246 Taoist Temple
A few maids felt that it was not easy for Jin Niang to conceive this child, and they were also afraid that her body would not be able to support her, and the little boy in her belly would have some accidents, so they strictly guarded Jin Niang one by one, but whoever approached was like a big enemy.
They are fighting so much, can't Jin Niang see it? She is not blind, she can see naturally. But so what? The maids are dedicated, can she still criticize them? Although she was protected like a national treasure, she did feel inconvenient to move, but now that she is pregnant, she really can't afford the consequences in case she can't afford it. So, let's just endure it like this, and wait until we get to Hezhou.
The capital is far away from Hezhou, and it is difficult to hurry in the cold weather, and there are many women and children in the convoy, so the road will definitely be very slow. Xu Erlang took this kind of account into account, and after receiving the order, he only stayed in the capital for two days, and after visiting the division commander and Shangfeng, he set off with his family non-stop.
That's why their time is quite relaxed. And now, although it has been nearly half a month, the journey is only half of the way. In normal times, this is only a ten-day journey, but because Jinniang is pregnant, the carriage is slow and slow, and now it is good to be able to walk fifty miles a day.
Because the carriage goes slowly, it is inevitable to miss the post station in the middle.
Fortunately, there are temples and many villages leading to Hezhou, so they can always find a place to stay and supplies in the evening with some money.
But this time it was not good, they were still twenty miles from the nearest village, and thirty miles from the nearest inn. If you can't go to the village or the store, you're destined to sleep in the wilderness tonight.
Jin Niang was a little stunned by this, and Changle and Xiao Yu'er were also a little worried. Fortunately, in Mohe, they finally found a broken Taoist temple that was no longer inhabited nearby, and everyone could barely live there.
The Taoist temple is dilapidated, but fortunately, the place is large, and after a hurried cleaning by the maids, it can also live in people. But in the end, it was someone else's territory, and it was a wilderness, so Jin Niang didn't sleep well at night, and kept turning over back and forth all night.
Xu Erlang was already awake when he slept, and because she was pregnant, he was afraid that he would accidentally touch her stomach again, so he was even more shocked when he slept these days. Jin Niang turned back and forth, and he naturally couldn't sleep. Originally, he didn't want to disturb Jin Niang's cultivation of sleepiness, but it was obvious that Jin Niang couldn't sleep for a while.
He couldn't help sighing, and turned sideways to hold Jin Niang in his arms. "What's wrong? Why don't you sleep yet? ”
Jin Niang rubbed in his arms and muttered in a low voice, "I don't know why, I always feel uneasy in my heart, and I always feel that something is going to happen." After speaking, she muttered in a low voice, "People say that the ruined temples in the wilderness and the Taoist temples are better than to enter." Because these places are hiding places for those bandits and thieves. Do you think, if those bandits and thieves hide in corners we don't know, and turn around and kill us by surprise while we are all asleep, won't we become fish on someone's chopping board? ”
The corners of Xu Erlang's mouth turned up slightly, and he couldn't help but laugh. At night, there were still three children living in the cubicle, and he didn't want to wake up the children, so he simply buried himself in the side of Jinniang's neck and smiled deeply, "You think about it a lot." ”
"That's necessary, who made me the head of the house. Alas, one person carries so many lives, and the slightest mistake will lead to irreparable consequences for a lifetime. I was so stressed that I couldn't sleep naturally. ”
Xu Erlang wanted to tease her when he heard this, but his ears suddenly moved.
Then he couldn't help but look at Jin Niang deeply, he didn't realize that Jin Niang still had the potential of a crow's mouth.
Jin Niang: Why are you looking at me with those eyes, I'm really under a lot of pressure.
Xu Erlang got up suddenly, and the maid who was keeping vigil outside heard the movement and walked in briskly. Xu Erlang was already dressed neatly, and whispered to Jinniang, "Lie down and rest, I'll come when I go." He also instructed Qinghe and Qingsui, "Keep your wife." ”
The two maids were busy responding "yes", but Jin Niang looked at Xu Erlang as if she was facing a great enemy, "What's wrong?" ”
"Don't worry, you're prepared. You rest first, and I'll come when I go. ”
Xu Erlang walked out of the door as he spoke, but where was Jinniang still asleep at this time? While chattering, she really didn't listen to the old man's words and suffered a loss in front of her. Let's just say that the broken temple and Taoist temple in the wilderness can't stay, look at this is really an accident. After a while, he muttered, but don't make a fuss, otherwise you will have to delay the trip to the north.
Jin Niang was worried about the situation outside, but suddenly heard what seemed to be movement underground. She was frightened, and even Qingsui and Qinghe showed panic on their faces.
If there is a tunnel underground, there is no certainty of where the exit is, and there is no certainty of how many people are hidden underground. Although they brought a lot of manpower, they were obviously at a disadvantage when the enemy was dark and they were not familiar with the underground situation. It would be a shame to be held hostage again.
The two maids were terrified all day long, and their frightened faces turned white, but they still remembered that Mrs. was pregnant with a child in her belly, and they were afraid that Jinniang would be frightened and have an accident, so even if she was scared half to death, she stumbled and coaxed Jinniang and said, "It's okay Mrs., the master's martial arts are world-famous, and there is no mistake in designation." There are also a few Mohe, all of whom are good at being ten, and they are designated to be able to protect us safely. ”
As he was saying this, there was a sudden uproar in the courtyard, and Qing He couldn't help but glance out of the window, and saw more than a dozen men in ragged clothes with black beards on their faces, surrounded by the little guys in the house and the dart masters of the dart bureau.
The rats at the bottom went to the ground, so naturally it didn't end well. Now that you've been caught, there's nothing to worry about.
As soon as the two maids said this to Jin Niang, Jin Niang's heart was slightly relaxed. But after all, he was still not at ease, so he deliberately asked Qingsui to go over to see how the situation was on Changle and Xiaoyu'er's side.
Qingsui quickly went and returned, followed by the two grandmothers holding Changle and Xiaoyuer respectively. It turned out that the two little girls had just been awakened by the action outside, and the nurse had the heart to persuade them to continue sleeping, but the panic and fear on their faces leaked the filling, making Changle and Xiaoyu'er see that something was wrong.
The two girls are also clever, and they can figure out the reason in a few words. They were worried about Jinniang and couldn't sleep anymore. Originally, when Qingsui passed, they were clamoring to find Jinniang, and they refused to rest, and the grandmothers couldn't persuade left and right, so they had no choice but to follow Qingsui over.
Jin Niang hadn't appeased the two little girls yet, and Brother Rong'er's grandmother also came with Brother Rong with teary eyes.
Brother Rong looked at the two sisters sitting on his mother's bed, and felt even more aggrieved. What are you doing to exclude him everywhere? He is the youngest, shouldn't he be pampered and treated preferentially? But he has to be behind his two sisters everywhere, which is not fair!!
Brother Rong'er's big dark and bright eyes blinked, and tears fell down like pearls. When he opened his mouth, he was about to cry, but he saw that Xiao Yu'er didn't know where to take out a piece of candy and stuffed it directly into his mouth, "Brother Rong'er, come and eat a piece of osmanthus candy." ”
Brother Rong...... Forget to cry! Jin Niang patted Xiao Yu'er in annoyance, "Where is the sugar?" Feed Brother Rong candy in the middle of the night, do you want him to grow a mouthful of worm teeth? ”
Xiao Yu'er is as helpless as an adult, "Otherwise, what else can I do?" Let him open his mouth wide and cry? Be reasonable, is it time to cry? Daddy is catching the bad guys outside, and if we make such a big noise in the house, won't the bad guys who escaped come and take us hostage? Mother, I'm also forced to do this. ”
What a last resort, Jin Niang, who was choked, had nothing to say.
Changle pursed his lips and smiled, not interjecting or answering Xiao Yu'er's gaze for help. She held Brother Rong in her arms, coaxed him to spit out the sugar in his mouth, coaxed her to rinse her mouth, and then patted him on the back to coax him to sleep.
Jin Niang looked at Changle, and then at Xiao Yu'er, who was still arguing with her, and suddenly felt so tired.
Why did she give birth to such a serious girl? I don't know if I let her, and I won't share her worries, so I will block her and stick a knife in her heart, can she stuff her in her stomach and rebuild it now?
After Brother Rong fell asleep, Changle was also a little drowsy, and Jin Niang asked the nurse to take Brother Rong away and let Changle lie on the couch to sleep.
Changle also wanted to say that it was better to go back to the room and sleep, after all, if she and Xiao Yu'er stayed here, the second uncle would have to lay the floor when he came back. But as soon as I heard my aunt say it, the second uncle was afraid that he would be busy until dawn today, and Changle fell asleep without any burden.
Changle and Brother Rong both slept, Xiao Yu'er couldn't help but yawn several times, and also buried herself in Jinniang's arms and slept soundly.
Jin Niang was squeezed by the two girls, she slept uncomfortably, and wanted to turn over, but who knew that the door was gently pushed open, and Xu Erlang walked in quickly.
At this time, the lights in the room were still on, and Jin Niang saw a lot of blood stains on his cuffs through the faint yellow candlelight, her heart jumped, and then she reacted that this was not Xu Erlang's blood, it should have been splashed with other people's blood when he was killing. But even so, her heart was pounding fast, and she almost wanted to jump out of her throat.
Jin Niang lowered her voice and said worriedly, "Why do you still need to come forward?" How is the other person? Are they all the most vicious? Have you caught them all, and have you missed any fish? How many of our people have been injured, and have some of them died? ”
Jin Niang Rory was chattering, the more she talked, the more panicked she became, and she was about to get up with her hands on the bed board.
Who knew that as soon as she moved, Xiaoyu'er and Changle both sighed, and the two little girls grabbed her clothes, if Jinniang moved again, eighty percent would wake them up.
Seeing this, Xu Erlang walked up to him, "You lie down and don't move, I'll tell you." There were quite a few people on the other side, one hundred and eighty. They said that they were villagers in the vicinity, and they became bandits who robbed homes and houses in desperation. But they didn't hurt anyone's lives, at most they intercepted the rich businessmen in the past and grabbed some money to support the family. This is their rhetoric, as for the truth or falsehood, Mohe is still interrogating. We alarmed them when we moved, ran a few of them, and went after the Quhe and Huhe. As for casualties, there were serious injuries on both sides, but no one was killed as a result. ”
Jin Niang muttered, "That's good." ”
"I'm here to tell you, everything is fine. You sleep in peace, I'll go outside to wash up, and I'll have to go to the front to see how things are going later. I can't come back tonight, so I'll let these two girls sleep with you. ”
Xu Erlang regretted it when he said it, he looked at Xiao Yu'er's rampant sleeping posture - the little girl was not big, but her sleeping posture was very wild, she herself occupied almost half of the bed, squeezing Jin Niang and Changle together. That's it, at this moment, her feet were swept into the air several times, if Jin Niang didn't pay attention to it, it would be strange if her stomach didn't hurt.
Xu Erlang never knew that Xiao Yu'er was like this when she fell asleep. Obviously, she was still very stable after falling asleep when she was a child, and she was very well-behaved and very likable. How do you grow up and get more ...... People have nothing to say, just this way of sleeping, I'm afraid that giving her a double bed is not enough for her to toss.
Xu Erlang frowned and called the maid in.
Jin Niang naturally knew what he was going to do, and hurriedly stopped, "I'm paying attention, I won't let her kick me." Let's leave her to sleep with me tonight, Xiao Yu'er was also frightened before, I'm afraid she will have nightmares later. ”
Xu Erlang said, "Let her grandmother sleep with her." ”
At this time, Qinghe and the others even came in with the grandmother next to Changle and the grandmother next to Xiaoyuer. Xu Erlang gave an order, and the two grandmothers stepped forward in fear, and they were about to pick up Changle and Xiaoyuer.
Jin Niang has lost her temper. Okay, okay, just take it away. I slept comfortably, to be honest, the two girls sandwiched her, and it was difficult for her to even turn over, and she really didn't sleep comfortably.
The little fish slept like a pig, and when she was taken away, she only snorted twice and then fell asleep again. It was Changle, she opened her eyes as soon as she was picked up, but what caught her eye was the face of her grandmother, and there were aunts and second uncles next to her, Changle knew the situation instantly.
She called "Second Uncle" and "Auntie", Xu Erlang nodded, "Your aunt is not convenient, so I won't keep you two tonight." You sleep with Xiao Yu'er and watch her at night. ”
"Okay, I know the second uncle."
Jin Niang: ...... Changle is just a little girl, you just call her like this, won't your conscience hurt?
Facts have proved that Xu Erlang's conscience does not hurt.
He settled several people, and specially instructed the maids to guard the door, and hurried out.
Xu Erlang didn't come back until dawn, and at this time he had already washed up and changed into an ink-colored suit.
He was born with a long straight and long face, and his face was like jade, and as soon as he wore this ink-colored clothes, he became more and more thin and straight, his appearance was majestic and cold, and the momentum of his whole body was imposing, which was really intimidating at a glance.
Jin Niang also felt that the momentum on today's Erlang was too strong and domineering, but who let this be her man? She loves what her man looks like. She also likes this domineering appearance very much, she is so excited, okay?
Jin Niang stared at Xu Erlang, Xu Erlang twitched the corners of his mouth helplessly, and asked Jin Niang to eat and prepare to hurry later.
Only then did Jin Niang remember what happened yesterday, "How are those people, have you found out?" ”
Xu Erlang nodded and gave Jin Niang the general situation.
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