It only took two days for Xu Xing's father and son to come to the south bank of Bashui in the evening. After Bashui, it is the territory of Bayangyi in Qingzhou County. In a few days, you can reach the foot of Xiaoqingshan, where you can turn into the official road of Qingzhou, at that time, it can be feasible for a hundred miles, and you can reach the territory of Youji County through Qingzhou County in eight days.

The thick shade did not disperse, and several weeping willow bare branches on the shore were pumping in the wind. The grass on the shore has been destroyed by the wind, or trampled by people and animals, and it has become a mess. The river swells like a mountain roar, and the water rises from the surface of the river from time to time. Xu Xing sighed and continued to drive.

Xu Ruyu heard his father sigh in the car, lifted the curtain, sat beside his father with a wine jug, and looked around.

"Father doesn't have to worry about more vulgar illnesses. Didn't my father always teach more vulgar, life is always a matter of life and death? ”

Ru Yu said this, Xu Xing felt even more sad. Although Ru Yu had Chen Ang's work to suppress the cold, he still needed to drink from time to time to get rid of the chill in his heart. The father drove, the son drank, thinking that it would be rare to see such a strange father and son in the world, and he was stunned. I was shocked in my heart, I was so depressed, and it was better not to be affected by this. Xu Xing's eyebrows were gloomy, and he said loudly: "I'm worried that I won't be able to find a place to live across the bridge, so we have to enjoy the snow all night." ”

"In previous years, there would be the first snow after 39, but this year it was more than a month earlier. Uncle Zi Chan is here, and he will definitely say that there is a strange omen in the sky, and the catastrophe will not be long in coming. In this last sentence, Xu Ruyu lowered his voice and said, learning enough Kou Zichan's tone, Xu Xing couldn't help but laugh. In the blink of an eye, his expression became solemn again, and he said hatefully: "There are many counties and countries in the world, and the heroes are divided, gathering troops for the benefit of a land, and the place pointed to is a river of corpses and blood, and thousands of miles of bones. There is no greater disaster in the world than this, it has been a disaster in the world for decades, but no one can eliminate it, which is not long? Hulan alien nomadic Central Plains, looting thousands of miles, no one can stop it, such a catastrophe has been a long time, dating back to nearly 200 years, where is it not long? Speaking of this, Xu Xing saw a group of people coming here in the distance, so he kept silent.

Xu Ruyu saw that his father suddenly did not speak, and followed his gaze to look into the distance. The more than 100 people staggered towards this side in rags, looking very frightened, thinking, "I'm afraid I'm fleeing." He blurted out, "Wanderers." ”

But I don't feel like it.

Xu Xing was also puzzled, and when the group of people came to him, he blocked one of them and asked, "Brother Tai, why are you in such a hurry?" The man was already a frightened bird, and when he saw someone blocking the way, his body couldn't stop trembling, and he looked at Xu Xing in a daze, but he couldn't say a word.

A person lined up and said in surprise: "Zixing, I don't want to meet my old friend on the way to escape, haha, God treats me Boyang well." After speaking, he laughed out loud and hugged Zixing. This person is Zhang Boyang, a famous man in Yongning. He is nearly fifty years old, with three long beards, a green coat, and a stringed piano on his back. Behind him, a delicate girl held his sleeve, and a pair of smart eyes looked at the wine jug in Xu Ruyu's hand. Xu Ru foolishly saw that the girl was still childish, she looked two or three years younger than herself, with a white dress, a green bamboo flute diagonally inserted behind her waist, and she parted the wine jug behind her, and smiled strangely at her. The girl smiled as well, revealing her shallow dimples. Boyang pulled the girl in front of him and said, "This is the young girl Xuanji. Come, Xuanji has seen your Uncle Xu and your more vulgar brother. ”

You said foolishly, "You know me? ”

Boyang laughed again: "Of course I know you." I gave you the word more vulgar. But somehow, you became an alcoholic at a young age? ”

Xu Xing sighed when he heard this, and said: "It's hard to explain this matter in one word, your father and daughter should get in the car and talk about how you became refugees." ”

"War is a disaster, just to avoid disaster."

Xu Xing was shocked when he heard this. "The East China Sea and Yongning have not raised troops for a long time, how can they say that they are in trouble?"

"Alas, Ziang can protect the East China Sea, but he can't afford to map the west. I hope that he can raise troops for eternity, and the people can endure the pain for a while, and they can exchange it for decades of peace. That's not what Qingzhou ghost riding to provoke? ”

"Xu Xing was even more surprised, the Qingzhou soldiers have always plundered from the winning capital to the border towns and Tongxian areas, once upon a time had the ability to break through Yixing and come to Baishi City?"

"Then we'll see how we break through." Zhang Boyang snorted coldly, and there seemed to be endless resentment in his heart, "Hmph, Yongning's new general Xu Bodang, known as his good fighting and strategic, this Qingzhou ghost rider was led to Baishi." ”

Xu Xing was silent and waited for him to say the following.

Xu Bodang did not hesitate to open the city gate at the cost of the two cities of Bianyi and Yixing, let them plunder, lure the ghost cavalry of Qingzhou to Baishi City, and drove the troops to recapture the two cities of Yixing and Bianyi. Between the three cities, the strong wall is clear, and the ghost rider of Qingzhou will close the door and refuse to attack it, if he retreats from the bypass, he will attack it with his tail. so that they can't retreat, they can't attack if they want to, and they are trapped between the three cities. ”

"This plan will be successful, and it will be a lose-lose situation. Zhang Dong has worked hard to run Yongning for 30 years, and most of his family business is in Yixing City, how can he be willing to take this risk? ”

"Zhang Dong's only son, Zhang Ziqiang, died in the hands of Prince Wu under the border city this summer, he was red-eyed, and he could take revenge, even if he ruined the entire Yongning, he did not hesitate. It's just a pity that the people between the three cities are in trouble. When Xu Bo was clear, the three cities were sacked, and the Qingzhou ghost rode over, and even burned, killed, and plundered, doing everything. After the war, the ghost riders in Qingzhou ran out of food and ate the people of the three cities. Thousands of miles of fertile wilderness, almost no human tracks, is really purgatory on earth. Boyang's chest rose and fell sharply, as if there was a lingering hatred, staring into the distance for a long time before calming down, and continued, "I expect that the defeat of the Qingzhou army will flee from the direction of Baishi along Bashui into Bayang, so I will lead the villagers to flee first." I just hope that after entering Bayang City, the ghost cavalry in Qingzhou can restrain some and seize some property, and don't use my head to fill his military merits. ”

Xu Ruyu stood up, saw smoke burning in the distance, and warned everyone. Zhang Boyang was shocked and said: "This Qingzhou ghost rider was defeated so quickly. Standing up at the moment, I also learned from your foolish hand to put up a canopy and look to the west, but I saw the twilight and no trace of smoke. Xu Xing knew that although he was disturbed by the cold, his five senses were very different from ordinary people, so he urged everyone to hurry on the road and flee in the direction of Bayang City across the Bashui Bridge.

Zhang Boyang was unwilling to abandon everyone and follow the carriage first, so Xu Xing's father and son also walked with everyone. After walking for a mile or two, the goose feather snow finally fell down, and the cold wind blew more vigorously. The refugees were in a hurry, their clothes were thin, and they ran all the way over, and they didn't have the heart to eat a full meal. In the cold wind and heavy snow, hungry and cold, it was difficult to walk, if it were not for the notoriety of Qingzhou's ghost ride, he would have sat on the ground and was unwilling to go. At this time, it is difficult to travel ten miles in an hour. Xu Xing gathered the four children among the refugees in the car with Xuanji and Ru Yu, distributed Ru Yu's cold spirits to everyone, and walked forward with Zhang Boyang with difficulty.

"You haven't said how you became a drunkard?"

Xu Xing smiled bitterly, felt the cold wind filling his mouth when he opened his mouth, hid behind the carriage, and picked some important situations while walking and told Boyang.

Xuanji vaguely heard the conversation between the two of them, so she said softly to Ru Yu: "I thought why you were drinking? ”

Ru Yu didn't want others to show sympathy to him, and when he heard his father talk about him outside the car, his heart was already sullen, and when he saw Xuanji say this, he turned his head to the side and ignored her. Seeing that you were silent, Xuanji moved to his side and took his hand. You were embarrassed and hurriedly waved her hand away.

"Ahh Xuanji exclaimed.

Boyang heard his daughter scream, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xuanji replied, "It's okay. Xu Xing knew one or two, and instructed the people in the car not to touch Ru Yu, and then told Chen Ang to surprise the Yang Jue Da Zhou Tiangong, and to tell Bo Yang that the true fire of the Yang Jue was stored in the four remains of Ru Yu, and the shocking Yang Jue True Fire evenly applied Ru Yu's whole body, making his body temperature much higher than that of ordinary people. When you were foolish in blocking Xuanji, you inadvertently touched her hand, which startled her, so she exclaimed just now.

The four children in the car have been adjacent to Xuanji since they were children, and they were enlightened and literate by Boyang together, and now they think that Xuanji is being bullied by Ruyu, so they don't treat him coldly. When you saw that everyone was like this, you didn't want to explain it, and you were so aggrieved that you wanted your father to drive them out of the carriage. I don't know how much time has passed, "Bang." Thou foolish was alert, and the jumble hooves of the distant horses seemed to trample on his heart. Ru Yu hurriedly lifted the curtain and came out, and stood in the carriage and called out to his father.

"I hear the sound of horses' hooves."

"Where did it come from?" Xu Xing and Zhang Boyang immediately stepped forward, standing at the front of the car and casting anxious eyes into the vast night, only vaguely discerning the black snowflakes in front of them.

"Behind you."

"Can you hear how far away it is?" Zhang Boyang hurriedly said.

Thou Fool was dazed and did not know what to do, and cast his eyes into the night behind him in a daze, and suddenly recognized the sound of horses' hooves mixed with a dull sound, as if stepping on the masonry, and his heart moved, and said, "They are crossing the stone bridge." ”

Xu Xing and Zhang Boyang were shocked. Since nightfall, the fleeing people have dragged and crawled for more than 20 miles, and now they are exhausted, and at this time they heard that the Qingzhou ghost ride is coming, and the timid people have weak feet, but it is also very difficult to take a step, let alone run faster than a healthy horse. How can this cadre and others escape and escape, Xu Xing couldn't help but be secretly anxious.

Xu Xing said: "Let's fold into the mountain, wait for those people to pass, and then flee to Bayang City." It is expected that those remnants of the soldiers do not have the courage to stay in the sun. ”

"It seems that this is the only way. Hopefully, they're more desperate than we are, and don't have the heart to pay attention to us. ”

When you heard them discuss this, you couldn't help but think of a way to hide yourself while playing, and said to them hurriedly: "Shall we let the carriage follow the people and cover it with branches?" ”

"Very good, why don't we walk along the road for a while, and then fold into the mountain, even if the Qingzhou ghost rider has time to find it, it will only search the mountains on both sides where our traces disappeared, how do you know that there is such a clever and intelligent person in our group of people?" When you heard this, your heart was very happy, but your face was red with shame. Zhang Boyang laughed loudly, stood at the front of the car and told everyone about this plan, and ordered to act like this. Seeing that Zhang Boyang's voice was not a little flustered, everyone also settled down a little, and suddenly had a force to escape, and the speed was much faster than just now. Ru Yu sat in the front of the car, always listening to the whereabouts of the ghost rider in Qingzhou, and did not dare to be negligent. Zhang Boyang will ask once without a moment's notice. The children in the carriage poked their heads out from time to time to watch the movement outside, but they were all reprimanded back by Zhang Boyang. When you heard this, you felt that everyone was dependent on him at this time, and she was naturally very proud in her heart, and she forgot the slightest unhappiness in the carriage just now.

After walking four or five miles, Ru Yu heard the horse's hooves as if they were attached to the side of the ear, and thought that the Qingzhou ghost ride should be very close, so he told his father and Boyang. Zhang Boyang ordered everyone to cover their mouths and quietly march to the mountain on the left. After the carriage, Xu Xing leaned out from behind the carriage and swept away the messy traces with a large branch wrapped in clothes. The slight sweeping streak was also obscured by the ensuing heavy snowfall. The fleeing crowd fled into the mountains, and after a while, they faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming on the official road, and listened carefully, and the hurried horses' hooves seemed to be very panicked and anxious. Zhang Boyang asked everyone to stop walking, so as not to show any traces to the Qingzhou ghost rider. After a long time, the sound of horses' hooves beating in everyone's hearts disappeared suddenly, and everyone was shocked to find themselves in a cold sweat, and they couldn't help but shiver in the cold wind.

Xu Xing shook off the snow on his body and instructed Ru Yu in the car to share the remaining liquor with everyone to keep out the cold.

Boyang obstructed: "No, your father and son are very helpful to us, how can we share the last bit of wine that is more vulgar to resist the cold in the body to everyone?" ”

"Bayang City can be found, and then you can buy wine to make up for it. It won't be a big deal for you to be foolish for a while. ”

"Uncle Boyang, I can stand it, you better share the wine with everyone."

If it was daylight, Boyang would definitely be able to find that Ru Yu's black lips had bitten blood. Ru Yu fled with everyone all the way, and from the moment he noticed the sound of horses' hooves, he nervously listened to the whereabouts of the ghost rider in Qingzhou from time to time, and did not drink a sip of wine to keep out the cold. After a moment of relaxation, the Yin Jue True Cold of the Dan Mansion immediately swelled, like a snowball rolling, and in a moment, the Dan Mansion was like a congested cone. Although the cold qi that is free of the slightest bit enters the four bones, and the ice and snow melt immediately when it encounters the true flame of Yangjue, the cold in the Dan Mansion is the most substantial cold, and it becomes more and more pure in the Dan Mansion, and there is a trace of condensation of Ruyu's vitality. Ru Yu thought to himself, the manly man said that he would definitely do it, and he naturally would not let his father take back his words in front of everyone. I also thought in my heart that I had to help others to the end, so I shouldn't leave it to myself. So he took out all the wine and let his father share it among the people. Xu Xing didn't know that Ru Yu had such thoughts, thinking that Ru Yu had left a copy for himself, and together with Zhang Boyang, he urged everyone to finish the little Ertan wine, return to the official road and continue to flee to Bayang City.

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