Chapter 136: Chills Are Everywhere

The next three days.

When they were thirsty, they drank stream water; when they were hungry, they went to the mountains to hunt game; when they were sleepy, they stayed under the trees.

The night wind blows and leaves fall.

When the chill was spreading, Chu Jiuning suddenly realized that the footsteps of autumn were gradually fading away.

Because they rode ahead.

The carriage followed behind but didn't catch up, and the clothes and bedding were all in the carriage.

The wind blew past again and again, and when I was about to fall asleep, I felt a chill in my heart.

The prince walked over to her and sat down, holding her in his long arms and letting her lean on his arms. In a daze, Chu Jiuning looked up at the prince's handsome face. When her mind was clear, she hurriedly looked at Amber and Mingtang, but found that they had already moved to another tree.

They remembered what Madam Hong said.

In the whole world, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the best and most suitable person, so we must do everything we can to bring her and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince together.

"Go to sleep."

The prince patted her gently. Chu Jiuning was a little shy, but she leaned in his arms and closed her eyes.

The prince's heartbeat was strong and powerful, and his chest was broad and warm, which made Chu Jiuning fall asleep quickly.

The prince lowered his eyes.

Looking at her sleeping soundly, I suddenly felt that it would be nice to sleep in this desolate mountain.

Such a situation.

This lasted until the eighth day.

As they got closer to Jiangzhou, everyone gradually felt something was wrong.

at first.

I probably only met one or two, and later three or five. They were dressed in rags, had sallow faces, and were walking in a hurry, as if they were fleeing.

When we were almost at the Jiangzhou border, we were on a grassy field beside a lake.

I encountered one or two hundred of them at once.

When their carriage suddenly appeared, the desperate crowd suddenly jumped up, rushed towards them like crazy, and surrounded them tightly.

Their clothes were even more tattered than those of the previous people, their hair was disheveled, and some of them had horrific wounds on their bodies.

They squeezed hard.

He stretched out his dirty, black hand and reached out towards Chu Jiuning's carriage regardless of everything.

Chu Jiuning's eyes were sharp as he scanned them one by one.

I found that their fingertips were cracked, there were black stains of dirt in the crevices of their nails, their mouths and tongues were blistered, and their eyes were filled with a crazy desire for food.

It doesn't look like a fake.

There were many sick and elderly people at the back. Seeing everyone pushing to the front, they became extremely anxious and tried desperately to get up.

It seemed that they were about to squeeze others so hard that they could not move.

The prince's eyes darkened.

Hongye swept the long sword in his hand fiercely, scaring those mud hands so much that they quickly retreated.

"Don't hurt us, we are just out of options. We have nothing to eat or drink, and we are starving to death."

"Please, give us something to eat. We really can't hold on any longer."

"You must have food in your car, bring it to us."

The shouting continued, and the horses were forced to take two steps back, raising their heads and neighing impatiently.

The guards stood shoulder to shoulder, holding them back.

Hongye asked them coldly.

"Where are you from? It's not windy or rainy right now, how could you be in trouble?"

"We came from Jiangzhou. It really didn't rain heavily, and we don't know what happened. The area around the mountain was flooded overnight, and our houses were washed away. We had no other way to survive, so we had to flee."

Chu Jiuning and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince felt heavy-hearted when they heard this.

The prince glanced at Hongye.

Hongye pointed the long sword in his hand, rode his horse forward two steps, and pointed at the open space behind them.

"Those who are able-bodied should stand together, those who are injured should stand together, and those who are sick should lie down or sit together. If you don't obey, we will leave immediately. The sword has no eyes."

The cold light flashed and the sword hummed.

The people who had originally relied on their large numbers had a flash of fear in their eyes, and hurriedly gathered into three small pieces as she said.

There were fifteen people with healthy hands and feet, forty people who were injured, and the rest had serious or minor illnesses, and some were dying.

"Those who are able and willing to move, go gather firewood. I'll set up a pot and make porridge for you right away."

But the fifteen people sitting there didn't move.

They just raised their heads and stared at Hongye and their carriage. If they didn't have swords, they would have rushed up long ago.

or.

They are now planning how to rush up and snatch their things.

"Don't think too much. I'm not a kind person. I'm going to collect firewood. I'll drink half a bowl more later."

I can drink half a bowl more after hearing it.

Those people hurriedly stood up and rushed into the woods behind them.

Among the sick people.

An old lady said crying.

"We've been here for five days. We've tried everything we could find, pick, and dig for miles around. I even ate tree roots. If this continues, we're really going to die."

Hongye glanced at her expressionlessly and asked someone to go to a nearby place to set up the pot.

They brought two small pots and two kettles for boiling water.

Just make do with it for now.

Chu Jiuning looked carefully and found a woman holding a child in her arms. The child was so thin and small that it was impossible to tell whether he was one, two or three years old.

He widened his black eyes and looked at Chu Jiuning innocently and ignorantly.

Chu Jiuning didn't want to take care of too many things.

Because these people are very suspicious.

But he is just a child after all.

She walked towards the child, took out the candy from her arms and fed it into the child's mouth.

Then he took out another steamed bun.

The people around stretched out their hands to grab them, but Amber grabbed the nearest one and threw it far away, saying in a cold voice.

"I told you to follow the rules, did you forget?"

Everyone looked in horror at the man who was thrown more than ten feet away and made no sound at all. They huddled back to their original places and dared not speak anymore.

The steamed buns were fed into the child's mouth bit by bit. The child was so small that he wanted to swallow her fingers together.

Chu Jiuning used a small spoon to fill it with a little water and fed it into his mouth.

The child fell asleep tiredly only after eating half of the steamed bun and drinking a few sips of water.

The water in the pot also became boiling hot, Hongye said coldly.

"There's limited food, so I can only cook in one pot. I can't share it with everyone one by one. I can't get full, but I won't be hungry anymore."

Amber and Mingtang stepped forward and, together with Chu Jiuning, crushed all the buns, steamed buns and pancakes and threw them into the water.

He threw in the few wild vegetables he found around.

When the fragrance is everywhere.

More than a hundred pairs of eyes were staring at the pots almost intently.

"We have sent people to nearby towns to look for food and supplies. If they are available, we will buy them."

Chu Jiuning frowned slightly as she spoke.

"There's a town more than fifty miles from here. Why don't you go closer?"

The child's mother listened and answered hurriedly.

“We wanted to go, but as soon as we got there, someone came and drove us away.”

"Drive away?"

Chu Jiuning looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

They hadn't even entered the town yet and someone came to drive them away. What does this mean?

Is someone watching them?

Or is he guarding against them?

There was no heavy rain in Jiangzhou, so why did the water level rise overnight?

Near the mountain.

It is the mountain that blocks the flow of water. The mountain is long and huge, with a total of three peaks.

With them standing there, the water can hardly get out.

If someone deliberately diverted all the water down, what was their purpose?

The sound of horse hooves came from afar.

The people who had just finished their porridge and were originally sitting on the ground stretched their necks suddenly and looked over with anticipation when they heard the sound.