Diverting from Fengwu City to the south, the five of us walked and played, killing demons along the way.
With their strength, there are really not enough little monsters to see. Everywhere they go, the monsters are gone and everything becomes clear.
A month later, Qingyun City arrived.
As the carriage drove into the city gate, Ji Xingge poked his head to take a look.
After a while, she was a little disappointed: "It's nothing special."
Bai Mengjin smiled: "Qingyun City is just a small town with only a few monks. How can there be anything new?"
After saying that, the carriage arrived near Yuelao Temple, and she said: "Let's go, I'll treat you to something to eat."
After careful calculation, she had been away from home for more than ten years. She suddenly tasted the taste of her hometown and felt nostalgic.
"Where is your home? Is there anyone else?" Ling Bufei held a bowl of fried stinky tofu in his hand. He frowned at one moment and smiled happily at another. He didn't know whether it was delicious or not.
Bai Mengjin pointed to the east: "The Bai Mansion used to be there, but now it belongs to someone else."
When she and her brother and sister left, under the witness of the real person Changling, they gave up the power of the Bai family to the nephew of Elder Yi Ming. There was no other way to do it. All the people in the family who could practice were dead. As soon as the three of them left
, the remaining people cannot occupy the territory at all.
"There should be some side branches, but they are all mortals and their bloodline is quite distant."
Just as he was talking, the light in front of his eyes was suddenly blocked. Bai Mengjin raised his head and saw a woman holding a bamboo basket standing in front of him.
"Miss? Miss, is that you?" The other party was in disbelief at first, and then expressed excitement.
Bai Mengjin frowned: "You..."
"I'm Xiaomei!" the woman said excitedly, reaching out to wipe her face, "Can't you recognize me?"
Xiaomei? Bai Mengjin now remembered that she was the little girl assigned to serve her.
"So it's you!" Bai Mengjin looked her up and down and couldn't help but be surprised, "Why are you like this?"
Xiaomei was only ten years old at the time. More than ten years later, she is now twenty-four years old. But her face looks haggard and old. Some people would believe her even if she said she was in her thirties or forties. Her clothes were also very shabby, and she was everywhere.
They were all patches. The basket was piled with wilting vegetable leaves, which looked like they were picked up from the vegetable market and were unwanted by others.
Seeing her looking at her like this, Xiaomei couldn't help but shrink back and smiled cowardly: "Made lady laugh..."
Bai Mengjin asked directly: "Why are you like this? When we left, we transferred you to the Yi family. Although you are slaves, you are not without food or drink, right?"
"Miss." Speaking of this, Xiaomei burst into tears, "It's great that you are back. Please save us..."
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"Guys, please come over here." Xiaomei said sheepishly, "It's too dirty for noble people to tread on lowly soil. I'm really sorry."
The five people followed Xiaomei into the alley - it was said to be an alley, but in fact it was just a thatched house made of wooden boards, stones, hay and other materials, one after another, winding and irregular.
The ground is covered with mud, debris is thrown around, and there are flies and mosquitoes flying around. You can imagine that if it is a rainy day, sewage will flow across the ground, and there will be no place to stand.
Ji Xingge had never seen such a place before. He covered his nose and asked, "Can people really live here?"
Xiaomei gave a shy smile: "We have no place, so we have to live. Miss, go this way, don't get your shoes dirty."
The monks have their own spiritual energy to protect themselves and will not stain their clothes and shoes. But looking at such an environment, what I have to overcome is the psychological barrier.
At this time, there were not many people in the alley. A few thin and dark children were running around. When I suddenly saw a few of them, I almost thought I was dazzled and looked at them eagerly.
Ji Xingge was kind-hearted. When he saw a child who was no more than three or four years old sucking his dirty fingers, his face was full of desire, so he couldn't help but hand him the few cakes he had just bought.
In an instant, her action seemed to light a fire, and the children who were watching from a distance suddenly rushed over here, their eyes like hungry wolf cubs.
"Give it to me! Give it to me!"
"I also want!"
Ji Xingge was startled. Just when the children were about to grab her sleeves, Ying Shaoguang waved his fan and held them firmly in place.
"Don't move! If you move too much, not only will you not get food, but you will also get beaten!" He lowered his face and it was so scary that those children really didn't dare to move.
Ji Xingge gave them all the pastries and snacks.
Ying Shaoguang withdrew his magic power and said, "Okay, let's eat them all, and don't rob others!"
"Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Miss!" An older child thanked him tactfully.
Everyone continued to move forward, feeling very heavy.
Fortunately, the road ahead was not far. Xiaomei stopped in front of a thatched house, rubbed her hands, and said uneasily: "Miss, we're here. The house is a little dirty, please be patient."
She pushed open the door, and a stench hit her face. It was dark inside, and Bai Mengjin squinted her eyes to adapt to the dim light.
The room is very small. There is a bed made of unknown materials in the corner, a table with no visible color that is crooked next to it, and a half-broken cabinet by the wall. Hay is piled in the corner, and a child is standing outside.
A slightly clean girl is sitting there.
"Mom?" she called timidly, looking at the guests outside the house uneasily.
Even five people might not be able to squeeze into such a small house, so Bai Mengjin simply didn't step into the house.
Xiaomei put down the basket, took out the cake Bai Mengjin bought for her, and handed it over happily: "Arou, look what mom brought back? Mom is so lucky today, she actually met the lady! Come and see the lady."
The girl's eyes lit up, and she came over to see him as she was told.
When Bai Mengjin nodded, she took the pancake and stuffed it into her mouth, looking very hungry.
Xiaomei touched her head lovingly and said, "Stay here. Mom has something to tell the lady."
The girl's mouth was full and she couldn't spare any time to talk, so she nodded her head.
Xiaomei came out of the room and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, miss, we don't even have a stool, so I have to ask you to stand."
Bai Mengjin didn't care: "It's okay, we don't have to sit down, you can just go and call someone."
"Yes." Xiaomei said hurriedly, "Please wait here."
Everyone looked at her and turned around and squeezed to the back. In front of the door of the room, an old man was knitting straw sandals. Judging from his skinny appearance, he thought that his life would be very difficult.
Xiaomei said excitedly to him a few times and gestured in this direction. The old man's expression was numb at first, but then he gradually became excited when he caught a glimpse of the figure here.
Xiaomei called to the people in the next room again. After a while, a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people stumbled towards this side. Their condition was so miserable that it was unbearable to see.