The sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, the fury of the gods at the mercy of everything here, the fury of the thunder, the dim sky was beaten by thunder, the electric light it emitted burst into flames in the distant darkness, the light illuminated the stumps and fallen leaves in the wind, they flew, swirled, swept the land, and swore with the sharpness of anger that they should not have been ruined.
Ciel's legs were shaking, and she struggled to tighten the man's arms, trying to keep up with the group.
No one knew where the end was, and no one would ask, her long hair had been blown away, covering half of her face along the purple lips, and sometimes the wind swept through her bun, drawing small wounds, and the delicate and feeble moans seemed to be heard by no one, but she lowered her head and walked hard.
"There's a house up ahead!"
The man's faint shouts caught her attention, and she became excited, keeping up with the man's faster steps.
The moment the door was pushed open, she instantly went limp, and sat down in the dark corner, gasping heavily, as if temporarily letting go of the anxiety and embarrassment along the way.
The flame drew her to sit around, her trembling body resting on the man's shoulder, and she quickly fell asleep.
The east is white, and the morning light is faint.
The man carried the emaciated woman on his back, and they went out of the mountain pass, and then walked north on the storm-ravaged ground, and at last at noon they came to a small town.
The town was small, but it was a densely populated place, bustling with merchants and restaurants.
A few people didn't enter the water all the way, and when they saw this scene, they went straight to the sign of a wine shop.
After a full meal, he called out to Dr.
Tea, please make good tea and drink it carefully.
A few people took a closer look at the appearance of the town, quite a northern taste, the cars and horses were noisy, and there were many Hu people, thinking that the direction of Shuozhou was not far away, and they shouted Xiao Er to ask.
The little two is a grease mouth guy, not very old, not tall, with a black wind pocket, is standing at the head of the door to hold the oil black rag in his hand and turn around, listen to people to ask, while soliciting business, while talking to the wilderness: "Shuozhou is still far away, this is Liansha Town, out of this town to the north will take about 20 days, if you have good foot strength, you can get there on the 15th." ” Zhao Xian asked, "I don't know if it's a tailwind on the road?"
” Xiao Er sneered when he heard this, turned around and looked at a few people, and said slowly: "You don't do the economy, and you don't have the street signs issued by the post station, it's still hard to say when you get out of town!"
After saying that, he went to shout business.
Yuan Ye Wen said: "How did we first arrive, and please ask the little brother for more advice!"
” Xiao Er replied to him: "The Shuozhou you are going to is already in chaos, bandits are rampant, not to mention, the Shuozhou Supervisor Pan Heng killed Taishou, set up a portal by himself, and the military law is not very strict, and the rebels are disturbing the people everywhere, it is not a matter of importance, I advise you not to go." ” Yuan Ye heard the word Pan Heng and knew that he had already done something, so he didn't need to say more, he dropped the silver tael, and a few people went out.
At noon, the market was shoulder to shoulder, the aroma of wine and meat and the fragrance of women's rouge powder were mixed disorderly in the crowd, the pungent smell of milk seemed to dilute the original stinky horse manure and camel dung, men and women were crowded one after another, secretly revealing the indescribable strange smile, and from time to time snapping the gorgeous clothes on the body, for fear of being soiled.
A few people crowded through the streets, and went straight to the mule and horse market, but they did not see any prosperous good scenes, only a horse dealer quickly posted it and said: "Today's morning market has passed, choose a good horse to come to me tomorrow as soon as possible."
Yuan Ye asked, "We are in a hurry to get out of the city, and I wonder if you have a good horse at hand now?"
The man replied, "Yes, yes, but it is expensive, and only cash is accepted." ” Yuan Ye said: "If it is a good horse, I am willing to bid." ” The horse dealer sang to the field, turned back to the stable, and after a while, he took out two black horses and came to the front, and said: "Only these two, originally going to rush the military horses with the ranch, who knows that this year Shuozhou is in turmoil, no one will come to collect, if you really want it, the two horses will be divided into one hundred and fifty taels for you." ” Zhao Xian hurriedly shouted: "Saddened, one hundred and fifty taels dare to speak!"
Not even ten horses need that. ” Yuan Ye didn't pay much attention to it, but carefully looked around the two horses, and it was indeed not inferior, and took out all the silver, about thirty taels, and unloaded the saber from his body, and said to the horse dealer: "Although this knife is taken for inspection, if it is not worth a hundred taels, it will be given to you for nothing!"
Zhao Xian and the others were very panicked when they saw that they were going to sell the knife, but they couldn't dissuade them again and again.
Although the horse dealer was a little reluctant, he seldom had such a bold patron, and he hurriedly collected the money, put the knife in the room, and hurriedly sent the child to invite someone.
After a while, I saw a tall man who looked like an officer and soldier hurriedly walking, whispering to the two horse dealers for a while, and then being dragged into the room.
In a moment, the horse dealer came out of the door and walked briskly to the east, and the soldier followed closely behind, and when he saw the crowd speaking, he scolded: "You thieves, you are bold, where did you steal the official sword, this will relieve you to go to the post to ask for credit!"
"After that, a few people flew forward to take someone.
Zhao Xian yelled, "Presumptuous!
He also rushed forward quickly, holding down the placket of the guy's clothes with his backhand, and holding the knife around his neck with one hand.
Yuan Ye said slightly angrily: "I am an official, I sell my knife, what are you doing!"
” The soldier burst out laughing, "Phew!
He spit out a mouthful of it forward, and reprimanded angrily: "Thief, you don't know the goods, this is the black dragon sparrow, the saber of the fourth rank of the imperial court's Wuwei general, but it's also yours?"
” Zhao Xian was furious when he heard this, raised his leg and knocked the man to the ground, shouting: "This is my general, what do you say?"
” When the soldier saw that the situation was not good, he softened his mouth, pulled away and ran.
A few people brought two more horses with the two black fats, and immediately got on their horses and went out of the city.
The atmosphere outside the city was desolate, with heavy rain and mist, and piles of dead leaves that stretched all the way to the barren mountains in the distance.
Ciel's long hair was blown by the wind, following the bumps on the horse's back and swaying gently, her eyes were slightly closed, her expression was tired, the days of running seemed to have exhausted all the energy of this weak woman, the slender hands held the saddle very tightly, but it seemed so weak and hollow, the green ribbon around her waist fell from the horse, she looked back, the ribbon had drifted into the dust, hiding its original color, she looked ahead, her eyes seemed to become more determined, and the man behind her raised his high horsewhip, The speed of the horse is faster.
The strange tremor of the earth aroused the vigilance of the people in the wild gallop, and the neighing of the war horse came from nowhere, but it was getting closer and closer, and several people let go of the horsewhip and shook it fiercely, as if it was the best response to the dozens of black-clothed men behind them who were struggling to catch up.
Yuan Ye's eyes followed the galloping arrow feathers to the soldier's body, and before he could shout, the arrow had penetrated the soldier's back, and he saw that his hands were loose, and he fell off the gray-black horse's back, and Yuan Ye looked at him, wanting to shout, but another defenseless cold stinging sensation instantly spread throughout his body, he couldn't help screaming, watching the blood continue to flow along the arrow that shot through his left arm, his face became gloomy, he knew that he was lost, but he still kept whipping and running, I don't know how long it took, Finally fell off the horse beside a barren mountain path.