The raindrops gradually became heavier and fell with crackling sounds.
The wind howled in the courtyard, and the sky at noon was covered with dark clouds, as if stepping into a dark night.
Xia Zhaoyi stepped up the wet steps and approached the door. She could faintly smell the fragrance of medicine coming from the room. She raised her hand and knocked on the door.
Aunt Feng had finished pinching the pills and lay down on the small couch next to her to take a nap.
Mother Yu also lay at the table and fell asleep. When she heard the knock on the door, she rubbed her temples and said, "What's the matter?"
"Mom Yu," Xia Zhaoyi said, "it's me, Ah Li."
Mother Yu was stunned and hurriedly went to open the door.
The door was opened, wind and rain poured in from the outside, and the chill was quite heavy. Yu Ma shuddered, glanced outside the door, and stretched out her hand to pull Xia Zhaoyi into the house.
The door closed again, Yu Ma frowned and said, "How did you come back?"
Seeing her description, she added, "Did you come up from the mountain on foot?"
Xia Zhaoyi actually wanted to tell these women about his situation. In this case, it might be much more convenient for them to follow him to do things.
But after careful consideration, she decided not to say anything. It was not that she was afraid that these women would treat her as a monster and catch her and burn her. After all, it would be better if they could catch her. What she was afraid of was that she would completely lose the trust of these people.
After all, gods and ghosts are so powerful that most people would rather be afraid of known dangers and follow the path they have figured out than to accept a new fear.
Before she had completely gained the trust of these people or understood their personalities, she decided not to say anything, so as not to scare them away.
The room was very dark, with only two small windows, both of which were covered with curtains. The dark clouds outside the room were heavy and gloomy, as if they were pressing down on people's hearts, and there was a breath blocked, which made it particularly uncomfortable.
There were many medicine cabinets, and the medicine cabinets were filled with small cups and porcelain bottles. The strong fragrance of medicine filled her nose, and Xia Zhaoyi felt familiar and strange at the same time.
Looking at the sleeping Aunt Feng over there, Xia Zhaoyi said softly: "Is Aunt Feng very tired?"
"She worries the most because she is tired." Yu Ma said, "Ah Li, where did you rest last night?"
"Su Juren, he asked Bizhu to sleep with me."
Yu Ma nodded and was about to ask about Lian Ping, but Xia Zhaoyi turned back to look at her and said seriously: "Yu Ma, I came here this time to ask you something."
"What?"
"Would you like to leave with me?"
Yu Ma failed to react, blinked her eyes and said, "Ali, where are you talking about leaving?"
"Get out of this den of tigers and wolves."
"Are you going to escape?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and shook his head: "Mom Yu, I'm not running away. Running away is a very embarrassing way of saying it. What I'm talking about is leaving."
Yu's mother didn't overreact like Qian Qianqian, but she originally wanted to persuade the little girl not to think about things she shouldn't think about, but when she touched her bright eyes, she couldn't speak.
"You should have thought about it," Xia Zhaoyi said again, "No one would like the life here. If you are tired and miserable for yourself, then it doesn't matter. But if you work half to death for those murderous beasts, then it's fine.
Don’t say whether it’s worth it or not, Mother Yu, this is a kind of aiding the evildoer.”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yu's mother shouted in a low voice.
"I'm not afraid of anything, so I dare to say anything. You are afraid of too many things. The more it touches your mind that you have never thought about or dare not think about, the more afraid you will be."
Yu Ma looked at her and suddenly stretched out her hand to pull her to her side: "Ah Li, tell me carefully, did the Su Juren teach you these words? Or was it that Bizhu?"
"Whether it's what I said or what others taught me, what I just said about helping others do evil is wrong?"
Xia Zhaoyi let her pull her, her bright eyes fearless, clear and bright.
Yu's mother was a little angry, angry that those people were talking nonsense in front of her, a child.
"Don't listen to those people's nonsense. We are not helping the tyrants. We are forced to work here. If we don't do this, everyone will be beaten to death. We are just trying to survive. It is not wrong."
"You can survive if you leave here." Xia Zhaoyi's voice became softer.
"It's not that simple," Yu's mother raised her hand and stroked Xia Zhaoyi's head, "Ah Li, please put away these thoughts and don't talk nonsense to others. If others hear it, it will be fatal. You know
?"
Xia Zhaoyi sighed, probably guessing that this would be the case.
"Then, what if we have experts to help us?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Master?"
"Yes, a very powerful master, with handsome features, tall and burly, and young, but he is just..." Xia Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "About twenty years old."
It was eighteen in the year of Dinghai and nineteen in the year of Wuzi. Now Ji Chou and his second brother are twenty.
But it was already June, and it was my second brother's 20th birthday. I didn't know if she would have time to celebrate.
The corners of Xia Zhaoyi's lips were a little bitter, but he calmed down quickly and continued: "He is now among the group of horse thieves at Dongshantou. He said he can take us away."
"So he taught you those words?"
Xia Zhaoyi nodded.
"Who is he? You didn't ask clearly?"
"A chivalrous man," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "a chivalrous man who acts chivalrously and uprightly, cannot bear to see others suffer, and cannot tolerate evildoing."
Mother Yu frowned, a little surprised, but didn't know what to say.
She turned back to look at Aunt Feng over there, paused, and then said to Xia Zhaoyi: "You can only tell these words to me for the time being. You know, don't tell anyone."
"That knight also killed someone," Xia Zhaoyi continued, "That person was thrown under the wall on the front mountain. I don't know if they have found it now. If Yu Ma doesn't believe it, then wait and see if there is such a body."
Corpses and movement are bound to cause trouble."
Mother Yu stiffened and was completely stunned.
Not only her, but Aunt Feng, who had already woken up over there and was currently asleep and wanted to hear what they had to say, was also startled.
"So, there really is such a knight..."
Yu Ma murmured, not knowing whether she was happy or worried, but her heart was empty.
"Stay here, in the dark, trapped here, and your whole life will be nothing more than a barren grave. You have to live in fear and panic every day, allowing those things that are not human to humiliate and trample on your head, without resisting and struggling, and even holding your chest high and proud
I dare not even try to speak. But leave, the sky is high and the sea is vast, the clouds are clear and the moon is white, you can travel across tens of thousands of territories from south to north. See what you see, stick to what you say, maybe you can find your hometown, folks, and return to your roots.
, this life is not in vain." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Yu's mother blinked her eyes, looking confused.
Aunt Feng over there felt hot all over her body, as if blood was being burned and surging around her body.
"Have you ever read a book?" Aunt Feng said.
Xia Zhaoyi and Yu Ma looked at her.
"I don't remember Ah Li being a scholar." Aunt Feng said again.
"It's not important," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "What's important is whether you are willing to leave with the knight. He is still waiting for news from me."
