Section 11 Starry Night Enters the City
After a while, the group came to a three-way intersection, one leading to the capital city of Songzhou, and the other to the Chisha ferry by the Yellow River. The intersection is opened in the mountains, and above the slope is an unfinished guard tower for officers and soldiers. It is estimated that the work was stopped due to heavy snowfall a month ago, and now the snow has long since melted. The soil on the slope here is soft, so the foundation of the roof has been loosened, and the whole watchtower looks crumbling.
Liu Yu bolted the two horses far away, and the cat dived back to the sentry on the slope, and when the group passed, he pushed down the watchtower and rescued the kind young lady in the chaos. At this time, I only heard a long whistle coming from a distance, and the sound was two short and one long. He looked into the distance, and saw a man and a rider waving a yellow flag, galloping back and forth on the horizon in the distance.
The group of pretending to be refugees with the young lady's family suddenly had a solemn look on their faces when they heard the whistle, and they stood still and stopped moving. One of them said: "Old Wu, King Huang is in a hurry, summon us back." Another said: "Then what about these people?" The man named Lao Wu said: "Let it go, the Yellow King will not allow us to kill innocents indiscriminately." Originally, we just wanted to use them to break through the city gates, but now that we don't need to, let's let them go on their own. ”
One of them suggested, "The others can be released, but this official lady seems to have a lot of potential, we might as well bring her back, maybe it will be useful in the future." All the soldiers of the Yellow King agreed, and Lao Wu also felt that it was feasible, so he waved his horsewhip and drove away the servants of the official lady.
All the soldiers of the Yellow King passed through the three-way intersection and headed in the direction of Chishadu. It is estimated that the army of the Yellow King is still on the other side of the Yellow River, and there are boats at the Chisha Ferry to meet them across the river. The carriage of the young lady of the official family, though sturdy, was also unusually cumbersome in the mountains, so it was at the end of the line.
When Liu Yu saw that these people suddenly abandoned the team and retreated, he knew what important things had happened, and saw that they had dispersed the family and only escorted the carriage of the official lady to the direction of the three-way intersection, so he had an idea. He saw that the opponent's large army had passed, and only two soldiers were left to escort the carriage of the official lady to the end, and before he could pass, he pushed hard towards the rotten wall of the watchtower. The bricks and gravel thundered down, piling up in the narrowest part of the intersection, and the carriage could no longer pass.
The two soldiers escorting the car were taken aback when they saw this, and even Lao Wu and the others in front of them stopped. Liu Yu was small and in a high place, always hiding behind the remnant wall and pushing in the direction of the two soldiers. The two men couldn't dodge, they were already scarred, and they screamed and hid behind the carriage.
Lao Wu and the others in front of them were also very strange when they saw this, there was no rain or anything on this day, how could there be a landslide. Maybe it was because the snow was really too heavy some time ago, and the ground was soaked so soft that it couldn't support the wall. Lao Wu said: "The carriage is gone, the horse is not wanted, you escort that girl over quickly! If it is too late, everyone will be punished by the military order of the Yellow King." ”
When the two heard this, they hurriedly opened the curtain of the carriage and asked for the official lady. The young lady saw that the situation was in her favor, and immediately withdrew, and the two men broke into the carriage and dragged her. The young lady shouted, "Come and save me." "It turned out that the scattered family members did not go far. They saw that on the top of the slope above the three-way intersection, earth and rocks were thundering down, piling higher and higher, gradually separating the two men from their brigade. Then he counted that there were more than a dozen people on his side, so he plucked up his courage, so when he heard the young lady crying out for help, he held a flat pole and a stick and rushed up loudly.
When the two of them saw this, they dared to stay any longer, and dragged the young lady to climb up the mound of earth and rocks, turn over and join their own people. Liu Yu spotted it in the dark, and two stones came out in succession, one of which hit a person's head, and blood fell down on his head and face. Although the other person was not hit, he was scared enough. At this time, there was a bang, the carriage overturned, and the two of them were holding the official lady even more unavoidable.
When the leader Lao Wu saw that the situation was different, he beat a drum in his heart, thinking that there was an ambush of officials and soldiers here? Could it be that the matter was not done, but he broke his own brother. He didn't dare to send someone close to meet him, for fear of being ambushed, so he shouted from afar: "You two hurry over, don't ask for anything." The two of them were waiting for this sentence, and the uninjured soldier supported the guy with the broken head, and fled without the official lady. The group disappeared in the direction of Chishadu after a while, leaving the official lady sitting in the mound of earth and rocks with her hair scattered, and the gang of family members hurriedly stepped forward to check when they saw this, and saw that the young lady was not injured, so they were relieved. Another old mother stepped forward to help the young lady up and tidy up her clothes and makeup.
Liu Yu jumped down the slope and led the horse to leave. The official lady had sharp eyes, saw his figure, and already understood five or six points about what happened just now, and knew that it was Liu Yu who saved herself. She shouted, "Little brother, please stay." Liu Yu turned around and said, "This sister, I still have to rush into the city before dark, and I won't be able to enter any more late! The official lady smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you come with us, you can enter the city at any time." Liu Yu looked at the official lady, and saw that she was covered in silk and satin, and her background was either rich or noble, so she knew that what she said was true.
All the family members moved together to move away the congested earth, stone and bricks at the crossing, and helped the overturned carriage up. The group got back on the road and headed in the direction of Songzhou City. The young lady was no longer willing to sit back in the carriage, and rode a horse, talking and laughing with Liu Yu along the way. Liu Yu listened to her very insightfully, like a jewel on the ground, and there was a sound. I also heard her tell many strange people and strange things, all kinds of wonderful things, and I had never heard of her, so I admired her very much in my heart.
Liu Yu slowly learned that the official lady's surname was Zhang Minghui, and this trip was to visit a monk named Puzhen. Unexpectedly, a family member came to report halfway, saying that the master had something to ask the young lady to discuss, and he could not delay, so the group turned back halfway. When he asked further, Zhang Hui smiled and did not answer, and there was an incomprehensible mind hidden in his deep eyes.
Liu Yu followed Miss Zhang Hui and his entourage, and only rushed to the city of Songzhou when the time was about to end, if it was usual, the city gate would have been closed, and the people of Pingtou could no longer enter and exit. Today, however, there was a lantern hanging high above the castle, and a servant came up to say hello, and the people of the castle heard it and gave the order, and in a few moments the Atsugi gate creaked and slowly opened. A line of sergeants lined up to meet them, and a group of men came briskly after that. Walking in the front was a middle-aged man with a long face, his face was full of sorrow, he strode forward and hugged Zhang Hui and said, "Good girl, you are back." When you're away, Daddy can't get any ideas!" the father and daughter talked and laughed, took hands and got into the carriage, and went home.
Zhang Hui pointed to Liu Yu and said to his father: "Daddy, this little brother is kind to me, please take him back to the house with me." Liu Yu thought to himself, I still have important things to do, but I can't join you. At this moment, the originally closed city gate slowly opened again, only to see a sergeant rushing in on horseback, and when he was close to Zhang Hui and his father's carriage, the sergeant turned over and dismounted, and bowed: "Qiqi Assassin Lord Shi, there is an urgent military situation to report!"
When Liu Yu heard this, this Zhang Hui's father turned out to be the parent official in Songzhou, Zhang Rui, the assassin of Songzhou, was overjoyed, thinking of this to find the oil seller, it was better to find the assassin Shi directly, and immediately knelt down and bowed, and said: "Qiyu Assassin Shi, Xiaomin also has an urgent military situation to report!"