Sizhen didn't dare to be careless.

Although she is in the palace, she also knows that Zhili has been flooded for three consecutive years, and many counties have not harvested, although the imperial court has been providing disaster relief, but there are few porridge and many monks, and many people are still starving to death.

Some people can only leave their homes in order to survive, and there are not a few people who sell their children and daughters, according to the courtiers' memoirs, dead bodies and white bones can be seen everywhere on the roadside, and their condition is unbearable.

In a year of great disaster, people are struggling to make a living, and they are often the most likely to cause civil unrest.

In addition, not long after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the people were still inclined to the former Ming court, and there was resentment, and some bandits with bad intentions used the people's anger to provoke incitement, and it was inevitable to do things such as storming the official office, killing local officials, robbing money and sex.

Who knows if the forest keeper's hut has been occupied by the victims or bandits?

She must be cautious.

Sizhen picked up the window paper with a wooden stick and stuck her head in to look at it.

There was no light, and I couldn't see anything clearly, but I couldn't hear the slightest movement.

If there are people, there should be at least breathing.

She hadn't heard anything, and no one was supposed to be in the house.

Sizhen perked up and rushed back to tell the thrush the good news. The two men drove their horses into the woods, and then walked again to the hut.

The phantom is mature, and it is not afraid to go far in the woods, and it can come back with a whistle, and the other horse, with the phantom, will not be able to run anywhere, but it is safer and hidden than staying near the wooden house.

The wooden house was locked, but the lock was not strong, and Sizhen took out the sword he had with him and cut the knocker in two blows.

The copper lock fell in response.

As soon as he entered the wooden house, Thrush hurriedly closed the door and carefully pushed the door bolt.

The door closed, and the two people who had been blown by the night wind all night felt a little warm.

The thrush opened the package he was carrying, took out a flint, sparked sparks, and found a small oil lamp in the room that was covered with greasy and greasy ticks.

Caring about being dirty, she dusted off the ashes of the bedding on the bed, helped Sizhen to sit down, and found an old piece of clothes in the house to block the window that was blown out by the window paper.

"Gege, just now, all the way, your boots are afraid that they are already wet, take them off quickly, and the slave will change your socks." Thrush helped Sizhen take off her wet little leather boots with her hands and feet, and took a pair of fine white cloth socks from the package for her to change.

"Don't patronize me, change yourself, along the way, the snow has soaked into your boots, and you have to roast."

Fortunately, there was a simple fireplace against the wall in the wooden house, which was supposed to be used by the forest keepers to keep warm in winter, and there was some firewood next to it, and after burning, the red charcoal fire not only warmed their bodies, but also dried their boots.

The house does not look like it has been uninhabited for a long time, the bed is a warm ondol, connected to the fireplace, and the heat comes quickly, which makes people feel much more comfortable.

This room is obviously too simple for Sizhen.

But just after a chase, plus getting lost, walking in the night breeze for a little half of the night, it is already very comfortable to have such a warm place that can block the wind and rain.

At this time, regardless of the difference between respect and inferiority, Sizhen asked the thrush to sleep in bed with her.

At the beginning, the nerves were still tense, even if a gust of wind blew and the window paper rustled, they had to prick up their ears to listen for a while, and when it was almost dawn, they finally couldn't resist anymore, and both of them fell asleep.

I don't know how long later, I heard the sound of someone pushing the door.

Sizhen and Thrush opened their eyes one after another.

"Shhhh

She carefully put on her boots, tiptoed her sword in hand, and stood behind the door, thinking that if the man came in, her side would have the upper hand.

The rising sunlight shone in through the crack in the door, and through the light, the figure of the person outside was faintly visible.

Sizhen pursed her lips tightly and didn't move.

The thrush sitting on the bed had already packed their packages, and just waited for Sizhen to give an order, and rushed out to escape.

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, open the door, it's me!" There was a man outside smiling as he buttoned the knocker.

It's Sun Yanling!

Hearing this annoying voice on weekdays, Sizhen breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably and put away the sword that was tightly clutched in his hand.

Hearing the familiar voice, Thrush had already happily agreed: "General Sun, are you here?" ”

She pounced forward and opened the door.

Sun Yanling strode forward, pulled Sizhen in his arms, hugged him fiercely, and then let go: "If it weren't for the ribbon you tied to the tree that tripped me, we wouldn't have thought that you would come into the forest." How did you come up with the idea of tying that ribbon between two trees, instead of hanging it on a high place? ”

Si Zhenxiu smiled delicately: "I saw that it was getting late, and I was afraid that you would come over, and I wouldn't see anything, so I tied it under the tree, and if I walked from there, I would stumble, maybe there was some possibility." I'm just betting that if you don't come here, when we're eating, we're going to find someone with a village along the river, and then we'll want to contact you. ”

The corners of Sun Yanling's mouth hooked slightly, revealing the usual smile: "I'll just say, except for my daughter-in-law, no one will be so smart!" I can find you like this, you say, do we have a good heart......"

While Sun Yanling and Sizhen were talking, Thrush and Mama Qin found some rice in the house, scooped water from the clay pot in the corner of the house and boiled porridge.

"It's not good to stay here for a long time, and if you still cook something, you have to leave quickly." Sun Yanling noticed their actions and frowned.

"People are iron, rice is steel, don't eat a meal and get hungry, let's not say, you have been looking for this night, tired and sleepy, that is, you have met someone, how can you have the strength to fight the enemy? Here, if you don't have a heart, you can't find it, while the porridge is not good, you and the pony squint for a while, and when the meal is ready, I will call you again. Sizhen said eloquently.

Sun Yanling looked at the thick eyebrows and big eyes, her hair was not like a bun or two heads, but she casually tied a ribbon behind her head, with long eyebrows and sideburns, Sizhen, who looked heroic and beautiful, originally reprimanded, somehow turned into a spoiled blame: "What if someone comes?" We're in this room, and we're the best targets...... Are you hungry? That's right, eat something and hit the road, more strength. ”

The guards were already very sleepy, and when they heard Sun Yanling's different tone from usual, their eyes widened in astonishment.

Don't look at the adults in his family who are usually smiling, that's just the surface, okay, the things that his adults say have never changed.

This day's sun is coming out in the west.

It's really a hero who is sad to pass the beauty pass!

A large pot of white porridge is served in five coarse porcelain bowls, small jars and scoops of different sizes.

There were no two identical bowls in the hut, so they had to use the small basins for soup, rice, and vegetables, and the scoop for scooping water to fill the porridge.

Sun Yanling and Xiao Ma Xu were extremely hungry, snoring in large gulps, and after a while, their white porridge bottomed out.

Sizhen used the small silver spoon handed over by the thrush, put a small spoonful into his mouth, drank the porridge with a beautiful temperament, and when he saw Sun Yanling finish drinking, he poured half of his own to him, and said with a disgusted face: "This rice has a taste, it's not delicious, I can't eat it." ”

Sun Yanling was about to refuse, but when she heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "It's really a daughter, and I'm still poor and ...... when I get here."

He snorted and ate the half bowl as well.

The thrush purses her lips and smiles, serving the rest of the porridge in the pot to the pony.

A few people finished eating the porridge and were about to pack up their things and leave, when they heard someone outside slamming the door viciously and shouting, "Is there anyone?" Open the door, the brothers are starving to death! ”

Sun Yanling's face sank, and he instinctively grabbed the sword and protected Sizhen behind him.

The thrush happened to be near the window, and she crept over, gently removed the old clothes from the window, looked through the crack in the window paper, looked at it for a while, turned her head and compared it with her hand.

The other party is also five people.

Five in front of the door, what about behind the door?

Perhaps, the wooden house was already surrounded by those people.

After a while, the people outside were already impatient and roared loudly: "Damn, is there anyone in there who can breathe?" Damn, open the door to you! ”

The door was slammed.

Sizhen was tightly covered by Mama Qin's ears.

Gege is such a person from Jin Guizhou, where have you heard these foul words!

Mama Qin frowned and looked at Sun Yanling.

Sun Yanling gestured to the pony, and the two of them walked slowly to the door, one left and one right.

"Mr. Hu Qian, there are people inside! Look, you see, the chimney is steaming hot! ”

Another man tore open his shrill voice and began to shout.

"Official, my father went out to cut purple, not at home, I'm a girl, it's inconvenient to open the door for you, you better go." Sizhen frowned slightly, thinking about it, she walked to the door, and said in a trembling voice.

The people outside whispered a few words.

To the effect that it might be the forest keeper's daughter inside, frightened.

"Little girl, have you seen any suspicious people passing by here?" A kind-sounding voice asked.

"No, no, my dad went out early in the morning and didn't see anyone." Sizhen's answer is like a stream.

"No, we're looking for a court offender, you open the door, we have to search." After a few people outside discussed, they slammed on the door and shouted.

The vicious voice threatened: "If you don't open the door, you and your father will be arrested together as comrades who harbor the criminals of the imperial court." ”

Sun Yanling nodded at Sizhen and motioned for her to open the door.

"Official, I, I'll open the door for you, but let's say okay first, come in, you are not allowed to take my things." Sizhen said pitifully to the door.

"Don't worry, little girl, we are soldiers, not thieves, how can we take your things? We're just going to go in and have a look, you can rest assured. The kind voice coaxed.

Sizhen opened the door.

"Fuck, why are you so slow......"

The one who rushed in, his face was full of meat, and before he finished speaking, a sword crossed his neck.

When he found that the person who put the sword on his neck turned out to be a delicate, white girl, he couldn't help but be stunned.