The black-clothed shop guy saw that the elder Wei suddenly broke in, and busily took Xiao Xu as a hostage and ordered the other party to exit the room.

The elder Wei took back the lighter and looked at Xiao Xu in front of the other party, Xiao Xu was still unconscious, so he retreated towards the door of the room. The other party continued to shout: "You turn around and squat on the ground, or I will strangle her!" ”

"I close my eyes, you quickly release her, I'll pretend I didn't see anything!" Elder Wei raised his hands and closed his eyes.

The shopkeeper took the hostage and slowly moved towards the table, and when he passed by the table, he was about to blow out the oil lamp, but his mouth and nose were wrapped in a black cloth, and he couldn't breathe, so he reached out and grabbed the oil lamp and threw it at the door.

The elder Wei closed his eyes, but he accurately caught the oil lamp, held it in his hand, and the flame of the oil lamp jumped for a while, and then returned to its original state again. The shopkeeper was a little surprised, the hostage he had taken gradually woke up, when he grabbed Xiao Xu and slowly moved to the door, Xiao Xu suddenly took out a steel needle from his pocket and stabbed him in the thigh.

Xiao Xu's eyes immediately bulged out by his pinched eyes, stuck out his tongue, and began to struggle desperately.

The elder Wei immediately opened his eyes, also took out an awl from his pocket, and quickly stabbed the back of the other party's hand, the shopkeeper threw away Xiao Xu, covered the pierced right hand, and rushed out of the room with an arrow.

Xiao Xu sat on the ground, gasping for breath, Da Lao Wei did not chase after him, but closed the door and helped Xiao Xu up from the ground, at this time Gong Qingzhen on the bed was also awakened and asked: "What happened, why do I feel a little dizzy!" ”

She looked at the two babies on the bed, both of whom were still asleep, before she was relieved.

Xiao Xu came to the table and sat down, wanting to pour water to drink, but the elder Wei explained: "You were put down by someone with smoke, but fortunately I arrived in time!" ”

After hearing this, Gong Qingzhen hurriedly went to check on the two babies on the bed, Xiao Xu didn't dare to drink water, and asked the elder Wei: "Who just kidnapped me?" How did he get into our room? ”

Elder Wei shook his head to say that he didn't know, and Xiao Xu continued to ask: "Then what should we do?" ”

"Don't worry, with me, they don't dare to come again, and when it dawns, we'll leave here!" The eldest elder Wei came to the bedside and saw that Gong Qingzhen had woken up his child and began to breastfeed him, so the eldest elder Wei picked up Mo Yin, the little guy was still asleep.

Elder Wei pulled a chair and held the child at the door.

After Gong Qingzhen breastfed the baby in her arms, she handed it over to Xiao Xu, and then walked to the door, took Mo Yin from the hands of Da Lao Wei, and said, "You go back to the room to sleep, Xiao Xu and I take turns to keep vigil, and call you when you are in danger!" ”

Da Lao Wei waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary. Xiao Xu fell asleep with the two babies on the bed, Gong Qingzhen also began to fall asleep on the table, the eldest old Wei closed his eyes and looked out of the room, and saw the shopkeeper quietly coming to the door with an oil lamp and knocking on the door.

"Who?" Elder Wei asked.

The shopkeeper was busy outside: "Guest officer, do you have any other needs?" ”

"Nope!"

The shopkeeper came to the next room again, and when he saw the door open, he stepped in, and saw the proprietress sleeping very well on the bed, so he hurriedly woke her up and took her out of the room.

After the proprietress and the man returned to their room, they hid inside and never dared to come out again.

Before the sky knew it, the eldest Wei got up and opened the door, returned to his room, cleaned up his salute, Gong Qingzhen and Xiao Xu also packed up, and followed him to the counter with a bamboo basket on his back.

The proprietress saw them inside the counter and hurriedly showed a tough smile.

The eldest elder Wei said to her: "The boss lady checks out!" ”

The proprietress quickly made a calculation and asked, "Is the guest master going to leave so soon?" ”

"Of course, do you want to stay here for a long time?"

"The three of you stayed in two rooms for one night, a total of one dollar!" The proprietress looked at him.

The shopkeeper brought out the livestock they brought, and the elder Wei pointed to a black donkey and said, "I don't have any money on me, how about using this beast to pay for the house?" ”

The proprietress hurriedly agreed, and the eldest elder Wei handed the bamboo basket to the man, and then asked, "Why did the little second brother's hand hurt?" The leg is also a little lame. ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly covered up: "I worked at night and accidentally injured myself!" ”

Xiao Xu stared at the shopkeeper with a surprised look, and the elder Wei hurriedly motioned for her to hurry up.

The two daughters sat on the back of a donkey with their babies in their arms, and the elder Wei led a bantam horse and two mules to open the road in front, and the road was sparsely populated, and the smell of rice porridge wafted from a small roadside shop where breakfast was bought.

The elder Wei stopped, helped the two women to dismount, entered the store, asked the man for porridge and rice, and said, "Prepare sixty meat buns and steamed buns for us, and we will use them as dry food on the road." ”

The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper both looked at him with puzzled eyes, and the elder Wei shouted, "What, are you afraid that I won't be able to pay the bill?" The gray donkey at the door will give you a credit! ”

The boss hurriedly asked the man to bring the porridge up, and the two women ate a reassuring full meal, and fed the baby in their arms gruel.

The shopkeeper put the steamed bun meat bun into the cloth pocket and handed it over to the elder Wei.

Elder Wei nodded and said, "Very good, this donkey belongs to you!" ”

They continued to hurry, out of the town, there was only one road, this time Gong Qingzhen and Xiao Xu Gai rode mules, and Da Lao Wei rode a donkey, leading the horse and followed slowly behind.

Gong Qingzhen asked him: "Comrade Old Wei, where are we going now?" ”

Elder Wei replied: "Let's hurry up to Shangguan Dao, and then go to a nearby city and inquire about the news of our large army there!" ”

Xiao Xu raised his eyes and looked around, and said with a blank face: "Where is the official road?" Where is the city? ”

"There's just one road here, and we'll just follow the road!" The elder Wei began to beat the donkey and move forward.

At noon they came to another river, but when the boatman saw them coming, he was far away from the boat, and no matter how much they cried out, he would not look back.

The elder Wei closed his right eye and looked at the boatman, and when he saw that the boatman's right hand was wrapped in cloth, he said to himself, "Could it be him?" ”

Xiao Xu got off the mule and asked, "Old Wei, do you know this boatman?" ”

The elder Wei hurriedly quibbled: "I don't know, otherwise how could this boatman rocking the boat and leave?" ”

Xiao Xu took the baby from Gong Qingzhen, and the elder Wei helped her get off the mule, and they rested by the river with dry food.

The mules and horses were leisurely eating the dry grass by the river, and the elder Wei said while pouring river water into the bamboo tube: "If we could have a boat now, our speed would be much faster!" ”

But they had used up their rations by the river, and they had not seen any more boats pass by.

Gong Qingzhen said: "It's not surprising, this is not a ferry terminal, how can there be a boat?" ”

But with mules and horses, they don't have to walk anymore, and they save a lot of effort.

As they went up the river, they saw a great mountain in front of them, "I have to go over the mountain again!" ”

Xiao Xu began to complain, and the elder Wei said: "Maybe after crossing this mountain, we can reach the city!" ”

When they came to the intersection at the foot of the mountain, they saw that the stone tablet at the entrance of the building was engraved with "Plagiarism Ridge".

Elder Wei immediately said: "I've been here, but the mountain bandits here are strong, everyone should be careful!" ”