However, in just a few words, all the last bit of nostalgia she had here was dispelled, and she left categorically.

When she left, the sky was gray and silent, Zheng Guo was no longer lively, the road was empty, and occasionally there were one or two people who were in a hurry, and they quickly disappeared.

Out of the city is the suburbs, where the population is more sparse, Bao Xi does not know the current situation, only with a lonely courage, to the east.

Out of the suburbs to the pastoral area, this land is rich in water and grass, cattle and sheep are all over, the earth is like a flat and soft green jade, there are dots of white clumps rolling on it, occasionally a few families dotted among them, Bao Xi admired and quietly left.

Outside the pastoral area is the wild, here the forest is dense, the green trees are towering, the whole jungle exudes a primitive, mysterious atmosphere, the forest is the most abundant species, not afraid of hunger, but Bao Xi felt that it was difficult to defeat the poisoned snakes and beasts in the deep forest by himself, so he went north along the edge of the forest.

In the spring, mosquitoes are raging, and if you don't take some precautions at night, you will be sucked to the skin, so she went to the forest to pick all kinds of medicinal herbs, carried them in her arms, and continued to walk.

Walk soon to the densely populated place, here in the forest can see people used to hunt wild beasts traps, to the west a few hundred meters you can see the slaves ploughing the scene, Bao Xi occasionally will walk over to see, they use stone axes, Mu Ge to work, there are oxen to pull the plow, there are also two people and two plows, Bao Xi will stand quietly on the edge of the field to watch, some slaves subconsciously lazy, passive laziness will make her feel a little bit of popularity, which is an important source of her sense of security.

One day, she stood silently on the edge of the field and watched, a peasant official thought she was a lazy and slippery slave, waved his whip forward, and when he saw her dress, he let her go, and after looking her up and down, he muttered: "So beautiful, it won't be Uncle Zheng's escape concubine, you have to be careful, now there are people everywhere who arrest you." ”

Uncle Zheng's fugitive concubine? What the heck? She was suspicious and began to ask, and he said, "Two days ago, my master asked me to instruct each slave that if he saw a beautiful woman walking alone, he would inform his master, and he would send someone to arrest her." ”

"No wonder they look at me so weirdly." Thinking that some slaves wanted to report the news but were afraid of the ploughing officials, she was thinking, but the peasant officer suddenly hid her behind her and said, "Look, are those men here to arrest you?" ”

She looked at it according to her words, only to see a group of majestic soldiers running towards this side, and then looked at the surrounding plains, the slaves were all bending down to work, and she, the person standing on the edge of the field, was extremely dazzling, and she hurriedly said: "Yes, can you save me?" ”

"You come with me."

Under the guidance of the peasant officer, she pretended to be a slave in the work and lowered her body, and soon the peasant official was called to question, and Bao Xi became more and more cautious.

After a while, he was put back, and said to Bao Xi: "I still have to supervise them, you go over there to rest for a while, come to my house to hide in the next few days, don't worry, I won't hurt you." ”

Bao Xi shook her head, she didn't dare to trust anyone, he saw that she was worried, so he swore to the sky that the poisonous oath was a very important promise in these years, Bao Xi immediately believed him, but she still had doubts, so she said, "Why do you want to save me?" ”

"The life of slaves in our Qujia Village is very miserable, you must be very sad as a concubine, Uncle Zheng is very bad for you, you will run out!"

Bao Xi was frightened by his brain supplement, and he said, "I have also taken in many slaves before, and now they have all become part of Qujia Village. ”

"I'll go, be a slave?" Bao Xi pointed at himself, his face a little stiff, he seemed displeased, and said, "I will not treat my guests like that." ”

Bao Xi nodded and agreed.

In the evening, the host family was warmly welcomed and served the best food.

The faint firelight reflected those plates of side dishes, Bao Xi suffered a lot along the way, naturally understood how rare these seemingly simple side dishes were, she raised her eyes to look at him, the firelight illuminated his honest face red, she rose a sense of trust in him in vain, and put down the chopsticks.

"What's wrong? Eat! He said.

Bao Xi said: "I am not Uncle Zheng's runaway concubine, I am Bao Ji." ”

Qu Tao was taken aback, and said calmly: "Neither I nor the king died, Uncle Zheng brought us back to Zheng Guo to entertain us, I angered the king, so I escaped." ”

He looked incredulous, shook his head and said, "No, no." Seeing that he looked devastated, Bao Xi said: "Because I want to stay, I decided to be honest." ”

He suddenly changed his face, dragged her up, half-pushed and half-pulled her out of the door, and said sharply: "You get out!" Just when I'm blind today! I won't take you in! You are not welcome in Qujia Village either! ”

Bao Xi had never received such a cold reception, her heart was sour, and she said in a low voice: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Then he turned and left.

The stars were dim tonight, and the whole village was pitch black, laughing at herself, how big the world was, but it seemed that there was no room for her in a populated place.

"Alas! You, wait! Qu Tao's voice sounded behind her, she turned around, his face was tangled, his fists were clenched tightly, and he said after a while: "I was abrupt just now, you live here!" However, if someone comes looking for you, you hide in the woods, you, you can't drag us down! ”

"Hmm." She nodded and went back with him, on the way, he said: "I can't control my temper as soon as I hear that you are a prank, and I don't know if you know it, anyway, we pariahs ......"

"Don't say you're a compliment when you go out in the future, you'll be killed."

She nodded and said, "Thank you." ”

He replied awkwardly, and only after a moment did he say, "You don't seem like the person you rumored." ”

Bao Xi remembered all the things before, she sighed: "Actually, I am not the daughter of Bao Hou, I am just an ordinary Huansha girl, back then, Bao Hongde in order to save Bao Hou, dedicated me to the king, on the bright side I am the king's favorite concubine, glory, wealth and favor...... What I want, in fact, that's not what I want, I already have a beloved, and what I want is just an ordinary and ordinary life. ”

"The deep palace is lonely, no one understands me, and I don't want to force a smile...... He was very good to me, but it really scared me, after Ho Kyung was breached, he seemed to be a different person, he wanted more, and I was far from meeting his requirements. ”

Under the firelight, she said: "I have only mentioned these words to you, and I hope you can keep it a secret and take pity on my orphan girl." She looked at him quietly, and her mind crossed Bao Hongde's face, and she had an answer to her inexplicable trust in herself.

"Okay, you can stay here in the future, although I am only a petty official, I will do my best to protect you."

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