"Xiao Er, what are you doing standing there in a daze?"
Wang'er jumped off the horse, letting the horse follow behind him, and walked quickly to the wine shop.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Serve wine, the best wine."
The waiter finally came to his senses and said, "Oh, okay, okay."
He turned around and was about to leave when Wanger stopped her again and said, "Remember to give my horse a jar of wine too."
The waiter looked as surprised as the thousand-mile horse and went back to the store to prepare.
The wine is home-brewed.
The waiter picked up a jar of wine, opened the mud seal, and sifted two bowls of wine for Wang'er. Just as he was about to feed the horse, he was surprised to see Wang'er gurgling and drank the two bowls of wine completely.
He couldn't help but widen his eyes, startled by Wang'er's good drinking capacity.
Just then, the sound of horses neighing came from outside, and Huniu and the others followed.
They got off the carriage and let the horses walk to the stables on their own, wiping the sweat from their brows.
"Sister, you are running too fast. You are not afraid that we will be in danger behind." Huniu fanned the wind with her hands, trying to cool herself down.
"That's right, Senior Sister, we are going to be eaten by monsters, how do you explain it to Master?" the female disciple behind said.
They both came from Luyuan and were sisters who grew up with Wang'er, so they joked without any scruples.
"Do not worry!"
Wang'er patted the demon-slaying sword beside him and said, "With this sword, I won't be afraid even if the old mountain demon hiding in the old forest comes out."
Now the Demon-Slaying Sword can kill all the monsters in the Half-Immortal Realm. Even the monsters in the Semi-Immortal Realm, the Demon-Slaying Sword has the power to fight.
"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm just afraid of the worst. I also want to take a good look at what the capital is like." Huniu sat down.
She asked the waiter to cut some plates of cooked beef and bring some vegetables.
The waiter had already finished feeding the horse wine.
He heard the words and responded, and the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper brought the dishes over after some busy work at the bamboo curtain.
"A few, a few guests, a small village shop, just a few things, you can make ends meet." The waiter smiled and put the meat and vegetables on the table.
He seemed to be clumsy in speech. Not only did he have a strange accent when he spoke, but he was also frightened. He even glanced at the demon-slaying sword beside Wang'er while putting the food.
Wang'er understood immediately. She blinked and looked at the waiter, "Monster?"
The waiter shivered, subconsciously stepped back and became defensive.
"You are a monster, who are you afraid of?" Wang'er laughed, like the spring breeze in March, making people happy.
She told the waiter not to worry, "Although my sword is powerful, it can't kill monsters."
The waiter left doubtfully.
He didn't know whether what Wang'er said was true or not, but he knew that the demon-slaying sword in the hand of this beautiful girl could definitely cut him to pieces in a single thought.
They monsters have an almost innate intuition for danger.
This sword gave him an intuitive feeling that it was very dangerous.
The shopkeeper of the wine shop had already noticed it, which was why he hadn't shown up yet.
"Sister, I heard that when you arrive in the capital, you will become the eldest lady of the family. You must not forget us then." Several playmates joked about forgetting children.
It has long been spread that Wang'er is a descendant of the Mo family.
A few days ago, the Mo family sent people to Yancheng to see Wang'er, but Wang'er refused.
Although her surname is Mo, she is Wang'er. Any family, aristocratic family, or wealth are just a cloud, and they are far less happy than she is now. Apart from having a mother to take care of her, she can be free from the rest.
Not only that, her mother is acting strange now. There was some guilt in her tone when she wrote the letter, as if she had done something to feel sorry for him.
There were signs of this before they left.
Wang'er thought about it and felt that there was only one answer - they were having an affair.
"hiss!"
When Wang'er got this guess, he was startled, and then he could only admire him in his heart. He felt that Lu Bai, a pig, was so lucky that he actually gnawed his extra-large, extra-fine cabbage.
As for other emotions, Wang'er really doesn't have many.
If she were asked to choose a man worthy of Gu Qinghuan in this world, it seemed that the only one was Lu Bai.
The only person who might be a problem may be her. She has always wanted to marry Lu Bai, but now something like this has happened——
"Forget it, I still don't want to think about it anymore. Maybe I'll fall in love with you." Wang'er retracted his thoughts.
At this time, she saw the waiter looking at them and hesitated to speak.
Wang'er was confused, so she waved the waiter over, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Are you afraid that we will eat the King's meal?"
The waiter shook his head hurriedly.
He cautiously took a step closer, "Are you guys going to Hancheng?"
"Hancheng?" Wang'er turned to look at Huniu.
Huniu nodded, "Judging from the distance, we are indeed almost at Hancheng."
The waiter hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Dear guests, you must not go to Hancheng. Girls are being arrested there everywhere. I heard that the emperor wants to choose a concubine, and many unmarried girls will be arrested by the government."
He knew that Wang'er's demon-slaying sword was powerful, but since he was doing business, he naturally knew a lot of things going on in the city, and knew that it was difficult for an individual to resist the imperial court.
Wanger put down his chopsticks in surprise, "The emperor wants to choose a concubine? When will this happen?"
They had not heard of this before when they passed the previous city.
The waiter didn't know. "It must have been a while. A few days ago, girls have been escaping from the city to avoid being hunted by the government."
Although they are monsters, they have been doing business for a long time, and some people who follow this path are familiar with them and trust them, so some people come to their wine shop to avoid them.
Many families even fled Hancheng with their families, stopping in wine shops during the process.
Wang'er was a little confused. They really hadn't heard about this all the way here. Was it an order that had just been issued?
Seeing that the information he told seemed useful, the waiter hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I heard from the people who were fleeing that this incident caused a storm in Hancheng and Macheng. All the families with daughters in the city seemed to be beset by demons, and they all rushed together.
When a daughter gets married, she is afraid that she will be arrested by the government if it is too late."
Some even solicit people on the street, and as long as they are innocent and unmarried, they will enter the bridal chamber on the first day.
"I heard an old man passing by say that there was a widow in the city. Her daughter was afraid of entering the palace, so she committed suicide and died. The mother also died together." The waiter sighed.
He looked exactly like a human being.
Huniu was puzzled, "Why did you kill yourself? Isn't it bad to become a queen in the palace?"
"What do you know?" Wang'er has heard this story about plundering women among the people eight hundred times, so she doesn't think it's strange. "It must be a big deal for many people to be selected by the emperor to be a concubine.
Glory, but this kind of luck only lasts for two or three families. From all the beauties in the Southern Dynasty, one from each city will be great, and the rest will all become palace maids."
If these palace maids are lucky, they will spend their entire lives in desolation in the palace, isolated from the outside world.
If you are unlucky, you still don't know why your death is unclear.
Poisoning, drowning, beating, strangulation, hanging... there are many ways to die.
Deprived of freedom for the rest of his life, he served his master fearfully every day, but in the end got nothing. "I give you this day, do you want to go?" Wang'er asked Huniu.
Hu Niu shook her head hurriedly.
This life is not what people live. Even if she is a peasant woman outside, she feels more free than inside.
"What you said is wrong." Wang'er corrected her.
"If you are a peasant woman, you have to farm. Where does your land come from? It is rented from the landlord. At least 50% of the land you farm goes to the landlord, and you have to pay miscellaneous taxes on the remaining 50%. In addition, you also have to pay miscellaneous taxes.
Various taxes have to be paid, so that the food that comes to you can last for a whole year, and it will be a good harvest for the next year."
"In order to live like this, you can't be lazy, you have to live in the fields under the stars." Wang'er said, this is no different from losing freedom in the deep palace.
This is still harvest time.
If the harvest fails, "you, a peasant woman, will have no choice but to become a beggar if you can't sell your children or your daughters."
The beggar's final solution is to starve to death.
"So what do you choose between starving to death or losing your freedom?"