After the uncle's wounds were taken care of, the little boy who had just gone out to inquire about the news ran in ecstatically.
"Mom and dad, good news, good news, His Highness the Night King has invaded Luozhou last night, and is now stationed in a village somewhere outside the mountain!"
When the woman and man heard this, they jumped up with excitement and held their heads in pain.
The man said with hope, "His Royal Highness the Night King will definitely find a way to save us. Let's go to the military camp to borrow food from His Highness the Night King. He is so benevolent and loving that he will not refuse to save us."
"Hmm." The woman's eyes sparkled and she warned the man, "Don't ask for too much. I'm afraid the soldiers in the barracks don't have enough food. Just ask for a load of potatoes. Don't forget to write an IOU! Wait until the snow melts and the disaster will come.
Once it’s over, let’s go back.”
Emperor Qi Heng almost burst into tears upon hearing these simple words.
The man nodded, "Yes, I know."
Not long after, the man came out happily carrying a basket.
"Uncle, then let's follow you out of the mountain." Aqin said to the uncle.
"Okay." The uncle responded with a bright face.
"Auntie, excuse me." A Qin and Qi Hengdi waved goodbye to the woman.
"Hey, what are you disturbing me for?" Auntie said apologetically, "We really can't do anything to help you, we don't even have anything to eat."
"But it's okay now. Your Highness the Night King is here. If you don't have to go back to your hometown without the trouble, go to His Highness the Night King's military camp for help. You won't be disappointed."
"Yeah, thank you very much, ma'am." Ah Qin smiled at the woman, and then helped Emperor Qi Heng to follow the man carrying the burden to the village.
After arriving in the village, I saw the heads of every household gathering together with empty baskets.
There were two to three hundred households in this village, and soon everyone went to the night camp to 'borrow food'.
Some people were worried, "During the heavy snowstorm, there are so many soldiers waiting for food in His Highness the Night King's camp. Who knows if there will be any leftover food? Alas."
"Yes!" Someone answered worriedly, "My family has been without food for two or three days. If we can't borrow food, we will have no way to survive.
The uncle walking in front of Emperor Qi Heng was full of hope.
"You can borrow whatever you can. I have a distant relative in Kang'an City. When there was a flood in Kang'an City, his house was washed away and he lost everything.'
"Later, His Royal Highness the Night King personally went to the countryside to inspect the disaster situation, counted the victims, distributed rice, food and clothing to the refugees, and also distributed a resettlement payment of twenty taels of silver.'
"His Royal Highness the Night King is more benevolent and caring for the people than you think. If he can become the emperor of Dasheng, then we people will be blessed."
After hearing what the uncle said, everyone got excited. They were all exhausted after being hungry for a few days, but now they were all chewing on snowballs, as if they were chewing on a big pig's knuckle.
It took more than an hour of walking before we came out of the mountain.
As soon as we came out of the mountain, two soldiers came over on horseback.
"Are you a subordinate of His Highness the Night King?" The villagers asked the two soldiers excitedly before they even opened their mouths.
"Yes." The two soldiers dismounted and were full of respect for these people.
This is an iron rule in the night. Anyone who dares to show off his power to the common people will be punished by military law!
Hearing that they were soldiers under the Night King, everyone gathered around him enthusiastically.
When everyone was about to ask about borrowing food, the two soldiers saw them carrying baskets with miserable and hungry faces. They guessed what they wanted to ask, so they took the initiative to speak.
"Countrymen, do you have no food? Don't worry, our Highness has already made arrangements."
He pointed to the village in front of him and said, "Have you seen the village in front of you? You go and set up a camp there to check in. Someone will distribute food to you."
Villagers:
After being stunned for a long time, they all had red eyes and rushed to the two soldiers to bow, but they stopped them.
"Oh, this can't be done. If you want to thank me, then thank His Highness King Ye and Princess Ye.'
"His Royal Highness the Night King and the Night Princess always take the people's sufferings into consideration and have prepared food early in the morning. They will not let you go hungry or cold."
After speaking, he asked them about the news about Emperor Qi Heng and A Qin.
"Guest, why do I think they are looking for you two?" The man looked at Emperor Qi Heng and A Qin in confusion.
"They are indeed looking for us." Emperor Qi Heng nodded and thanked the man sincerely, "Thank you for taking me in last night. I'll say goodbye."
Aqin also bowed and said, "Uncle, thank you for taking me in.'
After saying that, the two of them waved to the man, left the "borrowing food" team and walked towards the two soldiers.
'Who are they anyway?'
Seeing the two soldiers respectfully leading Emperor Qi Heng and A Qin away, someone came up to him strangely and asked the man who was stunned.
"I don't know." The man shook his head, "That gentleman with a good temperament must not be an ordinary person. It's a pity that he spent a whole day starving and freezing at my house, ugh."
Just as he was talking, his woman chased him out of the mountain.
She found a piece of silver on her table, chased it out, ran over, pulled her man aside, and then stuffed the silver into his hand.
"This is what the gentleman and lady left behind. We can't take it. You must find them later and return the money."
"Okay, I understand." The man put the money into his pocket and was about to leave when he saw a small figure chasing behind him. It was the eldest son of the family.
"Bastard, what are you doing here?" the man scolded.
The child straightened his back and said with a determined look on his face, "Dad, I want to join the army, and I want to serve His Highness the Night King."
"You are so young, how can His Highness look down on you?" The man gave the boy a shudder.
The boy was not afraid of pain at all and said with determination, "Dad, just lead me there. I can endure hardships and have the courage to kill enemies. I am not afraid of encountering tigers in the mountains.'
"Sss~~ That's true." The man remembered that last year he saw a tiger coming down the mountain to hurt someone. If the boy hadn't used a slingshot to blind one of the tiger's eyes, the tiger would have snatched the child away.
"With such courage, you should be good at fighting. Let's go, Shidou. Dad will take you to try." The man said, carrying the load with one hand and leading the boy to the military camp with the other.
Dozens of tents were stationed outside the village, which were all leftover after Zhu Xiangyu's military camp was burned down.
And here, Ji Xun arranged for He Mang to stay here yesterday to deliver food to the desperate victims in Luozhou.
The two soldiers respectfully brought Emperor Qi Heng and A Qin to He Mang's camp. They went in and reported: "General He, the person you sent your subordinates to find has been found. He is outside the tent." How did they know that it was Qi?
Emperor Heng?
But He Mang knew it, so he quickly went out and helped Emperor Qi Heng into the tent, and helped him sit by the stove.
Looking at Emperor Qi Heng, who had lost weight and looked tired from running around, He Mang's eyes were red.
Seeing that his body was covered with snow and the soles of his shoes were wet, I felt heartbroken.
"Your Majesty, you have suffered all the way." As he said this, he changed Emperor Qi Heng's shoes, took off his damp cloak, and put a warm new fox fur cloak on him.
