Chapter 24: A Long Way Ahead
Wang Ran saw that it was getting late, and was worried that something would happen again, so he hurriedly said: "Without further ado, let's hurry up, otherwise I am afraid that the government will notice." ”
Li Jin'er snorted coldly, but she didn't object, and Li Zongyu also said that she would go to Qingcheng County with Wang Xiaobo and others to find out the news of the enemy.
Wang Xiaobo asked the Song brothers and sisters if they had anything to carry, Song Yuanzhi said that the family was surrounded by four walls, and there was nothing to bring, so he just wanted to go to worship his grandmother and mother before leaving, so Li Shun entered the house and lit the blinders who were tied up in a ball, so as not to expose everyone's whereabouts prematurely, and then the group accompanied the Song brothers and sisters to the mountain behind the village.
Song Yuanzhi and Song Xiaoruo burst into tears in front of the two lonely graves, and everyone looked at the thin bodies of the brother and sister kneeling there straight, feeling concerned, how could this world be cruel and let two such well-behaved and sensible children suffer such hardships and torments, Wang Ran felt the same way, and couldn't help but cry.
Li Jin'er looked at Wang Ran's broken liver and intestines, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart, could it be... Does he have any unbearable past?
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The people also came forward to pay their respects, and then they prepared to leave the village and hurry. Wang Ran saw that Song Xiaoruo and Song Yuanzhi were still very weak, so he said that it was better for him to go into the city to buy a donkey cart and come over, so that the Song brothers and sisters would not have to suffer from the trek. Li Zongyu hurriedly said no, they had a carriage, and now they were hiding in the forest outside the village.
Wang Ran was puzzled: "Aren't you arrested by the government?" The carriage is so conspicuous and not afraid of being exposed? ”
"Where do you put the more than two thousand taels of silver without a carriage? Can't we carry it on our backs? Li Jin'er couldn't help but sneer, this disciple has really never seen the world.
Wang Ran scratched his head and was silent, how could I forget this stubble, more than 2,000 silver, there is almost a person heavy, how can I get it without a car support.
Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun looked at Wang Ran with a wicked smile, this guy is quite clever on weekdays, and he is silent, how can he be here in the Li family brothers and sisters... Or in front of Miss Li Jin'er, it seems that she has changed as a person, she is a lot duller, but she talks more.
Li Zongyu over there was also puzzled, although his sister looked peaceful, but in fact, she was arrogant in her bones, and she didn't know anyone well on weekdays, but she didn't owe half a sentence, how could she really ridicule this kid when she seized the opportunity, could it be that her anger was still unresolved? But with my sister's temper, I'd always rather use my sword and never use my mouth to people I hate.,It's strange.。
Everyone followed the Li brothers and sisters to the woods outside the village, and found the carriage, but saw that there were two unconscious people tied to the carriage next to the carriage, Li Zongyu explained: "This is the gang of people who stayed at the entrance of the village to keep an eye on them, and they were the ones who first recognized us, so we packed them up before entering the village just now." ”
Wang Ran was shocked when he saw the appearance of the two, these two people were clearly two of the four servants that Xu Yongyan brought to round up him that day! How did you end up here?
After explaining a little to everyone, Wang Ran stepped forward and dragged the two people aside to wake up with water.
The two woke up slowly, barely opened their eyes and saw a person standing in front of them, still a little familiar, took a closer look at this person's face, and was shocked, and said that it was miserable and miserable, how did it fall into the hands of this fierce god again, how could we be so unlucky today, it is really a blessing, and the disaster is not a single line.
It seems that Wang Ran slashed Xu Yongyan with one enemy and five hands that day, which left a lot of shadows on their hearts.
Wang Ran glared at him and said coldly, "What are your identities?" Why is it here? What about the other two? ”
The two glanced at each other, and one of them poured beans like a bamboo tube, and told the truth without hesitation. These two people are named Zhang Xiaoguang and Cai Yi respectively, and the other two are Pan Laosan and Pan Laowu, all four of whom are thugs raised by Xu Yongyan, who helped Xu Yongyan do some bullying and dominating the market in the past, this Zhang Xiaoguang is still Zhang Xiaoliu's brother, and he introduced Zhang Xiaoliu to Xu Yongyan.
That day, Xu Yongyan took the four of them to catch Wang Ran, but they were put away by Wang Ran one by one, Zhang Xiaoguang was pierced in the foot, Cai Yi was hit by an arrow in the leg, and then they were all knocked unconscious by Wang Ran. When the two woke up, they saw that Xu Yongyan had died of exhaustion, and one of the Pan brothers had been stabbed in the stomach, and the other had been stabbed several times, all of them were half dead, so they wanted to find someone to call for help, but they did change their minds halfway through.
The two thugs were born and had some understanding of the criminal law, knowing that the "Song Criminal Code" stipulated that if someone died because of a fight, whether intentionally or not, all those involved would be sentenced to beheading. The two returned to the bamboo forest, preparing to carry Xu Yongyan's body and the Pan brothers to the Xu Mansion by themselves.
Who knew that when they went back, the Pan brothers were already angry, and looking at the three corpses, the two hesitated again. Five people came out and three died, one of them was the second young master of the Xu family, how could the old lady Xu easily let them go when he returned to the Xu Mansion? Even if Mrs. Xu is generous and doesn't dig deeper, then Xu Yongyan's mother is not easy to mess with, her only son is dead, she will definitely be angry with them, and their brothers and parents are mostly working in Xu's mansion, maybe they will also be implicated.
So the two of them decided to bury the three corpses and escaped. Cai Yi had a cousin-in-law who was on an errand in the Pengshan County Ya, so the two came over to defect, and his cousin-in-law asked them to use their names to help in the county government.
Some time ago, the county order suddenly ordered the whole city to arrest a pair of male and female thieves, Zhang Xiaoguang and Cai Yi were sent out to squat on the street every day, and found a pair of suspicious targets when they squatted today, but they lost them, they remembered that the target had given a beggar a lot of silver, very suspicious, so they went back to stare at the beggar, the two acted separately, Zhang Xiaoguang stared at the beggar, Cai Yi went to his cousin-in-law to report the news, a group of people converged and chased the beggar to this Yihe Village, his cousin-in-law asked them to stare at the entrance of the village, in case of accidents, The two of them squatted in the forest by the roadside, and after a while, suddenly their eyes were dark, and they didn't know what was going on.
After hearing this, Wang Ran knew why he was not wanted, it turned out that it was these two guys who were greedy for life and afraid of death who helped him to do well, and he was really a good man.
Wang Ran returned to the carriage and told Wang Xiaobo the results of the interrogation, and Wang Xiaobo proposed to let Wang Ran hand over Zhang Xiaoguang and Cai Yi to him to take back to Qingcheng County, first, to prevent Wang Ran's whereabouts from being exposed, and secondly, these two people had worked as helpers in Pengshan County, so they must have an understanding of the defense arrangement of the county seat, and could provide some help for the rebels to attack this place in the future. Wang Ran naturally agreed.
At this time, it was sunset, and the woods were also covered with twilight, and the group took advantage of the night cover to go on the road, wearing the stars and the moon until the early hours of the morning, looking at the roadside boundary to show that it had gone out of Pengshan County to Xinjin County, and everyone found a hidden place to rest.
After a short rest and dry food, the group was ready to set off again, but Wang Ran proposed to resign at this time.
Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun knew that he was going to Chengdu Mansion to continue to seek revenge, although they were reluctant, but it was not good to keep him, but they just told him to pay attention to safety, not to take risks easily, no matter whether it was successful or not, he must come back to see his two brothers in the future. Of course, the premise is that the two of them are still alive, Wang Xiaobo said this with a wry smile on his face, and Wang Ran was concerned.
Wang Ran said goodbye to everyone one by one, turned around and strode to the east, looking at his back gradually moving away, everyone had their own thoughts. Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun only felt that the lonely figure that was gradually moving away was full of the smell of wind and cold; The brothers and sisters of the Song family in the carriage felt the indomitable vigor on the vigorous backs bathed in the sun; Zhang Xiaoguang and Cai Yichang, who were silent all the way with their hands tightly bound, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the murderous back of the fierce god, and couldn't help but gloat a little, saying that someone in Chengdu Mansion must be unlucky; Li Zongyu is indeed secretly glad that this stinky boy is finally out, and his baby sister should be able to return to normal, and there is no need to speak harshly all the way; Li Jin'er watched Wang Ran walk away, remembering that he didn't forget to sneak a glance at himself when he turned around just now, and couldn't help but scold, sure enough, he was a disciple, and he was still pretending, and he was not afraid of falling when he walked so fast.
Seeing that Wang Ran had crossed the mountain and gradually disappeared from sight, everyone turned around and spurred their horses to continue their journey, but no one noticed that the figure that had just disappeared turned back and turned back, and was standing on the top of the mountain looking at this side stupidly.
Wang Ran looked at the backs of everyone gradually moving away, sighed, scratched his head and said to himself: "Alas, I left in too much hurry, I forgot to ask which way to go to Chengdu Mansion, forget it, I will ask for directions when I meet someone." Then he turned around and went on his way.