Ning Baizhi flowed waist-deep in the river.

Although the river water in early spring was not as cold as in the middle of winter, the moment she went down to the river, the little girl still couldn't help shivering, and even her teeth were sore. She lifted the only burden she had over her head to keep it from getting wet by the river, and it contained dry food and life-saving things.

I was used to living fine clothes and food by Chen Chao's side, and every day I woke up, there were days when I had fragrant food. Ning Baizhi swore that she would not miss the days when she had eaten the last meal and did not have the next meal at all.

It's night!

Twenty decades ago, Ning Baizhi set off from the prime minister's mansion in the capital overnight.

In only 20 days, they traveled to the territory of Yunzhou, and the speed was not fast.

She's going home!

She wants to rush back to Ningjiawan and tell her fathers and fellow villagers that they can follow her to the capital and gain a new identity under the protection of the Chen Dynasty. They no longer have to live the days of hiding in Tibet like before, and they no longer have to worry about survival.

The river is very cold, and Ning Baizhi has flowed many times.

In fact, she can take other roads, those roads are smooth and easy to walk, and she doesn't need to wet her clothes, but those roads are not the fastest to reach Ningjiawan, and Ning Baizhi can't wait to return to Ningjiawan.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the light of the fire came from far and near.

Ning Baizhi was so frightened that she quickly quickened her pace, and after going ashore, she bent down and hid behind the aquatic plants on the shore, holding the burden tightly in her arms.

The sound of horses' hooves in his ears lasted for a long time, and the firelight reflected this old forest in the deep mountains that few people had set foot on as if it were daytime, and Ning Baizhi didn't dare to gasp throughout the whole atmosphere.

When those people rode away and disappeared at the end of the jungle, Ning Baizhi dared to poke her head out.

She carried the burden on her back and muttered to herself:

"Black Wind Village? How did they find here? suffered, my brother and sister-in-law are in danger. ”

Thinking of this, Ning Baizhi became more and more anxious, the wind was under her feet, and her body was like a ghost walking quickly through the jungle.

Everywhere in the way, only a very slight sound occurred.

Often before the beasts in the jungle could react, Ning Baizhi had already fled far away.

If she could, Ning Baizhi hoped to walk through this journey slowly and take a good look at the scenery along the way, because after settling down in the capital in the future, she would not have the opportunity to take a good look at this road.

But now, she has to speed herself up.

When the bandits in Heifeng Village had not yet arrived at Ningjiawan, they persuaded their brother and sister-in-law and the elders and villagers of Ningjiawan to leave.

Walk through the jungle and climb the cliffs like a deft cheetah.

Ning Baizhi ran on the sheep intestine path between the cliffs.

On one side is a bottomless cliff.

She had seen several villagers fall from this dangerous road, and it took a long time for the sound to come after the people fell.

Sister-in-law Yu said that they could never come back, and in the end, they could not even find the body.

Ning Baizhi's speed is extremely fast, at night, there is only a glimmer of sky overhead, there is a faint moonlight shining in, the light conditions are extremely bad, a little careless, she will fall down.

But Ning Baizhi didn't dare to reduce her speed, she had to seize every minute and every second.

Ning Baizhi gritted her teeth, ruthlessly, and maintained a shadow-like speed for nearly half an hour.

A moment later, a large rock blocked the road, Ning Baizhi reached out to tighten the burden on her body, lowered her center of gravity, and started with her legs, slamming onto the rock.

"Who?"

Suddenly, a voice was heard from behind the rocks.

Immediately, a torch was slowly lit, and the flamelight illuminated the surrounding scenery.

"Sister-in-law!"

Ning Baizhi was a little surprised and called out.

Because the person hiding behind the rock to keep vigil was her sister-in-law Yu.

There are only about 50 people in Guanjiawan, who live deep in the mountains, and this is the only exit from Guanjiawan to the outside world.

Every night there is a manned watch, usually by an adult man.

Yu Xiulan held the knife in one hand and the torch in the other, and found that the person on the rock was Ning Baizhi, and cried with joy: "Baizhi, are you back?" ”

Ning Baizhi jumped off the rock and threw herself into the arms of her sister-in-law Yu Xiulan, tears fell out of her eyes, "Sister-in-law, it's me, I'm back." ”

Yu Xiulan is an extremely gentle woman, no more than forty years old, Ning Baizhi was brought up by her, it is not an exaggeration to say that the eldest sister-in-law is the mother, in comparison, the relationship between the two sisters-in-law is better than the relationship between Ning Baizhi and her brother.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, just come back......" Yu Xiulan wiped her hand to wipe the tears on Ning Baizhi's face, rubbed her head, and comforted softly.

"You must have suffered a lot along the way, right? Silly boy, how do you say you can sneak out without saying hello? Your brother is dying. ”

"Sister-in-law, is my brother okay?" Ning Baizhi sorted out her expression, her nose and eye circles were red.

"Your brother is fine, okay, but you, why did you come back now?"

Ning Baizhi was hesitant, and she couldn't tell for a while, she took Yu Xiulan's hand and said anxiously: "By the way, sister-in-law, I just met bandits, let's quickly notify the patriarch and ask the clan to transfer, right?" The bandits will soon find here. ”

"It's okay, don't worry, in the past few months since you left, the bandits have been circling outside the mountains, and they can't get in."

Only then did Ning Baizhi settle down.

Yu Xiulan pulled Ning Baizhi to sit down against the stone, sheltered from the wind, and asked, "Where have you been in the past few months?" ”

Speaking of this, Ning Baizhi suddenly came to her senses, she grabbed her sister-in-law Yu Xiulan's arm, and said very excitedly:

"Sister-in-law, I went out to do a big thing, I went to assassinate the adulterer!"

"Huh?"

Yu Xiulan looked shocked, and hurriedly checked Ning Baizhi to see if she was still embarrassed.

Ning Baizhi patted her chest, indicating that she was fine, and said:

"But the task of assassinating the traitor failed, sister-in-law, my experience of going out is wonderful, and I have been summoned by the first master of the capital, the commander of the forbidden army, and I was beaten and vomited several mouthfuls of blood, and the first master of the capital really deserves its name."

Yu Xiulan sighed in her heart, speechless, and didn't know what to say.

This girl, she is still so happy to vomit blood after being beaten? Sure enough, when I was a child, I fell to the brain, and it wasn't completely healed.

"Sister-in-law, our Ning family's light skills really live up to its reputation, I was injured and hid in the capital for so long, they couldn't catch me, and then I went out of the city...... Sister-in-law, guess what I did again? ”

"Sister-in-law?" Seeing that Yu Xiulan didn't speak, Ning Baizhi shook her arm.

Yu Xiulan came back to her senses and looked at Ning Baizhi, Ning Baizhi told all the things she saw and experienced in Qingshan County after leaving the city, she said: "Sister-in-law, we can finally live as normal people, we don't have to hide in Tibet like before, we martial artists will no longer be discriminated again, we can live in Daji openly!" ”

The more Yu Xiulan listened, the more frightened she became, and quickly reached out to cover Ning Baizhi's mouth and motioned her to stop talking.

Ning Baizhi took Yu Xiulan's hand away, "Sister-in-law, what I said is true, I came back this time to convince the patriarch that Xiangye has already assured me ......"

"Angelica Bai! Silly boy, you've been deceived! He is the treacherous Chen Dynasty, he wants to use us, in his eyes, we are just eagle dogs raised by him! ”

"Not really!"

Ning Baizhi's voice increased a little, "Sister-in-law, Xiangye is not what you said, we can really live in the sun!" ”

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When the morning came, someone came to replace Yu Xiulan on duty, and when the man saw that Ning Baizhi, who had run away from home, was back, he was very happy and asked questions.

After a simple hello, Yu Xiulan took Ning Baizhi and quickly returned to Ningjiawan and returned to that home!

Pushing open the wooden fence of the yard, Ning Baizhi saw a middle-aged man, dressed in coarse linen clothes, chopping firewood in the yard.

Ning Baizhi stood at the door, facing the middle-aged man's back, and tried to open her mouth a few times before squeezing out a crying voice from her throat.

"Brother, I'm back."

Hearing the voice, Ning Baiying slowly turned around, although he was not yet forty years old this year, his temples were already gray, and the years had left many marks on his face.

Seeing the little sister Ning Baizhi standing at the door, there was not much difference from when she left. As an elder brother, Ning Baiying suppressed her thoughts very well, just stood in place with an axe, and said with a smile:

"Coming back? It's good to be back, it's good to ......."

Ning Baizhi couldn't hold back any longer, tears burst out of her eyes, threw herself into her brother's arms, and cried loudly.

This morning, in the surprised eyes of the neighbors, Ning Baiying's family, who was not wealthy, slaughtered a chicken that laid eggs, and made a few good dishes, the aroma permeated the entire Ningjiawan, and Ning Baiying also took out the good wine that had been treasured for many years.

At the table, Ning Baizhi said those words again, mentioning her experiences outside.

Under the table, sister-in-law Yu Xiulan tugged at the corner of Ning Baizhi's clothes with her hand and signaled her to stop talking.

But when Ning Baiying heard this, he changed his abnormality, he waved his hand, and motioned to Ning Baizhi to tell everything about his experience in the past few months.

Yu Xiulan was a little surprised, because in her impression, Ning Baiying rejected the lackeys of the imperial court more than her!

Ning Baizhi got this opportunity and talked about it for an hour.

After listening, Ning Baiying took a sip of wine and looked at Ning Baizhi.

Ning Baizhi knew that the people of Ningjiawan were very repulsive to the outside world, and the people here would not trust anyone outside, and neither would her brother and sister-in-law.

"Brother, everything I said is true!"

"We can really do it, we can ......" Ning Baizhi paused, and said with a pleading meaning: "We can really live in a different way, we don't have to worry about not enough food to eat and not enough clothes to wear in the future, our children here can have books to read, they don't have to move overnight, and they don't have to live in hiding in Tibet......

"Prime Minister Chen Chao, he promised me that he would take us in and give us a new identity, you believe me, brother, it's true......"

Yu Xiulan grabbed Ning Baizhi and motioned for her not to talk about it anymore.

It's good to say these words at home, if you say them outside, the clansmen will definitely be angry, and Ning Baizhi will definitely be treated as an outlier and punished to kneel in the ancestral hall.

"Boss, don't blame Bai Zhi, she's just playing crazy outside......"

"I'm going to persuade her ......."

Saying that, Yu Xiulan was going to take Ning Baizhi away.

Ning Baiying blinked, didn't say a word during the period, just took a sip of wine and suffocated until her cheeks were drunk.

"Little sister, let's go!"

"Brother, where are you going?"

Ning Baiying smiled, "Brother will take you to persuade the patriarch and lead the clansmen to leave Yunzhou, a land of right and wrong!" ”

In an instant, Ning Baizhi cried with joy, and tears rolled down from the bean's size.

……

……

"Impossible!"

"Ning Baiying, you're crazy!"

"Ningjiawan is the final destination of our Ning family, and no one can leave Ningjiawan in this eventful season!"

In the ancestral hall in the afternoon, a fierce quarrel broke out.

All the people of Ningjiawan were attracted to it.

"Enough!" The patriarch with a long beard under his chin waved his sleeves and pointed his cane at Ning Baiying's family of three: "Ning Baiying, you are also the leader in the clan, how can you be so confused?" And you, Ning Baizhi!! If you don't study well at a young age, you cause a big trouble outside, and now you run back, are you going to kill all of us!! ”

"Patriarch, I didn't ......" Ning Baizhi was bitter.

The Whitebeard Patriarch didn't listen to her explanation, and continued:

"The treacherous Chen Dynasty does all kinds of evil, and wants us to take refuge in him and dream!"

"The vicious dogs in the world are one family, we would rather be upright in our family, and we would rather die than be other people's eagle dogs!"

"We'd rather escape from the world in the small land of Ningjiawan than help the abuse!"

"Patriarch......" Ning Baizhi has something to say.

How do you know that the patriarch slapped over, and on Ning Baizhi's white and tender face, five finger prints appeared in an instant, and the patriarch was furious:

"Come on, grab this girl and hang her on a pillar, no one can put her down without the order of the patriarch."

"I see who dares!"

Ning Baiying's not very tall body stood in front of her sister Ning Baizhi, glaring at the few people who wanted to rush forward.

"Ning Baiying, are you going to rebel too!" The patriarch's crutches were the ground.

"Patriarch, I, Ning Baiying, will not rebel! I just want more Ning family members to live! Ning Baiying paused, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at several big men behind the patriarch: "They are bandits!" It's the people of Black Wind Village! ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar.

The uninformed Ning family talked a lot and pointed fingers.

The patriarch's face became ugly, "Ning Baiying, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”

"Patriarch, who the hell is talking nonsense? We know very well that since the beginning of this year, the young adults in Ningjiawan have been transferred out by you under various pretexts, what are they doing? Can you tell? ”

The patriarch pursed his black purple lips and said nothing.

Ning Baiying said coldly and continued, "They were all sold to bandits by you, and they are now outside to help the bandits attack officers and soldiers!" ”

The patriarch sneered and waved his sleeves:

"It's nonsense, it's nonsense! Second Tiger, Kun Lin, order the two of you to take Ning Baiying down to the patriarch! If you dare to resist, you will be killed! ”

No one from the two Ning family experts made a move, they looked at each other and hesitated.

In the entire Ningjiawan, Ning Baiying is the person with the highest status except for the patriarch.

At this time, some onlookers stood up:

"Patriarch, where did my family go? I didn't come back after you called me away that night, Patriarch, you give me an explanation......"

Then the woman began to weep, and the other women and children joined the procession and asked where their men were.

The patriarch saw that the situation was out of control, and gave a look to the few people behind him.

He wouldn't have used these hole cards unless he had to.

Those bandits disguised as villagers were just about to make a move, but Ning Baiying was faster than them, and the short knife that did not leave his body attacked the patriarch.

Capture the thief and capture the king first!

But a few bandits from the Black Wind Village, obviously all of them were first-class good players, wielding knives to block the knife for the patriarch.

"Kill, kill!"

"Kill them all!"

The patriarch brandished his cane and roared angrily.

The bandits rubbed their hands and gathered here, surrounding Ning Baiying's family of three, smiling suspiciously.

Ning Baiying was about to remind his sister and wife to be careful, but suddenly smelled a strange smell, and then he saw his sister Ning Baizhi next to him take out a strange-looking thing from her arms at some point, the thing was shaped like a piece of wood, and there was a lead under the wood, and after the lead was ignited, Ning Baizhi threw it at the bandits.

"Let's go! Come on! ”

Ning Baizhi's voice was still echoing in her ears, and the sound of an explosion suddenly came out.

With a bang, the entire ancestral hall collapsed.

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At about the time of the third watch, Ning Baiying carried her angry sister on her back, followed by her wife Yu Xiulan, and quickly rushed into the jungle.

The explosion at noon seemed to be a thunderstorm!

It's powerful!

directly moved the patriarch's bombed head, and those bandits from Heifeng Village were careless for a while, and they were also blown off their hands and feet.

He and his wife Yu Xiulan are fine, but their heads and ears are buzzing, but his sister Ning Baizhi is too close......

Nowadays, people are circling around the door of ghosts.

"Boss, no, put Bai Zhi down!" Yu Xiulan always paid attention to Ning Baizhi's situation, and when she saw that she was bleeding from her mouth, she hurriedly reminded her.

Ning Baiying stopped, carefully put down the seriously injured Ning Baizhi, and checked the situation.

Yu Xiulan examines the wound on Ning Baizhi's back.

The clothes behind him were torn and shredded, and the blood was so bloody that it was unbearable, and it was almost a piece of rotten meat.

"I left in a hurry, I didn't have medicine on my body, I can't last long if I go on like this, I have to help Bai Zhi stop the bleeding as soon as possible!"

Ning Baiying sighed and thought for a while, "I'll go pick herbs, Xiulan, you protect your sister......"

"Okay, master, you go quickly" Before the words were finished, Yu Xiulan and Ning Baiying heard the sound of the forest behind them at the same time.

The two subconsciously touched their waists, held the knife in one hand, and said alertly: "Who?" Who's there? Come out! ”

A few people came out of the woods one after another.

"Brother Bai Ying, sister-in-law Xiulan, it's us, don't be nervous......"

The person who came was the villagers of Ningjiawan, led by a few young men, Ning Erhu who had seen before, Ning Kunlin was among them, followed by their women and children, each with a burden on their backs.

"Two tigers? Kunlin? ”

Ning Erhu stepped forward, took out the hemostasis from his arms and handed it over, Ning Baiying took it and asked Yu Xiulan to stop the bleeding for Ning Baizhi first.

"You're here to kill our family of three?"

Ning Baiying stood in front of the two women, and the weapon in her hand had not yet been put down.

"Brother Bai Ying, don't get me wrong, we're not here to kill you, we're here to follow you!"

"Follow?" Ning Baiying frowned.

Ning Erhu explained: "The patriarch is dead! Continue to stay in Ningjiawan, the only ending left for us is to help the bandits fight officers and soldiers, we don't want to do that, we want to follow Brother Bai Ying and take us to a new home! ”

Ning Baiying slowly relaxed her vigilance and put away her knife.

The people sat on the stones, confused, where to find a new home?

"Brother Bai Ying, where are we going next?"

"Where are you going?"

Ning Baiying looked up at the sky, unsure. He glanced at Ning Baizhi, who was seriously injured and unconscious, and seemed to have made up some kind of determination.