Shang Rang jumped off the horse while talking, saw Zhou Yuanzhi, and said to Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi: "The subordinates are late in saving the car, so that the princess and the concubine are frightened!", and then shouted to Zhu Wen: "Bold Zhu Wen, you dare to kill the princess and the concubine, what crime should you be guilty of?"

Zhu Wen didn't expect Shang Ranghui to come suddenly, ruined his plan, and deliberately acted as if he was drunk and unconscious, and muttered in his mouth: "I'm afraid this princess is pretending, right? I just met the princess in the Huangwang Mansion, why did a princess come out again, General Shang, there are too many people in the world who look similar, they pretended to pass on the order of the Yellow King, robbed the prison and released the death row prisoner, how could it be the dignified princess, this is clearly the behavior of the assassin." ”

Shang Rang saw that Zhu Wen was dead and did not admit it, so he had to ask the soldiers to take shields and surround Zhou Yuanzhi, Xu Zhi and others to escort them to evacuate.

Zhou Yuanzhi was afraid that Zhu Wen was scheming, so she hurriedly asked Shang Rang to send someone to tell Huang Chao what was happening here, and asked Huang Chao to be careful to watch out for Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen saw that Xu Zhi and Huifeng were about to flee under their noses, and hurriedly shouted: "All the generals listen to the order: General Shang dared to collude with bandits to kidnap the princess, the concubine and the death row prisoner to rebel, and they all got it for me!", after speaking, he called a few lieutenants, and while letting them take the order arrow to mobilize the city defense army to come to the rescue, he also asked people to go to Huangchao to report the truth, but these people who reported the news were just about to leave, and they were all shot and killed by Shang Rang one by one.

At this time, Zhu Wen was also annoyed and angry, and ordered the sergeant to fight back, shoot Shang Rang's people, and the two armies began to fight, although Shang Rang brought a little more people, but Zhu Wen's men were all strong generals, outlaws, and after a long time, Shang Rang saw that he couldn't resist it, so he quickly let Zhou Yuanzhi and others retreat first, and brought his men and horses to cover, and then began to retreat.

Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, Hui Feng, Cheng Yingying, and Li Zhen were under the cover of Shang Rang soldiers, and they did not dare to stay in Caizhou City, and quickly came to the north gate of Caizhou.

The five of them walked all the way north for about a few miles, and saw a dense forest in front of them, and suddenly saw dust behind them, and a group of soldiers and horses chased along the post road, and the five had to hide in the grass deep in the woods. Seeing that the pursuers were slowly walking away, everyone relaxed and sat together, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi first bandaged the wounds of the injured Huifeng, Cheng Yingying and Li Zhen, and then filled some water by the pond not far away, let the three of them drink the water, and rested for a while.

Zhou Yuanzhi was more familiar with the terrain near Caizhou City, and she suggested: "Brother Xu, Brother Hui, brothers and sisters, let's rest for a while, before it gets dark, we must leave this black forest and rush to the White Pavilion on the edge of the Rushui River to rest!"

This white pavilion is said to be the place of the white Gongsheng of the Chu State, built on the bank of the Ru River in the northern suburbs of Caizhou, since ancient times it is the necessary place for Caizhou to go north to the east capital of Luoyang, originally there was a ten-mile long pavilion built here, as a post station for the official family, but the war has been raging recently, these post station buildings have long been abandoned, and there is no guard of the errands, only some dilapidated and empty houses are left, and there are some dilapidated mattresses and stoves in them.

There is a drop of tears tablet erected in front of the Baiting Post Station, the legend is that the local people build in order to commemorate the miserable experience of Bai Gongsheng, the surrounding of the post house is planted with willow trees, many wanderers and merchants who go north shed tears here and say goodbye to relatives and friends, relatives and friends break the wicker to express retention, implying the meaning of "folding willows to send each other, regretting farewell".

The five of them walked nearly thirty miles north before they came to the White Pavilion, at this time it was already the top of the moon, and in the dead of night, the five people decided to dress up as tourists and stay in the post house of the White Pavilion for a few days, and then make plans.

Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi simply cleaned the inside and outside of the building, settled the three of them properly, picked some wild vegetables, flowers and fruits in the nearby fields, scavenged some buds and came back, found cooking utensils and firewood, and started a fire to cook. Although Zhou Yuanzhi is her daughter's family, she has never done these rough jobs, but in order to take care of everyone, she is busy and tired, tired and sweaty, Xu Zhi is very distressed when she sees it, and hurriedly beckons her to rest, and cooks for her, but Xu Zhi has no experience in cooking, and after a while, the whole house is full of smoke, everyone is choked and coughs, and his face is also blackened by the smoke, and half of his hair is burned.

The five of them rested in the white pavilion for a few days, Huifeng, Cheng Yingying and Li Zhen's skin injuries were basically healed, and the three of them could get out of bed and move around freely, they all seemed very happy, and the five of them got along very well. It's just that Li Zhenchang is very obscene and ugly, and his speech is also very twisted, Zhou Yuanzhi and Cheng Yingying saw that he had neither appearance nor manhood, so the two flower-like girls hated him very much in their hearts, and when they saw him, they were also dodgy and flashing, which also made Li Zhen very embarrassed and embarrassed, but Xu Zhi and Huifeng were very friendly to him, often drinking and chanting poetry with him, and discussing the situation in the world.

Early one morning, Zhou Yuanzhi took Cheng Yingying's hand and invited her to go outside to pick wild fruits and vegetables. Xu Zhi was a little worried about the safety of the two girls, and said with concern: "Yuan Zhi and Yingying, you have to go early and return early, don't go too far!"

Hui Feng also reminded: "Yes, Miss Zhou, Miss Cheng, there are often wild beasts in the wilderness here, you two have to be extra careful, or should I accompany the two of you?"

Cheng Yingying blushed and smiled: "No need, Brother Hui, I'll just go with Miss Zhou, you saved us in Yanyu Building last time, I haven't said thank you yet!"

Hui Feng hurriedly stopped: "That Zhu Cun is too domineering, he should be taught a lesson, but he was suddenly killed in front of me, and I can't figure out what is going on, please, does he have other enemies?"

Li Zhen blushed shyly and said in a low voice: "I also want to thank Brother Hui, as well as Brother Xu and Miss Zhou for their life-saving grace, I was nervous in the court and said the wrong thing, Brother Hui, you won't blame me, right?"

Seeing that Li Zhen was still worried about this matter, Hui Feng smiled faintly and said, "Brother Li, this matter has been going on for so long, why are you still mentioning it? The important thing is what we plan to do in the future?"

Xu Zhi also comforted: "Brother Li, don't be entangled, my senior brother Hui is very broad-minded! He won't remember so many small resentments, and besides, you are also nervous and said the wrong thing, it is understandable!", after speaking, he took the hands of Hui Feng and Li Zhen, and continued:

"We three boys can't just eat and not work, or let's go around and chop some firewood and come back." His words were quickly approved by Hui Feng and Li Zhen.

Zhou Yuanzhi despised Li Zhen's personality very much, and saw that he had been looking at him obsessively with his eyes drooping, and he didn't speak, just snorted, and pulled Cheng Yingying away.

Zhou Yuanzhi and Cheng Yingying trotted all the way to a field of yellow rape flowers, and saw countless bees and butterflies busy among the flowers, making a buzzing sound. Seeing that there was no one around, the two girls put down their reserves, chased the colorful butterflies, and the two danced among the flowers, giggling and laughing. The two were tired of playing, and sat on the ridge and talked to each other.

Zhou Yuanzhi said first: "In the past few days, Miss Cheng has followed us all the way to escape for her life and suffered!"

Cheng Yingying replied: "Sister Zhou, I don't feel bitter at all, but I feel very free and happy to follow you, I don't have to look at the color of the guests anymore, I lower my voice, and sing with laughter." Sister Zhou, I have no sister since I was a child, you are the same as my own sister, you can call me Yingying!"

Zhou Yuanzhi leaned over, touched Cheng Yingying's long black hair with her hand, and promised: "Okay, I also lack a confidant sister, why don't we become Jinlan sisters?"

Cheng Yingying shouted excitedly: "Okay, my sister is above, my little sister has given you a gift!", Zhou Yuanzhi also hurriedly gave Cheng Yingying a salute back.

Cheng Yingying said: "Brother Xu is smart and wise, righteous and thin, and he is so handsome and chic, I am really happy that my sister can find such a good home, but my little sister has a hard life, and her grandfather died, and I don't know where the fallen leaves will go in the future?"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Cheng Yingying's true feelings, so she had to comfort: "Sister doesn't have to be sad and sad, if there are many young heroes today, isn't there anything that my sister has a crush on?

Cheng Yingying said with a smile: "Brother Hui is chivalrous and courageous, arrogant, in order to save the people of Yanyulou, dare to stand up and take risks, how can that Li Zhen be compared?"

Zhou Yuanzhi also smiled: "Yes, although that Li Zhen is a scholar, he doesn't know morality, he is as timid as a mouse, and his body is obscene, which is really annoying!

As soon as Zhou Yuanzhi finished speaking, the embarrassed Cheng Yingying's face was flushed, trembling all over, and she said coquettishly: "Sister Zhou is so bad, I just recognized you as a sister, so you came to make fun of your sister and ignore you!", after speaking, she deliberately pouted and turned her face.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Cheng Yingying's expression and understood three points, and she deliberately asked, "Doesn't my sister like Brother Hui too?"

Cheng Yingying took a long time before she muttered: "Brother Hui is such a hero, I'm afraid that my sister is not worthy of him!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile: "Sister don't worry, this matter is on my sister, and I will definitely make my sister happy!"

Just as the two were giggling and laughing while picking wild vegetables, they suddenly saw a group of officers and soldiers who looked like rebels walking in the distance, led by a few notices in their hands, and ordered loudly: "Everyone listen, give me a piece of land and carefully check it, not a single fly and ant can be spared, we must find the whereabouts of the princess and a few traitors, otherwise everyone will not be able to eat and walk around this time!"

Another soldier asked, "General, we have been searching in and out of Caizhou for a few days, but we have found nothing, do you think these people have already left Caizhou?"

The general said confidently: "No, King Huang and General Zhu Wen have already posted notices at the passes of various villages in Caizhou, and sent troops to block the various passages out of Caizhou, even if they have wings, they can't fly out of this small Caizhou City!"

Zhou Yuanzhi and Cheng Yingying heard this, and hurriedly hid in the rape flowers and did not dare to move. When those officers and soldiers were far away, Zhou Yuanzhi said to Cheng Yingying: "Little sister, we have to rush back as soon as possible and tell Brother Xu that they know, otherwise it will be dangerous if they run into these officers and soldiers!"

Cheng Yingying said: "What my sister said is very true, then let's go back early!"

Zhou Yuanzhi and Cheng Yingying returned to the post station, and saw that Xu Zhi, Huifeng and Li Zhen had already cut back the firewood and were cooking around the stove, Xu Zhi saw that they were back, and hurriedly said: "Yuanzhi and Yingying, you have worked hard, drink saliva and rest for a while!"

Hui Feng hurriedly moved two wooden stools and let the two girls sit down to rest, Cheng Yingying hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Brother Hui!"

Zhou Yuanzhi took a sip of water and told them about the rebel soldiers they met on the road, and then asked anxiously: "Brother Xu, now that Caizhou is full of arrest notices, what should we do next?"

Xu Zhi said: "We are at the intersection of the long pavilion, we also saw such a notice, we can't delay in this white pavilion, we will take advantage of the darkness to hurry up one night, cross Rushui, bypass Ruzhou, go straight to Songshan, we can go there to meet the master of Shaolin Zhicheng, temporarily settle down!"

Before Xu Zhi's words were finished, Li Zhen was full of sadness and said: "You want to go to Shaolin Temple to become a monk? I originally went to Chang'an Jingzhong to catch the exam to gain fame, and I went north, the road is impassable, when can I get to Chang'an? I don't want to be a monk, I will be accompanied by the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha all my life, and I will live my life!"

Cheng Yingying didn't expect Li Zhen to be so unambitious, and scolded: "Li Zhen, what's wrong with you being a monk, it will humiliate you, and besides, if you take refuge and become a monk, your heart is not good, and the Shaolin Temple may not accept you!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Cheng Yingying was angry, and also scolded: "Sister Cheng is right, a spineless wall grass like him, nowhere in the world is he goes?"

Hui Feng saw that Cheng Yingying and Zhou Yuanzhi were angry, and he was also a little angry, and shouted: "Brother Li, we are just temporarily going to Shaolin for refuge, and we are not going to be monks for a lifetime, you don't have to be so careful, besides, the two girls are not worried about their own reputation, what are you afraid of, isn't it just delaying your fame for a while! You are too unmanly!"

Li Zhen originally listened to Cheng Yingying and Zhou Yuanzhi's sneering words, and held his breath in his heart, seeing that Huifeng laughed at him for not having a manly demeanor, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart for a while, and shouted: "You are all rough people, you don't understand the hard work of reading people for ten years, I have read books for so many years, not to participate in this year's examination, so as to get ahead, glorious lintel, if you miss it this year, then you have to wait for another four years, do you understand four years, how many long and difficult days are there." After speaking, she cried like a girl.

Xu Zhi saw that Li Zhen was very painful in his heart, and he was also a little unbearable, and comforted: "Brother Li, we are all brothers and sisters who share weal and woe, we should share weal and woe, now the situation is urgent, the future is uncertain, there are chasing soldiers in the future, we don't go to Shaolin, although the world is big, where can we go?"

Li Zhen saw the infinite desolation of what Xu Zhi said, and said decadently: "What Brother Xu said is, if there is a big chaos today, even if you participate in the imperial court examination, what can be the result? Not all the princes who defect to us are the same, now Zhu Wen has posted notices everywhere to arrest us, as long as we hand over the princess, he is willing to blame the past, I believe that he should be able to count when a general speaks, why do we have to work all the way to Shaolin for refuge? It is better to return to Caizhou and apologize to King Huang, with Princess Yuanzhi here, what can Zhu Wen do with us?"

Cheng Yingying interrupted Li Zhen's words and scolded: "Li Zhen, you are still a scholar, you really read rotten books, Zhu Wen is cunning by nature, what he says, can you believe him, you haven't suffered enough in death row? He said at the General's Mansion that Princess Yuan Zhi was fake, and asked the soldiers to kill us, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he slandered us for holding the princess hostage and rebelling! Can we trust such a capricious person? Will he let us go?"

Li Zhen was refuted by Cheng Yingying and had nothing to say, and finally had to say indignantly: "I originally wanted to follow Brother Wu Jun into Beijing to take the exam, but I never thought that I would fall into this turmoil in the Yanyulou, and I didn't want to follow you to continue to explore the rivers and lakes, so the five of us had to break up here, the four of you continued to go to Shaolin Temple, and I returned to Caizhou alone, and then found a way to go west to participate in the scientific examination." ”

Xu Zhi hurriedly stopped him, but Li Zhen had already made up his mind, and the four of them had to return to Caizhou that night.