Mother Li's face flushed slightly, and she smiled honestly: "Let you see the joke, country woman, if you are not powerful, you can't look at the door, not to mention that I am still a widow, if I am not strong, the family will fall apart." ”

Yun Niang looked at Wanying lying on the bed, and deliberately said loudly: "That's the reason, if it's not a little stronger, others will ride on our necks to and pee, and when we have enough, we won't even have a chance to fight back if we wipe our necks with a knife." ”

Mother Li's ears were clear, and when she heard Yun Niang's words, she wanted to tell Rong Niangniang, and she also echoed: "Isn't it!" People are unpredictable, our own brothers can kill each other, if I am not tougher, my daughter will be snatched away, and my son will be snatched away, and I will have the reputation of a slut. ”

Yun Niang heard what Mother Li said exactly what she wanted to guide, and she was very pleased to continue: "Women, you have to rely on yourself at all times, if you don't hate your heart and your status is unstable, I'm afraid you can't even protect your own children." ”

Wanying has experienced two escapes from death, and she has long understood that the words in the mouths of the two are for herself, although the words are sharp, but Wanying's heart is hot, and she actually sheds tears. He may really be too weak, he was poisoned by others before, and he almost lost his life, and he was set on fire by someone just two days after he arrived in Jinseju.

After all, it was because he was too weak that he let the gangsters poison him repeatedly, but now that he has escaped death twice, he doesn't even know who the person who murdered him is.

Thinking of this, Wanying's tears were even more turbulent, the stupidest person in the world may be herself, and she doesn't even know who she died at!

The night is getting deeper, and the noise in the yard is gradually subsiding, and the people who watch the excitement are no longer lively, so they naturally want to go home.

Li's mother's courtyard finally quieted down at night.

Mother Li came out from under the foot of the broken box, and took out some tattered rags from the broken box, and took out a small bump wrapped in red cloth from under the rotten cloth.

"Niangniang, the fifty taels of silver you gave are here, tomorrow dawn, I will call a cattle cart to take you back to the capital."

The three of them looked at the fifty taels of silver that they had given out a few days ago, and sighed again and again: "I didn't expect it to become a life-saving grace for the day." ”

Wanying had already burst into tears, Yun Niang put the silver ingot back into Li's mother and said, "Don't go to the palace on an errand, the children are still young, and with you at home to take care of the door, the children will not be guilty!" ”

"Aunt Yun, I won't tell you anything, with these fifty taels of silver, I can't sleep well at night, for fear that others will murder our mothers and sons for these silver. In the middle of nowhere, if anyone has so much silver, they won't let the thieves worry about it! ”

"Mother Li, then this silver buys a few acres of land, and with the land, you and the children will not starve to death."

"My affairs with the children, we will figure out our own way, now that Niangniang escaped from the fire, the palace must not be able to go back, the capital is more than 400 miles away from here, you have no silver in your hands, the mother is thirsty and hungry on the road, but what should I do?"

Yun Niang was a little embarrassed, and Mother Li stuffed the silver into Yun Niang's hand again.

"Since this is the case, I will not shirk, and when we return to the capital, I will thank you very much!"

"What do you say, thank you, if it wasn't for the mother who opened the golden mouth that day, how could I come out of the palace and sign a contract to sell myself, otherwise how could I get a tael of silver a month."

"You're enslaved?" Yun Niang asked rhetorically.

Mother Li gritted her teeth and nodded.

"When we return to the capital, let Niangniang exempt you from slavery."

Mother Li pulled Xiao Maozi and her daughter to kneel on the ground, and kowtowed to thank her.

In the evening, Li's mother killed the old hen that laid eggs at home, boiled a thick chicken soup, mixed soba noodles, cooked a few green vegetable leaves, made a bowl of color and flavor, and served it to Wanying.

"Mother Li is worthy of the craftsmanship of the palace dining room, and this noodle is very good."

Mother Li waved her hand honestly and said shyly: "There is nothing to eat at home, only the bottom of the white noodle jar has no white noodles, this is the buckwheat noodles ground by the children, and I don't know if the mother can swallow it." ”

"White soup and black noodles, red meat and green vegetables, how can you not have an appetite?"

"Buckwheat is a coarse grain, a throat that is not as smooth as white flour."

Yun Niang smiled and said, "I won't tell you, if you really want to make a bowl of white noodles, I'm really worried about whether Niangniang can eat it." ”

"Niangniang is now pregnant with a child, and if she can't eat it, she has to eat it strongly, for the sake of the child."

Yun Niang nodded and brought the noodles to Wan Ying. With chopsticks, he pinched a few swarthy noodles and placed them next to Wanying's mouth.

Wanying escaped death and didn't eat for two whole days. When I saw the black noodles, I thought of the last time I ate the green silk noodles, which was the first day I first entered the palace, and I was as hungry as now.

I didn't eat last time because I couldn't be humiliated, but this time it's the truth in the midst of tribulation.

A bowl of noodles was eaten into her stomach, and Wanying sweated.

"Niangniang is wronged, the country house is shabby, Niangniang has been wronged for a night, and when it is dawn, the slave will take you out of the mountain."

"Mother Li, where is this? How far is it from the mountain pass? ”

"Back to the mother's words, this is the home of the slave maid, this village is about thirty miles away from the palace, our village was originally called Sanguan Temple, and later the court and the princes and nobles built the palace and villa on the mountain, our village is close to the palace, burn charcoal in summer, make ice in winter, and now call our place an ice charcoal kiln."

Wanying looked at Mother Li and said quietly: "We ran for a day and a night, and we only walked thirty miles. ”

"Niangniang, we are not familiar with the mountains, and we have walked along the river for half a day, maybe we have taken the opposite path." Hongfu said.

"Fortunately, I found Niangniang, if you really follow the river, it will be a bad thing, the river is going north, the north side of the mountain is sparsely populated, and there are many wild beasts. I heard that there are tigers as well. ”

"It's really scary, I saw that she-wolf yesterday, and it scared my soul away." Hongfu still has palpitations.

"Yulan is the little wolf that Daddy treated before, and she is good friends with Xiao Maozi. There is a little hairy child who will not hurt my sister. ”

"Little Maozi, you don't know, the she-wolf circled around us for a long time yesterday and almost ate us."

"Magnolia has now given birth to two wolf cubs, and she has become much more violent. However, Yulan already knows that her sister is Xiao Maozi's friend and will never scare her sister again. ”

Wanying sat on the edge of the bed, touched Xiao Maozi's little hand, and looked at Xiao Maozi happily.

A room of people talked for a long time, and they rested in one room all night.

Before dawn the next day, Li's mother brought in a few homespun clothes from the yard and handed them to Yun Niang.

"Aunt Yun, the mother's clothes are all burned out, let's change into the old clothes of the slave. It has been washed. ”

Yun Niang saw that Mother Li was wearing a shabby single dress, the collar was worn out, and then the style was clearly a man's style.

"Mother Li, if you still have your man's clothes, give us three, you can keep these clothes for yourself."

Mother Li immediately understood the meaning of Yun Niang's words, and took out her man's previous clothes and handed them to Yun Niang.

Wanying has experienced the catastrophe of life and death, and she has no teacher, so she understands Yun Niang's intention to do this.

If you encounter a pursuer along the way, you may be able to get through the trick.

The master and servant changed clothes in the house, and Yun Niang combed Wanying's man's hair in a bun, and then picked up a worn-out hat on top of the wooden cabinet and put it on her head.

The three of them were neatly dressed, and Li's mother just came back with a livestock cart.

Mother Li knelt on the ground and said, "Niangniang, the cattle cart can't sit so much, and the slave and maid don't worry that the girl is at home alone, so let Xiao Maozi send you out of the mountain for the slave and maid." ”

Wanying gratefully pulled up Li's mother and said, "Mom, your life-saving grace is in my heart, get up quickly." ”

"Niangniang, Xiao Maozi is a big ghost, he is very familiar in the mountains, and he also knows the guards of the mountain pass, I can take you out, I have explained to Xiao Maozi just now, Niang Niang can rest assured."

Yun Niang also took Li's mother's hand and said, "Without further ado, we won't say more, and we'll write back when we get to the capital." ”

Li's mother and daughter stood at the door to bid farewell to the four. In the early morning of summer, on the crisp weeds, the dew of last night has not faded, and the crisp copper bells in the morning light are jingling on the path of Huichang Mountain.

Sitting on the mule cart in the car, Yun Niang took out a few black dumplings from her baggage, one for Wanying, one for Xiao Maozi who was driving, and the remaining two for her and Hongfu were one each.

"Sister, cross this mountain, and you can reach the mountain pass at noon." Xiao Maozi gulped down the buckwheat dumplings and said to Wanying.

Wanying was a little worried in her heart, the pursuers behind yesterday shouted their names and searched in the mountains, and the mountain pass was probably not so easy to get out.

"Is there a way down the mountain besides the pass?"

As he was talking, a big horse galloped over in front of him, and the person on the horse looked like a servant of the official and merchant family. This is a country road, and those who are officials and businessmen should take the official road, so why are they crowded on this uneven road?

"Brother, why don't you go the official way?" When the man got closer, Yun Niang grabbed him and asked.

The man reined in his horse and said with a complaining face: "Don't mention it, the mountain pass is sealed, there is no way, I spent ten taels of silver, and the guards of the mountain pass pointed out a path." ”

Yun Niang was overjoyed when she heard this, and asked, "We are going down the mountain, can my brother tell us about the path." ”

The man said with a cold face, "I have spent ten taels of silver, unless you give me five taels." ”

Five taels of silver can inquire about the way down the mountain, Yun Niang is willing to pay silver, but now there is only a big ingot of fifty taels in her hand, Yun Niang is a little hesitant.

"Ten taels of silver? Xiao Maozi knew the way down the mountain, and he knew not to tell you silver. ”

Yun Niang's hand had already reached into the burden and pulled it out again.

Wanying asked, "Brother, you came from the capital in such a panic, but something is wrong?" ”

The man said with a sad face: "The emperor has died!" I'll pick up our grandfather and go back to the capital to offer condolences. ”

Wanying had been worried about it for a few days and finally happened, Prince Rong was in a hurry to send himself to Huichang Mountain, he must have expected a big change in the palace, and when he thought that Prince Rong was still in the capital, he asked anxiously: "Who is the new emperor?" ”

"The king of Dong'an!" The man spoke without thinking.