On a spring night, the moonlight is cold and silent.

In Zhoujia Village, the sound of the donkey cart startled a dog barking.

The villagers here are different from other places, even in the middle of the night, some people hurriedly light the lamps and come out to check when they hear the movement, which is a strange vigilance.

The girl who was hiding in a pile of funeral papers in the donkey cart looked at the four or five lights that were lit one after another, and said in a low voice: "Just catch the car, don't look around." ”

"That's the old man's car, what is he doing when he goes out in the middle of the night?"

"You don't know yet, the old bolt has a big pen this time...... It is said to be a rare good goods. ”

"Tsk, the old bolt has been really good in the past few years......"

"It's just that I lack a son."

"Didn't people raise one at home! In two years, I will find a mother-in-law to come back, and I will have my own grandson! ”

Several men craned their necks and coaxed their sleeves to laugh a few words here, and shouted in the direction of the donkey cart in front of them: "Old bolt! How do you have to go out in the middle of the night to make deliveries? ”

"yes, beware of hitting ghosts halfway! Do you want us to go with us, old bolt? ”

In the night, the figure of the person driving the car stiffened, and his voice was like a mosquito: "What...... What to do......"

The voice in the car behind him said, "Go, quickly." ”

"Hmm...!"

The boy wearing an old lambskin hat of a middle-aged man and wrapped in a heavy cotton coat to hide his figure in the night was about to burst out of his heart, and he dared to stare closely ahead and drive the donkey cart faster.

"What's the matter, old bolt?"

"Why don't you talk?"

Several people glanced at each other, and their faces suddenly changed.

"Quick, go to his house and see!"

"Sixth, you follow me!"

Soon, the sound of gongs in the village can only be heard when walking on the water.

They are not well-trained military attendants, but they are engraved in their bones, and the degree of vigilance is far beyond that of ordinary people - people are often extremely spontaneous in the face of interests, especially those who come from the wrong way and do not work hard, and they do not need to learn or teach.

"Quick! Catch up with them! ”

Except for the two who ran to chase after them at first, someone soon chased after them on mules.

Listening to the voices getting closer and closer behind him, thinking of the terrible consequences after being captured, the boy's forehead and palms were full of sweat, and there was only one voice in his head—sure enough, it was impossible to escape!

The next moment, he suddenly felt the wind blow behind him.

The girl who was hiding in the middle of the funeral things suddenly got up, jumped up, sat on the wooden board beside the boy, grabbed the donkey rope in the boy's hand with one hand, and raised the whip with the other, and said, "Sit firmly, if you plant it, I will not turn back to save you." ”

The donkey cart sped up and rushed forward.

The boy clung to the car board, and for a moment he could only see the girl's half-wrapped ponytail flying, and the yellow and white paper money on her shoulders being blown off.

Seeing that the donkey cart in front of him was getting faster and faster, the mule rider became more and more irritable.

"What the fuck...... Is it a donkey cart?! ”

Running so fast, don't talk about him, is the donkey himself dare to believe it!

Under the disparity in speed, the person driving the car in front of him picked a fork in the road to confuse his vision, and after chasing for half an hour, he finally completely chased the person away.

The voices in Zhoujia Village were chaotic, and most of the villagers had already woken up and rushed towards Lizheng's house.

"The old bolt's house is full of blood!"

"A half-dead little lady...... How can it be! ”

"Why hasn't the third child come back yet, can't you really let her run away?!"

"I don't believe in evil anymore, no one has ever been able to escape alive from here!"

"Lizheng, what do you say?"

"What's the hurry, you can get out of Zhoujia Village, and you can get out of Hezhou?" The man sitting in the chair looked impatient: "Although it can't be a big deal, it's troublesome enough to make such a fuss!" As soon as the morning dawned, I went into the city to make up for it, and each family first paid ten taels of silver, and then let the old bolt make up for it. ”

Although there were reluctant people in the crowd, they complained a few words but could only follow.

The lame woman who was pouring water for everyone listened to these words and pursed her chapped lips.

……

Did you really escape?

The boy sat on the donkey cart, his cold sweat did not disappear, and he looked back in the direction of Zhoujia Village, which had long been out of sight.

"We ...... Really escaped? The boy looked at the girl's unreal face and asked cautiously.

He didn't dare to have such a dream for a long time.

When he was a child, he dreamed that when he woke up, he would always wipe his tears for a long time in the dark night.

But I heard the girl looking in front of me say, "Not yet." ”

The boy froze.

The girl glanced at the official road in front of her, judged the direction, and headed east.

As the sky was about to dawn, the donkey cart slowly stopped in front of the city gates.

The girl looked up and looked at the word Hezhou above the city wall-

At first, she heard the husband and wife speak, and it was a Hezhou accent.

Dasheng Yutu, she has been familiar with it since she was a child, and she has also been to Hezhou, so she judged the official road to enter the city by memory.

Therefore, this world is really still the original world, everything is the same as it was, but she "came back from the dead" in another body.

As soon as the fifth watch passed, the city gate slowly opened.

The gate guards yawned and began the day's inspection.

There were already a lot of people lined up outside the city gate, and most of the people who entered the city at such an hour were some small traders who were rushing to the morning market, and two teenagers, one big and one small, dressed in ordinary clothes, pulling funeral things on donkey carts, were also inconspicuous in the crowd.

The guards waved their hands and let them go, but did not check the contents of the car.

Listening to the two guards laughing and chatting about the idle days, the girl lowered her eyes.

Although it is not a time of war or a critical time, the entry and exit of the people under the rule of the state need not be too strict, but the fact that these guards are so loose shows that the rule of Hezhou is too lax and there is no law and discipline at all.

So, no wonder.

After entering the city, it was already dark.

"Go buy ten buns." The girl took out a grain of silver and handed it to the boy: "I only eat meat buns." ”

The boy looked at the bun stand she was pointing to, stepped forward cautiously, handed over the broken silver hands, and said very seriously: "Ten...... Meat buns. ”

"Give!" When he held the bun back to the girl, there was an inexplicable look in his eyes, as if he had completed an extremely unattainable and remarkable event.

The girl took the kettle from the donkey cart, poured water and cleaned her hands, picked up a bun and bit it.

The buns are steaming hot, and when you eat them, you can clearly know that you are still alive.

Only the living can eat.

It's good to be alive.

The girl, who had eaten five buns in one go, looked at the boy who was standing there motionless, thought for a moment, picked up a bun, and told him, "This is a bun, something that can be eaten." ”

The boy was stunned.

It's not that he doesn't know it's a bun......

"I ...... Can I eat together? He asked, uncertain.

Facing the eyes that were always cautious, the girl nodded and handed him the bun.

The girl's fingertips were slender and white, more delicate than the soft bun in her hand, glowing softly in the morning light.

The boy looked at her and was stunned for a long time before reaching out to take it.

Between eating steamed buns, the girl's fellow travelers inquired about the location of Liuke Lane.

……

"How to say it, have you remembered it all?"

The boy forced his apprehension and nodded, "Remember." ”

In Liuke Lane, there are only three families.

And the only one on the plaque outside the gate that does not have a house surname, only the words "Jingfeng Courtyard", is the only place.

The boy led the donkey cart to the back door of the courtyard, swallowed nervously, and summoned up the courage to go up and knock on the door.