"Guo Ming, don't be so fierce. The old man said in a loud voice, "Now the situation is chaotic, everyone is panicking, presumably these two girls don't mean to bump into us, forget about this matter." ”

The little guy called "Guo Ming" no longer reprimanded them, but glared at them fiercely.

Gu Zhirong looked at it seriously and saw that the two girls were only thirteen or fourteen years old, their faces had grown, their eyes were bright, and they were beautiful women. Especially the girl who was crying just now, in addition to the beautiful Danfeng eyes, the cherry mouth, the delicate nose bridge, and the white and crystal forehead set off the extraordinary delicate beauty of the whole face.

The old man leaned over slightly, looked at the two frightened little girls in front of him amiably, and seemed to be unable to speak, and asked softly, "You two little girls, where are you going in such a hurry?"

The old man's gaze was very soft, and there seemed to be a reassuring power in his words, and the two little girls seemed to be less frightened, and their pale lips regained a little blood.

The round-faced girl glanced at the melon-seed-faced girl, and then whispered, "I'm ...... with my family."

She only spit out a few words, but was soon interrupted by the girl with a melon seed face and red phoenix eyes, only to hear the girl say: "Uncle, we are sisters and live in Qingping County in the Jiangzhou area. It's just that because of the famine for many years, everything that can be eaten has been eaten, and the parents at home have starved to death, and there is really no way to live. I heard that the capital was rich, so I took advantage of the lack of attention from the official family to get into this passenger ship, and looked forward to the capital, even if I made a living by begging. I won't starve to death......."

The melon-faced girl said as she said, and the round-faced one nodded her head incessantly, with a sad expression on her face. It felt like I was going to cry.

Gu Zhirong couldn't help but be a little silent.

Not long ago, she also went to Qingping County, and she can be said to have a very good understanding of the disaster there. After years of disasters, the grains in the fields were not harvested, and the farms in the nearby area were basically abandoned. Those who were able to escape fled with their wives and children. Leave some of your own illnesses or family members sick. Those who can't escape the famine can only rely on the government's relief porridge to live one day at a time. The scene was very miserable.

It is precisely because she has been to Qingping County, seen the suffering of the local people, and learned that these two little girls escaped from Qingping County, and she can't help but feel a little more sympathy for them. Bend down too. Softly comforted them, "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. You must be starving all the way to this passenger ship, and I will take you to mine, I have a lot of good food there, and you can eat whatever you want. ”

Because the other party was still a child, Gu Zhirong had some childishness in his tone when he coaxed them.

As soon as I heard that there was food. The round-faced little girl immediately swallowed reflexively, and her flat stomach also growled angrily. The round-faced girl blushed. glanced at the melon-faced girl and said in a low voice: "Sister, sister, why don't we go eat something?"

Although it sounded like a negotiated tone outside, Gu Zhirong felt very sensitively that the round-faced little girl seemed to be afraid of the melon-faced one, but whenever she said anything, she had to look at the melon-faced girl first, as if she wanted her consent. This couldn't help but make Gu Zhirong feel very strange.

If it's a sister, there shouldn't be such a look, right?

The little girl with a melon seed face seemed to be a little hesitant, but she was very keenly aware that if she insisted on not going, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of others, so she nodded and pulled her "sister" to kneel down and kowtow to Gu Zhirong, which was considered to be a thank you.

Gu Zhirong was taken aback. She didn't expect that she would have to make such a big gift just by inviting the two sisters to a meal. She hurriedly took two steps and reached out to help the two sisters. Before the two sisters could raise their heads, the snow-white neck of the girl in front of her came into her eyes.

Peasant girls wear kudzu cloth clothes all year round, coupled with the hard work of the farmland and vegetable fields all year round, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Exposed to the wind and sun, over time, her complexion showed a healthy complexion like wheat, which was by no means the skin of a young lady who was as white as an official who never went out.

And, on the snow-white skin, she also saw the mark of a butterfly.

There is a record in a "Chronicle of Other Places" that I once saw: the Jokhang Kingdom is to the south, for the Yeqin Kingdom, and the people are all Yelang people, because there is a famous butterfly plain, it is a butterfly mark tattooed on the neck of the local women.

The two sisters had already stood up, and they were a little inexplicable when they saw Gu Zhirong's slightly distracted expression. Gu Zhirong immediately came back to his senses and said busily: "What's wrong with you, it's just a meal, what's polite." Well, aren't you going to the capital? It just so happens that I'm also going to the capital, so you can follow me, and you can have a companion along the way, talk, relieve boredom or something. ”

When the two sisters heard this, their faces suddenly showed a look of surprise. To be honest, this kind of thing can be described as thrilling for them, and it would be great if someone could escort them to the capital.

As long as you get to the capital and find their people, everything will be much easier.

The old man's eyes seemed thoughtful, but soon he smiled and said: "This is very good, old man, my good granddaughter and I are also going to the capital, since the destination is the same, why don't you go together? ”

Gu Zhirong had admiration for this old man's calmness before, but now he saw that his proposal was very good, so he immediately agreed.

Even if Gu Zhirong agreed, of course the pair of sisters would not have any opinions. So the group quickly finalized: go to Beijing together, eat and live together, don't separate, and avoid accidents.

Going up the stairs, the group had just reached the second floor, when suddenly there was a violent shock from the hull, as if they had been hit by a huge wave, and the group fell to the ground in unison.

Gu Zhirong's first reaction was: "Could it be that the ship hit the reef?"

The old man who was sitting on the ground next to him suddenly let out a shocked voice: "This ...... What the hell is going on?"

Gu Zhirong was frightened by his frightened voice, which almost trembled. She didn't expect that this old man, who had always been calm and calm, would also lose his temper. That can only mean one thing, that is, something extremely terrifying has happened.

Following the old man's gaze, she looked towards the window of the ship's side, and saw that the warship that had crushed countless large and small ships had arrived in front of her at some point, like Mount Tai pressing on the top, and people were breathless.

Because it was so close, it seemed to be clinging to the passenger ship she was on. The three-story building on the warship is clearly visible with bows and arrows and artillery equipment on the ship's floor. Even the eyes, noses, and mouths of the archers and artillerymen standing on the side could be seen clearly.

Gu Zhirong only felt that his heart sank suddenly, and his whole person almost jumped up from the ground.

The possibility of almost zero is now expanding infinitely, and she can't understand how an ordinary passenger ship can be targeted by General Huang's warship? Is it that the ship she is on is too smart, annoying the "murderous ship" and provoking the authority of the Huang family's naval army, which is the first naval army of the Jokhang Kingdom, so she came to take revenge......?