Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 221

The young man threw the sharp arrow on the ground, pulled Emperor Longqing in front of him with a sullen face, and smiled provocatively at the guards.

“No arrows are allowed, whoever does that, I’ll kill his nine clans!” 

Emperor Longqing was so frightened that the cold arrow was only an arm’s length away from him, but if that ugly-faced thief was a little ruthless and used him as a shield, he could have died.

The young man then instructed the fellows, “Go, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law!”

The young general wanted to argue again, but Gu Yin, who had come to her senses, had already pulled out a soldier’s saber and threw it at the young man’s feet, and then immediately sat on the carriage, shaking the reins, “Drive!”

The carriage moved, and the rebels could only keep up.

“Let them go,” the young man used his toes to lift the saber on his injured hand and put it on Emperor Longqing’s throat.

Emperor Longqing spat out a mouthful of blood and waved his hand, “Let them go!”

The guards who surrounded them made way for the group led by Gu Yin to leave.

Because of the speed of departure, the elite guards who went to ambush Chunshui Town had not rushed back, and after exiting the checkpoint, they were unimpeded.

“The sky will be dark, the road will be difficult, and it will be too late to reach Hanshan Town. Where is your nearest stronghold?” She asked the leading young general, while the young general glared at her angrily. Although he didn’t answer her, he still jumped off the horse, jumped to their carriage, grabbed the reins, and took them to the stronghold.

Gu Yin also simply got into the carriage.

In the carriage, Second Master Wen was crying and said, “Dad, you nearly killed us! Didn’t you say that as long as we lied to them to buy some bad rice and they got a bad stomach, we could take the opportunity to leave? You didn’t say that you and the rebels are together!”

The old man spat, “Just let them get a bad stomach, can we run away being old and weak? Besides, you know how to complain now? Didn’t you just push the Emperor out? Why are you afraid now?”

Second Master Wen lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the appearance of only one or two hundred people outside, and cried, “Dad, you are confused, they only have so many people, even if there are only one thousand guards left, it is not enough for them to fight.”

“Shut your mouth!” Old Master Wen glared at him angrily.

Gu Yin listened to their talk. Although her whole body was still tense, at least she no longer trembled.

The group drove for about two quarters of an hour, when suddenly there was a sound of horse hooves behind them.

The young man came on horseback with Emperor Longqing, and behind him were thousands of chasing soldiers.

“Let’s go!” The young general shouted with joy on his face.

The speed of the carriage suddenly accelerated, and Manager Zhou and Master Yuan, who were running near the carriage, were also given horses.

Old master Wen didn’t have the slightest strength, and leaned against the wall of the carriage. When it suddenly accelerated, he fell backward, and was about to fall out of the carriage.

Gu Yin quickly stretched out her hand to hold him, but she was not very strong, and she almost fell out with him.

At the critical moment, Second Master Wen rushed forward with all his strength, holding Old Master Wen with both hands, and still had one hand to support Gu Yin, so she would be safe after the old man was seated firmly. And Second Master Wen fell out directly from the back of the carriage.

“Second son!” Old Master Wen raised his voice.

“Dad, you are really going to be the death of me!” Second Master Wen, who rolled out, cried, “You remember to burn me more paper money, you must burn more, I’m afraid it won’t be enough!”

Before he finished speaking, the young man arrived on horseback, stretched out his hand to hold Second Master Wen’s neck collar, and then threw him directly onto his horse’s back.

The strength of the man was so terrifying that Second Master Wen shuddered and said, “General, take it easy, don’t tear me apart!”

When the young man rushed to the side of the carriage, he shoved Second Master Wen into the carriage again.

Then he shook the reins again and took Emperor Longqing on another path.

The chasing soldiers were naturally led away by him, and Gu Yin and her party went down the mountain smoothly.

The young general took them to their stronghold while Gu Yin helped Old Master Wen and Second Master Wen, who was so scared that he wet his pants, to get out of the carriage.

The temporary stronghold of the rebels was very simple, just a ruined temple in the deserted suburbs.

Gu Yin supported the old man with one hand, and helped them enter the main hall of the temple and pulled out two futons from the corner, letting the old man and Second Master Wen rest. There was a simple stove set up in the center of the hall, some firewood and a clay pot on the shelf.

Gu Yin took the firewood placed in the temple and started a fire.

After the fire started, she asked someone about the location of the water tank, and took a clay pot to fetch and boil water. She also asked for some vegetables and rice.

When the soldiers guarding the main hall saw her like that, they said to their companions angrily, “This little lady is so cruel. Our general saved them with his life in line, and we don’t know his situation yet. Look at her leisurely appearance, it’s so annoying!”

“Forget it, don’t worry about her. Our general did it mainly to save Old Master Wen and it’s easy to save these people. But you’re right, why is she boiling water for cooking? A starving ghost? It’s really annoying!”

The hot water quickly boiled, Gu Yin put green vegetables and rice, and boiled vegetable porridge.

She carried the seasoning jar with her, and with her extraordinary craftsmanship, the aroma of food soon lingered in the main hall.

“I’m hungry, I was talking to the dog Emperor with my father and I haven’t eaten lunch yet.” Second Master Wen slowed down for a while, climbed from the futon to Gu Yin’s side with trembling legs, and pulled her sleeve, “Give it to me.”

Gu Yin didn’t move, so Second Master Wen murmured, “What’s the matter, are you scared too?”

Suddenly there was thunder outside the house, raindrops the size of beans crashed on the ground, and the rain curtain covered the sky and the moon.

Second Master Wen was so frightened that he shuddered, looked up, and saw that Gu Yin was already bursting into tears.

The pot ashes on the lower half of her face were washed away by tears, and teardrops fell from her chin like beads with a broken thread and hit the ground.

Second Master Wen was frightened by her silent tears that he didn’t dare to eat or drink anymore.