On the second day, Mai Xiaoji heard that wild goods could be sold for money, so he didn't even want to go down the mountain, so he had to fill the carriage, Ji Rongjin didn't stop him, and dug up the thick snow layer with him to find the wild goods that fell in autumn, and also caught pheasants and hares.

Mr. Situ was surprised: "You can find mountain fruits and wild goods when you pull out the snow, it seems that there is no disaster here!" ”

Ji Rongjin stood still and looked at the foot of the mountain: "Two to three years ago, there must have been a disaster here. ”

Mai Xiaoji asked with Situ? "How do you know?"

Along the way, it is at least 500 miles away from the populated place, not to mention trying to find someone to ask for directions, and there are not even a few birds in the sky.

Ji Rongjin lifted his hand full of millet and hawthorn fruits, "The vegetation on the mountain can produce so many fruits to fall, whether it is drought or waterlogging, it will take at least one to two years of mitigation time to fall to the ground for a long time, so many fallen wild goods, the people at the foot of the mountain actually did not come up to pick them up, in the era of extreme lack of food, only disasters have caused the population to drop sharply, so that few people come to the mountain to pick up wild goods." ”

"Or are the people down the mountain afraid of wild beasts and afraid to come up?"

Ji Rongjin shook his head and smiled, "If there really is a big beast, can the three of us all chat here with all beards and tails?" ”

Situ stroked his beard, "It makes sense." "I think so.

"Let's go, let's go down the mountain."

Just now, Ji Rongjin didn't say that it was a natural disaster, but that it was a disaster, whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, would have to wait until the bottom of the mountain to find out.

If it is a natural disaster, there is nothing to say, the Great Xia Dynasty has been like offending the wrath of heaven in the past few years, there are natural disasters everywhere, either drought or flood, it has not stopped, and it is not uncommon for this place to have it.

What if it's a man-made disaster? What kind of man-made disaster would that be.

Ji Rongjin and his entourage finally walked to the foot of the mountain at noon the next day, and as expected, at the foot of the mountain, the villages were scattered along the mountain stream, forming natural dwellings.

McT led the mule cart along the widest dirt road, and the pedestrians on the road saw them as if they were ghosts, and they were so frightened that they hid in their homes and closed the doors.

Ji Rongjin didn't have a chance to ask about the situation here.

"Jin'er, how could they be like this?" He's not a man-eating ghost.

Ji Rongjin asked Situ, "Sir, do you see something?" ”

Situ Lai sighed, "When I meet either an old man or a child, or a woman, I can hardly see a young man." ”

Ji Rongjin said: "That's right, that's why we can pick up so many mountain goods. ”

Mai Xiaoji guessed: "Is it because this place is so poor, so the men go out to make money?" ”

"Maybe it's possible."

Ji Rongjin looked at the scattered villages while walking, "Tonight, I may be able to find a small town with an inn." ”

"Really?" How many days have I not entered the inn to get a good night's sleep, and Mai Xiaoji is very excited.

Sure enough, at sunset, they found a small town, and soon found the only inn in the town, booked a room, ate wowotou, and drank the soup with oil.

After eating enough, Mai Xiaoji couldn't help but ask, "Jin Niang, how are you sure that there must be a town?" ”

Ji Rongjin deliberately sold a pass: "Sir, how do you think I can see it?" ”

Situ pondered for a while, "What is it?" He didn't guess.

She smiled back, "Road." ”

"Road?"

"Yes." She said, "A wide dirt road that has been tamped. ”

"Oh." Mai Xiaoji suddenly realized, "I know, only official roads will be rammed, and where there are official roads, there must be towns and cities." ”

"According to Jin Niang's meaning, this official road at the foot of the mountain extends to the south, if we continue to walk, we will find the county seat?"

Ji Rongjin nodded: "It should be." ”

"That Jin Niang ......"

She grinned, "The county seat is to be found, but I think this is a better place to stay." ”

"Why?" Mai Xiaoji figured it out after asking, and replied, "I know, Jin Niang can't bear the mountain behind her." ”

Ji Rongjin gave a thumbs up, "It's not my little brother Ji." ”

Mai Xiaoji was embarrassed by the praise, and scratched his head again and again with a shy face.

Mr. Situ sat at the table, looking at the little lady opposite through the dim oil lamp in front of him, after a long journey, people were tired and tired, and her little face was yellow and dirty, no different from calling Huazi, but her eyes were bright, energetic, and vibrant, so that the people who followed her felt that the future was promising.

This night, the only guest in the inn kept the inn family busy, and the bath water alone boiled several large pots and tossed until midnight.

The innkeeper stooped down and sneakily entered the stove from the mule stable, "Did the three of them sleep?" ”

Daughter Luo Yinfeng snorted coldly, "No, that woman has used three bath buckets of water yet, and it consumes more water than killing New Year's pigs here, and I don't know what to pay attention to." ”

Mother-in-law Luo Fang said, "You don't care how she tosses, just give copper coins." ”

Boss Luo pursed his lips and shaved his lips, "If that mule is taken to the county seat to be sold, it is estimated that there will be two taels." ”

Luo Yinfeng was worried, "Dad, I'm afraid it's not okay!" ”

Boss Luo reprimanded: "What do you know about a little lady, the horse has no night grass and no fat, no windfall is not rich, our inn has few guests all year round, if you don't kill a guest, how do you live." ”

After tossing for a night, and finally washing himself up, Ji Rongjin took a towel and sat on the edge of the bed while wiping his hair, while thinking about all the chores after staying.

Outside the window, the moonlight is cold, and the bare branches rustle by the southeast wind, and it is scary to hear it alone in the quiet night.

Ji Rongjin frowned, got up, stood at the door, stared at the old door and listened to the movement outside, her ears moved, something was wrong, she stretched out her hand, almost opened the door, thought about it, turned around, blew out the small lamp in front of the bed, leaned against the door again, looked outside through the crack in the door, and the black shadow disappeared from her sight.

She tugged at the corners of her mouth, remained silent, returned to the bed, touched the dagger next to the pillow, smiled faintly, closed her eyes, and fell asleep after a while.

In the spring thunder of March, Vientiane was renewed, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty suddenly drove his friends, Yan Xu, the king of Chu, announced his accession to the throne, the country name Taixing, and the old emperor's funeral was not finished, so he re-crowned his brother as the king.

Yan Tao changed from the original King of Qi to the King of Liaodong, the original fiefdom was recovered, and the new fiefdom became a deserted northeast region, from the military department to the general of the Zhenguo, it seems that the military power is greater, but in fact it is a title, and half of the soldiers in his hands were taken away by Emperor Taixing on the grounds of guarding the territory of the Quartet.

"Your Highness—" His subordinates were not popular.

Yan Tao sat on the Taishi's chair and was silent.

"Your Highness......" The staff and courtiers who followed him were all anxious, waiting for him to give an explanation.

He slowly raised his eyes, "Take the map." ”

Everyone was shocked, "Your Highness, are you ......?"

Ji Rongjin, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know that the Great Xia Dynasty had changed emperors, and the era name had become a new era name.

The next morning, before she woke up, she heard the sound of an argument between Mai Xiaoji and the innkeeper, "How could my mule run away on its own, it must have been stolen by your people here." ”

Ji Rongjin covered his face, this black shop.