Chapter 7: A River of Blood
Shen Qingxu arrived in the backyard, saw his sister-in-law Ouyang Yue, and told Shen Qingyu's instructions.
As soon as Shen Qingxu finished speaking, Yu Min arrived with Shen Changhao, and Ouyang Yue was relieved to see that his son was fine. She didn't care about asking more now, the news brought by Shen Qingxu made her already know at this time that tonight's Shen Mansion was destined to be unsafe, although she was worried about her husband's safety at this moment, but her husband's trust was even more important, and it was related to the survival of the Shen family, so she didn't dare to delay.
At this time, the small courtyard had gathered all the family members of the Shen Mansion except for the martial arts training ground in the front yard, as well as disciples, guards, maids, and miscellaneous servants, a total of eighty or ninety people. There are a large number of people, and it is not very convenient to act, but fortunately, most of these people are people who practice martial arts, and there is no problem with physical strength or anything.
Ouyang Yue looked at the panicked expression of the courtyard, and her heart was sour, she calmed down and said loudly, "Everyone be quiet." ”
The chaotic courtyard immediately became very silent after Ouyang Yue's words fell, and they desperately wanted to know the current situation and what to do next.
Seeing that everyone was quiet, Ouyang Yue said calmly: "Tonight, the evil people of the Tianyi Sect are coming, they are prepared, the Shen Mansion is in danger tonight, now the master and all the brothers are resisting in front, I don't know if they can repel the enemy, for the survival of the Shen family, and in order not to distract the lord, we are now leaving the house from the back door, temporarily evacuate, go to the West Xia Temple in Chuanyun Mountain to take refuge temporarily, after leaving the house, those who are willing to follow continue to walk, those who do not want to follow can leave on their own, and the crisis will be lifted in the future, and they can return to the Shen Mansion at any time." ”
Seeing Ouyang Yue say this, everyone fell silent after a little noise, and then someone said, "We are willing to follow Madame......" and so on
Ouyang Yue motioned for everyone to be quiet, at this time, she didn't care about the opinions of these people, and it was most important to leave the Shen Mansion safely first. After quieting down again, Ouyang Yue explained the route and precautions, and then led the way with Shen Qingxu in front, and everyone followed behind, walking towards the back door of Shen Mansion in an orderly manner.
Shen Qingxu pushed open the back door, and after careful observation, he saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he ordered everyone to walk out of the back door one after another. Out the back door, follow a path by the courtyard wall and head west.
About four or five feet away from the back door, a long whistle suddenly sounded in the woods opposite, followed by a "whoosh" sound, and arrows rained down on the unobstructed crowd.
Even though most of these people knew martial arts, in the face of the sudden, dense arrows, many of them fell before they had time to resist. Screams, screams, and wails filled the night sky.
Shen Qingxu waved his sword to resist the arrows that came from him, and at the same time loudly commanded the frightened people to retreat to the back door, so as to return to the courtyard, those who fled in panic fell down without running out a few steps, and the crowd that retreated to the back door, the only ones who could cross the distance of four or five zhang were Ouyang Yue, Shen Qingxu and Yu Min who was holding Shen Changhao, and there was also a disciple who fell to the ground with an arrow at the moment when the back door was closed.
On the way back to the back door, Ouyang Yue and Shen Qingxu had been waving the weapons in their hands to protect Yu Min and Shen Changhao, and Shen Qingxu was hit by an arrow in his left arm.
Seeing that her husband was injured, Yu Min hurriedly put down Shen Changhao, who was hugging, and stepped forward to ask with concern, "Does it matter?"
Shen Qingxu shook his head, then handed the sword to Yu Min, raised his right hand and pulled out the arrow on his left arm. The arrow was pulled out, and the wound suddenly became larger, and the blood immediately stained the sleeves red. Seeing this, Yu Min immediately threw away the sword in her hand, put her hand into her husband's arms, took out a bottle of medicine for healing injuries, opened the cork, sprinkled the medicine powder on Shen Qingxu's wound, and then tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes and wrapped the wound.
Eighty or ninety people went out, and only the four of them came back, Ouyang Yue looked at the disciple who fell at the door, her expression was stunned, even though she was born in a martial arts family and had seen countless fights, but it was the first time she had seen such a tragic scene as today, and one by one her loved ones fell instantly, which made her heart feel like a knife.
"Sister-in-law," Shen Qingxu finished bandaging his wound and came to Ouyang Yue, "Tianyi Sect is determined to destroy my Shen family, and we can't rush out of the ambush outside, so it's better for us to go to the front together and kill from the front with the eldest brother." ”
"Okay! As soon as we die, we will go to the front to meet your eldest brother, even if we die, our family will die together, maybe we can really fight a bloody way from the front. Ouyang Yue waved the hawkbill hook in his hand.
Seeing that Ouyang Yue had made up his mind, Shen Qingxu turned to Yu Min and said, "You take care of Hao'er and follow us." Yu Min nodded.
What happened before made them see the end, and they no longer cared about life and death at this time. Not afraid of life and death, it was extremely easy for them to walk on the way to the front yard.
Ouyang Yue inadvertently saw Shen Changhao holding Yu Min's hand, and immediately couldn't help but burst into tears, she could ignore her life and death, but her son was still young, and he was going to die with him now, which made her heartache.
Ouyang Yue stopped, took Yu Min's hand, and said: "Fourth sister, tonight it is inevitable that our Shen family will be in trouble, but we can't let the Shen family be wiped out, while there is still time, you take Hao'er to find a place to hide for a while, if the sky has eyes, maybe you can avoid this difficulty......"
Yu Min interrupted Ouyang Yue and said, "It's better for sister-in-law to hide with Hao'er, and Qingxu and I will go to the front to help the eldest brother and them." ”
Ouyang Yue shook his head, "Hao'er usually likes you the most, I don't have to worry if you take him with you, besides, your martial arts are not as good as mine, it won't help you to go to the front, if we ...... in the end You take Hao'er to Butterfly Villa, my eldest brother will take you in, and when Hao'er grows up, you must revive the ....... of the Shen Mansion. Ouyang Yue said at the end, tears couldn't help but burst out of her eyes.
"Sister-in-law......"
Shen Qingxu looked at his wife and said, "Listen to sister-in-law, you hide first, we will meet the eldest brother in front of us, and there will be something wrong with the sword formation, and we will come to you again when the time comes." ”
Tears swirled in Shen Qingxu's eyes, he held back, and then patted Yu Min with a smile, he wanted to give his wife hope.
Yu Min nodded.
Ouyang Yue squatted down, holding Shen Changhao's little face with both hands, and said with a smile: "Hao'er and Aunt Hao will hide first, and then come to pick you up when Mother and Daddy have beaten away the bad guys." ”
"No, I'm going to follow my mother to kill the bad guys with my father!" Shen Changhao said firmly.
"Hao'er is too young now, and her martial arts have not yet been practiced, now that you go, your father and mother still have to take care of you, so you can't concentrate on killing the bad guys, when Hao'er grows up and practices her martial arts well, will you kill the bad guys again?" Ouyang Yueqiang smiled and comforted his son.
"Were there any bad people at that time?" Shen Changhao asked as he looked at Ouyang Yue.
"Yes!"
"Oh well. ”
Seeing that Shen Changhao was persuaded, Ouyang Yue motioned for Yu Min to leave with him quickly.
Yu Min picked up Shen Changhao and ran to her small courtyard, she had already thought of a hiding place. When she arrived in the courtyard, she went to the kitchen to find some food to bring with her, and then took some water, and then took Shen Changhao into her bedroom, touched a mechanism under the bed, and the dresser slowly moved away, revealing a hole.
Yu Min took a futon and threw it into the hole, went down inside first, and then carried Shen Changhao in. Entering the dark room, Yu Min lit the oil lamp hanging on the wall, and then touched the mechanism next to it, and the dresser on it returned to its original position.
This dark room was accidentally discovered by Yu Min and Shen Qingxu after they moved to this small courtyard, and they didn't know who built it, and they didn't reveal it to outsiders. The darkroom is small, and it's empty, because there are vents left, so you don't feel stuffy inside.
Yu Min put the food and water away, and then spread the futon on the ground. To do all this, she pulled Shen Changhao to sit on the futon. Shen Changhao leaned on Yu Min and slowly fell asleep, quiet in the dark room.
Yu Min was even more worried about the situation outside in this small and silent dark room, but she knew that what she could do now was to take Shen Changhao and hide here quietly.