(Thanks: Qianqiu drunk and dreaming book friends for encouragement, thank you!) ）

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After the rain, the sky is clear, and the sky is clear.

The roads are slippery, potholes and muddy and difficult to navigate.

"Drive--da!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

On the muddy and bumpy official road, a handsome scribe about the age of a weak crown rode a short horse, and while galloping on the horse, he hurriedly beckoned the entourage to hurry up.

However, I saw that there were nearly 200 scribes and his party, including 60 or 70 women, children and old people, and more than 100 young and strong men.

In addition, there were three wagons and two horse-drawn carriages in the group, and among all of them only the handsome and tall young scribe rode the Hexi pony, and the others were on foot.

Last night's heavy rain washed the entire official road into potholes, mud, and extremely difficult to walk.

However, the young scribe and his party were in a hurry, so more than 200 people pushed the carriage, helped the old and the young, and walked forward step by step.

Looking at this posture, it seemed that they were being chased, forcing them to flee for their lives despite the slippery roads.

Fortunately, they had not yet seen anyone chasing them, so that many of the young men in the procession were not as anxious as the scribes on horseback, and even though they were somewhat unimpressed by the scribe's urgent cries, they still pushed the carriage slowly and unhurriedly.

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

However, at the moment, the group is indeed short of time and cannot be delayed. It is even more impossible to stop and rest until the road hardens a little in the afternoon. Because there is a possibility of pursuers behind them at any time, and they are light cavalry with extremely fast speed. When the pursuers caught up, it was too late, and they couldn't leave if they wanted to, and even a group of more than 200 people would lose their lives.

The road ahead is difficult, there are chasing soldiers behind, the shape is so urgent, how can the handsome scribe not be in a hurry!

It's a pity that no matter how anxious he is, the group just can't go fast. It is even more impossible to rush to the road. And he could not leave them alone, for they were all his people and villagers, and in two of the carriages sat his grandmother, four wives and concubines, and two children who had not yet learned to walk.

"Huh--" Rode to the carriage in front of him, and the handsome scribe pulled his horse slowly. Facing the side window of the carriage, he asked respectfully, "Grandmother." The road is bumpy. It's bumpy, how are you old? ”

The curtain on the side of the carriage opened, revealing the face of a smiling, loving and kind woman.

The old man was over sixty 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 you can vaguely see the old man's beautiful face when he was young.

"Grandchildren don't have to worry about grandmothers." The old man said with a kind expression: "The road is slippery after the rain, and my grandmother can still stand up to this bit of bumps, but the villagers have suffered." Fleeing with our grandparents and grandchildren, we were implicated. ”

The handsome scribe looked ashamed when he heard this, and said respectfully: "This is all because of the unfilial piety of the grandson, and he suffers from it if he doesn't know people." Half a year ago, I accepted Yuan Highway's appointment without thinking about it and became the mayor of Dongcheng, but the result was mediocre for half a year and achieved nothing. Only then did his grandson see that although Yuan Highway was a descendant of the Yuan family, he was arrogant, incompetent, and not a person who achieved great things after all.

Therefore, the grandson decided to abandon the official ten days ago, moved his family to Lujiang to join Gongjin, and then watched the changes in the world, and then chose another master to assist when the situation in the world was clear, so it was the right way. Unexpectedly, the rain has delayed the trip in recent days, Yuan Highway has noticed that his grandson has resigned, and posted a notice ordering the counties along the way to arrest his grandson for questioning.

My grandson's biggest fear now is that last night's torrential rain all night would inevitably cause flooding, and I wonder if the ferry we had prepared in advance was swept away by the flood. If there is no ferry, then it will be difficult for our ancestors and grandchildren to get out, so we can only sit and wait for the pursuers to come and capture them, and wait to be killed! ”

After hearing this, the expression on the old man in the car was quite melancholy, and his sparse brows were frowned, so that the wrinkles on his forehead suddenly deepened, and he was at a loss.

After a while, the old man said with a reproachful expression: "It's not your fault that your grandson mistakenly joined Yuan Highway to serve his life, but that grandmother is too eager and wants you to go out as soon as possible to seek fame, lest you spend all day with your grandmother, an old bone, and delay your future." Because of this, my grandmother let him serve under Yuan Shu's account and served as the mayor of Dongcheng. I don't admit that although Yuan Highway has a good background, he has no name but no reality, and he is not rewarded for his merits and is not punished, and he is extremely stupid. In this way, you have been running around for half a year, but after all, it is all in vain, and instead of being rewarded, you have been squeezed out and framed by the county officials, so that you can achieve nothing.

This time, you decided to leave Yuan Shu's rule and wait for the rest of the day to choose another Ming master to assist, and your grandmother fully agreed. It's just that the counties of Yangzhou are in chaos nowadays, and the counties are too guarded to support their own troops and attack each other, so it's not easy to find a master who can achieve great things! ”

After sighing, the old man comforted the handsome scribe: "As for whether our ancestors and grandsons can get rid of the pursuers on this trip, our grandson don't have to worry. Since ancient times: Ji people have their own natural appearance. My grandson is the most loyal and filial person in the world, he is kind and charitable on weekdays, and he has helped countless homeless people. ”

"By grandmother's auspicious words, I hope so!" The handsome scribe nodded lightly.

"Da Da Da --"

At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound of horses behind him, and the figures of hundreds of lightly armed cavalry appeared in the sight of the handsome scribe, and it became clearer and clearer, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly narrowing.

"Oh no, the pursuers are really chasing after you!"

In an instant, the handsome scribe's expression changed greatly, and he exclaimed. Then he turned around and ran to the rear, shouting as he left: "Grandmother sit down, today my grandson will escort your old man to cross the river safely!" ”

On the way back to the rear, he drew his sword casually and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, women and children and old people are in front, the carriage is in the middle, and the young and strong men follow my palace to resist the pursuers!" ”

"Bang!" As he spoke, the handsome scribe had reached the rear, and his pursuers were on the official road three hundred paces away in front of him. Immediately, he turned over and dismounted, and commanded the young men to line up in formation with a sword in hand, covering the women, children, the elderly, and the carriage to the ferry a mile away. At the ferry port, there were more than a dozen servants he had sent three days ago who had prepared to cross the river in advance, and they could board the boat immediately when they arrived at the river. Once they had crossed the river, the lightly armed cavalry who had arrived on horseback could only look at the river and sigh, and could no longer do anything about them.

After arranging the formation, more than 130 strong people took off their bows and arrows on their backs and were ready to meet them at any time. The handsome scribe stayed last, always observing the distance between the pursuers and himself, and when the distance between the two sides was 100 paces, he immediately stopped the formation and fired arrows to defend against the enemy.

"Dongcheng Chang walks slowly, the lord ordered me to come and ask you to go back and talk!"

As the two sides drew closer, a junior colonel in battle armor among the pursuers shouted, as if he would not embarrass the handsome scribe, but the speed at which he rode his horse became more and more accelerated.

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

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

Prior to that, he served under Yuan Shu as the mayor of Dongcheng. After taking office, he diligently governed Dongcheng, and his political achievements were good but he did not receive any reward, exposing the crimes of the lawless and powerful clans, but he was blocked by the superior county officials, and instead of punishing the lawless heroes, he himself was excluded and framed by the county officials.

Seeing this, Lu Su was disheartened, and immediately abandoned his official position, took his grandmother and clansmen, as well as the young people in the township who were willing to leave with him, and hurriedly set off to Lujiang Juchao. However, it rained repeatedly for several days, causing them to travel slowly and delay the timing, and they were ordered to be arrested by Yuan Shu, and the pursuers followed after them.

Lu Su and his entourage gathered more than 200 people, including old and young women, children and a few cars of belongings. If you are caught up by the pursuers earlier, you are afraid that it will be difficult to escape, and even if you are caught and killed on the spot by the pursuers, you will inevitably be imprisoned and die sooner or later.

However, as Lu Su's grandmother said, Ji people have their own natural appearance. When the pursuers really caught up with Lu Su and his party, the women, children and old people who walked in the front had already arrived at the riverside ferry, blessed by God, and there was not only one Hu Cong who was sent to guard the ferry three days ago, but even the ferry was intact and was not washed away by last night's flood.

Immediately, the elderly and children were the first to board the ship, and the servants on the ship sped up to load the goods onto the ferry. Lu Su led more than 100 young men to form a defensive formation, set up a bow and string up, and confronted more than 300 lightly armed cavalry.

The two sides were less than fifty paces apart, exactly a stone's throw away, and within the range of the archers' direct shots.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the two sides did not immediately launch an attack during the confrontation, but Xiao Xiaoce, who had shouted at Lu Su earlier, immediately stepped forward more than ten steps forward and shouted: "Lu Zijing, the lord values you very much, and he appointed you as the mayor of Dongcheng for the first time to govern a county." Now you don't want to serve the lord, but you take your family and don't say goodbye, you are also a scribe who reads books and knows etiquette, how can you do this as a subordinate? ”

"General Lei Bo's words are wrong!" Lu Su continued: "I have had several encounters with the general, although I am not acquainted, but we have been colleagues for half a year, and we have heard of each other. Although I was soft-spoken, I also drank with the general and laughed about the situation in the world.

This time, the general knows why I, Lu Su, abandoned the official and left? That's because Yuan Shu was stupid and incompetent, and the county officials under his rule were corrupt and perverted the law, colluded with me, and repeatedly excluded me, and now they are trying to harm me. If the general encounters such evil things, is he still willing to stay under Yuan Shu and continue to serve? ”

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