Although the two sisters cried hard, they expressed everything they wanted to express clearly.
Zhi Changle looked at them, frowned and said: "In the current situation, you took in an outsider privately, and also went up the mountain to deliver food to him at this time. You two did indeed make a mistake."
The two sisters lowered their heads and even choked without daring to answer.
"Ah Li." Zhi Changle looked at Xia Zhaoyi.
Xia Zhaoyi asked: "Did this man deceive you?"
"No," Bai Wuniang shook her head, "we proposed it ourselves."
"You are honest." Zhi Changle said.
"I don't dare to deceive Miss Ali." Bai Wuniang cried.
Xia Zhaoyi got off the horse, helped them up, took out the handkerchief that was washed every day from his sleeve and handed it to them: "Wipe your tears."
Bai Liuniang answered: "Thank you very much, Miss Ali."
"Miss Ali, can you help us?" Bai Wuniang cried, "Master Zhan Jiu is afraid when he sees you. Please say a few good words for us."
"You sow the cause yourself, and face the consequences yourself," Xia Zhaoyi looked at them, "I can only tell you that from this hillside down, there are corpses everywhere, and the insects that have eaten the corpses are overwhelming and black.
A piece. And if you run into any refugees through those mountains of corpses and seas of blood, your situation will be worse than staying in the village."
"You are in the prime of your youth. When those people see you, their eyes will light up." Zhi Changle said.
Bai Liuniang cried and shook her head: "No, then we can't go either. We don't want to fall into the hands of those people."
"You decide for yourself whether to go or stay," Xia Zhaoyi said.
Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang looked at each other.
"Sister..." Bai Liuniang cried.
Xia Zhaoyi did not wait for their decision, went back to his mount, jumped lightly, and got on the horse's back.
"We're going back first." Xia Zhaoyi said, gently pulling on the reins, and the horse walked forward.
Zhi Changle also followed up, and the lantern hanging in front of the horse swayed gently, illuminating the way forward.
Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang still stayed where they were, both at a loss.
Seeing them walking further and further away without even looking back, Bai Liu Niang cried harder and harder.
"Wait a minute, sister," Bai Wuniang pulled her and took out the handkerchief in her hand, "Look, what Miss Ali left for us."
There is also a very light scent of vanilla and flowers on the towel.
"But she doesn't care about us." Bai Liuniang cried.
"But she has always been very kind to us," Bai Wuniang said, "Let's go back. We have done something wrong and we will receive the punishment ourselves."
"No, we will be beaten to death!"
Bai Wuniang watched her cry, then lowered her head and looked at the handkerchief in her hand under the faint starlight.
"That's what we should be punished for..." Bai Wuniang said in a low voice. Suddenly, she took Bai Luniang's hand and said, "Let's go, sister, let's go get the punishment!"
The front and back stores in Qingxiang Village have always been on high alert.
The whole area along the mountain col heading northeast is being watched by people.
The lantern in front of Zhi Changle's horse had already attracted the attention of the villagers from a very far away place. Everyone kept silent and put up their posture. When they approached, they quickly launched the trap and finally saw clearly the people on the horse.
A large net fell from the sky, landed in front of Xia Zhaoyi and Zhi Changle's mounts, and brought Zhi Changle's lantern down.
The wick in the lantern hit the paper and burned quickly, and the bamboo strips also started to catch fire.
The militiamen rushed forward to put out the fire, but with a crash, many people stepped on the traps they had set and were hoisted high by one foot. The scene instantly became spectacular.
This panic, which I don’t know should be described as a farce, finally ended after a stick of incense.
As soon as Du Xuan and Lao Tong heard that Xia Zhaoyi was back, they rushed out of the courtyard and ran towards the back mountain.
Master Zhan Jiu and Master Zhan also arrived immediately.
A militiaman didn't look very good. He strode towards Master Zhan Jiu and whispered in Master Zhan Jiu's ear.
"They are really back?" Master Zhan Jiu said.
The militiaman nodded and added: "They came back with Miss A Li. Bai Wuniang was still holding a handkerchief in her hand. She chased after her and wanted to give it back to Miss A Li."
Master Zhan Jiu's expression changed, and he looked towards Xia Zhaoyi over there with a bit of solemnity.
Xia Zhaoyi was completely surprised that Du Xuan appeared here, her eyes were bright and the smile on her lips was joyful and bright.
"Master Jiu?" The militiamen asked Zhan what Master Jiu meant, whether they should be locked up.
Master Zhan Jiu was unsure for a moment: "We'll see later."
Du Xuan did not reminisce too much about old times with Xia Zhaoyi, thinking that she must be very tired when she came back in a hurry, covered with stars and moonlight, so he hurriedly asked them to go back to the courtyard to rest first.
The group of people walked back towards the courtyard while chatting. Zhan Jiuye and others were smiling and answering and followed.
After almost walking out, Master Zhan Jiu made a gesture with his hand behind his back.
The militiamen immediately stepped forward, preparing to capture Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang.
"That's right," Xia Zhaoyi turned around and looked at Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang over there, "You guys come with me."
The frightened two sisters raised their heads and looked at the militiamen who were about to take action, and then looked at Master Zhan Jiu and Master Zhan over there.
Everyone looked at them, many of them with unfriendly eyes.
Du Xuan knew what happened. He looked at Xia Zhaoyi and whispered: "Ali, these two are with you, but..."
"Let's talk when we get back." Xia Zhaoyi's voice was also very low.
Du Xuan nodded.
There is a bit of chaos in the courtyard.
Although the secret guards are highly self-disciplined, there are still a lot of people and a lot of things. No matter how neatly they are arranged, it still seems crowded in a small courtyard that is not that big.
Today has been a really busy day, and no furniture has been moved in to the courtyard that Zhan Jiuye had ordered to be tidied up.
There were so many topics that Du Xuan and Xia Zhaoyi could talk about, from the passive division of Youzhou into north and south, to the climate change that was about to enter winter, to what they saw and heard when one went north and the other went south.
We haven't had dinner yet, and the Eight Immortals table is clean.
Xia Zhaoyi sat down on the bench and talked about the brochures.
Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang followed them anxiously and entered the small courtyard together.
But they all entered the house, and there weren't many places to stand in the house.
The two sisters stood dryly in the courtyard. They only dared to stand here and never dared to go out.
The topics discussed inside became wider and wider, and more and more people joined in to talk.
Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang didn't understand very well, but they could see that each of them had extremely broad knowledge.
As the meal started, they discussed setting the table outside in the yard.
Bai Wu Niang pulled Bai Liu Niang away, but found that everyone seemed to ignore their existence.
Only Master Zhan Jiu and Master Zhan over there would occasionally look at them.
When Mr. Zhan Jiuye, who was chatting happily, accidentally saw them, he would feel disgusted and his expression would change at will.
Bai Wu Niang and Bai Liu Niang just stood there, looking at Xia Zhaoyi who had completely forgotten them.
After standing for a while, Bai Liu Niang couldn't help it anymore and raised her feet to go in. Bai Wu Niang pulled her and whispered: "No."
"sister……"
Bai Wuniang licked her dry and cracked lips and said: "You went in to find Miss A Li, what can you ask Miss A Li to do for us? She is right, this is our own business, we caused it ourselves."
"What do you mean?"
Bai Wuniang looked at Master Zhan Ba and Master Zhan Jiu over there.
Especially Zhan Jiuye, who just got out of chatting and came out to prepare arrangements for Xia Zhaoyi and Du Xuan.
"Actually, Miss Ah Li has already helped us," Bai Wuniang said. "She helped us set up a stage. Now let's muster up the courage to go to Master Zhan Jiu to admit our mistakes and accept punishment voluntarily. He should take care of Miss Ah Li's face.
They will not drive us away or make us suffer a terrible end."
