"What's wrong?" Ruan Lingyu stood at the window in a windbreaker and looked out, at this time the noise outside was endless, and the train stopped, there must be something happening ahead. The weather in April, Beijing is still very cold and went to the south for such a long distance, the weather has warmed a lot, and when you arrive in Bengbu, you don't need to wear so many clothes, and now after Bengbu and dozens of kilometers to the south, the sky can be said to be very comfortable, so Yan Buwen just wore a thin layer of thread inside the suit, and Ruan Lingyu was the same.

Yan Buwen opened the door of his carriage and saw people outside discussing anxiously, so Yan Buwen went to inquire before coming back.

"There was a fight in front, I don't know who hit whom, someone has already gone to investigate the situation, the bridge was blown up when the army in front retreated, and the train could no longer cross." Yan Buwen came back, and then asked Ruan Lingyu to quickly pack up her things, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. I have learned from the side just now, coupled with my own inference, it is estimated that it is Sun Chuanfang's troops who are retreating, and their troops are around the train, so there is no guarantee that the people on the train will suffer.

"Packing up? Where are we going? Ruan Lingyu asked while listening to Yan Buwen and packing up her things.

"Find a way to go back to Nanjing, and it will be safe when you get to Nanjing." Yan Buwen said, Nanjing has now been occupied by the revolutionary army, Sun Chuanfang's people have been forced to retreat to the north, so Nanjing is a very safe place, and when they arrive in Nanjing, it is estimated that the railway from Nanjing to Shanghai has been repaired almost completely, and they can go directly to Shanghai.

"Okay." Ruan Lingyu replied very obediently, Yan Buwen is everything to her now, at least before returning to Shanghai, so now she only needs to listen and do.

When Yan Buwen and Ruan Lingyu packed everything, the conductor suddenly opened the door and came in, and when he came in, he saw that Yan Buwen and Ruan Lingyu had packed their things, so the conductor hurriedly persuaded: "Don't panic, you two, I sent someone out to inquire just now, but Sun Dashuai's retreating troops, we are under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang government, and Sun Dashuai's troops will not embarrass us." And as the saying goes, a war is a war, and even if the revolutionary army comes, we will not dare to embarrass our train transportation. So you two are waiting here patiently, and we have called our colleagues in Nanjing to speed up the arrangement of a vehicle from Nanjing to pick you up. ”

"Oh, pick us up?"

The conductor said: "Yes, Nanjing has limited vehicles, so we can only temporarily arrange to pick up the passengers in the luxury private room, and the rest will return to Tianjin if the road conditions cannot be repaired." ”

Yan Buwen asked, "Where are we now?" ”

The train captain said: "Around Dingyuan County, which is fifty kilometers away from Bengbu. ”

The Sun army, which had fled from Nanjing, was afraid that it would retreat directly into Dingyuan County and use it as a stronghold to fight against the revolutionary army.

After the conductor finished the notice, he went to the next car, and Ruan Lingyu asked, "Are we still leaving?" ”

Yan Buwen thought about it carefully: "Let's go, the car from Nanjing to Dingyuan, it will take a whole day just to come, it's two o'clock in the afternoon, I'm afraid that by two o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow, they may not be able to come, and this train can't always stop here, even if the fleeing Sun Jun doesn't have any thoughts about us, the bandits around him can't be moved, if they stop here, they will only be used as a live target, so even if we go to Dingyuan County, we can't wait here, otherwise we will wait for death." ”

Dingyuan County is not a complete strategy, after Sun Jun withdraws in, he will definitely blockade the whole county, and it will be troublesome to come out again, the best and most unsafe plan is not to go to Dingyuan in several towns around Dingyuan to find a car to go to Nanjing from the small road, more than 100 kilometers, if it is fast, it will be there in three or four days.

Ruan Lingyu said: "I listen to you." ”

So Yan Buwen went to the train conductor to say goodbye: "There are a few relatives of mine in Dingyuan County, I will go there to live for a while, thank you for your kindness." The conductor was also out of kindness, and since Yan Buwen said so, the conductor just advised: "Safety." After that, he watched Yan Buwen and Ruan Lingyu get out of the car. And the other people on the car are still waiting, the conductor also got the specific road conditions in front, the bridge is completely unrepairable, and the train is one-way, can only bring people back to Dingyuan County, and then arrange another train back to Bengbu, and then transfer to Nanjing, this is also a comprehensive consideration, the conductor also vetoed the idea of going back to Tianjin directly.

But arranging so many people to go to Dingyuan County also requires a lot of vehicles, and now arranged, it will have to arrive tomorrow morning at the earliest, and if so many people are all stationed in Dingyuan County, it will take a lot of time, and there will definitely be a day. So the conductor weighed it and informed the train crew of the situation, and in the midst of the complaints and horrors of the crew, everyone tentatively agreed to the idea, but tonight, the train will be spent in the wilderness.

This is the bandit's dish, and in order to prevent the bandits from looting, the conductor can only arrange for the crew to keep watch at night, and pray in his heart that he will not fight at night, and if he fights, he will not hit them.

Just when the people on the train were frightened and prayed in their hearts that something would not happen tonight, Yan Buwen and Ruan Lingyu had already come to a market town not far away, saying that it was a market town, but the size was about the same as that of the village, and there were not many households in it, and there was only a small restaurant and a place to stay on the street. And because of the impact of the war, it was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and all the gates in the town had been closed.

"We're here?" Ruan Lingyu looked at the town, there was not even a decent wall, and it was not as safe as the train. And what surprised Ruan Lingyu even more was that the best houses in the town were made of bricks, and only 12 out of 10 such houses were built, and the rest were built with mud and straw on top, not to mention people, even the wind could blow them down. But obviously, Ruan Lingyu underestimated the force of this house, basically as long as there is no earthquake and strong wind, it will not fall, this is the wisdom of rural architects, of course, now is not the time to talk to Ruan Lingyu about this.

Yan Buwen pulled Ruan Lingyu to the entrance of the town, which was at a high point, from which the bare parts of the train could be faintly seen. Yan Buwen pointed and said: "It's at a low point over there, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and it's a place where bandits are easy to unearth." I don't know how many people they're targeting, so that's why we're leaving. ”

"Didn't you remind them?"

"It's better to tell them that it's easy to mess up than if we don't warn them." Yan Buwen said, he was just guessing, not sure, so it was inconvenient to say.

When Yan Buwen knocked on the door of the hotel, the people inside glanced through the crack in the door, then opened the door and looked at it twice, and after asking a few words, they let Yan Buwen let them in. Eating and lodging, the conditions are very difficult, but Yan Buwen and Ruan Lingyu don't care, because there is no light, as soon as it gets dark, Ruan Lingyu goes to bed early, and Yan Buwen sits by the window to keep vigil.

In the second half of the night, Yan Buwen fell asleep while sitting, and was suddenly awakened by a gunshot.