Chapter 49: A Serendipitous Encounter

On the second day of the first month of March, a light rain was falling, and the sound of horses' hooves came from the muddy country road.

It was getting late, and two mischievous children were playing under the eaves of their house, clutching the mud wet by the rain on the eaves. The sound of horses' hooves attracted their attention, and they raised their little faces covered with mud stains, looking at the men and horses who were getting closer and closer.

The man on the horse was dressed in a cloak and a straw hat, raised his face and said, "Little doll, my sister is begging you for water." The woman showed her cheeks under a straw hat, her head and willow eyebrows, her lips were painted, and her teeth were like rhinoceros. A little blame for the long hair, wet by the rain on the cheeks, even more moving. Such a beauty is that both children are stunned, and people's resistance to beauty is inherently zero.

The adults in the house, hearing the noise outside, pushed open the door. Seeing the horse at the door, the middle-aged man was a little worried, at this time of the season, the soldiers were in chaos, and he was most afraid of encountering thieves or deserters.

The middle-aged man was worried about his child, so he walked quickly through the yard to the door, only to find that it was a woman on the horse, and he was relieved.

"Uncle, I went to Henan Mansion to look for relatives, passing by here, begging for saliva to drink." Immediately, the woman shook the kettle in her hand and said crisply.

Although the middle-aged man was also amazed by her beauty, he was a humble gentleman, attached great importance to etiquette, and did not have any lustful thoughts. After taking a look, he said with a smile: "You are a girl's family, now that the army is in chaos, how dare you go out alone to find relatives, come first to avoid the rain." ”

The female artist was bold, thanked her, and jumped off the horse. He led the horse under the firewood shed in the yard, took off his coat, and put it in the shed. After doing this, the woman asked, "Uncle's surname?" ”

Only then did the middle-aged man notice the sword pinned to her waist, the sword bag made of pearls and jade, which was extremely dazzling. I thought in my heart: This woman went out to carry a sword, but I am afraid that she is not a good person, at least not an ordinary person looking for relatives.

"In Xia Shen Muhong, he is a teacher here."

The woman chuckled lightly and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Shen, I came all the way, and there are already ten rooms and nine empty rooms around here, so I think there are few students in Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Muhong sighed and said: "In the year of misfortune, the people did not have enough food and clothing, and the thieves were everywhere, and the villagers fled to the house. ”

The woman asked curiously, "Why didn't the gentleman run away?" ”

Shen Muhong was sad in his heart, and he kept silent, just lowered his head and pondered. The woman has been walking on the rivers and lakes for a long time, and it can be seen that he remembers the past and no longer asks. Thinking of his situation, he was worse than him, and a touch of worry was added to his eyebrows.

The two children, no longer afraid of life at this time, came up to her and asked, "Why do you only ask my father and your surname, not me and my sister?" ”

The woman was teased by him, laughed, and said, "I guess, you and your sister are also surnamed Shen, right?" My sister also came over, patted her little hands full of mud, and said in a milky voice: "Sister, you are so amazing!" ”

The elder brother obviously understood, and said to his sister angrily: "You are so stupid, our father's surname is Shen, and of course we are also surnamed Shen." After speaking, he asked the woman: "My name is Shen Jun, and my sister's name is Shen Ru." Okay, you know the names of our whole family, it's time for you to say your name. ”

The woman was troubled by two innocent children, temporarily suppressed the sadness in her heart, and said with a smile: "My sister's surname is Yue, and her name is Yue Yingying." ”

It turned out that Zhu Yousong reported his mortal heart that day, and left alone to intercept Cao Bianjiao. Although Yue Yingying was anxious, her injuries were too serious, and she couldn't move on her horse. The frightened horse carried Yue Yingying around in Maling Mountain, and was rescued by the escaped Yuejiazhai minions. After Yue Yingying was able to move, she came to look for it, but Zhu Yousong was gone.

There was only the corpse of Cao Bianjiao's white horse on the ground, Yue Yingying's heart sank, Zhu Yousong stabbed Cao Bianjiao's horse to death, and eighty percent had already died in the hands of this imperial eagle dog. Yue Yingying knew that Yue Chenfeng's martial arts were strong, and hundreds of officers and soldiers couldn't keep him at all, and she didn't worry about her father. Arrange for a few minions to inquire about their father's news, and go to the city to recuperate from their injuries, while inquiring if there are any captives in the Yuejia village of Maling Mountain.

Later, the Xuzhou government escorted the prisoners of Yuejiazhai to fill the army, and was rescued by Yue Yingying halfway. After asking, I learned that Zhu Yousong was not arrested. Thinking of the situation at that time, Yue Yingying concluded that Zhu Yousong had been killed by that young general. In desperation, Yue Yingying vowed to avenge him, but the hateful thing was that the court army eliminated Yue's village and left without stopping.

Yue Yingying thought of what Zhu Yousong said, his home is in Henan Mansion, and he doesn't know what state or county. The thought of his death in a foreign land made me even more sad, and I should have told him about his family. Alone, he came to Henan Mansion and inquired about a wealthy family named Zhu Fuba along the way.

This Zhu Fuba was originally Zhu Yousong's nickname, where could Yue Yingying find out, but she felt that she owed "Zhu Fuba" a lot, so she persevered, came to the west of Henan Mansion, and inquired all the way.

Since that day, Shen Muhong deeply felt that Zhu Yousong's actions were inconsistent with the etiquette he adhered to, and he ran away against his will. With nowhere to go, he had to return to his hometown, where everyone had fled to Luoyang. It's getting late, and Shen Muhong's family has no food left, but there is an extra passing woman today, and she has no intention of leaving. Shen Muhong couldn't bear to drive her away, so he could only say: "I see that you are alone and don't bring any dry food, just eat something here, there is gruel boiling in the pot." ”

Yue Yingying didn't see outside, walked to the stove and roasted her cold hands first, lifted the lid of the pot and saw that there were only a few grains of porridge in the huge pot. said: "Mr. Shen, what's the difference between such porridge and water, let's adults are fine, you two children eat this?" ”

Shen Muhong said embarrassedly: "There has been a drought here for many years, there is no harvest, and the villagers have fled again. ”

Yue Yingying said with a smile: "You just give me a bowl of food, it can be seen that you are a good person, I, Yue Yingying, can't see good people suffering, you wait." Then he pushed the door open, went under the woodshed, and brought two hares from the horse.

Yue Yingying carried the two hares and said to Shen Jun and Shen Ru: "Let's not drink gruel today, is it good to eat barbecue." ”

Shen Rumei smiled, grinned, and Hara was about to flow out, and shouted loudly: "Okay, there is meat to eat, I haven't eaten meat for a long time." Shen Jun was also on the side, drooling greedily, and his little head kept nodding, like a nodding doll.

Shen Muhong looked at them, smiled with deep brows, and thought with relief: Maybe I misunderstood her, she is a good person.