As she finished speaking, the sound of broken porcelain came from the wall of Wang's car. After a moment, Anu opened the car curtain and walked out with a sad face. He was holding a broken teacup in one hand.
Xia Jing gave him a helpless look and walked away. She was afraid that if she didn't leave, if she said something else, King Qian would be so angry that he would actually use an eight-meter-long sword to chop her.
With the established route, the captain of the guard and Zeng Yan had a clear idea, and they could arrange things in a more orderly manner.
We passed several villages on the way, but not surprisingly, they were all deserted.
The only surprising thing was that there was water in the well in the village. This discovery lifted the spirits of the team, and everyone seemed to have seen the end of the drought.
"Mother, we passed by several villages. Why are there water in the wells in the villages, but the whole village is empty? Where are the villagers in these villages?"
At night, the team settled in a village. Li Chengmu sat in a dilapidated and low house and asked Xia Jing.
Xia Jing took a bite of the multigrain pancake. After hearing her son's question, she didn't think he was stupid. She waited until she swallowed it before answering patiently: "As we walked along the way, you should have seen a lot of homeless people. Just imagine, if you were hungry
A refugee with black eyes suddenly sees this village, what will you do?"
"this"
Li Chengmu was born in the palace and had to endure hardships. The only time he endured hardship since he was a child was probably when he fled. The multigrain cakes in his hands were not even eaten by the servants in the palace before.
Because he fled the capital in a hurry and was repeatedly attacked by bandits on the road, he lost most of his supplies, so his life was naturally more frugal than before.
He thought hard for a long time before he hesitated and expressed his inner thoughts, "When I am extremely hungry and thirsty, I may rush into the village to find food. After I have eaten and drank enough, I will reward you with some money."
"Pfft!"
After hearing what he said, the girl Bai Mei was the first to burst into laughter.
Li Chengmu turned around and asked her, "Why are you laughing? Did I answer the question wrong?"
Xia Jing smiled lightly and did not stop the maid from talking.
Bai Mei turned on the oil lamp a little brighter, put down the scissors and replied with a smile: "As soon as I heard what Master Wu said, I knew that you are a person who has never experienced hardship, and you think of human nature too kindly."
"Really?" Li Chengmu was obviously unconvinced, "If it were me, I would definitely reward the villagers if they ate their food. This is my consistent principle as a human being."
Bai Mei nodded like a fool, "Yeah, of course, the character of those refugees cannot be compared with me. But I experienced fleeing as a child, and I know how terrible the refugees are. The hungry refugees are like jackals coming down the mountain. They enter
The villagers will not be as humble and courteous as the Fifth Master. They just want to take everything that is edible and useful as their own! Burning, killing and looting are commonplace."
"Then" Li Chengmu has limited experience and has never really seen the suffering of the world. He cannot imagine this kind of scene in his mind, "Then the refugees we saw along the way are not as terrible as you said?"
Along the way, Li Chengmu saw the refugees as pitiable, but he had never seen his ferocious side. Even in the melee that night, he was well protected and did not directly confront the refugees.
Everything that happened that night was only heard in fragments from other people's mouths.
Xia Jing shook her head after hearing what he said, "How much darkness have you seen in the world at such a young age? The reason why the refugees did not show off their ferocious side in front of you is because we have strong enough force to suppress it. If you changed your identity, you would be an ordinary person.
Look at the common people, as long as you show a steamed bun or a pancake in front of them, do you believe that they might pounce on you and eat you as a pancake?"
Li Chengmu shivered all over and scratched his nose, "Concubine, I believe it."
Xia Jing warned: "Well, don't think of people too kindly, but don't think of people too bad either! When making friends, you should read more and listen more and talk less. When you talk and do things, you should leave yourself some room. Don't treat others a little bit.
If you are nicer, you can show your heart to others and turn your own old foundation upside down."
"Oh, I got it." Li Chengmu frowned, as if he was digesting what Xia Jing had just warned.
Xia Jing ignored him and started eating seriously.
Seeing Xia Jing eating her meal seriously, Hongmei glanced at the meager meal on the table, feeling heartbroken.
She consoled her: "The water source should be more abundant as you go south. Now we have found that the wells in two villages have water. You should be able to eat green vegetables in a while. You can hold on for a few more days."
"Well, I'm not picky about food."
After dinner, Li Chengmu went back to rest first. Hongmei came in with tea and said, "Princess, it's still early. We finally found a village with well water to rest. Would you like to invite the prince to come and accompany you? Well,
Watching the moon?"
Xia Jing raised her eyes and glanced at the moonless night outside, and said with a half-smile, "Haha, I am not as elegant as you."
Hongmei smiled apologetically, "Hey, Yaxing is cultivated, and Yaxing depends on who you are with. If you have the prince accompanying the princess, you will definitely have Yaxing."
"It seems that you know me better than I do." Xia Jing shook her head helplessly. This girl is not very old, but she cares about the old woman's heart.
Hongmei poured the tea and stood up happily, "Then slave girl, go and invite the prince to come over."
"Sit down!" Xia Jing was funny and angry. Why is this girl always thinking about how to invite favors for her?
"Princess." Hongmei sat down reluctantly.
"Is there anyone at his place tonight?"
"Um."
"Who is it? The Sun family or the Wang family? Or which servant is it?"
Hongmei looked at Xia Jing Ba Feng's appearance in surprise, "Princess, aren't you angry?"
"What are you angry about?" Xia Jing touched her pretty face, "Don't you know how easy it is to get angry? So in order to maintain your appearance, your master, I won't fight against you."
"It's Aunt Sun." Hongmei lifted up the teapot in frustration and helped her pour tea.
"It's her." Xia Jing thought this person was Xiaoqiang, "Her face is swollen?"
"Even if her face has not fully recovered, just apply more powder."
These words almost made Xia Jing choke, "Ahem, you girl, you must tell the truth. Go and see if the water in Baimei is boiled, I am going to take a bath."
Xia Jing finished her bath and had just laid down on the bed with her tired body when Bai Mei came in and reported, "Princess, Marquis Changping is here."
"Marquis Changping?" Xia Jing sat up and looked at the sky outside, "It's so late, why didn't I hear the sound of horse hooves?"
The Marquis of Changping certainly did not come alone. A family came here, and the number of horses alone was quite considerable. The sound of so many horses could be heard even outside the village.
"It's the messenger from Marquis Changping. The troops of Marquis Changping are still ten miles away. Princess, do you want to get up?"
Xia Jingzhu pulled her shoes and got out of bed, "It's better to get up. You always have to welcome your in-laws when they visit late at night."
When the two maids heard this, they quickly looked for clothes and jewelry to wear when going out to entertain guests.