Chapter XXVIII
After the carriage left the city. Going all the way to the southwest, the group had to take care of the women and children in the carriage, and they didn't go too fast, but the carriage was a little bumpy after all, and it didn't stop on the road, and Qiu Ruoshui's son cried on the road for several times.
At noon, the carriage passed by a simple tea shed, and the group stopped the carriage and horses, asked for some tea in the tea shed, and sat down to rest with their own dry food.
After a while, the child held by Wan's mother began to cry again, and Wan's mother whispered for a long time, and the child became more and more noisy.
Qiu Ruoshui was helpless, and personally held it in her arms for a long time and still didn't see it, just when she didn't know what to do, the lady who sold tea came over and said with a somewhat restrained smile: "This little lady, or I'll help you coax, there are several girls in my family, this coaxing children, I have experience." β
Xu Ze, who was drinking tea on the side, looked over vigilantly, and saw the woman with a simple smile, probably because of the perennial stall here, the woman's skin was dry and dark, and she was nervously rubbing her hands with wrinkled bones, probably because her words were too abrupt.
Qiu Ruoshui obviously didn't expect the lady who sold tea to say this, and looked at the woman with some surprise.
The man, who had been busy behind the tall and humble tea table, was obviously a little surprised when he heard the woman's words, and came out from behind the tea table, first glared at her twice, and then pulled the corner of the woman's clothes, and motioned her to go back.
"Don't blame the nobles, the village savages, they don't understand the rules, let's go down." The man was a little clumsy and frightened and apologized to Qiu Ruoshui.
"Well, ah, if the little lady is not at ease, forget it......" The woman who was already a little nervous seemed to be frightened by Xu Ze's eyes, and seemed to feel even more embarrassed because Qiu Ruoshui didn't speak, and she also said embarrassed and nervous.
"Then I'm sorry for you!" Qiu Rushui suddenly smiled lightly and handed the child to the woman.
"Huh?" The woman was a little surprised, and when she saw Qiu Ruoshui really handing over the child, she hesitated a little and looked at Xu Ze cautiously.
Xu Ze frowned and retracted his gaze.
Seeing Xu Ze retract her gaze, the woman looked at her father-in-law at a loss.
The man was also surprised, and looked at the woman face to face......
"Auntie!" The child's crying voice was a little hoarse, and Qiu Ruoshui handed the child to the woman again.
The woman looked at Qiu Ruoshui for a long time, and saw that she didn't seem to be joking, so she hesitated to reach out and take the child carefully.
Seeing this, the man didn't dare to say anything more, but looked nervously at the child in the woman's hand.
Qiu Ruoshui's child cried even more sadly when he saw that he suddenly changed to a stranger to hug him.
The woman was busy coaxing softly, and the hand holding the child also shook slightly, and the child walked back and forth in the small tea shed.
The woman's voice is a little rough, but when she coaxes the child, her tone is very gentle, full of magnetism, which makes people listen to it very comfortably......
Sure enough, when the child reached the woman's hands, his crying became quieter, and at last he fell asleep slowly.
Xu Ze, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but glance at the woman again, it turned out to be a person with some real skills, but thinking that the woman had several children in the family, he was not surprised.
Qiu Ruoshui saw that the child was asleep, and was grateful, because she was afraid that the child would not sleep well enough, so she asked the woman to help her carry the child to the carriage and then change it into her arms.
Xu Ze also beckoned everyone to get up and prepare to hurry.
After getting back on the road, maybe they were too tired from crying all the way before, Qiu Ruoshui's child slept well, and everyone finally felt cleaner.
I walked forward for about two quarters of an hour and entered Yunfeng Mountain.
Yunfeng Mountain is densely forested and the roads are rugged, Xu Ze asked everyone to cheer up and hurry as soon as possible.
The group guarded the carriage of Qiu Ruoshui Jellyfish tightly and walked forward nervously.
The mountain road is relatively narrow, and the trees on both sides are towering, and the afternoon sun shines through the dense foliage, and the light and shadow fall on the road and people, and there is some smell of rotting leaves in the air.
There are few people rushing in the mountains, and the road is a little too quiet, and the "click" of the horse's hooves and the "creaking" of the wheels against the ground are particularly clear.
Occasionally, the mountain wind blows in gusts, and the trees in the forest suddenly sound, which makes people nervous inexplicably.
The deeper you go, the taller the trees in the forest, the thick branches and dense foliage almost completely obscuring the sky overhead, and the light becomes more and more dim, like the twilight before the mountain rain.
The group tensed their nerves and walked forward cautiously.
Xu Ze, who was walking in the front, suddenly raised his hand, and the guards immediately stopped in unison, and the coachman who was sitting on the wheel to catch the car was startled and took the reins: "Pilot-" Kankan stopped the carriage.
The carriage came to a sudden stop, and the body shook a little, startling the people in the carriage.
"What's wrong? Why did it stop all of a sudden? β
Wan's mother, who was sitting on the same horse as Qiu Ruoshui, raised the curtain of the car and asked.
Just poked her head out, and saw a group of fierce and vicious black-clothed people standing in front of the crowd, Mother Wan was so frightened that her tongue was knotted: "This, who are these?" β
"Mom, what's wrong?" Qiu Ruoshui's soft voice came out
Xu Ze glanced at Mother Wan and said, "It's okay, let the lady not panic!" β
"Okay, good ......" Wan's mother hurriedly lowered the curtain.
"Who are you?" Xu Ze looked at the black-clothed man in front of him, and secretly observed that there were thirty people on the other side, and it seemed that the person who came was not good, so he couldn't help but tense his mind.
The man in black who led the way didn't say a word, but suddenly moved, and attacked directly.
The rest of the men in black also rushed forward with their swords drawn.
Xu Ze's expression froze, and he ordered: "Protect the lady!" β
Soon, the two groups of people were in a battle, and the sound of swords striking and the sound of sharp weapons piercing into the skin stimulated Qiu Ruoshui and Wan's mother who were hiding in the carriage, as well as Hanyu and Dongyun in the carriage behind.
"Ahh
Xu Ze frowned, but he had no time to take care of it.
Qiu Ruoshui looked at the bright and dangling blade of the knife tied to the carriage, and looked out tremblingly.
One of the guards lifted his kick and kicked the owner of the knife stuck in the carriage away......
Qiu Ruoshui may have been overly frightened, holding the child in one hand, and holding the hand of the same trembling Mother Wan with the other hand to climb out of the carriage, and then let go of Mother Wan's hand, hugging and running forward in a panic.
Seeing this, a man in black hurriedly pulled away and chased after her.
Hearing the footsteps chasing behind, Qiu Ruoshui was even more panicked and ran forward while turning around, and suddenly fell to the ground, his arm hurt, and the child he was holding in his hand flew out......
"Xiang'erβ"
Qiu Ruoshui's heart-rending exclamation made Xu Ze's scalp numb during the fight, and when he turned around, he saw Qiu Ruoshui's son draw an arc in the air and head towards the cliff......
"Childe-" Xu Ze exclaimed in surprise and flew in the direction of the child.
It's just that after all, Xu Ze was some distance away from the direction of the child's fall, and watched the child fall......
"Xiang'er, my Xiang'er, go and save my Xiang'er......" Qiu Ruoshui climbed towards the cliff as if he was crazy.
"Lady!" Xu Zehong held Qiu Ruoshui with red eyes.
"You let go of me, I'm going to save my child......" Qiu Ruoshui broke free of Xu Ze's hand.
The man in black obviously noticed the situation here, and the leading man in black and another man in black struck towards Xu Ze.
Xu Ze couldn't care about Qiu Ruoshui for a while, and he was entangled with the man in black......
Jing Ninghou personally selected more than 20 guards for Xu Ze and asked him to escort Qiu Ruoshui and her son all the way to Nanyue, which shows the importance he attaches to their mother and son.
It's just that when Xu Ze didn't expect it, they didn't even go out of the boundary of Kyoto, and they suffered this change.
There were thirty black-clothed people who intercepted them, not to mention seven or eight more people on their own side, and when they were already at a disadvantage, they couldn't take care of it for a while, so something went wrong.
Seeing Qiu Ruoshui's child fall off the cliff, he couldn't do anything.
Xu Ze's kung fu is not bad, although he is one against two, but he has not been defeated for a while, but the longer he fights with the man in black, the more anxious Xu Ze becomes......
The squire of the criminal department took his subordinates and the person who reported it to search in Yunfeng Mountain for a long time and did not see any wanted criminals, and when everyone was complaining for a while, they heard a faint sound of fighting in front of them, and everyone immediately quieted down, stood in place and listened intently for a while, and it was determined that it was the sound of fighting, and the number of people who listened to the sound and participated in the fight should be quite a lot.
They looked at each other for a long time. The squire of the criminal department beckoned everyone to calm down, and then quietly dived in the direction where the sound of the fight came.
Sure enough, on a mountain road close to the cliff, there were two groups of men and horses fighting vigorously, looking at the casualties, the two sides should have been fighting for a while.
The crowd squatted down in the woods.
"My lord, what should I do? Shall we go over? A catcher asked in a low voice.
The waiter of the criminal department glanced back at the head catcher, and said as a matter of course: "In the past, of course it will pass." β
"When will it pass? Now? The headcatcher glanced ahead, a little worried.
"You stupid! It's not about dying now! The waiter of the criminal department glanced at the head catcher again: "Of course, I will go up when they are almost done." β