Shao Yongxing was overjoyed when he heard this, so he kept thanking the old woman, and after eating some wild fruits, he wanted to send the old woman down the mountain, but the old woman refused with a smile.

After breaking up with the old woman, the two brothers got up and went on the road, the road pointed by the old woman was full of dense forests, very difficult to walk, it didn't take long for Shao Yonglin to start crying bitter, and after a while, I saw him leaning against a tree and holding his stomach and frowning, Shao Yongxing saw that he seemed to be unwell, so he asked him what was wrong, Shao Yonglin frowned and said: "It's all angry with the old thief, brother, the plums you picked just now are not ripe, why does my stomach hurt so much?" ”

Shao Yongxing said to him: "No, the plums are all ripe." ”

Shao Yongxing really didn't lie, when he ate the plum just now, he felt the sweetness in his mouth, and now that he was full, his body was also full of strength, but he didn't want Shao Yonglin's situation to be completely opposite to it, but he saw Shao Yonglin's lower abdomen gurgling, so that he hurriedly got into the forest.

After he came back, the two continued on the road, and along the way, Shao Yonglin couldn't help cursing at the old woman, while Shao Yongxing smiled beside him and didn't say anything.

Finally out of the woods, but the mountain road under the feet is getting more and more rugged, the old woman said that the fairy temple is on the top of the mountain, but at that time the brothers looked at it, it seemed that the top of the mountain was unattainable, and they couldn't go up for a while, and at that time it was said that the Boxi Mountain fell, and it was going to be dark, Shao Yonglin was very weak because of diarrhea, Shao Yongxing saw that there was no shelter from the rain where the two were at that time, so he had to carry Shao Yonglin on his back to continue the journey, and after about half an hour, that is, an hour, In front of them, another forest appeared.

It was late at night, Shao Yongxing took a foreign fire (the name for matches at that time) from his luggage and lit a bonfire, and then found some wild vegetables and fruits to serve Shao Yonglin to eat first, and then after eating some indiscriminately, the two fell asleep under the tree.

Shao Yongxing was really tired at that time, he was afraid that the weather would be cold after dark, so he covered Shao Yonglin's body with his clothes, and then curled up by the fire, and soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, Shao Yongxing suddenly seemed to hear someone shouting for help in his sleep, so he woke up from the dream, after he woke up, only heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance, and the sound of horses' hooves was mixed with the shouting of a woman.

Although Shao Yongxing is young, he has been accustomed to the hot and cold world since he was a child, especially on the way from Anhui to the Northeast has encountered a lot of tragedies.

So he hurriedly got up and grabbed the soil to extinguish the bonfire, and then shook Shao Yonglin awake, Shao Yonglin was woken up before he knew what was going on, he was covered by Shao Yongxing, Shao Yongxing said to him: "Don't talk, it seems that there is a strong man." ”

The strongman naturally represents the bandits, Shao Yonglin didn't dare to speak anymore after hearing this, and at this time he only heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, but the voice of the cry for help was gone, and the two brothers felt that this was not a place to stay for a long time, so they had to get up and move forward in the dark, hoping to avoid this disaster.

But the two of them hadn't gone far when they heard a sudden 'ah-ah' sound from the woods next to them.

The two were suddenly taken aback, Shao Yonglin couldn't say a word, but Shao Yongxing heard that the voice sounded like a woman, he saw that someone seemed to be injured, and the surname of the helpful man in his heart popped up again, so he wanted to go forward to check, but Shao Yonglin dragged him and didn't let go, Shao Yonglin said to him, more is better than less, let's run.

And Shao Yongxing shook his head, he didn't know why, he always felt that something was wrong, so he pushed aside the bushes, and then looked at the moonlight shining from the gap in the treetops, only to see that a woman fell to the ground, the woman was wearing ordinary peasant clothes, her hair was scattered, Shao Yonglin was a little scared when he saw it, you must know that this barren mountain and wild mountains, and it is still the middle of the night, where did this woman come from?

Could it be a female ghost? And Shao Yongxing was also a little scared at the time, so they didn't move, wanting to see what was going on, the woman lay on the ground and couldn't stop crying and moaning, only to see her cry for a while and then sit up, and then keep rubbing her feet, when the eyes of the two brothers have adapted to the darkness, Shao Yongxing saw that the woman's feet were full of blood, obviously scratched by the wooden thorns erected on the ground, although he was young, but he also understood that this ghost would not bleed, so if you say it, then this woman must be a person.

Thinking of this, Shao Yongxing hurriedly pushed aside the bushes and walked out, as soon as he appeared, the woman screamed first, only to see the woman crying to the two of them: "Uncle spare my life, I don't dare to run anymore, I don't dare to run again!" ”

Shao Yongxing was stunned for a moment, so he stepped forward and said to the woman: "Auntie, don't be afraid, we are not bad people." ”

Let's talk about it here, the female surname in the past is not the same as now, and now women can't wait for everyone younger than him to call her sister, in order to be young, but in the past this was impolite, in the author's childhood, as long as the female surname is five years older than himself, he must be called 'aunt' or 'aunt', which is a sign of respect, but this has nothing to do with this article, so I won't say more.

After hearing Shao Yongxing's words, the woman was stunned for a moment, only to see her sitting on the ground looking at the two people in fear, and the two people were also looking at her.

Although the sky was dark at that time, Shao Yongxing could also see that this was a woman in her thirties, with a goose egg face, although her face was a little unclear, but her voice was very beautiful, but she was frightened at the time, and her body couldn't stop shaking.

And the woman seemed to see it at the time, these were two fourteen or fifteen-year-old children, and they were not the ones who wanted to arrest themselves, so she panicked at Shao Yongxing and said, "Little brother, help!" There's a beard to catch me!! ”

It turned out that this woman was the wife of a commoner in Benxi, only because of the turbulence at that time, so the folk rattling horse thieves were everywhere, and these bandits were wanderers who could not survive, because they usually swallowed each other, so it became the climate, they usually lived in the mountains, and then went down the mountain at night to rob the food and silver, this woman was caught by them, the gang of bandits wanted to take her to the mountain and detain her, but when they went up the mountain, due to the bumps in the mountain road, they turned the woman off the horse, and the woman did not want to be humiliated. So I had to bite off the rope in my hand and escape, and after escaping for half the night, I finally escaped here.

But before the woman could finish talking about what happened to her, suddenly there were a lot of scolding voices in the forest, as if there were many people coming, and after the woman heard these voices, she cried to Shao Yongxing in despair: "Please ask the little brother to save my life!" ”

After finishing speaking, she bowed to the two of them to the end, but Shao Yonglin panicked at the time, you must know that they have not encountered bandits along the way, he naturally knows that these bandits are a group of murderers who do not blink an eye, in fact, this is not sensational, the desperate situation can make people's surnames distorted, after all, at that time, all the people did not have a good life, so some people who couldn't live had evil thoughts, if you don't kill people, maybe you won't live, people at a higher level oppress them, So they, the people, gathered together and began to bully the people who were more pitiful than them, like a cycle of evil surnames.

Speaking of which, the reason why the two of them dressed up as if they were called Hanako was to be able to protect themselves in this world where the wicked were in charge, and now that they heard that the bandits were coming, if they saw it, the lives of the two would be difficult to protect, so Shao Yonglin said to Shao Yongxing: "Brother, don't worry about it, let's run!" ”

But Shao Yongxing saw that the woman was pitiful, and he couldn't bear to leave her alone, the situation was urgent, so Shao Yongxing whispered to Shao Yonglin: "Let's take her away." ”

"Are you crazy!" Shao Yonglin exclaimed at Shao Yongxing: "It's okay if you like to be nosy, but you don't look at what time it is!" I can't take care of myself, where can I still care about others? Look at her feet, can she still walk? ”

Shao Yongxin didn't speak, but he also understood that what his brother said was true, if they were really discovered by the bandits, even if they could hold their surname, they would inevitably be captured by them as slaves, and they would say that they were nothing, but he couldn't bear to suffer this crime with his younger brother, so after thinking about it, he said to Shao Yonglin: "Brother, you run first, run diagonally, it's best to find a tree to climb up and hide, I'll chase you in a while!" ”

"You're crazy!" Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Shao Yonglin shouted at Shao Yongxing: "Why are you so stupid? Why bother with her?! ”

Shao Yongxing smiled helplessly at Shao Yonglin, and then said to him: "That's how our father saved me at that time." ”

It turned out that Shao Yongxing decided to make this move because Shao Yong wanted him to wander around when he was young, but he was unlucky to catch up with him, and met a group of strongmen in a town, which was a gang that colluded with bandits to snatch children, they picked children to attack, and then sold the stolen children to other places as child labor.

Shao Yongxing was caught by them at that time, suffered a lot, and finally on the way to transport them to the field, he finally saw the opportunity to escape, and those bandits saw that he had escaped and chased after him, I didn't want to meet Shao Yong who was passing through here, although Shao Yong was a shaman, but the heir was also a person, he naturally couldn't fight so many bandits, but he couldn't bear to watch such a young child suffer such a catastrophe, so he had to hide in the small alley on the side, Wait until the child runs in, hold him, then turn around and run.

At this moment, there were bandits looking for people found them, so they came to chase, Shao Yong held the child all the way to run wildly, and finally ran into a dead end, the end of the alley is a dirt wall, although it is not high, but Shao Yong is holding the child but it is difficult to read, and the situation is imminent, in fact, Shao Yong can escape by himself over the wall, but he did not do it, he first helped the child on the wall, he climbed up, but at this time, the gang of bandits chased, and a bandit saw that they were going to run, Immediately threw the machete out of his hand.

The machete happened to look at Shao Yong's shoulder, Shao Yong reluctantly held the child and folded it on the other side of the wall, but he didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly carried the child into a house, and then escaped from the back window of the house, since then, Shao Yong's shoulder has been left with a scar, all in the eyes of the young Shao Yongxin, he knew in his heart that in fact, his father had nothing to do with him, but he saved himself regardless of his own safety.

This incident had a great impact on Shao Yongxin, since then, Shao Yongxin has always been his stepfather as the goal, although he does not have much ambition, but he also wants to be as kind as his father in the future.

So when he saw the woman in the deep mountains and woods, she was so helpless and afraid, just like himself, and why couldn't he help her?

So he gritted his teeth and picked up the woman on his back, although he was only thirteen years old at the time, but due to the living environment, although he was thin, his skeleton was not small, although it was difficult to carry the woman, he could also take a step, and Shao Yonglin saw that he was bent on going his own way, and he was so angry that he chopped his feet again, only to see him say to Shao Yongxing: "You, you!" ”

Except for these two sentences, he couldn't say anything else, and the situation was critical, the sound behind him was getting closer and closer, Shao Yongxing shouted to Shao Yonglin as he walked forward: "You go quickly!" ”

"I'm not leaving!" Shao Yonglin said: "Let's go together!" ”

Shao Yongxing saw that his younger brother refused to leave, and immediately panicked, only to see him say to his younger brother: "Yonglin, you must go!" You are our father's root, and you will still be our great shaman in the future, how can you be ruined here? It's okay, don't be afraid, brother will help you lure them away! ”

What he said was sincere, and Shao Yonglin was naturally pampered, although he was a little reluctant, but after hearing him say this, he actually agreed with it in his heart, so he had to grit his teeth, and then took his bag and turned around and fled.

Shao Yongxing saw that his younger brother had run away, and he was relieved in his heart, so he had no scruples after that, and carried the woman all the way forward, but where did he have too much strength at a young age? It didn't take long for him to be out of breath, and the woman behind him also felt his strangeness, so she cried to him: "Little brother, you put me down, I can't run away, I can't bother you." ”

Shao Yongxing was indeed stubborn, I saw him gritting his teeth while running and said, "It's okay, you may be able to escape after running a few steps." ”

Although he said this, but at this moment, he only heard several strong men suddenly burst out of the woods behind him, they were wielding earthen walls and knives in their hands, and their mouths were full of cursed foul words, Shao Yongxing had a bad heart, and the woman behind him couldn't help but let out a scream when she saw that the bandits finally caught up, and just when Shao Yongxing just wanted to speak, a man suddenly stepped forward and punched Shao Yongxing in the face.

Shao Yongxing only felt a sharp pain in his head, and at the same time, it was pitch black in front of him, and he suddenly fainted.

(To be continued)