After a sleepless night, Ji Yueqin and his party finally left Jinshui City. There were a few white clouds floating in the clear blue sky, blocking the sunlight, and without the sunlight, the air seemed to be a little colder.

The Shadow deflected the carriage off the official road, and even though no one was chasing them anymore, the Shadow continued to drive the carriage non-stop. The horses also kept running, but because they never stopped halfway, their pace gradually slowed down.

So the shadow parked the carriage on the side of the river, allowing the horse to rest and eat some hay, and at the same time let Ji Yueqin and his party replenish some water. The shadow gently lifted the curtain of the carriage, and saw that the girl was still in a daze and hugged Zirui.

The shadow looked at Wan Niang's appearance, and couldn't help but sigh, and reached out to pull Zi Rui from Wan Niang's hand. I don't know where the strength of the girl came from, so she raised her head and stared at the shadow. The shadow was also stunned by Wan Niang's staring, so he let go of his hand and let go of Zirui.

Wan Niang changed back to her appearance just now, just in a daze, without tears or words. Ji Yueqin saw that Wan Niang was like this, so she said softly to Wan Niang: "Wan Niang...... You haven't drunk water all night, it's going to be very uncomfortable for you to go on like this. ”

Wan Niang listened to Ji Yueqin's words, and her godless eyes seemed to have regained some luster, and her mouth squirmed but she still didn't say anything. Xiao Yu looked at Wan Niang's appearance from the side, and couldn't help crying.

"Sister Wan Niang, don't be like this, Sister Zirui won't be dumbfounded when she looks at you like this." Xiaoyu said with some crying.

After hearing this, Wan Niang was shocked and muttered, "Impossible...... No way...... How could Zirui die? Hahahahaha...... Don't talk nonsense......" Wan Niang laughed a little maniacally.

The shadow was sad in his heart, and he could only make Wan Niang sober up, only to see him say to Wan Niang: "Zi Rui is dead!" Lady Niang, be sober! Zirui loves beauty the most, if she knew that you let her lie in your arms covered in blood, would she be happy? Or will she be happy when she looks at you? ”

Wan Niang listened to the words of the dark shadow, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the tears that had long been dried began to pour out of her eyes again. Everyone felt uncomfortable watching this scene, Ji Yueqin cried silently, Xiaoyu also covered his face and cried, and even the shadows that had always been like a wood turned their heads with red eyes.

Everyone didn't bother Wan Niang to vent the sadness in her heart, just quietly waited for her to vent all her emotions. Finally, Wan Niang seemed to accept the facts, and summoned the shadow: "Hold Zirui down, I want to leave this world cleanly for Zirui, she loves beauty the most." ”

Shadow took Zirui's corpse, light and cold. Ji Yueqin and Xiaoyu also got out of the carriage with Wan Niang, went to the river beach to freshen up, and filled some water into the kettle by the way.

After getting out of the carriage, Wan Niang took Zirui from the shadow's hand, and walked to the side of the river beach with Zirui's corpse, dipped her silk handkerchief in water, and gently scrubbed Zirui's face.

Zirui's face was pale without a trace of blood, just calmly closed her eyes as if she was asleep, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. When she saw Zirui's appearance, her heart was sour, so she murmured to Zirui: "Zirui, you love beauty the most, my sister will help you scrub all the dirt on your body now......

Wan Niang didn't care about the blood stains on her body, she just cleaned Zirui's body. Wan Niang's movements were very slow, but everyone didn't urge her, just lit a fire next to her and rested silently.

Half an hour later, Wan Niang finally came back with Zi Rui's corpse on her back, and Wan Niang finally spoke: "Qi Rui's wish is to bury her on the Qingliang Mountain of Da Yu, but we have no way to bring Zi Rui back to Da Yu now, so taking her body will only drag down the county lord." ”

Everyone listened to Wan Niang's words and knew that Wan Niang had already faced the reality, and the top priority was to bury Zi Rui's body by the clear river, and then find a way to bring Zi Rui's body back after returning to Da Yu.

The shadow looked at the girl with a little worry in her eyes, but there was no expression on her face. Wan Niang seemed to feel the gaze of the shadow, and also looked at the shadow. The Shadow used his sword to dig a hole in a relatively open area.

With Ji Yueqin and Xiaoyu also coming to help, the pit was dug in less than an hour. Wan Niang hugged Zirui's slender body and gently put it into the pit, and Zirui lay peacefully in it as if she was asleep.

Wan Niang held Zirui's hand and wept silently. In the end, Zirui's hands were gently folded together, and the soil was picked up to bury Zirui's body.

After the girl sprinkled the first handful of soil, they continued to cover Zirui's body. Flowers and flowers are flying all over the sky, and there is no one to pity the red incense. Now he died and was buried, and it is not known when he will be mourned. The beauty is fragrant, and then sighs.

The shadow looked at Wan Niang's red and swollen peach blossom eyes, which were all desolate, and he understood how hard Wan Niang had been hit by Zi Rui's death, and his heart was filled with a sense of distress. In fact, the shadow doesn't have a little affection for Wan Niang, but because of their identity, they can't be together. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to give Wanniang happiness, and he didn't know if he would leave Wanniang first one day.

The Shadow couldn't bear to look into the eyes of the lady anymore, so he had to stand up and take care of the horses grazing next to him. Wan Niang's expression became even more lonely, and Ji Yueqin held Wan Niang's hand when she saw this. Ji Yueqin's hands were very warm, and the warmth even dispelled the haze in some of the Wan Niang's hearts.

Wan Niang raised her head, pulled out an ugly smile at Ji Yueqin, and patted Ji Yueqin's hand to indicate that she was fine.

After the horses and people were full, Ji Yueqin and his party embarked on the journey back to Dayu.

Their carriages traveled along the country lanes, and not long after leaving the city they turned from the official roads to the country lanes. After all, their carriage has the mark of the governor's mansion, and Lu Zimeng will definitely not give up.

The fragrance of rice flowers said that there was a good year, Ji Yueqin looked out from the window and saw the golden rice waiting for the farmers to harvest, and in the large rice fields, groups of sisters-in-law carried bamboo baskets to bring water and food to their men. Farmers working hard in the fields are smiling and harvesting rice.

Ji Yueqin looked at the happy smiles on the faces of the farmers, and there was also a little loss and sadness in her heart. Once, she also lived happily with her father, mother and younger brother, but now she is the only one left, and she can't even see her future clearly.

Wan Niang also looked out the window with envy, she and Zirui once longed for this kind of small peasant life of male farmers and female weavers. She doesn't want fine clothes and food, all she wants is a husband and children, and the family lives happily together.

Xiaoyu also remembered the days when he and his father were fishing on the river beach, although it was a little bitter, but it was also happy.

A great change has involved many innocent families and shattered the happy lives of many people.

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There are also three castles on the border from Jinshui Castle to Daliang, and it is impossible to go to the city from Jinshui Castle now. Their group will definitely attract the attention of those who care, and it is impossible for Lu Zimeng not to arrange people in each city.

But if they took a long detour, they were afraid that more branches would come out, and the sky gradually darkened, and they had to spend the night in the wilderness.

The twilight sky glowed with a faint red glow, the leaves of the early autumn trees gradually turned yellow, and the area facing the sun had already fallen.

Ji Yueqin stepped on the soft dead branch and made a soft noise, and the shadow untied the kink connecting the horse to the cart, and led the horse to the tree with a rope, and found a piece of land to make a fire.

"I can only grieve the county lord to spend the night here tonight." The shadow said to Ji Yueqin with a slight apology.

Ji Yueqin smiled at the shadow, "Don't be wronged, it's a gift from God to me to survive now." ”

Shadow looked at Ji Yueqin's small body but said such desolate words, he understood that it was because of the great change that the little girl became so precocious and sensible, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart.

The four of them sat around the fire, and Wan Niang let the shadow who had not closed her eyes for two consecutive nights have a good night's rest, and came to keep vigil herself. The shadow looked at the bloodshot in Wan Niang's eyes and disagreed with what Wan Niang said.

These two men did not let anyone, and they had an argument. Ji Yueqin simply said that if neither of them rested, then everyone simply didn't rest. As soon as Shadow and Wan Niang heard that Ji Yueqin did not rest, they obediently stopped making noise, and finally they compromised with each other and kept watch alone for half the night.

After dealing with the problem of night duty, they planned how to disguise themselves to be able to evade the search of the soldiers and return to Dayu smoothly, and finally Ji Yueqin proposed that Wan Niang and Shadow pretend to be husband and wife, while she and Xiaoyu pretend to be their daughters.

The Shadow Wood's face also flushed with a suspicious flush, and the Lady lowered her head shyly. Ji Yueqin felt that everyone had no opinion on this proposal, so she and Xiaoyu returned to the carriage to rest.

The shadow asked Wan Niang to rest first, but Wan Niang couldn't resist the shadow's persistence, so she also followed into the carriage. In the middle of the night, the shadow didn't wake up Wanniang when he saw that Wanniang didn't wake up, but Ji Yueqin woke up.

Ji Yueqin got out of the carriage lightly, the two people in the carriage were still asleep, and Ji Yueqin's movements did not wake them up. The shadow saw Ji Yueqin come out, and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ji Yueqin.

Ji Yueqin whispered to the shadow: "You should also go and rest, I will keep vigil for Wan Niang." ”

Seeing that Ji Yueqin was going to keep vigil, the shadow wanted to let Ji Yueqin go back to the carriage to rest. But Ji Yueqin's determined and undeniable gaze made the shadow give up, and agreed to Ji Yueqin's vigil, but if something happened, wake him up as soon as possible. Ji Yueqin nodded in agreement with the shadow, and the shadow leaned against the trunk of the tree and closed his eyes.

Xu really hadn't rested for a long time, and the shadow immediately fell asleep, and Ji Yueqin was alone with a twig stirring the burning fire.

There was nothing to do all night, and Ji Yueqin, who was well-rested, and his party embarked on their journey again.