Chapter 61
Chapter 61
They stayed in Zhongzhou for two days, made a supply and then continued to move forward. Originally, it would only take about a month to go from Zhongzhou to Nianzhou by taking the road to the capital.
But because of the special identities of Tu Yu and Sui Yu, they wanted to avoid the capital as much as possible, so they had to choose a more remote route.
Tu Yu was actually a little lucky that Lin Muqing was with him. Without him, he wouldn't dare to take the risk of taking Yu to Liyang, so he could only reluctantly leave the capital. With Lin Muqing to protect him, it was much more convenient than him taking Yu away alone. , and this person is not useless, he is really good at taking care of Suiyu.
When entering Liyang, Tu Yu's face was not as relaxed as before. Liyang is also mountainous, but Liyang is different from Yunnan. The mountains in Yunnan are hot and humid, and it is not suitable for people to live in. Liyang is different. The deep mountains in Liyang are also suitable for living. This led to many bandits in Liyang.
When the first emperor was still there, he would organize troops to suppress the bandits. Later, when the first emperor got older, he gradually became unable to do what he wanted. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he only cared about eradicating dissidents. As a result, the banditry in Liyang was more serious than in previous years. Therefore, in fact, the caravans in Yunnan , Never go to Liyang, always take the road from Zhongzhou to Beijing.
It's okay for Tu Yu to ride alone. He passed through the mountains from Liyang, and because of his shabby body, he didn't attract the bandits' attention. But the situation is different now. Their carriage is too conspicuous, and there is a Suiyu, who is as flowery as jade, is hard not to attract people's attention.
"Brother, why don't you take Yu'er and go first on the horse, and I will follow slowly in the carriage." Lin Muqing reined in the reins and stopped beside their carriage, looking at the dark trees around, Lin Muqing felt the same in his heart Alarm bells were ringing.
Tu Yu thought for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Let's pass tonight, let's pass tonight first."
It was getting dark, and before they could see anything, they found a cave. Lin Muqing inspected the cave carefully, and found that there were no snakes, rats, insects, and ants. Then he carried Suiyu out of the carriage, and Tu Yu on one side had already grown up fire.
"I'll just eat some dry food." Tu Yu handed Suiyu some dry biscuits that were not so hard, and seeing his disgusted expression, he coughed, "Don't be so squeamish, replenish your strength."
Suiyu looked at Lin Muqing.
"You see, he's useless. We can't let him go hunting tonight. It's too dangerous." Tu Yu tore open a piece of cake, stuffed it into Suiyu's mouth, opened the water bag, and handed it to him.
Suiyu reluctantly swallowed the cake and water, then tore it off slowly, and ate it in small bites.
Seeing his wrinkled face, Lin Muqing stood up anyway: "I'll take a look nearby."
Tu Yu was so angry that his teeth itch, and he glared at Lin Muqing: "You just sat there, you said it was dangerous."
Suiyu laughed: "Brother, do you care about him?"
"I care about his ass. If he leaves, if a bandit comes over later, who can protect you?" Tu Yu patted Suiyu on the head angrily, "Eat your food well, after eating Go to sleep now."
Lin Muqing moved over slowly, opened Suiyu's palm, and put a piece of jerky in his hand. Seeing Suiyu's surprised eyes, he whispered to him: "Shh, there's only this one. Eat with cakes."
Suiyu still remembers this dried pork, which they brought from home in Yunbei, and Lin Muqing let him eat it by himself. It seems that he forced this one to Lin Muqing, but he didn’t expect that Lin Muqing didn’t eat it all the time, so he still got it now in his mouth.
The dried meat is fragrant but not firewood, the seasoning has completely covered the fishy smell of the pork, and it is full of fragrance when chewed. With this dried meat, Suiyu ate a small piece of cake, and said that he drank too much water and swelled up. Panic.
Lin Muqing huddled in the small cave and rubbed Suiyu's belly again. Tu Yu just pretended not to see it, out of sight and out of mind.
After Lin Muqing finished rubbing his stomach slowly, Suiyu gradually fell asleep leaning on his shoulder, the surrounding was very quiet, except for Suiyu's breathing, not even the sound of insects chirping.
It was so quiet that Tu Yu's heart was a little terrified.
Lin Muqing and Tu Yu exchanged a look, Tu Yu's hand held down the whip around his waist, Lin Muqing put Suiyu down, let him hold the knife in Tu Yu's arms, and went to get the knife under the carriage.
Lin Muqing became extremely vigilant: "Brother, you sleep for a while, I will guard."
Tu Yu nodded, stroked Suiyu's hair, and closed his eyes against him.
In the middle of the night, Suiyu was awakened by the sound of clang, and Tu Yu immediately opened his eyes. There were dozens of masked men in front of them, each with weapons in their hands. It's because they have been eyeing them since they entered the mountain, but they just kept holding back and didn't move, wanting to wait until the middle of the night before making a move.
It's just that they didn't expect Lin Muqing to be so vigilant. As soon as their people approached, Lin Muqing blocked his throat with a knife.
Tu Yu immediately stood up and joined the battle. Suiyu had been protected by them in the cave. He clenched the dagger in his sleeve tightly. The fire they made was about to go out, and Suiyu could only vaguely see the light of the knife. .
When the barbarians invaded last time, he was hidden in the cellar by Lin Muqing, so he didn't see Lin Muqing using a knife, but today, some of the splashed blood still fell on his feet, and he unconsciously turned backwards. Shrinking, when he moved, someone noticed him.
It's just that Lin Muqing and Tu Yu had no choice but to block the only place where Suiyu could be touched. After Lin Muqing dodged a knife, he took out a dagger from his arms and threw it into Tu Yu's hand. Makes good, but just drives people away but doesn't kill people.
Tu Yu pulled out the scabbard, and cut the neck of the person who came up to grab Suiyu with his backhand. The blood splashed on his hand, and he remembered that he had also swung the knife at the enemy on the battlefield. The blood spattered on his hands was like a powerful medicine, awakening his former bloodiness.
These bandits didn't expect to encounter a hard problem today. The leader immediately gave a wink to a person after seeing the dead brothers. Lin Muqing was fighting against two people. Tu Yu was dealing with a person. When you go out, you immediately run after them, and you can't let them report the news. If the news gets out, these people will not be the only ones.
When Tu Yu retreated, a man saw the right moment and rushed directly into the cave. After Lin Muqing saw it, he immediately dodged forward and slashed at the man's back. The man immediately leaned forward, and at the wrong timing of Lin Muqing, the dagger plunged into his shoulder.
Lin Muqing didn't seem to notice the pain at all, turned around and hacked the man to death.
Suiyu felt that his heart was about to jump out, he watched the dagger plunge into Lin Muqing's shoulder, and watched the blood flow out of his body, as painful as the dagger pierced into his heart.
Tu Yu quickly dealt with the two people who wanted to report the news, and seeing people rushing into the cave, he turned around and rushed in from the outside, forming an encirclement with Lin Muqing, and soon the dozen or so people They were all killed.
When Lin Muqing killed the last person, he didn't care about his own injuries, and immediately carried Suiyu onto his horse, and pulled Tu Yu up: "Brother, take him on a horse and drive as far as you can until you get to Shang Dao Stop after that, I will drive the carriage and come later.”
Tu Yu was also unambiguous, immediately tightened the reins, hugged Suiyu's waist and immediately moved forward. Suiyu was shaking all over, probably because he was very frightened.
Only then did Lin Muqing reluctantly stretch out his hand to pull out the dagger stuck on his shoulder. He tidied up their things left on the ground, making sure that there was nothing left to reveal their identities, and then packed the luggage into the carriage, and covered it up again. After checking the blood on the ground, he caught up with the carriage and left.
The sky was too dark, Lin Muqing drove the car very carefully, so the speed was not too fast, while Tu Yu and Suiyu in front could almost be regarded as speeding.
Lin Muqing's horse was a war horse given to him by Lieutenant Zhong, and his ability to travel at night was not bad. Suiyu hugged Tu Yu tightly, trying not to cry himself. He could still smell the bloody smell on Tu Yu's body. Suiyu sniffed, wanting to look behind, but couldn't see anything, only the boundless darkness.
After galloping until the sky turned white, and the morning light came on from the sky, Tu Yu slowly slowed down.
"Brother, are you not injured?" Suiyu then went to touch Tu Yu's body, the blood had already solidified after a night of galloping, and Suiyu shook her hands to touch the places with heavy scabs, afraid that the blood would be Tu Yuliu.
"I'm not injured, it's all other people's blood." Tu Yu's voice was hoarse, and he wanted to touch him with his hand to comfort him, but seeing his own blood stains, he gave up.
Seeing this movement, Suiyu couldn't hold back her tears anymore: "Brother, it was the same when the barbarians came last time. He protected me in the cellar. When he came up, his first reaction was that he didn't want to touch me with bloody hands. When it came to me, I was afraid that I would be afraid of seeing the dead body, and would cover my eyes."
Tu Yu hummed: "He will be fine."
Suiyu nodded heavily: "He is so powerful, but he was stabbed in the shoulder, so he won't die."
There are still endless mountains in front of him, as if he can't get to the exit, obviously Yunbei is also such a mountain, but under this kind of mountain, Suiyu only feels that this mountain is pressing heavily on his heart, making him unable to breathe However, the mountains in Yunbei made him feel extremely open, and even his mood was very comfortable.
"Let's move on and wait for him as we walk."
Their speed was not as fast as before, Suiyu looked back from time to time, but there was no news from behind, and it was not known whether Lin Muqing was out of danger.
It has been two days since they walked out of this big mountain, and Suiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he finally saw the road. A lot of their luggage was with Lin Muqing.
So Tu Yu took Suiyu along the way to find wild vegetables and eat wild fruits, and by the way left some marks for Lin Muqing on the tree so that he would not find him.
After getting on the main road, Tu Yu didn't go any further. The farmers on the side of the road didn't dare to go, so they could only sit and rest on the side of the road.
It has been half a day since this break, but there is no sign of Lin Muqing on the road behind him. Suiyu, who thought that Lin Muqing was fine at first, gradually became flustered.
"Brother, why hasn't he come yet?"
Tu Yu didn't know, and he had already thought about the worst outcome: "Yu'er, let's wait another afternoon. If he hasn't come yet, we will continue to leave."
Suiyu raised her eyes, her tears were like broken beads, she kept shaking her head: "No, brother, he promised me, he will send me to Nianzhou, he will not break his promise."
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