The three of Ye Xiaotian traveled westward all the way, and the area they passed gradually became a place where various ethnic groups lived together. People from at least a dozen ethnic groups, such as Han, Miao, Hui, Zhuang, Yi, Yao, Bai, and She, were scattered in every place along the way. In a small village.
The folk customs here are very different from those in the Central Plains, and the government's control is relatively weak. In some places with harsh geographical conditions and strong folk customs, the area that the county magistrate can control is actually limited to the county seat. In this case, law and order are naturally worse. To be on the safe side, Ye Xiaotian always has to find a business traveler on the same road before going on the road.
That day they finally came to Huangzhou Mansion. As long as they pass through Huangzhou, there will be a north-south road, and they can turn to the road to the capital. Ye Xiaotian is both happy and worried. He is happy that he is finally on the way home, and he is worried that there is nothing left in his pocket. Pay the last penny.
After passing Huangzhou City, there is a road running from north to south, but this road is a post road opened from the mountains. From Huangzhou to the next big city is a long and winding mountain post road. It will take almost four days to pass.
During this period, almost all of them are high mountains, and it is difficult to meet people. People who are penniless and alone cannot pass through anyway, but Ye Xiaotian did not stop because of this. There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Xiaotian has always believed that there is no unparalleled road.
After entering the city, he spent his last penny to buy three steamed buns, and the three of them barely managed a bite, then immediately walked towards the west city.
Since entering Huangzhou City, Xue Shuiwu has been a little preoccupied, but Ye Xiaotian is both happy and worried at this time, and he didn't notice it at all. Xue Shuiwu was so preoccupied that she couldn't help falling behind a few steps, looking at the back of Le Yao who was walking fast, she wanted to speak for a few times, but finally shut up again.
Seeing that Ximen is approaching, Shui Wu finally summoned up the courage to catch up quickly, and was about to say something to Ye Xiaotian, but Ye Xiaotian suddenly stopped, pulled her up, and quickly dodged to the corner of the intersection.
Xue Shuiwu said in surprise, "Brother Ye, what's wrong?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Shut up!"
He handed Leyao to Shui Wu, leaned against the corner of the wall and poked his head out quietly, watching into the distance for a while, his eyebrows frowned, and his face gradually darkened.
At the city gate, the common people and merchants were coming in and out. There were only two half-dead soldiers leaning on the city gate with their arms folded, lazily looking at the people entering and leaving. Under the shadow of the city wall, there were five or six big men standing there. .
The clubs they looked around were particularly conspicuous under a city gate that was not very lively. One of them was thin and thin, and it was Yang Sanshou. Ye Xiaotian never expected that they would come after them, and they would guard the only exit back to the north!
Yang Sanshou was sitting on a stone pier, wearing a straw hat, and was eating a piece of watermelon.
While spitting out melon seeds, he stared at the people leaving the city. Unless there is a vehicle that can hide people, he doesn't need to go forward to check deliberately. The combination of Ye Xiaotian and Xue Shuiwu with a child is easy to identify.
He chased the official road in the north of Jingzhou for a long time that day, but he never saw Ye Xiaotian and the three of them. Yang Sanshou immediately realized that something was wrong, and Ye Xiaotian and the three could not go faster even if they borrowed someone else's car Since the horses that passed them could not catch up, they probably fell behind them, or hadn't left Jingzhou at all.
Yang Sanshou immediately turned around and searched back with his horse, and he didn't find Ye Xiaotian's shadow all the way back to Jingzhou City. Yang Sanshou went to report to Mrs. Yang resentfully, thinking that since Ye Xiaotian and the three escaped by chance, it would be fine, but his wife issued a strict order, asking him to find Shuiwu's mother and daughter no matter what and put them to death.
Yang Sanshou didn't understand why his wife was so persistent, but he could only secretly slander how terrible a narrow-minded woman is. As a domestic slave, he couldn't and didn't dare to disobey his master's orders, so he could only follow them to the letter.
But it's not easy to catch Ye Xiaotian and the others. Yang Sanshou found out that Ye Xiaotian and the others were heading west after exhausting all kinds of troubles.
In view of this, Yang Sanshou simply dispatched half of his troops to follow and chase him, while he took the other half to rush to Huangzhou Mansion day and night, blocking the only way to the capital.
Ye Xiaotian said to Xue Shuiwu: "Yang Sanshou is here, right in front of the city gate."
"What?" Xue Shuiwu turned pale when he heard that.
Ye Xiaotian stared at her sharply, and asked in a deep voice: "Why does Mrs. Yang insist on putting you to death?"
Xue Shuiwu's face was full of confusion, she thought about it carefully, then shook her head and said: "I... I don't understand, it doesn't make sense, why does she hate the little... little girl so much, it doesn't make sense at all."
Ye Xiaotian always felt that Shui Wu's words were a bit incomplete and untrue, and that unreasonable persecution was not without reason. If a person can enjoy power that is almost unfettered, then there is no reason at all to be insane or unscrupulous.
But Mrs. Yang obviously does not have such power, and there are still many constraints on her, so if she insists on doing this, it is impossible to have no purpose or no reason. But now is not the time to ask questions, Ye Xiaotian took a deep look at Shui Wu, and poked his head out to observe the movement at the gate of the city.
Shui Wu bit her lip, and said with a sigh of relief: "Since they have guarded the city gate, what should we do? How about...how about hiding in the city for a few days first?"
Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said: "Who knows if they are the only ones? What if someone else is in the city to spy on us? Nights are long and full of dreams. We must leave the city as soon as possible to be safe."
Xue Shuiwu looked at the big men guarding the city gate, and said worriedly: "How can we get out, we can't get out, we can't get out..."
Ye Xiaotian stroked his chin, and said in a deep thought: "It's not easy to get out, but it doesn't mean you can't get out. There is no unparalleled road, and we can always find a way."
At this time, a group of people walked slowly towards the intersection where they were hiding.
There were two people walking in the front, one of them was a girl from the Miao family who was eye-catching at first sight, about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a beautiful silver corolla on her head, and a pair of A silver bull horn about one foot high, with colorful floats tied on the tip of the silver bull horn, a silver flower belt is hung around the lower edge of the silver crown, and a small silver flower pendant hangs down.
A gorgeous batik pleated skirt is tied around her slender waist, and a string of silver waist bells is tied around her waist. The silver ornaments on her body are not limited to this, and there are also silver ornaments on her neck, a total of seven layers His silver collar hung around his neck, shining brightly, and he also wore a silver lock and silver pressure collar on his chest.
When she moved a pair of long and light thighs, her gait was soft, her small waist was also very graceful, which was worthy of a painting, and the sound of the silver bells coming from all over her body became a melodious piece of music.
Dressed in floral dress and silver, it set off her pretty face like a full moon, with black and bright eyebrows, a pair of big eyes, a straight nose bridge, and a mouth that is bigger than the small cherry mouth of the Central Plains beauty, but it also makes her so plump and beautiful like petals. Lips don't have a taste.
The lips were not painted with vermilion, but they had a healthy and bright luster. The red lips were bright on the outside, and the teeth were fresh on the inside. There was a healthy and sexy beauty, which made her exude a vitality full of vitality. She was matched with a gorgeous dress. Silver jewelry, bright and moving.
Next to her was a gentle and gentle scholar in green shirt, holding a folding fan in his hand, and his demeanor was full of elegance, but although his face was not ugly, it was hard to be called suave. The taste is full.
Behind the two of them were more than a dozen strong men of the Miao family with horses and sabers, so wherever they passed, passers-by on the street avoided one after another, for fear of offending someone they shouldn't.
As soon as he was about to reach the intersection, the scholar suddenly put away his folding fan, and said politely to the Miao girl: "Miss Ning'er, let's eat something here before going out of town, lest there is no one in the front road shop, It’s not good to eat on the road.”
"Mr. Xu is still thoughtful, so let's do it."
The shy smile of the girl from the Miao family is as gentle as a gurgling brook. If someone who is familiar with her sees her appearance at this moment, they will never admit that the soft and lovely girl in front of them is the one they know well. Miss Zhan, Zhan Ning'er, the second-ranked Miss Zhan among the "Three Tigers in the Water West".
The "Three Tigers in Shuixi" are all women, very young women, and rich and noble daughters who are loved by thousands of people, so they have become the nightmares of the young chieftains of more than a hundred families in Guizhou. I don't know how many young chieftains who were tormented by them, who were about to go crazy, hoped day and night that a great hero who had the courage to sacrifice would descend from the sky and "eliminate the three evils" for them. Unfortunately, no one has been willing to sacrifice themselves, so their nightmares have always been lingering. don't go.
For this girl Zhan Ning'er, her father is the chief chieftain of the Shuixi Zhan family, and her mother is from the Shui'an family, the largest chieftain in Guizhou. Zhan Ning'er carries two chieftain families on her shoulders. , Naturally, it is priceless.
As the saying goes: the emperor of a hundred years, the chieftain of a thousand miles. The emperor is also subject to various restrictions and cannot do whatever he wants, especially the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who have been bullied by ministers for generations, and each one is more miserable than the other. But these big chieftains are arbitrarily arbitrary, life and death, and they are even more majestic than the emperor.
"Shuixi Three Tigers" sounds majestic, but such nicknames are used on women, which shows how terrible they are. Miss Zhan ranked second among the three tigers in Shuixi, but she was also the only female man among the three tigers who knew martial arts.
This Zhanda girl has been good at martial arts since she was a child, but she didn't want to become obsessed with literature after she became an adult. Although she is limited by her talent, she can fall into a sweet dream as soon as she opens the book, but it can't dispel her desire to learn.
"Since you can't be a talented woman, then marry a talented man!"
Miss Zhan thought so, and she did so. She publicly announced that she would marry a talented scholar.
As soon as the news came out, the young masters of hundreds of chieftain families in Guizhou Province stroked their foreheads and celebrated: "This tigress has finally determined the target of harming her life. Fortunately, it is not me!" Just in case, Master Dou's chieftain declared from now on: "Master, I am illiterate."
In fact, they don't have to worry so much. If they want to find a scholar, is there any better scholar than Han Jialang? The men of the Miao family are bright and rough, and they don't have the talent of the Han family's scholar. Han family's scholar, that is a fatal temptation for almost every Miao family girl!
Zhan Ning'er went to the Central Plains this time to do something. On the way back, she happened to meet this scholar named Xu Boyi. Hearing him recite a poem and play a qin, her heart fell.
Mr. Xu is nearly 30 years old. Because of his poor family, he concentrates on studying, so he is still unmarried. After Zhan Ning'er learned of all this, she immediately regarded him as her good match target. She was afraid that her roughness would scare away this gentle scholar, so she always put on a cowardly and obedient obedient face in front of him. female appearance.
Following Mr. Xu's suggestion, a pair of fiery red sleeves fluttered, and amidst the melodious sound of silver bells, Zhan Ning'er floated past Ye Xiaotian with a fresh breath.
Ye Xiaotian sniffed the faint scent of flowers, looked at the dozen fierce Miao men with knives on their waists who were following Zhan Ning'er and Mr. Xu, and slapped Xue Shuiwu with a "slap". Snapping his fingers, he said with high spirits: "There is a way."
Xue Shuiwu happily asked: "What way?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled badly, and said confidently: "The mountain people have their own tricks! You can wait here in peace, and when Yang Sanshou and his group leave the city gate, we will leave the city immediately!"