The fourth prince felt that Zhu Ying would not feel comfortable walking on the bumpy and dirty road. A rich lady like her, even if she didn't like to be refined, still preferred a clean and tidy environment. For example, the places where she used to call friends to play and have fun also conformed to this principle. However, the lady had lived in Rongshui Village, where Zhang Shou grew up.
When she walked through this dark alley, she recalled what she had seen and heard when she was strolling in the village. The same muddy and dirty road, the same low and dilapidated houses, and at this time, there were only a few women in patched clothes trotting, and no strong men. Obviously, in the broad daylight, the strong laborers were not working in the fields but wandering on the road. They must be idlers who were not doing their jobs!
Therefore, compared to the stupid look on the Fourth Prince's face when he first arrived yesterday, she seemed much calmer.
So, noticing Zhu Ying's unsurprising expression, the Fourth Prince could only look at Zhang Chen with anticipation, hoping that he would be amazed or frown, at least to give him a sense of superiority. However, to his disappointment, Zhang Chen's expression remained normal even after he had almost stared until his eyes were sore, and he even looked at him inexplicably.
"Did you take the wrong medicine? Why are you staring at me?" He had seen this scene many times in Zhang Shou's village!
The Fourth Prince was furious at Zhang Chen's attack, but just as he was about to say something sarcastic, he heard Peanut shout, "Strange, why are those children we saw when we came here yesterday gone today? Also, have you noticed that we only saw a few women along the way, but no children of any age."
After these words came out, the Fourth Prince no longer cared about fighting with Zhang Chen, and hurriedly looked around. Although he didn't remember the way yesterday, only one day had passed, at least he could be sure that this was the place they had been to, and Peanut at least didn't take the wrong way.
Yesterday, after Xiao Huasheng bribed the children to lead the way with maltose, they went to Chen's house, Fang's house, and Gao's house, and met other children along the way. But today, they were almost at Chen's house, but they didn't meet any children. Was this just a coincidence, or had something happened
He had heard that there had been a rampant flower-shooting gang in the outer city, and was about to ask if this was the reason, but he noticed that Zhang Chen glanced at Zhu Ying, then coughed and said to him: "Although we have reduced the number of followers, it still seems too conspicuous, right?" Zhang Chen thought very simply, was it because others were worried after hearing the news, so they hid the children at home and dared not let them out
"I don't think it's because of this... The women we just met didn't pay any attention to us at all, and they were running all the time, it's better to say they were in a hurry." Zhu Ying narrowed her eyes slightly as if thinking about something, and suddenly remembered something, "Also, they looked like they heard some news and were very anxious..."
Although Zhu Hong had been trying his best to conceal the presence of himself and the other guards, when he saw Zhang Chen and the fourth prince Xiao Huasheng looking at each other in surprise, he echoed Zhu Ying and said, "That's right, I just realized that they didn't care about strangers like us at all. They hurried along the way, as if they were afraid that something would happen if they were late."