times, and fled with his tail between his legs. Wild dogs are not wolves after all, and it is their nature to deceive good and fear evil.

Li Ruoxu let out a long sigh, he looked down at the wound on his calf, the canine teeth bit out several bloody holes, and the blood was not much. Because the wild dog had just eaten the corpse, Li Ruoxu was worried that the wild dog had corpse poison in its saliva, so he squeezed out the dirty blood again, and then slightly cleaned the wound with clean water. There was no clean cloth around him, and when he saw that the wound was no longer bleeding, he did not bandage it, but only put down his trousers to cover the wound.

Several corpses were placed next to them, seemingly a family of four or five, and the two female corpses were disheveled, obviously insulted before their deaths, and the corpses were also gnawed by wild dogs. "Damn brute!" Li Ruoxu scolded hoarsely. He looked left and right, but he couldn't find a piece of cloth to cover the corpse, and he couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart: "This is my Song people." With a heavy pace, Li Ruoxu wanted to find a few dead branches to cover the corpse, walked a few steps, and stopped.

At this time, the army was in chaos, the people were displaced, and many died at the hands of the rebels and thieves. All the way south, Li Ruoxu didn't know how many corpses he had seen, and he couldn't bury them one by one. But these carcasses had just been taken from the dog's mouth, and if they were to cover them with dead branches, they would be discarded, leaving with their front feet and returning with their hind feet. After a moment's hesitation, he sighed, turned around, bowed to the corpses, rolled up his sleeves, and dug a grave beside him with a stick. Flies flew around him, and sometimes there was an unbearable stench, Li Ruoxu dug for a while, already sweating profusely, but he still didn't stop, and saw that he had dug a shallow pit more than five inches deep, which could barely accommodate four or five people.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and a trace of vigilance flashed in Li Ruoxu's eyes, and he quickly lowered his body and quickly hid in the grass not far away. He cautiously looked out, only to see four or five horsemen rushing over from a distance, it seemed that they were not Liao soldiers, but Li Ruoxu still did not dare to be careless. The world is in chaos, and jackals are rampant. Even if they are both Song people, horse thieves and bandits are rape. Plundering and killing people like hemp are no more merciful than the Liao soldiers.

Several riders came from far and near, stopped outside the woods, and rode into the woods first. Such a cautious posture is obviously not an ordinary person fleeing. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves gradually approaching, Li Ruo crouched in the grass, looking at the half-dug tomb not far away, and his heart hung in the air. The sound of the horse's hoofs slowed down near the tomb, and the scout seemed to be looking around, when suddenly a sharp whistle sounded. Li Ruoxu could only lower his body as much as possible, and at this time, he could only try his best to hide himself. The grass in spring is not very dense, the woods are sparse, and there is no way to hide people in the vicinity, and the sound of horses' hooves can be heard in the grass slowly from far and near, and Li Ruoxu's heart gradually sinks.

Sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves stopped more than a dozen steps away from the grass, and one person shouted: "Those who are hiding, come out quickly!" If you don't come out again, I'll let go of the arrows! Li Ruoxu hesitated slightly, and a wolf's tooth arrow swooped into the grass beside him, obviously the detective had already discovered him, and after releasing an arrow, he shouted again: "We are passing merchants, if there is no malice, hurry out, otherwise we will shoot you!" ”

Li Ruoxu had no choice but to leave his sword, wooden sticks, dry food and money in the grass, pin the tap fire short gun behind his waist, and slowly moved a few steps sideways in the grass before he said loudly: "Don't let go of the arrow, I'm out!" I'm out! Holding his hands high and signaling that there were no blades in his hands, he stood up in embarrassment.

His gaze was so low that he couldn't see the whole picture of the detective, and just as he stood up, he saw a crossbow facing him. Immediately there was a middle-aged man, dressed in a gray robe with a leather belt around his waist, and it was impossible to see if there was any armor inside. Judging from the dress, he looks like a big family nurse, and he looks like a dart master who escorts merchants. The middle-aged man stared vigilantly at Li Ruoxu in the distance, and shouted, "Are there any other comrades?" Take your time and don't play tricks! He didn't take it lightly because Li Ruoxu was tied up, he always held the crossbow in his hand, and as long as he pulled his fingers lightly, there was an arrow from the spring.

"It's just me, and no one else."

Li Ruoxu hung his heart, raised his hand, and limped out. His face was full of weather, and he could no longer see that he was the champion and the first Qing noble Beijing official, just like an ordinary refugee.

The middle-aged man shouted and asked, "Is this tomb dug by you?" How many of the dead are you? Although his voice was strong, Bianliang's accent still made Li Ruoxu feel a lot more at ease, at least he was not a Liao thief, nor was he a nearby bandit, if he dealt with it properly, he would not have a chance to live.

After a moment's hesitation, Li Ruoxu still replied truthfully: "This tomb was dug in Xia, and I don't know these villagers who died in Xia, but I saw that the corpses were eaten by wild dogs, so I helped them to settle down." He was afraid that the middle-aged man would not believe it, so he hurriedly said, "What I said below is true, just now because I drove away wild dogs, I was bitten by a brute." As he spoke, he rolled up his trousers again, revealing the dog bite wound on his calf. Although this move is insulting, everyone is wary of each other at this moment, if they don't win people's trust, they are afraid that the middle-aged man will kill him with a wave of his hand.

The middle-aged man saw the two rows of canine teeth, obviously the wild dog bit very hard just now, if it was a temporary fake, no one would find a dog to bite him, he believed Li Ruoxu seven points, and still asked sharply: "You are alone, and there is no one else to accompany you?" ”

"There is no one to go with," Li Ruoxu's eyes darkened slightly, and he replied, "In the chaos, Zai Xia and his family have been separated." ”

After he escaped from the battlefield, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Liao soldiers, he only dared to go to a remote place along the way, and finally arrived at the bank of the big river, but he did not cross the river by ferry, and waited until the Yellow River was frozen before crossing the river. Bianliang City was full of cavalry from the north, Li Ruoxu did not dare to approach, he hid in the village outside the city, and successively heard from the people who fled in the past that Zhao Qi established himself as the emperor, and Chen Dong was the first to advocate the matter of respecting the Son of Heaven in Ezhou, so he followed the fleeing all the way to the south, walking day and night, walking very slowly, and only came here in two or three months. Thinking of his lost parents, who wanted to fulfill his filial piety, Li Ruoxu's face was sad, and in the eyes of the middle-aged man, there was no hypocrisy at all.

He stared at Li Ruoxu for a long time, finally nodded, and ordered: "You sit on the ground first, don't move." Seeing that Li Ruoxu sat down obediently, the middle-aged man pursed his lips and gave a loud whistle into the distance. After this whistle, the sound of the hooves of several horses galloped slowly.

When he got closer, a man said loudly: "Chong Yi, just give a warning, is there any accident?" ”

Wang Chongyi replied: "There are several corpses, and there is a scholar. I just asked! Although Li Ruoxu is poorly dressed, he is a scholar in his own way, Wang Chongyi has a wide range of experience and recognizes his identity. This is one of the reasons why he let his guard down.

"Well, be careful." Zhou He glanced at Li Ruoxu a few times, nodded, looked at the corpses again, and the half-dug pit, roughly guessed the original situation, and said to Li Ruoxu: "You go and bury them." He leaned over slightly and said in a low voice: "I don't know that this place is filthy, please forgive your highness." ”

"General Zhou's words are serious." Zhao Huan said in a low voice, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and there was compassion in his eyes.

At this time, Li Ruoxu, who was supposed to bury the body, stayed in the local area, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he looked at the horse without blinking. The guards of the Imperial City Division noticed that something was wrong, and Wang Chongyi said sharply: "Boy, what do you see!" Li Ruoxu didn't seem to be aware of it, looked at her in a daze, and said in a lost voice: "Huan ,....., Gong, Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

With this dream-like sound, everyone was shocked, a cold light suddenly appeared in Zhou He's eyes, and Wang Chongyi pressed his hand on the saber and looked at Li Ruoxu viciously.

Zhao Huan was calm, she looked at Li Ruoxu and asked, "This gentleman, do you recognize me?" The meaning is full of poignancy and vicissitudes, and in the past three years, she has been confined in the cold palace, and Zhao Huan almost thought that the world had forgotten and abandoned her.