Chapter 17: Peach Leaf Lane

Yan Chen staggered over and stared at Chu He's bloodstained face.

"What are you doing?" Chu He retreated.

"He said you have flowers on your face, let me see where the flowers are?"

Chu He pushed Yan Chen away angrily, walked to the middle of the courtyard, looked at the corpses all over the ground, and said, "What should we do next?" This steward must have been sent by his master, and if the people didn't go back by then, they would definitely send someone to look for him. ”

Chu He looked at the three corpses on the ground that were injured and were all hearts, and secretly exclaimed in his heart, and continued: "And the loss of five soldiers at this time is definitely a big deal, if you don't find them, the Sheng army will not give up." ”

Yan Chen's expression also began to become solemn, and he nodded: "That's right, this place is not suitable for a long time, we must leave as soon as possible." ”

Chu He asked, "Can you get out of the city?" ”

"Impossible, the first thing the Sheng army did after reclaiming the city at that time was to seal all the city gates, in order to wipe out the remnants of the army that had not yet escaped."

"What then, where are we hiding? When they find these bodies, they will definitely launch a city-wide manhunt. Chu He worried.

Yan Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I know a place where Sheng Jun would not easily go there. ”

"Where?"

"Peach Leaf Lane."

"Where is that?"

At this time, the old woman standing on the side spoke, "That's where the family of the old man lives, and the folk customs of our Qushui County, if someone is lifted, the county government will pay to build a house for him in Taoye Lane." ”

"Because after the scholars are lifted, they basically go to various places to be officials, and they don't stay in this small border town, so most of those houses are occupied by the families of these masters."

Yan Chen nodded and said: "That's right, no matter how barbaric those Sheng troops are, they don't dare to go to Taoye Lane to make trouble, and the people who walked out of there are now many important ministers and local officials." ”

Chu He scratched his head, wondering: "Sounds good, but where did we go to live in Peach Leaf Lane?" Are you going to kill and hijack a family? Isn't this a bandit? ”

Yan Chen glared at Chu He, "Nonsense, when did our Liangjun do that lack of morality, you kid is already a shame for the sky to rob the people's daughters." ”

Aunt Ma on the side hurriedly interjected and asked, "Xiao Chu, have you robbed a woman?" Whose girl is it? You tell the eldest lady, when it's too peaceful in the future, I'll help you talk about matchmaking? ”

Chu He hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't listen to his nonsense, there is nothing to do." I said, where are we going to live in Peach Leaf Lane? ”

Yan Chen said mysteriously: "Don't worry about this, since your brother and I said to go there, then there is absolutely no problem." Hurry up and pack up our things, let's leave while it's dark, and wait until the rich man doesn't hear back, and it is estimated that someone will be sent again. ”

Chu He no longer hesitated, and was about to go back to the house to pack his things, when he suddenly saw that the old woman had not moved, so he asked, "Auntie?" ”

The old woman looked around the courtyard, and then squeezed out a smile towards the two, "I won't leave, I have lived here for most of my life, and I don't want to toss anymore, maybe my husband and son have been waiting for me below for a long time." ”

Before Chu He could speak, Yan Chen had already opened his big mouth and shouted, "Old lady, you can get it, let me tell you, your husband and son are definitely living well, maybe they are going back." When I came back and saw that you were dead, what was going on? ”

The old woman had tears in her eyes, "I'm old, and following you can only be a burden, if I drag you two down again, I won't be able to die." ”

"Old lady, I have no mother since I was a child, you have a life-saving grace for our brothers, then you will be my mother from now on, and I will provide for you in old age. You have to take a good look at what kind of peaceful and prosperous times the future holds. Xiaohe, hurry up and help our mother pack her things, you must leave within half an hour. ”

"Hey!" Chu He nodded, and hurriedly entered the house with teary eyes of the old woman to pack her luggage.

Aunt Ma's house can be described as a family with four walls, and she didn't find anything that needed to be taken after turning around, and she wanted to take pots and pans, cotton bedding sheets, but they were all vetoed by Yan Chen, telling her that there was everything where she was going, just go and enjoy the blessings.

In the end, it only took two pillars of incense for the three of them to clean up, pack a package, and tie it to the saddle.

Before leaving, the two of them took off the military uniforms of the two pawns in the courtyard and put them on their bodies to facilitate passage.

Both of them are swords in the heart, and they die with one blow, and the degree of damage and blood stains in their uniforms are not large, and they can barely be used.

The three men led the horses out of the courtyard, and the old woman took one last look inside and closed the courtyard door.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, the three of them walked towards Taoye Lane under the guidance of Yan Chen.

Yan Chen was very familiar with this side of the road, and Chu He was quite surprised by this.

According to his understanding, the day when the Chu River crossed over was the day when the cadres entered the city, and the Sheng army came back that night, so it stands to reason that Yan Chen should not be so familiar with this place.

After walking for a while, suddenly a Shengguo soldier came to him, staggering, obviously drunk.

Yan Chen reached out to touch the knife on his waist, but was secretly stopped by Chu He.

Now the two of them were carrying Sheng Guo's saber on their waists, Yan Chen's, and the thin sword of the assassin of the Drizzle Building, all of which were packed in a large package on the horse.

Chu He said in a low voice: "Don't make extraneous branches, look at me." ”

With that, he laughed and greeted him.

"Hahahaha, where are you going to drink? After a while, our brothers and I finished our errand, and we went to have some drinks. ”

The soldier burped, then rubbed his drunken eyes, "What are you guys...... Caught an old lady? ”

"Ah, yes, this old lady is secretly hiding the military horses of the Qianguo, and we are about to arrest her and interrogate her."

"Oh, then you should hurry up, and don't delay your errand. By the way, the wine I drank on the west side of the street was not only good in his house, but also in the hostess...... Hey, hey, hey. ”

With that, the soldier staggered and continued walking, about to pass the three of them.

Just when Chu He thought it was okay, the drunk man suddenly stopped again, turned around and said, "No, our military camp is not over there, where are you going to send her?" ”

Yan Chen's knife was instantly unsheathed, and then slowly put into the sheath.

Look at the drunkard again, his head has fallen from his neck, and his body is still standing there, and blood is spurting from his headless neck.

Yan Chen glanced at Chu He, meaning that it would have been over if he had done it a long time ago?

After walking for another half an hour, the three of them finally arrived at Peach Leaf Lane.

This peach leaf lane is very wide, the street is paved with smooth and atmospheric stone slabs, and there are waist-thick willow trees planted on the left and right sides, ten thousand hanging down, forming a scenery by itself.

The people in the alley are all white walls and black tiles, and they are tall and large.

Looking at this extraordinary Peach Leaf Lane, Aunt Ma couldn't help but sigh: "That Hao Fat Pig dreams of moving to Peach Leaf Lane and becoming a real nobleman." It's a pity that their family has a litter of dirty pigs and stupid dogs, not to mention lifting people, and they can't get a single one. ”

Yan Chen led them to the door of a house deep in the alley and gently pulled the knocker.

Chu He could see that he was very excited.