By the small river west of Zhangjia Zhuangzi, a young man stands by the river, the fierce river wind blows his clothes, his long hair is flowing, the long knife in his right hand mops the ground, his eyes are sharp and there is no murderous aura, quite the chic wind of the ancient chivalrous man.

"Auntie, what is my brother doing, my brother's hands are shaking, alas, is my brother sick?"

Cui Shi glanced at Wang Xi in the distance: "Maybe I'm tired, your Aye's knife is very heavy..."

Wang Xi embarrassedly put away the horizontal knife in his hand, the knife was turned under the bed of his father-in-law, obviously amateur handmade wooden box, wrapped in thick linen cloth finely, the handle of the knife did not have the fancy decoration like the TV series, the knife body was dark, the blade was shiny, and the sewing was only about half of the knife body.

Wang Xi couldn't put it down when he saw it, and excitedly asked his father-in-law what was the name of this knife?

As a result, Wang Qi replied in wonder, it's just a knife, what name do you want?

Wang Xi didn't care, so he privately named the knife: Dawn. secretly matched Wang Xi's own name, and Wang Qi saw the rise of Wang Xi's play, so he went with him.

At the end of July, the summer grain is finally coming to an end, but the situation is getting more and more wrong, Zhangjiazhuangzi Xiaohexi is the official road to the north, in recent days, there are constantly displaced people going south, dragging their families with their mouths, ragged clothes, so not miserable. For a time, Zhangjia Zhuangzi was panicked.

At the beginning of August, Ma Datou brought the crown prince to the throne, respected Li Yuan as the emperor, and the eldest grandson as the queen's notice, before leaving, Wang Xi pulled Ma Datou and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Ma, you and my father-in-law have been friends for many years, and the two families often move around, and now the world is chaotic, please Uncle Ma give me an accurate word, the Turks in the north have really called?" ”

Ma Da hesitated, but still sighed and said: "It's not a secret, the county blocked the news, I'm afraid that the rule will be chaotic, some time ago, the Turks went south, and the soldiers and horses of Yuanzhou have retreated to Jingzhou, it is said that the Turks are known as 200,000, and I don't know if Jingzhou can hold it, boy, tell your father, make plans early, Uncle can't help you anything." ”

Wang Xi bowed to the back of Ma's head leaving, and hurriedly went back to discuss with Qiao'er's father.

"Go and talk to the villagers, everyone should pack up, take away everything that can be taken away, find a way to hide the food that can't be taken away, and flee south, it's best to go to Chang'an, Gyeonggi should still be safe." After discussing with Old Man Zhang and several older villagers in the village, Qiao'er Dad decided.

Wang Xi went to Xujiazhuang, Xu Lao Waiwai also had a lot of respect for this young man who saved his little son, listened to Wang Xi's words, and immediately decided to move his family to live in the shop of Yongzhou Mansion for a few days, thinking that the Turks have always gone south, plundered the countryside, and rarely attacked the city. Xu Erlang also invited Wang Xi to go with him, Wang Xi refused, The Xu family is just a small person in Yongzhou City, if they really encounter the Turkic siege, I am afraid it will not be good, it is better not to go to cause chaos for others, Wang Xi only borrowed an iron pot and left in a hurry.

Wang Xi and Cui's grinded all the wheat into flour, and took out all the meat oil, Cui's stunned watched Wang Xi quickly brand out one oil cake by one, no chives and so improvised, the weather turned cold, it should be able to be put for a few more days, and it was convenient to eat on the road.

All families were busy hiding the corn grain that could not be taken away, Qiao'er's father dug a cellar in the iron shed, buried all the corn that could not be taken away, and everyone gathered by the small river, and the remaining women, children, old and weak of Zhangjia Zhuangzi totaled 118 people, and began to flee.

The official road north of Weishui is crowded with the people who fled south, it is not far from Chang'an City, because Zhangjiazhuang has many women and children, and it took five full days to reach the West Bridge, which is commonly known as Xianyang Bridge.

Zhangjia Zhuangzi has a total of two ox carts, Wang Xi also came down to walk, the ox cart to the villagers who have difficulty in moving, along the way often see ragged refugees walking and falling down, those who fled here in Liangzhou or Yuanzhou do not know how many days and nights they have walked, and the food on their bodies should have been eaten up long ago.

The kind little boy handed a scallion pancake to a child who followed the Wang family's ox cart all the way, and was scolded by Qiao'er's father angrily, Xiao Xiao'er was aggrieved and red-eyed, Wang Xi began to think that it was just that the father-in-law cherished the food, and after seeing a few men with red eyes looking at the ox cart not far away, he understood the good intentions of the father-in-law.

Wang raised his sword out of its sheath and looked at those men coldly, and those hungry people confronted each other for a long time before leaving.

After crossing the Xianyang Bridge, it took half a day to see the majestic Chang'an City, and before it was close, there were officials of the government who shouted and led them to find a place to settle, without any shelter from the wind and rain, but every few hundred steps there are porridge points set up by the government, and the corn particles in the clear water soup can not be illuminated by the figure, but fortunately, the food reserves of the people in Zhangjiazhuangzi are enough, and there is no need to drink the clear water-like things.

The Xuanwumen Revolution and Li Shimin's ascension to the throne are as recorded in the history books, Wang Xi calculated the next time, and now it is late August, and in about seven or eight days, Li Er will ally with Jieli Khan at the bridge, and then the Turks will retreat.

The villagers of Zhangjia Zhuangzi gathered together, because the strong men were not there, Wang Qi organized Wang Xi's children of general size and some healthy women, divided into two shifts to take turns on duty, it is difficult for the hungry victims to say what they will do, these days there have been several people in the night robbed of clothes and food, the government's manpower to take care of the porridge and not to make a big mess has been stretched, not to mention these small things. In troubled times, people's lives are as cheap as dogs, and Wang Xi has not deeply realized this sentence until today.

During this period, there are also housekeepers of large families walking around in the crowd, saying how much money they have, and buying a few children's maids, but the parents are raised, and until the last step, which parent is willing to sell their children to others?

Old man Zhang looked at those people and whispered to Wang Xi: "Don't look at them like dogs, if you really like the dolls of any family, your father and mother will not sell them, and at night, they will bring thieves to rob them." ’

After waiting for a few days, Wang Xi did not see the thief mentioned by the old man Zhang, the government sent officials to run and shout among the victims, and Chi Jingde, the chief commander of the Jingzhou Road March, defeated the Turks in Jingyang, beheaded 2,000 in battle, and captured the Turks.

After inquiring about his location, it was probably on the west side of the Royal Forbidden Garden, and he probably couldn't see the heroic posture of Li Er leading six horsemen out of the city and repelling the 200,000 Turkic army.

When the grain reserves of Zhangjia Zhuangzi were about to be exhausted, the victims suddenly found that a large number of troops had come out of Chang'an City.

Wang Xi got up and looked at the west, imagining that the enemy array of 200,000 tigers and wolves was in front of him, Li Erxiong was heroic, and the six horsemen came out of the battle, scolding and scolding Jieli Khan, and the Hu Lu were all terrified.

On the first day of the first month of September, the government advised the victims to retreat and guide the displaced people to return to the village.

Probably there is no food burden when it comes, the villagers only took three days to return to Zhangjia Zhuangzi, fortunately, Zhangjia Zhuangzi is just like the appearance when leaving, except for the individual portals were destroyed by the intruders, most of the houses are intact, but the grain is relatively hidden due to the new harvest and hiding, some damp and mildew, the villagers hurriedly cleaned the site to dry.

Helping his father-in-law clear out the grain, all spread out in the yard to dry, Wang Xi took a breath to think about his future plans, the old man Zhang carried the medicine box on his back, drove the ox cart, and held the unattended grandson in his arms, and greeted Wang Xi: "Boy, do you want to go to the doctor with so-and-so?" ”

"Huh? Without the help of a certain daimyo, there are still people who come to you for consultation? Wang Xi quipped.

Old man Zhang took a sip and said: "A few days ago, I met a member of Taiping Township under Chang'an City, and I should go down to see his mother at home, it's not easy to shirk, I may have to come back at night, my daughter-in-law is drying food at home, Brother Xi, go and help when I have nothing to do for a while."

"Well, Brother Shou'er is out of the house, folks, it should be, don't worry." Wang Xi responded.

Old man Zhang's son is named Zhang Shou, he was conscripted into the government army in early June, and the whole summer harvest was busy with old man Zhang and his daughter-in-law, and he also had to take care of his two-year-old grandson, which is really not easy, and the villagers can help on weekdays.

Sending off Old Man Zhang, Wang Xi poured a bowl of cold water, and was about to go to Old Man Zhang's house to help, when he suddenly heard a panic outside, and black smoke burst in the direction of Xu's Zhuangzi, as if it was on fire.