The next day, the two woke up late, but as soon as they opened their eyes, their eyes made contact, and the two looked at each other affectionately. The two hearts have never been so close. Tong Liwei stroked Wang Shuqiu's hair and said, "Shuqiu, if you really follow me, you will suffer." Wang Shuqiu said: "I'm not afraid of hardship, as long as I'm with you, I'm not afraid of anything." Tong Liwei said lovingly: "Silly girl! The two of them put on their clothes, ate some wild fruits, and rode together.

This time we walked with the horse a little more lingering than before. Tong Liwei controlled the reins with his left hand, hugged Wang Shuqiu's willow waist with his right hand, and attached the left side to her right, breathing the breath of nature together. The horse seemed to be very sensible, but walked slowly. Wang Shuqiu was so hugged by her lover, her heart was sweet, and she just hoped that she would go on forever, with no end.

The two walked a long way sweetly. When they arrived at a town, although the two were sweating from the heat, the two always hugged each other. Tong Liwei said: "Shuqiu, look at what there is to eat in the town, and also, buy a beautiful dress for you." Wang Shuqiu obeyed every word of Tong Liwei, and she was already his wife anyway.

When I entered the town, I thought it must be lively, but it was deserted. Shops are closed, and dirty things are strewn across the streets. The two looked at each other in surprise, and Tong Liwei said, "Shuqiu, something is wrong." You sit, I'll take a look. Tong Liwei got off the horse and went to take a look at a few shops nearby, which were empty and seemed to have moved away. He looked a little farther away, and it was still the same. Could it be that a huge town has just moved away? How is this possible? Could it be that they encounter bandits and bandits, and they are more likely to be robbed by officers and soldiers who are even more vicious than bandits.

Tong Liwei didn't dare to go far, lest Wang Shuqiu encounter an accident. He rushed to Wang Shuqiu's side, shook his head and said, "Strange! The townspeople don't know where they have gone. Most of the things in the house have been moved. Wang Shuqiu said: "Did the robbers do it?" Tong Liwei said: "There is no trace of robbery." ”

Wang Shuqiu hugged her shoulders and said, "Brother Tong, it's a bit gloomy here, why don't we leave quickly!" Tong Liwei nodded and said, "It's okay, can you go to the village and town in front of you to rest before dark." Tong Liwei flew on the horse and galloped on the horse. Once the black horse is hoofed, the speed is indeed extraordinary. Gradually, I saw the village in front of me.

Soon, it was at the entrance of the village. Tong Liwei dismounted, buckled the horse's head and went straight into the village. The village was quiet, as in the previous town. The village was also empty. Tong Liwei said in a low voice: "It seems that there is no one again." Wang Shuqiu also felt incomprehensible, why there was no one in every village and town, as if it had disappeared overnight.

Tong Liwei said: "It's getting late. Instead of staying in the barren mountains and mountains, it is better to find a clean house for one night. So they found a half-hidden hut in which there was nothing but a battered straw mat bed. Wang Shuqiu walked to the kitchen and looked, it was deserted, as if there had been no fire for a long time.

Tong Liwei said: "It seems that the people here have been gone for a long time. Wang Shuqiu said: "It's a pity that there is no rice in the pot, otherwise you can eat a full meal of rice porridge." Tong Liwei said: "Fortunately, there are still a few wild fruits." He sighed again: "Shuqiu, I'm really ashamed to let you eat this tasteless wild fruit every day." Wang Shuqiu smiled and took a bite and said, "Yes, it's delicious!" "Actually, this wild fruit was okay at first, but I ate this every day, and I got tired of eating it.

Wang Shuqiu usually eats delicacies from the mountains and seas, and drinks jade liquid elixir, and has eaten such fruits without even looking at them. Now it is used as a staple food, but she has never frowned, because she is glad to have found a good home, although she has to be involved in the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, but she loves this stout man deeply, and she will be very happy with him no matter how hard the days are.

Tong Liwei watched his beloved woman lose a lot of weight in recent days, of course, because she couldn't eat enough. Even if you have money on hand, you don't have a place to buy good things to eat. He could see that Wang Shuqiu was smiling, and a woman in fine clothes and fine food was indeed wronged when she went through the wind and frost with him outside. Tong Liwei said: "Shuqiu, you lie down first, I'll look for anything else to eat." Wang Shuqiu said: "Don't go, wild fruits can also satisfy hunger!" Tong Liwei shook his head and said, "You can't always eat wild fruits as food." I'll be back soon. ”

As soon as Tong Liwei left, only Wang Shuqiu was left alone in the house. Soon, it was already dark, and there were no fingers in the room. Wang Shuqiu was lying on the bed, feeling uneasy, and only hoped that Tong Liwei would come back as soon as possible.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the sound was definitely not Tong Liwei's footsteps, and the footsteps were a little staggering. Wang Shuqiu's heart suddenly rose to her throat, it can't be a ghost! As soon as she thought so, the footsteps had gone into the room and went straight to the bed. Wang Shuqiu was so frightened that she didn't move, for fear of being discovered by this "ghost".

The only thing left in the room was the gasping sound of the "ghost". Wang Shuqiu held her breath and pondered, how could the "ghost" have the sound of breathing, it seemed that it must be a person. Listening to the voice, the person seemed to be injured and in little danger. The wounded man lay on the edge of the bed and coughed. Although Wang Shuqiu was not as scared as she was just now, she didn't dare to move her body, let alone ask out loud. I am afraid that the person will still have the strength to be injured, and it will be very bad if he violates himself. Since I was in the rivers and lakes, I have a little bit of experience, and I know how to protect myself wisely, and unnecessary words will suffer unnecessary disasters.

There was a light outside the door, and Tong Liwei's familiar and comforting voice came. Wang Shuqiu was overjoyed, ignoring the injured person in front of her, jumped out of bed and went straight to the light. The injured man apparently didn't know that there was a person lying on the bed, making a "huh" sound.

I saw Tong Liwei holding half a candle in his left hand and a package in his right hand, and when he saw Wang Shuqiu jumping over, he said happily: "Shuqiu, there are steamed buns to eat." Wang Shuqiu took the package and said, "Brother Tong, there is someone next to the bed." Tong Liwei said "um", walked over with a candle, and saw a pale face reflected in the candlelight. The man was thirty miles away, looking at Tong Liwei, a big man with a frightened face.

Tong Liwei said: "Friend, are you injured? The man nodded hurriedly. Tong Liwei looked him up and down, his clothes were ragged, and he knew that he was a poor man at a glance. Tong Liwei put down all the vigilance just now and asked, "Are you from the village?" The man nodded desperately. Tong Liwei said: "Why are you injured? What about the rest of the village? The man didn't answer, and looked at the steamed bun in Wang Shuqiu's hand.

Wang Shuqiu knew that he was hungry, and hurriedly handed over a steamed bun. The man quickly grabbed the steamed bun three or two times and ate it. It seems that this person is very hungry, and I am afraid that he has not eaten for many days. Wang Shuqiu was caught by the man's urgency, which made her fingers hurt a little, but she didn't mind, and handed another one to the man.

Tong Liwei was afraid that Wang Shuqiu would give all the steamed buns to that person to eat, so he hurriedly said: "Shuqiu, you are also hungry, eat one first." Wang Shuqiu smiled and took a bite of the steamed bun. The steamed bun was a little hard and had a rancid taste, and she almost didn't spit it out of her mouth. Although it was broken, it was found by Tong Liwei with great difficulty, not to mention that there was nothing to eat within a hundred miles, so he had to swallow it.

The man ate two steamed buns, gained strength, and said slowly: "Seeing that the two of you don't look like bad people, I'll tell the truth." After a pause, he said, "I was injured by officers and soldiers." Wang Shuqiu hurriedly asked, "Why did the officers and soldiers hurt you?" Tong Liwei patted the bed board and said: "Then you still need to ask, oppress the people, do evil, and be more fierce than robbers." ”

The man said, "This guy is absolutely right. These dog officers and soldiers raped and plundered, burned, killed, and looted everywhere, and did all kinds of bad things, which were worse than pigs and dogs. Wang Shuqiu felt a faint pain in her heart, the Ming Dynasty officials actually reached the point where everyone betrayed their relatives and left, and everyone shouted and beat them. Tong Liwei asked: "It was the officers and soldiers who arrested all the people in your village, right?" The man said, "No." Our villages have always been peaceful. Somehow, a neighboring village came to catch a quick one, saying that there were bandits hiding in the village. If you think about it, we ordinary people don't want to be promoted, we don't want to get rich, we just want to live a peaceful life wholeheartedly, how can we hide robbers and bandits for no reason. Besides, those robbers and bandits were also forced out by the government. ”

Later, I pondered that a few uninvited guests did come a few days ago, and they turned out to be several leaders of the cottage who were being chased everywhere by officers and soldiers. No wonder we are called bandits. The village chief of the neighboring village went to the county seat to defend himself, but he was beaten to death, and said that he would be severely punished and would come to search the village. Not only that, but several nearby villages were also innocently seated. When we heard this, we were shocked and wondered what to do. If the officers and soldiers come, will we still have a small life? When we were panicking, the leaders of the cottage who passed by the village came again and persuaded us to move the village to the cottage to avoid accidents. As soon as we discussed, we couldn't afford to hide, and it was better to flee for our lives than to be framed and killed by the government. Soon, people from several villages carried things and went straight to the cottage with the leaders. ”