Chapter 86: They are the White Lotus Sect
Although the Xiaoqinhuai River is an internal river, the bottom of the river is very deep, and the water flow is fast, Yingyun pulled the emperor to dive in the water for a while, and then floated downstream along the river.
The Assassins were in hot pursuit, searching for their footprints.
The emperor grew up in the capital since he was a child, and if he talked about riding and shooting, he should be the best, but this water nature is not at all, and he can't last long by relying on Yingyun's pulling.
When Yingyun pulled the emperor up from the river, the emperor drank a lot of water, but he was still conscious. The two of them looked around, and they saw the white reeds, which were as tall as one person.
"This ...... Where is it? Yingyun couldn't touch the north and south, just now she was only thinking about running for her life, and she didn't have time to remember the way.
The emperor looked back and said, "They should catch up soon, let's go." ”
Yingyun helped him shuttle through the bushes and asked, "Who are they?" ”
The emperor said: "They are believers in the White Lotus Sect, in recent years, the White Lotus Sect has been in Sichuan, Anhui and other places under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, making trouble everywhere, and I never thought that even Yangzhou would have their people." ”
The name of the White Lotus Sect, Yingyun had still heard of it, especially in the eighteenth year of Jiaqing, when the disciples colluded with the eunuchs of the Forbidden City, they should cooperate with the outside and smashed the palace, and started a fight near the Yangxin Palace, with countless dead and wounded.
Of course, that's all for later.
It turned out that as early as the early years of Qianlong, the White Lotus Sect had already begun to be active in the south of the Yangtze River.
So this time Qianlong's southern tour, they must have collected the news in advance and recognized the identity of the emperor early on, so they attracted this murderous disaster.
In the final analysis, they all went to the emperor, Yingyun sighed secretly, she knew that this was the case, so she didn't go out with the emperor, and she almost didn't even save her life.
The two walked along the path, the emperor's hand was injured, and Yingyun ran all the way again, each other's physical exertion was too great, but they didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and stepped up their pace to continue walking.
Through the reeds, the sky gradually darkened, and a village was faintly visible in front of me, faintly lit by candlelight.
The emperor glanced at Yingyun and said, "It seems that we are going to take refuge in this village tonight." ”
Yingyun had no choice but to listen to him at the moment, and the two supported each other and went to the village.
The village is not big, and there are simple mud houses connected everywhere, Yingyun knocked on a house, and saw an old woman with a kind face, so she said: "Mother-in-law, we are passing by the village, can we stay here for one night?" ”
As she spoke, Yingyun took out a little bit of broken silver and gave it to her.
The old woman looked at them, and when she saw that they were wet, she wondered, and said, "Who are you?" ”
Ying Yun pleaded with a pitiful face: "Good people, we are all good people, mother-in-law, look at our down-and-out appearance, you have a good heart, and the Bodhisattva will definitely bless you." ”
There was a firelight at the entrance of the village, and when Yingyun looked back, it seemed that the people who were chasing them before had also followed, and she couldn't help but become anxious.
The old woman asked, "Are those people chasing you?" ”
Yingyun nodded and said: "Don't hide it from my mother-in-law, I was originally a rich lady, my father forced me to marry the son of a big official in the city, I didn't obey, so I escaped, mother-in-law, if I was caught back, then I would only die." ”
The old woman looked at her pitiful, sighed, and said, "All right, come in with me." ”。
Yingyun's face was happy, and she pulled the emperor inside, and said vigorously: "Granny Xie, mother-in-law, you are so nice." ”