Chapter 398: A Once-in-a-Life Encounter
"Hehehehehe! ......" The spear of the warrior of the Western Regions suddenly raised and stabbed straight towards Wanyan Zongbi.
Wanyan Zongbi didn't expect the other party to attack him at all, so he was caught off guard, pierced his body with a spear, and fell off his horse.
When the cavalry of the Jin army saw that the commander was killed and fell off their horses, they were in chaos, and the warriors of the Western Regions waved their spears, and the elephant army immediately began to shoot a rain of arrows at the Jin army, and a giant elephant with a strong armor was also driven and pounced on the Jin army.
The sound of killing in the valley shook the sky.
Xiao Lila dreamed of her again.
He dreamed again that he was stumbling through the forest, and the black shadows of the trees were cast on the ground by the starlight, as hideous as a monster. The armor he wore at the beginning of the war had long since been taken off, and that kind of iron armor would not be of any help when fleeing. The voices of the people behind him became farther and farther away, and after gradually becoming inaudible, Xiao Lila sat down against a tree and gasped for breath. Frustration and despair swooped down like night around him, almost suffocating him. His body was still trembling with the killing, and he thumped his weak legs hard. He hated his cowardice and ran away in battle. All were left behind by him, the guards, the soldiers, and the servants who followed him. Remember who once said that as a general of the army, outside, his words can decide the life and death of an entire army. And he didn't realize that the weight of this sentence was so heavy, that his shoulders couldn't bear it.
"I turned out to be a fool who was afraid of death." Xiao Lila sneered in his heart, "With the body of the Xiao family's military general, in the final analysis, he is just a gentleman." ”
He drew his sword, compared it to his neck, and threw it away. The instinct to survive made him hate himself even more.
The voices of the people subsided, and various animals in the forest began to haunt. The strange call of the nightingale echoed through the woods, and the leaves on the ground rustled against some creature. Pairs of green dots of light peeked behind the trees as humans intruded into their territory. A chill rose from his heart, and Xiao Lila hurriedly touched the sword on the ground, but he didn't know where he threw it just now.
Xiao Lila has no experience in the wilderness, so he can't tell the direction at night. The vertical and horizontal arts and the art of war that I usually learn from my husband are completely useless. The only thing he knew was that if he bit in one direction and kept walking, he would definitely be able to get out of this forest. So luckily, at dawn, he walked out of the woods. It is a miracle that he was not attacked by the beasts of the forest at night.
Xiao Lila looked blankly at the group of people in front of him, there were about hundreds, most of them were ragged, with yellow faces and thin muscles. It should be the people of Yanyun who are fleeing the war, and the other party is staring at him vigilantly. Although he had experienced a battle and had been cut through countless gaps in the forest, Xiao Lila's clothes could still be seen at a glance to be of high quality, and their value was enough to make a civilian family of three eat and drink without worry for half a year.
Although there are blood stains on Qingxiu's face, it still can't drown out the special temperament of the rich children. He was staring at the group in amazement.
Finally, someone couldn't help but walk up and ask, "Hey! Who are you? How did it come out of the woods? Didn't the beast eat you? ”
Xiao Lila looked at the girl who was asking him questions, about thirteen or fourteen years old. His hair must have been scorched from malnutrition, but the big eyes were looking very attentive and staring at him suspiciously. Xiao Lila didn't answer, he looked back at the forest behind him.
"So there really are beasts...... "After saying that, the fear and fatigue brought by last night came up together. His eyes went black and he lost consciousness.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself facing the sky. The autumn sky seems far away, and thin clouds drift slowly across the canopy. The sun is bright and dazzling, but it is very comfortable to shine on the body.
"Am I dead? Can you look at the sky so calmly? He muttered to himself, but was coldly interrupted by a voice, the girl he had asked him a question before he fainted.
"It's a shame that I didn't die, so come down to me when you wake up!!"
"Huh?!" Xiao Lila propped himself up in confusion and found himself lying on a flatbed truck. A sturdy young man was driving a cart with a donkey, walking in the ranks of the homeless.
"Didn't you hear you when you came down? My little guard is not used to pull the son of a rich family like you! ”
"Don't make a fuss, Lin'er! Didn't the master say that the son was frightened and caught the wind and cold, and needed to rest? Go, and bring the master here, and say that the son is awake. ”
Lin'er wanted to say something, but she only opened her mouth and ran away in anger. The young man turned back and smiled apologetically at Xiao Weili.
"Childe, don't blame, my sister-in-law has that temper."
Xiao Lila waved his hand again and again: "You might as well thank you for saving your life." ”
As he spoke, he was about to struggle to get out of the car, but his limp body refused to obey. Seeing this, the young man hurriedly stopped: "The master said that the son should recuperate, lie down quickly." ”
Xiao Lila had no choice but to lie down as she said, and after a while, Lin'er came back, followed by a middle-aged man in his forties. Medium-sized, slender in stature, wearing a gray kaftan with a white hemp rope tied in the middle. I think he is the "master" in the mouth of the brother and sister. He hurriedly threw his hand in the car and said, "Thank you Master for your rescue." ”
The master smiled and said: "Saving people is an act of accumulating virtue, and the son does not need to say thank you." Under Li Wen, may I ask who the son is......"
Xiao Weili was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the resentful expression on Lin'er's face after she knew that he was a child of a rich family, and decided to hide his famous family name.
"In Xia Wang Junyao, when he went out to trade with his father, he ran into robbers and was separated from the caravan."
"Oh, I see." Li Wen nodded, "So what are Childe's plans next?" ”
"I wonder where you're going?"
This time it was the girl named Lin'er who answered him.
"Run for your life! Where can I go? Isn't it just going to a place where you can live?! The tone was still so full of resentment, it seemed that she would not have a good face for a rich man like Xiao Lila.
However, under the restraint of her brother's eyes, Lin'er didn't say any more. Li Wen explained their situation to Xiao Weilila.
The land of Yanyun has been in turmoil and war, and there is a great drought, and the rich families have asked for a lot of taxes. People who could not survive had to leave their homes and migrate long distances to the area, hoping to find a land to cultivate. Although there was no shortage of food along the way, the arduous journey caused many elderly and weak people among the displaced people to die of illness. The parents of Lin'er's brother and sister are among them, and it is no wonder that Lin'er hates the rich so much.
"We're going west to Baisha City, and Childe can contact his family when he gets there."
"Thank you, Master."
"I can't even dig wild vegetables, what a fool!" Lin'er snatched the shovel from Xiao Lila's hand and gave him a demonstration. With only a pen and a sword in his hand, he could only watch blankly.