Chapter 33: Burning
Seeing that she was silent, Weng Hongyao sighed and felt sorry for her: "Why didn't Miss Xu promise the person just now, if you go with him, the future life will be at least much better than now." ”
Gu Changgong's warning to the lieutenant, he heard it clearly word for word.
As far as he knew, Gu Changgong, the second royal highness of the dignified Western Wei Dynasty, was left in the Southern Zhou Dynasty as a proton for several years, and now that the Southern Zhou Dynasty is dead, Gu Changgong can naturally return to the Western Wei Dynasty and become his second highness.
If Xu Jingluo had just agreed to go to the Western Wei Dynasty with him, it would be unknown if he would become his concubine in the future, it would be much more comfortable than going to Shuanglong City to suffer and suffer~ She, she's really confused!
When Xu Jingluo heard this, there was not the slightest wave on his face, and he smiled: "Thank you for reminding me, but I won't feel sorry, the monstrous wealth needs to fight with my life, sacrificing freedom and dignity in exchange, I am not rare, I would rather go to Shuanglong City, start from scratch with my family and the people, be self-reliant, and get rich with my own hands, much happier than being the concubine of Lao Shizi!"
Weng Hongyao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then slapped his palms and smiled: "Miss Xu is really extraordinary, now in this world, women who regard glory and wealth as dung are really rare, it is difficult to see, but I didn't expect Miss Xu to be one of them, I admire and admire it!" ”
"Chief Weng praised it! I'm just a mere mortal! Xu Jingluo waved his hand with a smile and said.
After four days of traveling, the group finally arrived at the courtyard in the afternoon.
When he was about to arrive at the door, Weng Hongyao quietly reminded everyone: "Everyone, stop and hide some of your handy items now, you may be able to use them in the future, but remember not to be discovered by the guards, otherwise you will be punished." ”
"Okay, there's a reminder from Chief Lauun." Xu Jingluo nodded again and again, and everyone hurriedly carried some small things in their arms or sleeves.
When passing through the entrance inspection, Weng Hongyao secretly stuffed some silver to the guards, asking the two to be accommodating, so that Xu Jingluo and the others were exempted from the inspection and walked directly into the courtyard.
In the courtyard, Xu Jingluo saw many familiar girls, all of whom were famous and noble, but now they were destitute refugees, all drooping their heads, listless, like frosted eggplants.
How beautiful they used to be, how embarrassed they are now.
Seeing Xu Jingluo coming over with two children, some girls quickly noticed her, but they only glanced at her contemptuously, and did not have any intention to chew the root of their tongue and talk about her previous scandals.
And Xu Wanjun and Mrs. Pang's reaction was very intense, wanting to pounce and tear her in half to relieve their anger.
Everyone sat down in a clean space in the corner and rested for a while, when suddenly the guards shouted at the door: "Listen, everyone, we are almost leaving, everyone immediately lined up in an orderly manner, and distributed supplies equally according to the number of people." ”
Xu Jingluo led a group of people to line up, and when it was their turn to receive the supplies, they found that a charcoal fire had been set up under the porch at the door, and some guards held up a red-hot soldering iron high, and took turns to burn the people in the team, burning an inverted triangle mark on their faces, which made them grin and scream again and again.
Xu Jingluo and others were naturally not spared.
Especially Xu Jingluo's life is most afraid of burning, the taste of the hot soldering iron touching the skin is really not something that ordinary people can bear, she is so painful that tears are about to fall out!
"Along the way, you must all listen to me, what tricks do you have to play, if you want to escape halfway, and we catch you, you will be killed on the spot, and you will not be spared!"
The one who spoke was the captain who tried to be rude to Xu Jingluo before, and the captain pointed at everyone and threatened viciously.
Everyone was silent, no one dared to speak, and they didn't even dare to come out.
Then, the soldiers of the Northern Liang took a group of Southern Zhou people who had been burned and rushed straight to the north.
When Gu Changgong chased after the courtyard, he saw that they had walked a few miles.
Zhang Fuquan looked at the back of the team leaving, couldn't help lowering his eyes, and sighed: "Second Highness, we are still a step late, it seems that Miss Xu has already been burned, but unfortunately that beautiful little face, I'm afraid it will be ruined by them!" ”
Gu Changgong narrowed his eyes, and said in a somewhat light tone: "What does it matter?" Whether she's disfigured or not, I don't mind at all. Gu Changgong coughed dryly, and then said: "What's more, Song Qingquan, that old naughty boy, usually boasts that he has no trace of medicine, and when he arrives in the Western Wei Dynasty, he will let him come to treat it, if he can't get rid of the scars on Xu Jingluo's face, see if I don't smash his golden signboard of reincarnation Huatuo!" ”
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At this time, Xu Jingluo walked forward unhurriedly with the team, and entered the space through his mind.
Although there are many valuable items in the warehouse, such as rosewood seats, agarwood stepping beds, and celadon vases, they have to be kept for a while, and when there is a shortage of silver flowers in the future, they can be pawned and the price can be multiplied several times.
Now, she had to figure out how she could earn some money along the way to cover her expenses.
Xu Jingluo remembered that when he signed in before, he seemed to have given a box of sunscreen, so he turned it out and brought it to reality, so that Zhang's, Xu Jingling, Xu Jing'an, Runtian and Yi Bao each wiped some on their bodies.
At first, they didn't know what this thing was, but Xu Jingluo explained it simply, saying that it was a panacea to avoid sunburn, and it was very useful.
A few people put sunscreen on their bodies suspiciously, and sure enough, they felt very cool, and they were no longer afraid of the scorching sun when they hurried in broad daylight!
If you want to say that it is not difficult to make money, if nothing else, Artemisia can be seen everywhere, and when you rest at night, you can take time to cut it.
After thinking of the way to make money, Xu Jingluo was not so picky, and bought a bag of fruit candy in the mall, and the family had a share, each with one in their mouths, which was delicious.
Soon it was noon, and the team stopped to rest.
The people in the village each found a shady place and sat down.
At this time, a soldier rode a horse, banged the gong, and shouted all the way.
"The head of each household goes to the front to get water and eat~~"
"The head of each household goes to the front to get water and eat~~"
Xu Wanjun hurriedly stood up vigorously, snorted coldly at Xu Jingluo and them, and took Xu Jingyang to get the food.
The people in the village were dumbfounded, they were all registered as Xu Wanjun's seven aunts and eight aunts, so wouldn't all the food fall into Xu Wanjun's hands?