Chapter 48: Betrayal
After King Yu's men broke through the city, he connived at the barbarians' 'adultery'/'adultery' and plunder, although the barbarians were forbidden to rob and plunder from house to house, but they acquiesced in their misdeeds in the city, robbing shops and pedestrians, and so on. As long as those barbarians see beautiful 'women' in the city, they will definitely take them away, and some barbarians will even defile and insult the 'women' they fancy in the streets.
The actions of King Yu and the barbarians made the people in Tongzhou City panic, and every family hid their 'female' dependents tightly, especially those who had girls who had not been out of the cabinet, and they all disguised their girls and dressed up in ugliness, just to keep their innocence and escape this catastrophe...... The Cen family is naturally no exception, and Mrs. Cen ordered her to come down early, so that the 'daughters' in the family are not allowed to take half a step from the second 'door'.
But Cen Wuniang took Mrs. Cen's words as the wind in her ears, and on this day she had the courage to say to Li'er: "Li'er, you are ready, we will sneak out of the 'door' to find Young Master Luobiao!" β
Cen Wuniang's words made Li'er panic, and immediately persuaded Cen Wuniang to dispel this idea: "Girl, it's very chaotic outside right now, let's not go out and walk around at will, so as not to encounter unexpected ......"
"Afraid of what? Cousin Luo's house is just two alleys away from our house, and we can get there after a few steps, what will happen?! Cen Wuniang glared at the mouthy pear dissatisfied, and scolded: "Coward! I'm not afraid of this master, what are you afraid of? Go and get me some rice, I'm going to send it to Cousin Luo!" Cousin Luo will be very moved when he sees me personally delivering rice to their family, and maybe he will offer to take care of me for the rest of my life. β
Cen Wuniang laughed as she spoke, and Mei Yu saw a little more 'chest' with confidence: "Cousin Luo has liked me since he was a child, and he is only good to me with so many sisters in the family, and now if I am willing to commit myself to him, I think he must be extremely happy in his heart, as long as he is willing to marry me, I can leave this ghost place and go to the Luo family to be the housewife!" β
It turned out that not long after Cen Wuniang was taken homeβββ, she heard that Luo Jinming, who had always been fond of her, had not married a wife for all these years, so she took it for granted that he had never forgotten his love for her and was unwilling to marry a wife and have children.
Later, after the accident in the city, Cen Wuniang heard that the grain in the Luo family's granary was looted by the barbarians, and the whole family fell into a situation where they had no food to fire and could only rely on relatives and friends to secretly help them live.
And the Cen family did not suffer from the plundering of the barbarians, I heard that it was Zhao Hong who spoke more and more, so that people were not allowed to touch Gu Zheng's maiden family......
In other words, the Cen family's granary is still full, enough for a large family to eat for more than a year.
After Cen Wuniang inquired about the situation of the Cen and Luo families, she actually wanted to take advantage of the Luo family's distress to send charcoal in the snow, take food from the Cen family and send it to the Luo family, so that Luo Jinming was 'excited' by her, and then took pity on her, remembered the old love and married her.
It is good to send charcoal in the snow, but at the moment there is a 'chaos' and 'chaos' outside, as long as Cen Wuniang goes out of the Cen family's big 'gate', she is likely to encounter barbarian soldiers who are rampant in the city, and the end can be imagined......
Li'er knew this very well, so even though she was aware of Cen Wuniang's intentions, she still dared to persuade her: "Girl, the slave knows that you want to help Young Master Luobiao, but it is a bit too risky to do soβββ right now that there is a 'chaos' and 'chaos' outside, let's not act rashly......"
After a pause, for fear that Cen Wuniang would not change her mind, she hurriedly added: "The Luo family is Madame's maiden family, and Young Master Luo Biao is also Madame's nephew, Madame will definitely not die without saving them, regardless of them, if you don't send food to Young Master Luobiao, Madam will definitely arrange someone to send it over, Young Master Luo Biao will definitely be fine, you can stay at home and wait for the news." β
"Idiot! How can it be the same as the food delivered by the lady and I deliver the food myself? If I don't take this opportunity to send charcoal in the snow, how can Cousin Luo remember me well?! Cen Wuniang scolded Li'er bitterly, and insisted on going her own way: "Don't talk nonsense, you can go to the granary for me to get two bags of white rice now!" β
After all, Li'er is a slave, and she doesn't dare to disobey her master's will, so she can only go to the granary and pick up two bags of rice according to Cen Wuniang's wishes. Wouldn't it be appropriate for us to disguise ourselves as men and put two mostaces on our lips? β
Li'er saw that Cen Wuniang insisted on going out, knowing that no matter how much she persuaded her, it would be useless, so she could only dress up as men according to her instructions, and then the two of them quietly slipped out with the two bags of white rice, and went all the way to Luo's house, which was separated by two alleys.
Although Cen Wuniang and Li'er buried their heads low all the way, they also deliberately 'touched' the corner of the wall, making themselves low-key and inconspicuous......
Cen Wuniang looked like she was not afraid of the sky and the earth before she went out of the 'door', but when she really met the barbarian soldiers who were 'rape'/'lewd' and plundered and did everything, her feet trembled unconsciously, and she couldn't even walk steadily!
Li'er was afraid that Cen Wuniang would 'show' her flaws, so she hurriedly stepped forward and held her with one hand, and reminded Cen Wuniang in a low voice: "Girl, don't be afraid, we have now disguised ourselves as men, just go our own way generously!" The more scared you are, the more suspicious you become! β
"I ...... I know......" Cen Wuniang stammered in response, and walked forward calmly with the help of Li'er, her head hanging lower than before, and she didn't dare to look at the barbarian soldiers not far away, for fear that the barbarian soldiers would find out that she was dressed as a 'woman'.
I never thought that the more scared Cen Wuniang was, the more suspicious the whole person looked, and soon aroused the idea of the barbarian soldiers...... So the more she was afraid of what would happen, the more it really happened!
I saw that Cen Wuniang's master and servant had just passed by the barbarian soldiers, and the leading general suddenly stared at her deadly, and made a voice to tell her to stop: "You stop!" β
The three words "you stop" exploded in Cen Wuniang's ears like thunder, making her instantly like a frightened bird, pushing away the pear that was holding her, and ran in a panic; When those barbarian soldiers saw it, they naturally chased after her, and scared Cen Wuniang so much that she screamed and ran forward desperately, but her screaming identity was half exposed, which made the barbarians want to catch her even more, but Li'er, who had been silent, escaped and took the opportunity to run in the opposite direction.
Cen Wuniang didn't even dare to turn her head back, she only dared to run and run with all her might, but she urinated and wrapped a pair of little feet, how could she really run?
I saw that she couldn't support it after stumbling for a while, and fell to the ground with a "plop", which knocked down the hat Cen Wuniang was wearing, so that the green silk that she was originally stuffed in the hat was scattered instantly, and even the two mustaches that she had specially glued before going out of the 'door' fell off one side, which not only made her 'female' identity completely 'exposed', but also made her quickly caught up by the barbarian soldiers, and was surrounded in the middle by condescendingly.
Cen Wuniang's appearance is not bad, so her identity as a 'girl' was suddenly 'revealed', and she was immediately dragged into the alley by the group of barbarian soldiers 'lewd'/laughing, just opened her mouth to call, and most of the clothes on her body were torn off, and the barbarian slowly 'pressed' towards her while taking off her 'pants', which made Cen Wuniang cry out loud in fright, desperately struggling and desperately calling for help......
It's a pity that although there are occasional pedestrians on the road, when the pedestrians see that it is the barbarian soldiers who are committing murder, most of them leave in a hurry, and no one dares to come forward to rescue Cen Wuniang, which makes Cen Wuniang more and more desperate, and can only shrink to the corner of the wall little by little.
At this moment, Zhao Hongyue's figure happened to flash from the alley, Cen Wuniang saw him and immediately regarded him as a life-saving straw, and asked him for help loudly in desperation: "Little prince, help!" Please save me! Little prince, don't go! Please......"
Cen Wuniang's cry for help really made Zhao Hongyue turn back, but when he saw clearly that the person who asked him for help was Cen Wuniang, he turned around and left without saying a word, without even looking at Cen Wuniang, let alone raising his hand to save her from the barbarian soldiers.
Zhao Hongyue is now Cen Wuniang's only hope, so when she saw that Zhao Hongyue was dead, she hurriedly shouted loudly: "Are you unable to find my seventh sister in the Cen family and the Liang family?" I know where she's hiding, and if you help me, I'll tell you where she's hiding right away! β
Zhao Hongyue was almost crazy looking for Gu Zheng these days, and the more he couldn't find Gu Zheng, the stronger his obsession to get Gu Zheng became, and it was rooted in his heart as if it had taken root, making him eager to dig three feet into the ground and find Gu Zheng and tie him to his side!
The obsession in his heart also made him not let go of any opportunity to find Gu Zheng!
Therefore, as soon as Zhao Hongyue heard Cen Wuniang say that he knew where Gu Zheng was hiding, he really did not hesitate to stop his departing steps, slowly turned back to Cen Wuniang's side, and watched the barbarian soldiers 'mess' and 'touch' on Cen Wuniang's body with an indifferent face, and his tone was cold and unwarm: "Do you really know where Wanwan is hiding?" β
Cen Wuniang desperately protected her body, and nodded again and again: "I know, I really know!" Please save me! As long as you are willing to save me, I am willing to say anything! β
Zhao Hongyue raised his hand slightly at the group of barbarian soldiers when he heard this, the group of barbarian soldiers seemed to respect Zhao Hongyue very much, Zhao Hongyue signaled them to withdraw from Cen Wuniang, and respectfully saluted Zhao Hongyue, and left very simply after the salute, without looking at Cen Wuniang again.
As soon as the barbarian left, Zhao Hongyue stared at Cen Wuniang expressionlessly, Cen Wuniang was afraid that Zhao Hongyue would rebel and let those barbarian soldiers turn back, so she hurriedly told everything she knew: "Qi Niang hid in her brother Gu Feng's courtyard in the countryside!" β
"Annex?"
Zhao Hongyue frowned slightly, and was skeptical of what Cen Wuniang said: "I have searched Gu Feng's courtyard, but I have not found the bend...... You lied to me. As she spoke, a soft sword instantly hit Cen Wuniang's neck, frightening her to the point that her face turned pale and a layer of sweat oozed from her forehead.
Cen Wuniang had always been very jealous of Gu Zheng, and she couldn't wait to see Gu Zheng unlucky, so as soon as Zhao Hongyue threatened her with a sword, she immediately didn't care about anything else, and poured out all the words hidden in her stomach in one go: "I...... I kid you not! Qi Niang is really hiding in Gu Feng's courtyard, I heard that it is hidden in a secret room located under the cellar! Because it was built under a cellar, it was very hidden, and no one knew about it except for his own family! β
"Your own family?" Zhao Hongyue pursed his lips coldly, and his tone was undisguised mocking: "As far as I know, Wanwan doesn't regard you as his own family, how do you know?" β
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