At noon, the sun hung in the sky, and the light sunlight shrouded the mournful Xinghua Village.

Lu Ziling and Lin Sanlang stepped up their steps and rushed back all the way, covered in sweat, listening to the bursts of crying from the village, the two of them glanced at each other, and their backs were cold, as if someone had put a piece of ice behind them.

Shiro, Xiaoyingzi, Xiaosheng, are they okay?

This is the common sentiment of the two of them.

When I entered the village, I saw that the door-to-door bucket was wide open, and the courtyard was faintly in disarray, and the villagers knelt down or stood at the door one by one, crying incessantly, with insulting voices in their mouths, and their eyes were so desperate that there was no trace of life.

"What's going on?" Saburo limped back and asked casually.

"The bandits who have been stabbed by a thousand knives have come and robbed our children and food, woo woo...... My Yan'er, she's only eleven years old...... "It's Aunt Wang who speaks."

Her husband had just been arrested as a soldier, leaving her and her daughter to rely on each other, but she didn't expect her daughter to be snatched away by thieves today, how could she live.

After listening, Lu Ziling and San Lang didn't care about pity for others, and rushed home, hoping that Shiro and them were okay.

The door of the Lin family was also open, and the mess was scattered all over the place, and there was no trace of Shiro and the children.

Saburo threw himself in horror and shouted at the top of his throat, "Shiro, Xiaoyingzi, Xiaosheng......" No one responded.

His fox eyes were full of horror and despair, and he was crazy and looked for him in the front and back yards.

Lu Ziling's heart was cold, and she ran into Shiro's room in a panic, except for the things that were turned upside down, Shiro and them were gone.

Her eyes were slightly red, and she walked tremblingly to Da Lang's room, walking very slowly, for fear of scaring away hope.

She kept telling herself that they were all fine, they were all in Da Lang's room, they were fine, but no matter how slow she went, Da Lang's room still arrived.

She looked at the door in front of her in horror, raised her hand trembling with terror, and slowly pushed the door open.

"Xiao Sheng......" she called softly, tears coming out of her eyes, "Xiao Sheng, are you in there?" ”

She stood at the door, never daring to go in, for fear that there was no one inside, for fear that the last hope would be dashed.

Suddenly, the door was opened from the inside, Xiao Sheng timidly revealed half of his face, Lu Ziling covered his mouth, and cried whining, he was still there, he was fine.

"Where's Xiaoyingzi?" Seeing that there was only Xiaosheng, she asked again uneasily.

When it came to Xiao Yingzi, Xiao Sheng's eyes were full of warmth, he opened the door and walked to the backyard, Lu Ziling hurriedly followed, and most of his heart was relieved, Xiao Yingzi should be fine.

When they arrived in the backyard, Xiao Yingzi had been found out of the haystack by Saburo, Xiao Yingzi blinked her wet eyes, she should have cried, Saburo hugged her, her back to them, her shoulders trembled slightly.

Xiao Sheng looked enviously at San Lang holding Xiao Yingzi, his little hands slowly clenched, when will his father come back?

Xiao Sheng is not as ignorant as Xiao Yingzi, he has vaguely known the world, he heard the adults in the family discussing who to be a soldier, although he didn't know what being a soldier was, but feeling the sad atmosphere of the family, he thought, that is not a good place to go.

He watched Da Lang run out through the crack in the door, and then San Lang and Shiro also chased out, and finally San Lang and Shiro came back, but Da Lang has not come back until now, and he vaguely knows that his father is going to be a soldier.

Last night, he refused Lu Ziling's company, and no one saw him sleep all night, crying silently at the lonely moon all night.

His mother left him and left, and now even his father is gone, and he has been abandoned by everyone.

Lu Ziling felt Xiao Sheng's loneliness and self-pity emanating from his bones, his heart was sour, and he hurriedly squatted down, looking at him gently with a pair of moist eyes.

"Your dad will be back, he's only gone temporarily." She can understand Xiaosheng's pain, because she has experienced it too.

"Will you come back?" Xiao Sheng's tone was extremely low.

Lu Ziling touched his head, "Yes, he can't bear you." ”

Xiao Sheng's dark eyes looked at her quietly, as if thinking about the truth of this sentence.

"Miss Lu......"

Aunt Lin stumbled in, covered in dirt, her hair unkempt, and her face panicked and desperate.

When Lu Ziling saw this situation, she knew that something was wrong, so she immediately stood up to meet her, and hurriedly asked, "Are you all right?" ”

When Aunt Lin saw her, her tears burst instantly, and her eyes were full of despair, "Bandit...... Woowoo...... Cui'er was snatched away...... Woowoo...... Your third uncle was taken away by the conscripts...... Woowoo woo ......"

She pulled Lu Ziling's sleeve, howled and cried, and spoke intermittently.

Lu Ziling was cold, thinking of the shy and kind Lin Cui, her eyes were red, and tears were rolling in her eyes.

She held back her tears, took a breath, patted Aunt Lin's back and comforted: "Third aunt, don't worry, no matter what happens, we will find a way to solve it." ”

Aunt Lin's crying slowed down, shook her head, and thought of the injured Shiro, pulled Lu Ziling and walked out, "Shiro, you save Shiro quickly......"

When the bandits came, she hid Lin Cui in the haystack, but she didn't expect Lin Zhao to hide the food at home there, but half of it was hidden, and the bandits broke in, and Cui'er and the grain were discovered.

In order to snatch back Cui'er, she desperately tore with the bandits to the entrance of the village, and was knocked to the ground by several strong men, and a strong man pulled out a knife to kill her......

On the west of Wujiang, large boats pulled the people who were brought by conscription, like poisonous mushrooms drifting on the water.

The people were locked in the cabin, the cabin was very dark, and the occasional afterglow was exposed between the partitions, and the people were full of several warehouses, sitting next to each other on the board, all with blank and dead faces on their faces.

It had been a day and a night since they boarded the ship, and they had not eaten any rice grain, not a drop of water, and they were dizzy with hunger.

Every time there is a war, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court hide behind to grab military merits, and the people in front are all this group of recruited people, he has no battle armor, he can't eat enough, his weapons are all shabby, and he is blocking the attacking enemy with his flesh and blood, and it is those officers and soldiers and noble children in the rear who sit on the fruits of military exploits.

Jiro sat silently in a corner, his deep eyes slightly closed, he had experienced days like this, hunger and fear only made him more awake.

"Erlang!" Suddenly, there was a call from the crowded cabin.

Erlang opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were full of shock, it was Da Lang's voice, why was he here, could it be that he was hallucinating?

"Erlang!" The voice came again, with a faint disappointment.

Da Lang nested in the middle of the people, his brows were furrowed, that day he said to change Erlang, but he didn't expect the officer and soldier to tie him up and throw him into this group of people, not only did he not change Erlang back according to the promise, but also put himself in.

But he didn't regret it, as long as she was happy, let him do anything.

Thinking of Xiao Sheng, guilt flashed in his eyes, but he believed that Lu Ziling would take good care of Xiao Sheng.

Jiro felt that it was really Da Lang's voice, and he was shocked, and quickly looked up, his ears trying to listen to the sounds around him.

But Da Lang's voice didn't appear again, he relaxed slightly, but there was still an inexplicable uneasiness in his eyes.