It was almost dawn, and a carriage was running wildly on the official road. The man driving the car could not see his face clearly, and he had no breath. He looked strong, but he was like a living corpse.
In the carriage, a woman with disheveled hair and dusty face was concentrating on cutting paper.
This woman looked like an ordinary woman, wearing a narrow-sleeved dress, plain and without any jewelry. Except for her face under the dust, which looked beautiful and calm, she was no different from a peasant woman.
Beside her, a little boy looked pale and looked at the woman without saying a word, staring at the dexterous hands, cutting the white paper into a portrait like a butterfly piercing flowers.
The woman looked at the boy, sighed, and said, "Kuan'er, if you keep it up, we won't be able to run away."
The boy bit his lip and said, "Mother... mother, why are you running? Even if you are... you are a fox, but you have known your father for so many years, and he likes me so much, will you embarrass us?"
The woman rubbed his head, held him in her arms, and said, "Your father may not mind, but he can't help himself."
The woman glanced at the back of the carriage. Even though she was separated by thousands of mountains and rivers and the dark night, she still seemed to see her man.
"Sitting in that seat, he was no longer himself."
The boy hugged his mother, felt her breath and body temperature, and burst into tears. "My concubine is obviously a human being, not a fox."
"Why, concubine, why on earth!"
The woman patted his back gently and said, "I don't want to take you through all this suffering, but if my mother doesn't leave, she will be arrested. My father is not the only one who wants me now."
"I also thought about leaving you in the palace, but if you stay in the deep palace, you will bear the reputation of the son of the fox demon, and you will be involved in various conspiracies. Countless people will criticize and hate you because of your identity. You, use you."
She held the boy's face, made him look at her, and said, "Mom, I know it's hard for you to accept it for a while, but you have to understand that I won't harm you."
The son of Tianjia has always been precocious and wise. Of course he understood what it meant to leave the capital, and what he had to lose.
He looked at the woman with tearful eyes. After all, mother and son were connected. He wiped away his tears and said, "Tell me, tell me everything."
The woman rubbed his head and said, "Kuan'er, mother will tell you everything, but not now."
She raised the car curtain and asked, "Where are you?"
The man driving the car made a hoarse voice, like the sound of wind blowing through window paper, "We have arrived at Huayin County, and the county seat is ahead, madam."
The woman glanced at the sky, lowered her eyes slightly, and said, "Thank you very much, just send us here."
The woman and the boy got out of the carriage and watched the carriage avoid the county seat and drive away on the official road.
She held the boy's hand and said, "We have to walk the rest of the way ourselves."
With her head lowered and her back hunched, she led the staggering boy toward Huayin County.
The boy was very tired. He followed the woman around day and night, and spent the whole day in fright. His face was extremely pale, and his eyes were dark, and he looked as if he was ill.
The boy asked: "Mother, where are we going?"
The woman said: "Cross Huashan and go to Shu County. Shu County is difficult to travel. I can't take you there. Someone must take us there. We must first go to Huashan Mountain to seek shelter so that we can have a safe journey."
The boy said again: "Then why not go directly to Huashan? Why are you still lingering in the county?"
The woman said: "Someone is chasing us, and it's not a force. The county is protected by the city god, so we can escape their gaze."
The boy looked at the woman worriedly and said, "Mom, won't you be discovered when you go to the county seat?"
The woman laughed, knelt down and looked at his face, saying, "They can't find me."
The woman coughed and stretched out her hands to rub the boy's face. The boy could only feel that his face was hot and cold, some places were swollen and some were tight, but he could not see that his face had changed under the woman's hands. The appearance.
The woman said: "Kuan'er, if anyone asks, just say that we came to the county to seek medical treatment, and don't expose any flaws."
The boy nodded and followed the woman towards the county town. By the time he reached the county town, it was already dawn. After entering the city without any danger, the woman found an inn to stay so that the child could rest.
The carriage running on the official road kept running wildly, but suddenly the reins were reined in and stopped.
In front of the official road, a rich woman in yellow stood in the middle of the road, looking at the carriage.
The driver pulled on the reins, and the horse stamped its hooves, becoming restless.
The woman said softly: "Mrs. Bai, please come out and meet me, don't embarrass me."
The driver did not hesitate to turn around and flee.
The woman in yellow frowned and said, "I don't know how to show appreciation."
She shook her clothes, and a white sword light flew out from her sleeves. It circled in the air and chopped the driver and the horse into several pieces.
The driver and horse made strange noises, black smoke emitted from their bodies, and then turned into two broken paper cuts.
The woman in yellow's heart skipped a beat and said, "Not good."
She opened the curtain and found that the carriage was empty.
"Escaped? She is a woman with a child and can only perform some small magic. Where can she escape?"
The woman in yellow had a gloomy face, burrowed into the soil, and disappeared.
Not long after the woman in yellow left, another group of people also caught up, including several young Taoists, holding magic swords and fly whisks in their hands.
Seeing the empty carriage and the white papers scattered on the ground, one of the young Taoists asked: "That group of demons came first, will Mrs. Bai be taken away by them?"
The older Taoist among them shook his head and said: "Mrs. Bai is extremely intelligent. Master also told us to be careful, so that we will not be robbed by monsters so easily."
He shook off his baggage, took out the Taiyi Compass, held it above his head and bowed, saying: "Master, please help me."
The compass rotates slowly, and the handle points in the direction of Huayin County.
The Taoist smiled and said, "Let's go, I found it."
In the county town, Mrs. Bai was sitting in her room cutting paper. In the afternoon, she heard the sound of soldiers' armor coming from outside. She listened slightly and heard someone ask: "Shopkeeper, are there any women with children coming to stay today?"
Mrs. Bai sighed secretly, shook the boy awake, and said, "Kuan'er, we have to go."
Mrs. Bai jumped out of the window with the boy on her back. When she got to the city gate, she found that there were already officers and soldiers searching the people coming and going.
Madam Bai frowned, held Tong'er's hand, and hid in the streets to avoid being searched by the officers and soldiers.
Tong'er was not unaware and whispered: "Mom, are they looking for us?"
Madam Bai touched his head and said, "Don't worry, there will be a solution."
Mrs. Bai looked at Tong'er with reluctance in her eyes, but when Tong'er looked at him, she was only calm.
(End of chapter)
