The next day, Yao Hei'er went to Dongyin and exchanged her and Cuiling's jewelry, as well as two hundred taels of silver, into broken gold. When she returned home, she carefully sewed the broken gold into the mezzanine of her underwear, and put dozens of taels of broken silver in the blanket for her pocket use. I went to Shan's house again and asked Second Sister Zhang and Mrs. Shan to help take care of the family, so I rode a white horse and went to Jiyan City.

Chaoden Zimo, twilight trampling red dust, hurrying, wind and dust.

On this day, Yao Hei'er inquired, and fifty miles further on, it was Jiyan City. I saw that the situation on the side of the road was indeed a little desolate, with barren fields, overgrown weeds, dilapidated houses, collapsed walls, and occasionally a few pedestrians, also in rags, full of vegetables. There was only an occasional line of soldiers, but the armor was bright and majestic.

Yao Hei'er couldn't imagine that in such a desolate place, why would there be a wealthy businessman who went to the capital to do business? She looked up at the sky, it should be mid-afternoon, and there was no inn on the side of the road, so she wanted to come fifty miles and rush to Jiyan City before dark, it should not be a problem, so she rode forward again.

After walking for more than ten miles in one breath, two forks suddenly appeared in front of Yao Hei'er's eyes, the one on the left was slightly wider, and the other on the right was slightly narrower, which road led to Jiyan City? The road was deserted, and she hesitated, but urged her horse forward on the road that was a little wider to the left.

Who knew that this road was getting narrower and narrower, and a lush forest gradually appeared in front of him, and behind the dense forest, there was a faint green peak. On the side of the road, there are ancient towers rising again, strange rocks lying in disorder, no one in basil, and wild birds flying sideways. The twilight is slowly infected, and it is more and more desolate and desolate in this dense forest.

Yao Hei'er secretly said in his heart that he was not good, probably going the wrong way, and was busy turning the horse's head to go back, when he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in the dense forest, and seven or eight big men had already crashed out, the first one was bearded and iron-faced, the eagle eyes were glowing, a steel knife in his hand was bright and clear, and several people behind him were also holding their own blades, like fierce gods, staring greedily at Yao Hei'er.

Yao Hei'er couldn't help but panic, thinking that the other party was all on foot, and he had a horse under his crotch, so he could still run, so he whipped the horse fiercely, clamped the horse's belly with both feet, and urged the horse to run quickly. This horse had already had a close relationship with Yao Hei'er, and at this time he also understood the danger of his master, "Huh-" let out a long roar, spread his hooves and ran.

Yao Hei'er could only hear the people behind him laughing, followed by the sound of arrows piercing the air, Yao Hei'er felt a chill in his heart, and the white horse under his crotch had a sad roar and fell to the ground. Yao Hei'er also "poofed" and fell to the ground from the horse. When Yao Hei'er, who was dizzy from the fall, got up from the ground, those people had already surrounded him with a smirk.

The leader was proud, looked at the panicked Yao Hei'er, and sneered: "Little brother, what are you running?" We can't help it, don't you rob a few pieces of silver? What do we eat? We don't have anything to eat, aren't we starving to death? If we starve to death, won't we be making trouble for Lord Yama? ”

Another said: "Listen, how reasonable is what our eldest brother said?" Our eldest brother is the most considerate, since you don't know how to lift, no wonder we are welcome! ”

Yao Hei'er hurriedly took out the remaining twenty or thirty taels of silver from his blanket and said, "Big brothers, I am also a poor man, I only have this silver, you just have to take it, so as to spare my life!" ”

The leader snatched the blanket, checked it, and saw that there was no silver in it, so he threw it on the ground, took the silver in Yao Hei'er's hand, and said, "Isn't this over?" It's been so interesting, where is the need to fall this time? How it hurts! ”

The other person stared at Yao Hei'er and said, "Big brother, let's wait for one for so many days, and there is only this bit of silver, so it's better to take away the clothes on his body, and the brothers can replace them!" ”

The leader of the bandits nodded. A person walked up, and he was about to strip Yao Hei'er of his brown clothes, Yao Hei'er hurriedly said: "Big brother, this dress is worthless, I wear dirty and smelly ......"

The bandit was suddenly stunned for a moment, and rushed to the few people who were about to retreat: "Big brother, this person is a woman!" ”

The leader had already turned around and walked a few steps, and when he heard this, he hurriedly turned around and came back, looking Yao Hei'er up and down, with an evil hideous look on his face, and said, "Female? Hahahaha-this is good, the eldest brother is lacking a lady in the village! ”

Yao Hei'er was angry and anxious, opened her mouth and grabbed her hand, and bit it hard, so painful that this person "ouch". The leader pulled down Yao Hei'er's headscarf, Yao Hei'er's hair fell down, and the man smiled even more happily, saying, "Hahahaha!" Sure enough, it's a woman, this is the trick that women are used to! Bring it back to me! ”

Several people pushed Yao Hei'er and were about to go deep into the dense forest. Yao Hei'er knew that resisting at this time would only make these people more brutal, but if they didn't resist, it would be even more difficult to enter the wolf's den. A person who might have been watching the wind on the road ran in in a panic on a horse and said, "Big brother, it's not good, the officers and soldiers have arrived!" ”

Yao Hei'er's heart moved, and she hurriedly shouted loudly: "Help! Help me! ”

The face of the bandit led by him changed, and the steel knife in his hand was slashed towards Yao Hei'er, Yao Hei'er was shocked in his heart, and he hurriedly hid, but he didn't dodge, the steel knife was slashing on Yao Hei'er's arm, and suddenly blood flowed, Yao Hei'er screamed, and he fell to the ground unconsciously. Then I heard the bandit shout: "The wind is tight—!" In the blink of an eye, several people had disappeared into the dense forest.

A sharp pain hit Yao Hei'er, she held on to her spirits and shouted again, "Save people!" And he fainted to the ground.

Yao Hei'er didn't pass out for long.

Soon a group of officers and soldiers with torches came to hear the sound. A soldier jumped off the horse, looked at Yao Hei'er's injury, applied gold sore medicine to her, bandaged the wound briefly, and pinched her middle man, and she woke up.

Under the reflection of the torches, Yao Hei'er saw a general in white armor and white armor, with a white horse under his crotch, holding a long sword, and asked himself, "Where is the villain?" ”

Yao Hei'er raised her hand and pointed to the dense forest, because she was shocked and scared, but she couldn't speak.

The general then commanded some of his soldiers: "Look into the woods!" A few soldiers agreed, and the general glanced at Yao Hei'er strangely, with a beautiful face reflected in his black hair, clearly a woman, and wearing a man's clothes, and said, "This ...... Woman, why are you here alone? ”

Yao Hei'er hurriedly picked up the headscarf on the ground and wanted to tie her hair again, but she couldn't succeed because of an arm injury, so she couldn't help but shed tears and said sadly: "General, I came to Jiyan City to join my relatives, and I bumped into here because I took the wrong road." Seeing the general staring at his clothes, he understood in his heart, lowered his head and said, "Because a woman is on the road, I am afraid that it will not be cheap, so I wear men's clothes." ”

The general nodded, looked at Yao Hei'er's horse lying in the grass, and said, "This horse is not seriously injured, but it is just an arrow, and it is not in the way." Then he turned back and commanded, "Bandage this horse too!" ”

Immediately two soldiers said yes, and came over, one pulled out the arrow from the horse's leg, and quickly poured the gold sore medicine on the wound, and the other hurriedly took a white cloth, wrapped the wound on the horse's leg, and slowly led the horse, and stood up again.

The soldiers who went into the dense forest to search for the bandits had returned, and said, "General Hui, I didn't see any trace of the gangsters, I think they are familiar with the path and have run away." ”

The general waved his hand and said, "That's it, this trip is not in vain, I saved a people." It's getting dark, so let's hurry back to the city. On another day, I consulted General Li and sent more manpower, and these bandits will be exterminated. Then he turned to Yao Hei'er and said, "Since you are going to Jiyan City, just go all the way with us, you are alone, I am afraid that something will happen again." Then he pointed to the two thinner soldiers and said, "You two, ride a horse together, and give one to this woman." ”

Yao Hei'er hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you, General!" Then he said ten thousand blessings to the two soldiers, got on his horse, took the wounded horse in his hand, followed them, and took the path in the direction of Jiyan City.

About an hour later, Fang saw a city in the distance, towering in the vast night.