Shunniang and Xie Erniang were anxious in the dark cellar. Shunniang blamed herself that she should have been bolder just now, sneaked past after strangling Xu Sanlang, and waited for Xu Erlang to come down under the ladder.Xie Erniang retorted that that might not be feasible, Xu Erlang was standing above the cellar door, holding an oil lamp in his hand, and if there was any movement on the ladder below, he would see it, let alone come down.The only blame is that Xu Erlang is too cunning, if he goes down to the cellar with his back to them, Shun Niang and herself will have a chance to subdue him, now it is useless to say these things, it is better to think about other ways to escape.

Going to the bottom of the cellar entrance and looking up, although she couldn't see anything, Shun Niang suddenly smelled a bit of air above her head that was colder and fresher than in the cellar.

She wondered, does this mean that the thick wooden plank covering the entrance of the cellar was not secured because Xu Erlang left in a hurry, so that she and Erniang Xie would have a chance to escape, taking advantage of Xu Erlang? Run away, there's no one up there now...

Shunniang hurriedly called Xie Erniang over, asking her to ride on her shoulders, and when she stood up, she could try to see if she could lift the cellar cover made of thick wood above her head, and then climb up.

Xie Erniang blushed when she first heard that Shunniang asked her to ride on her shoulders, but she just hesitated for a while, and soon did as Shunniang asked, and when Shunniang squatted down, she climbed onto Shunniang's shoulders He hugged Shunniang's head with both hands, just like he hugged her father's head when he was a child and played the game of riding a big horse.

With a lot of strength, Shunniang hugged Xie Erniang's legs with both hands, and stood up abruptly.

The height of the cellar is only a little over two meters. Xie Erniang rode on Shunniang's shoulders and reached the cellar cover in one fell swoop. She pushed up on the thick plank cellar cover, which made her push up a little bit. The air outside was cold and fresh. All of a sudden, he rolled and rushed towards his face, which made Xie Erniang very encouraged.

She gritted her teeth and pushed hard again, and finally pushed the heavy cellar cover to the side, revealing a gap of about a foot wide in the cellar, as long as she pushed the cellar cover a little harder, she would be able to climb The edge of the cellar entrance climbed up.

Just at this moment, hurried footsteps came from above, and they were coming towards the entrance of the cellar.

"Oops!" Both Shunniang and Xie Erniang had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Sure enough, with the sudden yellow lights appearing above, they all heard Xu Dalang's voice from above, asking Xu Erlang to carry two bundles of firewood, and he came to water and light the fire.

Shunniang had to squat down again and let Erniang Xie come down. She was afraid that the two brothers from the Xu family would hurt Erniang Xie with a knife or stick if they found out that Erniang Xie wanted to escape.

Shunniang and Xie Erniang were frustrated by the frustration of failure. They heard what Xu Dalang said clearly, and they also understood how the Xu family brothers wanted to deal with them. After they lost their resistance, they came down to catch them.

It's just that at this critical juncture, Shunniang is still thinking about the children in the cellar, including Kecheng, can they stand the smoke?

"Hey, why is the cellar lid open?"

"Did you come to find me in a hurry just now and didn't cover it well, or did the pair of dogs and men underneath want to escape?"

"It's probably because the pair of dogs and men and women at the bottom wanted to run out. I was negligent just now and didn't hook the hook next to the cover, which made them almost escape. Big brother, let's move faster, clean them up early, and save them sooner." Saburo comes up."

"it is good."

As soon as the words were finished, Shunniang and Xie Erniang saw that the cellar cover was lifted, and then a bundle was lit with a little water, and the smoked firewood was thrown down, and then another bundle.

In the dark cellar, flames burst out immediately, and Shunniang and Xie Erniang retreated, but Kecheng ran over and hugged Shunniang's leg, trembling.

The other bound children in the cellar were instinctively afraid when they saw the flames and thick smoke, and cried out.

Soon the cellar was filled with choking smoke. Shun Niang and Xie Er Niang were choked by the thick smoke, coughing and crying, and Ke Cheng and the children were also coughing.

At this time, the cellar was covered again by the brothers from the Xu family. When Shunniang heard that they seemed to have walked out of the firewood room above her head, Erniang Xie suddenly threw herself into Shunniang's arms, holding her tightly.Shunniang seemed to understand Xie Erniang at this time, she must be afraid and reluctant to say goodbye to the person who was in danger with her.

Reaching out to pat her on the back, regardless of the choking smoke, Shunniang said loudly to her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

After finishing speaking, she began to take off her clothes, took off the outer short clothes, and then let Kecheng back, she rushed up and beat the two bundles of burning firewood with the clothes in her hand, thinking that as long as the fire was extinguished, the smoke would also disappear. It will be less.Xie Erniang saw that she took off her coat and went forward to put out the flames, bit her lip, and took off the cross-collared clothes she was wearing outside, with only a tube top underneath, and went forward to follow Shun Niang with the clothes shirtless Put out the two burning bundles together.

Regardless of the fire and the thick smoke, the two of them fought hard against the two bundles of burning firewood, completely ignoring the fact that the flames had burned their hands and bodies, especially Xie Erniang, because she was shirtless and her arms were even more so. There were many burns, but right now I couldn't care about those many, I just wanted to put out the flames desperately, so that the thick smoke filling the cellar would be as little as possible.

After a lot of hard work, the two bundles of firewood were finally extinguished by the two of them, and the smoke from the burning firewood was much less. However, after some burning, the thick smoke in the cellar made the two of them cry. Coughing.

Shunniang thought of asking Xie Erniang to ride on her shoulders like just now, go up and push the cellar cover away, not to mention completely, at least to expose a gap, so that the thick smoke in the cellar can escape. Some, then the people below will not be so uncomfortable being choked by the thick smoke.

Because Xie Erniang had already cooperated with Shunniang once, she climbed onto Shunniang's shoulders this time very skillfully. She tried so hard that the cellar lid above her head couldn't push it off.

Shunniang and Xie Erniang kept coughing violently, and their physical strength was rapidly draining. If it weren't for the belief in survival that supported them, they might have collapsed long ago.

Xie Erniang saw that she couldn't push the cellar cover above her head with both hands, so she bumped it up with her shoulder.

I don't know how many bumps, she seemed to hear footsteps coming into the woodshed, so she stopped the bumping immediately, she was afraid that the two brothers from the Xu family had come, but when she listened carefully, she heard the sound of footsteps coming. The sound of footsteps sounded like a lot of people had come in.Xie Erniang thought, could it be that her father brought someone to rescue her and Xierlang?

Thinking of this, she excitedly began to beat the cellar cover above her head with both hands, making a bang bang bang sound.

Finally, her efforts got a response, the cellar cover above her head was suddenly lifted, a firelight shone down from above, and a large gust of fresh air also poured in, which made the two of them relax their tense nerves. The strength in her whole body seemed to be gone in an instant, Shunniang's legs softened, and she knelt down, and Erniang Xie also fell off her shoulders, coughing violently beside her.

They didn't even have the energy to look up to see who was above the cellar, they just gasped and coughed.

"Second Mother, I'm your father, are you down here?" Xie Yi's voice suddenly sounded from above the cellar, and he could hear that he was very anxious.

Xie Erniang heard his voice and wanted to answer, but she coughed continuously. Fortunately, Shunniang held back her cough and shouted: "Uncle Xie!"

Xie Yi heard someone calling him from the bottom, which sounded like Kijiro's voice, immediately picked up the wooden ladder next to the cellar, put it down, and then stepped down from above the ladder with a burning torch in his hand.When he saw clearly the two people lying under his feet, one was his daughter and the other was Kijiro, he was very pleasantly surprised.However, when he saw that his daughter was only wearing a tube top and her arms were bare, he frowned again, quickly took off his clothes, helped his daughter to put on the clothes.Then, he yelled at the people above, saying that he had found someone, and there were a few little dolls under here, and asked people to come down quickly and carry the children up.

After he finished yelling, a few people came down one after another from the top. They were all dressed as local soldiers. After they came down, they held torches and untied the children who were still tied up in the cellar and tore them off. Cloth gags for their mouths.

These children were rescued, but they cried loudly. When a village soldier went to hold Kecheng, he struggled hard and shouted: "Second uncle!"

When Shunniang heard this, she stood up and told the soldier who was hugging Kecheng that it was her little nephew, and asked him to hug Kecheng.

The soldier let go of his hand after hearing this, but Kecheng jumped down, ran towards Shunniang and hugged her leg, Shunniang touched his head and told him he was fine, and he could go back to see him in a while Mother also has grandmother and sister.

Before going up, Shunniang put on the tattered coat that had been burned by the fire again. Although she still wore a middle coat underneath and covered her breasts, she was still afraid of being seen by people if she wore too little come out something.

When Shunniang came out of the cellar with Kecheng in her arms and stood in the firewood room above, he saw Guo Lizheng, Heiwa, a few guys from Xie's butcher shop, and a man named Ge Dutou , and there are many, many town soldiers, at least dozens or hundreds of them by visual inspection.

Of course, he also saw Xu Dalang and Xu Erlang who were tied up, and Xu Sanlang who was carried out and lay on the ground.

When Guo Li saw Shunniang, he came forward and said that he was late to rescue, but luckily Shunniang, Xie Tu's daughter, and a few abducted children were fine.

Shunniang thanked him, and asked if Xu Sanlang lying on the ground was dead. Guo Li was telling Shunniang that Xu Sanlang was not dead, but passed out. Xu Sanlang took a look, bandaged him, and then took Xu Sanlang away as well.

Hearing that Xu Sanlang was not dead, Shunniang felt relieved, and then she looked at Erniang Xie again, and saw that she was looking at her in her father's clothes, when their eyes met, she didn't dodge like before, but greatly Fang Fang smiled slightly to meet Shun Niang's eyes.

Seeing her smile, Shunniang saw that her lips were dripping with blood, so Shunniang hugged Kecheng and walked over to her and asked her what happened to her mouth, whether it hurts or not, and whether it doesn't matter.

Xie Erniang hadn't answered Shunniang yet, Xie Yi who was standing beside her had already spoken in a rough voice: "It's not just her mouth hurt, look at her hand, it's also burnt, it would be nice if she left a scar after going back, my daughter Home……"

After hearing this, Shunniang went to look at Xie Erniang's hands, but she shrank her hands into the long sleeves of her father's clothes she was wearing and didn't show them to Shunniang. Tu, it will heal soon, and she also asked Shun Niang if the burn on her hand was okay.

"I'm thick-skinned, it's okay." Shun Niang smiled at her.

Xie Yi on one side watched his daughter talk to Xi Erlang with an inexplicable and unspeakable intimacy, and couldn't help but slander, his daughter was more willing to spend money than her mother, and she almost died after following Xi Erlang this trip, you know? Know.However, watching Kijiro speak softly to his daughter now, his attitude is much better than before, and this is probably within his expectations.However, he knew that even if this was the case, he would inevitably be scolded by his wife when he went back. It was dark when he went back to Yangliu Town and took people to arrest Zhao's father and son. Together, he asked his daughter where she had gone.When he told Wu Shi that he asked his daughter to go to Xujiazhuang with Xi Erlang to find the lost Kecheng, Wu Shi almost burst into tears and said that it would be good if something happened to her daughter. This person is not a kind person, and he can't do any bad things. If his daughter goes there and something happens, she will never end with him.

Xie Yi reassured her daughter that she should be fine with that witty young man Xi Erlang, but in fact he was also panicked, and hurriedly escorted the Zhao family father and son to Guo Lizheng. Guo Lizheng did not arrive home until Wushi.

Guo Lizheng heard what Xie Yi said, and saw that Xierlang was involved in it, so he was very concerned.

After interrogating Zhao's father and son, and getting the names and addresses of shopkeepers in Yangliu Town and surrounding villages who often sell goods in Yangliu Town, he sent people out to search.

Xie Yi told him that his daughter went to Xujiazhuang with Xi Erlang to look for someone, but he didn't come back now, so he asked Guo Lizheng to send someone to search.

Guo Lizheng said that his people had already been sent out. If he wanted to go to Xujiazhuang, he had to go to Ge Dutou to borrow troops. Head, told the situation, Ge Dutou heard it, and was willing to cooperate with Guo Lizheng, so he gathered more than 100 township soldiers under his command, and rushed to Xujiazhuang with Xie Yi, Guo Lizheng and others.

After they arrived at Xujiazhuang, they found the old people in the village, asked who were the shopkeepers in the village, and where they lived in the village, and then took people to search.

This Xu family was also after they went to the Huang's house in the south of the village. Huang Wulang told them that a pair of young men and women came to buy children's things in the evening.Xie Yi and the others came to Xu's house again. When they arrived outside Xu's house, they smelled smoke and saw white smoke rising from the backyard of Xu's house. Who would burn things at night? Of course, everyone suspected, so Ge ​​Du The head ordered his soldiers to knock on the door, and after a long time of knocking, someone from inside came to open the door.

Everyone rushed in, Xie Yi led his men directly to the backyard, because he saw white smoke coming out of the backyard.

When he got to the backyard, he heard the sound of banging in a woodshed, so he followed the sound into the woodshed, and found a cellar lid locked with iron hooks on both sides under a few bundles of firewood. White smoke continuously overflowed from the gap in the lid, and there was a knocking sound under the cellar lid, Xie Yi judged that there must be someone below.

Thinking of his missing daughter, Xie Yi hastily pulled up the iron hook on the side of the cellar cover, and then lifted the cellar cover...

Xie Yi told Shun Niang and Xie Er Niang these words on the way back to Yangliu Town, of course he didn't tell the two juniors what his wife scolded him.

Shunniang still had some doubts, so she asked Xie Yi, for example, why Guo Li was going to borrow troops from Ge Dutou to come to Xujiazhuang. If it was later, she, Erniang Xie and the children would be killed.Xie Yi told Shunniang that it was because Xu Dalang's house in Xujiazhuang had been searched before, but nothing was found. The villagers in Xujiazhuang were very disgusted by this.Therefore, this time, Guo Lizheng was afraid of being surrounded by the villagers of Xujiazhuang, so he specially borrowed more than 100 township soldiers from Gedutou, so that even if the villagers wanted to stop the search, they couldn't stop them.

Xie Erniang was puzzled as to why she was able to open the cellar lid a little the first time, but not the second time?

Xie Yi told her that there is an iron hook on the edge of the cellar cover on both sides, and an iron ring is driven down on the ground on both sides of the cellar edge. The lid is locked.It must have been the first time that Xu Erlang left, because seeing Xu Sanlang panicked when he was attacked, he forgot to hook the iron ring with an iron hook, so his daughter was able to push back a little.Afterwards, Xu Erlang and Xu Dalang ordered some watered firewood and threw it down. Only two bundles were thrown down. He panicked when he heard the knock on the door outside the yard. He put down the cellar cover and locked it with an iron hook. , and put a few bundles of firewood on it for camouflage.When Xie Erniang rode on Shunniang's shoulders again, and was about to push open the cellar cover, she couldn't.

"This time, good luck for you and Xi Erlang, if we come half an hour later, I'm afraid you will all have an accident." Xie Yi shook his head and said, he is still afraid when he thinks about it. But, he almost risked his own daughter's life.

"But we rescued Kecheng, and a few other little ones. It's worth suffering a little bit. Let me just say, God will definitely thank us for doing good deeds. We will be auspicious when we die, right brother Xi " Sitting on the donkey's back, Xie Erniang, who was holding Kecheng who was already asleep, looked at Shunniang who was leading the donkey and smiled softly.

Shunniang nodded: "Yes, we also took over Xu Dalang's lair, so that he won't harm the children of other families."

Xie Yi continued: "Then the three brothers of the Xu family have abducted and sold many children over the years. This is a serious crime. Even if it is hanged, it is a minor crime. They should be beheaded. When the time comes, we will go and see..."

When Ge Du arrested the three brothers of the Xu family and left Xujiazhuang, many villagers came out to watch. This time there were many soldiers from the village, and they did not dare to make trouble. They watched the three brothers of the Xu family being taken away. Crying hard, wanting to die, saying that they won't live if the man in the family is taken away, etc.

"Die, die quickly, don't cry, how many children have been harmed by your men, and let you eat well and live in a good house, you are ashamed to cry!" Ge Dutou rode on the horse and scolded them, while beating Xu Dalang with a horse whip And Xu Erlang, "Now that I know I'm afraid, why didn't I think of today when I committed crimes!"

Shunniang and Xie Erniang felt very happy when they heard this, but some villagers cursed Shunniang and Xie Erniang who came to find their children, saying that they caused the three brothers of the Xu family to ruin their families and die badly, etc.

After hearing this kind of words, Shunniang felt blocked, and she also deeply understood that the so-called saying that helping managers and not helping relatives would not work in villages with the same clan and surname.

Xie Erniang, who was riding on the back of a donkey, quietly asked Shunniang if she was afraid of being retaliated by the people of Xujiazhuang in the future, especially the relatives or children of the Xu family brothers.

Shunniang told her that she was not afraid, that she acted righteously, and that she was not afraid of the revenge of those treacherous villains. Besides, there is a righteousness in the world, and in the end, evil must be overwhelming.

Xie Yi heard Xiang Shunniang give a thumbs up from the side, saying that it is rare for her to have such an idea. Who would not encounter some ups and downs in this life? Only in the end will he die and become auspicious, just like she and her daughter today.

Sitting on the donkey's back, Xie Erniang's eyes sparkled, and she pursed her lips and smiled at Shunniang. She wanted to say in her heart that she was not afraid, as long as she was with Shunniang, she would not be afraid of anything.

When Xie Yi and the others arrived in Yangliu Town, it was already an ugly time. Usually, Xie’s butcher shop started slaughtering pigs at this time, and Shun Niang also got up with her sister-in-law to harvest bean sprouts.

All the other families in Yangliu Town were still asleep. The only people in the town were the Xie’s butcher shop, the Xi’s family, and the Liang’s family that were lit. Presumably it was the Liang family’s siblings, the Liu family, the Qi family, and the Wu family. Waiting for news from Xie Yi and others.

Shunniang pushed open the half-hidden door, carried Kecheng into the room, and saw the sister-in-law sitting in the main room crying so much that her eyes were like peaches, and Huier, who was sleeping in her arms, also had red eye circles, Liang Erniang next door was sitting next to her sister-in-law, comforting her in a low voice.

Seeing the little Kecheng who was hugging Shunniang's neck and sleeping on Shunniang's shoulder, Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Liu all got up excitedly and ran towards Shunniang.

"Kecheng! Kecheng!" Mrs. Qi rushed to hug Kecheng's small body, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Mrs. Liu also called Kecheng's name and moved closer to his little face, sizing him up carefully, as if she was afraid that he would lose a piece of meat, then she laughed and shed tears.

Ke Cheng was woken up by the adults' voices, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, and when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he couldn't help crying, and shouted: "...Mother...Mother..."

Seeing this scene, Liang Erniang's eyes were also red, and she choked up and said: "...Okay, just find it, it's really a blessing from the Bodhisattva..."

Mrs. Qi held the child and cried for a while, and slowly shed tears under Liang Erniang's persuasion. Shunniang said that the child was also tired, so she boiled some water to wash the child, and the old lady washed it too, and go to sleep .As for how to get the child back, I will talk about it tomorrow when I have time. She said that she still has to harvest bean sprouts, and she has to go to the city to pack up. There are many things to do today.

Before entering the house, she made a total calculation. Today, she is going to deliver bean sprouts to Sister Song Yu's store for the last time, to meet Song Gui, and to meet Wei Dong's family at Wei's main store. Is it all?

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