Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

The old woman answered and went to open the door. Just as she opened the crack, the soldiers opened the door forcefully and rushed in. The leader shouted, "Who are you?"

"Have you seen strangers? Have you seen injured people? Have you seen nuns?"

"Ah, I... I saw it all..." the old woman replied in a trembling voice.

"What about people?"

The soldier rushed straight into the house. The one who was asking questions turned back to look at the old woman and saw her pointing at the side building behind her.

"Where! Search!"

The old woman's heart tightened, and she hurriedly followed in, only to see that there was only an empty bowl on the kang, and the person was nowhere to be seen!

"Where are the people?" The soldier looked around the small house twice and looked at the old woman with sharp eyes.

She reacted for a moment, reached under the pillow and felt around, but the thing was gone, and the knife on the table was also taken away.

"I just went out to open the door, and she was still there..."

"Chase!"

When Wang Jinyi saw the old woman go to open the door, he grabbed the family emblem under the pillow, put on his shoes, picked up the dagger on the table and jumped out of the back window.

If she ran too fast despite her weak body, she would definitely be caught up. When she jumped over the wall, she realized that there was a small path outside the wall. The path to the east was shorter, so she ran down it.

There were two forked roads at the intersection, and a thought flashed through her mind. She quickly kicked off her embroidered shoes, grabbed one in each hand, and threw them with all her might in the direction of the two roads!

In this way, there were traces of his escape on both roads.

After she finished, she turned and ran back to a dilapidated yard she was passing by.

The courtyard wall was half collapsed and the gate was half open. You could see the whole courtyard clearly from outside.

It was obviously an abandoned house, and no one had lived there for a long time. She rushed into the yard and looked around. There was a pile of hay half a person's height in the corner of the yard!

Without hesitation, she dived into the haystack, buried herself with her hands and feet, held her breath, and listened carefully to the movement outside.

Footsteps and shouts were heard outside immediately.

"There are shoes! They are women's embroidered shoes." A soldier shouted.

"Look! There's a shoe at the intersection over there!" Another voice came from a little further away, obviously someone had also discovered the shoe.

"This way! Running this way!" Another voice sounded from another intersection.

"Quick, split up and chase!" the leading soldier shouted, "You guys go to the left, you guys go to the right! She can't get far!"

"Yes!"

The chaotic footsteps quickly split into two groups and chased in the direction of the two forked roads outside the village.

The footsteps gradually faded away, but soon they came back and repeated several times before they disappeared.

Wang Jinyi, who was in the haystack, covered her mouth and dared not make a sound. For some reason, her body was shaking from the cold. She felt more and more drowsy and could not even feel the pain when the barbs of the dry grass pierced her skin.

The officers and soldiers have searched the village and no one will take me in. If things go wrong, they might even capture me and hand me over to the officers and soldiers.

Reaching out and touching the jade pendant in her arms, she slowly fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Jinyi was awakened by the laughter of children outside.

In the next yard, a child was running happily, shouting at the top of his voice:

"Mom! Is the sugar melon glued? The Kitchen God is going to heaven!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? I'll give it to you once your dad finishes putting up the Spring Festival couplets!"

A woman's voice was scolding, with warmth in the ending tone, as it drifted over with the wind.

A crisp explosion echoed in the distance, short and loud. Wang Jinyi huddled in the haystack, listening to the tiny cracklings gradually merge into a continuous pattern. A mixture of emotions washed over her. It was New Year's Eve, and she wondered if her parents and family were staying up to celebrate the New Year, or if they were thinking of her.

On the official road, Feng Mei and Zhu Yu were each driving a carriage, speeding towards the capital.

The mother sat in the car and hugged Wang Wenxin tightly, thinking about her daughter and husband...

Wang Jinyi, who was being missed, was shivering with cold all over. She felt that if she continued to sit there, she would freeze to death, so she quietly stuck her head out.

No one in the village lit a lamp, and it was still pitch dark even though it was New Year's Day.

Occasionally, there was a faint smell of meat wafting in the wind, as well as low voices, and more often the smell of fireworks. The cold wind blew, and she shivered and shrank her head back.

With his bald head, thin clothes and bare feet, he couldn't run far.

Wang Jinyi buried her face deeper, and the straw pricked her cheeks, instantly awakening her dusty memories.

Yes! Isn't there grass here?! In a previous life, I nearly failed bamboo weaving lessons from a bamboo weaving master to give Chen Zhiyuan a birthday present. Now, thinking about it has become a fond memory.

Wang Jinyi fumbled with the grass stems and divided them into three strands. She braided them into dense straw ropes like a braid and then untied them into soles. Her fingers flew as she weaved them into straw sandals.

After putting on his straw sandals, he picked up some long grass with dead leaves and simply weaved a straw hat. He didn't need to lock the brim of the hat, and the hanging grass leaves just covered his bald head and also his face.

Then he gently stood up and walked out of the haystack, picked up half of the basket in the corner, and braided a long straw rope to use as a backpack strap.

He came back with a basket filled with grass, put it on a grass belt and slung it over his back. He walked out of the yard, identified the direction, and remembering the footsteps of the officers and soldiers heading east, he also walked east and soon left the village.

She clenched the basket rope and looked back at the dark village. It was silent. On a big stone under a big tree at the entrance of the village were engraved the three words - Heyan Village.

Walking along the rammed earth road at the entrance of the village, the road gradually becomes wider, which means that the direction you have chosen is correct.

The stars are sparse in the sky on New Year's Eve. The cold wind hits my face painfully. My thin clothes are blown by the wind like a screen window. I feel so sorry for myself, running for my life on New Year's Eve. Oh! It's so miserable~

She shivered as she walked, weaving straw ropes. She first made a wide rope like a belt to tie her clothes tightly, then made a long rope to use as leggings to tie her trouser legs tightly. When she was done, the straw in the basket was gone.

The rammed earth road in front of me gradually has a roadbed, and it looks like we are on the official road. As long as we follow the official road, we can reach the county town. Once we get to the county town, everything will be easy!

She reminded herself that no matter how cold or tired she was, she had to keep moving forward and never stop. She had a fever now, and if she stopped and lay down, she would fall asleep. In this cold winter, she would die or be exhausted.

Whenever her eyelids were about to close, she would slap herself, and if she had the strength, she would jump a few times. Later, when she could no longer jump, she simply sang:

Can you hear the brightest star in the night sky?

The loneliness and sigh in the heart of those who look up

oh the brightest star in the night sky

can you remember

The figure that once walked with me and disappeared in the wind

I pray to have a transparent heart

and tearful eyes

Give me the courage to believe again and embrace you beyond the lies

Whenever I can't find the meaning of existence

Whenever I'm lost in the night

Oh~ the brightest star in the night sky

please guide me close to you

Does the brightest star in the night sky know

Where is the figure that once walked with me now?

oh the brightest star in the night sky

Do you care

Should I wait for the sun to rise or for the accident to come first?

I'd rather all the pain stay in my heart

I don't want to forget your eyes

Give me the courage to believe again and embrace you beyond the lies

Whenever I can't find the meaning of existence

Whenever I'm lost in the night

Oh~ the brightest star in the night sky please light my way forward

I pray to have a transparent heart...

She sang as she walked, which actually quickened her pace and made her no longer sleepy.

A hint of bluish-white appeared on the horizon, and slowly half of the sky became transparent.

Standing in the wilderness at this moment, watching the sky light gradually spread across the earth, I suddenly felt that there was only a tiny me in the world.

The shouting in the distance startled Wang Jinyi, and she hurriedly stood by the roadside.