Yang Xi escaped from the Thorn Shi Mansion during the third watch, but it was dark and late at night, it was the curfew time, and the city gates in the east, west, north and south were closed, and the sound of the change of husband and wife could be heard every half an hour. Yang Xi was terrified, stumbling alone in the dark streets and alleys, and finally quietly touched the bottom of the wall of a shop closest to the north city gate, Yang Xi noticed that there was no one around, so he slowly sat down, holding his hands on his knees and waiting quietly, after a while, he seemed to remember something, and tears flowed down his cheeks uncontrollably.

At the beginning of the day, Yang Xi, who was tired, heard a heavy footsteps and immediately looked out, and vaguely saw a few soldiers going to the city gate, Yang Xi hurriedly cut the tip of his hair, wiped the tears on his face, and pretended to walk towards the city gate easily. Walking to the gate of the city, the half-asleep soldier stopped and interrogated, Yang Xi had already thought of a rhetoric to deal with, and the soldier didn't seem to have any intention of asking more, waving his hand to let her go.

After leaving the city, Yang Xi looked back and couldn't help but tears in his eyes, and then hurried to the north, running all morning, tired and tired, and only found a mountain wine shop to rest temporarily at noon.

"Old uncle, can you raise horses in your store?" Yang Xi asked, the shopkeeper was an old man, he looked at him with kind eyebrows, and said with a smile: "The small shop is just a mountain wine shop, where did the horses come from..."

The old man saw that she looked tired and helpless, so he asked, "The lady is sad and anxious, where is this going?" Yang Xi said: "Don't hide it from the uncle, my mother is seriously ill, so the little girl is in a hurry to go back to her hometown to visit." The old man asked, "Where is home?" Yang Xi replied: "Lijia Village." The old man pondered: "But the Lijia Village under the Ziyuan Mountain in the north?" Yang Xi was overjoyed, "Exactly, the old man knows here?" The old man joked: "There is nothing in the world that the old man doesn't know, and he doesn't know the place!" ”

After chatting, the old man called the guy who ran to the side and said a few words, the guy went out, and came back in less than half an hour, and there was a horse standing beside him, and then the old man and Yang Xi greeted the door, Yang Xi was overjoyed, and was about to pay for two, the old man waved his hand and smiled: "The lady only said that she wanted a horse, as for whether you will ride a horse but can't help you!" Yang Xi smiled: "The little girl can ride a horse when she is young, it's not a difficult thing!" The old man said: "The lady is eager to return home, so let's get on the road quickly." Yang Xi thanked him very much, and insisted on leaving the money and the two parties before leaving.

Yangxi all the way to the north, non-stop straight to Lijia Village, arrived at Lijia Village is already dusk, Yangxi Village dismounted, but the scene in front of her surprised her, Lijia Village seems to have been plundered by bandits, the grass house collapsed, the green smoke lingered, the corpses on the village road were all over the place, and the blood flowed into a river.

Yang Xi was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly walked inside, opened the corpses, and searched all over the houses, but he still didn't see Li's mother. Yangxi didn't know what was going on in Lijia Village, and he couldn't find any trace of Li's mother, so he was so anxious that he turned around in place, not knowing what to do.

"Little lady... Little lady..."When Yang Xi was in a daze, he suddenly heard someone talking, like the call of an old woman, resentful and cold, and creepy. Yang Xi screamed in fright, her legs and feet trembled on the ground, and when she looked at it, she saw an old woman moving in the pile of corpses, trembling and stretching out her arms to call out.

Yang Xi settled down, got up and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and slowly leaned in, and when he got closer, he saw that it was an old woman, and her breath was still there. Yang Xi hurriedly took out the dry bun and water bladder in the bag to feed her, and after a while, the old woman spoke, "Why is the little lady here?" The old woman asked who she was looking for, and Yang Xi hurriedly made it clear.

The old woman struggled: "Mrs. Li, I know... Yesterday, the village was robbed by the bandits of Ziyuan Mountain, this group of demons burned and looted, the old and young in the village died, and those who fled were miserable... Mrs. Li must have fled to another village... It's not advisable to stay here for a long time, so let's go quickly..."After that, she spread her hands and lost her breath.

Unable to find Li's mother, Yang Xi didn't dare to stay here for a long time, so he hurriedly left across the horse while the sky was not completely dark, looking for neighboring villages along the trail, and met a kind man on the way, only then did he find out that there were seven or eight villages nearby, Yang Xi asked the direction and went straight to the nearest village.

"The government has sent troops to guard the surrounding villages, and it seems that the gang of bandits will not dare to go down the mountain to do evil anymore..."A kind-hearted lady in the village said, Yang Xi was about to leave after asking a few words, and the eldest lady stopped: "It's getting late, where is the little lady going to go alone?" Yang Xi replied: "I wish my aunt, the little woman is looking for her mother, and she really doesn't dare to stay for a long time." The eldest lady said: "There are at least seven or eight villages around here, when will the lady be looking for it like this..."

Aunt Zhu insisted on pulling her into the room and sitting down, and then shouted: "Old man, I have something to ask when you come over." After a while, an old man surnamed him came in from outside. Zhu Auntie smiled at Yang Xi and said: "Little lady, this old man of our family has no great ability, he has lived in this village since he was born, he was a mason when he was young, and he often worked for others in several nearby villages. ”

The old man interrupted: "Little lady, don't listen to this old woman's big words!" Yang Xi said: "Uncle, Lijia Village was looted by bandits, and the old mother didn't know where to go, her life and death were unknown, and I hope that the old man will help the little girl." The old man sighed: "This group of bandits really did all kinds of evil, and how many innocent people have been killed... Lady relieved, old man, I will definitely try my best to help you find Lingtang. Yang Xi's heart is finally more steady.

"It's getting late, the lady still stays in the cold house for the time being, and I will ask your uncle to go with you tomorrow morning." Aunt Zhu held Yang Xi's hand and said, Yang Xi did not refuse, and stayed at Aunt Zhu's house for one night.

Early the next morning, Yang Xi and Uncle Zhang drove a car to a neighboring village to search for the whereabouts of Li's mother, and the whole day was still not found, the old man saw that it was going to be late and persuaded her to go home first, and then come to find it tomorrow, Yang Xi was anxious at this time and refused to go back, and the old man reluctantly promised her to go back together after finding the nearest Wangjia Village.

Entering Wangjia Village, the old man heard that there was indeed an old woman surnamed Li who had fled from Lijia Village in a broken grass house at the end of the village.

There is a dilapidated and abandoned grass hut in the village, the roof has collapsed, the door is full of dust, and the inside is dim and dim, and the candlelight is faint. Yang Xi hurried a few steps to push the door in, and there was the cry of a young child in his ears, and the sound of an old woman coaxing the child.