Chapter 57: Grass Valley

The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye, the New Year had passed. However, the weather in Liaodong still hadn't warmed up. It was already the beginning of February, and there was another heavy snowfall...

Zhou Yu, Zhu Xi and Zhou Ruifeng have been trapped in Cheng Ziyu's courtyard for three days. However, because the courtyard has all the food and daily necessities and there is an elderly couple who take care of the cleaning and cooking, they live quite comfortably!

Zhou Yu naturally spent his days buried in his medical books in his study, rarely leaving the room except for eating and sleeping. Zhou Ruifeng, besides eating and sleeping, also spent his time preparing medicinal herbs, or playing chess with the elder Sun, the middle son of the elderly couple, or chatting about other matters...

Only Zhu Xi was bored all day long.

That day, the sky finally cleared up, and Zhou Yu and his friends packed up and prepared to go back.

Zhu Xi felt that his grandfather would probably send someone to pick him up in a few days. It would probably take a long time for him to see Heiyatou and her family again after he left. They would definitely not accept the money he gave them. Besides, Heiyatou's alcohol recipe had just been sold for five hundred taels, so their family was not short of money now.

I was thinking of buying them some gifts when I passed by Baili Town on the way back. After all, I had been eating and drinking for free at the Zhou family for several months, so I couldn't be too heartless, right?

So, I walked out of the door alone and secretly went to the yard next door...

He cheated Ye Qing, who had secretly rented a yard next door, out of another hundred taels and put the money in his arms.

………

As a result, when he just returned to the yard, he saw a commotion in the yard. After asking around, he found out that Master Zhou Yu had accidentally fallen when he was about to go out after packing up. Although he was not injured, he twisted his foot.

Zhou Ruifeng immediately decided that he would not go back. Zhou Yu would come again in seven or eight days anyway, and Zhu Xi and the coachman would be with him, so it didn't matter if he made one less trip!

Seeing that he did not fall seriously and that Old Sun and his wife were looking after him, Zhou Yu felt relieved and agreed to let her master stay while he and Zhu Xi went back first.

So, on the returning carriage, there were only Zhu Xi, Zhou Yu and the coachman Wang Xiang. However, Zhou Yu and Zhu Xi always got along well, so they didn't feel bored on the way!

As a result, when they were almost halfway there, the two were chatting enthusiastically when they heard a sudden commotion outside the carriage. Zhou Yu and the other man quickly lifted the carriage curtain to see what was happening, and saw pedestrians hurriedly running in the opposite direction of them!

The driver Wang Xiang, who was driving the carriage for them, had already stopped the carriage. Without waiting for their questions, he said to the two of them in a panic:

"Miss, Sir, something bad has happened! The Tartars are coming to rob the village ahead! They say they're heading our way!"

The so-called "beating the grass and grain" means that the Tatar cavalry came to the border of Dayan to burn, kill and loot. Wherever they went, there were often corpses everywhere, leaving no chickens or dogs alive!

Therefore, when Zhou Yu and the other two heard about the grass-beating valley, they were both shocked. Zhu Xi immediately ordered Wang Xiang:

"Turn around quickly and go back!"

Cheng Ziyu's courtyard is not far from the military camp of Fuzhou Wei, so they have to go back quickly to report the news!

Wang Xiang quickly turned his horse around, whipped the horse and drove the carriage back...

Zhu Xi and Zhou Yu also grabbed the carriage at the same time.

But they didn't expect the Tartar cavalry to arrive so quickly. After the carriage had only traveled a hundred meters, they heard the noisy sound of horse hooves from behind, and then the screams of the people...

"Sir, the Tartar cavalry is chasing us! Our carriage...can't outrun them!" Wang Xiang shouted anxiously while driving the carriage.

Zhou Yu hurriedly lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked back, and saw that the group of Tartar cavalry were only two or three hundred meters away from them and would catch up with them in an instant. He hurriedly shouted to Wang Xiang who was driving the carriage.

"This won't do! Uncle Wang, stop the car immediately, give them the carriage, and let's go into the woods!"

Not far from the main road, there is a forest. The enemy is cavalry, and it is extremely inconvenient for them to move in the forest. If they can escape into the forest before the Tartar cavalry arrives, they may still be saved!

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiang hurriedly stopped the carriage, and the three of them immediately jumped out, intending to run towards the nearby forest...

Ye Qing, who had been riding a horse and following Zhu Xi in disguise, saw this and quickly dismounted and helped Zhu Xi, who was at the back, and whispered:

"Master, I can take you away on horseback!"

"No need. You can't run fast with me. Hurry up and ride your horse to report the news first!"

Zhu Xi gave him an order with a serious face, then walked past him to chase Zhou Yu!

When the people around saw this, they all started running after them...

Ye Qing had been ordered to protect Zhu Xi, so how could he dare abandon him and go deliver the message alone? He hesitated for two seconds before riding off on horseback. However, the surrounding civilians rushed forward, and someone tried to seize his horse. With this interruption, when Ye Qing looked up again, he could no longer see Zhu Xi and his companions in the chaotic crowd.

Ye Qing was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly controlled his horse to run towards the woods...

Just now, Zhou Yu said that they wanted to go into the woods. As long as he got ahead of them and reached the edge of the woods, it would be much easier to find them!

But no one expected the Tartar cavalry to arrive so quickly. Just as Ye Qing was about to ride his horse to the woods, a dozen Tartar vanguards had already rushed into the chaotic crowd, waving their butcher knives and harvesting lives...

Now, the panicked crowd became even more chaotic. An old woman almost fell under Ye Qing's horse hooves. Fortunately, Ye Qing dodged quickly and did not trample her to death!

There was no other way. It was too inconvenient to ride a horse in the crowd. Ye Qing had no choice but to abandon the horse, draw out the short knife he had hidden, and run towards the woods with the crowd...

At the same time, he was extremely anxious. If anything happened to the Fifth Prince, even if he committed suicide to apologize, the Emperor would probably cut his body into pieces and not leave him with a complete corpse!

………

Meanwhile, Zhou Yu was pulling Zhu Xi along as they galloped. The screams of the civilians being caught up behind them and the excited cries of the Tartar cavalry made Zhu Xi, who had never witnessed such a scene before, feel a tingling sensation on his scalp. His steps were inevitably a little hurried. If Zhou Yu hadn't been holding him back, he would have fallen down countless times...

On the other hand, Zhou Yu's face did not show any panic. She was calm as if the screams were from outer space and had nothing to do with her (after all, she was used to being chased by zombies in her previous life). She just kept pulling Zhu Xi to run, and scolded Zhu Xi who couldn't help but want to look back.

"Don't look back! Run!"

There is a forest in about thirty meters. As long as they run in, they will be saved!

Zhou Yu bit his lip tightly and screamed in his heart, forcing himself not to listen to the desperate cries and calls for help from the people behind him. He just held Zhu Xi's hand and ran...

She had seen many of these scenes in the apocalypse, so she naturally knew that in this situation, even if she wanted to save others, she couldn't. She could only save her own life first...

And the forest is right before our eyes...

Twenty meters, fifteen meters, ten meters...

Coming soon!!

"Ah! Ouch!"

Just when Zhou Yu and his companion were only about ten meters away from the woods ahead, and were about to step into them, the rickshaw driver Wang Xiang, who had been running beside them, suddenly screamed and fell to the ground...

A dozen meters behind him, a Tartar cavalryman had already spotted him and was rushing towards him, waving his scimitar and howling...

Wang Xiang was terrified and tried to get up quickly, but his legs went limp in his panic and he fell to the ground again just as he got up. He could only watch the Tartar cavalryman rushing towards him with his scimitar raised, and he closed his eyes in fear...

Zhou Yu...

He also closed his eyes, then suddenly pushed Zhu Xi forward.

"Chang Saburo! Run first!"

Then he pulled out the dagger he always kept in his boots and ran towards the Tartar who was wielding a scimitar!

She could be numb and cold-blooded and turn a blind eye to strangers, but she, Zhou Yu—couldn't bear to watch someone she had known for months being brutally murdered by a butcher's knife!

………

"Black girl!!"

Zhu Xi was shocked by this unexpected turn of events and instinctively wanted to grab Zhou Yu's hand, but he failed to do so...

All they could do was watch Zhou Yu, like a stubborn and tiny moth, charging towards the grinning demon with the butcher knife raised, filled with murderous intent...

My heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and I wanted to shout something, but I found that I couldn't even make a sound...

At that moment, Zhu Xi felt that he was about to lose the smiling girl who called him Chang Sanlang by his full name every day, the playmate who had been with him for the past few months!

My whole heart felt like it was about to fall out and I started to panic...

………

But, Zhou Yu is not dead!

She calmly avoided the sword attack from the Tartar cavalryman, then jumped high, tightly grasped the dagger with both hands, and stabbed it towards the neck of the horse under the cavalryman!

Zhu Xi...

The horse neighed in pain and fell to the side, taking the Tatar cavalryman with it. Before he could roll over, Zhou Yu lunged forward and stabbed him directly in the eye with the dagger in his hand...

"ah!!****"

The Tartar let out a horrible scream, mumbled something, and then died!

Zhu Xi...

Everything happened in a flash. Before Zhu Xi could even react, Zhou Yu, covered in blood and holding the Tartar's scimitar he had just picked up, shouted at Zhu Xi, who was also still stunned:

"Chang Sanlang! What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and save them!"

This guy is such a fucking idiot!

He didn't even run away when asked to, but just stood there, not helping at all!

Zhu Xi finally came to his senses in the panic. He looked at Zhou Yu and saw that he was a little scared. He rarely responded even when he was scolded.

This girl is too fierce!!! He should try to stop messing with her in the future!

However, because the black girl was still alive, Zhu Xi breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw her calling him, he hurried forward to help pull up the equally stunned Wang Xiang and ran towards the woods with him!

Zhou Yu also hurriedly followed them, holding a dagger in one hand and the scimitar of the Tartar she had just killed in the other...

As soon as they ran into the woods, dozens of Tatar cavalrymen arrived behind them.

One of the Tartars, with a full beard, saw the body of the Tartar Zhou Yu had just killed lying on the ground. He jumped off his horse and hugged the body, crying in anger. He saw Zhou Yu, who had just stepped into the woods not far away, holding a scimitar in his hand...

With his eyes red, he pointed in the direction Zhou Yu was running, and after a series of gibberish orders, the Tartars all dismounted and chased after Zhou Yu and his men...

………

"Oh no! The man you just killed, black girl, was the son of the Tartar leader. The leader knows you killed his son, and now he wants to kill you to avenge himself!"

Zhu Xi learned Tatar when he was a child. Although he couldn't speak it very well, he could understand it.

Zhou Yu...

How could she be so unlucky...

besides……

Seeing people around her avoiding her like snakes and scorpions...

"Josaburo! Can you shout louder?!"

"Miss Yu, be careful! Those Tartars are going to shoot arrows!" Wang Xiang, who was standing next to Zhou Yu, looked back and saw a group of Tartars already drawing their bows and arrows. He hurriedly reminded Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu...

"Uncle Wang! Hurry and run west with Chang Sanlang! I'll lead them away!"

After saying that, he tucked the dagger in Zhu Xi's hand, then deliberately waved the scimitar in his hand, and with a brave attitude of "I have external cheats, I'm not afraid of anyone", he ran to the west side of the forest alone!

Damn it, she'll go into the space after running into the bushes ahead. She won't play with these Tartars anymore!

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