Chapter 80: Going to Lu
Zhao Zheng and Yueshen, who had been on the road all night, had to stop and rest until noon the next day. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Although Zhao Zheng is already in the middle stage of Qi refining, and the Moon God has reached the peak of the Yin and Yang Family's illusion layer, which is equivalent to the peak of the late stage of the day after tomorrow for ordinary martial artists, but after all, the two of them are only about eight years old, and their bodies are already unable to withstand the consumption for such a long time.
"Give." Zhao Zheng took out the little dry food left in the burden and handed it to the moon god.
The moon god also tacitly took out a water bladder from his baggage, took a sip and handed it to Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng was not polite and took it directly. The unabastic appearance made the moon god blush a little. However, after watching it for a long time, I will get used to it. Unconsciously, the distance between the moon god and Zhao Zheng was inexplicably shortened.
Even though Zhao Zheng and the moon god had run out of the small village, they were still wearing the same simple clothes as before. For the sake of prudence, Zhao Zheng had specially prepared the most common dry food in the village before leaving.
Dry food is a type of pasta made from corn that is very dry and hard, and it is not tasty. However, this kind of food is conducive to carrying and preservation, and it is a necessary food for ordinary people on the road.
Along the way, there were many people who looked at Zhao Zheng and the moon god, but it was just because of their cute appearance. Of course, no one would be kind enough to ask where their parents were.
This is the Warring States Period, or the Central Plains with the most turmoil, even though there have been few wars in recent years, but the harsh taxes still weigh the people at the bottom of the breath. It is not uncommon for children as big as Zhao Zheng and Moon God to be treated as just a pair of ordinary brothers and sisters who are suffering. Kindness doesn't work in this day and age. However, in Zhao Zheng's opinion, this is also in line with his wishes, reducing the possibility of them being exposed.
"Is this the way to Yecheng?" After walking for a long time, the moon god finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked out loud.
"Of course not." Zhao Zheng's answer was short and concise.
The moon god frowned slightly, and asked with some confusion, "Then where are we going?" ”
"Qi country, go to Ludi."
"Ludi?" Moon God's brows furrowed even deeper, of course she was not afraid that Zhao Zheng would have any conspiracy against her, but she was worried that Zhao Zhenghui would ruin Ji Hao's plan by mistake.
"You don't plan to go to Mr. Ji, do you?" The moon god asked with some trepidation.
Zhao Zheng glanced at the moon god with a little surprise, and then said with a wry smile: "Of course not." The teacher's whereabouts are uncertain, and since he wants to separate from me first, it is impossible to find him even if I know that he has gone to the Qi Kingdom. ”
"Then why did you go to Ludi?"
"We are not going to Ludi, but we are going to Yecheng through Ludi."
The moon god was silent for a while, and said, "Are you trying to avoid Long Yangjun?" ”
Zhao Zheng didn't deny it, but nodded and said, "Yes, Long Yangjun is too terrible. Compared to Shinling-kun, it is more dangerous. You and I are too poor in strength, and now we don't even have the strength to fight back against Shanglong Yangjun. ”
The moon god also nodded thoughtfully, although she didn't have the kind of knowing eyes as Zhao Zheng, but Long Yangjun's seemingly sunny demeanor still made her instinctively a little repulsed.
"However, in this way, our arrival in Yecheng will also be greatly delayed. In case something happens, I'm afraid that Lord Donghuang and Mr. Ji Hao won't know where we are. The moon god said with some apprehension.
"There's no way, your identity is very special in the Yin and Yang family, it's hard to guarantee that Long Yangjun won't use your identity to do anything. And once my identity is exposed, the danger will be even greater, and ......" Zhao Zheng paused slightly, looked into the distance, frowned, and then a hint of joy appeared in the corners of his eyes.
The moon god looked at Zhao Zheng with some curiosity, waiting for Zhao Zheng's next words.
"Moreover, from beginning to end, I didn't understand the reason why Long Yangjun went to Yecheng." Zhao Zheng returned to his normal color and continued.
"Why?" Moon God recalled it carefully, and asked with some puzzlement, "Didn't Elder Shun ask him to escort us back to Yecheng?" ”
"Huh! Elder Shun only asked him to help us secretly go out of the city before, but he never asked him to escort us back to Yecheng. Zhao Zheng said coldly.
"That doesn't mean that people must not go to Yecheng!" The moon god was annoyed by Zhao Zheng's cold disdainful attitude, and began to get a little messy.
"You don't understand the situation of the Wei Dynasty. As a favorite minister of King Wei, although his name and strength are good, he is only a big beam. For no reason, how could he run to the northernmost part of the Wei State? Zhao Zheng heard the unhappiness in the moon god's tone, and helplessly flattened his tone and explained it well.
"You mean he wants to take advantage of the chaos in Yecheng and get a piece of the pie?" Seeing that Zhao Zheng bowed his head to himself, and also realized that his words were a little out of line, the moon god said with a red face.
"Not bad. Although Yecheng is very chaotic now, the most powerful force is still the Yin and Yang family, once your identity is used by him. Then both His Excellency the Eastern Emperor and the teacher will be very passive. ”
"Oh." Although the moon god knew that his identity was important, he hadn't thought about it so much before. Now listening to Zhao Zheng say this, I feel reasonable in my heart, but also a little sweet.
"The urgent thing at the moment is to find the horses to travel as soon as possible, otherwise with our foot strength, we will make a detour to Ludi, and it will be several months to return to Yecheng."
"Horses?" At this time, the moon god didn't understand Zhao Zheng again.
While it's nice to have horses to speed them up, two little kids go shopping for a horse and it's always noticeable, isn't it? Isn't that more likely? "Hmm. Horses. Zhao Zheng said seriously.
"Huh?" At this time, the moon god inadvertently seemed to hear the sound of horses' hooves.
"Have a horse team?" Luna listened carefully for a while, and asked with some confusion.
"Hehe, that's good." Zhao Zheng smiled slightly.
Although Zhao Zheng said casually, at this time, the moon god was shocked in his heart.
"He'd heard the team of horses a long time ago? His internal force is so strong? Luna thought with a little complexity in his mind.
Looking at the boy in front of him, who was only a year older than himself, the pride in the heart of the moon god was deeply hit.
Previously, she listened carefully for a long time before she noticed this horse team, but Zhao Zheng noticed it early, which shows that Zhao Zheng's strength is at least not inferior to her, and her internal strength has even far surpassed herself.
And as far as she knew, Zhao Zheng's realm was even one level lower than herself.
"However, he defeated his sister at the time." Then the moon god remembered the night he first met Zhao Zheng, and remembered the powerful black dragon that made people feel suffocated, and even a genius as proud as a sister trembled.
"How many secrets do you have?" The moon god had already thought of that night more than once, and also recalled that the more mystery Zhao Zheng left in her heart.
"You're going to buy horses from that team?" The moon god asked, his eyes full of curiosity.
Although it is much safer to buy horses from the passing horse team, and it is not easy for Long Yangjun to find out their whereabouts, but at the moment, they do not have any money and goods on them. What to buy a horse with?
"Of course." Zhao Zheng replied confidently.
"Does he still have any jade or something on him?" The moon god thought silently in his heart.
However, the idea was quickly dismissed. For the sake of Qiao Zhuang's thoroughness, not to mention Zhao Zheng, a down-and-out son who doesn't wear jade, is her, the little princess of the Yin and Yang family, and she has nothing of value on her body at this time.
"Look what you buy a horse for!" Luna thought with a hint of a childlike temper.
The speed of the horse team was neither fast nor slow, and when the team finally came to them, the moon god had a bad premonition.
This horse team is a bit strange, the number is not too many, only twenty or thirty people, but everyone has horses to ride.
This is not surprising, and many wealthy caravans hire rangers to protect them. However, the somewhat shabby clothes on their bodies showed that they were not wealthy caravanserans.
Moreover, their goods appear to be small bags of corn. They were all carried directly by horses, without horse-drawn carriages, and it was obvious that they were not caravans selling grain.
The moon god involuntarily approached Zhao Zheng, although she was a genius of the Yin and Yang family, she had not experienced much after all. The people of the horse team gave her an inexplicable danger, and Zhao Zheng, who seemed extremely calm at this time, obviously became his dependence.
"Roar! There are two little dolls there! A rugged man at the front of the team shouted.
"Hey! Really, really! The group of people who originally seemed a little listless suddenly came to their senses, and they all sat up straight and looked at Zhao Zheng and the moon god.
"Haha! And a little girl. One of them laughed.
"It looks like a brother and sister."
"Not bad, good-looking, clean hands and feet, like a young master and a young lady from a family."
"What young master, miss! Miss Young Master would dress so badly? There is not even a personal retinue, can it fall into the hands of our brothers? ”
"Haha! That's right! ”
A group of people said babblingly, and a few more people rode their horses and began to look around Zhao Zheng and the moon god.
"Little doll, where are you from?" A man riding a horse looked at Zhao Zheng and the moon god teasingly, his eyes were full of evil intent, especially when he looked at the moon god, his eyes were shining.
"Girder!" Zhao Zheng's tone remained unchanged, and he didn't hear any nervousness at all.
"Sure enough, it's the young master and young lady of the rich place. However, it should be a family that fell and escaped from the beam. The man thought to himself. Daliang, in the hearts of their group of people who are far away from the city, is the paradise of the rich and noble.
The man then looked at Zhao Zheng and the Moon God carefully, and after making sure that there was no danger, he breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but be complacent in his heart: "However, this is good, so that you can sell for more money." I can't imagine that I can pick up such a big good thing this month. ”
In that year, the poor sold themselves into slavery or sold their sons and daughters to an uncountable number. But the most popular are undoubtedly the children of these down-and-out nobles.
The aristocracy was extremely particular, from food to clothing, from chariots and horses to servants, everything would be compared with each other. And the servants used were also nobles, which would undoubtedly give them a lot of face. In this era of valuing blood, even if it is a down-and-out nobleman, his identity is far from being comparable to ordinary wealthy people.
And such a person is not easy to find, the servant is not a retainer and does not have a high status. Even if many down-and-out nobles starved to death, they would never become slaves. There are only some children who have not yet grown up, who are not sensible, and when the so-called aristocratic glory has not yet taken shape, they will go to be servants of other nobles for their livelihood.
Therefore, the children of those down-and-out nobles can always be sold for high prices by human traffickers.