A bright light crossed the sky, and then, there were two "pop" and "pop" sounds, and the earth-shattering thunder "boom" sounded, and the rain crackled and fell.

Xiao An opened his eyes leisurely and wiped a handful of rain on his face, and the face that had been hurriedly smeared with ink in the carriage before immediately turned blue and white. He sat up and saw his mother lying motionless not far away, hurriedly crawled over, grabbed her arm, and shouted nervously: "Mother! Mother! Mother! Wake up, wake up! ”

The mother opened her eyes and opened her mouth but could not speak.

At this time, Mama Wen also woke up, she shook the girl next to her, and hurriedly said, "We have to hurry up, I don't know where those two groups are chasing!" It's too dangerous here! ”

The girl stroked her hand and threw herself to her mother's side: "Mother, how are you?" Can you get up? ”

The mother turned her head with difficulty and looked at Mama Wen: "Mama...... You, you take them, sister and brother, go! When the woman had said this, she inhaled as if all her strength had been exhausted.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" The girl anxiously circled her mother's body, catching a glimpse of a pool of blood spreading from her head to her shoulders.

"Mother...... Fear...... Yun Niang, in the future, take care of your younger brother...... Don't go back to Xie's house, don't go back, Xie's house...... Listen to Mama...... Mama Wen...... They are siblings...... Excuse me...... You ......" Mother stretched out her hand to Mama Wen and fell.

"Mother!"

"Ma'am!"

"Mother, wake up! Wake up! The siblings threw themselves on their mother and wept bitterly.

"Don't cry, let's hide my wife and leave quickly, it's too dangerous here!" Mama Wen wiped away a handful of tears, picked up Mrs. Xie with difficulty, hid the body in a bush growing behind the stone pile ten meters in front of her, hurriedly picked up two slightly larger long stones and a few branches, marked them, and came back to cover the blood on the ground with her feet.

"Let's remember this place, and when it's safe, we will definitely bring my wife back!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

The sister and brother wept bitterly and threw themselves on the ground and kowtowed, and a faint voice came from the official road in the distance, and the three of them immediately fell silent.

"The car print looks like it's disappearing around here......"

The girl and boy hurriedly put away their grief and looked at Mama Wen with a look of horror.

"They're here, let's go right away" Mama Wen picked up the two people on the ground, drilled into the dense forest in front of her, and after taking two steps, she stopped again.

"Wait!" Mama Wen lowered the heads of the two of them, pulled her short body into a bush, picked up the leaves, and carefully discerned the direction, "Yun Niang, you take your younger brother and go to the forest over there, remember to be vigilant, hide first when you hear the sound, see the situation clearly before leaving, pay attention to your feet, don't step on traps or snakes!" Did you hear that? Mama Wen stared at Yun Niang's eyes and whispered.

"Mama, what are you going to do?"

"I'll go from the other side and try to get them out of the way."

"No! Let's go together......"

"Obedient! It's too late, let's go! ”

“……”

"Yun Niang, you have to take care of your brother! Got it? ”

"......" The girl bit her lower lip, nodded with tears streaming down her face, pulled up her younger brother and walked a few steps in the direction indicated by Mama Wen, then turned around and hugged her tightly with trembling.

"Let's go!" Mama Wen pushed her away and comforted, "Be careful! I'll be fine! You go to Luoxia Town and wait for me first! Don't show the silver ticket hidden on your body! ”

……

I don't know how long I walked, the rain changed from big to small from small to big, and it didn't stop, just when the two of them were trembling in their legs and their eyes were dizzy and their souls were about to leave their bodies, a ruined temple on the middle of the mountain faintly appeared in front of them.

The two of them tripped over the rotten threshold of the broken temple, rolled into the temple, and startled the other two who were smoking clothes in the temple.

"What the hell?!" The shorter one, startled by their roll-in, reflexively jumped behind the tall one, and shouted with his eyes closed. He was dressed in men's clothes, but his voice was as sharp as a woman's.

The echo dissipated dryly through the air, and the two sides froze eerily as if by magic, save for an old horse tied to the tattered sacrificial table leg wagging its tail leisurely.

After half a tea time, the siblings were still lying on the ground motionless. With a "snap", the fire burst brightly, and the two people by the fire came back to their senses. The short man got up curiously, cautiously approached the man lying on the ground, slowly crouched down, and reached out to poke their arms.

"It's warm, it looks like a human, it's not a ghost!" He looked at the tall man on guard, his voice strangely disappointed.

"Where the ghost came from in broad daylight!" The tall man exhaled, dropped the firewood in his hand, and walked over.

"Cut~ Then why did you look like you were facing a great enemy just now!" The short man pouted and rolled his eyes.

The plain clothes on the sisters and brothers were already mottled and tattered, and the faces on the ground were black and white, and they couldn't see their faces at all.

"Hurry them to the fire, they're afraid they've met a bandit." The tall man bent down and picked up Xiao An and placed him by the fire.

"Bandits?" The short man rolled up his sleeves and reached out to help Yun Niang, Yun Niang's body stiffened and wanted to break free, but she couldn't use any strength, so she could only help her to lie down by the fire.

"It's less than ten miles away from Luoxia Town, and it's not more than thirty miles away from Qinghe County! These bandits are too arrogant! ”

"Look at them like this, they must have been running away desperately for a long time, and the bandits are definitely not around here."

"Even if the two of them have their little arms and legs, they can't run far, and it's still raining outside! - Uh-huh, that's a dangerous place! ”

"Well, although this temple is hidden, for the sake of safety, let's wait for the rain to light up a little, and it's better to leave quickly."

"Anyway, why do you have to fight so hard to be a bandit? It's raining so hard and coming out to rob, it's too dedicated! ”

“……”

"Hey, Brother Kang, why don't you leave now? You go back to the yamen and call Uncle Zhao and them, and go into the mountains to search? ”

"No, this thief is estimated to have run away early, and he can't see anyone when he goes, so the thief won't be waiting there to catch him after the robbery! Not to mention that it was still raining. ”

"Not necessarily, what if it's still there? I mean, if they don't share the spoils evenly or something, and they fight -- it's possible, right? When the time comes, I won't be able to pick up a leak or something—this is a meritorious opportunity! ”

"Do you think meritorious service is as casual as cow dung in the field? This bandit in Luoxia Mountain has been going on for so many years, and it is so easy to divide the spoils unevenly, and the gang has already broken up with infighting! Let's just say that if those thieves are still there, the people in our yamen will also be sent to be cut down, don't miss the merit when the time comes, and cause Uncle Zhao and them to be injured and lose their lives, then the gains outweigh the losses! If we can save them, we ......."

"Uncle, help, help, we ran into a bandit! Please send someone to help, where is Mama Wen! And my mother has already ......" Before Brother Kang's words were finished, a dark shadow rushed over, and it turned out to be the girl. She grabbed his arm tightly and begged in a choked voice.

"Huh? Uh, no, I'm ...... Uh, no, it's true, those bandits are very fierce, and the county government can't do it...... Shao Zhouwei has not been encircled and suppressed...... Besides, they must have returned to the mountains...... Luoxia Mountain is so big......" The tall man glanced at the arm that was being held tightly by Yun Niang, his face turned red, and he stammered. As he spoke, he glanced at Yun Niang with the corner of his eye, only to see her eyes, as his words opened wider and wider, the light inside gradually went out, and he couldn't say anything else.

"Hey, hey, Brother Kang, why are you so embarrassed? Before you can do it, you can say that you can't do it! How can a man say that he can't! Tell me about you! The short man moved away with disgust, and then muttered indignantly, "Besides, is it natural for the yamen to catch thieves?" Does this mountain belong to your Qinghe Yamen? These thieves have already become arrogant in front of your eyes, and you only want to be a shrunken turtle, what else do you think you can do? Just let you go back and report a letter, you will be seven miles and eight miles, what a shame! I want to pretend I don't know you! ”

"You, what do you know? I, I, that, I'm just the one who watches the door in the yamen......"

"I don't know anything, I just know that the bandits are coming, you should go back and report it! I don't want you to run to the front to fight the bandits! Anyway, you went to report the letter and did this girl a great favor - ha, if you help this girl save her mother, she will not be able to promise herself! Your daughter-in-law's problem will be solved! You don't have to be nagging your aunt every day, hiding in the yamen and not at home! Oops, perfect! The short man said without saying a word, clapped his hands, and looked at Brother Kang with bright eyes, "I really admire myself!" What a great idea, a classic bridge! Speaking of this, he put on a big bad wolf's smile at Little Red Riding Hood, and said to Yun Niang, "Eh, that, this girl, he wants to save your mother, are you willing to ......"

"Snap", Brother Kang's face turned red and slapped the short head, making him stumble, "What nonsense are you talking about?!" ”

The gibberish of the two has completely stunned Yun Niang.

What kind of people are these! She doesn't look like a bad person, and she doesn't look like a fool, how can she say such things to a girl's house? She obviously heard them mention going back to the yamen to call someone or something, so she was anxious to tell them about the thieves she had encountered, and begged them to hurry up to save the nurse.

"Mother, mother...... My mother is gone...... Woooooo The low cry woke up Yun Niang who was stunned and the two who were entangled.

Grief struck, Yun Niang turned around and hugged her brother and cried sadly.

"Uh, sorry! Well, then it's not saved—alas, I'm just talking nonsense, I'm sorry! What a human tragedy! Mourn your days...... Okay, Brother Kang, you don't have to worry about it! After speaking, he glared at Brother Kang, "Then you guys, where are you going next?" Why don't you go into town with us when the rain stops?" The short man asked awkwardly.

"No, no, no, please go to the yamen to report the news, Mama Yu is still there! She dispersed with us in order to divert the thieves. And my mother's ...... I want to bring it back too......" Yun Niang raised her head after hearing this, wiped her tears, and looked at Brother Kang firmly.

“…… Yes? Ah, that's it! ......" the short man also looked at Brother Kang.

Facing their gaze, Brother Kang's white face turned red again, his mouth opened and closed, and he frowned and slowly lowered his head, and after a while, it seemed that he had finally made a final decision and raised his head.

"Alright! I'll ride back to Yamen to report the news! However, you must know that the bandits will certainly not wait and will not necessarily find anyone...... Hey, you sisters and brothers will first tell me in detail what happened, and then think carefully about what are the characteristics of the place where the accident happened, and where you and the nurse are separated. Wait a while, the rain will be lighter, you will talk to her - oh, I forgot to introduce, my name is Liu Dakang, I work in Qinghe County, she is Jiang Han - don't be afraid, she is a woman, she is my junior sister - you and her will go back to Xia Town first and wait for the news. ”