incense as a medium

Chapter 23
Xiang Bo also said: "When the old slave and Yuniang went shopping for vegetables, they also heard that there seemed to be some changes in the Yongding Army. Some people said that there might be a war at Yongkang Pass. The old slave wondered if it was just Yongkang Pass. ? After all, we, Xiongtang County, haven’t had any wars for a long time.”

Liu Bailu shook her head slightly, disapproving of Xiang Bo's words, but she couldn't say these words now to scare people, maybe it was really just a false alarm?

Now that everyone was screaming, they didn't go back to rest anymore, and everyone snuggled up in the flower hall of the main house to wait for the news.Yuniang was worried, so she went to the kitchen and brought out a kitchen knife, and Xiang Bo also took a hatchet.

Shuang Jiang thought about it, found a stick from somewhere and stuck it at the door.

Liu Bailu accompanied Liu Su's side and flipped through the Buddhist scriptures, reading each sentence in a low voice, and occasionally missed a sentence or two, but no one could hear it.

Qin Shi hugged Liu Zongze, who was drowsy, and sat on the other side of the Arhat's bed, her slender willow eyebrows that reached into the temples never stretched out.

Time passed little by little, from the panic at the beginning, to the nervousness later, until the time of the child passed and the time of the ugly arrived, everyone's emotions gradually relaxed, and the atmosphere in the room was not so tense.

Bai Shi smiled and suppressed a yawn, and said: "It's so late, I probably won't come."

Han Shi also nodded in haste.

Qin embraced Liu Zongze, who was rubbing his eyes vigorously, opening and closing them for a while, and glanced at Liu Bailu resentfully. If it wasn't for her, why would he torment the child like this?
Liu Bailu didn't seem to hear or see, just lowered his head and recited the scriptures.

Not to mention that Qin's eye knife didn't have any effect, and there was no response, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and was about to open her mouth to ridicule Liu Bailu's grass and trees are all soldiers, when she heard a commotion outside.

Xiang Bo had fallen asleep leaning on the door frame, but was startled by the chaos, and rushed out instinctively holding the hatchet. Fortunately, Yuniang held him back and told him a few words before letting him go. .

Liu Bailu put down the book and listened carefully, when someone shouted outside:
"The Tartars are attacking the city!"

"Rise up and fight the enemy!"

"Everyone stand up and be alert!"

……

Shouts and gongs and drums rang out, and soon someone knocked on the door of Liu's house. Uncle Xiang didn't dare to open the door, but sternly asked, "Who!"

Lin's sister-in-law said loudly, "The Tatars are attacking the city! Go to the gate and help defend the city!"

Xiang Bo was startled: "What? We still have to defend the city? Where are the soldiers?"

The sister-in-law of the Lin family said impatiently: "There are so many nonsense! Go if you are told! Lihua Lane will help guard the north city gate! Hurry up!"

Xiang Bo was taken aback, and was about to ask something when he heard someone calling sister-in-law of the Lin family. The sister-in-law of the Lin family answered and yelled "Hurry up" to the door and ran away. From the silence to the hustle and bustle, and then to the silence, it was extremely fast. At this time, only the shouting and killing outside could be heard.

Uncle Xiang didn't dare to delay and hurried back to tell Liu Su's what Lin's sister-in-law had said.

Mrs. Liu Su pondered for a moment when she heard the words, and said: "Listening to what Lin's sister-in-law said, it is the habit or tradition of this place for the common people to help guard the city. If you live here for a long time, it would be bad if you don’t have people, but most of our families are female relatives..."

Liu Su looked at Xiang Bo, Xiang Bo was old, Liu Zifeng's body was weak, let alone a child of twelve or thirteen, he was barely able to do business, so how could he go out to kill the enemy?She sighed, not knowing what to do.

Xiang Bo glanced at Yuniang, gritted his teeth, and said, "Ma'am, let this old slave go. This old slave is old and can still move. The young master will stay at home, in case we lose to the Tatar army." , the young master can also escort the mistress to go out together."

Liu Zifeng took the initiative and resolutely said, "Mother, aunt, son, go!"

Bai's face turned pale, and he couldn't help looking at Liu Su, and said with pain in his mouth: "Second young master..."

Han Shi stepped forward and grabbed Liu Zifeng's hand, saying: "Second young master! The servants and concubines depend on you! You must guard!"

The birth mother and the aunt did not speak, so the aunt Han came up to her, and Liu Su, who was angry, grabbed the tea bowl on the table and threw it out, hitting Han's leg, and Han's leg hurt. Seeing Liu Zifeng knelt down, Liu Sushi said viciously: "Lock up Mrs. Han! Don't come out without my order!"

"Yes." Yuniang agreed and stepped forward to help Han Shi. Han twisted her body like crazy and refused to go. It was such a mess tonight. If she was locked up, there would be no chance of escape.

Bai Shi didn't seem to hear, those eyes seemed to grow on Liu Zifeng's body, looking at him again and again.

Yuniang couldn't move Mrs. Han, so Shuangjiang also stepped forward to help, and the two hurriedly drove Mrs. Han into her room and locked the door.

Mrs. Bai met Liu Zifeng's firm gaze, and she, who has always been strong, sighed faintly, turned around and said to Mrs. Liu, "Madam, let the second young master go. He was brought up by you. His temper is your worst." It couldn't be clearer, if he says it, he will definitely have his own thoughts."

Mrs. Liu Su fixedly looked at Mrs. Bai, and seeing the sadness hidden in her expression, she couldn't help comforting her, "Relax, Zi Feng is also the meat in your belly, you know his skills very well, he It'll be fine."

In this way, Liu Zifeng happily kowtowed to Liu Su and Bai to say goodbye.

After all, Xiang Bo was old and thoughtful, and after Liu Zifeng finished kowtowing, he said: "Madam, since the second young master is going too, there are only female relatives left in this family. From the perspective of this old slave, it is better to move some heavy furniture to the door. , took the old slave and the second young master out, and Yuniang and Shuangjiang moved the furniture behind the door to prevent the thieves from entering."

Liu Su only thought for a while before nodding and agreeing, Xiang Boli and Yuniang searched for heavy furniture together, and finally moved out two large and heavy nanmu wardrobes from the storeroom, these two wardrobes were originally Liu Su's dowry , The room here is too small to fit, not to mention that Liu Bailu's dowry is much less, so Liu Su thought about using these two wardrobes as Liu Bailu's dowry.

Now that the situation is critical, Liu Su didn't say anything when she saw that the two wardrobes had been moved out, she just asked the two to be careful, and called Liu Zifeng to help them bump into each other carefully.

The two wardrobes were placed side by side behind the gate, and Xiang Bo and Liu Zifeng went out with a machete and a long sword that Liu Sushi dug out from the storeroom, and Liu Bailu, Yuniang Shuangjiang, and Bai Shi went out together. With great effort, he retreated the two wardrobes to the door and blocked the door before going back to wait for the news.

In the early hours of the morning, the shouting and shouting outside hadn't stopped. Even though everyone was very sleepy, no one said to go back to sleep.Even Liu Zongze seemed to know something, and sat with everyone with his eyelids fighting.

Suddenly there was the sound of cavalry outside, Liu Bailu's heart skipped a beat, she stood up abruptly, the Buddhist scriptures on her lap fell to the ground, she walked quickly to the main entrance, looked at the slightly white sky, and listened carefully to the sound outside. The sound of shouting, beating and killing gradually stopped, and the streets and alleys began to hustle and bustle again. In the past, the hustle and bustle was peaceful and peaceful, but today it sounded like the bells and drums urging death, which made Liu Bailu's heart suspend.

Liu Su couldn't sit still, walked up to Liu Bailu, and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

Liu Bailu shook his head with a pale face, "Probably the city is broken."

As a small town, Xiongtang County is an important border town, so the defense is very comprehensive. The city wall construction and guarding soldiers here are even better than any other city in the pass. The soldiers are brave and capable.

Before Liu Bailu finished speaking, the door of the Liu family was slapped loudly, and the loud voice of Lin's sister-in-law also came in: "The Liu family! Hurry up and hide! The city is broken!"

Liu Su shivered and didn't know what to do, Yuniang stood on the porch and replied loudly "Thank you", and there was no movement outside.

Liu Bailu forced himself to be calm, helped Liu Su up, and hurriedly said: "Mother, go hide in the cellar!"

Qin turned her eyes to look at these people, and said anxiously: "Where are there so many places in the cellar?"

That's right, they didn't realize that there would be a war here, so the dug cellar was not big, and after putting some valuables in it, they couldn't get away.There are so many people at the moment, but they can't all go in.

Shuangjiang went to hug Liu Zongze, and said quickly, "Grandma, what are you talking about at this time? You, your wife and young master just go in quickly, we are fighting the enemy outside."

"Then what about me!" Shi Han, who was shut in her room, was startled, and screamed and knocked on the door. Liu Su didn't want to mess with someone's life, so she ordered Yuniang to open the door. When the door opened, Han Shi went crazy run out.

Bai's face was pale, holding the door frame and staring at the door, saying: "Zi Feng is still outside, Zi Feng is still outside, no way! I want to open the door! Let Zi Feng come in!"

Liu Bailu turned around and freed up a hand to grab Bai Shi who was rushing out, and said coldly: "Auntie! The sisters-in-law of the Lin family are back, how could there be something wrong with the second brother? Maybe he hid because he knew he couldn't get in the house! Auntie! Just don't make trouble!"

Bai Shi still struggled to rush out, but Liu Bailu gave Yuniang a wink, and Yuniang put the kitchen knife on her waist, went forward, twisted Bai Shi's arm and pressed her down to the warehouse.

Under the altar table of the ancestral tablet in the warehouse is the cellar they dug newly. Everyone paid homage to the ancestor and explained the reason. When Mrs. Su went down, Mrs. Qin had no time to move while holding Liu Zongze, so Mrs. Han slipped in.

Qin hopped her feet angrily, and hurriedly followed.Seeing Mrs. Han trying to drill into the innermost part, Mrs. Qin stuffed Liu Zongze into Mrs. Liu's arms, and then went to grab Mrs. Han, who was as alive as a fish even though she was caught by Mrs. Qin , but also couldn’t use his strength to pull her out. Qin’s past respect for concubines and aunts was swept away, and he sneered: "You are just an aunt, why hide in there? Get out soon! A slave dares to rob the master." place!"

(End of this chapter)