Chapter 23

Hu Po is old, how can Ye Lan let her go out in the wind and snow, so she volunteered to go.

The old lady thought about it, but she was also afraid that her body would not be good, so she delayed the matter, so she asked Shanzi to protect Ye Lan to go to the incense, and the two children stayed at home and fed two meals of goat's milk.

The matter was properly discussed, and Ye Lan and Shanzi went out to find the carriage after they got dressed.

The winter weather is cold, and the New Year is coming soon, but all the families who have food in the family will sleep lazily on the hot kang and enjoy the rare leisure time, and the two finally found a carriage and paid double the car money to get out of the city.

The north wind howled, and indirectly did a good thing, blowing the snow on the official road very clean, but it was not difficult, and before the sun reached the middle of the sky, the carriage had already rushed to the foot of Daqing Mountain.

Ye Lan was afraid of the cold, and she didn't care about any makeup, she wore the thickest coat and wrapped in a big coat, put on a hood, and walked up the steps, looking like a little bear rolling hard from a distance.

Shanzi, who fell a few steps behind her, rarely flashed a smile in her eyes, and then she really couldn't stand it, so she simply grabbed the first few steps and helped her arm, half pulled and half framed, and soon took her to the temple gate.

The little monk guarding the door was napping in a daze, and was surprised to see someone coming to the door, so he hurriedly ran to find his senior brother and master.

I heard that Ye Lan was going to light a lantern for her deceased mother, and the monks of all sizes were all smiling, secretly rejoicing that they could make a small fortune before the year, and two good dishes could be added to the table of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Ye Lan took out her mother's tablet and knelt on the ground and kowtowed. She had received many years of atheist education in her previous life, but she didn't believe in these things, but she still had respect for the biological mother of this body, so these heads were also very sincere.

I didn't want to, when I looked up, I saw Shanzi also kneeling aside, which surprised her, and wanted to ask, but a monk respectfully stepped forward and sent the tablet to the board in the back compartment.

After receiving the five taels of silver sent by Ye Lan, there was an extra oil lamp in front of the tablet, and the sesame oil in the lamp would not be broken for a year, and there would be monks chanting scriptures every day, bless the souls of the dead to be peaceful under the nine springs.

The monks were quite hospitable, and when they saw that at lunchtime, they left Yelan and Shanzi to eat two plates of vegetarian dishes and a few steamed buns. Ye Lan was raised with a mouth, but even if she padded her stomach, Shanzi ate a lot.

The two of them said goodbye from the temple, I don't know if it was a matter of heart, Ye Lan only felt that the north wind blowing on her face was not so cold, just right, a few plum trees on the side of the hill were blooming very beautifully, she couldn't help but play with her, and turned around with Shanzi to take a stroll.

In the previous life, she was busy surviving, and this life began with chaos, Ye Lan still had the leisure to play for the first time, she walked under this tree, jumped under that tree, and occasionally picked plum blossoms to sniff under her nose, complaining that it was not as fragrant as she imagined.

Shanzi was behind her, and the smile on her face was even stronger.

Ye Lan joked for a while, and kicked at the plum tree next to her, and the snow accumulated between the trees fell down. Shanzi was sprinkled with a head and a shoulder, which provoked her to quickly step forward to help slap it, and said angrily: "Why don't you hide, Ping Yue thought you had a lot of skills, and you couldn't even hide a few snowflakes." ”

Xu is to prove how Shanzi is skillful, as soon as her words fell, the snowdrift next to the feet of the two suddenly exploded and sprayed, and a man in snow-white clothes held a snow-bright long knife and slashed down at the heads of the two people-

Ye Lan was completely stupid by this change, let alone running, it was difficult to even move.

Shanzi's eyes flashed, and he stretched out his hand to send her a foot away, and then directly greeted her, fighting with the man.

The man was obviously a man with blood on his hands, and he was very ruthless with one knife after another, but he didn't expect that Shanzi was even more powerful than him, and he fought dozens of moves with his bare hands, and finally found an opportunity to grab the long knife and cross his neck.

Seeing this, Ye Lan stumbled back to Shanzi's side and asked, "How is it, Brother Shanzi, are you hurt?" Where did this madman come from, where did we offend him and actually want to kill him? ”

However, as soon as her words fell, Shanzi suddenly covered her eyes, "Don't look." ”

Ye Lan subconsciously turned her head, only to see that the face of the man in white was strangely distorted, and a wisp of black blood slowly lay down at the corner of his mouth......

Dead, this man is dead!

Ye Lan was stunned for a long time, and after coming back to her senses, she turned her head and helped the plum tree to vomit. It's either that she hasn't seen a police movie, or she hasn't watched a horror murder movie, but no one can be indifferent to such a living person who suddenly dies in front of her eyes.

Shanzi frowned, a flash of pity flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, and turned to quickly strip the dead man clean.

Ye Lan vomited up her lunch, ate two mouthfuls of snow, and was cold from her throat to her stomach, she was finally much better.

Turning her head to see Shanzi's action, she couldn't help asking, "Brother Shanzi, what are you looking for?" Can you see where this man came from? Thinking of Fang Cai's danger, she became angry again, pinched a snow ball and hit the dead man in the face.

"Did I rob your daughter-in-law or kill your mother, can I kill someone in the cold? Let me know your details, and see that I don't find someone to serve your old nest! She said it so badly, but she still didn't dare to come forward.

Shanzi became more and more unpleasant, and said in a low voice: "This person is not from our Jinghai, although there are no foreign objects and marks on his body, but he has calluses on both sides of his thighs, which is obvious that he has been on horseback since he was a child." ”

"Riding horses since childhood?" Ye Lan was also a smart one, and immediately asked, "Could it be a barbarian rider from the Western Frontier?" ”

Shanzi nodded, "I'm afraid it's them, I heard that some of them were active in Jinghai before, but I didn't expect to be here." ”

Ye Lan was even more puzzled, and asked: "Even if they have a grudge against our Jinghai in the Western Frontier, they should also assassinate the emperor, how can one of us who is a common man who runs a shop provoke them, do they still want to rob the recipe for baking cakes?" It's funny! ”

Shanzi looked at her with a strange face, and then said: "This person just used the means of killing, and he didn't want to stay alive." ”

Ye Lan wanted to burst into foul language when she heard it, but for no reason in her mind, she suddenly remembered the person who left, and instantly seemed to be enlightened, guessed the key point, and her face turned completely white. "Come home, there's danger at home!"

Shanzi also thought of this, reached out and grabbed Ye Lan's arm, and jumped down the steps almost like flying.

The coachman had parked the carriage in a sheltered place, had just eaten his dry rations, and was napping in the carriage, when he saw his employer returning, he hurried out of the carriage.

Ye Lan's heart felt as if he was being fried in oil, and gave an extra tael of silver to the coachman, asking him to rush back to the city as soon as possible, and the coachman hurriedly shook the horsewhip and ran frantically towards the gravel city.

It took an hour to come, and the return trip was only half the time, and when I arrived outside the door of Hu's house, the sun was just setting in the west.

The small courtyard was quiet, Ye Lan slapped the door twice, and when she saw that no one answered, she softened her legs.

Shanzi jumped directly from the wall into the small courtyard, but did not open the door, but first explored inside and outside the courtyard.

Ye Lan's tears kept pouring out of her eyes like spring water, and she didn't dare to imagine how she would survive if something happened to the two elders and the child.

The north wind was ruthless, and he didn't pay attention to the suffering of the world at all, and quickly froze his tears into ice bumps, which fell on Ye Lan's neckline, and she was so cold that she couldn't stop shivering, and it was the time of sadness, but she heard someone behind her say-

"Girl Lan, why did you come back so early?"

The sound of heaven in the world, the supreme fairy sound, is nothing more than that.

Ye Lan suddenly turned her head to look, and saw the old couple each holding a child standing not far away, looking at her with puzzled faces.

Xu saw that she was crying embarrassedly, and Hu Po was also anxious, so she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, what are you crying for?" Is something wrong? ”

Hu Bo also chimed in: "But Shanzi bullied you? What about the others, who didn't come back with you? ”

"Wow!" Ye Lan couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed forward and even held the child and the old man in her arms, refusing to let go even if she died.

The two elders were even more stunned when they saw this, but before they could speak, the two children in their arms felt the fear and ecstasy of their mother, and they also cried.

Hu Po was so distressed that she kept patting the child, and blamed Ye Lan and said, "What the hell is wrong, be careful to scare the child." ”

Ye Lan took the son in Hu Bo's arms and choked up: "I thought you were dead, and I won't live anymore!" ”

The old man is mostly particular about signs, especially when the New Year is about to come, the old lady glared and was about to scold, but Shanzi opened the courtyard door and said, "Come in and talk." ”

Ye Lan hurriedly swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, pulled the two elders into the courtyard, and after entering the door, she poked her head out and looked at the end of the alley vigilantly, and then closed the door carefully.

The old couple was a little frightened by her actions, and went into the house to put down the child and drink a cup of tea, and then asked calmly, "What happened?" ”

Ye Lan looked at Shanzi, who didn't know what he was thinking, and said about the danger on the mountain before, and said at the end: "I guess today's incident has something to do with the person who left, I'm afraid that he will be here before It is the handiwork of the people of the enemy country." Now he's patted his ass and left, leaving us waiting to be picked up. ”

Since Zuo Yuanhao left a message to leave, Ye Lan refused to say his name again, if there is a fact that cannot be avoided, he will replace it with "get rid of that person", Hu Po will also persuade two sentences on weekdays, but she can't take care of it at this time.

She picked up the child next to her and said in horror, "How is this good?" Is it impossible to live at home? What if they come back at night and hurt the child? ”

Hu Bo jumped up to find a weapon to defend himself, and shouted: "Don't be afraid, there are still me and Shanzi at home, and besides, they may not dare to find their home, this is Jinghai, not Xijiang!" ”

The old man said it with great momentum, and it was rare to be reasonable, but unfortunately Shanzi ruthlessly broke his hope.

"I've just checked it, and I've also been to the house, so I'm afraid it's hard to live here."

"What?" Hu Po's face turned pale with fright, and she responded: "After you left, the two children woke up and refused to drink goat's milk, so the old man and I took them to Dongtou Li's house to find the iron-headed daughter-in-law to ask for milk, but I didn't expect ......" She tightened her arms again with palpitations, and said in a loud voice: "The two children are really lucky stars, and they have saved our family's lives." ”

Ye Lan didn't have time to pay attention to this, the guilt in her heart was like the rising tide of the sea, and she couldn't help but shed tears again, "Auntie, it's all me who has caused you to be a burden, if I hadn't picked him up at the beginning, there would be no today." ”

Hu Po waved her hand and comforted: "You girl, what are you talking about?" No one is a ruthless person, and anyone who sees someone falling into the water will be saved, not to mention ...... He is also the father of the reunion. As the old saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, and he is afraid that he doesn't know that these people from Western Xinjiang will find us here. ”，

Hu Bo also persuaded: "Your aunt is right, we left the capital and came here, we really didn't know each other, and now we are living well?" What's more, we still have a few hundred taels of silver saved at home, and we have craftsmanship, so we can live well wherever we move, you must not blame yourself, and the two children are still counting on you to raise them. ”

A woman is a mother, and when she heard the second elder mention the child, Ye Lan really wiped her tears and tried her best to think about it for the future. Gravel City is definitely unlivable, even if the neighbors are close, in the face of the disaster of killing, even if the husband and wife will fly separately, not to mention some outsiders.

But where to move, Ye Lan was worried again.

At this moment, Shanzi, who had been silent, spoke: "I know a place that is absolutely safe, if you can trust me, follow me." ”

Without waiting for Ye Lan to respond, Hu Po already said: "What is this saying, what is the family talking about, believe it or not, you can still sell our old and young people." It's just that even though she said this, her face was still a little hesitant.

Hu Bo habitually looked at his wife's opinion, but Ye Lan didn't care about it so much, so he pulled Shanzi's sleeve and asked carefully.

"Brother Shanzi, where are we moving to? South or further north? Is the accommodation reliable? Is there a doctor near the left? ”

"Hmm," Xu said a few words in order to dispel everyone's hesitation, "That place is in a small town dozens of miles outside the Tibetan Wonton City, and there are only a few hundred people, all of whom are from military families, and now they have redeemed themselves as good citizens. I have some friendship with them, and if they come across this again after moving in, they will help. ”

The old couple glanced at Ye Lan, and felt that this place sounded quite reliable, but it was too close to Tibetan Kuncheng.

Shanzi glanced at them and said, "It's dark under the lamp." ”

Ye Lan couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard this: "Brother Shanzi is still smart, it's dark under the lamp, I'm afraid no one would have thought that we would hide under the nose of the capital." ”

How could everyone not know that the "who" in her mouth also included the child's father, but no one would break it.

Now that the matter was decided, the family began to pack their luggage. It is said that it is moving, but in such an urgent situation, it is to flee for your life, and naturally you can't bring too many things, but you can only bring some change of clothes, gold and silver belongings, etc.

When it was almost dark, Shanzi went out, and soon, he disguised himself as a stout peasant man and drove a carriage to the gate of the Hu family's small courtyard.

(End of chapter)