On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Yan and his more than 1,000 remnants returned to Daqingshan in embarrassment.

But there is one person who is extremely excited, that is Hu Damao, the second master, from the beginning of the war to the return to Daqingshan, Damao's people except for the loss of more than ten brothers due to capsizing on the river, the rest are safe and sound, while Zhu Yan has lost more than 600 elites.

Since returning to the mountain, Zhu Yan has locked herself in the residence of Baoqiling alone, and has not seen anyone.

Outside, the wind howled, the snow was heavy, and a series of footprints on the snow stretched from the back mountain to her door.

"Miss, can you open the door? I am like snow" Ruxue stood outside the door shivering, holding her hands to her mouth and sighing, her little face was red from the cold, and she stomped on the ground from time to time.

There was no reaction in the house, and only the sound of the whirling wind and snow in the mountains was in the ears of Ruxue.

"Miss, you haven't been out for a day, Ruxue is worried about you, open the door quickly"

There was still no reaction in the house, Ruxue took a deep breath, took a step back, shook her hand, puffed out her mouth, and reluctantly turned her voice and walked towards the women's barracks behind the mountain, where there were still many wounded soldiers to take care of.

The place is not very big, the light is very dark, most of the buildings on the mountain are wooden, almost all of them are made of trees on the mountain one by one, and the outside of the wall is painted with a mixture of mud and grass, which can avoid the wind and snow, with the passage of time, the mud on the outer wall has fallen off a lot, and a bleak light penetrates into the house through the mottled place, reflecting Zhu Yan who is sitting on the edge of the bed.

She didn't have the veil that covered her beautiful face, but she had an overshadowed face. The face is still beautiful.

The battle of Shunjun Fort was the first battle in her life to try her skills, but it ended with such an ending. She couldn't face the families of the bandits who had died in the mountains, and she couldn't respond to the puzzled looks of her people. Maybe people don't know what she wants to do, why she ran to Jiangbei to die when she stayed in the mountains well.

What made Zhu Yan feel at a loss the most was herself, she thought that she would not let the women shave her eyebrows, and she wanted to avenge the country's hatred, but the reality trampled her under her feet once and beat her back to Beijing, and she couldn't even cross the Yangtze River, why fight back, Hao Hao's 2,000 people faced the 300 or so people of the Shun army, but they only had the embarrassment of throwing away their armor. The way home became far, far away in the blink of an eye, so far that she couldn't even imagine how far it was.

Helplessness, loss, bitterness, hatred, all kinds of troubles pressed on her heart like mountains, and she wanted to cry without tears.

'Hmm......' Zhu Yan threw herself on the broken futon and cried whining, her delicate shoulders twitching for a while. This is the second time she shed tears after seeing her mother being forced to hang herself by her father before the city of Beijing was broken, and she was so frightened that she cried bitterly after watching her father kill her sister.

Crying is a kind of catharsis, and no one can understand her pain. She hated, hated the people who took everything from her, hated the thieves. Hate the Manchus, hate the incompetent ministers of the Ming Dynasty. hated those Ming generals who supported the army and respected themselves, and she cursed again and again in her heart. Da Ming is dead, why don't you go to the funeral.

Tears hit the futon, soaked her seemingly strong but weak heart, for a long time, she slowly straightened up, tears in her eyes, a wisp of green silk was stained on her face by tears, she reached out to pull the messy hair behind her ears, the petite and delicate body was still trembling again and again, her shoulders shrugged, her chest rose and fell violently, and the high bulging chest was still as round and erect as the Ming Dynasty in her heart.

Da Ming is not dead, she still has to go down, Zhu Yan bit her red lip to control her heart, and stretched out her delicate hands to press on her chest, so that all the pleasure can calm down as soon as possible.

Sitting for a while, Zhu Yan was not defeated by all this, a tear had drowned all the scars, she wiped the corners of her eyes, put on the scarf again, took out the sword hanging on the wall, pushed open the door, a gust of wind and snow hit her face, but she didn't feel the cold at all.

Footsteps walked towards the women's barracks behind the mountain.

At the foot of Daqing Mountain, Hu Damao and his cronies gathered in a simple wooden hut, lighting a fire, drinking wine, eating large pieces of meat, and each holding a woman in their arms.

"Haha, it's enjoyable, think about that girl's expression, Lao Tzu has an indescribable enjoyment,, she also has today" Hu Damao even did a few big bowls, the clothes on his chest were beaten by wine, and he wiped his mouth and said with a smile.

The people around him also laughed together, and there was a humane, "The master, you are the highest, you know that the girl can't make it, thanks to you like a god, tell the brothers not to go, otherwise how can you have the life to drink and be happy here, brothers, respect the family together, do it"

Hu Damao grabbed his lips with a mouthful of yellow and black teeth, stretched out his hand and pinched the chest of the woman beside him, and said with a smile, "That's it, my brothers follow me Hu Damaogan, and I promise that they will eat and drink spicy food in the future."

Everyone looked up together, and one of the bandits on the side was so excited that he couldn't hold it anymore, so he grabbed a frightened woman and pressed her to the wooden table beside her, and with a 'z' thud she tore her shabby linen skirt, and her waist was straightened.

'Ah,' the woman exclaimed in pain.

'Pop' the woman's snow-white buttocks left five fingerprints when they stood up, "Howl, howl again, Lao Tzu will throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves"

The woman gritted her teeth, wanted to cry without tears, silently closed her eyes, and the table creaked, causing the surrounding bandits to clap their hands and laugh.

Maybe this kind of scene is accustomed to it in their eyes, and the bandits are too lazy to see the lewd and evil scene, Hu Damao said, "Brothers, taking advantage of the great reduction in the strength of that girl, we have to seize the opportunity to get a few more votes, and if we have money, we are afraid that we will not be able to dismantle that girl's subordinates."

A bandit on the side held a big chicken leg in his hand, tore a bite with his mouth, and lifted the woman lying in his crotch with a raised hand, and smiled, "Yes, don't eat that, come, this chicken leg will reward you."

The woman didn't care about the dirt in her mouth, took the chicken leg and quickly squatted aside and gulped it up, like a hungry ghost who hadn't eaten for several days.

The bandit wiped the grease from his mouth and said, "Master." This ghost weather, heavy snow covers the mountains. There is not even a figure under the mountain, how can there be any deal"

Hu Damao shook his head. "Damn, Bai has been mixed with Lao Tzu for so long, I don't know that the worse the weather, the more big families are rushing, those rich people take advantage of our nest in the mountains and don't come out and want to slip down the mountain, hehe, wait, Lao Tzu is arranged at the bottom of the mountain, and there will be brothers to report whenever there is movement"

One of the bandits said nervously, "This. Let's do this in case we want the big boss to know, but what can we do, then the girl is not allowed to do this murderous and oversold business, she can kill people ruthlessly."

Hu Damao stretched out his oily hand and twitched it on his head, and scolded, ", if the bandits don't rob, are they still bandits, if you kid is afraid, get out of Lao Tzu"

The man's hat was knocked off, and he almost fell to the edge of the fire. Hurriedly reached out and snatched it back, blew and beat, put it back on his head, and smiled complimentarily. "Hehe, don't be angry, I'll just say it casually. My life is yours, and you can do whatever you say."

Hu Damao raised the corners of his mouth and made a disdainful expression. Then he took out a piece of paper from his arms and shook it in front of the bandits, and said. "Brothers, do you know what is written on this?"

None of the bandits are literate, and most of them don't even have their own names.

Hu Damao smiled and put it away again, "This thing is very useful, it was written by that girl, and it is amazing for her to write poetry, this time we want her to walk around without eating."

The bandits were puzzled, and some people said, "Boss, what is written on it, you are happy"

Hu Damao stretched out his hand and patted the piece of paper in his arms, although he didn't know how to read, someone told him what was written on it.

Hu Damao said, "This thing can kill that girl, what is not good to write, you can't get along with the official army, you know, this mother's family writes poems and scolds the government, God has eyes, this thing has fallen into the hands of my Hu Ye, hehe"

A bandit who understood hurriedly said, "Master, I heard that you mean to hand over this thing to the government."

Hu Damao picked up the bowl and drank wine and said, "I'm not busy, I don't know if she knows anything, if I obey Master Hu, I won't send it to the official."

Someone said, "Then, if the officers and soldiers want to know and don't send someone to suppress them, what can we do?" We are also bandits on this mountain, aren't we shooting ourselves in the foot? ”

Hu Damao smiled, "You know a ball, let's send this thing to the government, and when the officials and soldiers come, we won't find a chance to slip away first, find a place to hide first, and wait for the officials and soldiers to kill this girl, then won't this Daqingshan belong to our masters again, haha?"

The bandits suddenly laughed and echoed, "Gao Jian, Hu Ye Gao Jian, come on, respect the master, do it!" ”

Then the door was suddenly pushed open, and a gust of wind and snow entered, and the unclothed women inside shivered.

"The master, the idea"

Hu Damao hurriedly said, "Is the plate big?" ”

"I don't know, a visitor from afar, five men, a carriage"

Hearing the five men, Hu Damao frowned, it must be a big family, or ordinary people can't afford to hire five guards.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Damao said, "Brothers, copy guys, dry, third son, you go to the mountain to monitor, if that girl comes down to check the post and asks Lao Tzu, you say that I went to patrol the mountain, come, you guys, lock these girls in the cellar, don't let that girl find out"

As soon as the bandits heard that business had come to their door, they immediately became excited, and it was their duty to fight and rob, and in a short time, one hundred and eighty bandits with swords and axes in their hands were already rushing down the mountain.

**

The snow still kept swirling in the wind, and from time to time a few snowflakes drilled into Li Dingguo's neck, he didn't care about blowing and shaking the reins, "Drive!" ”

The carriage pressed over the mountain road that could not see the end at a glance, and it was difficult to bump forward, Li Dingguo was dressed in a robe, wearing a wide hat on his head, his face was full of red light, Xu was frozen, but he was in a good mood, this is already the territory of the Taiping Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, less than two hundred miles away from Nanjing, and there are four or five days away to see Wang Zhuangyuan, I heard that Wang Zhuangyuan has become the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, one person under ten thousand people, he must be very happy to see the two people in the car.

Think about this way from Sichuan, trekking through mountains and rivers, and slipping away from the spies sent by Zhang Xianzhong again and again, it is really called a life of 19 deaths, and only four of the ten guards sent by Ai Nengqi died when he left Sichuan.

Although it is very close to Nanjing, Zhang Xianzhong's power has extended to the Huizhou area, and his spies are scattered all over the country, and Li Dingguo does not dare to be careless. I didn't dare to go to the government to help escort him, and I came all the way. The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty seem to be quite dissatisfied with Wang Zhuangyuan's appointment as prime minister, and they didn't send it back when the time came. On the contrary, these two women became a drag on Wang Zhuangyuan, and they were incognito all the way.

In the past few days, Li Dingguo has not stopped, he wants to rush to Nanjing one day earlier, personally send his woman to him, and want to ask the champion to plead guilty, he can't afford to bring the mother of the champion back with him.

The carriage was bumpy, deep and shallow, and the wheels were submerged in the snow more than half a foot deep. 'Squeak' sounded, turning the three grizzled women in the car into a fight, Yun Niang was okay, she was used to it all the way, but the other two were bitter.

The carriage was covered with a thick quilt, and it was covered with cloth everywhere, which was also warm.

"Miss, my waist is about to break, how long will it take" Ah Xiang twisted her face. Holding on to the handle in the car, as if she could throw it out as soon as she let go.

Du Ningning gritted his teeth, blushed, and glanced at Yun Niang, who had been leaning against the corner and had never opened her mouth. Turning his head to Ah Xiang, he said, "Scream, I will listen to you cry along the way." Who told you to come with me?"

Ah Xiang was aggrieved and stopped talking.

Yun Niang on the side pulled out something similar to a pillow from her back. Sent to Ah Xiang's eyes, he didn't speak. The meaning is obvious: if you are in a panic in the idle car, use this mat.

Ah Xiang didn't dare to take it, and glanced at Du Ningning.

Du Ningning pouted, "Look at what I'm doing, you'll give it to you."

Ah Xiang immediately smiled, reached out and took it and stuffed it behind her back, and said, "Thank you, Sister Yun"

Yun Niang didn't speak, turned her head and stared at the door curtain of the carriage in a daze.

It is also a coincidence that there is no book, Li Dingguo took Yun Niang out of Sichuan, landed from the lake, bought a carriage, ran all the way along the river, and came to the territory of Chizhou separated by the river from Anqing in a day.

But she didn't expect that at this time, a figure that she was familiar with but hated ran down from the merchant ship by the river, and the dusty, ragged person was not the eldest lady of the Huaining Du family, Du Ningning, how did she cross the river.

Since Du Ningning ran away from Huaining, the sins she suffered along the way were almost unprecedented in her life, for example, there were only three dishes when she ate, and the taste of the soup was not as authentic as at home; For example, there is no velvet quilt in the inn along the way, and there is an indescribable smell in the quilt; Another example is why so many people have to starve to death on the side of the road along the way, and there are still people competing to sell their sons and daughters, how can this world be like this.

What I saw and heard along the way, beyond Du Ningning's knowledge, the Du family is a hundred years of Wang family in Anqing Mansion, born as a daughter of the eldest lady, whether it is Da Ming or Da Shun Du family is forever beautiful, she never knew what it meant to be poor, nor did she feel hungry, from the day she was born, she had endless money, endless food, family slaves and family Ding Ding, until just five days after Huaining, ten taels of silver were exhausted, she really knew that poverty was like this.

But Du Ningning still has one thing I don't know, just when she left Huaining for half a month, when she was about to arrive at the Anqing Riverside Wharf, Dashun Emperor Li Laixiang heard that the queen of the King James was missing, Long Yan was furious, this is repaid, the emperor's face was lost, and immediately ordered to remove Du Ming from the post of Anqing prefect, all the properties of the Du family in Anqing Mansion were confiscated, according to the preliminary calculation of the list received by Li Laixiang, the Du family's family property has exceeded five million taels, which is equivalent to one-third of the annual tax paid by the Dashun Imperial Court, and the Du family of the century-old Wang family died in one day, four relatives and six relatives also fell into bad luck, in the blink of an eye, Du Mingna's dream was shattered, and people also lived on the streets of Huaining, mixed with beggars, and Du Ningning, who had escaped from marriage for thousands of miles, did not know at all.

When they arrived at the riverside wharf, fortunately, Ah Xiang had the foresight and did not take away all the jewelry, and a pair of gold earrings were exchanged for the master and servant to board a merchant ship to Jiangnan, and when they arrived at the land of Jiangnan, the two were penniless, and their clothes were no different from those called Hanako.

The hungry Du Ningning saw that Yun Niang was like a big savior, and heard that they were going to Nanjing to find Wang Lanping, so he immediately said that he would go with them in life and death, and he couldn't get down when he jumped in the car and died.

Li Dingguo also heard about the marriage between Wang Zhuangyuan and the eldest lady of the Du family, and it was inconvenient to refuse, so they went on the road together.

Du Ningning doesn't like this Yun Niang, and even hates it, the girl from a small family still wants to compete with herself for a man, her childhood sweetheart is amazing, if Brother Lan Ping didn't have my Miss Du secretly funded him to learn what skills to travel around the world, what are you Yun Niang, and you are worthy of fighting with me.

When Yun Niang saw Du Ningning, she thought of her father and mother, thinking that her father and mother died outside Huaining City, and the murderers who killed them were her father's people, and it was the Du family who killed them, so Yun Niang was silent from the moment she saw them.

Du Ningning didn't know about her father, both of them hated each other in their hearts, and they didn't say a word for more than 300 miles from Chizhou to Taipingfu, but Li Dingguo was in a dilemma, and he just looked forward to arriving in Nanjing as soon as possible.

The snow in front is vast, the surrounding mountains are steep, and from time to time a few mountain deer pass in front of the carriage, Li Dingguo looked around vigilantly, this year the army is in chaos, this place is far away from people, but there are no strongmen, but it is expected that the bandits should not come out in this weather, at the moment Li Dingguo urged the carriage and wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a dead tree appeared in front of him, lying sideways in the middle of the tree, and in front of the tree stood twenty or thirty men with swords and axes, staring at Li Dingguo and the four horseback attendants who followed the carriage with a smug face.

'Phew! Li Dingguo stopped the carriage, stretched out his hand and pulled out the knife tied under the carriage, looked sideways at the back, and saw that forty or fifty people were walking out of the road on both sides of the road and surrounding the carriage.

"Silver, silk, and women are all left for Lao Tzu, dare to say that half of the son is not a child, chop it up and feed it to the wolf" (to be continued.) )