After Jiang Ning had already sat in the carriage prepared by Mu Jingzhao, she realized that in fact, there were other better ways to solve this matter, such as if he took the queen mother away, leaving himself and the concubine here, or he took himself and the concubine here, and so on, there were countless permutations and combinations.

Jiang Ning lifted the curtain, and after the carriage, the white mansion kept shrinking.

On the side of the road, a cut of tree roots that had been cut off in the weeds flashed in front of Jiang Ning's eyes. The wooden stakes on the side of the road were nothing unusual, of course, but they were covered with blackened burn marks.

It must have been a big fire, and the entire perimeter of the stake was burned black, and the original color of the bark was not visible, except for a small area in the center of the growth rings.

Rao is fire is fierce, and it can't withstand the indomitable vitality of all things, Jiang Ning sighed silently. At the edge of the stump, which had almost become scorched wood, many branches stepped on the scorched earth and grew upward, and perhaps in ten years, a towering tree would be born.

The carriage jolted, recalling the little tiredness that Jiang Ning had managed to suppress. She lowered the curtain and leaned back on the car with her head a little tired, closing her eyes to recuperate.

Thinking about it, Mu Jingzhao also felt a little guilty in his heart because he saw the blue and black under her eyes, "I know that you are tired, but in this Qingshui County, there is really no one around me who is more familiar with this place than you." If you bring the queen and them, it is easy to expose flaws, and the less people know about this kind of thing, the less people will know. ”

Mu Jingzhao's voice was mixed with the creaking sound of the carriage moving, Jiang Ning's thoughts were scattered, and he only knew what he was talking about something related to going out, and he couldn't remember what it was.

In the bump of the carriage, Jiang Ning had a dream, she dreamed that she was in a high position, and Mu Jingzhao was side by side to accept the kneeling of the people of the world, and in the cheers, the fire rose to the sky, burning everything down.

When she woke up, she was leaning on Mu Jingzhao's shoulder.

I don't know if it's because of the dream, she was sore all over, and the fatigue on her body not only did not reduce, but became a little heavier.

"Nightmare?" Mu Jingzhao asked, subconsciously reaching out to probe her forehead to confirm whether she was sick.

Jiang Ning got up and brushed her palm past her ear.

"Hmm."

Mu Jingzhao's outstretched hand turned in one direction, holding his neck and twisting stiffly.

"You've been squirming around while you're sleeping, and I'm afraid you'll fall, so come here."

Jiang Ning rubbed her eyes a little uncomfortably, it was close to noon at this time, some dazzling sunlight shone into the car through the gap in the car curtain, her eyes were closed, and she slowly opened them, and the feeling of not being dizzy had subsided a little.

"Thank you."

"We have now entered the city, and we just heard that another family was targeted last night, and dozens of the owner's family were killed, and we are now on our way to the place of the incident."

Jiang Ning nodded, and reached out to open the curtain on his side.

This Qingshui County is not as terrifying as Lin Zheng said, perhaps because it is still early, and the terrifying atmosphere at night has not yet shrouded it. On the side of the wide street, there are many vendors selling small things, and many women in cloth clothes are choosing their favorite things.

Although there has been chaos in the city for a long time, after all, it has always been only the rich who have suffered, and they have not been able to do anything about themselves, and the common people naturally have nothing to do with themselves.

Besides, many people just do this kind of livelihood work, and if they just let it go, it will be the family who suffers.

Being targeted by villains is also death, and starving to death if you lose your income is also death, and the wise choice is naturally to continue to live with luck.

If you change yourself, you probably have to take the risk of coming out to tell the story, and you can earn a sub.

"According to the neighbors of the family, there was no movement last night and no movement was heard. By the time they were awakened by the screams of their subordinates, the fire was already very strong, and the owner of the house had all been extinguished, and the rest of the maids had almost run away, but strangely enough, none of the escapees knew how all this had happened. ”

Jiang Ning nodded, but then, she felt a little strange.

"How do you know what the neighbors and their servants are saying?" Of course, she didn't believe that Mu Jingzhao's luck could be so good, and she met those witnesses when she went out.

"When I passed by the city gate and waited, a group of women who were in a hurry to gather were chatting, and I sent Lu Feng to inquire."

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and inexplicably thought of the strange picture of Lu Feng, a big man who is not good at words, in a group of sharp-tongued women.

She chuckled unconsciously.

"These women are always like to exaggerate, and this is not necessarily the case."

"Well, so I sent Lu Feng to inquire many times along the way, and the answers I got were all exactly the same."

"It's hard for him."

Mu Jingzhao seemed to have thought of something, lowered his head and laughed softly.

The carriage was still bumping, and when he was bored, Jiang Ning simply opened the curtain and continued to look at the scenery outside the window.

"What's changed in this place."

"The streets have become wider, and the buildings on the street have been renewed."

"Have you been here before?"

Jiang Ning was noncommittal, she lowered her eyes, "This is the only way for us to catch the market, we used to enter the city from that side, and then go to the market through this road." ”

Mu Jingzhao was silent for a moment, but he still didn't continue, his original intention was just to learn more about Jiang Ning through these small talks.

But he was also reluctant to do something like evoking her sadness.

The carriage continued to move in silence, and not far away a blackened house passed by them. The blackened door of the house was wide open, revealing a scene of sham inside, and all the beams of the house were burned down, and the beams and the roof were tilted down. The tiles were scattered all over the ground, and the blackened bricks and tiles were no longer visible.

Even the oncoming wind seems to have a bit of burnt smell.

The burning smell was very light, but it seemed to merge with the air of Qingshui County, and invaded Jiang Ning's body from Jiang Ning's nasal cavity.

Gradually, she even felt a little burning pain in her skin.

She frowned and lowered the curtain.

"Why are these houses burned down like this, and there is not even a person in charge?"

"Maybe it's because the county magistrate here was killed, and no one cares about this kind of thing. In the past, I also sent many people to serve as officials here, but every time I took office, the door was destroyed in less than three days, so no one dared to come. ”

As if thinking of something, Mu Jingzhao lowered his eyes and chuckled, "Those straw bales." When it comes to this, it is forced to die, and it is embarrassing. ”

"Actually, it's human nature." Jiang Ning was about to speak, but she smelled a stronger smell of burnt smell rushing towards her, and she was a little out of breath for a while.

"We're here." Mu Jingzhao spoke behind her.