Chapter VIII

After Xiu Yuyue's physical strength recovered a little, Bei Gongru gently lifted her waist with both hands, turned around and picked her up on the horse, took the reins himself, and slowly walked beside the horse. The two of them walked silently in the woods, surrounded by lush greenery, only the slow sound of horses' hooves and a few startled bird chirps, green and ethereal. The two of them seemed to be shrouded in a green mist, and they felt a slight coolness like a drizzle of wet clothes.

After a long time, Xiu Yuyue opened her mouth and asked, "How can we find Yang'er and them?" ”

Bei Gongru frowned, and said worriedly: "I left marks along the road, I hope they will see it." Even if I can't find them, I'm going to get the lost loot back. ”

Xiu Yuyue said coldly, with a hint of surprise in her tone: "How can you beat those bandits alone?" ”

Bei Gongru shook his head and said, "I haven't thought of it yet, but I can't just go back." ”

Xiu Yuyue shook her head and said, "Success or failure is so important to you? ”

Bei Gongru breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Yes, I really don't want to give up like this." ”

The two of them continued until it was dark, but they still did not find their way out of the forest. Bei Gongru hugged Xiu Yuyue and got off the horse, let her lean on a tree trunk, jumped up the tree with a whoosh, picked a few fruits and handed them to her, saying, "Your face is not very good, eat something." I'm afraid that the bandits may still be searching for us, so I don't dare to make a fire, so you can just take it. ”

At night, the residual poison of Xiuyuyue was not cleared, and after a day of traveling, he began to start a fever. She was hot and shivering. Bei Gongru looked at her trembling and weak body, ruthlessly, found some branches, and prepared to make a fire for her.

Xiu Yuyue struggled and said, "Are you crazy? It's going to attract pursuers. ”

Bei Gongru said categorically: "There is no other way, just fight with them when you come." ”

"No, no, it's too risky, I still have to watch Yang'er grow up. He has no parents and can't live without me anymore. ”

Bei Gongru looked back at Xiu Yuyue, who was holding her hands on the ground and barely sitting up, hesitated, then took off her shirt, walked to her side and hugged her into his arms.

Bursts of warm currents were transmitted from his body, stirring Xiu Yuyue's heart. She hated him, but this hatred was now less pure, mixed with an indescribable emotion that kept her from pushing him away. At night, the woods were unusually quiet, as if there were only two of them in the whole space, and they could hear the petals falling to the ground, the moon rising, and the birds frightened by the bright moonlight, chirping by the stream.

In the distance, looming fireflies fluttered, like stars on the ground, dotting the darkness around them.

Bei Gongru quietly hugged Xiu Yuyue, she reached out and gently touched the concave on his left shoulder, "Is it a 'hidden' word?" She asked softly. Bei Gong subconsciously shrank back and did not answer. Xiu Yuyue didn't ask any more, she had already guessed the ** points, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

After a while, she asked again: "What will happen to me when Yang'er and I return to Liuguo?" ”

Bei Gongru pondered for a moment and said, "Either enter the palace as a maidservant, or be rewarded to the soldiers." With your qualifications and intelligence, if you enter the palace, he will definitely be able to gather three thousand favors one day. ”

Xiu Yuyue shuddered, and said sadly: "Lirong woman, never marry someone she doesn't love." If you really want to be at the mercy of others and be given away like a thing, I, I, I'd rather that person be you. ”

Bei Gongru's heart trembled, thought for a while and said, "Well, I will beg my father to give you to me, if you want, I will take care of you and Yang'er for the rest of your life; If you don't want to, I'll send you away, but you'll never be able to return to Lirong. ”

Xiu Yuyue's heart was completely messed up, as if there were thousands of ants biting her heart, secretly gnawing away the hatred for him little by little, and replacing it with ten thousand tenderness.

Xiu Yuyue asked sadly: "Why are you willing to do this?" ”

Bei Gongru said quietly: "Maybe it's guilt, after all, I still made you helpless." If you are well, I will be satisfied. ”

The two were speechless and spent the quiet night embracing each other. A pair of young girls met by the chance of fate, and at this moment, they are like a pair of elves forgotten in heaven and earth, giving birth to a mixture of love and hate, and entanglement. Years later, it was their best night.

It's been a hundred years since they made a mistake, but they didn't know it at the time.

In the early morning of the next day, the fever of Xiuyuyue gradually receded. The two of them heard a rustling sound in the distance, as if someone was approaching this side. Bei Gongru pulled Xiu Yuyue and hid in a place with high grass, and vaguely saw that more than a dozen people were carefully looking for something. When they got closer, Bei Gongru saw that it was Zhao Jingzhi who came to them. Bei Gongru rushed out of hiding place with joy, and when he saw that everything was fine with the other party, the brothers hugged tightly excitedly. On the way, Zhao Jingzhi slowly told about their various encounters day and night.

It turned out that after Zhao Jingzhi and Sun Boyan escaped, they re-encamped and packed up the remaining troops, and there were about 400 people. Later, after waiting for a long time, they didn't wait for Beigongru, and both of them were anxious. Sun Boya took more than a dozen people to quietly go back to the vicinity of the Taoyuan Cave to investigate, afraid that Beigong would be captured, but he was meeting the group of bandits who were about to take the last few carts of things back to the nest. Sun Boya led people to follow quietly, found out their lair, and by the way, arrested two little minions who were in charge of the aftermath and came back to torture.

According to their confessions, there are three masters in this Wufeng Village: the big boss is called Qi Tianman, known as the black overlord, who is short-tempered and impulsive and irritable, but he is extremely brave and domineering in battle, and the people in the village are very in awe of him. The second master is called Yu Qiao, and the people in the village call him Master Yu, because he is the Zhiduoxing of Wufeng Village, and he is commanded by him in matters large and small, and he is very prestigious in the village. When the village was first built, some people wanted to promote him as the owner of the village, but he was very righteous and refused to resign, so he must give it to Qi Tianman. The third master and the second master are brothers, named Yu Mo, only in their early twenties, they grew up in this village, they are brave and resourceful, and they are also quite popular in the village.

Back in the camp, Sun Boya and the other soldiers were full of morale when they saw Beigong Ru returning safely. Bei Gongru pondered for a long time, suddenly raised his head to look at everyone, and saw Xiu Yuyue also looking at him with a smile in the corner of his eyes, so he asked, "Do you have a way to break the enemy?" ”

Xiu Yuyue said: "You can only understand it, not say it." ”

The two picked up the branch at the same time, wrote three words on the ground, looked at each other and smiled, only to see two 'anti-plots' written on the ground.

Bei Gongru asked someone to bring pen and paper, wrote a letter, and handed it to Xiu Yuyue to read. She looked at it for a while, took the pen, bit the pen lightly and thought for a moment, then smeared a few places, and then handed it back to Bei Gongru.

Bei Gongru looked at it, smiled appreciatively and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Only your delicate mind can think of this. After that, he told everyone about his plan.

Bei Gongru looked around and asked, "Who can go?" ”

"I'll go!" Sun Boyan volunteered.

Bei Gongru nodded and said, "This person must be alert and cautious, you can take on this responsibility." But the trip was dangerous. ”

Sun Boya smiled and said: "I don't plan to go back when I come out to fight, I'm going back, even if I earn it, I can't come back, and I ask my son to take care of yourself." ”

Bei Gongru patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good brother, we will wait for you to come back." ”

Sun Boya nodded solemnly, bid farewell to everyone, and took the two little minions who surrendered, and rode to Wufeng Village.

Sun Boya relied on these two rebel thieves from Wufeng Village to sneak into the village smoothly, wrapped Beigong Ru's letter with stones, and threw it into the room of the second master, Yu Qiao, along the window. Sun Boyan hid behind the stones in the courtyard, and saw Yu Qiao coming to the window to look around, still holding his letter in his hand, so he turned his head and ordered the two thieves to do this and this, and the two of them had to be ordered to leave. After waiting for a while, after feeling that the two of them had been arranged, Sun Boyan deliberately pretended to sneak out of Yu Qiao's courtyard, was caught by the patrolling bandits, and brought to the hall to meet the big boss Qi Tianman.

When Qi Tianman saw him, he said sharply: "Your subordinates are defeated, you are so bold, dare to come to my village to make waves?" Say, what are you going to do? ”

Sun Boya's face was as frightened as earth, and he said tremblingly: "The big boss is merciful, the two countries are at war, and they will not be killed." ”

Qi Tianman snorted and said, "Oh? Are you here to deliver the letter? ”

Sun Boyan's voice trembled and said, "Yes, yes......"

"What is it?" Qi Tianman roared.

"It's to send a letter to our son-in-law, to the second master." Sun Boyan was in a hurry and confessed.

Qi Tian asked with a suspicious face: "What letter to send?" ”

Sun Boyan said: "Our son appreciates the talent and courage of the second master, and he is highly respected in the village, so I want to persuade him to serve the court. ”

"What did you say?" Qi Tianman was furious and asked, "Have you received an answer?" ”

Sun Boyan shook his head and said: "Our son-in-law said in his letter that if the second master is willing, he will hang a red flag in front of the walled gate. We saw it, and when we were on the third watch, we should join forces with the outside, surrender Wufeng Village, and capture you to give to the son. ”

Qi Tianman was shocked when he heard this.

Yu Mo hurriedly said on the side: "Big boss, this may be their trick to sow discord, don't be gullible." My eldest brother is loyal to Wufeng Village and will not defect to the battle. ”

General Qi Tianman said to his entourage suspiciously: "Okay, please come to the hall with the second master, and I will ask him personally." ”

After a while, Yu Qiao came to the hall and saw Qi Tianman's gloomy face, so he asked, "Big brother, what do you call me?" ”

Qi Tianman asked him coldly: "Have you received a letter from that Gongziru?" ”

Yu Qiao was shocked and said, "I received a letter, I don't know who threw it into my room." ”

Qi Tianman's face became even more ugly, and he pointed at Sun Boyan and asked, "Is it the letter he sent?" ”

Yu Qiao glanced at Sun Boya, shook his head again and again, and said, "The little brother has never seen this person. ”

Sun Boyan said anxiously on the side: "Yu Er is in charge, didn't you still say that you have to think about it carefully and tell me to go back and wait for news?" ”

Yu Qiao's face turned red, and he said angrily, "Who are you?" In this nonsense? ”

After speaking, he pulled out his sword and wanted to stab Sun Boya, but Sun Boya dodged in time and shouted: "Kill people and kill people, kill people and kill people." ”

Qi Tianman suddenly shouted: "Stop!" Second brother, you didn't do anything wrong, and you weren't afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Show me the letter. ”

Yu Qiao's face was embarrassed, he hesitated and refused to go, and finally reluctantly went back and took the letter to Qi Tianman. Qi Tianman saw that there were traces of alteration in several key places of the letter, and he was even more suspicious, thinking that Yu Qiao was deliberately hiding something.

His round eyes widened angrily, and he said to the two soldiers guarding the door: "Go and see, is there a red flag hanging in front of the gate?" ”

After a while, two soldiers reported: "Indeed, a red flag is hung on it." ”

Yu Qiao was speechless, and just as he was about to explain, Qi Tianman had already jumped up from his seat and roared angrily: "You treacherous traitor!" Raising his hand, he slashed Yu Qiao to death.

When he turned around, Yu Mo was carrying a sword and was attacking him. Qi Tianman laughed, and said with a hideous face: "Okay, I knew that you two brothers wanted to seize power, and today I will also solve you by the way." After speaking, the dancing knife attacked Yu Mo in a hurry.

Yu Mo was young after all, and he fell behind after a few rounds. Sun Boyan saw the opportunity, drew his sword from Yu Qiao's body, and joined forces with Yu Mo to deal with Qi Tianman. Both of them worked hard, and when they saw a flaw, Yu Qiao slashed at Qi Tianman's right wrist with a sword, forcing him to abandon the knife, Sun Boyan cooperated with the tacit understanding and plunged the sword into Qi Tianman's chest, Qi Tianman vomited blood, struggled a few times, and fell to the ground and died.

Sun Boyan pulled out his sword, and the two of them looked at Qi Tianman, who was staring at him, and they were stunned for a long time. Finally, Sun Boyan threw down his sword, bowed to Yu Mo and said: "Yu is in charge, our son is thirsty for talents, and he is widely recruited from all over the world. He asked me to pass on a message to you, if you are willing to take refuge with the villagers, he will definitely abandon the previous dislike, reuse you, etc., he will take the world together. ”

Yu Mo sighed and bowed back: "Young hero, Yu Mo is willing to saddle the horse before and after the horse to drive." ”

Sun Boyan was overjoyed, and immediately asked Yu Mo to repair a letter and sent someone to Beigong Ru. He stayed behind, worked with Yu Mo to collect some of the loot brought back from Lirong, dismissed a small group of thieves who were unwilling to accept Zhao'an, and led the remaining villagers who were willing to follow Yu Mo, and set off to see Beigong Ru.

Beigong Ru was very courteous to Yu Mo, personally greeted him, and set up a banquet to entertain the people of Wufeng Village. The two heroes hated to see each other late, and drank and talked until late at night, and the next day everyone set foot on the way back to Liuguo again, which was not tireless.