On the mountain forest path, Song Wan was carrying someone on his back and moving quickly.
The rain was falling, the ground was muddy and slippery, but her pace showed no sign of slowing down, and there were even signs of speeding up.
The secret guards who followed her gradually found it difficult to keep up, and were all shocked. When did their young lady become so fast?
"Keep up!" Song Wan urged quickly, because she felt that the old man's body temperature was dropping rapidly and he was afraid that he could not hold on for much longer.
All in all, Song Wan had only been here for four or five hours. Before he could figure out the situation, he was assassinated. It was the old man on his back who blocked the knife for him.
Later, after inheriting the original owner's memory, Song Wan learned that it was the original owner's grandfather who blocked the fatal knife for her.
Song Wan came from the end of the world. He was an orphan with few relatives. When he was fifteen, the end of the world came. He fought for ten years in the end of the world. To survive, he needed more than just supernatural powers.
So naturally, someone like her would not feel any affection for the old man on her back, but she still had to repay him for saving her life.
In his memory, the original owner wanted to take his grandfather, who was already seriously injured, to look for other relatives who had their homes confiscated and were exiled.
The accompanying secret guard was secretly handed over to her by the original owner's father after he noticed something was wrong before returning to Beijing.
The original owner's father was right to worry. Along the way, there were dangers and assassinations everywhere, and the secret guards suffered heavy losses. By the time Song Wan came through, only six of the twenty secret guards were left.
Song Wan frowned deeply, not knowing whether the old man on her back could hold on until then. She didn't want to owe anyone a favor.
While thinking, his pace couldn't help but quicken again.
Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning and thunder, and another group of men in black emerged...
On an official road less than fifty miles away from them, a group of officers were standing with swords on their waists and whips in their hands.
With a "crack", the whip sounded along with the rain. The leading officer had a fierce look on his face and shouted in a rough voice, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Go to the dilapidated temple ahead!"
This group of exiles, who were always dawdling, deserved to die of illness in the rain. The leading officer looked at the group of women, children and young kids in front of him with trembling steps and cursed them countless times in his heart.
When the thought of such a tough job coming to him came to mind, the head constable with a ferocious face became even more fierce, and he swung the whip down without missing a beat.
"Mom, I'm scared..." The speaker was a little girl, about three or five years old. She was frightened by the sound of the whip and hid in her mother's arms.
"You won't be afraid if your mother carries you." Although she was only wearing a coarse linen prison uniform and her face was covered with dust, she still looked kind.
The woman called mother was none other than Chu, the eldest grandson's wife of the Marquis of Weiyuan, whose property was confiscated and exiled by the previous emperor.
She wanted to pick up her daughter out of heartache, but she was still young and could not bear it after walking for half an hour.
"Mom, Anan is not tired yet and can still walk by herself." Although she is only three years old, she has gradually understood some things. The little girl shook her head. Her mother is already very tired. She must listen to her father and not cause trouble for her mother.
When Mrs. Chu heard her daughter's reaction, her heart ached even more. She wiped her eyes and decisively held her daughter in her arms. It was obvious that she was struggling to hold her.
"We will be able to rest soon. Let mother hold Anan. Be good, Anan." As Chu said this, she struggled to free up one hand to shield her daughter in her arms from the heavy rain.
"Sister-in-law, let me hold Anan for a while." The thinner woman next to her spoke.
This address revealed her identity. Chu glanced at her and then shook her head to refuse. "Sister-in-law, you are not in good health. Anan is always naughty and it is easy for her to bump into you."
Wei had only been married for less than three months, and she had been sent out with her father before she got married. Chu knew very little about her, but she also knew that she was not a weak girl.
The reason for saying this is that Wei was previously diagnosed as pregnant, and this child is very likely the last hope of their Weiyuan Marquis Mansion.
"Sister-in-law, I'm much better now." Wei was referring to the previous miscarriage.
Chu still firmly refused, "Sister-in-law, we are in a difficult situation now, we must not reveal any more flaws."
Previously, she accidentally had a miscarriage and soiled her prison uniform, which made the officers suspicious. Fortunately, the mother reacted immediately and blocked it with her menstrual fluid.
If they knew that my sister-in-law was pregnant and spread the news back to the capital, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to keep the child.
"I saved it." Wei pursed her lips and gently stroked her unpregnant belly. Song Er's figure flashed through her mind, and her heart ached. She concealed her emotions and whispered, "Even so, I can't just do nothing. I'll go and help my father shelter from the rain."
Chu did not refuse this time. Normally, even among ordinary people, the father-in-law and the daughter-in-law would have to avoid each other, but now she no longer cared about this rule.
More than a month ago, a battle report came from the northwest. The old Marquis Weiyuan was seriously injured and fell into a coma when fighting against the enemy, and his life was in danger.
The son of Weiyuan Hou immediately put on armor and went into battle in his father's place, but he never expected that what awaited him was the pain of an arrow piercing his heart.
The prince was carried back to the capital, and the imperial physician diagnosed him and declared that he would not live for more than three months.
Everyone in the Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion was immediately filled with grief, but the situation was far worse than that. Soon after, news came from the border that the two most promising grandsons of the Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion had died in battle one after another, and not even a copy of their bodies was left.
When the news reached the capital, the current emperor had no more scruples and forced the late emperor to execute the Weiyuan Marquisate, which had been powerful for decades, as an accomplice of the rebellious King of the Southwest.
No one in the entire prefecture escaped, and all were exiled two thousand miles away to Guizhou.
Everyone was driven to a dilapidated temple, where several leading officers occupied the middle position. The rest of the prisoners could only lean under the eaves of the temple, barely avoiding getting wet.
"I don't know how my eldest sister is doing." Mrs. Chu made sure that her daughter did not catch a cold before she expressed the worry that had been weighing on her heart.
Wei was also worried, and her two sisters-in-law only dared to talk about this matter quietly when their mother Qi was not around.
I heard that the eldest sister has been dull and indifferent since childhood, unlike other girls in the boudoir who are smart and clever. Unexpectedly, she inherited the supernatural power of her great-grandfather and has a very high talent in martial arts.
The current Marquis of Weiyuan has no preference for boys over girls. When he learned that his granddaughter had inherited the divine power of his ancestors, he kept her by his side and raised her personally.
Regarding this border turmoil, everyone has reported back accurate news, except for this eldest sister, whose life or death is unknown.
"Awan will be safe." Wei suppressed her emotions and comforted her.
That being said, they all understood that after such a long period of no news, it was likely that something bad was happening...
As she spoke, Qi took a few cold steamed buns and came over with her little daughter. "Let me hold Anan."
"Mother, let Anan fall asleep in my arms." Chu whispered, "You take my sister-in-law and Ayue to eat first."
"Aying, thank you for your hard work." Qi caressed her eldest daughter-in-law's scarred hands with heartache, then carefully broke one of the white flour buns into two pieces and soaked them in two bowls of warm water respectively.
"My daughter-in-law is fine." Mrs. Chu replied soothingly.
The food for the exiled criminals was not very good. They only had two meals a day, one for each person, a coarse flour bun mixed with bran.
The two cold white flour buns in Qi's hand were bought with money.
"Mom, I'm not hungry. You and A Yue can eat it." Chu glanced at her little sister who had little flesh on her face and said with concern.
"You eat. Ayue and I have food." Qi stuffed the coarse porcelain bowl into the eldest daughter-in-law's hands without hesitation. "Don't forget, you still have A'nan to take care of."
"Sister-in-law, A-Yue doesn't like eating white flour buns." Song Yue touched her sleeping niece. The usually spoiled little girl was unusually sensible at this moment. "Sister-in-law, I'll hold A-Nan later, so she should eat more."
The other half of the white flour bun soaked in warm water was stuffed by Qi into the arms of her pregnant second daughter-in-law.
Wei did not refuse because she had to ensure the safety of the baby in her belly.
Qi left a white flour bun, intending to keep it for her pregnant second daughter-in-law and her unconscious husband to replenish their energy on the road. She and her youngest daughter ate the bran flour buns distributed by the officials.
After a quick lunch, the rain outside showed no signs of stopping, so Qi decided to go out and find some herbs.
When she was young, she was stationed at the border with her husband and often studied with military doctors. Over time, she learned a lot about herbs.
Now that everyone is getting wet in the rain, it is easy to get sick if you don’t take some medicine to dispel the cold.
Knowing her mother's thoughts, Chu stopped her without thinking, "Mom, you can't go. Dad still needs someone to take care of him. Let me go."
"No, you don't know some of the herbs." Qi's eyes deliberately glanced at Wei's belly.
Mrs. Chu quickly understood and stopped trying to stop her. She just nodded and said, "Then mother, please be careful. I will take good care of my sister-in-law, Ayue, and father."
"Okay, wait until mom comes back."
Qi stood up and walked towards the woods. She was just thankful that there were only a group of elderly, weak, women and children left in Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion, so every time they stopped to rest, the servants did not restrict their movements.
This forest was not as good as Qi had imagined. Not only were there no herbs, there wasn't even a piece of wild ginger.
"Ahem, aunt, this way." Suddenly a hoarse male voice called her.
Qi turned her head when she heard the voice, her eyes flashing with surprise, "Ling Feng?"
She hurried over and asked with concern, "Why did you come out too?"
"I just went to see my uncle and learned that you, aunt, came alone to look for herbs, so I wanted to come and help." After Gu Lingfeng finished speaking, he coughed violently a few more times.
The man's face was completely pale, as if it could be blown down by a gust of wind.
"I found some wild ginger and some medicine suitable for my sister-in-law. I'll keep half of the ginger. Aunt, take the rest." Gu Lingfeng handed over the herbs and whispered, "Go back and tell everyone not to stray too far from the group. It's not safe."
There were spies of the current emperor in the exile team, whose purpose was to monitor their Southwest Palace and Weiyuan Marquis Palace, so Gu Lingfeng could only take advantage of this time to secretly give the herbs he had accumulated along the way to Qi.
Qi was deeply moved. The man in front of her, with a clear and gentle face and a gentle demeanor like jade, was once a young man who followed his father to lead troops into battle and was full of vigor. But now he could only live one step at a time and could no longer lift a sword.
"Is your father okay?" asked Qi.
"Father can now stay awake for at least one or two hours a day." When mentioning his father, Gu Lingfeng's worry faded a little.
"That's good." Qi didn't ask any further questions.
Gu Lingfeng smiled soothingly, "Don't worry, Auntie. When my father was conscious, he told me that he had already sent people to the border and asked Yan Ji to lead people to look for the Marquis and Miss Song."
Qi's eyes warmed up, and she could no longer control her emotions. Her voice was choked with sobs and moved. "Thank your father for me."
Awan is her first daughter, so she is very worried about her.
Gu Lingfeng leaned on a tree stick, his body swaying slightly, and then continued, "Miss Song is Yan Ji's fiancée. I believe Yan Ji will be able to find her."
Qi nodded. The only thing she didn't regret in her life was arranging this marriage for her eldest daughter.
After returning to the team, Qi quickly used a clay pot to boil some herbs that had the effect of stabilizing the fetus, and also cooked a small pot of ginger soup.
"Mom, this medicine..." Wei hesitated to speak. Before she got married, she had helped her grandfather, who studied medicine, to take care of herbs several times. She knew that the medicine in the earthenware jar was for pregnancy. She just didn't expect that her mother would actually find it in the woods.
"It was given by Ling Feng." Qi sighed, "That child also had a miserable life."
"So it's the prince..." Wei was both touched and sad. "I wonder how Uncle Gu's family is doing, as well as Achang and Ayu. The oldest of the two children is only six years old. I wonder if they can endure this journey."
"Xin'er." Qi held her hand. "The most important thing you should do now is take care of yourself. Leave the rest to us."
This second daughter-in-law has always been soft-hearted and sentimental, perhaps influenced by her grandfather who is a doctor, and she can't stand seeing others get hurt.
"Mom, I saved it." Wei held back her tears, "I will take good care of myself." And the baby in her belly.
Qi was relieved and immediately said comfortingly, "Ling Feng said that his father had sent people to look for A Wan and your grandfather. I believe they will be joining us soon."
"Really?" Wei's eyes lit up.
Qi smiled and nodded, patted her hands, and urged her, "Drink the medicine quickly."
"Mom, drink some ginger soup." On the other side, Mrs. Chu handed over the last small bowl of ginger soup.
She was also very happy to hear the news about her grandfather and Awan.
Qi took it with a smile and drank it.
Gu Lingfeng dodged the patrol officers all the way and returned to his family. His wife Yan quickly stepped forward to support him and said, "Hurry and sit down and rest."
"Achang, quickly bring the ginger soup to your father." Yan instructed her son.
"Daddy, drink quickly." Gu Chang walked up to his father with a bowl of freshly cooked ginger soup and said obediently.
"Achang is so good." Gu Lingfeng touched his son's head and smiled.
"Big brother." Another shorter boy leaned beside Gu Chang and called out softly.
"Ayu, come to big brother." Gu Lingfeng's voice became weaker and weaker, and he waved at him with difficulty.
Yan wiped the corners of her eyes and looked away.
Pretend you didn't notice anything.
When Song Wan killed the last man in black, the person on his back was only breathing his last breath.
She quickly put the old man down, intending to use her mental power to keep him alive for a few more hours.
Although her mental power also came through, it had become primary mental power.
Primary mental power cannot heal the old man's injuries, it can only temporarily maintain his life.
The old man's internal organs were damaged and ruptured to varying degrees. In addition, the treatment had been delayed for too long. Even if she recovered her mental strength to level ten, she could only maintain a lifespan of three to two years at most.
Song Wan transferred half of her mental power into the old man's body, and her face gradually turned pale.
"Awan." Song Yan woke up, his eyes cloudy and no longer as clear and resolute as before, but his words were still firm and powerful, "Leave your grandfather behind and go find your grandmother and the others."
He knew that his life was coming to an end, and the only things he cared about were his old wife and younger generations who were thousands of miles away.
"Okay." Song Wan channeled most of her mental energy before stopping. "I'll take you to find them."
"Ah Wan," Song Yan hurriedly called out to her, "Grandfather won't live much longer. Take the rest of you and leave quickly."
"No, you still have half a day to live." Song Wan said expressionlessly, "In half a day, I can bring you to catch up with the team."
Song Yan: “…”
He felt that there was something strange about what his granddaughter said.
At this time, the secret guard Song Yi returned and said, "My Lord, Miss, we have just discovered that the exile team is in the northeast, less than fifty miles away from us."
Song Wan put the old man on his back again and said to the others, "Speed up."
Song Yijian said, "Miss, you have worked hard all the way. Now let me carry the Marquis on my back."
Upon hearing the voice, Song Wan carefully looked at the head of the secret guard in front of him from head to toe.
Song Yi suddenly felt his scalp tingling from being stared at. For a moment, he seemed to see disgust in the eldest lady's eyes.
Just as he was about to speak again, Song Wan finally spoke, "The speed is too slow. It would be more suitable for you to lead the way."
Song Yi: "..."
The rain finally stopped in the evening. The officers, who had eaten and drunk well, waved their whips again and urged the prisoners to move forward.
Having wasted most of the day, they needed to travel overnight.
A group of people had just walked to the edge of a nearby forest when suddenly a gust of wind blew past.
"Who is it?" The chief officer frowned sensitively, his eyes fixed on the shaking branch.
The wind died down and the anomaly disappeared.
The chief of the police was worried, so he asked a few people to investigate in the woods ahead.
Gu Lingfeng watched all this, his eyes flickering slightly. He whispered in his wife's ear, "Be careful when you go over there. Ask your aunt and the others to come over."
Yan looked at her husband, nodded slightly, and whispered "OK".
Just when a few officers finished checking the forest and found nothing unusual, the Gu and Song families had quietly gathered together.
Gu Lingfeng calmly asked everyone to gather the child together, while he stared straight at the woods not far away, with a hint of hope in his eyes.
After listening to the reports from several of his men who had returned from investigation, the chief of the police still felt uneasy. His intuition told him that there must be someone in the woods.
I just don't know whether he is an enemy or a friend.
If it was sent by the current emperor, these officials might have a chance to survive, but if it was that person, only death would be waiting for them.
"Go forward carefully and pay attention to your surroundings." The chief of the police finally decided to continue on the road, but he still assigned a few people to monitor the teams from Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion and Southwest Prince's Mansion.
No matter what, these two families are their bargaining chips.
Just as the officers who had received the task were walking towards the rear of the team, several wooden arrows were suddenly shot out from the silent forest.
An arrow pierced their eyebrows and killed them all.
"There's an assassin! Hurry!" The chief of the police was quite capable; the arrow only pierced his ear, but he was still alive.
Five people suddenly appeared in the woods, and the leader was a woman.
When the chief of the police saw this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. They had three to five hundred people and could definitely deal with five people.
"There are only five of them! Quick! Charge and kill them!"
The chief of the police rushed forward first and slashed at the leading woman with a knife, but she easily dodged it.
Immediately afterwards, the chief police officer felt a gust of wind blowing past his ears, and his neck broke instantly, completely separated from his body.
She died with her eyes open. This woman was too fast.
"Awan..." Qi stared at a familiar figure in the distance and murmured softly, wondering why that person looked so much like her Awan.
The two sides exchanged weapons, screams were heard and many prisoners escaped in the chaos.
Three to five hundred officers fell one after another, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and blood was flowing everywhere.
When the other four secret guards saw the headless corpses on the ground, their scalps tingled even though they were used to big scenes.
Why did the eldest lady suddenly become so cruel?
Gu Lingfeng took advantage of the chaos and led the two families towards the woods.
"Master Gu!" Just as they moved to the outskirts of the woods, a male voice called them.
It was Song Qi who stayed behind specifically to pick up everyone.
"Song Qi!" Qi recognized him; he was one of her husband's secret guards.
Upon hearing this, Gu Lingfeng let go of the last bit of vigilance in his heart.
He was right to block it.
"Madam, Song Qi is here to pick you up on the orders of the eldest lady!"
"Where is Awan?" Qi asked hurriedly after hearing this.
"Miss, take Song Yi and the others to deal with those officers." Song Qi led a group of people and quickly headed towards the cave they had found earlier. "Let me stay behind and come to support you during the chaos."
"Awan, she—"
"Don't worry, ma'am. With Song Yi and the others around, the eldest lady will be fine." Song Qi said firmly.
With Song Qi leading the way, everyone quickly arrived at the cave and saw a person lying inside.
"It's grandfather!" the sharp-eyed Song Yue shouted.
Song Qi looked at everyone and explained slowly, "All along the way, the eldest lady carried the Marquis on her back. Several times, the Marquis asked the eldest lady to leave him behind, but the eldest lady refused."
Qi burst into tears, and Chu hugged her mother and comforted her silently.
Song Yue had already dragged An Nan to her grandfather's presence, crying out "Grandpa."
A-nan also stumbled and called out "Great-great-grandfather."
Song Yan opened his eyes with great effort. He didn't expect that he would be able to see his granddaughter and great-granddaughter in his lifetime. He quickly replied, "Ayue and Anan, be good."
"Ayue, have you seen your sister?"
Song Yue shook her head. "Sister went to fight the bad guys. Song Qi brought us here."
"Where is your grandmother? Why doesn't she come to see me, an old man?" Song Yan glanced around with difficulty, but didn't see his old wife. He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
When Song Yue heard her grandfather's question, she burst into tears again, "Grandma, she, she..."
Song Yan lowered his eyes and immediately understood.
His old wife still couldn't wait for him to come home.
Song Yue didn't dare to look into her grandfather's eyes. She took off the small porcelain bottle that had been hanging on her chest, put it in her grandfather's hands, and said, "Grandma is here."
When she suddenly received the news that her husband, son and grandson were seriously injured and died in battle, the series of blows caused the elderly Mrs. Hou to collapse and fall ill. She died in less than three days.
Song Yan held the small porcelain bottle and felt a fishy smell rising in his throat.
When Song Wan returned from the battle with four secret guards, before they even got close to the cave entrance, they suddenly heard a cry.
When the secret guard behind her heard the sound, veins on the back of his hands bulged and his eyes were filled with pain.
Their duke, their general.
That’s all.
Song Wan raised her eyes and glanced at the hazy sky.
It is very similar to the end of the world, but it seems a little different.
The author has something to say:
Awan's unique skill is to wipe the neck!
I'm looking for the column "The Cannon Fodder Wife of the Big Villain" to be collected in advance~
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