Chapter 166: Picking things up again on the road
The exile team set off on the road despite the howling cold wind.
The entire team now totals no more than 250 people.
Xiangying thought to herself, what a lucky number.
They also wanted to take nearly fifty of King Xuan's prisoners and prepare to escort them to their next destination - Meicheng, Yizhou.
Once there, it was already the border of South Vietnam.
While walking on the Mountain of No Return, Taoxue looked back frequently.
Xiangying chuckled: "No need to look, we can come back then."
Taoxue has no confidence.
They are about to enter the territory of South Vietnam, which means that they are not far from death.
Taoxue said with a gloomy face: "Elder Princess, if I die and you have the chance to come back, please bury my clothes on the west mountain of the capital."
"Because you can overlook the Ziyang Palace where you live. Even if this slave dies, I can still protect you at all times."
As she spoke, Taoxue was about to cry in fear because of the upcoming unknown.
Before Xiangying could comfort her, Qi Fengyi patted her on the shoulder.
"Don't cry, we will definitely come back." There was fearlessness in her eyes.
Qi Fengyi believed that one day they would be able to restore their country.
For this she is always ready to fight.
At this moment, there was noisy movement ahead.
Someone screamed in panic, causing Taoxue to hold back the tears that were about to burst out.
Everyone looked forward, and Qi Fengyi said: "It seems that the fifth princess is screaming."
Xiangying frowned: "What kind of monster is she trying to do again?"
Taoxue's heart was burning with gossip, and she squeezed to the front to inquire.
After a while, she came back and said in surprise: "The fifth princess seems to be crazy. She keeps saying that Concubine Shu will never die in peace, and that there is a tiger following her."
Xiangying glanced ahead suspiciously.
Many people died in the previous battles. Many of the prisoners were from wealthy backgrounds. Where have you seen such a battle with swords, guns and sticks?
Naturally, some people were so frightened that they lost their minds, such as Lin Lingxiang, who felt better after taking anti-shock medicine, but she kept holding Xiang Li's sleeve and followed him every step of the way.
But Xiangying would not be surprised if anyone was frightened, except Xiang Qianqian.
She is a selfish character and will do anything as long as it is for herself.
How could someone like this be afraid?
Taoxue whispered: "I heard that he was so crazy that he almost took off his clothes. The captain ordered him to tie his hands and feet and throw him into the food truck."
Xiang Yuanlang sneered: "What if it's just pretending?"
It's not impossible.
However, Xiangying has no time to care about her for the time being.
Because she was about to enter Meicheng. If she remembered correctly, at this moment in the original book, Meicheng had already begun to suffer from famine.
Meicheng is located in a location prone to rainy season, but since a flood six months ago, it has never rained again.
Most of the food provided by the South Vietnamese court was used as war supplies. Even if the people of Meicheng received disaster relief food, they would be exploited by the officials above them. When it actually fell into the hands of the people, it was only a bowl a day. Porridge and half a steamed bun.
Xiangying pondered, if there was a famine, there would definitely be riots.
She had to prepare in advance.
She originally planned to remind Jie Chen, but Xiangying thought of Jie Chen and took the initiative to draw a clear line.
Immediately, she gave up the idea and just told Qi Fengyi that when they entered the Meicheng area, no matter what happened, they would first protect the three children.
After descending from the Mountain of No Return and walking along the mountain road, Xiangying saw the guarded border towns and was completely convinced that she had left the scope of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Many of the prisoners were touched, and some hugged each other and cried.
Mr. Lin grabbed a handful of his hometown and collected them, feeling quite emotional.
"It's hard to predict whether I will live or die here. If I die in the future, I ask my descendants to come visit my motherland for me."
After he finished speaking, the people around him sobbed softly.
The three children could not help but blush.
Xie Chen didn't give them too much sad time. He directly took the team to hand over the procedures, reviewed the jade certificate, searched the team, and then entered Yizhou.
At first, Xiangying didn't feel much. The scenery in Yizhou was no different from that in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
But the further you go toward Meicheng, the hotter the weather becomes.
Even though they experienced the feeling of the twelfth lunar month of winter on Mount No Return, the scorching heat in Meicheng brought them back to the tail end of this summer.
Dry river beds can be seen everywhere, and corpses swarmed by flies can be seen on the roadside. There were also scattered and ownerless carriages.
It seems that the common people are too busy living and escaping to take care of these things.
Everyone was horrified to see it, but Xiang Ying grabbed their horses and ran to grab two carriages that no one wanted.
The skinny monkey passed by and did not stop him, but looked at him twice.
"Sister-in-law, aren't you afraid that someone has died in this car?"
"There's nothing to be afraid of. There are either men, women or dead people in this world. Things can't be thrown on the ground and wasted. It can still be used if you wipe it."
It happened that the children were also tired from walking.
However, Xiangying had no time to clean up because Jie Chen did not let the team stop.
She could only tie the carriage to their only horse first.
However, the horse can pull a carriage, but if it pulls another carriage, it will not be able to pull it.
Jie Chen deliberately slowed down his horse. He stared in Xiang Ying's direction from the corner of his eye, waiting for her to speak.
Unexpectedly, when Xiangying was thinking, Lu Peiyi came forward with a group of water bandits.
"Boss, let us pull the second carriage."
Xiangying disagreed: "How can I do that? I will definitely be exhausted."
Under the sun, Lu Baiyi smiled with white teeth, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and his gangster spirit was reduced a lot.
"No, six people in one rotation can move."
Xiangying thought for a while, he was going to Meicheng soon, so it would be okay to get a horse quietly.
She first said to Lu Peiyi: "Let's do this. You ask the brothers to push it first. Don't put anything on the carriage for the time being. I will think of a solution when we get back."
"To reward you, I will give you two extra taels of meat for each meal these days."
As soon as Xiangying finished speaking, the water bandits cheered happily and expressed their thanks one after another.
Lu Peiyi took out a handkerchief from his pocket.
"Are you tired? Wipe your sweat." He said, and added, "The handkerchief is clean."
Xiangying smiled: "No need."
Jie Chen withdrew his cold gaze.
It seemed like she didn't even want to ask him for help.
Thinking of Xiangying's words that the two of them have their own paths, Jie Chen seemed to feel a little more irritated.
The sun was shining brightly, and the closer we got to Meicheng, the hotter we felt.
The children had long since taken off their previous cotton-padded clothes and trousers and put on light, thin clothes.
Fortunately, the sun set soon, and in the evening, Xie Chen announced that the exiled team would rest where they were.
Next to it is a post station with a well.
Xiangying and Taoxue pulled the two carriages over for cleaning.
The horse pulling the cart was also tired, so Xiangying quietly put a lot of fat hay in the manger.
"Eat more, you will be fat, and you will have to work hard on the road."
After saying that, Xiangying rolled up her sleeves and scrubbed the carriage with Taoxue. Seeing this, the three little ones also came to help.
Until Lu Peiyi came over and said, "Boss, go and have a rest. Let's wash up."
Xiangying thought for a while: "Okay, Taoxue and I will cook some food. You can ask everyone to come and eat together later."
They divide work and cooperate without delaying each other.
Xiangying made two pots of cabbage stew, which was very fragrant.
Jie Chen stood at the window, originally listening to the sour scholar talking about the information.
However, Su Xiucai discovered that while he was talking, why did the deputy general stop talking?
"Master? Master?" Su Xiucai called him, but Jie Chen didn't respond.
I saw Chen Chen's stern face, his brows furrowed, and he looked down along his gaze.
It was Xiangying and Lu Beiyi who were sitting together to eat.
The sour scholar seemed to notice: "These people are too noisy. I will go down and talk about them in a while!"
Only then did Xie Chen come back to his senses and said coldly: "Let them eat."
After saying that, he took the initiative to close the window.
Out of sight, out of mind.
He respected what Xiangying said and forgot everything after that night.