Chapter 1667: Calm down (fourth update)
“A middle-aged man? With a five or six-month-old child?”
The woman got the money and stood there racking her brains thought, and then shook his head.
"I have never seen them myself, but I can ask them for you."
The woman then turned around and looked towards the women who were hiding and looking over there. wave.
"Don't be afraid, you guys. These are our Daqi officers and soldiers, not Southern barbarians."
"Come here, I have something to ask you!"
After the women came over, , the woman told them again what Yang Ruoqing had asked her about just now.
Several women put their heads together and started chattering.
One of the women said: "There are two people like this. I was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden in the village yesterday. There was an unshaven man with a little baby in his arms. He followed me This is asking for water.”
"I took a look at the little baby. It looked like five or six months old. The boy looked so painful!"
"When I looked at him, he even smiled at me!" The woman said humane.
Yang Ruoqing seemed to hear the sound of nature, and ignored that the woman's hand was still stained with vegetable leaves, and stepped forward to hold the woman's hand.
The woman was startled and took a step back.
Yang Ruoqing's face was flushed and her breathing was rapid.
"Sister-in-law, please help me think again, where did they go?" she asked.
The woman thought for a moment, "I asked him, but he didn't say anything. He smiled and shook his head."
"I thought that man was very strange. He was unshaven, but his face was similar. He doesn't look like a bad person."
"It's good for the child. He should be heading to Gongjia Village in the south," the woman said.
"Where should Gongjia Village go?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
The woman raised her finger and pointed in one direction: "What it looks like in the Five Miles Land."
Yang Ruoqing's eyes lit up instantly.
So, Chen'er is five miles away from him at the moment?
"Sister-in-law, thank you very much. If I find them, I will come back and thank you profusely!"
Yang Ruoqing said, grabbing another handful of copper coins and stuffing them into the woman who provided the clues. In his hand, he turned to leave.
The woman looked at the amount of money in her hand and was surprised and happy.
With this money, I can buy several kilograms of pork for my children to eat as meat dishes!
"Girl, wait a minute!" She called Yang Ruoqing again.
"What's wrong?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
The woman said: "Forgive me for asking, are the two of you your relatives, girl?"
Yang Ruoqing was startled for a moment and said: "I don't recognize the old one. The younger one is my son."
The women were surprised, "Have you lost your son?"
Yang Ruoqing nod.
Several women showed sympathy on their faces. The woman who called her before said again: "Girl, if you want to go to Gongjia Village, you have to be careful. There is nothing in that area. We are in peace.”
“I heard that several groups of soldiers went there in the past two days. Maybe there is going to be a war again, and we don’t dare to go there. Visiting relatives and friends! ”
Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Thank you for reminding me, I will be careful and say goodbye!"
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Go all the way south and go straight to Gongjia Village.
When they were about to arrive near Gongjia Village, Yang Ruoqing discovered that the situation on the roadside was abnormal.
This time of year is the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.
Autumn in the South is in full bloom at this time.
In the paddy fields on both sides of the road, the second-season rice is golden, and it is about to be harvested.
On the way from Xiushui Town to Gujia Village, all I saw was the scene of a good harvest.
But heading towards Gongjia Village, the crop fields on both sides of the road clearly showed signs of being ruined.
“Looking at this situation, it’s probably not barbarians trying to steal the food, but a large number of people trying to get through and trampling it!”
Yang Ruoqing sat on the horse, looking at the scenes on both sides of the road, and said thoughtfully. Xiao Yaxue also followed in disguise, and upon hearing this, she immediately came to Yang Ruoqing's side.
"Qing'er, let's not rush into Gongjia Village now. It's not too late to wait until that Xiaobo comes back!" Xiao Yaxue said.
Yang Ruoqing nodded.
Soon, Pioneer Wavelet came back.
"Madam, Gongjia Village seems to have been destroyed, but no bandits have been detected yet!"
Yang Ruoqing nodded slightly: "Let's go and have a look!"
The group arrived quickly. Gongjia Village is different from what I saw in Gujia Village before.
Gongjia Village clearly looked like it had been devastated. The doors and windows of every household were closed, and the atmosphere in the village was depressing.
After the group entered the village, they were divided into two groups on the left and right to respond at any time.
Yang Ruoqing knocked on the door and window of one of the houses and pulled the family out from under the bed.
After some reassurance, I finally found out the situation from this family.
It turns out that just two days ago, bandits from the Black Lotus passed through this village.
There was no killing or looting, even though they passed by the village, they still disturbed the small Gongjia Village.
“We heard the news that two groups of people were fighting in Wuling Mountain, thirty miles away.”
"If there are not enough people and food, they will come to our villages to rob us at any time."
"We are so scared that we don't dare to go out. Every household is lying under the bed or in the cellar, afraid to show up!"
The male owner of this family said in shock.
Yang Ruoqing frowned.
She doesn’t care who fights whom.
Small-scale wars occur everywhere, anytime and anywhere.
Right now, the only thing she wants to do is to find Chen'er!
"Brother, let me ask you something..."
Yang Ruoqing asked the man in front of her again what she had asked the village women in Gujia Village. .
The man was surprised when he heard Yang Ruoqing's words.
He turned around and asked the woman behind him who was still lying under the bed: "Mother, the two men who came to our house yesterday, you breastfed the child. What does the child look like?"
The woman He poked his head out from under the bed, "That kid is pretty much what this girl said. More than five or six months old."
"I breastfed him and changed his diaper. By the way, the child had a black birthmark as big as a fingernail on his butt..."
As soon as these words came out, Yang Ruoqing became excited.
"Sister-in-law, where did they go? Do you know? Tell me quickly!"
The woman thought for a moment and asked the man: "What did the uncle say when they left? It seems that they are going to some village?"
The man slapped his thigh: "Oh no, it's Hongcun. !”
…
“Madam, I just got the news that Hongcun is in the direction leading to Wuling Mountain.”
“That road is very unsafe now. Safe." Xiaobo said.
Yang Ruoqing said: "No matter how unsafe it is, I will go find my son!"
Xiao Yaxue asked Xiaobo: "You are familiar with the terrain, do you know there is another way to Hongcun?"
Xiaobo thought for a moment, "There is another one, but it requires a detour of several miles."
Xiao Yaxue said: "I have made the decision, let's go around it!"
"Yaxue..." Yang Ruoqing said. , was interrupted again by Xiao Yaxue.
"Qing'er, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. The more you need to calm down at this time!"
"It's too dangerous to take the road to Wuling Mountain. It's probably that Prince Nan is fighting with the Black Lotus Sect. If we don’t want to get involved in this matter, we’ll take a detour!”
(End of this chapter)