CHAPTER XVII
It's twilight, the weeds on the side of the road are fluttering in the wind, and it's still a relatively warm season, and the warm wind blows on the body, and it doesn't feel cold.
It's a good time to be in the town, and if you have nothing to do on weekdays, it's comfortable. But Shen Wei walked on the road to the town in a hurry, followed by Fan Xian. Fan Xian should have stayed at home to take care of his mother, but as soon as Shen Wei stepped out of the door, the second aunt who woke up leisurely was very dissatisfied, and felt that at this moment, Shen Wei must not be taught to be in the limelight, so she forced Fan Xian to go out.
The road is a mud road, although it is sunny today, but yesterday it rained heavily, and there are many potholes on the road.
The two of them had to walk cautiously on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were in a hurry, and they walked a little deep and shallow. Fan is now missing an arm, and his body is even worse than before, and he walks much slower. Shen Wei looked back at him from time to time, for fear that he would lose himself again.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves on the dirt ground, and the dust was flying, Shen Wei looked up in shock, and soon saw several horses galloping towards him. If you look closely, you can see that the person who originally looked like an officer and soldier rode a horse and splashed the two of them in muddy water.
"! These guys are as anxious as the monkeys! What's going on again! ”
Shen Wei was a little angry, and subconsciously scolded a swear word in the countryside, and regretted it a little when the words came out, feeling that he had spent all these years of upbringing, and then he thought that the educated people were not there, so he only looked back. Those officers and soldiers are not arrogant and clean on weekdays, but they are covered with gray and black, and some of them even have blood stains on their bodies, and at the end is Zhang Shenwei's familiar face, Guan Ya Gong, who often comes to the people's homes to fight the autumn breeze, and the expression on his face is no longer the arrogant of the past.
This sight, this look...... Shen Wei was a little familiar, and there was a strange smell in his heart.
Shen Wei chased back, subconsciously took out a long rope that he always had in his sleeve, and threw it at the legs of the horses ridden by the galloping officers and soldiers. Most of the horses had not eaten well or slept well, and they were also tired, and the horse that was running at the end really hit him, and the horse's legs were skimmed, and the man on the horse fell to the ground.
The man wailed and rolled on the ground as if he had broken his arm. The other officers and soldiers in front didn't even look back, and didn't seem to notice anything, but just ran all the way.
Shen Wei chased forward, said that the man turned over, and asked sharply: "Say!" Why are you running! Something is happening in town! ”
"Oops, oops," Guan Ya held his arms and cried out in pain, and it took a while to raise his head and see Shen Wei's face clearly, "It's you scourge!" What are you doing to knock me off my horse? ”
Shen Wei couldn't wait to punch Guan Yashi in the face again: "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" ”
"You, you knocked me off the horse, almost killed me and lost my life, you know! Murder of the errand officer, if the Qingtian Lord is still here, I will definitely sue you fiercely! Guan Ya scolded and scolded.
Unable to bear it, Shen Wei took out a short blade from his sleeve and put it not far from the neck of Guan Yashi: "Say!" ”
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There was fire everywhere, reflecting the half-light and half-dark sky, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be reflected red, and the town where the smoke should have risen was not seen chopping wood and boiling water.
There are corpses lying horizontally and vertically everywhere, some people Shen Wei knows, and most people Shen Wei doesn't know. They are all dressed up by ordinary people, and they are the original residents of Pingjiang Town.
Concubine An's brother-in-law, the uncle of the sixth prince Fu Yao, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, An Shi, raised troops against him.
The specific information was not clear to Guan Ya Servant, because he was worried that the rebels were still in the city, and Guan Ya Servant was still humming and chirping, although Shen Wei hated it, he couldn't, so he had to ask Fan Xian first, let him take Guan Ya Servant back to the village quickly, and inform people to run away first, hide in the mountains, and avoid this difficulty first.
When he arrived in Pingjiang County alone, he was still sneaking at first, afraid of being discovered by the rebels, and while walking and observing, he found that there were only traces of smashing and looting on the street, and it seemed that there were no living people, and the rebels of the king of Zhennan did not know where they went.
Looking at the corpses lying sideways, it was as if something was blocking Shen Wei's throat, teaching him not to make a sound.
He simply ran and searched in the town, but his heart was like a big stone, numb, not angry, only a glimmer of hope to find those children, after seeing the fallen sugar gourd straw handles, the stalls that usually sell paper windmills, grass, dragonflies, and those things have long been swept to the ground and trampled to a pulp.
When I finally arrived at the door of the medicine hall, the door was half-open and half-hidden. Shen Wei looked at the blood stains left at the door, his heart sank, he pushed open the door and entered, and the shopkeeper who stood at the counter to greet him on weekdays had already fallen in a pool of blood.
Shen Wei tried, but he was already out of breath, he didn't know what to say, a breath seemed to be in his heart, he couldn't go up or down, and continued to stumble to look for the rest of the medicine hall. At a glance, he saw a few children he knew and accompanied Dr. Liu's grandson out, either with knife marks on their bodies or necks, and their small bodies were stacked together, but there was no movement.
He trembled and knelt down, pulling the children apart, his hands trembling and trying to breathe one by one. No gas, no gas, still no gas, the little ghost he had only seen at noon would no longer make a fuss at the moment.
There is also a child, who is Dr. Liu's grandson Xiaozhuang, who suddenly whimpered and snorted from time to time like a kitten, and Shen Wei suddenly pounced on Liu Xiaozhuang's side, still breathing. But it is also angry.
Herbs to stop bleeding, there should be herbs to stop bleeding in the pharmacy! I just don't know if the rebels have ransacked the shop......... Shen Wei hurriedly opened the medicine cabinet, fortunately, fortunately, he found that the medicine cabinet was still full, the army was traveling, and the rebels did not take these important medicinal materials.
Lianfang, Sanqi, Shen Wei hurriedly took out these two herbs, and now he unconditionally grinded or boiled water, he had to put these kinds of herbs in his mouth, chew out the juice, tear off a piece of cloth from his body, and then put the chewed herbs and juice on the cloth. Applied to the wound on Liu Xiaozhuang's waist, the effect of the medicine was slow, Shen Wei didn't dare to press it hard, the blood was still gurgling out, and his hands were dark red.
Shen ...... Brother ......" Liu Xiaozhuang slowly opened his eyes, dazed and panicked in his eyes, and very weak, "Help me...... I don't want to die......"
"You won't die, good, Xiaozhuang, don't be afraid, Brother Shen is here, you won't die." Shen Wei frantically pressed the cloth with the herbs on Liu Xiaozhuang's injury, wanting to press to stop the bleeding, as long as the bleeding was stopped, there was still hope. The blood seemed to never stop, soaking his hands, and he insisted on pressing continuously, and finally it didn't flow.
"I'll just say I can stop, Xiaozhuang, I'll take you home......" Shen Wei barely squeezed out a smile from the corner of his mouth, comforting him, but the child didn't react for a long time. Shen Wei looked up, and the colorful glow outside the door shone in, falling on the child's dark pupils, which was very magnificent.
But the child would never feel the light glaring again, and his pupils were wide open, as if he had just come into this world, opened his eyes, and saw the world for the first time.