"You don't have to worry too much, the crown prince brother has given me enough time, we can take our time."

Xiao Zhi held Chu Xin's hand with a smile in his eyes.

In fact, this feeling of not being disturbed by others is really good, in fact, if he said by name that he wanted to marry Chu Xin, would no other people be involved?

But that won't happen.

"Hmm."

Feeling the eyes of someone else's head, Chu Xin was slightly shy.

"In the past, there were not many opportunities to leave the palace in the palace, and then I always stayed in my own courtyard in the palace, but I didn't expect the scenery outside to be like this, people came and went, and everyone looked very hurried."

Chu Xin looked at all this expectantly and happily, watching how ordinary people lived.

"You're dressed up too elegantly today, I look at the hairpins on the stall over there and it looks good, let's go take a look!"

Xiao Zhi looked at the stall on the side, these hairpins naturally can't be compared with the golden hairpins and hostas in the palace and the house, but they seem to be quite good.

"Then let's take a look!"

Chu Xin felt that she was very happy to do everything now, as long as it was her and Xiao Zhi, and no one bothered her!

"I wonder what kind of hairpins the son and Mrs. like?"

When the stall owner saw someone coming, he immediately greeted him warmly, and at a glance he saw that the son and his wife were handsome and feminine, and they were very flattering when they took a few hairpins.

"Why don't you just do it?"

Xiao Zhi looked carefully at each hairpin and picked up a peach blossom hairpin carved from wood, although it was not so exquisite, it looked quite interesting.

After paying the money, he took the peach blossom hairpin and took it to Chu Xin's hair in person.

"It's winter at the moment, and this peach hairpin on my head doesn't seem to be proportionate at all."

Chu Xin touched it lightly, all she brought were gold hairpins, silver hairpins, and hostas, and she really didn't bring wooden hairpins.

"When the peach blossoms bloom over there, you and I can't afford to wait, and it's not just this winter."

Xiao Zhi said with a smile, then wait until the peach blossoms bloom, they still have a long, long time.

Chu Xin's heart was sweet, and in a trance, he returned to the old time, and there would only be the two of them

After walking around the road and not finding anything wrong, they naturally would not be stupid enough to ask someone directly, which would definitely expose their purpose.

What's more, no one knows who this prefectural order is, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it if it is exposed.

"I remember that Brother Xuan Wang was praised by his father because of his meritorious service in dealing with Wan County, and he handled the situation in Wan County very well, and there were no casualties, it seems that every person is well fed and warmly clothed, and what Brother Xuan Wang said is true."

Xiao Zhi took Chu Xin to a relatively remote place, he always felt that many things were very wrong, but he couldn't say anything.

Chu Xin sat on the steps on the ground, supporting his chin with his hands, and felt very tired after walking for a long time, so he could find a remote place to sit and rest.

"I don't think the county commander will be willing to tell us the truth, he should have sent someone to follow us in the morning, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say anything else?"

Chu Xin's face was solemn, and he always felt that everything was not so simple, could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to find King Xuan's fault, but he refused to come forward in person, so he threw this question on Xiao Zhi?

"No," Xiao Zhi shook his head against a big tree, "Or maybe the crown prince thinks I'm too idle and wants to find me something to do, right?" ”

There was a little more self-deprecation between the words.

"I think the crown princess is a very gentle and kind woman, and I heard that His Royal Highness the crown prince is benevolent, he should also be an excellent person."

Chu Xin has only been in Northern Qi for a short time, and he is not very familiar with everything here, the only one who has an impression is the crown princess Xu Miaorong, I only know that she is really a very gentle woman, and she will not be embarrassed if there is no arrogance.

I also heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes Xu Miaorong the most, and the two must have similar temperaments.

"I only remember when I was a child, I saw the queen and Concubine Chun fighting to the death, they had long been incompatible, and the crown prince and brother Xuan were also at odds with each other, and they were afraid that they wanted to find each other's faults.

And after I returned to Northern Qi, I relied on the care of the crown prince and the imperial brother, the crown prince and the imperial brother were indeed a benevolent imperial brother, he just really wanted to know what the situation was here. “

Xiao Zhi lowered his eyes, and what he said was a half-truth.

is also talking about what he should do, and only the crown prince and brother have some kindness to him, so he must be on his side at this moment.

"Then he is indeed a very good person, and he should be as good as the crown princess!"

Chu Xin took a wooden stick and pulled the soil on the ground, and after walking for so long, he didn't feel cold, he only felt that his body was hot.

I have been living in the palace all these years, and I don't know how the people live, so I have walked so many streets and alleys, but I have seen eight or nine without leaving ten.

There are not so many rules in life between ordinary people, and there is no need to be afraid of saying the wrong thing, and it feels quite easy to get along.

Thinking of getting along with Chu Yi after going back, it must be tense all the time, and I have to endure the ridicule of the other party's yin and yang, and I want to go back many times, but because of my identity, I can only bite my lip stubbornly.

Forget it, I haven't gone back yet, so don't think about such an unhappy thing.

In a daze, he seemed to hear some small movements, Chu Xin listened carefully and looked left and right, and found that it was coming from the abandoned house behind him.

Immediately shocked, he hurriedly stepped forward to pull Xiao Zhi's hand and pointed to the room inside.

"There are a lot of wandering beggars in the abandoned house, and I think the same is true here."

Xiao Zhi looked into the room while comforting softly, these people will not tell the truth, and if they ask too much, they are afraid that they will be exposed, so it is better to find these wandering beggars and ask.

If you can't ask anything, forget it, if you really ask something, it's a good thing, and more importantly, it's easy to solve.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you with me, if you're afraid, you'll be waiting outside."

"With you, I'm definitely not afraid, let's go in and have a look, I don't seem to hear the movement, maybe it's a small animal?"

The two of them walked in lightly together, it was an abandoned house, fortunately it was daytime at the moment, and the light shining through the window could barely see inside, if it was night, it would definitely not be clear.

There was nothing in the house, and there was no place to hide people, could it be that I really heard it wrong, maybe it was just some cat or dog?

Just when the two of them were disappointed, Chu Xin saw a small haystack in the most inconspicuous place, and carefully recalled the extremely small sound, could it be that there was something in the haystack?

"Who's in there, don't pretend to be a ghost, come out quickly!"

Xiao Zhi shouted coldly, most of them turned out to be hiding something.

"We have no hostility, we won't hurt you, we just wonder who is inside, can we come out and let us see, if we need to help us, we can also help you!"

Chu Xin squatted in front of the haystack, and his voice was very gentle.

There was still no reaction for a long time, the two looked at each other, and if there was no reaction, they would personally open the haystack to see if it was a god or a ghost inside!

"Really?"

Just when Xiao Zhi couldn't help but make a move, a small voice suddenly came, like the voice of a little girl.

"Naturally, it's true, if you need help, you can come out and tell me, I can help you with anything, whether you want to eat and drink, or you can say anything!"

As soon as he heard the voice of a little girl, Chu Xin became even more worried, if it was just a child, what would he do if he was hiding here, would he still be able to live?

Xiao Zhi's face was solemn, and a trace of worry also flashed in his eyes.

"Are you here alone, where have your parents gone, can you tell me?"

Chu Xin patiently asked gently, if the other party was just a child, I am afraid that he could not be tough, he still had to talk about it.

"My father and mother are dead, I am the only one, a group of them are dead, and even the bodies are gone."

Hearing clearly what was coming from inside, Chu Xin really felt a little frightened.

What happened, what did it mean that a group of people were dead, even the bodies were gone, what happened here?

"Little sister, don't be afraid, you come out and talk to me."

Chu Xin knew that there must be a lot of articles in it, and ordinary people couldn't ask the truth, so just ask a little girl here, she should be able to tell the truth.

"You go buy some food, I'll talk to her here."

Chu Xin thought about it carefully and thought about it, it was better to let herself stay here, maybe the little girl would not be afraid.

"Okay."

Xiao Zhi nodded, no one can find the remote location here, maybe the little girl is short of food and clothing here, buy something and smell the fragrance, so she is willing to come out?

"Little sister, if there is anything else you want to say to me, I'll sit here and talk to you."

Chu Xin gently pulled the straw, now is the coldest time, hiding in it is probably to keep out the cold, it looks quite pitiful.

Unexpectedly, the people inside slowly crawled out, it was a pair of skinny hands, and it was indeed a dirty little girl, who looked like she was only in her teens.

She lay on the ground and looked at Chu Xin aggrievedly and fearfully, but she actually felt that the voice of the woman outside was very gentle, so she was willing to come out.

"Seeing that you are so thinly dressed, it must be very cold, do you think it will be warm when you hide inside?"

Xiao Zhi said pitifully, immediately took off the fluffy cloak on his body and directly surrounded the little girl's body, and tied the strap on the cloak tightly.

The little girl's whole body was very thin, so her eyes were unusually big, she nodded, hiding in it was indeed much warmer.

In fact, I used to think it was nothing, but now the weather is slowly getting colder, and the whole person is very cold, so I went to pick up a lot of straw and gathered here, hiding in the straw pile is indeed not cold.

"What's your name?"

Chu Xin took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, carefully wiped the little girl's face, and arranged all her hair neatly, so that she could see that she was a delicate-looking girl.

"Qianqian."

Qianqian still looked very timid, facing Chu Xin, she didn't dare to look at her eyes, she only felt that she really felt so warm with a fluffy cloak tattooed on her body, even warmer than hiding in a straw pile.

"Qianqian, what do you mean by what you just said, can you tell me?"

Chu Xin simply sat on the ground and faced Qianqian, what he just said must be very interesting, and he must find out what is going on, maybe it will be of great help to them.

Seeing that Qianqian was still bowing her head and huddled together, she didn't dare to speak, Chu Xin knew that she might be asking too much.

glanced at the gate again, Xiao Zhi hadn't come back yet, and he would wait until he bought the food and let Qianqian eat enough.

"There was an epidemic in the village a few months ago, and a lot of people died, and there was no medicine to save them, and the noble man said that it would be good to surround the sick people together and let them all die, and he also said that the corpses should be burned clean and not allowed to be spread."

Qianqian wrapped the cloak on her body tightly, she bit her lip tightly, and the whole person trembled with fear when she thought of the emotions of that day.

Why are those nobles so high, why can a few words take so many people's lives, and why don't you have a little mercy?

"Which nobleman is it?"

Chu Xin stared at Qianqian tightly with a solemn face, and gradually had an answer in his heart.

Qianqian kept her head down and shrunk together without speaking, I don't know if she didn't know or didn't dare to say it.