After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 91 The fleeing team

  If you live old and have connections, you will have more aristocratic families; when you are old, it is impossible to go out to listen to operas. It's just boring for an old lady to appreciate it alone, and it's only lively if you invite three or five... ten female relatives to come; the same is true for garden gatherings. I'm tired of seeing those faces.

  So, whenever she receives fresh and interesting gossip, why is she not willing to share it with other old sisters?

  He Lingchuan shook his head. The old man sent a lot of people to the capital, so Granny He will not be the only one who will spread the news. The second child's deduction is correct, the father is trying his best to promote the rumors in the market, so that Wang Ting has no chance to deny the He family's contribution.

   On his way to dinner, two lightning bolts suddenly rolled across the sky.

   It has only been clear for two days, and the dull thunder returns together with the heavy rain.

  …

  The downpour made people unable to open their eyes, He Lingchuan wiped the water from his face. In just a dozen or so breaths of work, even his underpants and socks were soaked, and it was very uncomfortable to stick to his body.

  He went to the thatched cottage after dinner, but when he came out, the scene changed completely.

  It was pitch black all around, and the He family’s dead wind lamp was gone, only the occasional flashes of lightning in the sky could borrow the light.

  Although it was too dark to see clearly, He Lingchuan was very sure that this was not the He Mansion, because the dense weeds in front of him were as tall as a man. If the gardeners of the He Mansion dared to be so lazy and fish for fish, they would have been kicked out by Madam Ying long ago.

  There was mud, sand, water, and grass roots on the ground. He walked one foot deep and one foot shallow.

  He Lingchuan glanced back and found that there was a huge rock behind him, and not even a calamus grew on the steep and complete basalt.

   There is no way to go, so we can only go forward.

  The young man groped forward, walked more than ten feet, and suddenly his feet were empty!

  He has been concentrating on it all the time, and he only puts his weight on the ground. At this time, his left foot suddenly stepped on the air without panic, and he retreated back with a backward step.

   Pushing aside the grass, He Lingchuan realized that this was a dead end.

  There is a cliff at the foot, with a drop of seven or eight feet (more than 20 meters) from the ground.

   If you step on the air and roll down, you may not lose your life, at least you will fall half to death.

  He Lingchuan let out a long sigh, and wiped off the grass seeds all over his face together with the rain. How did this show up in the wild mountains? With the previous experience, he was not too surprised.

  Any such inexplicable scene switching + memory incoherence, most of them are broken knives and mischief again.

  But when this guy dragged him into the dream, couldn't he just hand him the knife? Even if it can only cut grass to open the way.

  Now, where does he go?

  Two blue and white lightning strikes in the sky, illuminating the universe and He Lingchuan's field of vision.

  It was only then that he discovered that there was a large plain below the cliff, and there were only a few small hills occasionally. From where he stood, he could already see all the small mountains at a glance.

   Best of all, there are people on the plains!

   This is a long team, almost walking close to the bottom of the low cliff where He Lingchuan is, less than fifteen feet away from him. From his angle, the end of the line could not be seen in his field of vision.

   Not the military.

  There are men and women in the team, most of them are civilians based on their clothes. The rich can ride in chariots and horses, but ordinary people can only brave the wind and rain, supporting each other and moving forward.

Most of the people carried their handbags on their shoulders, the backs of oxen and donkeys were also full of belongings, and the dogs ran wildly under the feet of the crowd. He Lingchuan also saw an eleven or twelve-year-old girl tightly holding her mother's hand while embracing the baby in her arms. kitten.

  Washed by the rain, her little face was pale, and her eyes were big and round, full of confusion and loss.

   Is this the inevitable team?

  There are often cavalry rushing back and forth, just like the advancing ant colony, there are always soldiers and ants busy back and forth.

  He Lingchuan was very familiar with the light armor of these cavalry, and he knew it was the Gale Army at a glance.

   This time, Gale Army played very early.

  He Lingchuan considered for a dozen breaths, and decided to sneak into this team. Otherwise, in the barren mountains and wild mountains, where else could he go?

  Follow the Gale Army, does the team have at least one goal?

  The most important thing is that he has seen a cavalry hand over the horse to his companions, run to the edge of the cliff by himself, and start to climb up with hands and feet.

  The sky is so dark and the grass is so long, He Lingchuan feels that it is unlikely to be discovered, so there is only one reason for the cavalry to climb the mountain in the rain:

  He is a scout, and it is his duty to climb to the highest point to scout the team for the lookout.

   This also shows that there are chasing soldiers behind the team.

  He Lingchuan didn't think about it any more, and quietly descended the mountain from the other side with a solid rock attached.

  The torrential rain can cover most movements, and everyone has to look down at the road in the dark night. Besides, many people in the team quietly went out behind the hill to solve the problem of the reincarnation of the five grains, and then came back, so he easily sneaked into the team and didn't encounter any trouble.

  Who knows who in the fleeing team?

   Even the cavalry of the Gale Army who passed by from time to time turned a blind eye to him.

  Last time he was spotted as soon as he entered the scene, because he was alone in a foreign land, and the locals could see through it at a glance; now he is hiding in the ocean of the people, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes like ordinary people, how can the cavalry have time to give him more eyes?

   Just like that, He Lingchuan walked quietly with the team for more than an hour, helped people move things halfway, received a few words of thanks, and took this opportunity to beat around the bush.

  The rain on the plain will never end. Open your mouth at this time, and the cold rain will flow into your mouth. But for the sake of his help, the family still explained that they lived next to the winery in Weicheng Township.

  The male owner's surname is Liu, and his daily job is to make wine in the workshop, and because he ranks third in the same generation in the clan, others simply call him Liu Sanjiu. He fled with his wife and two children, because the Baling army's offensive was so fierce this time that the city could not be defended, so everyone had to pack up their bags and flee for their lives overnight, and there was no time to clean up many things.

   Fortunately, after only a few hours of walking, the Gale Army came to meet them, and everyone felt relieved.

   So, where is this going?

  Liu Sanjiu said that if you can go east to Shatan Pass, you will be safe, and that is the territory of Panlong City.

   How far is it?

   On this plain without any coordinate hints, no one knows.

  After walking with the team for so long, He Lingchuan felt a little heavy, because he knew that this scene might also happen in history.

  Although the Panlong Wasteland is called a wasteland, it is much richer than the later deserts and can support many cities. He remembered that Wei City seemed to be hundreds of miles west of Panlong City, with sufficient soldiers and food, and it had persisted under the enemy's offensive for nearly twenty years.

  What he saw today was probably the scene before Weicheng was breached, and it could be regarded as a witness to history.

  The most pitiful thing is that some civilians have left their homes for the first time.

  (end of this chapter)