After eating food and resting for a while, the carriage continued to move in the direction of the capital, and Tong Qixi never went to pay attention to Xiaoyue along the way.

Xiao Liyue didn't stare at Tong Qixi anymore, he sat in the carriage, closed his eyes and recuperated.

Although Tong Qixi felt that Xiao Liyue was very strange all the way, at this time she felt that he was back to normal......

The carriage traveled for about another half day.

Tong Qixi was sitting in the carriage and vaguely heard crying outside.

At this time, Tong Qixi drove the curtain and looked out, only to see a young couple and an old woman outside, and the wife was holding a baby in her arms, about half a year old.

They were in rags, and the children wept incessantly in their wives' arms, and their voices became hoarse.

The man took out half of the blackened steamed bun and broke it in half.

The man handed it to the old woman sitting on the stone holding a stick, and said, "Mother, there is only half of the steamed bun left, you and Cui'er will eat it first,"

The old woman shook her head, pushed the steamed bun to the young woman who was holding the baby in her arms, and said weakly: "Son, my mother is not hungry, this bit of food should be left to your daughter-in-law, and you can only milk when you are full." ”

The man handed the two blackened steamed buns to the woman, and the woman looked at the old woman in embarrassment and said, "Mother, you haven't eaten for two days, and if you continue like this, you won't be able to hold on." ”

The old woman waved her hand, looked at the child in the woman's arms, and said, "Leave me alone, you can eat these quickly, eat them and see if you can get milk, this child is hungry."

The woman glanced at the child in her arms, who was already crying to the point of hoarseness in her throat, and she made a startling move.

She bit her finger and put it in the baby's mouth, and she fed the child with her own blood.

"Lady, you ......", the man was surprised by the woman's actions.

The woman raised her head and looked at the man and smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter, my blood should be able to last to the town in front, and we will be saved when we get to the town." ”

Looking at this scene, Tong Qixi couldn't sit still anymore, she closed the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.

She ran up to the woman and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

The woman raised her head, her face was a little dirty, and her hair was very messy, the woman looked at Tong Qixi and suddenly knelt down, "Girl, girl, you can do it, give us a bite to eat......"

The old woman also knelt down with a wooden stick, "Girl, give us a bite to eat, we are fleeing." ”

Tong Qixi couldn't help but feel sad when he saw that the woman's finger was still in the child's mouth and asked him to suck her blood.

Tong Qixi turned around and ran to the entourage horse that carried dry food, and she quickly untied the bag containing dry food.

Tong Qixi returned to them with the bag, "Give, give."

Tong Qixi took out two pieces of naan from the bag and handed them to the woman and the old woman, and then handed the remaining bag of dry food to the man, "You take it, there is still some food in it, it should be enough for you to last to the town in front." ”

Then Tong Qixi took some silver from his purse and handed it to the man, saying, "You have this money, it should be enough for you to live for a while." ”

The man took the money and knelt down directly, "Thank you so much, thank you so much." ”

The woman and the old woman with the baby in their arms also knelt down.

Tong Qixi hurriedly helped the three of them up, "Auntie, what about your family, why did you end up here?" Tong Qixi helped the old woman sit back on the stone and asked.

The old woman sat down and couldn't help wiping a handful of tears, and said: "The girl doesn't know, we are all from Yuzhou, Yuzhou has been in drought for three years, there is no harvest, the court doesn't care about our life or death, we only live by digging tree roots, but there are more monks and less porridge, and now even the roots are gone, we think that we may be able to survive if we escape, so our family fled here." ”

"Three years of drought? Didn't your local officials open a warehouse to suppress the disaster? Tong Qixi asked.

"Disaster relief? Where is the food for disaster relief? The grain depots of the government were empty. The man said indignantly.

"Empty? Should someone inspect the government's grain depot every year? How can it be empty? Tong Qixi asked in surprise.

"Officials protect each other, where will they care about the life and death of our people." , the man said.

At this time, Xiao Yuyue finally couldn't help but get off the carriage and asked: "In the three years of the drought in Yuzhou, the imperial court allocated countless grains and silver, haven't you received any of this?" ”

"The grain and silver allocated by the imperial court?" , The man chuckled, "Heh, Yuzhou has been in drought for three years, and the people of Yuzhou have never seen a grain from the imperial court. ”

"Damn! It must have been the local officials who embezzled the imperial court's disaster relief grain! Tong Qixi angrily slapped his palms and said.

Tong Qixi then looked at Xiao Yue, "Xiao Yue, as the current King of Ling, don't you just take care of these bad people?" ”

Ling ...... King Ling? ”

The man and the woman looked at Xiao Liyue in surprise.

Then the three of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, begging: "Lord Lingwang, please save the people of Yuzhou." ”

"Don't worry, the imperial court already knows about this matter, and someone will investigate it soon."

Saying that, Xiao Liyue glanced at Tong Qixi and pulled her back into the carriage.

"Hey, Xiaoyue, what are you doing?" , Tong Qixi shook off Xiao Yueyue's hand.

Xiao Liyue sat down and said coldly: "Tong Qixi, this matter is handled by the imperial court freely, you and I just need to hurry back to Beijing now." ”

"Hey! Xiao Liyue, did you hear what they said just now? ”

"The king hears clearly."

"Hear clearly? Now that you hear clearly, why are you still so indifferent, or are you simply a cold-blooded and ruthless person! Tong Qixi said excitedly.

Xiao Yueyue stared at Tong Qixi with cold eyes, and then shouted outside the carriage: "Continue to set off!" ”

"Xiao Yue, you!"

Tong Qixi looked at Xiao Liyue angrily, but Xiao Liyue seemed to be asleep, his eyes were closed, and only his brows were slightly frowned.

Tong Qixi gritted his teeth and turned his head, not wanting to look at Xiao Liyue again.

After dark, they arrived at a post station.

Tong Qixi walked into the room and closed the door with a bang.

Even the food sent by Shao Ze, she didn't move.

Tong Qixi sulked, her room seemed very quiet, but in the second half of the night......

Tong Qixi opened the crack in the door to observe the situation in the courtyard, and found that there were only two people guarding the courtyard.

Tong Qixi smiled slightly, "There are only two people, it's easy to do"

Tong Qixi returned to the table, she took out a piece of Jinpa from her sleeve and put it on the table, she took out a small medicine bottle from the burden on the bed, and she sprinkled some white powder in the medicine bottle on the Jinpa.

Then Tong Qixi put away the Jinpa, opened the door and walked out casually.

At this time, an entourage who took turns to keep vigil walked over, "Princess, it's so late, where does the princess want to go?" ”

Tong Qixi covered his stomach and smiled at the entourage, "Hehe, I, I want a little relief, do you know where there is a toilet?" ”

The attendant stretched out his hand and pointed to the east side of the courtyard, "Back to the princess, where to turn around." ”

"Oh!" , Tong Qixi looked at it and walked in the direction he pointed.

"I'm going to Xiaoxie, what are you doing with me?" Tong Qixi turned to the entourage who was following her and asked.

"Back to the princess, the minions are guarding outside, so that the princess will not be in danger." , replied the attendant.

Tong Qixi glanced at his entourage unhappily, but muttered in his heart, this is Xiao Liyue's attention, afraid that I will be in danger? It's clearly spying on me!

Tong Qixi returned to the courtyard after a small solution, and she found a place in the courtyard to sit down

She looked up at the moon in the sky and asked, "Alas, you say, are there any gods on this moon?" ”

Tong Qixi wanted to get close to them first, but the people who knew it didn't appreciate it at all.

An attendant came over and hugged his fists and said, "Princess, it's not early, I have to continue to rush tomorrow, the princess should go back and rest early." ”

Tong Qixi glanced at them, "That's it, Miss Ben won't bother you here." ”

As he spoke, Tong Qixi stood up and walked towards the room.

Halfway through, Tong Qixi suddenly stopped, she turned to the two entourages and said, "That's it, seeing that you are doing things so seriously, how about Miss Ben make a magic trick for you?" ”

"The princess can do magic?" , an attendant came interested and asked.

Tong Qixi smiled slightly, danced his hands and said, "Of course, Miss Ben is known as a thousand hands without a shadow." ”

"Come on, come on, you two come here, Miss Ben will show you a hand today." , Tong Qixi beckoned.

Two retinues surrounded him.

Tong Qixi mysteriously pulled out a corner of the brocade handkerchief from his sleeve and said, "Look at it, but don't blink." ”

The two attendants got closer, and they stared at Tong Qixi's sleeve, for fear that they wouldn't see it clearly in the blink of an eye.

Tong Qixi smiled wickedly, she quickly pulled out the Jinpa and raised it in front of the two.

The two of them were a little confused, they didn't see anything.

"Wang ...... Princess, what have you become? The minions didn't seem to understand. ", said one of the attendants.

Tong Qixi smiled slightly and said, "Miss Ben's trick is called a whirlwind!" ”

"The world is spinning?" As soon as the attendant finished asking, he began to feel that everything in front of him was spinning.

Tong Qixi watched the two entourages begin to stand unsteadily and sway, "Hmmm, is it starting to spin around?" ”。

"Princess...... You ......", before the attendant's words were finished, his eyes went dark, and they both fell.

After the two of them fell, Tong Qixi squatted down and poked them, and after making sure that they were unconscious, Tong Qixi quietly came to Luo Li's room next door.

She lightly touched the side of the bed and woke up Luo Li.

Luo Li opened her eyes and saw the sneaky Tong Qixi, and said, "Miss? Is there anything wrong with you at such a late hour? ”

Luo Li's voice was a little loud, Tong Qixi hurriedly covered her mouth, and said softly: "Be quiet, don't wake up the others, hurry, get up, and go with Miss Ben." ”

"Miss, where are you going?" , Luo Li asked softly.

"Don't ask, let's get out of here first."

Saying that, Tong Qixi helped Luo Li take the baggage, and Luo Li hurriedly put on her shoes and followed.

After Tong Qixi went back to the room and took her baggage, he took Luo Li to the stables and stole a black horse.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one had yet been discovered, Tong Qixi hurriedly left the post station with Luo Li and headed for Yuzhou............