After meeting at the agreed place, the three passengers were also stunned when they saw Cuiyun, Ye Shaoyang explained the situation to them, and the three of them expressed their understanding, and at the same time praised Cuiyun's makeup methods.
According to the previous agreement, the older man rented a horse and came over, and after collecting everyone's share of the money, he put everyone's large salutes on the horse's back, and then led the horse and set off together.
There are a total of five people, excluding Ye Shaoyang and Cuiyun, among the other three, the leading old man is called Lao Wan, there is also a middle-aged man, named Chen Maozi, and the other is the guy from the same village as Cuiyun, called Erdan.
Before leaving, Lao Wan agreed with them, in case of encountering bandits, everyone strives to pool money to buy the road together, no one is allowed to cheat, generally bandits for long-term planning, will not take away all the money, but if the bandits really want to confiscate all the money, everyone must cooperate, must not resist, otherwise annoy the bandits, everyone will be in danger.
Everyone naturally agreed.
The five of them slipped out of the west gate of the county seat and passed through a field.
At first, you could still hear the sound of artillery fire coming from outside the south gate of the county seat, but after walking for an hour or two, the sound of artillery fire was not heard much.
After passing through several villages, the five of them finally walked into the mountains and began to climb over the mountains......
Until it was dark, in this wilderness, there was no inn, and the five of them found a deserted village halfway up a mountain, found a few but relatively intact houses, and lived.
Although Lao Wan knew that there were no bandits in this area, for the sake of caution, the five of them did not light a fire, each took out dry food, and casually settled dinner.
When Ye Shaoyang sat with them, he thought of himself a person a hundred years later, actually sitting here, rushing on the mountain with a group of people from the past, it was really an indescribable wonderful feeling.
The night was spent safely, and the next day continued on the road.
Cuiyun is a girl after all, although she usually works in the fields at home, but after all, she can't compare to a man in climbing the mountain and rushing, and she gradually can't walk.
Ye Shaoyang saw it in his eyes, took some surnamed Li from the horse and carried it on his back, and let Cuiyun get on the horse, others naturally had no opinion, and Cuiyun resigned and agreed.
According to Lao Wan's plan, they need to walk in the wild for about three or four days, bypass the ground at the junction of the two provinces, enter Jiangxi Province, and then enter a nearby county seat in Jiangxi, and then find a way to rent a carriage to go to the place where they want to go.
On the third day, in the afternoon, the weather suddenly turned cloudy, and the five people felt bad and planned to find a place to hide from the rain, but before they could find a place, the rain began to fall, although it was not particularly heavy rain, but they were drenched in the wild for a long time, and several people were still almost soaked.
Fortunately, Ye Shaoyang used to wrap those cinnabar and other magic medicines in impermeable kraft bags, otherwise these magic medicines would really be in vain.
The five of them had to brave the rain in the mud to find a place to hide from the rain, and finally found a ruined temple on the mountain, so they went in to hide from the rain.
This is a mountain temple, in disrepair, several rooms have collapsed, only the main hall is still intact, so it can hide from the rain, five people find a place to sit, all of them are soaked, and they look very embarrassed.
Everyone tried to find something to make a fire to keep warm, but there was no firewood in the house, and it was raining outside, so it was impossible to find it.
Erdan and Chen Maozi set their eyes on the statue of the mountain god, this mountain god statue is made of wood, and some places have rotted, Erdan doesn't care, go up and get the idol down.
Lao Wan was startled, and after learning of his intentions, he persuaded him not to do it.
Erdan was a stunned young man, he didn't listen to persuasion, and wanted to find something to smash the idol open, but was stopped by Ye Shaoyang and said: "We borrowed someone's place to rest, it's already a disturbance, and then smashed someone's idol as firewood, it's too inappropriate." ” Erdan laughed, looked at everyone and said: "I said everyone, this is the Republic of China, why are you so superstitious, where did the gods come from, they are all deceitful nonsense!"
” Of course, everyone didn't let him smash it, lest the mountain god condemn him, and he was arguing, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps from outside, and the five of them were startled, and when they looked up, a bunch of men walked in.
All of them wore uniforms and carried guns, and they were all soldiers.
They didn't know that there were people in the mountain temple, and they also came to hide from the rain, and when they saw Ye Shaoyang and the others, they were all stunned for a moment, and walked in one after another, and a soldier with a goatee who looked like a leader said: "Fellow villagers, where did you come from." ” "Back to the boss, we are in a hurry."
Lao Wan hurriedly stepped forward to smile and wanted to take out cigarettes for them, but when he took them out, the paper bag wrapped in tobacco leaves was also permeable, so he had to explain.
These soldiers didn't care, they found a place to sit down, followed the five of them and looked over, thinking that they were ordinary passers-by, and they didn't care much, a few eyes looked at Cuiyun, Cuiyun buried her head between her legs, pretending to sleep, and a few people saw her thick waist, and they were not interested.
These dozen soldiers found a dry place to sit down, immediately took off the clothes on their bodies and wrung the water, and then like Ye Shaoyang and them, looking for firewood everywhere, they saw the statue of the mountain god who fell to the ground at a glance, these soldiers have all been on the battlefield, they have no scruples, and they split the idol with the long knife they carry, and it happened that the middle of the idol was filled with straw, and it was just a little bit, and more than a dozen people didn't care about the presence of women, they directly stripped naked and roasted on the fire.
Being a soldier is naturally unprovoked, Lao Wan and the others looked at each other and didn't dare to speak at all.
Ye Shaoyang sat in front of Cuiyun in front of her, silently looking at these barbaric soldiers, and had a bad premonition in his heart.
These soldiers not only burned the statue of the mountain god, but also broke down the windows and burned them, tossed for a long time, and finally roasted most of the clothes on their bodies, and after putting them on, they sat together and discussed things.
"Company Commander Wu, what do you say we should do, if we are caught by the Overseers, we will definitely be killed......"
One soldier said to the goatee-bearded commander.
When Ye Shaoyang heard this, he chuckled in his heart, this group was actually deserters......
Company Commander Wu thought for a while and said: "At this moment, you can't go back, the brothers have to find a way out, do you have any good places to go?"
” More than a dozen people discussed, and one person lowered his voice and said, "It's better to go to Heiyun Village......
Everyone suddenly fell silent.
Company Commander Wu had a gloomy face and said to the man, "Little San, you let me be a bandit?"
” Xiao San hugged his fists and said: "Company Commander Wu, we are all brothers who rolled over together, let me ask you, do you want to live?"
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