After Ling Jiantong escaped from the palace of the Tianyuan Kingdom, he saw her portrait plastered all over the streets and alleys, and secretly glanced at the reward amount, which was quite high.

It seemed that there was no way for the Tianyuan Kingdom to stay, so Ling Jiantong lowered his hat, and used the only silver left on his body to buy a horse and went to the Dixuan Kingdom.

Ling Jiantong's first thought was to go to Nandao, she wanted to go to see Xue'er, but after thinking about it, she could think of going to Nandao, wouldn't Situ Qianchen think of it?

If she really goes, not to mention throwing herself into the net, it is very likely to bring danger to Xue'er, and even Nan Xi and Wei Rui, no, she can't affect them.

Ling Jiantong aimlessly arrived at a town in Dixuan Kingdom, and the city gate said Hongcheng, anyway, there was nowhere to go, so he settled in a strange place, or not.

In this Hongcheng, the folk customs are still very simple, anyway, it looks like this on the surface, but I didn't expect that Ling Jiantong just had a stomachache, and went to the thatched house, and when he turned around, the horse that was originally tied to the trunk was gone.

Ling Jiantong had already flown a row of crows on her head, thinking about whether to report to the official, but it was just a horse, and the officials in this place didn't know if they would kick her out.

Just after noon, Ling Jiantong's stomach was already grunting with hunger, Ling Jiantong touched his pocket, it was really cleaner than his face.

Only then did she remember that before she escaped from the palace, she had brought nothing with her, and the only ingot of silver was used to buy horses, and now she could only sit on the side of the street and starve.

Ling Jiantong subconsciously reached out and held the cloth bag hanging around her neck, before leaving, she cremated Ling Zhishuang's body and received the ashes into this cloth bag, thinking that in this way Ling Zhishuang could be by her side, and she was not alone.

"Gurgling ......"

The stomach has been making trouble, Ling Jiantong touched his flat belly, thinking about whether to steal something and come back, but he didn't expect a bowl of steaming noodles to appear in front of him.

The fragrance of green onions is really delicious in the world.

Ling Jiantong looked up along the hand on the face, and met a pair of kind eyes, which were a woman in her thirties.

"Girl, don't sit on the ground in this winter, be careful of catching a cold." The eldest lady reached out and helped Ling Jiantong up, and motioned for her to sit on the stool of the noodle stall.

"Hungry, eat." The eldest lady pushed the noodles over.

Ling Jiantong looked at the steaming noodles, swallowed his saliva, and finally shook his head and said: "Auntie, I don't have any money on me, I'm afraid I'll ...... this money."

The eldest lady smiled, took out a pair of chopsticks from the tube and handed them to Ling Jiantong: "This bowl of noodles doesn't cost money, girl, you can eat it quickly." ”

Don't want money? So good?

Ling Jiantong was hesitating, but she didn't expect the eldest lady to be very bold and directly stuff the chopsticks into her hand, and then went to greet the guests at the other table.

I didn't expect that there are still many good people in this world, I was stolen from a horse, and now I have exchanged it for a bowl of noodles, well, for the stomach, it's still worth it.

Ling Jiantong quickly finished eating the noodles, what people eat when they are hungry is fragrant, Ling Jiantong saw that the eldest mother took care of this noodle stall alone, and it was very busy when there were many people, Ling Jiantong thought that she couldn't eat other people's noodles for nothing, so she rolled up her sleeves and walked to the front of the eldest lady and said: "Auntie, I'll help you, your noodles, I can't eat them in vain, so I don't have anything to do, I'll give you a day of help here, and pay for the noodles." ”

The eldest lady did not refuse, Ling Jiantong took on the role of Xiao Er, this is the most human-like day she has lived in more than ten days, although there are no groups of subordinates around her, and there are no delicacies to eat, but this ordinary life is exactly what Ling Jiantong wants.

The noodle stall was closed until late at night.

Ling Jiantong was cleaning up the table and chairs, and the eldest lady took out a few copper coins from under the table and stuffed them into Ling Jiantong's palm: "Girl, I didn't expect you to be quite capable, these copper coins should be regarded as a reward." ”

"Auntie, didn't you say okay, I'll help you for a day's work, just treat it as the previous face money, it's not easy for you to make money, I can't ask for this money."

After several refusals, the eldest lady took back the money, the noodle stall had been cleaned up, and it was late at night, and it was time to go home.

Ling Jiantong followed the eldest lady in an alley.

"Well, girl, I haven't asked you what your name is?"

"Oh, my name is ...... Su Ruyi. Ling Jiantong was afraid that Situ Qianchen would find someone to find this place and add unnecessary trouble, so he used his previous fake name to top it.

"It's a good name, all the best, your father and mother really know how to name it."

Ling Jiantong's expression darkened, yes, Daddy really knows how to name it.

"Auntie, what about you?"

"You just call me Aunt Wang, that's what the neighbors call me, Ruyi girl, where is your home?"

"I don't have a home anymore." Ling Jiantong lowered his head and muttered.

Aunt Wang sighed secretly, no wonder at noon, she would sit on the side of the street and have no money, so she patted Ling Jiantong's shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, if you don't dislike it, go home with the eldest mother, but the eldest mother's family is small, if you don't dislike it......"

"Don't dislike" It's already good to have a place to live, how can you still dislike it?

Aunt Wang turned left and right in a street and alley, and finally stopped in front of a remote hut, she pushed open the bamboo door, except for the small courtyard, there was only one room.

Ling Jiantong followed Aunt Wang into the house, although the room was small, it was quite well arranged.

But in this place, it seems that only Aunt Wang lives alone, she has no husband and no children?

Aunt Wang cleaned up the bed, Ling Jiantong stood in place, looked around, and asked after thinking about it for a long time: "Auntie, where is your family?" Are you alone here? ”

Aunt Wang cleaned up the bed for a moment, and then said with a smile: "My husband died early, I have a daughter, who works as a maid in a rich man's house, and she doesn't come back much on weekdays, and I live alone in this cottage, and it's really lonely on weekdays, but Ruyi girl, you are here, I am considered to have company." ”

Ling Jiantong looked at the smile on Aunt Wang's face, although it was a smile, she could still see that Aunt Wang missed her daughter very much.

Unconsciously, Ling Jiantong thought of Ling Zhishuang, she didn't know how Ling Zhishuang had spent the three years when she had no news?

Aunt Wang had already put on a brand new bed sheet, and then got up and said, "The family is small and a little simple, so Miss Ruyi will make up for one night." ”

Ling Jiantong blinked: "Auntie, I sleep here, where do you sleep?" ”

There is no second bed in this room either.

Aunt Wang put all the benches in the house together, and then took a few longboards from the courtyard and put them on them, which was barely like a single bed.

This put together bed is not strong at first glance, what if it falls down in the middle of the night and breaks the bones of the body?

"Auntie, I think it's better for me to sleep on this plank, you go to bed and sleep."

The eldest lady waved her hand: "You are a guest, how can you be embarrassed?" Don't worry, when my daughter came back, I also slept on this wooden bed, and it was very strong. ”

"That's not good, how can you say that you are also an elder, how can I be embarrassed to be a junior?"

Ling Jiantong finally persuaded Aunt Wang to the bed.

Ling Jiantong carefully lay on the plank bed, and when she moved slightly, the plank squeaked and creaked, and in order not to disturb Aunt Wang, Ling Jiantong could only lie flat on it like a zombie, and she didn't even dare to breathe.

Ling Jiantong thought that this night would be over like this, but she didn't expect that in the middle of the night, someone banged on the door.

Aunt Wang woke up, propped up half of her body, Ling Jiantong didn't fall asleep at all, and when she saw Aunt Wang get up, she also got up.

"Who is it? ...... in the middle of the night," Aunt Wang muttered, then got out of bed, put on a dress, opened the deadbolt and walked out.

Ling Jiantong was afraid that there would be a case, so he also lifted the quilt and followed out.

The one who knocked on the door was the neighbor next door, his son was in someone's house with Aunt Wang's daughter, came so late, did something happen.

"Old Li Tou, it's so late, you don't sleep, what are you knocking on?"

Aunt Wang held the candlestick and opened the door for Lao Li Tou as she spoke.

"Ouch, I said Aunt Wang, something is wrong, your family's Cuilian was sent to Yihong Courtyard overnight by the second lady of the Zhao family."

When Aunt Wang heard this, the candlestick in her hand suddenly fell to the ground, and she was now completely awake: "Old Li Tou, what are you talking about?!" My Cuilian is doing a good job as a maid in someone's house, how could she be sent to that kind of place by the second lady?! ”

Lao Li Tou sighed: "I also just knew, my kid told me that it was the master of the Zhao family who fell in love with your family's Cuilian, but your family's Cuilian didn't obey whether she lived or died, this is not tonight when Master Zhao and Cuilian met alone, they were seen by the second lady, and the second lady was sent to that kind of place by Cuilian in a fit of anger." ”

"This ...... This ...... "Aunt Wang obviously only knew about it, she should have noticed it a long time ago, then the old man of the Zhao family is a person with a bad heart, and sending Cuilian to that kind of person is a sheep into the mouth of a tiger."

"What can I do?!" Aunt Wang was in a hurry, her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't think of any way.

"What else can I do? Hurry up and take the money to Yihong Courtyard to redeem people. ”

Aunt Wang said several "yes" in a row, but the money she pressed at the bottom of the box was only five taels of silver.

"This ...... Is that enough? ”

"Where can this be? This Yihong Courtyard redeems people to get this number. Old Li Tou stretched out seven fingers.

"Seven taels?"

"It's seventy taels!"

As soon as Aunt Wang heard this amount of money, her legs immediately softened, even if she sold noodles for a lifetime, she couldn't earn seventy taels.

This...... What can I do?

Her innocent daughter, if there are three long and two short in Yihong Courtyard, how can she live?

When Aunt Wang had no choice, she suddenly stretched out a pair of hands behind her to help her up: "Auntie, don't worry, leave this matter to me." ”