In Huainan in July, the summer rain continues. ∝ ★ top ∝ ★ point∝ ★ small ∝ ★ said, w⌒ww.23w△x.co≡m

Since Yuan Shu became emperor, he has been arrogant to the point of madness.

In order to please this "Emperor Dacheng Wudegao", his subordinates searched for beauties under his rule, but whenever they saw a woman with a slight appearance, whether they wanted to or not, they were forcibly snatched and sent to Wancheng to be dedicated to the "Son of Heaven". As long as Yuan Shu likes it, he will be accepted as a concubine, and if he doesn't like it, he will be used as a palace lady.

Yuan Shu also knew that his ascension to the throne and becoming emperor had caused anger and resentment, but there was no turning back from the bow, and since this step had been taken, he simply went crazy all the way to the end!

First, he sent Lei Bo and Zhang Xun to defend the canyon between the Lujiang River and Runan to block the attack of the Jiangdong Army; He also asked Ji Ling to violently recruit troops under his rule, intending to expand the army to 200,000 and use crowd tactics to win the war with Liu Wei.

And he himself hid in the newly built palace in Wancheng to drink and indulge, looking for fun, with a posture of "there is wine today and drunk today, and it is worth it if the Ming Dynasty is dead"!

Suddenly, the people of the three counties of Runan were panicked.

Anyone who has a way out and a head to run for a while packed their soft bags and fled to Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Hanzhong with their families. In just a few days, more than 200,000 people fled from Yuan Shu's rule.

Even if the heavy rain has been pouring in the past few days, it still can't stop the determination of the people of the three counties to flee, they have dressed in coats, hats, umbrellas, braved the pouring rain, even thunder and lightning, regardless of the mud under their feet, desperately trying to escape from this purgatory on earth.

Yuan Shu knew that if he didn't stop the escape of the people, he would inevitably let this phenomenon spread throughout the territory, let alone recruit 200,000 soldiers. It's 20,000 people who have to work. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were hurriedly dispatched to the borders of various counties to intercept them. As long as they saw the homeless, they were all escorted to Wancheng to serve in the conscription or military service. If you dare to resist, you will be killed on the spot.

The pouring rain was intermittent, and the next one was interrupted, but the dark clouds in the sky did not mean to disperse.

Even if the wind and rain stop, it is only temporary, and it will not be long before the bean-sized raindrops will become more intense. The weather has been going on for six or seven days, and the refugees who have fled have become accustomed to it.

The counties of Huainan have become a vast ocean, and the crops in the low-lying areas have been flooded by rain. The water on the post road has reached the ankles, and if you walk on it, you will fall into the rain if you are not careful.

But even so, there was still an endless stream of people fleeing, because they knew that when it rained, the officers and soldiers would hide in the barracks and not come out, and this was a good time to take the opportunity to escape from Yuan's army.

Sure enough, the rain stopped for less than an hour, and the clouds returned. It was accompanied by thunder and lightning.

"There's a temple ahead, go in and avoid lightning, don't be frightened by lightning!"

Most of these refugees who fled in the rain were families with daughters, so they were most afraid of thunder and lightning. Girls' homes. It's nature to be timid, and when I saw a temple of considerable scale on the side of the road, I immediately rushed over to avoid lightning.

Among the crowds, there are several sturdy men who are particularly eye-catching. Because they don't look like ordinary refugees, except for their sturdy builds. In addition to his excellent appearance, he also has a saber hanging from his waist. As a result, other refugees are fearful. Stay away.

But these people were not officers and soldiers, and in addition to being dressed as servants, they were surrounded by a beautiful woman of twenty-six or seventeen years old, a boy of about ten years old, and a girl of seven or eight years old. All of them were dusty, clothed, and covered with mud, obviously on the road for a long time.

"Madam, the little one doesn't understand, you took the son and the little lady all the way on a journey, and you were tired, why did you give up the carriage to someone else?"

The black-faced man at the head was dressed in a robe, laboriously holding an umbrella for the woman and the child, his feet were deeper and shallow, and his tone was not only puzzled but also a little complaining.

The beautiful lady smiled, wiped the rain on her forehead with her sleeve, held her daughter tightly with her other hand, and said softly: "That family is really pitiful, that woman gave birth to a baby in the wilderness, if you trek in the rain like us, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive......"

As he walked, he said apologetically: "Brother, you don't have to hold an umbrella for me, I'm just a folk woman, I'm used to doing rough and heavy work, and I don't have such a delicate one." ”

The black-faced man was a little embarrassed: "Hehe...... Madame is kind-hearted, don't blame me, I'm a straightforward and coarse person. I was ordered by General Yue to pick up your mother and son and go to Jiangdong, if there is a business trip on the way, I will have no face to go back to the barracks. The original plan was good, but who would have thought that the horses were stolen on the road, and the lady gave the carriage away, and now they can only walk on foot, and they don't know when they will be able to reach Jiangdong? ”

The beautiful woman smiled and said: "I heard that the first fifty miles is Shouchun, and in the past, Shouchun walked another two hundred miles to the bank of the Yangtze River, and after the Yangtze River, it was Jinling." It's only five or six days' journey, and I'm not afraid of a weak woman, can't you still hold it back, brother? ”

"Boom ......"

There was a thunderclap in the sky.

Only the seven or eight-year-old girl was so frightened that she hugged her ears: "Mother, the thunder is so scary, let's go to the temple to hide, right?" ”

The ten-year-old boy was worried, and said stubbornly: "Thunder will thunder, what is there to be afraid of?" I heard that the officers and soldiers have been patrolling more tightly in the past few days, and it is best for us not to mix with these homeless people, in case we are blocked by Yuan Jun, we will definitely be arrested in Wancheng, and I am afraid that we will not be able to see my father at that time. ”

"Woo...... But Yinping is so afraid of thunder, I'm afraid that it will kill people! The little daughter shook her mother's sleeve and pleaded pitifully.

"Let my brother carry you!"

As he spoke, the ten-year-old boy squatted on the ground and lifted the girl on his back, lightly and effortlessly, "In the future, my brother will carry you all the way." ”

The black-faced man in the lead was the leader of Yue Fei's personal soldiers in front of his tent, and he was called Cui Heizi on weekdays, so that others couldn't remember his real name. At this moment, after listening to the boy's words, he said with a smile: "Although the young general has a backbone in what he said, I am afraid that you will not be able to walk if you can't recite a hundred zhang." ”

The boyish eyebrows were raised: "Cui Heizi, you are talking nonsense, don't underestimate people!" Even if I carry my mother on my back, I can also carry it to Jiangdong! If you don't believe it. You carried your sister on your back along the way, and I carried my mother on my back. Try which one gets tired and lies down first? ”

The beautiful woman glared at the boy and reprimanded, "Yun'er." Hugh be rude! You should call Uncle Cui, or Cui Zhuangshi, how can you call ...... What about Choi Heiko? ”

"Haha......" Yue Yun leaned back and smiled behind his sister's back, "Mother has called him Cui Heizi, why can't I shout?" ”

A man with five or six big bags and small bags on his back said with a smile: "Madame doesn't have to be formal, we are all used to calling him Cui Heizi, if you let the young general call him Uncle Cui, I'm afraid he won't dare to agree!" ”

Cui Heizi held an umbrella while wiping the rain on his face. Han said with a smile: "What my brother said is that I don't dare to be the title of Uncle Cui, as long as the young general is happy, just call me Cui Heizi." ”

Another flash of lightning struck, followed by a deafening thunderclap.

The refugees on the post road have crowded into the temple to avoid the lightning, and the pedestrians on the road are gradually thinning out.

In the sweltering heat, they were not afraid of the rain, but the bright lightning and deafening thunder were terrifying.

The beautiful woman looked up at the sky, and it was raining heavily. Thunder and lightning flashed, and the sky gradually darkened.

After thinking for a moment, he made a decision: "It seems that this thunderstorm is only afraid that it will last until the night, and it will not be able to move forward." Shall we take shelter in the temple for the night? ”

Cui Heizi and several followers were also a little afraid of this thunder. Echoed in unison: "What Madame said is that it is about to get dark. This lightning and thunder roared, and Yuan Jun didn't dare to come out to arrest people. If you are really worried that you will be targeted by officers and soldiers when you mix with the homeless. Wait until the thunderstorm stops in the middle of the night, and it's not too late for us to hurry forward! ”

Ten-year-old Yue Yun said helplessly: "No wonder a few of you can only be soldiers." With this little guts, you can't be a general in your life! I think Yuan Jun will definitely come with me tonight to arrest people, because in the morning. There are a few sentry scouts who have their eyes on this tribe, and they will definitely not give up! ”

The beautiful woman frowned and said, "That's not good, this thunder and lightning are getting more and more ferocious, and it is really dangerous to continue to hurry." In the wilderness, except for this temple, there is no place to shelter from lightning, let's take shelter for half a night for the time being, and wait for the thunderstorm to pass before it's too late! ”

Cui Heizi was overjoyed and waved his hand to the two brothers behind him: "Hurry up and go into the temple to make room for Mrs. and the major general, and take out the dry food to dry by the way, and eat and drink to your heart's content." When the thunderstorm stops, let's hurry right away, and try not to mix with these homeless people! ”

The two sturdy men agreed, and rushed into the temple in great stride, shouting at the refugees who had come in early to make a place.

When others saw this line of people with swords and swords, they didn't dare to provoke them, and they all avoided them far away.

Fortunately, this temple is quite spacious, although there are no monks due to the war, but the main hall and side houses and the temple gate are still intact, enough to accommodate more than 1,000 refugees to avoid lightning. In the wilderness of this post road, it is really precious.

The beautiful woman and a pair of children had eaten dry food, and when she saw a refugee next to her, she was hungry, but because she had lost her bags, she could only endure the hunger and swallow her spit. The woman couldn't bear it, so she gave each other some dry food in exchange for a kowtow in thanks.

It wasn't until the end that the little girl cried and cried, "Mother, don't divide it anymore, we will be hungry if we divide it again", and the woman sighed and gave up.

"Madame, the young general and the little lady rest early, Cui and several brothers take turns to be on duty at night, and after the thunderstorm, let's hurry immediately!"

Cui Heizi nibbled on a piece of dry baked cake in his hand, and held a saber in the other, and admonished Mrs. Yue Fei.

The woman thanked her: "In this way, it will bother the brothers!" ”

The road was windy, rainy, and muddy, and the mother and son were already exhausted. After a while, they all fell asleep against the corner. The other refugees in the main hall also couldn't hold back the tiredness of the way, and after a while, the whole temple snored loudly, one after another.

ps: Finally, ask for a monthly pass, don't ask for one today. In the end, if you ask Yue Fei how his wife and children came here, I will describe it when I meet Yue Fei, it is actually very simple. Yue Fei is a privileged person who has exploded on the table, so he comes with his family, well, it's that simple, the swordsman can't hold his breath anymore, and he doesn't recruit himself! Ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued......) R640