On the vast expanse of grassland, tens of thousands of horned cattle and jumping sheep are distributed on it, lowering their heads and gnawing on the vegetation on the ground.
There was a sound of hoofbeats, and a row of knights riding horned bulls appeared on the edge of the grassland. First, a bald man sat on the mount, his eyes patrolled the entire grassland like a falcon, and his eyes paused in a certain place.
"Have you found any traces of them?" asked a woman behind him.
"No." The big man said in a deep voice, then lowered his head to distinguish the traces on the ground, pointed in one direction and said: "They are heading in that direction, chase after them!"
Then the group of people went away like a dark cloud with the wind blowing in the distance.
After a long time, a few horned oxen gathered somewhere on the grassland spread out towards the surroundings, revealing two young men and women of seventeen or eighteen years old hiding inside.
"Let's go!" The man pulled the woman and fled quickly in another direction. After fleeing for a long time, he stopped, and the two of them fell directly on the grass.
"Just now I thought I was discovered." The woman is seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing clothes made of soft fabrics, which is not eye-catching in Mist City, but she is really attractive outside of Mist City. Cloth is not affordable for ordinary people.
The woman's appearance is not extremely beautiful, but she has a kind of wildness and heroism unique to the women of the ancient tribe, but at this time there is a trace of fear on her face.
The man had a short layer of hair close to his scalp, a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was dressed in dark fabric. The face that was originally a little green became resolute after a few days of fleeing.
After hearing what the woman said, he didn't open his mouth, but he felt that he should have been discovered just now. The leader of the team was Du Yong, the guard in the mansion, who cared a lot about him in private, so he pretended not to see him.
"I'm sorry for you." Du Laoliu sighed. The other party has already chased to this place, and the chance of the two of them running away is very small. At this time, there is not much fear in my heart, but more unwillingness and guilt towards the people around me.
If it wasn't for me, the other party wouldn't have to go from living a good life in Du's mansion to dying with me like this.
"I am willing!" Shi Jiyue squeezed his hand tightly, and the trace of panic on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a kind of firmness that had awakened in his heart.
"We will definitely escape." Du Laoliu clenched her palm tightly and said, whether it was for himself or Shi Jiyue, we must escape.
"En!" Shi Jiyue nodded. "If only we were ordinary people, you wouldn't be blamed for your talent, and I wouldn't have to be forced to marry. Living an ordinary life like ordinary people is very desirable."
Du Laoliu felt sore when he heard the words, and held Shi Jiyue's hand even harder.
"Let's go! One day to the south, there will be Nineteen Rivers, and it will be difficult for them to follow up there." After the two of them rested for a while, Du Laoliu pulled Shi Jiyue up and said.
"Walk!"
After a day and a night, the two of them were sweating profusely. They had to change their way to the Nineteen Rivers that they expected to reach in a day and a night because they encountered a team searching for them.
"Persist a little longer, we'll be there soon." Shi Jiyue dragged Du Laoliu up a hillside.
At this time, Du Laoliu was already exhausted, so he could only rely on Shi Jiyue, who was far stronger than him, to drag him away.
"It's here... it's almost here..." Shi Jiyue gritted her teeth and climbed hard. Even her body felt weak at this time, almost reaching the point when the oil was exhausted.
For four full days, the two escaped for four days. They basically didn't eat anything in the last two days. They only ate a little wild fruit picked on the road to satisfy their hunger, but this was far from satisfying the consumption of their bodies.
If it wasn't for the idea that "as long as I can reach the Nineteen Rivers that is close at hand, there is hope of escape" to support her, she couldn't hold on anymore.
The clothes on the two of them were covered with mud at this time, and many places had become tattered, and they were much more embarrassed than a day ago.
Dragging Du Laoliu up to the top of the hill, Du Laoliu collapsed to the ground and gasped for breath, while Shi Jiyue barely stood and looked into the distance.
"Listen, there is the sound of water flowing, we are not far from Shijiudao River, we just need to pass the forest in front!" Shi Jiyue slumped on the ground with joy.
"Listen... I heard... We are about to escape successfully..." Du Laoliu gasped and said reluctantly.
"It's a pity that you can't pass through the forest..." A person came out of the forest and said.
The expressions of the two of them suddenly changed.
Du Laoliu struggled to get up and his face became even paler when he saw the figure walking out of the forest!
"father!"
"Hmph! You guys are really doing a good job!" the man said angrily.
"Father, let us go!" Du Laoliu struggled and knelt down on the ground and said.
"Go? Where are you going? Where can you go? If you can escape the search of so many people, I can still look at you high.
But can you hide your idea from others? Now the Shi family has already set up a net by the river, waiting for you to go.
I will bring you back, at least I can save some face. "The man said angrily, his voice was full of hatred for iron but not steel.
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Three days later, with haggard faces, Du Laoliu and Shi Jiyue were tied to their mounts and escorted back to Lancheng.
The closer they were to Lancheng, the more disturbed the two felt.
When he was about to arrive at the gate of Lancheng, Du Laoliu saw at a glance that among the people waiting outside the gate were his mother, his friend Xu Peng, several other students in the academy, and the person he hated the most. Figure jade.
Tuyu walked up to Du Laoliu and Shi Jiyue, first took a deep look at Shi Jiyue, his eyes were full of complicated and incomprehensible meanings, including admiration and hatred.
"I used to like you very much." Tuyu's voice was hollow.
"But I've always liked you." Shi Jiyue said with frost on his face.
A strange smile appeared on Tuyu's face: "The marriage has been settled. Even though this happened, I will still marry you! Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!" The laughter was full of chills.
Then he approached Du Lao Liu and said in a soft voice: "Do you think you can escape? Do you think you will be safe and sound if you step on the faces of the Shi family and the Tu family? You know, I like to see you as if you are being stepped on Struggling as hard as an insect with a tail, but there is nothing you can do, and you can only work hard in vain."
"I want to make an appointment with you! Whoever wins can marry Shi Jiyue!" Du Laoliu suddenly roared angrily. He knew in his heart that if nothing changed, Shi Jiyue would definitely marry Tuyu. However, Tuyu may have admired Shi Jiyue before, but the words just now let him know that he will definitely take revenge.
He absolutely cannot let Shi Jiyue marry Tuyu, even if it means death.
"Trash, embarrassing!" A man sitting on a mount behind Du Laoliu heard his roar and cursed with an angry face, but he didn't stop Du Laoliu.
"Our marriage has been settled..." Tuyu smiled. "Whether I take the fight or not, I'm going to marry Shi Jiyue! What do you use to make an appointment with me? Do you have the capital? You're just a useless person, and even the person you like is already engaged to me. What are you doing?" nothing!"
Then the voice changed: "It's just a cripple from the square sky who wants to challenge me—a warrior from the heaven of good luck... I have no reason not to accept it! I can be kind enough to give you a chance, just to let me see you being stepped on I want to struggle in the mud but can't do it, I can only hate my incompetence, I will be very happy! Haha, hahahaha!"