Chapter 18 On the Way
Xia Jing lay on the couch of the carriage, and waited for her body to recover before getting up and getting off the carriage.
This body gave birth to a child in her teens, although there is no shortage of food and drink in the backyard of the palace, but there is a lack of exercise, which is really not something that Xia Jing can transform in a few days.
After getting out of the carriage, Xia Jing found that it stretched for more than ten miles, and the roadside was full of convoys and guards of various families.
The homeless people who passed by in groups scattered or in groups on the post road, seeing the endless convoy and the fierce guards, how could such a large battle dare to stop here for more, trembling forward, hoping to grow scuds, the farther away from these noble and rich people, the better.
Seeing that the carriages of the convoy were rich in supplies, but they had no ability to grab them, they could only envy and envy in their hearts.
Hongmei took down the basket hanging outside the carriage, took out a few small stools from the basket, and buckled the basket upside down on the ground, turning it into a simple temporary coffee table.
Place two tea cups on it, pour the brewed tea, and then invite the princess and the fifth master to take a seat.
Li Chengmu sat on this kind of short stool for the first time in his life, and he felt very novel when he sat on it, and then saw that many guards next to him were sitting on the ground, and he suddenly felt that a sense of superiority came.
"Mother, you are still thoughtful, if anyone in the mansion would have thought that this kind of stool would be of such use. I heard the housekeeper say that this kind of stool is used by people in the house to do laundry and choose vegetables. ”
Xia Jing looked leisurely, took a sip of tea, and looked up at the wilted leaves above her head.
Under a big tree not far away, a blanket was spread on the ground, and the second and fourth masters of the palace were sitting cross-legged under the tree drinking water and eating dry food.
Although they are called Xia Jing's mother, they are separated by one layer, and they don't come to Xia Jing's side like Xiao Wu.
But the situation here, they can see it clearly, and their legs will be numb after a long time, Li Chengshang glanced at the basket hanging outside the carriage and glanced at the big butler.
Zeng Yan listened to his subordinates come to report the situation, and noticed the uncle's glance at him, and he looked confused.
Subsequently, he followed the sight of the other two masters, only to discover the wonderful use of the small pestle stool, and immediately arranged for the little servant to take down the basket hanging on the carriage, and personally sent a few small pestles over.
The situation over there, Xiao Wu Li Chengmu saw it in his eyes, and he was secretly proud in his heart, with a look of glory and glory, which made Xia Jing look at it.
She turned to the maid and said, "Go and bring down the food box in the carriage." ”
"Princess, are you all mentioning it?" Hongmei asked.
"Well, these foods are not released, you go and send some to the eldest and second, and the fourth."
It's summer, the weather is slowly getting warmer, and coupled with the drought, the temperature will only be higher than in previous years.
If you don't finish the food you cook in the morning during the day, it will be 100% spoiled if you leave it overnight!
Li Chengmu leaned lazily on the trunk of the big tree, and his two long legs stretched forward, only then did he feel that the long legs that had been aggrieved for a long time were stretched.
He looked at the guards not far away vying for the remaining stools, the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile, tilted his head and asked, "Mother, how do you know that the stool has such a wonderful use?" ”
Xia Jing squinted slightly, from her memory, she knew that the original owner was not rich when she was a child, "Before I knew your father, I had to work since I was a child, washing and cooking, choosing vegetables and burning fires, I would use a small pestle, it can be said that it grew up with me." ”
As she spoke, she pursed her lips and smiled, and raised her eyebrows at him: "You say, am I familiar with it?" ”
Li Chengmu blinked: "......"
To be honest, he had only heard that his mother grew up in the countryside, and he didn't know exactly what was going on.
Facing her son's pitying eyes, Xia Jing just smiled indifferently, her original background was not high, as for how to marry Prince Qian as a stepconcubine, she has always been a mystery, I only know that at that time, Prince Qian and the current old emperor had a quarrel, and when he came out of the palace, he sent the housekeeper to the original house to propose marriage.
It is said that the original family background is only worthy of King Qian as a footwasher, but for some reason, King Qian gave up the noble daughter of the capital family, and chose the original body that grew up in the countryside.
Of course, if you can enter the eyes of King Qian, the appearance of the original body must not be bad, but I don't know when it entered the eyes of King Qian.
Thinking of this, Xia Jing remembered her original relatives, because she had just crossed over this time, she couldn't take care of many things, and she forgot to notify them for a while, and she didn't know what happened to them?
Eat and drink enough, everyone sat under the big tree, sometimes a breeze blew, taking away the heat caused by the hurry, if it were not for the post road from time to time to describe the withered, numb look of the homeless people passing by, and the surrounding plants withered yellow.
In this situation, it is easy to misunderstand which family's young lady is going on an outing.
Different from the comfort of everyone on the post road at the bottom of the mountain, there is also a team moving quickly in the dense forest on the mountain at this time.
Walking in the dense forest, although there is no scorching sun as a headshot, the dense forest is impermeable, and the weather is dry, so it is really hot and humid.
The man who walked in the front snorted and panted, raised the big knife in his hand, and slashed down, cutting off the branches that stood in the way, clearing the road ahead, and he stopped.
The big knife was stuck on the ground, he tore the hem of his clothes, wiped the sweat off his face a few times, wiped off the sweat on his face, and then turned back to a big man who followed behind and said: "Big brother, let's rest and recuperate here, it's too laborious to shuttle all the way through the mountains!" ”
The man who is called the eldest brother looked around, the brothers were sweating all over, all of them were so tired that they were panting, and it was indeed time to take a break and let everyone recover their strength.
He shouted to his brothers, who were still clearing the barricades in front of him: "Brothers, don't cut it, everyone clean it up and rest on the spot!" ”
As soon as the surrounding brothers heard that they could rest, they didn't care about it, and the tired people sat down directly on the ground, and with a little bit of strength, they shouted to the team behind them and loudly conveyed the command of the eldest brother to rest on the spot.
If you are careful, you will notice that the leaves of the trees in the distance are shaking with the sound of the order.
It can be seen that the scale of this team in the mountains is really not small!
The funeral procession of King Qian's Mansion who encountered a bandit a few days ago, if they were here, someone would recognize it, this is the mountain bandit who robbed them a few days ago.
If you want to ask them to stay in the mountains and be the overlord, why did they follow the trend and play escape from the famine?
The country is broken!
It is not only the towns and villages that are affected, but also the mountain bandits hidden in the mountains.
There are no eggs under the nest!
The mountain bandits are also mortal in the flesh, and they are also afraid that after the Beidi soldiers and horses occupy the capital, when they are relieved, these aliens will come to clean them up.
In the past, they went down the mountain to rob, and they lived happily under the rule of the old Emperor Huiyuan, and for the sake of a 'happy' life in the future, of course, they had to flee south with the old emperor!
Moreover, on the way to the south, if they robbed a few more caravans by the way, then their lives in the south would be more secure in the future.
With the opening of the way for money, the mountain bandits, water bandits and other head snakes in the south, for the sake of money, will also leave them a favor.
When they have a firm foothold, everything will be said about the future.