On this day, they entered the territory of Taozhou, and after Taozhou, they were only a day or two away from the capital.

When the inn rested, the officials of the inn told them that they must hurry up during the day, and if they could not reach the next inn or town at night, there would definitely be danger.

Sun Congwen asked why.

The man was also kind-hearted, so he said: "This year, all parts of the country have suffered from different degrees of drought, and Taozhou and Hanyang in the north are the most serious. Seeing that God has no way to live, many people have started to rob their homes. So be careful, don't sleep in the wilderness, and settle down in big towns. ”

Sun Congwen responded and thanked others.

And on that day they were moving much faster than ever. But despite this, they did not make it to the next post house before dark.

I drove a little way in the dark, and there were three or four families on the side of the road, but when I went in to see, there were people inside, and most of the people who wanted to come to the master's house also fled.

Because it was not known how long it would take to get to the town, Liu Lin decided to rest here first after asking Li Qin and Sun Congwen. Thinking of the reminder of the innkeeper during the day, they didn't even light a fire, they simply ate dry food, cleaned the house casually, and then rested.

In the middle of the night, Li Qin was shouted by Li'er, and Li Qin opened his eyes to see that it was dark outside.

Just wanted to ask Li'er, but I heard the voice of the willow forest outside: "Is the cousin girl up, we don't have much time!" ”

Because of the previous reminder, Li Qin didn't even take off his coat when he slept, just listening to Liu Lin's words, he could already feel his tightness.

Li Qin hurriedly got up, opened the door and walked out with Li'er.

Liu Lin didn't expect the cousin to come out so quickly, and immediately returned it, but soon he said: "Cousin, there are many people coming to our side, in order to ensure your safety, we must leave immediately!" ”

It seems that what the previous person said is true, Li Qin immediately asked, "Does Uncle Liu know how many people came?" ”

"Twenty or thirty people less."

"If we leave like this, then my father's ......" Li Qin's voice was a little uneasy.

Liu Lin naturally understood, and said, "Don't worry, cousin, I have already arranged it before I came to wake up the girl." There is a vegetable cellar dug by the locals here, but you need to be wronged by Lord Li first. ”

Liu Lin, who has always been the most vigilant, naturally became more cautious after listening to the words of the person in the post house. Almost as soon as they were ready to rest, there was movement outside, and it felt like someone was watching them all the time.

Fortunately, there were only one or two people before, and Liu Lin didn't dare to startle the snake, so he only quietly arranged it with Sun Congwen and Ding Liao Yao Xu. After a moment of silence outside, he came to wake up the girl.

Liu Lin thought that the man had already left, but who knew that after a while, he heard the sound of twenty or thirty people coming towards him. Only then did Liu Lin know that their group of people was afraid that they had already been dangling under the noses of others.

In such a situation, if Liu Lin tells the truth, the cousin doesn't know what will happen.

Li Qin hadn't heard the movement yet, but looking at Liu Lin's rare and stern face, he also knew that the situation was critical, "In a situation like this now, this can only be done first!" ”

In a hurry, several people jumped into the carriage, Sun Boming set up the carriage, Ding Liao opened the road in front, and Liu Lin and Yao Xu followed closely behind the carriage.

Liu Lin was afraid that Li Qin would think too much, so he said: "Let's walk for a day, this place is not far from the next town, as long as we get to the next town, we will be safe!" The person at the White Sun Post House also said that most of these people are villagers from nearby villages, so don't worry too much! ”

On the surface, Liu Lin said this, but in fact, Liu Lin himself had no bottom in his heart.

The carriage ran fast, and since he got on the official road, Sun Boming did not stop whipping the horsewhip again and again, and ran out of several miles in the blink of an eye.

The movement of about the run was heard by the people behind, and before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves behind them, and it was obviously accelerated a lot, and gradually even Li Qin could hear the movement.

Li'er and Vanilla guarded Li Qin one left and one right, their little faces turned pale anxiously, Li Qin was a little calmer, if the slightly shaking hand could be hidden, it would look better.

The louder the voice, the more anxious everyone became, and Li'er urged again and again: "Brother, you hurry up to get there, why is this carriage not moving?" ”

Sun Boming was so anxious that sweat was pouring out on his face, he wanted to come quickly, but this was already the fastest, couldn't he hear the sound getting closer and closer!

Despite their desperate efforts, they were unable to shake off the people who were chasing behind them.

Li Qin's carriage was soon forced to stop by those men.

There were about 20 bandits, all of them fierce and vicious, with scimitars at their waists. This knife is very common in the local area, and it is a sickle used by the locals to cut grass.

"The big boss, the little ...... The second master is right! A short and fat man circled around Li Qin and the group, and then reported to the man in the lead.

Yao Xu held the big knife in his hand tightly, and before he could make a move, he was quietly pressed back by Liu Lin and shook his head.

Don't look at these people all dressed up as villagers, but each of them is a practitioner. If only the three of them could fight, but at this time, with these people behind them, they would definitely not dare to move, so as not to hurt the cousin and alarm these bandits.

"Uncle, we are all ordinary refugees, all the belongings are here, I hope you will smile and leave us alive!" Sun Congwen bent his waist, took out a purse and a small wooden box from his arms, nodded and handed them over.

Someone took the things from Sun Congwen's hand and handed them to the man in charge.

The jujube red horse under the leader of the man kept snorting and moving restlessly. The man didn't even look at the things handed over by Sun Congwen, and went straight to the side of the carriage, and with a wave of the long sword in his hand, the curtain of the carriage was broken in half.

Li Qin sat firmly in the carriage, his face was already pale with frightened herbs and grains beside him, and he snuggled up to Li Qin tightly!

Liu Lin clenched the long sword in his hand, ready to do it at any time, although he couldn't protect everyone, but the three of them could still fight with their cousin!

"Raise your head!" The long sword in the man's hand pointed straight at Li Qin.

Although Li Qin kept his head down, he also felt that the burning eyes were staring at him.

A thief next to him immediately said angrily: "Our big boss told you to raise your head, didn't you hear? ”

The man in charge swept his eyes over, and the thief who spoke immediately stopped talking.

In the face of such a situation, how could Li Qin not be afraid, but she didn't want to show her cowardice in front of these people.

In the middle of the ring, the leader man spoke again: "Raise your head!" ”

Li Qin slowly raised his head and looked at the man in charge, and some thieves even lit torches and approached. No matter how well she disguised it, her miserable little face was enough to explain everything.

Most of the man's face was covered by a strange mask, and he couldn't see his original appearance, but he could see that he seemed to be smiling!

The man looked at Li Qin for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Take it away!" ”