Chapter 69 Chapter 69: Saving Your Life Is Worth It

Qingchuan couldn't help being startled, thinking what a hero Nian Gengyao was in history, but now he doesn't know where to go, things in this world are really ever-changing.She thought for a while and said, "Go and join the army!" Nian Gengyao was startled when he heard the words, and looked at Qingchuan curiously. Qing Chuan said with a smile: "You will definitely do something great!" What she said aroused Nian Gengyao's ambition, he pondered for a while, and said with a hearty smile: "That's fine, I learn martial arts, and I want to serve the imperial court, thank you for your advice, let's leave now. There will be a period later."

After saying that, he clasped his fists with Qing Chuan, covered the wound on his neck, turned and left. Seeing his figure disappear into the night, Qingchuan felt filled with emotions. In just a few months, she has grown from a maid in front of the Qianqing Palace to a maid guarding the mausoleum in the Concubine Garden of Xiaoling, and now she is alone fugitive.However, Nian Gengyao embarked on his career as a commander of the imperial guards who guarded the mausoleum from a small tomb guard. Qing Chuan knelt silently in the forest for a long time, and then she came to her senses, and couldn't help laughing a few times. At this time, thinking about what to do with these things, it's better to think about how to cover up her identity and escape.Nian Gengyao could still join the army, so what could she do?Obviously, she can't go back to the capital, but where else can she go besides the capital?The world is so big that there is no place for her!

Qing Chuan thought for a while, spread out the flag heads on her head and braided them, and tore off the obvious maid marks on her clothes, then walked down the mountain gropingly.She didn't know how far she had walked, until the sky in the east was getting brighter, and she found a mountain road. After walking down the mountain road for a while, she saw a small farmyard, which was obviously a family living in the mountain. Qing Chuan didn't rush forward, but looked around the small courtyard, and saw that the woman's coarse clothes were still drying in the courtyard, then walked outside the courtyard gate, and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone? Excuse me!" at home?"

"Who is it?" Someone answered from the house, and then the simple wooden door was pushed open from the inside, and an old woman came out of the house, and she was taken aback when she saw Qingchuan, and stopped a few steps away from the courtyard gate Looking at her carefully, he asked, "What's the matter with you?" Qing Chuan had already thought about her speech when she was on the way, and when she heard her question, she said in a sad tone: "Ma'am, I am the daughter of a good family. Because I lost my parents, I took my servants to the capital to join my relatives and friends. Knowing that the evil servant deceived the master on the way, took my money and clothes and ran away, and even sold me. I escaped when he was not prepared, and I couldn’t walk anymore when I got here. I beg my aunt to have pity Me, let me rest and give me something to eat."

As she spoke, she took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and handed it over. The woman saw that although Qing Chuan was in a state of embarrassment, the dress on her body was made of silk, and it looked like she was full of clothes, so she believed it, and when she heard what she said was pitiful, she couldn't help scolding : "That man's conscience has been eaten by a dog. He dared to treat the old master like this. It's really hateful. Girl, come in and have a rest." As he said that, he stepped forward to open the door for Qingchuan, and led her in.Seeing that she was so enthusiastic about him, Qingchuan felt a little guilty, but after thinking about it, it was also forced by the situation, so she let go of the guilt caused by lying, and only stuffed the jade bracelet into the woman's hand Li said, "Thank you, Ma'am, for your kindness."

The woman was embarrassed to accept it, and kept giving back, Qingchuan said again: "Ma'am, the clothes on me are shameful, please trouble me to bring me clothes to wear, and this bracelet will be used as a reward." The woman reluctantly accepted it, led Qingchuan into the house, brought her meals, and gave her a coarse dress, and said apologetically: "There are no good clothes in the countryside and mountain villages, girl." Just wear it." Qing Chuan was eager to change into coarse clothes, thanked him quickly, and asked for some dry food before leaving after eating.The woman kindly persuaded: "The road in the mountain is not easy to walk. My guy went to the mountain early in the morning. You wait for a while, and I will ask him to give you a ride when he comes back."

But Qingchuan was afraid that someone would be chasing him from the concubine's bedroom, so he didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he asked the woman for a woodcutter and walked out of her house. A mountain road winds and stretches into the distance. Qingchuan didn't know where he could go. After thinking about it, he headed south. Since the capital can't go back, it's better to go to the south of the Yangtze River. Now that he has traveled to the Qing Dynasty, he can travel. It's not in vain either.Having made up his mind, Qing Chuan headed south with questions all the way.

I did meet a few passers-by along the way, but because of the simple folk customs and the shabby clothes she wore, no one paid attention to her. Later, for the safety of the road, she simply walked with a few passers-by.After bypassing Beijing and Tianjin and going south to the Zhili border, the number of pedestrians coming from south to north suddenly increased. Many of them were families with their families, and they were dressed in rags, as if they were fleeing from a disaster. Qingchuan was surprised, and when he stopped to rest in the evening, he couldn't help asking a few questions, only then did he know that the banks of the Yellow River were flooded, and many people couldn't survive in their hometown, so they simply came out to escape the famine.Qing Chuan looked at those yellow and emaciated victims, feeling very uncomfortable, and divided most of the dry food in his bag to several children.An old man among the victims looked at her and asked, "Girl, where are you going?"

Qing Chuan thought for a while and replied, "I want to go south." But the old man persuaded: "I advise you to go back. Both sides of the Yellow River are disaster areas. You will not be able to get through alone. I heard that even Bashu was hit by disasters. It was either a landslide or a ground crack. It’s not peaceful, it’s too dangerous for you to be alone, let’s go back.” Qingchuan fell silent. The Yellow River flood and the Bashu earthquake were recorded in history books, but hundreds of years later, what she saw in her eyes was just a few short words, and she didn't realize it. Now these disaster victims are alive in front of her eyes. , so that her heart can not be calm for a long time.In this era, the people lived in poverty, and it was not easy to have enough food and clothing in a year of good weather. In a year of disaster, many people would freeze and starve to death.

Qing Chuan asked the old man, "Master, didn't the imperial court provide disaster relief?" There was a blank look in the old man's dim eyes, "The imperial court? The imperial court doesn't care about us little people." Just as he was talking, another group of tourists came from far ahead, but they were all riding tall horses, obviously they were not the victims of the disaster.Qing Chuan couldn't help but also looked over with the victims, and saw that the person in front was wearing a blue silk gown, with a straight figure, a firm face, and a little coldness between his brows, it was the fourth elder brother Yinzhen !

Qingchuan was startled, and hastily lowered his head and bent down, thinking secretly in his heart: Why did the fourth elder brother appear here? Shouldn't he be in the capital? The fourth elder brother slowly scanned a circle of victims, then turned his head and whispered to his followers: "Take out all the dry food you brought and share it with everyone." The attendant was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Fourth master, what should we do if we run out of dry food?" The fourth elder brother's face was as heavy as water, and he only said in a cold voice: "It's divided!" The attendant didn't dare to disobey, he hurriedly unloaded his luggage from the horse and took out all the dry food in it.Seeing that there was something to eat, everyone immediately surrounded him, revealing Qing Chuan who was hiding aside.Qingchuan was taken aback, and wanted to blend in with the crowd again, but she was afraid that this behavior would be too conspicuous, so she could only bite the bullet and continue sitting there, looking down at her toes. The fourth elder brother didn't pay attention to her, just glanced at her casually, then walked towards the old man who had just talked to Qingchuan, squatted in front of him and asked him a few words about the situation in his hometown, and then walked aside He found an open space and sat down. Qingchuan breathed a sigh of relief secretly, but couldn't help but keep an eye on the movements of the fourth elder brother secretly, and heard the entourage around him persuade him in a low voice: "Fourth master, don't worry too much, Thirteenth master Don’t you still stay in the south, he will definitely be able to recover some silver taels back there.” The fourth elder brother sighed lowly, and said: "The huge national treasury has become so empty that it can't even get out the silver taels for disaster relief. No wonder Huang Ama is determined to clean up the deficit of the household department." The entourage continued: "Fourth elder brother, let the villain speak more words. This is clearly a matter of thankless effort and offending others. Everyone can't hide in time. You just want to stand up and take the initiative to ask for help. The person who dares to default on the treasury's money, No one has a backer behind them, and you chase them for money, isn't that clearly offending them? Why bother?" The fourth elder brother smiled lightly when he heard the words, and replied: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. It's the time. The life of the people is the most important thing, so how can we care about so many things." While the two were talking, a group of men in black came on horseback from the north, glanced at the victims, and swung their knives at Si Age and the others.Several followers of the fourth elder brother hurriedly drew their swords to meet the enemy, and the two gangs immediately fought together.Qingchuan was quite close to the fourth elder brother, and was right in the center of the fight. She was so frightened that she quickly fell to the ground, trying to avoid the assassins as much as possible, and carefully crawled out of the circle. The fourth elder brother knows martial arts, and his skills are quite neat. He didn't panic when he saw the assassin swinging his sword. After dodging and dodging, he kicked the assassin's wrist with his toe. The sword fell into his hand, followed by a flash of light, and stabbed another assassin in the chest. Although the number of black-clothed assassins is large, they can't bear the fourth elder brother for a while.The assassin leader couldn't help being anxious, seeing that he couldn't get close to the fourth elder brother, he simply hacked and killed the dodging victims.Suddenly there were screams from the crowd, and even the frightened victims ran towards the fourth elder brother and his entourage. A young woman was frightened by the assassin, ran over staggeringly, and bumped into the fourth elder brother. Qingchuan wanted to pull her to avoid it, but when she looked up, she saw a flash of light in her sleeve , It seems that a sharp knife is hidden inside.In the flash of lightning, Qingchuan didn't care much, just jumped up from the ground and stopped in front of the fourth elder brother, and then felt a chill in her chest, and the dagger that suddenly pierced out of the woman's sleeve pierced straight into her chest . The fourth elder brother was also shocked by this scene, he was stunned for a moment before reacting, kicked the female assassin away, and hugged the crumbling Qingchuan, only then did he see Qingchuan's face clearly , surprised and said: "Qingchuan? Why are you?"