Three days later, the escort team returned to Qinghe County.
Zhao Lin was supposed to return to Liuhemen as soon as possible, but maybe he had been away from home for too long and missed his family. He always felt a little flustered these days.
He knew that he was probably thinking wildly, but he just felt uneasy, so he said to Yuan Cheng: "Senior Brother Yuan, I want to go home first and have a look, you..."
Yuan Cheng smiled understandingly and said: "It's your first time to travel far away. It's normal for you to miss home. I'll go talk to Master. You should go back first."
Zhao Lin thanked him and hurried home without stopping.
When he walked into the house and saw his parents and brothers sitting in the main room, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that I am overthinking it.
The matchmaker Hu Daming was a guest at home and was drinking boiled water handed over by his brother Zhao Shan.
"Is it Lin'er?" Zhao's mother was overjoyed when she heard the familiar footsteps.
"Mom and Dad, I'm back!" Zhao Lin strode into the house.
"Just come back." Zhao's father pulled him to sit next to him, and his mother also came over to ask questions.
Zhao Shan wanted to talk to his brother, but was stopped by Hu Dabai.
"Let me tell you, the daughter of the old Zhang family in Shitian Village is known to be beautiful and capable, but her vision is too high. She is still in her twenties and has not yet married."
"Now that her family is in a hurry, it's your turn to be lucky..."
Hu Da knew that he was frothing, and made the woman happy. Zhao Shan blushed and didn't know what to say.
Zhao Lin poured himself a glass of water and drank it slowly, thinking that one day he would take his brother to see what the woman looked like.
At this moment, a "bang" was heard, and the courtyard door was kicked open.
Zhao Lin stood up in excitement, rushed out the door, and saw Liang Song running in sweating profusely.
"Finally found your home, something... happened!"
Zhao Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he stepped forward, winked at Liang Song, and whispered, "Go outside and talk."
"That's too late."
Liang Song broke away from Zhao Lin, "My cousin was captured by Huzi!"
Zhao Lin felt a basin of cold water poured down on his head and said in surprise: "How is that possible?"
"I saw it with my own eyes!"
Liang Song gritted his teeth and said, "My cousin said he had back pain this morning. It might be a recurrence of an old injury. So I went to town to get him some medicine. When I came back, I saw a dozen beards tying him up and dragging him away from home."
"Bad dish!"
Zhao Lin frowned, and for a while he couldn't figure out which link had the problem, but since Huzi could find Zhu Dachun, it meant that they must have a clue.
"Where's Zhou Paotou? Did Hu Hu catch him?"
Liang Song shook his head and said, "Zhou Paotou is not at home. He probably went out for something. I'm worried that something might happen to you, so I came to inform you first."
"Thank you very much!"
Zhao Lin patted Liang Song's shoulder hard, his mind spinning rapidly.
He knew that since Huzi had captured Zhu Dachun, he would definitely be able to find them whether Zhu Dachun did anything or not.
Liang Song was Zhu Dachun's cousin and had close contacts with Zhou Paotou. Moreover, many people in Baiqiao Village knew about their hunting in the mountains. Huzi could find him with just a little investigation.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lin made a decision immediately, "We can't stay here any longer. Let's run to the city. Beard doesn't dare to arrest people there."
"Lin'er, what happened?"
The two were talking in the yard, which alarmed the family members in the house, who all came out to ask him what was going on.
"Father, mother, brother, something big happened. We need to take shelter in the county seat."
Zhao Lin stepped forward, pulled his parents and walked out.
"What's so urgent?"
Father Zhao and Mother Zhao were a little confused and subconsciously followed him out.
"Brother, please tell me what's going on first." Zhao Shan reached out to stop Zhao Lindao.
The situation was urgent. Zhao Lin didn't hide it anymore and said directly: "I have offended Hu Hu. They may come to ransack the house. Leave now. If it is too late, it will be too late."
The whole family was completely dumbfounded and followed him out obediently.
"Hey, don't leave, I haven't finished speaking yet!" Hu Dabai chased him out and stamped his feet.
When the five people left the village, Liang Song suddenly stopped and said to Zhao Lin, "I'll go back and take a look. If Zhou Paotou returns to the village, I'll tell him not to go home."
Seeing his firm eyes, Zhao Lin knew that he could not be persuaded, so he warned him: "Paint your face, change your clothes, and be careful!"
"We will meet at the Yamenkou when we get to the county seat."
Liang Song nodded, turned around and ran from the path towards Baiqiao Village.
Zhao Lin hurried on with his family. Because time was tight, he squatted down and let his mother lie on his back. He then hugged his father's waist with one hand and ran with his brother towards the county seat.
After running for more than five miles, the sound of horse hooves was heard behind him. Zhao Lin looked back and saw a group of more than 20 riders rushing over.
"It's him, don't let him get away!"
The bearded guy who was running at the front shouted.
Zhao Lin knew that if he fell into the hands of Huzi, the whole family would not survive, so he asked his mother to hug his neck tightly, stretched out his free hand to grab his brother's belt, and ran away.
"Catch him alive and see how I torture him."
The leader's bearded man shouted arrogantly.
Zhao Lin ran with all his strength, swinging his legs like flying, raising a trail of smoke behind him.
He is now as strong as an ox and as agile as a leopard. Even though there are three people hanging on his body, he still runs as fast as he flies, leaving a bunch of beards behind him.
The Beards were surprised to find that Zhao Lin ran faster than their horses. The leading Beard immediately changed his words and said: "Set an arrow and shoot him to death!"
The bowstring sounded, and a shower of arrows flew over.
After Zhao Lin practiced martial arts, his ears and eyes were sharp. When he heard the sound of bows and arrows from behind, he instinctively dodged to one side, and an arrow shot towards the back hit his brother's lower back.
Zhao Shan groaned in pain.
Zhao Lin had no time to check his injuries and ran forward desperately with his family.
After an unknown amount of time, the county town tower finally appeared in sight.
Zhao Lin looked back and saw that the pursuers had long disappeared. The energy in his body suddenly evaporated and he almost fell to the ground.
I felt my heart beating like a drum, and I was so tired that I almost vomited blood.
He put his parents and brother down and saw that his brother's clothes were stained red with blood.
"Brother, how are you?"
"It's okay, I'm a little dizzy." Zhao Shan said weakly.
Zhao Lin knew that it was probably caused by blood loss, so he quickly opened his brother's clothes to check the wound. Fortunately, the arrow did not penetrate deeply into the flesh, and the blood gushing out was red, indicating that the arrow was not poisonous.
He broke off the arrow shaft, pulled out a few strips of cloth from the hem of his clothes, and simply bandaged the wound.
"Lin'er, please support your brother, we can walk by ourselves." Zhao's father helped Zhao's mother stand up and said distressedly.
"Dad, Mom, you guys take a rest and I'll take care of it."
Zhao Lin comforted his parents, stopped a carriage coming into the city from the road, gave the coachman a lot of copper coins, and asked him to take the family into the city.
The coachman glanced at Zhao Shan and without saying a word, drove the carriage towards the city until it stopped at the gate of the county government office.
The county government office is where the county government is concentrated. The barracks and prison cells are all set up here. It is the safest place in the entire county.
Zhao Lin found an inn closest to the county government, settled in his parents and brothers, and immediately went to ask for a doctor.
There was a medical clinic near the county government office. Zhao Lin went to the doctor to explain the situation and paid him a tael of silver for the consultation fee.
The doctor and Zhao Lin came to the inn, checked Zhao Shan's injuries, and said, "There is no fear of life at the moment. Just treat the wound and stop the bleeding."
"Ask the guy to boil a pot of water and boil a pot of white vinegar and bring it over."
After listening to the doctor's words, Zhao Lin was convinced.
According to his limited medical knowledge, injuries in ancient times were not the scariest thing, but wound infection. The doctor knew how to disinfect with hot water and white vinegar, so his medical skills should not be too bad.
Zhao Linyi ordered to bring boiling water and boiled white vinegar. The doctor took out scissors, a knife, tweezers, and a half-foot white cloth from the medicine box, and put several items in the boiling water and white vinegar in turn for disinfection.
After a while, a sound like Zhao Shan killing a pig came from the guest room...
