The rain, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, continued for almost six days, and there was no real stop in between.

Shen Yun was once again proud of his foresight—fortunately he had picked up so much firewood and came back.

When the rain was lighter, he settled down and went to the woods below to find something to eat. Rain is the best tonic for the earth. Often after a rainy day, the next morning, all kinds of wild flowers and grasses, as well as wild mushrooms, in the grove, come out of the soil like crazy.

The abundance in the grove is not limited to that. There are also hares, pheasants, and black-eyed finches with long tails...... Better!

After the heavy rain, the small animals also ran out to forage for food like Shen Yun.

These are delicious meats!

Shen Yun showed his skills, and in five days, he hit a total of two hares and took out a nest of black-eyed birds. With all kinds of fresh and tender wild vegetables, as well as wild mountain mushrooms, he and Tianniu ate until their stomachs were round. The days passed very quickly, and there was no trouble at all being trapped by the rain.

Therefore, when the rain finally stopped completely at noon on the sixth day, and the sky was clear after five days of gloomy, Shen Yun did not take the sweet girl down the mountain - and he was not in a hurry, and it was not too late to go down the mountain early tomorrow morning. Besides, now that he is going down the mountain, he has to bother to find another place to stay overnight. Why bother?

No, the next day, the two of them didn't make it back to the official road.

There is a small stream at the foot of the mountain. Previously, when they went up the mountain, it was only more than three feet wide before the water overflowed Shen Yun's instep. Now, however, the creek has turned into a small river with raging water.

Shen Yun's wateriness is good. If he was alone, he would be fine if he swam to the other side. However, he still took the sweet girl with him, so he could only look at the river and sigh, and take the sweet girl back in the morning - in the rising river, there was not even a single fish. The water is so strong that it can't recede within a day or two. So, instead of wasting time by the river, it is better to go back early to collect firewood and find food so as not to go hungry at night.

As a result, this unknown river trapped the two of them for ten days.

Fortunately, in the mountains in summer, I don't have to worry about finding food. Shen Yun didn't worry much, but ran to the foot of the mountain every afternoon to check the water situation.

For the first three days, the river was rising.

By the afternoon of the tenth day, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the river had receded significantly. Looks like we might be able to cross the river tomorrow.

In the early morning of the eleventh day, he carried the sweet girl down the mountain early.

Sure enough, in just one night's work, the river had lost more than half of its weight, and blue-black stones were exposed in many places.

Shen Yun left the sweet girl on the shore first, and went into the water alone to explore the way.

The current was still rapid, but it was the deepest part of the middle that reached his knees. He walked in the water and didn't feel it hard at all.

So, I returned to the shore, picked up the sweet girl again, and waded across the river.

When they came to the official road, they found that the people sleeping on the side of the road were happily packing their things.

"Auntie, what's going on?" Shen Yun stopped a kind-faced aunt and asked.

The aunt's pale face was full of smiles, and she said happily: "Baby, don't run around, hurry up and find your father and mother and tell them the good news." Before the rebels reached Shixiu County, they were defeated by Xianfu halfway through the road and fled. We don't have to hide anymore, we can all go home!"

"Ah, really!" Shen Yun was overjoyed and couldn't help cheering.

"It's really true!" the aunt touched his head and squinted with a smile, "Good, baby, go to your father and mother behind your sister's back!"

After saying goodbye to his aunt, Shen Yun quickly calmed down and decided to ask more people. The stakes are high, and it's always right to figure it out.

Then, he asked several more people one after another.

They are similar to what the aunt said, but they said in more detail.

For example, some people say that the rebels were ambushed by the Immortal Mansion in the middle of the road. Some people say that most of the rebels were wiped out, and only a small part fled in the direction of the provincial capital; others said that the first meritorious service was made by the Xianmen reinforcements invited by the lord of Shixiu County.

In short, they all said that the rebels had been defeated and fled, and they all said that they had noses and eyes, not like rumors.

"Let's go back too!" Shen Yun said happily to Tianniu after he confirmed.

Sweet Niu didn't understand and didn't know where she was going back. However, after getting along for so many days, she has completely trusted Shen Yun, as long as the latter says it, she doesn't say it well. It's the same this time. Seeing him so happy, the little girl also giggled with crooked eyebrows: "Okay." ”

At this time, Shen Yun's heart was like an arrow, and he envied the immortal officials he saw at the Gray Stone Cliff that night from the bottom of his heart - if only he could also use immortal arts, and he could step on the sword and fly like those immortal officials. In this way, he can fly back to Zhengjiazhuang immediately with Tiantian.

Of course, this is impossible.

On the way back to Zhengjiazhuang, he could only walk back on his two legs as he came. The only difference was that he remembered those nightspots. When you go back, you can prioritize staying overnight along the way.

The two still got up early in the morning and hurried, walked for half a day, rested for half a day, and stayed overnight in the mountains around the official road...... Seven days later, they returned to the village where they had been slaughtered by the Immortal Runes.

Shen Yun deliberately went to the village to see the painting he left behind. No, the blue brick house completely collapsed, and the surrounding area was in shambles. Painting naturally ceased to exist.

Looking at the surrounding houses, many of them have collapsed. In particular, few thatched huts are good. Many of them turned into a pile of mud, and only a few dirt walls remained. It looks like it has been washed away by heavy rain.

Shen Yun looked around, and felt in his heart: the heavy rain washed away all traces. I really hope that there will never be another crime of slaughtering innocent people by the Immortal Rune soldiers here.

By this time, the village had regained some popularity: in the distant fields, there were sparse women with their heads wrapped in handkerchiefs and hoeing under the scorching sun, and in the earthen lawn a few dozen paces away, a dozen villagers were stepping on yellow mud and making adobe bricks.

Seeing Shen Yun wandering around the village, one of the tanned middle-aged men put down the work in his hand, walked over quickly, and asked, "That baby, who are you looking for?"

Shen Yun hurriedly made an excuse: "Uncle, I was passing by with my sister and wanted to beg for saliva to drink." ”

The middle-aged man glanced up behind him and asked, "Where is your father?"

"They were waiting for me in front. Shen Yun continued to edit.

"Your father and mother are really generous. The middle-aged man touched his head with pity, "The village has just suffered a great disaster. We've only been back for two days, and we haven't packed up yet. It's all over the place. You baby, don't walk around. Wait here, Uncle will fetch you water. ”

Listen to this, they are the villagers here. Shen Yun nodded obediently and said yes, and put the bamboo back basket on the ground - after walking all morning, he was indeed thirsty.

After a while, the middle-aged man came over with a large pottery bowl: "Come, the doll drinks water." ”

Shen Yun held it with both hands, and when he saw that there were still two small pieces of licorice at the bottom of the bowl, he knew that it was boiling.

So, he relieved himself to feed the sweet girl first.

The little girl was also thirsty, stretched out her head, and drank happily.

There was still more than half a bowl left, and Shen Yun drank it all with his neck tilted.

"Thank you, uncle. After drinking, he returned the large pottery bowl with both hands.

It's so sweet!

The pity in the eyes of the middle-aged man was even worse. took the bowl and said, "Two babies, wait a minute." With that, he hurried away. When he came back, he had two more wild vegetable dumplings in his hand, "There are no good things, and the two babies will eat them on the road." ”

Right now, there is nothing more precious than eating. The coarse cloth clothes on the uncle in front of him were patched with several different colors, and he looked like an ordinary farmer, and his family was not wealthy. It is highly likely that the two wild vegetable dumplings will be his lunch. However, he saved his own rations to help them. Shen Yun was very moved, caught it with both hands, and thanked him again and again: "Thank you, uncle, thank you!"

The sweet girl was on the side, understood, and thanked her with a milky voice: "Thank you." After going through so many hardships, she also understands a lot, and she is no longer the original Miss Chen Jiasun who traveled in a pony carriage and often had to coax with sugar cakes.

The middle-aged man grinned shyly and waved at the two of them: "Go find your father and mother, don't get lost." ”

Along the way, the two of them passed through several villages one after another. Without exception, these villages are completely devastated, and from a distance, you can see that they have just been decimated.

And Shen Yun discovered a pattern: the further he walked, the more severely destroyed the villages he passed by.

For example, the village he had just arrived in was almost flattened, with only two low broken walls remaining. After several glances from a distance, he saw no sign of anyone.

A few days of heavy rain wouldn't have ruined the village like this, right? Shen Yun couldn't help but guess in his heart: Could it be man-made?

Someone who has seen the immortal rune soldiers slaughter the village has an easy answer. The reason why he did not suspect that the rebels did it was because he heard that the rebels' three-way soldiers and horses were defeated before they reached Shixiu County. And the boundary where he is now is still dozens of miles away from Shixiu County!

He took a sip and scolded fiercely in his heart: The beast that should be killed with a thousand knives!

After walking for another two days, they came across the first checkpoint on the official road - set by the immortal rune soldiers. The reason: to search for the remnants of the rebels.

All are to be searched. Those who carried knives, swords, and other weapons, both men and women, were tied up on the spot by the immortal runes as remnants of the rebels.

This is a rule on the surface.

In fact, these immortal runes looted everything of value from the people. And some good-looking little daughters-in-law and big girls are even more sinful. They didn't even know what the rebels looked like, but they were arrested as rebel bandits. Their relatives pleaded, the older women were beaten to the ground, and the fathers and brothers were tied up as if they were remnants.

As a result, all the refugees were so frightened that they hung their heads and did not dare to look at them directly.

Shen Yun was mixed in the crowd, and his eyes were on fire when he saw it. However, he touched the back belt on his shoulder, and he could only force it down—it was still too weak, he was no match for these beasts, and he couldn't do anything! What's more, he had to escort the sweet girl home.

Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but rise to his throat: he had a knife and the silver money left to him by Grandpa Liu, and he would definitely not be able to pass the test.

What to do?