Chapter Seventy-Five: Fleeing in a Carriage
"You, you, why are you here? Didn't you go out?! ”
Zuo Xingyan was shocked, pointing at Jing Beihan's face, and his words were a little bad.
Although Jing Beihan's body was stiff, his face was indifferent.
He picked up the cup and took a sip of herbal tea, barely suppressing the heat in his heart, and then spoke: "Why do you want to go out?" ”
His voice was a little hoarse, and the slightly damp steam left in the room was unexpectedly sultry.
Zuo Xingyan was stunned for a moment, and then came back to her senses, she turned her back and hurriedly tied her clothes, and then turned to stare at Jing Beihan.
"I'm taking a shower, and you're sitting outside without saying a word, it's too shameless!"
Zuo Xingyan didn't even know if Jing Beihan had a peek.
Although with Jing Beihan's character, it is somewhat unlikely to take a peek.
But Zuo Xingyan was still angry in his heart.
"We are husband and wife, the lady is taking a bath, and the husband is waiting in the house, can this also be called shameless?"
Unexpectedly, Jing Beihan did not panic at all, and the words he said were even more irrefutable.
Zuo Xingyan was dumbfounded, she was like a raging bonfire, and suddenly someone poured a basin of cold water, and her anger was instantly extinguished by the water.
What made Zuo Xingyan speechless was not Jing Beihan's calm attitude, but that even she felt that he was right.
They are husband and wife......
"But, but, then you also make a noise, it's scary!"
Zuo Xing's face was embarrassed, and he couldn't help but complain.
Jing Bei nodded coldly, "Next time, I'll make a sound." ”
Zuo Xingyan: "......" Next time, the old lady will kick you out in advance!
After that, Jing Beihan also took a bath, and in line with the principle of courtesy, Zuo Xingyan looked at it generously.
Compared to Zuo Xingyan and Jing Beihan's comfort, the rest of the Jing family is still the same as before.
A large family huddled together and stayed in the room to rest.
Jing Zhong is a person who knows gratitude, he used to be a martial artist, so he naturally knows what the treatment of exiled prisoners is, and now they can live in the inn, which is a gift.
Even if there is no one to guard and is not tied by a rope, no one in the Jing family dares to think crookedly.
After a night's rest, everyone's mental state has improved a lot.
Looking at Zuo Xingyan, who was refreshed and obviously had taken a bath, the aunt of the Jing family was full of jealousy and hatred in her eyes.
Why can she live in a room alone with Jing Beihan? Why can she take a bath?
The resentment in the aunt of the Jing family was unwilling, and it was backlogged layer after layer.
She knew that now everyone was looking to Zuo Xingyan, a slut, and now that the old lady was gone, no one would protect her, plus the previous lessons, the aunt of the Jing family also had a heart.
She understands that once she angers Zuo Xingyan at this time, what awaits her must be everyone's condemnation.
So the aunt of the Jing family has been waiting, waiting for an opportunity.
Zuo Xingyan was talking to Jing Yannian at this time, in the morning, Song Chatou ordered Yacha to buy vegetable buns, Zuo Xingyan was tired of eating steamed buns, and took out the meat patties to share with Jing Beihan and a few others.
She also gave Song Chatou a meatloaf.
Everyone was eating, and the street vendors were talking.
"I heard that everyone is starting to flee, and the people from the imperial court will soon come over to collect another wave of grain taxes!"
"Isn't it conscription? I heard from a distant relative over there that the court is in turmoil, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is preparing to raise troops to rebel......"
"Hurry up and be quiet! Don't dare to say this, be careful to catch you and cut off your head! ”
"Hey, whether it's food or conscription, it's all us who suffer, my son is fifteen years old this year, it's really not good, I'll take him to run away."
Zuo Xingyan, who was sitting on the stone steps on the side of the street, heard this, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Jing Beihan.
"Is the prince really going to rebel?" She asked.
Jing Beihan chewed the meatloaf slowly.
"This is expected, Li Siheng's ambition is too strong, and today's saint is mediocre, and his rebellion is inevitable."
"Then aren't you in a hurry? When Li Siheng becomes the emperor, he may even kill you. ”
"They've killed me a long time ago, haven't they? What's more, when he arrived in Quanzhou, he couldn't reach it. ”
Jing Beihan was very calm, and after speaking, he stuffed the last bite of meatloaf into his mouth.
"Don't worry, there is less than a month to go, and we will be able to go to Quanzhou."
He even had the heart to appease Zuo Xingyan.
Seeing Jing Beihan like this, Zuo Xingyan simply didn't worry about it.
After eating, everyone continued on their way.
Zhangzhou is closer to the south, but there are not many rivers, and everyone walks all the way, and their mouths are dry from the sun.
There is no place to replenish the water halfway, so they can only save water.
Zuo Xingyan looked at the big sun, and his heart was full of bad premonitions.
There was just a flood in the back, so there won't be another drought ahead, right?
This Great Liang country is really full of disasters and difficulties!
As the crowd walked, they noticed that there were more and more people rushing around them.
Most of them dragged their families with their families, came from the small road, and when they got on the main road, they were even more immersed in the road.
"It's not going to be a refugee again, is it?" Zuo Xingyan looked at the family of three who hurriedly walked by with a sallow face beside him, and said worriedly.
Jing Beihan also frowned, "It looks like it." ”
Now that the people of Daliang have reached this point, it seems that they are really exhausted.
Facts have proved that Zuo Xingyan and the others guessed correctly, these people are refugees.
Many villages and towns in Zhangzhou have experienced drought, and the crops in the fields have withered and died.
In the case of no harvest, the imperial court did not allocate grain for disaster relief, and even issued a decree saying that it would increase taxes!
The common people themselves can't live their lives anymore, where can they still pay taxes on grain?
It's like roasting them on the fire!
Under the double torture of natural and man-made disasters, many ordinary people cannot survive.
Some people starved to death at home, and some sold their sons and daughters for a bite to eat.
What's more, they went directly to rob and were beaten to death by those rich businessmen on the street.
Not only that, but the drought also brought locusts and pestilence, which made the situation of the common people even worse
Where would the emperor in Kyoto care about the life and death of the people, he only cared about whether he could enjoy himself.
He sat on a high throne, pampered, wine pond and meat forest, and under that throne was the white bone wail of hundreds of people, which was shocking.
Zuo Xingyan looked at the people walking by the roadside, and from time to time there was a cough that kept reddening, and his heart became more and more uneasy.
She called Song Chatou and asked him to take everyone away from these refugees, and try not to contact them if they can.
The plague is too terrifying, although Zuo Xingyan has a way to heal, but she doesn't want to expose too much of her ability so early.
Song Chatou was also worried that something would happen to the prisoners escorted, so he immediately asked everyone to slow down and fall far behind these refugees.
At this moment, there was the sound of clattering horses' hooves behind him, and an urgent shout.
"Get out of the way of the people in front!"
Zuo Xingyan turned around and saw a beautiful and luxurious carriage galloping towards him.
The four tall horses in front of the carriage seemed to be frightened, and no matter how the coachman scolded and whipped, they did not stop galloping.
Seeing that the carriage was about to rush in front of Zuo Xingyan and the others!