mesbooks Chapter 179: Unwilling, Clinging
Chapter 179: Unwilling, Clinging
Fortunately, this kind of weather only lasted for one day, and the weather cleared up from the second day.
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Since separating from Shen Li, Pei Yu and his servants have been traveling during the day. At night, he would take out the parchment scroll to study.
This parchment scroll has turned yellow and looks very old. It is the thing in the box that Shen Li helped him open last time.
It is said that this treasure map contains the treasures of the previous dynasty, but the previous dynasty was three hundred years ago, and many cities and places have changed. Pei Yu couldn't tell where it was for a moment.
He had no choice but to make a rubbing of the most obvious peak and hand it over to his subordinates for investigation. However, this was a time-consuming and labor-intensive project, and the results would not be seen in the short term at least.
As time was getting darker, Tianqing walked into the study holding a cup of ginseng tea. Seeing his master reading a parchment scroll, he lowered his head and put the teacup on the table.
"master."
Pei Yu came back to his senses and glanced at the sky outside. "What time is it now?"
"The beginning of the Zi hour."
After hearing this, Pei Yu put away the parchment scroll in his hand and carried it with him.
He couldn't ensure that he was absolutely safe at all times, so it was safest to keep the most important things with himself.
"Is An Yi back?"
"Not yet, but according to their pace, they should be here in two days."
Pei Yu thought of the vague gaze he encountered outside today, and said, "Send a message to An Yi, and ask him to take another route."
"Yes."
Although Tianqing didn't know why his master wanted to change the route temporarily, he just had to do it.
Soon, the light in the study was blown out. After Pei Yu washed up, he lay on the bed. Now that he had some free time, he inevitably thought of Shen Li. He wondered if they had reached Suzhou.
According to their pace, they should be able to reach Suzhou in a few days. However, he is now entangled in trivial matters in the capital and may not be able to leave for a while.
Thinking of this, someone let out a long sigh and decided to solve all the mess around him first!
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Shen Jiaojiao and her group were queuing at the city gate, waiting for free porridge. The city looked relatively wealthy, as many families at the city gate were providing free porridge.
The route they took had long been different from that of Shen Changshan and his group, and now the two sides were taking completely different approaches.
Before, they still had a lucky mentality that they might meet Shen Changshan and others again, but now they no longer have this idea at all.
Shen Jiaojiao looked at the maids and servants distributing porridge at the city gate with a hint of numbness in her eyes. When would such days end?
No, no, she can't just sit there and wait to die!
Shen Jiaojiao's life shouldn't be like this!
Although she was hesitant at the beginning, after Shen Jiaojiao got the bowl and saw the white porridge in it, the unwillingness in her heart became stronger and stronger.
After a quick glance, he saw that they were all refugees. He temporarily suppressed the thought and decided to find a suitable time to leave the team.
Old Shen’s family is almost out of food, and now they rely entirely on the food she finds to survive. She has never thought about what will happen to the family if she leaves.
In other words, from the day her mother died and the day she was treated unfairly, these were no longer within her consideration.
Shen Jiaojiao finally had the opportunity she had been waiting for. Three days later, they were walking on the road when a luxurious carriage came from behind them. There were two more carriages behind it, and not far ahead was a group of more than 100 refugees.
Shen Jiaojiao looked at the carriage, looked at the refugees not far away, and a smile that must have had an ambiguous meaning appeared on the corner of her mouth.
When the carriage drove into the middle of the refugee group, the surrounding refugees scattered. Although the few sword-wielding guards nearby reacted promptly, there were too many refugees and they were unable to do anything for a while.
Even the carriage was pushed by them, and the horses were frightened and neighed restlessly on the spot.
Soon, several refugees climbed into the three carriages and started snatching food when they saw it. The young man in brocade clothes was so frightened that he stood there in a daze.
"You, you guys..."
Shen Jiaojiao rushed over there as soon as the crowd started to riot. She couldn't stand this kind of life anymore and decided to take a gamble!
"Jiaojiao!"
"Aunt, where are you going?"
Shen Wensong and Shen Changfeng behind her were worried, so they followed Shen Jiaojiao and chased after her.
Shen Jiaojiao struggled to squeeze into the crowd. During this time, she was beaten countless times, even several punches on the face. However, she didn't care about it and tried hard to run towards the carriage in the middle.
At this time, the horse began to gallop rapidly. Shen Jiaojiao just climbed onto the carriage and was almost thrown off. Fortunately, she was quick-eyed and quick-handed and grabbed the wooden board, thus barely stabilizing herself.
This most luxurious carriage was abandoned by the refugees because there was no food. Now there was only the young man in brocade clothes inside.
"Ah~"
The horse was running at a very fast speed, and the boy was hit on the head inside the carriage, and he immediately cried out in pain.
It was the first time that Shen Jiaojiao saw this scene. She was extremely anxious. She secretly told herself not to be anxious, and then mustered up the courage to pick up the reins.
The horse and the carriage rushed out of the crowd and ran into the woods.
"Master!"
Seeing this, several guards stopped entangled with the refugees around them and simply removed the carriages from the other two horses and quickly rode after them.
Shen Jiaojiao pulled the reins hard and tried her best to comfort the horse. The horse finally stopped after running for a long time.
"Xu~"
The boy had already secured his body in the carriage in a panic. Through the shaking curtain, he could only see a graceful figure outside, and from the back it was a girl.
Finally, the horses stopped and the two men took a full incense stick of time to come to their senses.
Shen Jiaojiao adjusted her facial expression and looked back at the boy cautiously, "Are you okay?"
In the mind of the young Xie Yunchi, although Shen Jiaojiao was not pretty at the moment and her face was a little thin and sallow, her eyes were extremely beautiful, just like a newborn deer, looking at him with a pair of wet eyes.
"No, it's okay!"
The young master coughed lightly, rubbed his red and swollen forehead, stood up and walked out of the carriage. Seeing this, Shen Jiaojiao also turned around and got out of the carriage.
But the moment she turned around and got off the carriage, a very faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Sir, are you injured anywhere else?" Shen Jiaojiao pointed at his forehead and asked cautiously.
"It's okay. How about you? Are you hurt?"
Shen Jiaojiao shook her head and gave a shy smile. Soon, Xie Yunchi's guards caught up with her.
"Third Master, how are you?"
"No problem, let's go."
When he turned around and got on the carriage, he thought of Shen Jiaojiao who was standing beside him, "Can you come with me?"