Qingchuan couldn't help being stunned. He wondered what a hero Nian Gengyao was in history, but now he doesn't know where to go. Things in this world are truly ever-changing. She thought for a while and said, "Go and join the army!"
Nian Gengyao was startled when he heard the words and looked at Qingchuan curiously.
Qingchuan smiled and said, "You must do something big!"
She said this, but it also aroused Nian Gengyao's ambitions. He pondered for a moment and smiled heartily: "Alright, I learned martial arts, and I was meant to serve the court. Thank you for your guidance. Let's not pass it. There will be a period later."
After finishing speaking, he clasped his fists and arched his hands with Qingchuan, clutching the wound on his neck and turned and left.
Qingchuan watched his figure disappear into the night, feeling full of emotion in her heart. In just a few months, she went from an imperial maid of the Qianqing Palace to a maid of the Xiaoling Concubine's Mausoleum, and now she is alone. Fugitive. However, Nian Gengyao was about to embark on his military path from a small imperial guard guarding the mausoleum. From then on, he has become the right arm of Yongzheng and the leading official in Yongzheng's dynasty.
Qingchuan knelt and sat silently among the mountains and forests for a long time. Only then did he come back to his senses and couldn't help but laugh a few bitterly. At this time, thinking about what some of these didn't do, it would be better to think about how to hide his identity and escape. Nian Gengyao can still join the army, but what can she do? Obviously, the capital cannot be returned, but where else can she go besides the capital? The world is so big that there is no place for her!
Qingchuan thought about it, spread the flag on his head and braided it into braids, and tore off all the obvious marks of the court lady on his shirt, and then fumbled down the mountain. She didn't know how far she had traveled until the sky was getting brighter in the east, and she found a mountain road. After walking down the mountain road for a while, she saw a small farmhouse, obviously someone living in this mountain.
Qingchuan did not venture forward, but looked around the small courtyard and saw that the woman's coarse cloth was still hanging in the courtyard. Then he walked outside the courtyard and shouted: "Is anyone there? Could someone please? at home?"
"Who?" Someone answered from the house, and then the simple wooden door was pushed open from the inside. An old woman walked out of the house and was taken aback when she saw Qingchuan, and stopped a few steps away in front of the courtyard. I looked at her carefully and asked: "What's the matter with you?"
Qingchuan had already thought about his remarks when he was on the road. When she asked, she said in a sad tone: "Auntie, I am the daughter of a good family. Because I have no parents in my family, I took my servant to Beijing to go to my relatives and friends. Who On the way, the evil servant deceived the Lord, took my money and clothes and ran away, and sold me too. I escaped while he was unprepared, and I couldn’t walk anymore when I got here. I beg the aunt to be pitiful. I, let me rest and give me something to eat."
As she said, she removed the jade bracelet from her wrist and handed it over.
The woman saw Qingchuan described as embarrassed, but the dress on her body was made of silk. It seemed that she was still full of clothes, so she believed it seven or eight, and listened to her pitiful words, she couldn't help but curse. "That man's conscience called a dog to eat, and he dared to treat the old master like this. It's really hateful, girl, come in and have a rest."
As he said that, he stepped forward and opened the far door to Qingchuan and led her in. Seeing that she was so passionate about herself, Qingchuan was unavoidable to feel a little guilty, but when she realized that this was also forced by the situation, she went to the guilty heart of lying because of her, and only stuffed the jade bracelet into the woman's hand. , Said: "Thank you aunty for your kindness."
The woman was embarrassed to accept, and she gave in successively, and Qingchuan said again: "Auntie, this shirt on my body is unsightly. If I bother auntie, I will wear the body shirt for me, and this bracelet will be used as a reward."
The woman reluctantly accepted it, led Qingchuan into the house, brought her food, and gave her a coarse cloth skirt, and said apologetically: "Isn't there any clothes, girl Just wear it."
Qingchuan was anxious to change into a coarse cloth, and thanked him quickly. After eating, he asked for some dry food and left. The woman kindly persuaded, "The road in the middle of the mountain is not easy to walk. The mouth of my family went to the mountains early in the morning. You will wait a while. When he comes back, I will ask him to see you off."
Qingchuan was afraid that someone would be chasing her from the concubine's bed, so she didn't dare to delay for a moment, so she asked the woman for a hatchet and walked out of her house.
A mountain road winds into the distance. Qingchuan doesn’t know where he can go. After thinking about it, he heads south. Since the capital can’t go back, it’s not as good as the south of the Yangtze River. Since it has traveled to the Qing Dynasty, it’s possible to travel. It's not for nothing. After paying attention, Qingchuan asked all the way to the south.
I met a few pedestrians along the way, but because of the simple folk customs and shabby clothes, no one paid attention to her. Later, in order to travel safely, she simply walked with a few pedestrians. After bypassing Beijing and Tianjin and heading south to the border of Zhili, the number of pedestrians coming from south to north suddenly increased. Many of them were dragging their homes and wearing very shabby clothes, as if they were fleeing.
Qingchuan looked strange, and when he stopped to rest in the evening, he couldn't help but inquire a few words. Only then did he know that the banks of the Yellow River were hit by floods. Many people could not survive in their hometowns, so they simply fled out to flee the famine. Qingchuan looked at the yellow-faced and thin-faced victims, and felt very uncomfortable. He divided most of the dry food in his bag and gave it to a few children. An old man among the victims looked at her and asked, "Girl, where are you going?"
Qingchuan thought for a while and replied, "I want to go south."
The old man persuaded: "I advise you to go back. Both sides of the Yellow River are in disaster areas. You can't live alone. I heard that even Bashu has been hit by disasters. It is either a landslide or a crack in the ground. It's not peaceful, you are too dangerous by yourself, so go back."
Qingchuan fell silent. The Yellow River floods and the Bashu earthquake were recorded in history books, but hundreds of years later, she saw only a few short texts, but she didn't realize it. Now these victims are living in front of her eyes. , So that her heart could not be calm for a long time. In this era, people are living in poverty. It is not easy to get enough food and clothing in a good year. If it is a disaster year, many people will die from freezing and starvation.
Qingchuan asked the old man: "Master, did the court not provide relief?"
There was a blank look in the old man's mixed eyes, "The court? The court can't take care of us little people, right."
As he was talking, another group of passengers came from afar, but they all rode tall horses, obviously not the victims of the disaster. Qingchuan couldn't help but also followed the victims to look over, and saw that the man in the head was wearing a blue silk gown, with a straight posture, a firm face, and a slight coldness between his eyebrows. It was actually the fourth elder brother Yinzhen. !
Qingchuan was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his head and bent down, but he thought to himself: Why did Brother Si appear here? Shouldn't he be in the capital
Si elder brother slowly scanned a circle of victims, turned his head and whispered to his followers: "Take out all the dry food and share it with everyone."
The entourage was a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Four Lord, what shall we do if there is no dry food?"
Brother Si's face was as deep as water, and he only said coldly: "It's divided!"
The entourage did not dare to defy, and immediately unloaded his suitcase and took out all the dry food in it. When everyone saw that there was something to eat, they immediately surrounded them, but suddenly revealed Qingchuan who was hiding on the side. Qingchuan was taken aback and wanted to mix in the crowd again, but was afraid that this behavior would be too conspicuous, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to sit there, lowering his head to look at his toes.
Si elder brother didn't pay attention to her, just glanced at her casually, and walked over to the old man who had just spoken to Qingchuan, squatted in front of him and asked him a few words about the situation in his hometown, and then walked to the side with no one. I found a vacant place and sat down.
Qingchuan breathed a sigh of relief secretly, but couldn't help but secretly pay attention to the movement of Brother Si, and heard the entourage beside him whispering to him: "Four Lord, don't be too anxious, Lord Thirteen. Aren't they still staying in the south? He will definitely be able to recover some silver taels again."
Si elder brother sighed lowly and said: "The huge national treasury is so empty that it can't even get the silver for the disaster relief. It's no wonder that Huang Ama is determined to clean up the deficit in the household."
The entourage said again: "Four elders allow the villain to speak too much. This is clearly a matter of bothering to please and offending people. Everyone can't hide it. You have to stand up and take the initiative to invite people who dare to owe money to the treasury. There is no one behind, and you chase them for money. Isn't this an obvious offense to them? Why is this?"
Si elder brother smiled faintly when he heard the words, and replied: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. It's this time. The people of Li are the most important in life, so how can they care about that much."
As the two of them were talking, a group of men in black came straight from the north, glanced at the victims, swung their swords and rushed towards Si Age and others. The four elder brothers hurriedly drew their swords to meet the enemy, and the two gangs suddenly fought together. Qingchuan was quite close to the fourth elder brother, right in the center of the fight. She was so frightened that she hurriedly fell to the ground, avoided the assassins as much as possible, and carefully crawled out of the circle.
The fourth elder brother is quite agile, and he didn’t panic when he saw the assassin swinging his sword. After dodge, he kicked the assassin’s wrist with his toe. The assassin screamed, and the long sword missed his hand. The sword fell into his hand, followed by a flash of sword light, and pierced another assassin's chest.
Although there are a lot of black-clothed stabbing guests, they can't bear the fourth prince for a while. The assassin leader couldn't help being very anxious. Seeing the fourth elder brother's body, he simply cut and killed the dodge victims. Suddenly there were screams from the crowd, and the frightened victims slammed into Si elder brother and his entourage.
A young woman was frightened by the assassin. She stumbled and ran over. She ran straight into the fourth elder brother. Qingchuan deliberately pulled her to avoid her, but she saw a flash of energy in her sleeve when she raised her eyes. , It seems to hide a sharp blade. In the flash of sparks, Qingchuan couldn't take much care of it, only jumped from the ground to stop in front of the fourth elder brother, and then felt a cold in her chest. The short sword that was suddenly pierced from the woman's sleeve was inserted straight into her chest. .
Si elder brother was also taken aback by this scene. He was taken aback for a moment before he reacted. He kicked the female assassin and hugged the crumbling Qingchuan. It was only then that he could see Qingchuan's face clearly. , Said in astonishment: "Qingchuan? Why are you?"