The warm air was filled with the faint smell of earth and the fragrance of grass, and the birdsong in the forest was long and crisp, echoing in the mountains, and from time to time there were galloping carriages behind them, listening to the rhythmic clatter of horses' hooves, and finally stopped in front.

I looked up, gently lifted the headscarf around my head, and saw the level ahead.

Alan was really right.

This is already the border of Yangzhou, and even looking forward, you can faintly see the outline of the city in the milky white weapon, like a sleeping giant in the morning light, as if not yet awake, although the surrounding is the breeze blowing willows, birds singing and flowers, but there is a faint intimidating pressure.

But even more pressure comes from the scrutiny of the front intersection.

Compared with the previous checkpoints on the official road, this place is really more strict, so a team of people and horses are stationed here, and the entire pass is guarded tightly, and even a mosquito does not want to fly over lightly.

I subconsciously tightened my headscarf.

Feeling my trembling, Ah Lan turned his head to look at me, with a charming smile still on the corner of his eyes and lips, and said, "Don't be afraid, just pass." If you are like this, they will not recognize you. ”

I nodded and followed her forward.

There was already a long queue waiting for review, and the soldiers guarding the checkpoint were also divided into two shifts, one side holding portraits to check the merchants passing by one by one, and the other side was checking the carriages of those people, and I found that after they boarded the carriage, they even pierced the wooden planks on the carriage with sharp blades, and carefully inspected every corner.

If I had been hiding in the mezzanine of the carriage before, I would have been in danger of being discovered.

Thinking of this, I was a little more nervous, and just as the person in front of me had already left, Ah Lan pulled me forward slowly.

Ah Lan is still wearing a bright red dress, unlike the dignified bride's clothes when she went out of the city before, the neckline of this skirt is slightly oblique, revealing a piece of snow-white and attractive skin, people who come and go can't help but secretly look at her, and she just stands there so generously for people to see.

At this time, the wife of a merchant glanced out of the carriage and couldn't help but chirp: "Vixen! ”

I thought Ah Lan was going to be angry when she heard it, but she was still smiling, but she raised her head and slightly raised the corner of her eyes at the carriage, and her eyes at that moment were like silk, as if there was really a silk thread trembling on the tip of people's hearts, and she didn't know whether it was pain or itching, but at this moment, the people around her obviously paused for breath.

The husband of the woman in the carriage suddenly straightened his eyes.

The curtain was immediately thrown down, and the carriage drove away, and the woman's swearing could seem to be heard in the distance.

I looked up at Ah Lan, only to see a sneer flash in her eyes, and it was gone.

At this time, we had already walked to the place of inspection, a soldier unfolded the portrait in his hand, looked Ah Lan up and down, Ah Lan crossed his waist with one hand, and said in a coquettish voice: "Official, have you finished reading it?" Where else does the slave family want to see? ”

The soldier was still young, but he was amused by her.

An older man next to him hurriedly stepped forward and waved his hand: "You go over." Next. ”

Ah Lan took a step forward, but did not really go, but turned to look at me, and the soldier had already walked in front of me, and when he saw me like this, he immediately said, "Take off the turban." ”

"......" I didn't speak, just looked at him.

Seeing that I didn't react, he frowned: "Didn't you hear?" Take the hijab off! ”

Seeing this scene, Ah Lan hurriedly turned around and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, this is the sister of the slave family, she was born deaf and dumb, and she can't hear clearly." ”

"It doesn't matter if she's deaf or dumb, let her take off her headscarf!"

"Hehe, sir, the slave's sister is seriously ill this time, and her face is not very good-looking."

"Who sees if she looks good or not, if you don't take it down again, be careful of us-"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Alan agreed, turned his head to me, and winked at me, then reached over and untied the bandana from my head.

At the moment when the turban was lowered and my face was revealed, all the people around me were stunned, and the young soldier holding the portrait suddenly turned pale and couldn't help but turn his head.

When the other soldiers saw him like this, they all came over to take a look, and they were also frightened: "Ah! ”

I calmly endured their disgusted gaze, but I didn't feel anything, just a cool wind blowing on my face, and some pain like pins and needles.

Even if I couldn't see it, I knew it was disgusting.

That was after losing the carriage yesterday, Ah Lan and I have been trying to figure out how to safely get through the previous level, the coachman was not in this mission, Ah Lan had already sent him back, Ye Fei seemed to have a very high effort, and it would not be a problem to pass, besides, he was elusive, and he didn't necessarily really go with us.

But taking me with you is a headache for Alan.

So, she thought of changing my face.

I once heard that there is a skill that can be used to make a zuò adult face mold out of sheepskin, and a special potion can be glued to the face, and the nose is raised, or the forehead and chin can be changed into another look, and Ah Lan obviously does not, but - she can use poison.

So, she took out a pill that was as red as her, and sent it to me, with a somewhat mocking smile: "This pill is highly poisonous, and it won't kill people immediately after eating it, but your face will be rotten, and after six hours, your voice will be hoarse, and no one will recognize you anymore, so we should be able to get through." However," she looked at me, with a hint of flattery in the corners of her eyes: "This is poison after all, how painful it is to eat, and the dead have not told me." And after a month, if you haven't been detoxified, it's really deadly. Do you dare—"

Before I could say the word, I had already taken the pill and threw it into my mouth.

It's not far from Yangzhou, or rather, it's not far from my son.

No amount of difficulty could stop me from finding my daughter.

Ah Lan was shocked by my simplicity and directness.

It's just that, although I have such a resolute heart, but I don't have the same strong body, swallowing the pill less than a cup of tea, I began to have severe pain, the internal organs seemed to be melted by something, the pain was so painful that I couldn't help but struggle desperately, the throat made a suppressed roar like a trapped beast, cold sweat like rain, Ah Lan seemed to be frightened by my appearance, seeing that I held on for a while, my face became more and more ugly, so I said tentatively: "Do you want me to detoxify you?" ”

I didn't speak, just bit my lower lip with my teeth and shook my head.

She looked at me silently, with a little more respect in her eyes.

Maybe God took pity on me, and when I was in pain, I fainted directly.

When I woke up, the pain was much better, but I was uncomfortable and wanted to vomit. And I also found that my face became pitted, and in some places it was soft and bulging, as if there were many sarcomas, and I didn't need to look at it to know that it was disgustingly ugly.

As soon as he saw me wake up, Ah Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and his face immediately returned to flattery: "But it scared me to death." You're going to die, and I've worked hard all the way, sister. ”

"Ah......?" As soon as I regained my senses, I was still a little dazed, and as soon as I opened my mouth, I heard my own old and hoarse voice.

I coughed a few more times, my throat was so dry that it looked like it had been burned, and I couldn't help but reach out and hold my throat, in addition to being uncomfortable, it was still uncomfortable.

Ah Lan handed me a kettle, took a sip, and finally soothed it, she squatted beside me and looked at my pale face, but said with some worry: "Why is your body so bad?" ”

I turned my head to look at her.

She took the kettle and plugged it into her own hands, and said, "Other people take this medicine, the pain is painful, and they are not like you-sister, you are really twenty-seven years old, seventy-two years old." ”

I looked down a little ugly.

I know that my body is poor, even if I was a little stronger in the fishing village for a year, but I only raised my body, and people's vitality can't be replenished, plus I was locked up for more than two years, and I myself know how those two years were ruined, and now it's like a year, and it's going downhill, and it's a great gift for me to be able to stay up.

So, I want to find Li'er as soon as possible while I haven't collapsed!

Seeing that I was distracted for a while, Ah Lan seemed to know that I remembered something I didn't want to mention, so he didn't say much, but said, "If you can stand up, leave immediately." You've been in a coma for most of the day, and I'm afraid that those who were knocked out by me will soon be discovered, and if you don't get through before them, you'll be in real trouble. ”

As soon as I heard this, I immediately panicked, and although my body was still uncomfortable, I still grabbed her hand and barely stood up, wrapped it in a turban briefly, and stumbled forward with her, until I reached this pass.

Looking at the eyes of those people looking at me, although my face was blank, I was still a little nervous.

This is the last checkpoint in Yangzhou, as long as I pass here, it will be difficult for Pei Yuanhao to find me again, if I can cross the river, then even if he is the Supreme of the Central Plains, he can only whip me out.

Those people were still looking at me, a few children were almost scared and cried, and were led away by adults covering their eyes, and those soldiers looked at me and couldn't help but show disgusted expressions: "She, why is she like this?" ”

Ah Lan was originally standing idly next to her, but somehow, her face seemed to change this time, but she still smiled and said, "Official, didn't you say it just now, the sister is sick, so it's like this." ”

"Oh......"

"So, can you let us go?"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

A soldier waved his hand and muttered, "It's disgusting to watch." ”

As soon as we heard this, we were pardoned, and Alan hurried over and pulled me, and I felt that she seemed to be a little too anxious, when I felt the ground shake, and I heard a hurried horse's hooves galloping towards me.

Before I could look back, I heard someone shouting, "Don't let them go, those two women are repeat offenders!" ”

As soon as I heard this, my face suddenly changed.

As soon as Ah Lan's hand tightened, he immediately grabbed me and ran forward, but the soldiers behind reacted quickly, hurriedly picked up the weapons around him and chased after him.

Originally, we didn't take two steps, but this time they quickly caught up, and I heard that their footsteps were already a few steps behind, Ah Lan put one hand on my arms, suddenly turned around, and raised his hand behind me-

I saw a red mist disperse in front of me!

Those people were caught off guard, and before they could react, they had already inhaled what she had spilled, and suddenly the steps of those people became sluggish, and the few who were chasing in front shook their heads, rolled their eyes and fell down.

Ah Lan watched those people fall, and then looked up, with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.

After all, this time is not as good as the previous temporary inspection, this level is full of a team of people stationed, a few have fallen, more have already poured up, they saw Ah Lan using poison, they also immediately stopped, one of the teams has bypassed the grass next to us and rushed to the front of us to block the way.

Ah Lan and I, surrounded by them!

My heart beat tightly, and I subconsciously grabbed her hand.

Alan didn't speak, one hand still firmly grasped my arm, and the other hand slowly hung down, and the bright red nails were faintly bloody in the sleeve.

The other passers-by had been frightened by her blow, and now only the soldiers and us were left on the road, and the other was more and more numerous, and in a short time we were divided several layers inside and out, all of them with long weapons pointed at us.

Standing in the middle of them, I only felt that my body was getting more and more uncomfortable, the poison in my body seemed to be churning constantly, and I almost fainted, so I could only grit my teeth hard to sober up a little, and I whispered: "What should I do?" ”

It's just that the elusive Ye Fei is not here, if he is here, at least Ah Lan has a helper.

Ah Lan didn't speak, in the face of such a predicament, a charming smile slowly appeared on her face, she raised the hand painted with bright red nails to cover the corners of her mouth, and her slender fingers moved gently and softly like a snake: "A few officials, why are you so rude, you can frighten the slave family." ”

This time, her coquettishness didn't work, seeing the shot just now, those people looked at her with expressions like looking at a poisonous snake with beautiful patterns.

One of the soldiers shouted, "Surrender quickly, or we're welcome!" ”

"You're welcome?" Ah Lan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and smiled coquettishly: "How do you want to be polite?" Let the slaves see—"

As soon as the words fell, I felt a gust of wind in my ears, and before I could react, the enchanting red shadow had rushed in front of the soldier, only to hear a muffled bang, Ah Lan had already returned to my side, and reached out to help me again.

And the soldier fell straight down.

What a quick skill!

Although I have seen her martial arts, this time I was also shocked, and the people around me were even more dumbfounded.

The other two people hurriedly rushed over to look at the fallen soldier, and found that although he was not dead, his face was blue, his lips were purple, his whole body was convulsed, and he was obviously poisoned, and immediately said loudly: "This woman can use poison, everyone be careful!" ”

They held their weapons more and more nervously, and did not dare to step forward lightly, but Ah Lan looked around, and his face was a little tight, in case more people came, I was afraid that it would be more difficult for us to get out.

I only heard her laugh coquettishly: "Everyone, if you are so polite, then the slave family is not polite first." ”

After speaking, another red shadow flashed, and the soldier in front of him was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground head-on by her, but this time the soldier behind us reacted quickly, and as soon as he saw her leave my side, he immediately stepped forward to arrest me.

The man was stumbled by me, and immediately reached out to hit me with an angry face, and at that moment Ah Lan suddenly retreated to my side, and kicked the man in the face with his embroidered shoes, and immediately kicked him back several steps, and fell on his back.

I only heard her scold angrily: "You dare to beat the old lady!" ”

The people around them didn't care much, and they all shouted and pounced.

Ah Lan's face was hideous, and he suddenly shouted to me: "Cover it!" ”

Before they could react, I understood what she meant, so I quickly held my breath and pulled up my headscarf to cover my face. As soon as this qiē was done, I saw Ah Lan volley in the air, a dexterous harrier turned over, and threw his hands forward, and suddenly a thick fog rushed out with her gesture, hitting the person rushing in front of him,

In an instant, the footsteps of those people were full and staggering.

Ah Lan pulled me and rushed over there, and some of them didn't fall, but they were hit by her, and I also knocked over two soldiers, and the pain was terrible, but now I can't take care of it, so I can only run with her.

She opened a bloody road, but the people behind refused to let us go, and they all roared and chased after us.

Ah Lan took me, naturally she couldn't run fast, and seeing that those people were about to catch up with us again, she threw me away, turned around and rushed back.

I was startled and hurriedly turned around: "Ah Lan! ”

"Let's go!"

She shouted as she started to move with those people, and the enchanting red shadow kept shuttling and moving, not afraid of a large group of men, and she actually stopped those people behind me, no matter how those people rushed forward, she stopped them back.

She said loudly, "Go to the city, I'll go find you!" ”

“……”

I hesitated for a moment, then turned away.

Regardless, I haven't forgotten my purpose.

And Ah Lan, I believe that without me, it will be easier for her to get out, as long as she can enter Yangzhou City, they will not be able to find me!

Thinking of this, I ran towards the front, shouting as I ran, "Be careful! ”

But just when I had just run a few steps, suddenly, a group of people rushed out from both sides of the road, and suddenly blocked in front of me: "Miss Yue, please stay." ”