Chapter 102: The sound of horses' hooves
Lei Tianze Pegasus left the village and went south, Zhou Weiji turned around and told Zhao Lizheng how to act, and was about to turn over and get on the horse, but was stopped by Yu'er.
Yu'er's little hands pulled the hem of Zhou Weiji's clothes and looked at him with tears: "Uncle Tuesday, have my mother and brother been arrested?" β
He squatted down and patted Yu'er on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid, the second uncle will definitely bring them back." You follow the second grandfather and wait at home, be obedient. β
Yu'er didn't let go: "Yu'er will go too." β
Zhou Wei touched his head patiently, "Yu'er is obedient, it's inconvenient for me to take you, it will only delay time." β
Yu'er's tears fell, let go of his hand, bit his lip and didn't make a sound, Zhou Weiji didn't have time to take care of him, turned over and went straight to the north of the village.
Zhao Lizheng immediately arranged for people to chase west, and Sister-in-law Niu and the others could no longer care about any business matters, and acted separately according to Zhao Lizheng's instructions.
But he said that Zhou Weiji, he visited all the way to the county seat, but there are many big roads and small roads, where can there be any news. He was anxious, his face was tense, and his palms were sweaty, and he didn't dare to imagine why someone would take Lan Yi's mother and son, for fear that something would happen to them.
Thinking of Lan Yi and the child's delicate appearance and sweet smile, Zhou Weiji could no longer restrain his fierce murderous aura. The brave general who terrified the enemy on the battlefield returned, and the dark horse sitting down also felt the solemnity of his master and neighed.
Zhou Weiji soon arrived at the county government and instructed his brothers to search everywhere, but did not find any whereabouts around the county seat.
He sent people back to Beigou Village to inquire about the situation, and quickly separated from the crowd and began to chase along the county seat to the north, east and west. Before leaving, Zhou Weiji took out a token and handed it to the brother Gao Feng, who was a fast catcher: "Fourth brother, take the token, find Brother Zhao, the commander of the northern camp, and send the army to search around." β
Gao Feng took the order and flew away, Zhou Weiji looked at the sunset in the west, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and rode his horse quickly in the direction of the road to Meixian, with intuition, he thought that these two people might be from Meixian.
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When Lan Yi woke up in the bumpy carriage, she found herself tied hand and foot in the corner of the carriage. She tried to breathe as flat as she could, motionless, allowing her body to slowly regain consciousness. The baby lay next to her in the carriage, and the warm little body came with bursts of temperature, which made her feel a little more at ease.
At the same time, there was another person in the carriage, and Lan Yi's legs would touch him as the carriage bumped, and he kicked him away. The other party's roughness made Lan Yi aware of their malice, she leaned back against the carriage, her hands tied behind her back, and at this time, she could only secretly move her hands first and find a way to untie the rope.
The people in the carriage kicked Lan Yi away and whispered to the outside of the carriage: "Second Wang, hurry up, you must get on the boat and leave today." If you catch someone like this, I'm afraid that someone will soon find out and catch up. β
Someone outside the car replied, "Don't worry, no matter how fast you can't catch up, I specially followed the car marks on the main road, and went around twice." But the jade pendant that the second master wants is not on them, should we take them up first, and then leave when we find the jade pendant? β
"I'll wait until this girl wakes up and asks clearly. Damn, I didn't expect this dead girl to run so far with the child, I have been scolded by the second master this year! β
"This is also strange, Chun Tao is here with the child, why didn't she see Lang Zhongren, where can she run away if she is not with the child?"
"Lang Zhong looks like a fairy, he must be hidden, and he can live in peace when he is seen." The man next to Lan Yi let out a malicious smirk.
The person outside the car said with a smile: "The small one is caught, and the big one can be far away." Let's look carefully, we can't eat meat, and we can smell it! I've only heard of Langzhong's beauty, but I've never seen it. I didn't expect the little girl next to her to be so clever and handsome, and the master returned it! β
"Hmph, you fool, don't let the second master know that you have already seen Chun Tao when you go back, the second master sent a portrait for us to look around, and you don't go out of your mind!"
The person outside the car hated and said: "Who remembers such an early thing!" If I knew that this little girl was a spring peach, I would have arrested her last winter, and I could wait until now! However, she hid it too deeply, and she didn't look like a maid at all, and she looked like a greedy little widow at the time, but she looked better. β
Lan Yi was startled, knowing that the person outside the car had seen her. She thought about it carefully, and it only felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember when she had seen it.
"Second master, Yu Pei, Lang Zhongren, Chun Tao ......" is the people from Meixian chasing over, and he is really careless!
I didn't expect that after so long, they would still pursue Yirou's mother and son, for the jade pendant on Yirou's body? The jade pendant was placed in the hole in the wall behind the low cabinet in the east room, and it was difficult to find. Before they find the jade pendant, they and the baby should be safe, at most they will suffer from some flesh and skin.
But what about after being brought back to Meixian? The baby's second uncle is going to fight for the family property, and it is a trouble to keep the baby, will it ...... The more Lan Yi thought about it, the more scared she became. No, you can't go back with them!
The mouth was gagged, the hands and feet were tied with ropes, and they couldn't break free, and the sneak attack was not possible. Lan Yi could only wake up and talk to them about the conditions, trying to delay time and look for opportunities. Her mind raced, thinking of all possible scenarios, time slipped by, and the baby beside her was jolting with the carriage, and there was no intention of waking up. This made her feel anxious, and she was about to open her eyes when she heard the people around her talking.
"It's time for the medicine to pass, wake up and ask?"
"It's open here, it's not convenient, let's go a little further."
Lan Yi took a deep breath and opened her eyes, it was pitch black inside the carriage, it was getting late at this time, and it had been a day since she was caught in the morning. Blinking his eyes to adapt to the darkness and carefully distinguishing the figure on the opposite side, Lan Yi was just about to make a move, but in addition to the sound of horses' hooves clattering in the carriage, another sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded.
The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and the familiarity made her want to cry.
Lan Yi's tall figure flashed in her mind, making her feel full of strength, she tried her best to sit up suddenly, and slammed into the direction of the car door, the curtain of the car kept shaking with the wind, she knew that the carriage had no door or did not close the door, this was her chance.
She slammed out of the curtain of the carriage, hit the back of the charioteer, twisted the force along his leaning forward, and fell directly off the carriage and fell to the ground.
Lan Yi landed on her shoulders, rolled twice, struggled to get up, and fell again.
The people in the carriage were caught off guard by Lan Yi's sudden movements, cursed and quickly pulled the carriage and jumped down, turned around and ran towards Lan Yi. Lan Yi listened to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and turned around and rolled a few times towards the middle of the road, wanting Zhou Weiji to find her.
The man chased after her and kicked Lan Yi in the stomach, reached out and grabbed her arm and dragged her to the side of the carriage, Lan Yi had severe pain in her abdomen, she hit the man's neck with her head, struggling and refusing to pass.
When Zhou Weiji arrived, he found this scene, although it was getting dark, he still recognized the petite woman who was being dragged at a glance, and he was relieved and angry.
He flew off his horse, slammed his fist on the door of his face and threw it aside as the man turned around, reached out and grabbed Lan Yi's body that was about to fall, parted the loose hair on her face, and pulled out the gagged cloth.
Lan Yi hurriedly said, "The baby is in the car." β
Zhou Weiji nodded, walked quickly to the man who was covering his face and wailing and rolling, and knocked him unconscious with a fist.
Opening the curtain of the car, there was no one inside, Zhou Weiji turned his head and saw that there seemed to be a vague figure running towards the mountain.
He stooded past the carriage and strode toward the shadow. The tall figure is sensitive and light, like a leopard in the woods silently. Lan Yi was obscured by the carriage, she quickly lay down and rolled back a few times, looking up.
In the mist, Zhou Wei ran up the mountain extremely quickly, and soon there was a miserable scream of "oops".
Then, Zhou Weiji held the baby in one hand, dragged the man down with the other, and threw him on the side of the carriage, neatly.
When Lan Yi saw the baby, the strength of her whole body returned, and she struggled to sit up. Zhou Weiji hugged the child over, and Lan Yi hurriedly asked, "How is the baby?" β
"There is still breathing, I'm afraid that the amount of the drug is not small, we have to find him quickly." After speaking, he untied the rope for Lan Yi as he spoke. Lan Yi didn't care about the soreness of her arms and legs, and reached out to hug the child, only to find that her right shoulder had just fallen when she landed, and she couldn't lift her hand.
Seeing this, Zhou Weiji's brows tightened even deeper, he reached out and gently pinched Lan Yi's shoulder, then picked her up with one hand and put the two of them in the carriage.
"Brother and sister, wait a minute."
After speaking, Zhou Weiji tied up the two unconscious people on the ground with a rope, and tied their mouths to the frame behind the car.
Lan Yi carefully distinguished the two people and recognized who they were: "Brother Tuesday, this tall man is the shopkeeper of a dim sum shop in the city, and he used to go to the second uncle's house to buy the recipe for rock sugar gourds. β
Zhou Weiji nodded, jumped into the carriage, held the baby with one hand, grabbed the reins, and said, "Sit tight." β
The carriage quickly turned around and walked back, Zhou Weiji whistled, and the big black horse ran behind the car, and soon arrived at a village in front, the sky was darker, and the oil lamps were lit up in the houses.
Zhou Weiji knocked on the door to find where Minglang lived, and ran straight over.
When he arrived at the door of Lang Zhong's house, Zhou Weiji jumped down and pushed away the firewood, asked Lang Zhong, who was in his forties, to open the door, park the carriage in the courtyard, and then helped Lan Yi get out of the car, holding the child in one hand and Lan Yi in the other hand into the hall with Lang Zhong.
Lang Zhong asked about the situation, and after checking the baby again, he shook his head, Lan Yi's tears couldn't help but fall, "Second brother, let's hurry into the city to find Liang Jin Langzhong from Jishantang, he must have a way." β
Zhou Weiji shook his head and frowned, afraid that it would be too late. He directly reported the names of a few herbs and catties, and asked Lang Zhong to grab the boiling water and bring it over.
Lan Yi looked at Zhou Weiji's calm posture and felt a little relieved.
"Can you please bring some hot water over to my sister-in-law and let my brother and sister freshen up?" Zhou Weiji saw Lan Yi's haggard wolf appearance, his eyes flashed with reluctance, and he said to the woman holding the oil lamp next to him.
The woman nodded, put down the lamp, and turned to go out.
She also heard what she said just now, and knew that the mother and son had just been rescued by the crutches tied outside the car. Looking at Lan Yi's hair and clothes scattered, a few abrasions on her face, and covered in mud, I thought that she had suffered a lot, and it was a great luck to be able to save her.
Zhou Weiji held the baby with one hand and reached out to pour a glass of warm water for Lan Yi: "Don't panic, drink saliva first to suppress the shock." β
Lan Yi nodded and stretched out her left hand, trembling and brought it over, drank it in one gulp, and reached out to pour a few more glasses to drink. She told SΓΉ that she couldn't mess up, the baby hadn't woken up yet, Yu'er didn't know what to do, she couldn't fall down.
"Second brother, does that medicine work?"
Zhou Weiji touched the pulse on the baby's neck: "Brother and sister, don't worry, it should be an ordinary drug, and you will slowly wake up after boiling the potion and drinking it." β
How could an ordinary drugger not know? Lan Yi suppressed her doubts, got up and turned to Zhou Weiji's side to look at the baby, and touched his warm little face.
"Brother Tuesday came from the village? Yu'er is okay? β
"Yu'er is safe and sound, waiting for you to go back at home." Zhou Weiji looked at the abrasions on her face and asked, "My brother and sister are too reckless, you dare to jump down when the carriage runs, but it's a blessing to hit your shoulder." Have you ever imagined what would happen if you were stepped on by a horse or run over a wheel? β
Lan Yi shook his head: "I heard the second brother's horse cry, I was afraid that I would miss it, where could I think of anything else." β
Zhou Weiji nodded, knowing that what she did was right, although he would not miss the search carriage, but if he didn't find their mother and son, it would be dangerous.
Although admiring her bravery and decisiveness, but wanting to reproach her for her recklessness and feeling sorry for her injury, Zhou Weiji suppressed all kinds of emotions and asked, "Why did these two arrest you?" β
"I heard a few words in the car, it was the enemy who came to arrest our mother and son." Lan Yi said bluntly.
"Enemy?" Zhou Weiji frowned, looked at Lan Yi with puzzled eyes, and looked very vicious with a big beard.
"Yes. I'll talk to the second brother in detail about the specifics. Brother Tuesday, our mother and son are not bad people, and they have not done anything evil. Lan Yi said with an oath.
Zhou Weiji looked at her burning eyes and nodded: "Well, don't be afraid." After giving the baby medicine, take the two to the county seat first, and then I will send you back to the village. No matter how many people the enemy sends over, I will protect you. β
Lan Yi's nose was sour, and tears fell again, it felt really good to be trusted unconditionally like this. R1152