Chapter 4: The Son in Thorn (2)
Sure enough, a white light flashed overhead, and the reed mat was opened. I looked into the boy's eyes and shouted, "Runβ"
The boy immediately knew what was happening, he stood up one by one, took advantage of the momentum to pull the mat on top of the man outside, and then pulled me up and ran.
Oh my God, what are you pulling me for, can't we run separately?
The man behind him shouted and drew his sword to chase after him, fortunately the road was slippery in the snow, and the two of us were light and could run fast, and the man behind was too strong, and although the footsteps were big, the speed could not catch up with us.
"This way." The boy pulled me into an alley.
"Don't go this wayβ" My words were still in my mouth, and the man had been dragged into the alley by him. I am a Qin person, he is a Jin person, how did he know that the nine families in this alley are the most diligent people in Yongcheng, and the bluestone path under his feet has been swept clean, leaving only a thin layer of fresh snow. As long as the man enters this alley, he will soon catch up with us, and if he does, it will be a dead end. Four years ago, I didn't freeze to death, starve to death, or burn to death, and I don't want to die in this alley with him today.
In desperation, I looked up and saw a small crack in the wood door of a house in front of me, and I was overjoyed, so I hurriedly grabbed the boy and pushed him in through the crack in the door. The boy squeezed into the firewood room and reached out to pull me. I cursed myself in my heart, turned around and ran forward. "Help, there's a thiefβ" I screamed as I ran, and when I saw a snowy alley, I went in.
The man fell several times in the snow, but eventually caught up. He laughed when he saw me stuck in a dead alley, but soon he realized that the man he was really chasing was gone.
"What about people? What about the kid who was with you? He pointed at me with his sword.
"Don't come here, even if you arrest me, I won't tell you." My back was pressed against the two-man high earthen wall behind me, crying and shouting, and as he took a step closer I grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and smashed it at him.
"Do you dare not say it? Look at the uncle, don't pick up your skin to make a hat and wear! The man impatiently withdrew his sword, and in a few steps he stepped forward to grab me by the neck, when I flashed to the side and pinched my nose with two fingers.
Knock β
The man only had time to let out a half-exclamation before he stepped into the air and fell into a pit in front of me.
Since it is a pit, the piles inside are naturally the feces and urine poured by each family. If it is July or August, even if the pit is covered with bamboo sieve thick hemp, the stench can be smelled at the mouth of the alley. But it has been snowing for the past few days, not to mention that the three-foot-wide pit surface is invisible, and even the stench of the sky seems to be frozen by ice and snow. I wiped the fake tears on my face and shouted at the man who was half-buried in the pile of shit and urine: "Hey, no wonder your brother said you are a fool, how many times have I told you not to come, you have to come." Now, even if you take off your skin and make the soles of my shoes to wear, I don't think you stink! β
"Little, see if I don't kill youβ" The man was so angry that he grabbed a handful of black things and threw them at me.
I yelled and ran away, and ran away with oil on the soles of my feet. Running to the mouth of the alley, I saw a pale cyan figure running towards me through the whistling wind and snow. I'm a little surprised, why is he still here? I didn't know him, and he was a lowly commoner. If he left me behind, I wouldn't necessarily blame him. But not only did he not leave, but he looked like he was rushing to save me.
"Why did you run away alone, what about the thief? Can it hurt? The boy's hair was disheveled, and a huge slit was torn in the left sleeve, revealing the white silk coat inside.
"Eating and eggs in the well!" I smiled at him proudly, and said in my heart, this person is really a gentleman, and it is not in vain that Si'er has been talking about him for more than a month.
"Yujing?" The boy looked at me dumbfounded, "How did you know there was a well there, and how did he fall into it?" β
"I've been thrown in before, so I remember it." I tilted my head and was quite proud, but after speaking, I realized that the expression on the young man's face was a little strange, "What? I think I'm dirty, you just took my hand by yourself. β
"I'm ......," the boy blushed.
I wasn't in the mood to argue with him, so I hurriedly said, "Except for the one in the well, there are other people in this city who want to kill you." There are also their men at the gates, so if you have anywhere else to hide, go now! β
The young man was stunned for a moment, and his plump jade-like face instantly dimmed: "I-nowhere to go." β
The snow swept everything around him, and it was as if he and I were the only ones standing face to face in the white world. I knew that the person in front of me was a big trouble, but I felt that if I didn't take him away, he would be left alone in this snow-white world, and he would never be able to get out. I took a deep breath, looked at the boy and said, "Will you believe me?" If you believe me, I can take you to a safe place. β
The young man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "I have been deceived by my relatives and friends twice this day, so what's the harm in believing in your girl once?" When he finished speaking, he raised his hand and bowed deeply to me. I, a pariah, didn't dare to accept his salute, so I quickly flashed sideways to the side. In this flash, he caught a glimpse of a coarse linen filial cloth wrapped around the hilt of his sword.
Hey, I don't know who his father offended, he died and his son was so tired that he ran for his life everywhere.
"Let's go! This time I'll lead the way. I took the boy's cold hand.
Outside the back door of the General's Mansion, Si'er, who was squatting on the ground and drawing circles, had turned into a little snowman. When I saw her, a hanging heart finally fell to the ground. "Dead girl, where did you just go?" I yelled at her.
"Where are you running again, I ......" Si'er jumped up at the sound of my voice, half of the thick snow on her head falling on her shoulders, half still firmly stuck to her horns.
"Why don't you speak, your tongue is frozen?" I looked at her amusefully.
Si'er ran to me in two steps, pulled my sleeve and didn't dare to look up at the young man, only leaned to the root of my ear and said ashamedly and shockedly: "Why did he wake up?" β
"Let's go inside, be careful to be seen here." I pushed Si'er through the door.
Today, the snow is heavy, and the people in the house are preparing for the year-end sacrifice in the front yard, and they have been safe and sound along the way. I left my four children in the house to take care of the boy, and I ran back to the study and used a small clay pot to get a few pieces of red-hot coals. By the time I pushed the door open again, the two people in the mezzanine room were already very familiar.
"You're back." Si'er jumped down from the bed and said to me while putting on his shoes, "Yu An said that he was hungry just now, I'll go find something to eat first, and you can accompany him here!" βγ
It turned out that his name was Yu An.
I handed the clay pot in my hand to the young man on the bed, turned to Si'er and said, "I'm going back to the study too, if your grandfather finds out that I'm missing, maybe he will find here." β
"Then ...... him," Si'er looked back at Yu An with some hesitation.
"As long as he doesn't go out of this door, no one will find out about him, and you don't panic so that people can see anything later."
"Well, I was caught by the cypress woman just now and went to Baili Mansion together, and the meat sauce didn't arrive, but I got a lot of good goods. The big head master has allowed me to rest for half a day. Then I'll go early and come back early. Si'er said the previous sentence to me, but the latter sentence was said to Yu An, Yu An bowed her head lightly, she smiled brightly, and rushed out in her robe.
"Then I'll go too, you have a good rest."
"When are you coming back?" Yu An reached out and grabbed my sleeve, he was chased and killed all day, and he was still scared after all.
I squeezed his hand and gave him a big smile: "Soon." β