Chapter 5: Escape
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There was a dead silence.
Jing Ci was so tired that he fell asleep, lying outside the ruins of the palace. Fortunately, there was no wind today, and the Xiao Mansion next door was not seriously damaged, Xiao's mother couldn't persuade Jing Ci to enter the Xiao Mansion, so she had to order the maid to stay overnight outside the dark palace.
Suddenly, a crow flew up from the tree. The minion Ah Yuan was awakened, and a bright light reflected on Jing Ci's face. The person who came was dressed in a night suit, and his sword was fast and accurate, and the target was the woman who slept with a pale face.
"Little lady, I protect you!" Ah Yuan's three-legged cat's kung fu couldn't keep up for a few backs and forths at all, and at this time, Jing Ci opened his eyes suddenly, and saw the sword swinging towards his neck......
Thankfully, it went off the rails......
The Assassin was suddenly shot in the shoulder by an arrow.
Jing Ci, Ah Yuan, and the maids of the Xiao Mansion took the opportunity to flee, but unexpectedly, this person was tenacious and chased all the way with wounds on his back......
Several people ran to the back door of Xiao's mansion in a roundabout way, only to see Xiao's mother holding a bow and arrows in her hand and a backpack on her shoulder, already waiting at the door. Seeing that Jing Ci was coming, he grabbed her and walked towards the house without saying a word.
"You go to the back garden." Xiao Mu rushed to the few people behind her, her voice was quite nervous, and she strode towards the front door with Jing Ci.
Mother Xiao hurriedly opened the door a crack and handed the burden to Jing Ci: "According to your father's instructions, leave Luoyang quickly." β
There was a horse outside the door.
Jing Ci's voice was hoarse and dejected, "Jing Ci thanked Aunt Xiao for saving her life." β
Xiao's mother burst into tears, shook her head vigorously, waved her hand unbearably, and watched her ride away, Xiao's mother quickly closed the door, wiped away her tears, and pretended to be calm and pretended to walk to the backyard as if nothing had happened.
The Wang family went to the water and asked for more than 20 lives, which became the gossip of the entire Luoyang streets and alleys for a while.
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The wind and dust were served, and they rushed for two days.
In the past two days, I have eaten and slept in the open air, and I have endured all the hardships. Although Jing Ci is only a fifteen-year-old girl who doesn't know the world, she doesn't believe it anyway, the catastrophe in the family is as simple as carelessness, and the injuries on Daddy's body are suspicious, and she was hunted down again.
All the way to the south, I watched in fear for two days, which was relatively safe.
A shop in a small place.
Jing Ci dismounted, looked tired, handed over the horse to Xiao Er, and then entered.
"Shopkeeper, give me a room." Her hair and clothes were covered in dust.
"Okay, do you need to take a bath?" Xiao Er received countless guests, and his eyes were very sharp.
"Prepare for the bother."
"Okay, guest upstairs, please."
The first time I stayed in the hotel, Jing Ci was very cautious. When I was away from home, I was not familiar with the place, and it was a special period, and the whole person was in good spirits.
The originally carefree girl suddenly became much more sophisticated after experiencing these things. She didn't dare to think too much, she just wanted to run to her destination one by one, perhaps because she still didn't dare to accept those cruel truths in her heart.
This night, tossing and turning, the bed kept babbling, the unfamiliar environment, the strange smell, made it difficult for her to sleep.
Knock-knock! Boom! Boom!
It's already the fourth watch.
The husband's voice gradually decreased, and the drowsiness came slowly......
These two days are really tired, and the grass and trees are all soldiers overnight, and when I open my eyes again, it is already the middle of the day. She briefly freshened up, packed her bags and went downstairs to settle the bill, and ate food by the way.
Jing Ci didn't dare to delay, and immediately went on the road after the meal, hurrying up.
The shopkeeper is quite kind, and he feeds the horses well, and he runs vigorously.
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However, it took most of the day, and I had traveled nearly two hundred miles to reach Gangneung City.
Today's seventh day of the first month is not only a begging festival, but also a day for local markets, the market is full of rubbing shoulders, and all kinds of shouting and selling are endless. Jing Ci led the horse, passed through the sea of people, and stopped at a wonton stand.
"What do you want to eat?" The man in charge of the stall is a man with five big and three thick.
"A bowl of noodles."
"Gotchaβ"
Today, there are many people, and the seats in the stalls are full, and there are many people who go to the market and rest, but most of them are in groups of three or two, occupying a table. Jing Ci looked around, but there was only one place where there was only a nun about fifty years old. She tied the leash of her horse and walked towards the nun.
Jing Ci smiled at him, and the nun smiled and nodded.
The stall owner skillfully grabbed the noodles and threw them into the pot, took the bowl, put the ingredients, and filled the water...... In one go, with great energy, the hot noodles were served on the table in a few clicks.
"Thank you." Jing Ci reached out to touch the money bag on his waist, but he couldn't touch it, and when he looked down, he found that his waist was empty.
"Well, where's my purse?"
"The guest officer's purse is missing?" The man who put down the strip did not leave, tilting his head and staring at Jing Ci.
"It's just now, it's still there, why is it gone in a blink of an eye?"
"It's up to you to find a purse and eat it, the purse is more important." The man didn't say a word, and reached out to remove the noodles he had just put down.
"Y-why are you like this-" Jing Ci watched as he carried the bowl away.
"Amitabha-" The nun on the other side saw the whole process, "This Langjun has been running around since he was young, please let the donor be kind and let Xiao Langjun eat this bowl of noodles." β
"What I do is buying and selling, not giving alms to the poor, you do what you give." The man shouted, not very happy.
The nun was helpless, so she took two pennies from her pocket and put them on the table.
Seeing this, the man immediately put his face back in front of Jing Ci.
"Thank you, Master." Jing Ci thanked him, but his voice was slightly choked.
Even if I used to be prodigal, wild outside, and deep in the city, I have never been treated like this.
"The little donor looks very young."
"I just passed my fifteenth birthday."
"Look at the donor's dress is the son of a rich and noble family, your equipment is a long journey, the donor is still young, how can you go out alone?" Although the nun escaped into the empty door, she also knew the state of the world.
"There's a reason in the family." There is no lack of coldness and loneliness between the words.
"Amitabha-" The nun looked kindly, "the little donor's purse has been lost, according to the poor nun, the little donor might as well go to the nunnery tonight to rest for one night, and then hurry until tomorrow, it is better than sleeping in the open tonight." β
"Is that okay?" There was a twinkle in her eye.
"I want to be free from all sentient beings."
"Thank you, Master."
After eating a bowl of noodles in three or two clicks, Jing Ci realized that the nun was just a cup of tea in front of her.
"Won't Master eat it?"
"Today's festival, the poor nun goes out to buy, comes in to ask for a cup of tea, this nunnery is not far from here, go back and eat." The nun laughed.
Jing Ci nodded, "Then Master, let's go." β
The nunnery is indeed not far from the city, and because it is a festival, there are many people who come to petition. The nunnery is quite extensive, and Jing Ci was taken to a corner of the backyard of the nunnery, and the sound of squirming faintly came.
After turning the corner, I saw seven or eight people in coarse cloth and tattered clothes lying on the board in the courtyard, their clothes and bedding disheveled. When they got closer, they noticed that there were more people in the room behind them who were in such distress.
"Please follow me." The nun led the way and led her into the big room.
The room was empty, without any furnishings or furnishings, except for boards the size of a bed, jagged next to each other. At a glance, the room was full of old people and children, dressed in tatters, with messy hair and depressed spirits.
"They...... Who are they? Jing Ci couldn't stop looking.
"They are all displaced refugees, and the conditions in the nunnery are limited, so the little donor can only stay here for one night." Nun said.
"Thank you."
After the nun left, Jing Ci walked to the corner and sat down under the board, put down the burden, and quietly looked at the people around her.
There are dirty, thin children sobbing in the corner, and there are old people with gray hair and wrinkles, squinting and lifeless.
"Grandma-grandma-woo-woo......" came the child's cry on the other side.
Jing Ci couldn't help but get up and walked over slowly......
I saw a scrawny child throwing herself into the arms of an old woman on one side, sobbing incessantly. The old woman's clothes were stained with blood, and there was still bright red blood at the corners of her mouth, and her face was pale and she was still breathing.
Her brain was bloody, she covered her mouth, and the fear quickly swept over her body, this scene was her nightmare...... She subconsciously turned around and strode outβ