After two more days of driving, everyone arrived at a small county under the jurisdiction of Mianzhou.

Qi Hao saw smoke rising in the distance, and said to Yu Zhi, "Let's go over and have a look." "Where there is smoke, there should be people.

After a while, the crowd saw a village. When everyone arrived at the village, they were relatively silent, and most of the houses in the village had collapsed.

Lu Bai looked at the place not far away and said, "Lord Shizi, you wait here for a while, I'll go over and take a look." "Let's go and find out the situation first, and it's not too late to make sure it's safe.

Qi Hao shook his head and said, "Let's go over and have a look!" "The Assassin wouldn't be able to pinch him, knowing that he was here. And to assassinate, it is impossible to choose such a place.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Qi Hao's eyes showed a look of shock. I saw a child with a dark face and ragged face, squatting in front of a simple stove made of two stones, on which was a tin can.

The little boy was very nervous when he saw such a large group of people, picked up a kitchen knife placed beside him and said to everyone: "What are you going to do?" If he hadn't been reluctant to keep the contents of the tin can, he would have run away when he saw the group.

"Don't be afraid, we're just passing by." Looking at this skinny child, Lu Bai couldn't help but think of the days when he was cold and hungry. Thinking of this, he took out a piece of jerky from his sleeve and came out: "This is beef jerky, here you are." ”

The little boy didn't take it, but clenched the kitchen knife in his hand and said fiercely: "Don't come here, if you want to come, I will kill you." ”

Seeing that the child didn't answer, Lu Bai pointed at Qihao and said, "Don't be afraid, this is the prince of the world, he is here to help you." "The identity of the public can not only reassure the people, but also help him accumulate his reputation.

Yi Kun was very helpless when he heard this, the people in the countryside knew what the prince was, let alone a child.

Yu Zhi looked at the little boy seriously, but did not speak.

"Don't be afraid, we're just passing by, wanting to know about the situation here, and we won't rob you of your food, let alone do anything bad for you." After speaking, Yi Kun took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms: "As long as you answer my question, these pieces of silver will belong to you." ”

The little boy didn't reach out to take the silver, but looked at Qi Hao and asked, "Are you what they say?" Although Qi Hao did not wear brocade clothes, he wore a fine cloth robe, but his demeanor was different from others.

Qi Hao was so smart that when he heard this, he said, "My father is King Yunqing of Ming, and I am his son." ”

"You are the son of King Ming and Princess Ming?" Many ordinary people may not have heard of Yunqing, but they must know King Ming. It's like the common people know that there is an emperor, but they don't know the emperor's name.

Qi Hao nodded.

The little boy's eyes were a little loose, but he still didn't let go of the kitchen knife in his hand: "How can you prove that you are the son of King Ming and Princess Ming?" ”

Qi Hao chuckled and said, "If I want your life, just one sentence, there is no need to tell you so much." ”

The little boy looked at Yi Kun, Lu Bai and the others, and knew that what Qi Hao said was the truth, and it was easy for these people to kill him.

Putting the kitchen knife down, the little boy asked, "What do you want to ask?" Whatever I know, I'll tell you. ”

Qi Hao looked at the village in ruins and asked, "Are there any other survivors in this village?" "Just by looking at the more than 30 houses that have collapsed, you can see that the village is not very big. But even so, it is impossible for a village to have only one child alive.

"Yes." Without waiting for Qi Hao to ask again, the little boy said: "All the people who survived went to the county seat." "On the third day of the earthshake, there was a rain, which made their already suffering even worse.

Qi Hao asked a little strangely, "Why don't you go to the county seat?" "The county seat should be able to open a warehouse to release grain, and it is much better to go to the county seat than to go to the village in ruins.

The little boy gritted his teeth and said, "They are bad people, they sold Xiaohua, and they want to sell me and my sister." If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have taken his sister back to Zhuang Village. At least he was familiar with the place and could find something to eat.

Qi Hao's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he quickly recovered as before: "Who wants to sell you and your sister?" ”

No matter how big it is, the princess is light and breezy. Yi Kun sighed a little, the prince is becoming more and more like a princess.

The little boy said hatefully: "Two dogs." If it weren't for my sister and I running fast, he would have sold me. "Even ignorant children know that being sold will not end well.

You don't have to ask to know that these two dogs are definitely not good people.

Qi Hao swept around and didn't see anyone, thinking that his sister must have been hiding: "Why are you alone?" What about your sister? ”

When the little boy heard this, his eyes were wary.

Qi Hao looked at the child's eyes and knew what he was thinking, he didn't say that he was a good person, he just rolled up his sleeves and pointed to the exposed small leaf red sandalwood bracelet and said: "My red sandalwood bracelet is worth 100 gold, and selling you and your sister is not enough for me to buy a bead." "It's very simple, he won't do such a thankless job.

Rosewood has the theory of warding off evil spirits and good luck, and from the perspective of health, wearing rosewood stabilizes emotions and regulates qi and blood. Because of the miraculous effect of red sandalwood, Qi Hao also wore this bracelet.

"Are you really the son of King Ming?"

Lu Bai couldn't help laughing, feeling that the little boy didn't believe them.

Qi Hao nodded and said, "I was ordered by my father and mother to come to relieve the disaster. If you don't believe or force you, we'll be gone. ”

The little boy barely thought about it, and immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Lord Shizi, please take me and my sister in." "It's not easy for a child to survive until now.

"Why did these people go to the county seat?" This is just the beginning, there must be a lot of similar things in the future, and he can't take them all in.

The little boy would have said everything: "Including my brother and sister, there are nineteen people in the village who have survived. When I heard that the magistrate opened a warehouse to release grain to help the victims, everyone went to the county seat. ”

Yi Kun frowned, and asked, "How many people are there in your village?" ”

The little boy said, "There are fifty-eight of them. "A village of fifty-eight people is a very small village.

Yi Kun asked suspiciously, "How do you know so clearly?" "A six- or seven-year-old child would normally pay attention to these things. Moreover, although this child is a little flustered, he is very rare to have a clear speech and clear thinking.

The little boy lowered his head and said, "My father is the one here." "The more you hear, the more you know.

Qi Hao nodded and said, "If you want, follow us to the county seat." "It's impossible to take him in, but if you follow him to the county seat, he will definitely make proper arrangements for this child.

Where is the little boy unwilling: "You wait for me." With that, he hurried towards the back of the broken wall. Because I walked in too much hurry, I almost fell.

Qi Hao followed him, bypassed the two broken walls, and saw two bamboos on the broken wall and the other on the bricks, with a piece of oilcloth on the bamboo, and some dead grass on it. Under the bamboo, a little girl of two or three years old curled up in a ball.

The little girl was very frightened when she saw such a group of people, buried her head in the little boy's arms, and whispered, "Brother......"

As soon as these words fell, not to mention Lu Bai, even Yi Kun couldn't help but look at the little girl twice, this voice was really good. Only Qi Hao's expression remained the same.

The little boy said softly: "Sister, don't be afraid, this is the son of King Ming, he is here to save us." ”

This was of little use to the little girl, because she did not know who King Ming was.

"Did you build it?" In this place, shelter from the wind and rain is not enough. But it is not easy for a six- or seven-year-old child to do this in such a difficult environment.

The little boy nodded, "Yes, I turned this oilcloth out of the ground." "It took him a lot of effort to get the tarpaulin out.

Qi Hao nodded and said, "Let's go!" "Since there are only two children left, there is nothing to stay in.

Lu Bai watched the little boy walking with his sister in his arms, stepped forward and said, "Give her to me, I'll help you hug it!" ”

Before the little boy could say anything, the little girl clinged to her brother like an octopus.

As he walked, he asked, "What's your name?" How far is the county seat? ”

The little boy said, "My surname is Yin, and my name is Kangle." He pointed to the little girl in his arms and said, "My sister's name is Tiantian." From the name, it can be seen that the adults of this family want their children to live a healthy and happy life.

Noticing the thin calluses on the child's hands, Qihao asked, "Have you ever studied?" "This kind of cocoon is generally written and fallen.

The little boy nodded and said, "I started at the age of three, and I started going to the county school at the age of five. "He has been studying in the county seat for three years. It is precisely because he often goes to the county seat and is very familiar with the road conditions that he was able to escape with his sister. Otherwise, he and his sister don't know anything about it now.

Walking to the place where the tin can was, Qi Hao looked inside: "What is this?" "Let's not talk about the black for the time being, just say that the smell, how can you eat it if it smells so bad.

The little boy said, "Wild herbs." "It's also fortunate to say that this ground movement is after the beginning of spring. If it is in winter, even if you are lucky enough to survive, I am afraid that many people will have to freeze to death.

Qi Hao asked, "You two brothers and sisters eat this every day?" "No wonder the face is yellow and thin.

The little boy said, "If you're lucky, you can catch pheasants and rabbits!" "The two of them ate for three days.

Qi Hao nodded and didn't speak again.

When she set out, she encountered another problem, and the little girl was unwilling to leave her brother, and no matter how much the little boy coaxed her, she would not let go, for fear that she would not see her brother again. But it's impossible to take two children on horseback.

Hearing that this place was more than forty miles away from the county seat, Lu Bai said to Yi Kun: "Lord Shizi, you go first, and I will take them to arrive later." "Let the two children ride the horses, and he will lead the horses. More than forty miles is nothing to him.

Qi Hao nodded. It's been a long time here, and he doesn't want to waste any more time.

An hour later, Qi Hao and Yi Kun arrived outside the city of Jiangxian County, and there were rows of grass huts outside the city.

The roofs of these cottages are made of straw woven from sun-dried straw, inlaid like fish scales; The beams are made of wood the size of an adult's fist, and the columns that support the roof are thick wood. The walls of the house were made of adobe.

Although such a grass hut is simple, it can provide shelter from the wind and rain. The fact that so many straw huts were built in such a short period of time shows that the local officials are doing their best.

When the people arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the gate looked at the crowd and said, "Token." "Ordinary people only need to use the road guide when passing by, and what people in the army need to pass through is a token.

The soldier took a pitch-black waist card handed over by Yi Kun, looked at the four big characters of the 'Ming Wangfu' on it, shook his hand, and returned the waist card to Yi Kun with both hands. He turned his head and called the other soldiers to let him go, and then said with a respectful face: "Your Excellency, please." ”

After the group left, another thin soldier asked, "Old Hei, who are these?" "Looking at Lao Hei's attitude, I'm afraid that these people have a very high status.

Old ****: "The people of the Ming Palace." ”

"Isn't that young man just now the big county lord?" There is no way, Qi Hao's reputation is very loud among the generals, and he is not well-known among ordinary soldiers. On the contrary, it is jujube, because it is too rare, many people have heard of her.

Lao Hei scolded with a smile: "Are you lame? Can't you see that it was a teenager? ”

The thin man didn't think about it and said: "You also know that the big county lord often wears men's clothes, and he is no different from a boy. "Men are sometimes more gossip than women. For those rumors of jujubes, these people can recite them backwards.

"Then you should also know that the Grand Princess, who is seventeen this year. The boy right away, do you think there is seventeen? Lao Hei laughed and said: "Besides, the big county lord and the prince look like a mold, do you think the prince looks like that young man?" "Qi Hao's skin is white, as the saying goes, one white covers a hundred ugliness, not to mention that Qi Hao's facial features are still very good.

"Probably not." In the minds of the soldiers, Yun Qing should be a nine-foot tall tiger-backed bear as strong as an ox, not a little white face.

The thin one thought about it and shook his head and said, "Look at the appearance of only fourteen or fifteen." So isn't it the lord of the big county? After a pause, he asked thinly: "It's not a big county lord, how can there be such a big show?" "There are more than fifty guards, and there are only so many people who want to travel to the prince.

"You still don't admit that you're stupid?" Under the gaze of a group of soldiers guarding the door, Lao Hei lowered his voice and said, "There is a good chance that this young man is our son." ”

The thin man was very convinced of this person named Lao Hei, and immediately regretted it: "I didn't look carefully just now, I should have looked at it twice." "I have the capital to brag about when I go back like this.

Lao Hei patted him on the shoulder and said, "The prince came out this time, it must be for the sake of the earth, and when he is done, he will definitely go back from here." ”

The thin man said with a bitter face: "Who knows when the prince will go back?" "The errand of guarding the gates of the city is a turn. Who knows if he was on duty on the day that the prince passed.

Lao Hei smiled and said, "If you don't want to try your luck, then you **** guard here." ”

"I'd like to, I'm afraid they won't want to." Who doesn't want to take a look at the style of the prince. Knowing this, no one will want to change shifts.

Old Black laughed.

The thin man suddenly said nervously: "We can't publicize this matter to the outside world, if we let that ill-intentioned person know, it will definitely be unfavorable to the prince." ”

After speaking, he swept a few other people.

Several others immediately said that they would not say anything to the public, but only they knew whether they could do it.

Lao Hei did not respond. Seeing such a big pomp and circumstance as the prince of the world, there is no need for them to say it, and those who have a heart know it.