"Drive-" Meng Yining shook off the sidelines, her heroic posture was refreshing, and she ran all the way to Beiyang Chengping.

The familiar scenery flashed in front of me, the scattered houses, the sky was high and the clouds were light, the roadside was bustling, the delicate girl was embroidering peonies upstairs, the little brother wearing a long-distance running was shaking a folding fan, and the little girl was walking and stopping with a bamboo umbrella. The spring rain in Chengping is hazy, like a painting. She wore a warm skirt, grabbed beef jerky and walked and stopped, and the kettle still contained rice wine, and she raised her head and drank two sips when she drank it.

Sweet as pleasant mood.

The capital city of Chengping is very familiar to her, and it seems that she has spent the first half of her life here. Every grass and tree, every street and alley here is deeply engraved in her mind.

The scarlet gate of the palace fell in front of her, and she stopped, jumped off her tall horse, and got dressed. coughed lightly and whispered: "Shizi Jingchi...... Well...... His Royal Highness...... I want to call His Royal Highness the Prince ......"

The guards of the palace were very familiar with this figure, and they were shocked, and then asked, "Miss Meng, why are you here?" ”

Meng Yining grinned, "I'm here to see Your Highness, and please let me know." At the beginning, this was equivalent to Meng Yining's home, and she didn't feel the slightest strangeness when she went in and out. This time, he used honorifics, and the guards smiled awkwardly when they heard it, "It's really unfortunate, Your Highness is out of the house, you go in first, and the butler is inside." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the housekeeper who was about to go out walked out from both sides and happened to see Meng Yining. He hurriedly walked over, "Miss Meng, what kind of wind blew you over?" He rubbed his eyes and looked at it carefully, "Thin, thin...... Come on in. As he spoke, he invited inside, "The cook has just prepared a meal, let's eat it together." The housekeeper said courteously.

Meng Yining has always been kind to people, and she is a girl who is favored by Jingchi, so the housekeeper is naturally more attentive.

She nodded, pulled the horse in, and asked as she went, "Why is Your Highness not here?" I'm here to find His Royal Highness. Jing Chi didn't go out often, and the girl tilted her head to look at the housekeeper.

The housekeeper smiled: "There is a plague in the south, the king sent His Royal Highness over, you just left yesterday, and you arrived today." ”

"Plague? What plague? ”

The butler shook his head and whispered, "I don't know about this, I heard it's very scary." He sighed, "The old slave is also worried, just now I specially went to the Lotus Niangniang Temple to ask for peace." Miss Meng, if you want to find His Highness, you might as well leave later, I invited the peace charm to help you bring it to His Highness. ”

"Good. Go quickly, I'll rest and go before the gates are closed. Meng Yining agreed, while eating the food on the table. The food of Daxia is exquisite, especially a preserved egg with oily chili peppers, which is mixed with a chisel and crushed into a puree, sprinkled with vinegar, salt and sugar. Pour over rice. Although the color is not good, the fragrance of a mouthful of chili peppers mixed with the umami of preserved eggs is a dish that Meng Yining misses the most. She gulped the dishes and chopsticks, and after the housekeeper settled her, she hurried to the temple.

She fell asleep on the table and snorted.

When the housekeeper returned, she was still sleeping. Le Yi often said that Meng Yining realized it later, so he often fought and ran around continuously, and he didn't know it when he was tired. Only when you really rest, no one can call it. The housekeeper held the amulet in his hand, looked at the little girl sleeping sweetly, and thought that she would have to go out before dark, so he called softly, "Miss Meng, wake up." ”

Meng Yining did not move.

The housekeeper shouted a few more words, but the girl still slept soundly.

There was no way, the housekeeper was heartbroken, and pushed Meng Yining without force. She woke up slowly, rubbing her eyes: "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"It's been an hour and a half, Miss Meng. Or you'll rest here tonight. ”

She waved her hand: "I still have something important to ask His Highness, I must ask it in person." I'll be out of town at once, and I'll bring you with me." ”

"It's already packed, and the girl looks tired from running around all night. I prepared a dry dough cake with green pepper sauce, eggplant sauce, and a sliced elbow, which was already wrapped in oiled paper. The butler commanded. He is meticulous and organized, and he is thorough in all aspects. Meng Yining thanked him, walked out of the house, pulled his horse, and turned around to say goodbye.

The sunset on the horizon was bright red like blood, and it fell on Meng Yining's face like a layer of orange veil, his hair turned brown, and his eyelashes carried a large area of auspicious clouds. The long hair is like ink, the skirt flutters gently, the dark white embroidery thread on the skirt is interspersed with silver threads, and the butterfly hairpin is shining. She took the map given by the butler and ran south, day and night.

Salib really gave himself a good horse, which was indeed as fast as lightning, and after sitting for a long time, Meng Yining's head was a little dizzy. Running into the middle of the night, I finally met a small village. She settled here, it stands to reason that it was getting late, and the lights of the village should have been extinguished, but it turned out to be full of people and bustling, as if a village of only thirty or forty people could accommodate more than a hundred people. Instead of sleeping, they sat on the ground and ate around the campfire.

Meng Yining pulled the horse and looked at these people.

These people also looked at her.

A middle-aged woman looked at Meng Yining, who had a good temperament, and said in a southern accent: "Girl, you also fled the famine?" ”

"This looks like a rich lady." Another retorted.

Meng Yining felt strange, "Escape from the famine? Where is the famine? ”

When the people laughed and laughed, they lamented and complained, "Isn't it famine...... If only there was a famine, if there was a famine, so many people would not have died! "My husband, my old mother, are all dead, and there is only one left...... "She was holding a child of three or four years old in her arms, and she was already asleep in a daze.

"Dead people, dead people one by one. We fled here, and we could finally rest. I heard that there was no disaster in Chengping, and we were ready to go to Chengping to take root. Another person in the crowd said.

Suddenly, the child in the middle-aged woman's arms coughed.

As if they had seen a ghost, the crowd screamed, "Take it, take your child!" ”

The middle-aged woman blushed and hurriedly explained: "He just has a cold, a cold." I don't believe you touch it, you don't get hot! She hurriedly explained, as if she had said it too late, and her child would be taken away and burned to death.

Sure enough, someone tried it with trembling hands and said, "It's really fine, everyone can rest assured." ”

Only then did the crowd relax again.

"You all escaped from the south?"

"yes."

"Is the plague so serious?"

"I'm the only one left in our village, what do you mean by living." Someone spoke with a crying tone.

Meng Yining frowned, flipped the map by the light of the fire.

"Girl, where are you going?"

"Go to Xiantao."

Suddenly, someone exclaimed: "Don't go, it's already an empty city!" ”

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