Chapter 33: Substitutions
Towards evening, after some interrogation, Pinglan was sent back to the wooden house, and Xiaotai hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit down. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"I'm fine, you have injuries on your body, don't get up."
"It's okay, you've been taking care of me for the past two days, and now I'm feeling better." Xiao Tai said with a smirk.
After a while, someone from outside brought in dinner, Pinglan's food was better, these people didn't treat her harshly, but Xiaotai's was a little shabby, after all, he was still a mistaken, only a bowl of gruel.
Pinglan served the meal, poured half of the food into Xiao Tai's bowl, and said, "I can't eat so much, you can eat some too." ”
Xiao Tai was a little moved, picked up the bowl and ate silently.
Pinglan also stopped talking, took the dishes and chopsticks in his hands, sat down against the corner of the wall, and stared blankly at the door.
Suddenly, several strong men rushed into the door, but before they could move, Pinglan stood up suddenly, smashed the bowl in her hand on the wall, and several people didn't have time to stop it, seeing that she had already held a piece of it in her hand and put it against her neck.
This always quiet girl suddenly made a difficulty, which made several people a little flustered, for fear that she would behave too aggressively, and she gathered on the side, not daring to take a step forward.
"Don't be afraid, we just want to take you to another place, and we won't harm you." The leader said cautiously.
"You are leaving so suddenly, it must be Brother Shen who came to save me, I won't go with you, if you dare to come, I will kill myself." Pinglan said excitedly.
Seeing that they were going to transfer themselves urgently, Pinglan had to resort to such extreme measures, she didn't really want to kill herself, she had saved a lot of words to say to Shen Yue these days, she couldn't be taken away by them before the rescue arrived, and she had to delay the time as much as possible. Brother Shen, come quickly, Pinglan called anxiously in her heart.
Xiao Tai was a little surprised on the side, these people came in earlier than originally planned, I was afraid that the situation had changed, I was still eating just now, I didn't notice Pinglan's movements, and hurriedly said to Pinglan: "You don't have to worry, I'm here." As he spoke, he stepped forward.
"Xiaotai, don't come here, you're with them. You've eaten meat, I can smell it. Why are you lying to me? Why? ”
Pinglan shook her head and cried heartbreakingly, two lines of tears flowed down, because of excitement, a bloody mark had been drawn on her white neck, this boy who had been beaten for himself, but in order to get the news of Shen Yue out of his mouth, he also took care of him stupidly, when he was his own person, Pinglan's heart was full of grievances.
Xiao Tai saw that he was seen through by Pinglan, and he was annoyed that he was negligent for a while, and he ate the food brought by the old man, but he didn't expect this small flaw, but he was carefully noticed by Pinglan, and looked at her sad and crying, and he couldn't bear it.
"Young master, the secret post outside the town has found that a team of people and horses are coming, and now we must move quickly, otherwise we will not be able to get out if we are surrounded by them." Seeing that their identities were recognized, the few people who came in no longer concealed it and said directly to Xiaotai.
"Get out of the way." Xiao Tai regained his master's posture, ordered a few people, turned to look at Pinglan, and sighed,
"I'll let you go, thank you for your concern these days, I'm sorry for you, Shen Yue is outside, you go find him."
Hearing this, Pinglan stopped crying, moved out cautiously, and saw that there was no one at the door, so she walked out with confidence, and was about to speed up, when she suddenly felt a heavy blow on the back of her neck and fainted on the ground, but it was the old man in plain clothes who flew down from the roof.
Xiao Tai came out of the house and instructed the old man,
"Don't bring anything with you at home, let's leave immediately."
Outside the town, Shen Yue has brought people to arrive, the town is in a remote location, there are only dozens of households, at this time the sky is dark, the lights are on.
Shen Yue looked in anxiously, praying secretly in his heart.
"The owner, I just saw that a big family in the town has been in chaos, presumably it is the Zhou family, they probably have got the news and are ready to escape." The fat man ran over panting, he was good at walking the streets, and he had already gone in in advance to inquire and came back.
Shen Yue was overjoyed when he heard it, Pinglan was probably imprisoned here, and what the letter said was indeed true, fortunately he brought someone in time.
"Block the exit of the town first, don't rush in, lest they jump over the wall and trap them." Knowing that the other party had begun to transfer, Shen Yue didn't have time to rescue Pinglan secretly, so he had to intercept them first before negotiating.
Just because of Pinglan's delay, Xiao Tai and his party met Shen Yue and others on a narrow road as soon as they left the town, and the way was blocked. Since most of the people were sent to Qingsongling to ambush, there were only a dozen family members on his side, and they were soon outflanked and surrounded by Shen Yue and others, and it was difficult to get out.
"Are you Shen Yue? Sure enough, in the next Zhou Tai, Mr. Gao Cai has been long-aspiring, I want to invite Mr. to my hometown as a guest, forced to make this decision, please don't be surprised, although my Dayuan is temporarily frustrated, but the strength still exists, I wish Mr. to go with me, let Mr. show what he has learned, and achieve a great cause, don't miss his life in the rebels who cooked rabbits and dead dogs. ”
Xiao Tai said to Shen Yue in the middle of the Ming army, without the slightest panic of being trapped.
Although Shen Yue saw that Zhou Tai was young, he was generous and not afraid of danger, and at such a juncture, he even stated his interests to himself and wanted to win him over. He was still playing with mud at his age, although the ancients were a little backward, but their minds were not good-looking.
"Where's Pinglan? Now that you've captured my people, there's no need to say more. Hand them over immediately. Shen Yue was worried that things would change for a long time, so he said categorically.
Zhou Tai saw that he spoke straightforwardly, unmoved by his pleading, and said with a wry smile,
"Pinglan is fine, it's just that she just made an inappropriate move to knock her out, you still don't act rashly, otherwise you will collect her body, if you still want to see her, get out of the way." Zhou Tai said, motioning for the old man in plain clothes to bring Pinglan to show up.
Shen Yue saw that Pinglan was lying on the old man's back without a sound, and his heart was like a knife.
"Don't you want to take her away, I have already sent someone to intercept the person who delivered your letter, Qingsong Ridge is now surrounded by General Mu Ying, if you delay any longer, I'm afraid they will be wiped out." Shen Yue knew that he couldn't show weakness at this time, and he couldn't let her see Pinglan take him away.
"Okay, so how about we make a substitution? There is a stone bridge on the Zhenbei River, you send someone to take Pinglan and cross the bridge with them, and I will stay and exchange with you. Zhou Tai knew that Shen Yue was difficult, although he didn't know whether what he said was true or false, but everything was careful, and the safety of his father and others was of great importance, so he had to put forward conditions.
"The young master can't take risks for me and others, or let the old man take your place." The old man in plain clothes hurriedly persuaded him.
"It's okay, if I don't come out, he won't let you leave with peace of mind, and besides, Mr. Shen and I are not untrustworthy people, you bring someone over first, and I will come later." Zhou Tai comforted.
Although Shen Yue didn't want to let Zhou Tai leave this week, so as not to have endless troubles in the future, it was important to save Pinglan, so he explained a few words to Wang Fatzi and asked him to go over to check. This fat man Wang is alert and knows some kung fu, and he participated in the siege of the beacon business that day, and he recognizes Pinglan's appearance.
Wang Fatzi went over to check that Pinglan was fine, and Shen Yue was relieved. The two men and sabers faced each other, slowly moving towards the edge of the bridge.
When he arrived at the bridge, Zhou Tai strode up to Shen Yue, several soldiers stepped forward to restrain him, Shen Yue ordered to get out of the way, and the old man in plain clothes held Wang Fatzi hostage and led people across the bridge.
The bridge was about a hundred paces long, and in the darkness of the night, the men and horses on both sides raised torches and looked at each other across the bank.
"Let's start the substitutions now." Zhou Tai shouted to the other side of the bridge.
When Wang Fatzi heard the shout, he hurriedly walked out of the old man in plain clothes, carrying Pinglan to the bridge, Shen Yue signaled his subordinates, and let Zhou Tai also go to the bridge.
Watching the two slowly approach, Shen Yue's nervous hands were sweating, success or failure was in this move, otherwise he would have to run all over the mountains and rivers and kill them all.