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Dian Wuxia nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Sister's words are exactly what I want. If my husband dies, I, Dian Wuxia, will avenge my husband and follow him!"

Li Xin sighed in disappointment: "I think the other sisters must think so too. Husband will only be accompanied by Huan Fei, Li Zhi and Guo Jia when he goes south. Die auspiciously, otherwise our sisters will never be alone!"

Chapter 506

(Thanks to: Qianqiu Zuiyimeng book friends for encouragement, thank you!)

After the rain, the sky cleared, and the blue sky was like washing.

The road is slippery, with potholes and mud.

"Driving clack clack!"

"Quick, quick, quick, quicker!"

On the muddy and bumpy official road, a handsome scribe of about the age of a weak crown rode a pony, galloping the horse, and hurriedly beckoned to the accompanying people to hurry up.

However, there are nearly two hundred scribes, including six to seventy women, children and the elderly, and more than one hundred young and strong men.

In addition, there were three cargo carts and two people-carrying carriages among the group. Among all the people, there was only a handsome and tall young scribe riding a Hexi pony, and the others traveled on foot.

The torrential rain last night washed the entire official road into potholes and mud, making it extremely difficult to walk.

However, the group of young scribes was in a hurry, so more than two hundred people pushed the carriage, helped the old and the young, and moved forward with difficulty.

Judging from this posture, it seemed that they were being chased, which forced them to flee for their lives in spite of the slippery road.

Fortunately, they haven't seen the person chasing them so far, so many young and strong men in the team are not as anxious as the scribes on horseback, and they don't take it seriously for the scribes' urgent shouts, and they still push the carriage calmly Walk slowly.

Seeing such a scene, the handsome scholar frowned, his face was full of worry and anxiety, and he felt helpless.He knew that these young men didn't want to hurry up, but that the road was really difficult, and if they were not careful, they would fall into the mud puddles, making it even more difficult to walk fast.

However, the group is really pressed for time right now and cannot be delayed.It is even more impossible to stop and rest, and wait until the road hardens a little in the afternoon before walking.Because there may be pursuers behind them at any time, and they are light cavalry running extremely fast.When the pursuers catch up, it will be too late, and they will not be able to leave even if they want to, and even a group of more than two hundred people will lose their lives.

The road ahead is difficult, there are chasing soldiers behind, the situation is so urgent, how can the handsome scholar be in a hurry!

It's a pity that no matter how anxious he was, the group couldn't walk fast.It is even more impossible to run wildly.And he couldn't leave these people and go alone, because they were all his clansmen and fellow villagers. His grandmother, four wives and concubines, and two children who hadn't learned to walk were sitting in two of the carriages.

"Xu" rode his horse to the side of the carriage in front, and the handsome scribe reined in his horse and walked slowly.Facing the side window of the carriage, he asked respectfully, "Grandmother. The road is bumpy. It's bumpy. Are you alright?"

The curtain on the side window of the carriage opened, revealing a loving and kind woman's face full of smiles.

The old man was over [-] years old, his temples were slightly white, and his complexion was fair except for a few wrinkles on his forehead that recorded the passage of time.The cheeks are rosy, and the old man's beautiful face when he was young can be vaguely seen.

"Grandson don't have to worry about grandma." The old man said kindly: "The road is slippery after the rain, and grandma can stand the bumps, but it's the villagers who suffered. Fleeing with our grandparents and grandchildren, we were implicated gone."

The handsome scribe was ashamed when he heard the sound, and said respectfully: "This is because my grandson is unfilial, and I suffer from it if I don't know people well. Half a year ago, I accepted Yuan Gonglu's appointment as the mayor of Dongcheng without thinking twice, but the result was mediocre. After half a year, nothing was achieved. This allowed his grandson to see that although Yuan Gonggong was a descendant of the Yuan family, he was arrogant, incompetent, and ultimately not a person who could achieve great things.

Therefore, the grandson decided to abandon his official position ten days ago, move his family to Lujiang to join Gongjin, and then wait and see how the world changes. When the situation in the world becomes clear, he will choose another master to assist him. This is the right way.Unexpectedly, the recent rains have delayed the trip. Yuan Gonglu has already noticed that his grandson has resigned from office, and posted a notice ordering the counties along the way to arrest his grandson for questioning.

What my grandson is most worried about now is that the torrential rain last night will inevitably cause floods. I wonder if the ferry we prepared in advance has been washed away by the floods.If there is no ferry, then our grandparents and grandchildren may have a hard time getting away. We can only wait for the pursuers to catch them and wait for the slaughter! "

After hearing the words, the old man in the car had a rather melancholy expression on his face, his sparse brows were furrowed so that the wrinkles on his forehead suddenly deepened, and he was helpless.

After a while, the old man said with a remorseful expression: "It's not your fault that your grandson mistakenly joined Yuan Gonglu's command, it's because grandma was too eager and wanted you to become an official as soon as possible to gain fame, so that you wouldn't spend all day with grandma. The old bone was mediocre, and his future was delayed. Because of this, his grandmother let him work under Yuan Shu's account and became the mayor of Dongcheng. I don't want to think that Yuan Gonglu's background is good, but he has a name but no reality. If you don't get punished, you're extremely stupid. It took you half a year to run around in vain after all, not only did you not get rewards, but you were squeezed out and framed by the county officials, resulting in nothing being achieved.

This time, you decided to leave Yuan Shu's rule, hibernate and wait for another Ming Lord to assist you, and your grandmother fully agrees.It's just that the various counties in Yangzhou are in a state of chaos, and the prefects of each county support their own troops and attack each other. It's not easy to find a master who can accomplish great things! "

After sighing, the old man comforted the handsome scribe: "As for whether our grandparents and grandsons can successfully get rid of the pursuers on this trip, my grandson need not worry. It has been said since ancient times: auspicious people have their own appearance. My grandson is the best in the world. Loyal and filial people, on weekdays, are willing to do good and help countless refugees, if the sky has eyes, it will naturally protect our grandparents and grandchildren from danger to luck, and arrive at Juchao Zhou's house safely."

"Borrowing my grandmother's auspicious words, I hope so!" The handsome scribe nodded lightly in response.

"Da da da"

Just at this time, there was a sound of rumbling horses stepping behind him, and then the figures of hundreds of light cavalry appeared in the sight of the handsome scribe. It became clearer and clearer, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly narrowing.

"It's broken, the pursuers really came after them!"

In an instant, the handsome scribe's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise.Then he turned around on his horse and ran to the rear. Before leaving, he shouted: "Grandmother, sit down, grandson will escort you to cross the river safely no matter what!"

As he rode his horse back to the rear, he drew out his sword casually and shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't panic, don't panic, women, children and the elderly are in front, the carriage is in the middle, young and strong men follow me in the rear, and resist the pursuers!"

"Bang!" As he spoke, the handsome scribe had already reached the rear, and the pursuers were on the official road three hundred steps away in front of him.Immediately, he got off his horse and directed the young men to line up with a sword in hand to cover the women, children, the elderly and the carriage to the ferry one mile away.On the bank of the ferry, there are more than a dozen followers he sent three days ago to prepare the boat for crossing the river, and they can board the boat immediately when the group arrives at the river.Once they boarded the boat and crossed the river, the light cavalry who came on horseback could only look at the river and sigh, and could do nothing to them.

After lining up the formation, more than 130 strong men all took off the bows and arrows on their backs, ready to attack at any time.The handsome scribe stayed at the end, always observing the distance between the pursuers and himself, and when the two sides were a hundred steps away, he immediately stopped and lined up, shooting arrows to fend off the enemy.

"Master Dongcheng, walk slowly, my lord ordered me to come and invite you to go back and talk!"

As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, one of the chasing soldiers, a small school in armor, shouted loudly. The meaning in the words seemed to be that he would not embarrass the handsome scribe, but the speed of his horse galloping was getting faster and faster. speed up.

"Going back with you? What a joke, don't you think that I, Lu Su, am a three-year-old child and don't know that you are here to arrest me to receive a reward?" The handsome scribe scolded loudly, snorting.

However, he revealed his identity in these words, the handsome scribe is Linhuai Lu Su Lu Zijing.

Before that, he worked under Yuan Shu's account as the mayor of Dongcheng.After taking office, he diligently governed Dongcheng, but he did not get any rewards for his achievements. He exposed the crimes of the lawless and powerful gentry, but was blocked by the superior county officials.

Seeing this, Lu Su was disheartened, and immediately abandoned his official position and left. He took his grandmother, his family members, and the young and strong villagers who were willing to leave with him, and hurried to Lujiang Juchao.Unexpectedly, it rained repeatedly in the past few days, which caused them to travel slowly and delay the opportunity. They were arrested by Yuan Shu, and the pursuers followed behind.

Lu Su and his party consisted of more than two hundred people, including old and young, women and children, and several carts of belongings.If he was overtaken by the pursuers earlier, it would be very difficult to escape. Even if he was captured without being killed on the spot by the pursuers, he would be imprisoned sooner or later, and he would die sooner or later.

However, as Lu Su's grandmother just said, auspicious people have their own appearance.When the pursuers really caught up with Lu Su and his party, the women, children, and elderly people who were walking in the front had already arrived at the ferry by the river. Blessed by God, not only was there not one servant sent to watch the ferry three days ago, even the ferry was intact. , was not washed away by last night's flood.

Immediately, the elderly and children boarded the boat first, and the servants on the boat speeded up to load the goods onto the ferry.Lu Su led more than 100 young and strong men to form a defensive formation, bow and string, and confronted more than [-] light cavalry.

The distance between the two sides was less than fifty steps, just an arrow away, and it was within the direct range of the archer's bow.

Perhaps it was for this reason that neither of the two sides launched an attack immediately during the confrontation. Instead, the little principal who had shouted to Lu Su immediately stepped forward more than ten steps and shouted: "Lu Zijing, my lord thinks highly of you, and I will appoint you for the first time. As the mayor of Dongcheng, governing a county. Now you don’t want to serve your lord, but you leave without saying goodbye with your family. After all, you are also a scribe who knows etiquette. Is it the way to be a servant?"

"General Lei Bo's words are wrong!" Lu Su continued, "I have met the general on several occasions. Although we are not familiar with each other, we have been colleagues for half a year. We have heard about each other. Although I speak lightly , but also had a drink with the general and laughed about the situation in the world.

This time, the general knows why I, Lu Su, want to abandon my official position and leave?That's because Yuan Shu is stupid and incompetent, and the county officials under him are corrupt and pervert the law. They are gangsters and have pushed me out many times, and now they are even trying to harm me.If the general encountered such evil things, would he still be willing to stay under Yuan Shu's rule and continue to serve? "

Chapter 507

While talking, Lu Su put his hands behind his back to signal the young men behind him to step back and get on the boat. Here, he will temporarily hold Lei Bo to buy time for everyone to board the boat.

And the reason why he dared to do this was precisely because of the old acquaintance of Lei Bo who was opposite him.

Half a year ago, the two joined Yuan Shu together, Lu Su was appointed as the mayor of the East City, and Lei Bo was the captain.Since then, the two have drank together twice, and their words were speculative, so they became friends.

In addition, Lei Bo and Lu Su are still from the same hometown.

However, the two didn't know each other before, and it wasn't until they got acquainted that they knew that they still had fellowship with each other.

When the pursuers arrived just now, Lu Su didn't recognize Lei Bo as the leader of the army, so he was anxious, thinking that he was doomed this time.Unexpectedly, after Lei Bo yelled for the first time, the speed of the pursuers dropped sharply, so that it took a full cup of tea to cover the distance of [-] steps, making Lu Su and his party retreat a full [-] steps. It is almost the same as the speed of chasing soldiers.

It was also the strange behavior of the chasing soldiers that made Lu Su recognize that the leader of the soldiers was Lei Bo, a fellow villager he had met under Yuan Shu's tent.As for why the pursuers suddenly slowed down, it was obvious that Lei Bo deliberately released the water and deliberately gave him time to retreat to the shore of the ferry.

At this moment, the two confronted each other, but it was actually just a way of saying goodbye in disguise.