Li Chen stopped his steps and looked at Lu Yong, the chief dart head on the side, with some hesitation.

Lu Yong wrinkled his brows, stretched his neck to look at the chaotic crowd in front of him, and said in a deep voice:

"The mob is stupid, comparable to a thief, Achen, go and see!"

"Yes!"

Li Chen held the waist knife in his hand, and with the cold voice of the young man, he immediately received his life.

He picked up the doll at his feet, sat her in the crook of his arm, and strode towards the forest ahead.

Qiqi wiped his tears with the back of his hand, and looked at the young man in front of him with his tears, he was different from his father, who was born tall and strong, and his arms were crooked like iron, and she could see far away when she sat on it; But he is like a green bamboo in the forest, and he still smells good.

She used her small meat paws, grabbed the placket of his clothes with one hand, and pointed forward with the other, and said in a milky voice:

"My mother is in front, and a lot of bad people bully her!"

Li Chen nodded, ran a few steps forward, and saw a bunch of men bullying a woman, punching and kicking, with a fierce face, just to compete for the copper plates scattered on the ground.

Xijon has not arrived, and compatriots are bullying each other, what a shame!

Putting down the female doll in his arms, Li Chen picked up the handle of the knife with his thumb, and a cold knife came out of the sheath in an instant, he turned around and kicked, the scabbard went against the wind, like an arrow that has been sharp, straight towards the crowd-

"Ouch......"

The scrambling refugees were caught off guard, knocked to the ground by the scabbard, and fell to the ground, and when they opened their eyes, they saw the majestic cold knife, and they couldn't help but be afraid of it.

Kneeling on the ground and desperately fleeing backwards, they were afraid that Li Chen would be angry and kill them on the spot.

"Don't get out of here!"

Li Chen didn't want to lick the blood from the knife, so he only taught the refugees a lesson, and saw that the refugees were all cheap bones who bullied the weak and feared the hard, so he ran away without a trace, so he stopped chasing them.

Putting away the knife and pinning it to the leather belt around his waist, he helped pick up the embarrassed and injured woman on the ground.

"Sister-in-law, are you okay? Is there any injury or something? ”

"It's okay, thank you little brother"

Luo Shi was dizzy and her chest ached, she covered her mouth and coughed desperately, her palms clutching the silver ingots and copper coins, the stiff edges embedded in the flesh, and a hole was broken.

Leaning against a big tree and sitting down, Luo Shi raised her eyes and looked at the young man who came to her rescue-

The eyebrows and eyes are handsome, and the top of his face has faded into a youthful and childish spirit, as if he is a mighty young man who has grown up like a green bamboo, and there is a little more sophisticated wind and frost in his eyes, which makes Luo Shi familiar and unfamiliar.

The hand on his arm suddenly clenched, her eyes filled with moisture, her throat choked, and after half a sound, finally called out his name:

"Pockets?"

“……”

Li Chen was shocked, how long has it been since no one called him like this anymore?

Crazy thoughts grew in his heart, and he couldn't wait to meet her gaze, his eyes constantly roaming over her face, trying to find traces of Sister A on her face.

Luo Shi looked at him with hesitation and surprise in his eyes, but there was no trace of joy, and then he remembered his current appearance.

Dr. Zhang gave her the Yurong cream, she used up four cans in three years, and there are a lot of special decoctions on weekdays, and gradually the scars on her face are already complete.

But the strange thing is that in the mirror, her appearance has changed greatly, except for the previous shadow at the eyebrows and eyes, almost changed her appearance, and she has become a different person.

Although it is not as delicate as in the past, it is a little more cold and handsome. It's also common for the pocket to not recognize her.

The four eyes are facing each other, and the doubts are difficult to dispel.

He was still eagerly awaiting her explanation, but she was speechless for a moment, and she didn't know where to start.

Fortunately, at this moment, Qiqi ran out, threw himself into Luo Shi's arms, looked at the man with his head sideways, and asked in a low voice:

"Mother, you call him a pocket, is he the little uncle who loves to eat donkey meat and big buns?"

If there is still doubt about the pocket, but only one person in the world knows about his love of eating donkey meat buns.

"Sister! You're not dead, you're still alive! ”

Li Chen put down the saber in his hand and knelt down in front of Luo Shi, his eyes were full of ecstasy, but he was still puzzled, how could Sister A's appearance change drastically?

Sister and brother recognized each other, and their hearts were excited, but with Qiqi in her arms, she held back her tears and only said in a dumb voice:

"At that time, it was difficult to escape from the fire, and you were far away in the province, so I couldn't just talk to you, Sanniang was also what I asked her to hide, fortunately, there will be a goodbye day in this life"

Li Chen is always a thin pocket in front of Luo Shi, his nose is wrinkled, and tears are shed, only using the back of his hand to block this embarrassing appearance, not to let the other people in the dart game see it, and laugh at it.

As long as Sister Ah is alive, this is a great joy, and he will not complain and blame her for concealment.

The man has tears and does not flick, walking darts and horses outside the gate, even if he is tired and tired, he has never shed a single tear, and he has never had such a gaffe of crying with joy today.

The tears were uncontrollable, until a warm little hand wiped the tears from his face for him:

"Little uncle, I'm Qiqi, don't cry, be careful of wetting the bed at night"

“……”

Luo Shi smiled, hugged Qiqi in her arms, gently scratched her little nose, and scolded:

"It's not big or small, tease your little uncle, your little uncle is much better than you, and he won't wet the bed since he was a child"

This made Li Chen's old face blush, and he just wanted to find a crack to drill on the spot.

The daughter-in-law covered her chest and said a few words of joy with a smile on the side:

"Okay, okay, my mother's family has recognized each other, this is a happy thing, the fate of heaven is here, otherwise Qiqi would have invited him to come to the rescue."

Li Chen collected his excitement and glanced at Luo Shi.

Seeing that she was in poor clothes, except for a silver ingot in her palm, she didn't even have a burden of clothes, and she was no different from those refugees, he expected that Sister A would also be able to escape from Liangzhou, so he said:

"Sister, where are you going? Tongzhou, I'm going to take leave with the chief dart head and escort you back! ”

Luo Shi didn't answer, but asked in turn:

"Are you going north to pass by water?"

Li Chen nodded and said: "Yes, we have sold military horses from outside the Guan, and we have already taken a step ahead of the team and gone to the Pingshui Pass, I will escort a batch of medicines to treat injuries and stop bleeding, and follow them to the front line."

"Douzi, if you get permission, send Qiqi and Cuiying's aunt's family to Tongzhou, find Sanniang to live and settle down, invite the best doctor for Erkui, and be sure to save him......"

"What about you?" Li Chen asked.

"I went to the water pass with the dart team, I want to find a person, I must not let him die on the battlefield!"

Li Chen was very embarrassed, he had just been reunited with his sister, he didn't want to be separated, and he didn't worry about her going to the water gate alone.

"Mother, I don't want to be separated from you!"

Qiqi stopped doing it as soon as he heard this, and tightly wrapped his arms around Luo's neck and didn't let go.

The daughter-in-law understands Luo Shi's decision, but she is also worried about it, but in the past few years, she knows the personality of the rising lady, and once she decides something, she will not change it.

Knowing that persuasion was useless, he said:

"It's too dangerous for you to go to find Shengzi alone, just let this little brother of the mother's family, escort you together, we are fine, if we can only find a board car for Erkui, we can find Tongzhou ourselves"

After some thought, Li Chen could answer:

"I can find a carriage for my aunt, and send another executioner to escort me, all the way to Tongzhou, from here to Tongzhou in half a month at the earliest."

"Eh, that's really troublesome" Manho's daughter-in-law thanked her gratefully, and turned to Luo Shi and said:

"Don't worry, Qiqi will be handed over to me, I will take good care of her, and wait for you to come back with Shengzi"

Luo Shi held back her tears, listening to Qiqi's loud crying voice, her heart was like a knife.

She didn't want to be separated from her sweetheart and daughter, but she really couldn't take her to the water pass, where she was still unable to protect herself on the line between life and death, and she had no energy to take care of Qiqi anymore.

Landing and smashing the pit, that's it.

Li Chen returned to the team and explained the matter to the chief dart, Lu Yong is a benevolent and righteous person, and treats Li Chen as a righteous son, since he is a family member, he will definitely help him with all his might.

A skilled executioner was immediately assigned to a mule cart full of food and water for the Manchu family.

The dart game can't stay long, and it is about to start immediately.

Luo Shi finally coaxed Qiqi, temporarily coaxed her to say that she would never leave, and when she fell asleep, she carefully handed it to Aunt Cuiying and asked her to be carried into the mule cart.

Turning around and striding away, she couldn't bear to look at the mule cart again, for fear that her emotions would collapse, she raised her hand, turned her back to the mule cart and waved her hand desperately—

Hearing the sound of the wheels moving away, she sat down in the mud as if her strength had been drained.

*

Luo Shi changed into a men's suit of executioners, wore a warm hat trimmed with wind fur, straddled the mule cart, and followed the dart team on the road to the water pass.

Three years ago, the Liang family army was stationed in Pingshui Pass, and Luo Shi also gave a long time to the spicy seeds, and then the army reported all the way, forcing the Xirong people to retreat outside the city pass, and her business of spicy people gradually disappeared.

Now the Great Wall guards rebelled, forcing the Liang army to return to the water pass, contain the Xirong army head-on, and then divide part of the troops to encircle and suppress the guerrilla stragglers who wantonly looted in Liangzhou.

Listening to the pocket, Lu Yong, the head of the dart, admires Uncle Liang's prestige at night, and this time he sent the horse and the medicine to the dart, all of which were spontaneous, and he didn't want the army to reward him.

At the moment of national crisis, everyone should contribute, although there is no regret in death, let alone the gold and silver that life does not bring and death does not bring.

Just listening to what Douzi said, Luo Shi admired Lu Yong, and was also relieved and happy that Douzi could find such an elder's supervision.

The dart team traveled all the way, even in the starry night, and when they were hungry, they would divide some dry and hard meat strips, soak them in water and eat them, and when they were sleepy, they would take turns on duty and rest in the field.

Lu Yong will not be given preferential care because Luo Shi is a woman, except that she does not have to keep vigil, her treatment is exactly the same as that of ordinary executioners.

After walking for about ten days, I finally arrived at the bottom of the double hump.

Lu Yong turned out a monocular clairvoyant with golden light, and rebuked this wide wasteland:

"Climb over the double hump, you will reach the water pass, the sky black mountain road is difficult to walk, today will be here to repair the night, tomorrow again"

"Yes!"

The chief dart gave the order, and the executioner got busy.

Because repairing at night does not mean that you can sit on the ground, you need to line up in line to protect the darts, which have their own doorways in the dart board.

Luo Shi glanced at everyone, and saw that the queue was still very long, and she didn't care about each other, she also brought it up, why not learn the military camp and military formation, the battle line was too long, if an enemy came to attack, wouldn't it be easy to be cut off?

At that time, she was also ridiculed, saying that women don't understand and don't have to speak.

Hou Douzi explained to her that the dart team is different from the marching war, in a team, it is always the dart is the most important thing, the lizard has a broken tail, and it is just a life, as long as one side is attacked, the other can be broken and escaped, and the loss of a cargo will be reduced, because most of the people who come to intercept the dart are bandits, aiming to rob money, not to take their lives.

According to the old rules, tents were erected on the spot and bonfires were lit.

Li Chen and Lu Yong set up a twelve-point spiritual vigil, this is the foot of the double hump mountain, there are often bandits haunted, they dare not relax.

On the side, she ate nothing, but barely filled her stomach, she hugged her knees, roasted the fire, and gradually became sleepy......

Instantly!

A gust of wind blew and sand flew away, and the horses neighed incessantly.

Lu Yong's heart was uneasy, his eyelids kept jumping, and the experience of darts for so many years told him that it would not be peaceful tonight.

Luo Shi was awakened, and her heart was pounding violently-

She glanced at the empty wasteland around her, and there was not even a place to shelter, and if there was an enemy at this moment, wouldn't she be reduced to fish and meat on the board, and let others slaughter them?

Called Li Chen, who was waiting for him, aside, and said something.

Li Chen was silent, as if he was thinking about something, and after half a sound, he nodded firmly and said:

"Sister, I think your idea is right, I'll go and persuade Lu Darttou and ask him to give his life!"