Chapter 16: Crisis
Early in the morning, Shen Jia had already hired a carriage and a cart to wait at the door. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info thought that Wu Shihan was just talking about it, and he wouldn't show up and go out of the city with him, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the door, he met Wu Shihan, who had been waiting for a long time.
She didn't bring the maid Xiaotao, but just asked the housekeeper Uncle Gui to follow. Uncle Gui is about fifty years old, his face is full of wrinkles, and he looks honest. Shen Jia felt that Uncle Gui was not like a housekeeper, but like an old farmer.
Uncle Gui asked Shen Jia in a hoarse voice: "Son, how many horses did you hire?" The snow melts in March, the road is muddy, if you don't call one more horse, I'm afraid the road is not easy to walk, as for the price, I know Feng Erlang from the horse market, he can give us a discount, it's not expensive. ”
After listening to Uncle Gui's words, Shen Jia found that this housekeeper was a good hand at taking care of mundane affairs. Uncle Gui is the guy who worked hard together at the beginning of the shopkeeper Wu, and after the shopkeeper Wu's business became bigger, he gradually became the housekeeper of the family. When Wu Shihan dismissed the servants at home, Uncle Gui did not leave, but resolutely stayed. Uncle Gui is taking care of things inside and outside the house, if Uncle Gui really wants to leave at this time, Wu Shihan is also a little reluctant in her heart, after all, some things in the girl's family are not easy to come forward.
Under Uncle Gui's arrangement, three guys, one drove the carriage, and the other two guys drove the cart, with a coffin on the cart, and set off together to collect the body of the shopkeeper Wu on the outskirts of the city.
Shen Jia knew that this was not a good time to rein in the shopkeeper Wu, especially when the Houjin cavalry was still haunting the city from time to time. The Ming army was mainly stationed in cities and military forts, and the suburbs belonged to the vacuum zone, and the Ming army could not be covered by the strength of the Ming army. For a while, the security of the suburbs can only turn a blind eye for now.
But Wu Shihan was restless at home, extremely anxious in his heart, and the death of people and corpses in the wilderness was indeed inhumane, so Shen Jia still planned to go out of the city to try it.
For the sake of safety, Shen Jia brought the three-edged military thorn collected in his suitcase, and also took a privately hidden grenade. When the box was moved, this grenade was said in front of everyone that he wanted to keep it for self-defense, but everyone didn't care at that time, and Shen Jia didn't say how powerful it was.
This time there were no light infantry weapons in the cabin, no pistols or anything like that, and it was really a problem to go out for self-defense. However, turning his head to look at the two bodyguards behind him, Shen Jia felt a little relieved. In order not to attract the attention of passers-by, everyone was dressed as poor people at this time, Shen Jia wore a green coat and a checkered hat to cover his short hair, and looked like a slave from a large family from a distance.
When I went out of the city and entered the official road, my vision suddenly widened. The road is flanked by sparse birch trees, with the occasional bird streaking by, and it is deserted. The air was very fresh, and Shen Jia couldn't help but take a deep breath while sitting in the carriage, and then slowly spit it out. Xiao Liu, who was driving the car, stared at Shen Jia like a fool, with a look of disdain on his face.
It may have been in the morning, it was a little cold, there were few pedestrians on the road, and after walking for four or five hours, everyone arrived at the place Wu Zhiwen said. There were corpses scattered all over the ground, and because the weather was cold, there wasn't much smell yet.
Uncle Gui soon found the body and head of the shopkeeper Wu and simply stitched them together. Uncle Gui is an open-minded person, he didn't cry, he just kept sighing while complaining about God.
After collecting the corpse and putting on the shroud he brought, Uncle Gui asked Wu Shihan to get out of the car and take a look at her father's remains. Wu Shihan wanted to get down in the car a long time ago, but Uncle Gui said that the woman was yin and heavy, and it was not appropriate to stay for a long time, just wait for it to be restrained and look good.
At this time, seeing Uncle Gui greeting, Wu Shihan walked quickly to the body of the shopkeeper Wu, saw his familiar father, and then remembered the past, and couldn't help but cry like rain.
"Daddy, my daughter sees you're here."
Wu Shihan twitched, her voice was suppressed, and the painful sighs seemed to be torn out from the depths of her heart, which made everyone feel sad.
After waiting for a long time, Wu Shihan was almost crying, so Uncle Gui persuaded her to wait in the carriage first. Wu Shihan was very obedient and obediently got into the car, and everyone gathered the body of the shopkeeper Wu into the coffin and prepared to take it back to the city.
On the way back, it was almost noon, and the road was full of fleeing pedestrians, their faces yellow and thin, and from time to time they secretly looked around with frightened eyes. Shen Jia and the others, in order not to attract attention, were all dressed in ordinary clothes at this time, and they were sandwiched among pedestrians, but they were also ordinary.
After a short walk, everyone was hungry and thirsty, so they found a secluded place and stopped to rest and eat. Shen Jia handed the military kettle he was carrying on his body to Wu Shihan, who got out of the car, to drink saliva. Wu Shihan lifted the veil and was about to pick up the kettle to drink, when more than 20 stragglers suddenly came from the official road.
Judging from the costumes and costumes, it seems to be the rout of the Ming army, and everyone feels a little at ease, so they don't care.
After Wu Shihan drank the water, he couldn't help but look back at the Ming army coming from behind.
"Yo, big brother, that girl is so beautiful, let's go over and take a look."
The leader was a sturdy officer, who was also surprised by the beauty of the woman in front of him, and stared at Wu Shihan with squinting eyes.
Wu Shihan turned around in annoyance, quickly tied the veil, and leaned over to Shen Jia next to him. Shen Jia had already discovered this group of routs, his face was calm, but he was already packing up the items beside him and preparing to leave.
"This little lady, can you have a look with my brother." The officer who took the lead couldn't see the beauty, so he simply came over and robbed it openly.
Uncle Gui walked up and was about to give a courtesy, but was brutally pushed aside by the officer.
Uncle Gui is also an old Jianghu, and he knew that these Ming soldiers would not stop if they didn't see the money, so he quickly took out some broken silver from his coat and hurriedly went up.
"Old thing, uncle is not short of silver, hurry up."
After that, the officer headed by the leader pushed Uncle Gui hard, and Uncle Gui was unsteady on his feet, and he fell headfirst to the ground and fainted.
The situation suddenly became tense, and several hired men retreated to the side, panicking.
Shen Jia took a step forward and said lightly: "Don't go too far, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." ”
Looking at this big-talking teenager, the crowd burst into laughter.
The leading officer kept at his feet and continued to walk forward, Gan Liang and Wei Liangyu were about to rush out to block the front, but they heard Shen Jia shouting: "Hurry up and lie down!" ”
Gan Liang and Wei Liangyu knew that something was strange, so they hurriedly rolled backwards on the ground, and when they rolled, they saw a round black ball flying out, and then there was a loud bang not far away, and there were broken arms and legs flying everywhere, and flesh and blood were flying.
Seven or eight people survived the rout, including the leading officer who was bounced away by the air wave. The officer's eyes were blood-red, and he shouted in a roar: "The thieves gathered a crowd to rebel, and they all killed me, and the woman stayed." ”
With that, a group of people immediately rushed up.
Shen Jia saw that the situation was not good, and dragged Wu Shihan desperately towards the woods in front of him.
A group of living Ming soldiers were blown up by grenades, and many people's ears were rumbling, and they were a little bored, and they stood there stupidly. Although the leading officer saw the situation very quickly, his feet were as weak as stepping on cotton.
At this time, the two brocade guards on the side quickly regained consciousness, and while the other party was unconscious, they immediately joined forces to kill one of the opponent's routs.
The screams of the rout soldiers who were dying made the remaining surviving rout soldiers quickly realize the danger, and they regained their senses and joined the battle group with the weapons in their hands. Jin Yiwei was good at assassination and fighting, and he was defeated for a while by the Ming army that stood in a group.
Seeing that his men were superior, the leading officer led two other Ming soldiers and quickly pounced on the woods by the roadside.
Shen Jia entered the grove and lay with Wu Shihan behind a big tree as thick as a person. After the three Ming army officers came in, they began to search, and Shen Jia knew that he would be discovered sooner or later. So the cat turned around and piled some snow in the forest near Wu Shihan.
Wu Shihan was wearing a white filial piety dress at this time, which looked no different from snow from a distance, and wrapped a white veil around her hair. After the simple camouflage was over, Shen Jia whispered to Wu Shihan's ear, smelling a fragrance, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart. Shen Jia knew that this was not the time for children to be in love, so he hurriedly gathered his thoughts and told Wu Shihan to wait for him here, don't make a sound, she will come back to her.
Shen Jia leaned over, tiptoed, and went around in a small half circle, and saw that the Sanming stragglers were searching around. At the moment, he was prostrate on the ground, and under the cover of the big tree, he did not move. When the three of them turned around, Shen Jia immediately quickly crawled to their side.
The three Ming soldiers searched for a while, but did not find the target, and they all thought that the other party was only a boy and a woman, and their own strength was much better, so they agreed to look for each other separately.
Shen Jia said in his heart that I was waiting for this opportunity, so he held his breath and waited for one of them to distance himself.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for a thin Ming army to fall far behind the others. Shen Jia quietly followed, holding the three-edged thorn in his hand, and rushed out, covering the mouth of the thin Ming soldier. This Ming army desperately resisted, hitting Shen Jia's chest with his elbow, Shen Jia didn't care about the pain, and the three-edged thorn instantly pierced his throat, and blood immediately spurted out in large quantities. The Ming soldier didn't even have time to shout, and he fell to the ground and died.
Shen Jia wiped the blood on his face, turned around and heard footsteps not far away, so he hurriedly hid behind a tree next to him.
Another slightly fat rout, seeing that his companion had not followed him for a long time, felt bad in his heart, so he turned back to look for him. At this time, seeing that the snow in front of him was red, he couldn't help but be much more vigilant, shouting as he walked, and at the same time observing the front.
Shen Jia knew that if the leader of the Ming army came back, he was afraid that he would die, so he was heartbroken, and rushed out with the military thorn in his hand.
The straggler heard the footsteps behind him, and another gust of cold wind hit, so he quickly dodged it short, and without looking, he swung a knife with his right backhand. Unexpectedly, Shen Jia didn't wait for the move to get old, and he had already flashed to his left side, and stabbed out fiercely through the blind corner of the side of the rout. The side of the spur crossed the throat, and blood spurted out immediately down the blood tank. Shen Jia quickly pulled out the military thorn, and was about to wipe away the thin layer of blood mist on his eyes, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Brother Shen, be careful!" ”
Shen Jia secretly said that it was not good, and immediately felt a fierce knife wind attacking behind him, so he dodged sideways, and quietly stabbed backwards with his backhand.
The knife was too fast, and it slashed tightly across Shen Jia's shoulder, and blood suddenly gushed out.
Behind him, the left rib of the leader of the Ming army was inserted into the military thorn, and blood flowed out along the blood trough of the military thorn. Shen Jia had no weapon in his hand at this time, and when the Ming generals saw this, they continued to swing their knives in pain. Shen Jia was about to dodge, but unexpectedly, his feet slipped and he fell to the ground. Shen Jia was in a hurry and rolled to the side, but unexpectedly, the corner of the robe on his body was cut off by the blade.
Wu Shihan was very anxious at this time, eager to save people, and hurriedly grabbed a ball of snow on the ground and threw it forward.
The leader of the Ming army was about to swing his knife again, but he didn't expect something to hit in front of him, so he didn't think about it, he waved his knife to block it, and the blade swung on the snow ball, splashing a cloud of snow powder, and his eyes were slightly blurred, but he didn't expect the young man to attack and take advantage of the situation to pull out the military thorn. The military thorn was pulled out, and the left rib of the leader of the Ming army suddenly had a sharp pain, and he felt that the blood was gurgling out, and his reaction was suddenly slowed down by a second.
The leader of the Ming army shouted and slashed indiscriminately, but his body couldn't help shaking, his whole body seemed to be drained of strength, and the big knife fell to the ground with a bang. His eyes were wide open, his face was full of confusion and panic, he looked down, only to find that his throat was gushing blood, and a military thorn pierced himself at some point.
The leader of the Ming army giggled several times, wanted to speak, but couldn't speak, only heard a soft sound of snorting, and the military thorn crossed his throat again, a large amount of blood gushed out, and the leader of the Ming army fell to the ground and died immediately.
Shen Jia was slashed and killed continuously, rolling and dodging, and he was fully engaged in the battle at that time, and he did not feel tired. At this time, the danger is gone, and he is half dead from exhaustion. At the age of fifteen, he doesn't have much strength, if it weren't for his luck just a few times, I'm afraid he would have been in the wilderness.
Wu Shihan, who had been frightened for a long time next to him, hurriedly ran over, saw Shen Jia's bloody arm, and didn't care too much, cut off the corner of his shirt with the big knife thrown by the Ming army, and helped Shen Jia bandage and stop the bleeding while crying.
Shen Jia couldn't stand Wu Shihan's crying, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry good girl, I'm not alive and well, I don't want to die like this, I haven't married a wife and had children, if I die like this, Lord Yan asked me what it was like to be a human being, did I say I didn't feel it?" ”
Wu Shihan heard what Shen Jia said interestingly, and couldn't help but burst into laughter, and said, "You are all injured like this, and you still have the heart to laugh at me, Sister Wen said that you are a bad boy, I look like it." ”
Shen Jia looked at Wu Shihan's delicate face, I felt pity for the pear blossoms with the rain, and couldn't help but reach out to wipe away her tears, Wu Shihan bandaged the wound, but she didn't dodge.
Not long after, the two bodyguards outside the woods also finished up the Ming army outside, and they were shouting to find them.
Shen Jia stood up with Wu Shihan's support and laughed at himself: "Let's go, the bodyguards left here for me to clean up." ”
The two of them went out of the woods, and the guys around them were already packing up. Wu Shihan went to see Uncle Gui first, and found that he only fainted from a flesh injury, so he was relieved.
Seeing that Shen Jia was injured at this time, everyone hurriedly helped him to rest in the carriage. Shen Jia was groggy after getting into the carriage because of excessive blood loss, and he fell asleep not long after.
Wu Shihan didn't understand the strategy of first aid, otherwise she wouldn't let Shen Jia sleep like this anyway. Wu Shihan put Shen Jia's head flat on his lap and looked at the sleeping Shen Jia with a sad face.
Fortunately, there is a providence in the dark, and Shen Jia's wound is only a big knife cut, which looks terrifying, but it does not hurt the muscles and bones. It didn't take long for the blood around the wound to clot on its own, and the blood loss slowly stopped.