Chapter 2: Serendipity
The carriage galloped in pain, but the bandits on the opposite side did not dodge or dodge, and went straight to the carriage, with excitement and madness in their eyes.
"Stop! Hear no! Little girl, don't stop, you can't survive for a while! β
The bandits in front were also full of threats, and the loud voice made Cheng Yu care about the next side, and hit the horse's buttocks heavily with a whip.
Seeing that he was about to collide head-on with the horse, the bandit on the opposite side skillfully avoided it, reached out and grabbed the reins of the horse, followed the horse for a few steps, and turned over and rode on the horse's back.
Looking at the experienced appearance, it should not be an ordinary mountain bandit who falls into the grass, but some kung fu means on his body.
Cheng Yuguan watched the mountain bandit stop subduing the horse, and the whip in his hand was useless. It seems that the gallop just now has exhausted the horse's strength.
"Little girl, don't be small, give me down!"
Cheng Yuguan was dragged down from the carriage by the mountain bandits who came behind her, and the huge strength, like a rag doll, dragged her and threw her on the road.
Cheng Yuguan clutched the dagger on his chest and didn't dare to move.
"Boss, this little girl's skin looks beautiful, let's take it away, not only can we relieve boredom on the road, but when we get to the next town, we can also sell it for money!"
There was a man covered in greasy, and his eyes were shining, looking at Cheng Yuguan who was lying on the side of the road and said.
"When was this? The carriage is so big, and you have to carry another burden, you don't want to die? Get in the car and go! β
The man who subdued the horses stopped his men.
The subordinate was a little reluctant to get what he had gained, and he got into the car slowly, still fighting for it in his mouth, "How many times will our Heifeng Village not be suppressed in what year?" Isn't it okay after the moment? Besides, we ran away from the small road first, and the officers and soldiers were still suppressing bandits in the mountains, and they couldn't find us. β
"Okay, you stay, give up your place to that little girl!"
Seeing that the boss seemed impatient, the man got into the carriage and no longer paid attention to the little lady lying on the side of the road, "Don't bring it, don't take it." Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood. Let's go! β
The sound of the carriage gradually faded away, and Cheng Yuguan, who was lying on the side of the road, finally dared to take a breath, "God bless!" β
People who have never believed in Buddhism, after the powerless experience just now, can't help but thank God.
Her hands and feet were a little weak with fright, Cheng Yuguan slowed down her hands and feet for a while before she gradually regained her strength, and she sat up with her body propped up.
Because of the discomfort of motion sickness, Cheng Yuguan didn't dare to eat for more than a day, and after some thrilling just now, she only felt the weak feeling of hunger from her stomach to her whole body.
After settling down, Cheng Yuguan got up and walked towards the mountain on the mountain.
Didn't those mountain bandits just now say that there were officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits? In this barren mountain and wilderness, it is better to find officers and soldiers than to be alone, right?
Not far away, another call came, "Little girl, don't run!" β
Cheng Yuguan turned around, but it was the person who was the first to chase the carriage just now who chased after him again.
It turned out that they had just seen the bandits and hid, but now they saw the carriage running away and searched for it.
Seeing the lonely Cheng Yuguan, he didn't give in to the mountain bandits just now, and shouted to chase after him.
"Whoever doesn't run is a fool!"
Cheng Yuguan saw that the three or five big men behind him were following up again, and hurriedly ran forward desperately.
"Stop, don't you hear!"
"If you stop now, my brothers will be happy, I don't want your life! If you don't stop, let a few of us catch up, and be careful of your little life! β
The big man behind him chased and intimidated, and his vicious appearance without scruples was disgusting.
Cheng Yuguan sped up again, and definitely didn't let himself fall into the hands of that group of people.
Heifengling is a mountain range, there is only one rugged mountain road to pass, the right side of the mountain road is a steep cliff, and the left side of the mountain road is a cliff wall, Cheng Yuguan can only run desperately forward on this mountain road.
She grew up in Chengjia Village since she was a child, and practiced martial arts up and down the mountain since she was a child, and she didn't run slowly, so that the people behind her couldn't catch up for a while.
But those big men were not in a hurry, so they let Cheng Yuguan run desperately, they were like cats playing mice, falling far away.
"I'm going to see when you're bored, and when you're tired of running again, we'll see how we clean you up!"
Someone behind him teased.
When Cheng Yuguan heard this, he didn't dare to relax, and ran forward desperately. I didn't dare to stop when I felt the smell of blood in my throat.
When he was running for his life like this, Cheng Yuguan couldn't help but laugh at himself when he took the 800-meter physical test in his previous life uncontrollably, "At that time, I ran hard in the first lap, and I started to lose energy in the second lap." If you have the current hard work, you won't be impossible. β
As if a long time had passed, Cheng Yuguan's eyes turned black. She hadn't eaten for more than a day, and she couldn't hold it anymore.
"Is this boring? Run, you keep running?! β
As if he felt that Cheng Yuguan's speed had slowed down, the big man behind him sneered again, his mouth was unforgiving, and his speed followed closely to catch up.
Feeling that the pursuers behind her were getting closer and closer, Cheng Yuguan's eyes looked left and right, if she couldn't get rid of it, she could only jump down and resign herself to fate.
"It's better to die than to live, we don't want your life, you better stop quickly!"
It seemed that seeing Cheng Yuguan looking for a way out left and right, the people behind laughed.
The people behind him couldn't get rid of like evil spirits, Cheng Yuguan's legs and feet were getting heavier and heavier, and he was about to be caught up, Cheng Yuguan closed his eyes and jumped down the steep slope to the right fiercely.
But it might as well be that the big man who was chasing behind him was already very close to Cheng Yuguan at this time, and seeing that she was about to jump down, two steps faster, he stepped forward to hug Cheng Yuguan and threw him on the side of the mountain wall.
Cheng Yuguan covered his sore waist and stared at the few big men chasing in front of him.
Compared with the greasy mountain bandits just now, although several people are also dressed similarly, they are more "refreshing".
"If you pretend to be a bandit, you should also be careful. Those heroes just now, but their hair is shaved short and their scalps are exposed. You don't look like you're dressed. β
Cheng Yuguan said coldly.
The person who came to breathe evenly, the man led by him looked like he was thirty or forty years old, dressed in brown shorts, his hair was wrapped in a cloth on his head, and when he heard Cheng Yuguan's words, he laughed out loud, and while undressing, he smiled fiercely, "The eldest lady is smart, as long as the eldest lady is obedient, we don't want the eldest lady's life." β
"Hehe, Brother Li, you go first, the brothers are at the back."
The big man behind him stared at Cheng Yuguan Dao with a smile, his eyes greasy and disgusting.
Feeling the smelly breath in his ears, Cheng Yuguan, who was teased all the way, suddenly took out the hidden dagger and stabbed it out with all his strength.
"Ahh You'reβ"
The big man who pounced on Cheng Yuguan was stabbed in the abdomen by Cheng Yuguan, and he turned over and fell to the side with a wail.
Seeing this, the big man behind him no longer looked greasy and impatient, but rushed forward, one by one, controlled Cheng Yuguan's hands, and pressed her against the mountain wall.
"Brother Li, how are you, does it matter?"
The man looked at the head that was clutching his waist and abdomen, and his face turned pale instantly.
"Leave me alone, you guys will make a quick decision, take the innocence of this little girl, let's leave quickly."
Unexpectedly, at this point, "Brother Li" still refused to let go of the process Yuguan. The dagger was taken down, Cheng Yuguan looked at the few big men in front of him, and couldn't help but close his eyes.
What is despair and what is powerlessness, Cheng Yuguan finally realized it at this time.
Although she was born in the Hou Mansion and the general's maternal grandfather, at this time in this countryside, she is a woman who still needs to look at her grandmother's face and be ravaged at will. Even if she has been trying to change her fate since she was a child, what about practicing martial arts and literature? She was innocent and became a stain on the Hou Mansion, and the Cheng Huo family no longer had a place for her. Her heroine sister is still the pearl of the two families. And she is the hard-working female partner who can't fight for her life, and her existence is only to pave the way for the heroine.
Such an ending made Cheng Yuguan, who has lived for thirteen years, feel that he has been a joke for the past thirteen years.
No matter how you struggle, try your best to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, or not even end up as well as the ending in the book?
Cheng Yuguan was desperate, and her mind went from powerlessness and remorse to unwillingness to anger.
At this moment, it seemed that God had really heard her heart, and fate favored her.
A sound of horses' hooves sounded, interrupting the voices of several big men, Cheng Yuguan also opened his eyes instantly, and looked over with hope, only to see that on the other side of the narrow mountain road, there seemed to be a team of people and horses, wearing armor, with a flag erected, with a white dragon pattern on a black background.
"Brother Li, it's the fourth prince."
Brother Li glanced at Cheng Yuguan, and the strip of cloth wrapped around the wound was soaked in blood, "Let's go!" β
"Brother Li? Uncle Cheng is there?! β
"It's okay, we haven't done anything yet. Even if you get caught, it's not a handle. Walk! β
In the blink of an eye, several big men jumped down the steep hill. Seeing this, Cheng Yuguan hurriedly shouted.
"Help! There are mountain bandits! β
The soldiers on the other side of the mountain road heard the sound and hurriedly turned around and ran over.
"Who are you and why are you in the Black Wind Ridge?"
The soldier pointed at Cheng Yuguan with a spear, and asked with a small flag.
Cheng Yuguan pointed to the steep slope opposite, "There were mountain bandits robbing just now, and when I heard the movement of the soldier coming, I jumped down and ran!" β
At this time, looking down the steep slope, there are still a few faint figures.
"Follow me!"
Seeing the soldiers chasing after him, Cheng Yuguan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the soldiers who poured out from the other side, and said loudly, "I am Cheng Yuguan, the eldest lady of Cheng Hou's Mansion, and I encountered bandits on the way back to Beijing. β
The soldiers might as well have this origin of a woman they met in the mountains and fields, and they couldn't help but look at each other.
At this time, there were horses behind the soldiers who separated from each other, and the man on the horse sat on a high horse, seeing that although Cheng Yuguan's hair was messy, his clothes were quite neat, and after throwing the cloak behind him to Cheng Yuguan, he looked at Cheng Yuguan condescendingly.
"Are you the eldest lady of Chenghou Mansion?"
Cheng Yuguan wrapped himself in a cloak and took out a jade pendant.
She was in the carriage, and what she threw out was an empty purse, and the jade pendant in her arms was the relics that the real grandmother left for her mother.
She held up the jade pendant, "My father Cheng Hou, mother Huo Jingyu, this is the Huo family's jade pendant, which can prove my identity!" β
The person who came took the jade pendant and sent it back to the soldiers, where there seemed to be some big man who could call the shots.
Cheng Yuguan followed the figure on horseback and looked behind the soldier. Through the woods and the banners, she seemed to see a figure in dark clothes glancing in her direction.
After a while, the man rode back, dismounted and returned the jade pendant to Cheng Yuguan, and the look on his face was no longer cold, "This young lady, what about the subordinates of the Cheng family?" But lost? Where you are separated, I will send someone to find you back, so that I can escort you back to Beijing. β
Cheng Yuguan shook his head, "I'm afraid they have all encountered accidents, you just need to give me a horse, I will follow the team, and I will never drag you down." When you succeed in suppressing the bandits and return to Beijing, I will go with you. This time I returned to Beijing because my maternal grandfather, General Huo, had returned to the court after victory and wanted to see me. They are all in the army, and for the sake of my grandfather's thin face, I guess adults can meet my request, right? β
After a series of encounters just now, Cheng Yuguan still wants to follow Mama Chen to Beijing again. Even if there were really mountain bandits just now, the group of people just now were definitely fake mountain bandits, in order to tarnish their innocence. In this way, after she returned to Beijing, she not only gave the Huo family an explanation, but also did not pose any threat to the people of the Cheng Mansion. A daughter who has lost her virginity will not have any respect and human rights except for suicide. This kind of her is the one that best meets some people's expectations, right?
In the face of Cheng Yuguan's request, after the person came back to report again, he relented.
"Today's crackdown on bandits in Heifeng Village is over, and tomorrow we will pull out the camp and return to Beijing. The conditions in the army are hard, and since the young lady wants to follow, she will be more forgiving. β
Cheng Yuguan had recovered at this time, got up and fastened the cloak tightly, and the cloak of others dragged a lot on her, wrapping her tightly.
Cheng Yuguan used a dagger to cut open the hem of the mopping floor, tore it off, and then looked at the person who came, "Thank you benefactor." Dare to ask the name of the benefactor, after returning to Beijing, there will be a follow-up report. β
The man waved his hand, "I'm Lin Jing, the one who allowed you to follow into Beijing is our master and the four princes, if you say thank you, go back and only thank our four princes." Okay, there's no need to be polite outside, this horse is for you, can you go now? β
Cheng Yuguan took the reins of the horse, comforted the horse a few times, and then flew on the horse.
Although Chengjia Village is not as rich as the Hou Mansion in the capital, it is not an ordinary village. Poor and rich in martial arts, the whole village of Chengjia Village practices martial arts, and there are naturally a lot of horses. In addition to practicing martial arts, Cheng Yuguan naturally also rides horses.
Lin Jing saw Cheng Yu close the horse neatly, nodded, and followed the horse, "Let's go, follow me first." β
Cheng Yuguan nodded, and now he finally has a way out.
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followed Lin Jing all the way to the nearby county seat of Jixian County.
"Miss Cheng, Mama Chen and the girl coachman from the Hou Mansion have found it. The Four Princes, please come over. β
Late at night, after dinner, Cheng Yuguan bathed and changed clothes, and was about to rest, when suddenly a soldier came to report.
Hearing this, Cheng Yuguan couldn't help but sneer, she escaped death, Mama Chen and Qinglu, old and young, but safe and sound, let out a deep breath, "Got it." β
When he came to the main hall, Cheng Yuguan saw the expressionless coachman, Qinglu with a happy face, and Mama Chen with a worried face.
"Miss, you're okay, great!"
Qing Lu pounced in surprise.