Chapter 278
Xue Shun didn't know how long he had been sitting there. He heard the sound of someone running in quickly, so he raised his head and looked towards the stone gate.
Unfortunately... it wasn't her. It was Qiongzhi who came in, panting. She said, "Sir, the vegetables have grown and the flowers have bloomed."
Shen Jiao only took a bag of gold and silver and two long swords and left.
He didn't bring Ah Zhu with him and didn't leave any words.
When Xue Shun went out, he saw only a yard full of lush green vegetables and a few wild flowers in full bloom, which might have been accidentally mixed in with the seeds.
Okay.
That's good.
Shen Jiao, take care of yourself, we will meet again if we are lucky.
Maybe then, things will be different.
"Tell mother I'm going to the North. Let me try to do what Sixth Brother hasn't done yet."
…
Shen Jiao was sure that she left in a neat and graceful manner.
There was so much money in front of her, but she only took two palm-sized bags, which showed that she treated money as dirt.
But it was not until she came out, mounted her horse and left Qishui County without looking back that she realized she had nowhere to go.
Her parents had abandoned her, her master was dead, and she was no longer a slave who needed to follow a master. The world was so big, and she was all alone. She had nowhere to go, but no place was her home.
"Oh~ that was careless."
If I had known earlier, I would have taken two more banknotes. I don’t know if this money would be enough to settle down.
Shen Jiao rode his horse along the road, running aimlessly from day to night. He ate the dry food he bought on the road and took a nap in the wilderness. The next day, he set off happily again.
Half a month later, she was still in the wilderness.
She might have lost her way. She only remembered the water route and was not familiar with the land route.
The horse is not very motivated. If it is not led, it will just stand there and eat grass. It eats to the left, to the right, in front, and behind. It is just going around in circles, going wherever there is grass.
"Ah..." Shen Jiao sighed, "You don't know the way either, right?"
The horse shook its tail, lowered its head and ignored her.
Shen Jiao stroked its long horse face and whispered softly, "Useless thing! I'll sell you when I find a place to stay."
Shen Jiao began to miss her abilities, so it would be nice to ask the flowers, plants, and trees.
But I don’t know what happened.
On the day she left, she felt that she was suddenly able to control this ability, and she even made the vegetables ripen and the flowers bloom, and then... nothing happened.
Like a dream, her ears suddenly became quiet and she never heard the sound of plants again.
Shen Jiao looked at the sack on the horse's back. Inside was a broken pottery jar filled with soil, and a handful of grass seeds she had picked up, which had now sprouted.
She didn't kill him either.
I really can't understand it.
Could it be that he exerted too much force and hasn't recovered yet?
Forget it, ignore it. Shen Jiao wandered around in the woods like a headless fly for several days, and only found a village when he got out.
Loach Village.
It sounded like a good dish for stewing tofu. Shen Jiao led the horse and waved to the children who were jumping around at the village entrance: "Little kids, where are you..."
Do you have a place to live?
Before she could finish her words, the children ran away as if they had seen a ghost, shouting as they ran: "Hurry, hurry, the kidnappers are coming, the kidnappers are coming!"
"Who is the kidnapper?"
Shen Jiao looked around, pointed at herself in disbelief, and muttered:
"It can't be me, right?"
She accepted that she looked like a savage. After all, she had been wandering in the forest for half a month, and even if she could find water, she was still a little dirty. But could she be called a kidnapper?
Why did Shen Jiao kidnap them?
But it’s better this way, there are so many people around, I can just ask for directions.
Shen Jiao figured it out and simply stood there with her hands on her hips. She waited for a long time, but no one came to hit her?
Are the people here so cowardly?
The kidnappers don't care...
Shen Jiao led her horse inside and saw that every door was closed. She found a house that looked relatively wealthy and knocked on the door. "Is anyone there? I'm a stranger passing through. It's getting late and I'd like to stay overnight. Is that convenient for you, host?"
"It's inconvenient," a voice inside said loudly, "very inconvenient, you should go somewhere else."
"It's dark now. Where can I go as a girl all alone? Isn't there an inn or hostel here? Could you please be so kind as to show me the way?"
Shen Jiao thought she sounded pitiful enough, but this family was truly heartless. One woman even cursed in disgust, "No, no, get out of here! If you can't find a place to go, why don't you just go die?"
Her curses were quite harsh.
Shen Jiao kicked the door open with a bang. "Who wants me dead? Come out and see for yourself. You asked me for directions in a nice tone, but I didn't give you directions. You even cursed me. You really think I'm easy to bully, don't you?"
The sound was loud enough, and she was shouting very fiercely, but the people inside didn't say a word. A child cried twice and then fell silent, probably because his mouth was covered.
It's really confusing.
Shen Jiao scratched his head and began to make up rumors: "Hey, I'm talking to you, are you kidnappers? Just now, a few children at the village entrance ran away when they saw someone, and they were shouting about kidnappers. They must be bad people. Could it be that you stole the child and hid him at home?"
"You're talking nonsense!" The same woman cursed, "Don't stop me, she's not."
The woman came out from behind the pile of firewood with a very bad look on her face, followed by a large group of people.
Shen Jiao looked at the considerable amount of firewood, then at the group of people, and was quite shocked: "How did they hide this?"
"None of your business," the woman said unhappily. "If you don't want to ask for directions, there's an inn about ten miles out of the village. However, I advise you, a 'lonely weak girl,' not to go. It's best to keep going all the way to Yongcheng. There's everything you need there."
She spoke the few words about the lonely girl in a very sarcastic tone, and even her head twisted, and the corners of her mouth almost drooped to her chin.
Shen Jiao said nonchalantly, "Why didn't you just say it earlier? You have to make me angry. I thought you couldn't speak human language."
Shen Jiao glanced at the child whose mouth was covered and kindly reminded him, "Let go quickly, your head is red."
She led the horse and was about to leave.
The woman yelled again, "You're just going to leave like this without paying for it?"
"How dare you ask me to pay for the door? I haven't asked you to pay yet," Shen Jiao said confidently, "Do you know how much harm your words have caused me? Every moment of my life from now on, I may be reminded of how I first entered the martial arts world and just wanted to ask for directions, but someone indiscriminately told me to get lost. Every time I think of it, I feel sad, and when I feel sad, I cry bitterly. Crying too much is not only harmful to my body but also to my eyes. Even if I don't care about these things, at the very least, because of your words, a weak girl's dream of martial arts has been shattered. At the most serious level, you are trying to kill me!"
"Aren't you living well?"
"What if I die because I can't bear it?"
Shen Jiao sniffed and wiped away the sudden tears.
"Just half a month ago, I became a homeless little girl. I finally stopped being sad, and now I've met someone like you. What else in the world is worth clinging to?"
The woman chattered, not knowing what to say.
A little boy hiding behind her suddenly poked his head out and said, "Mother, you've really gone too far. Please apologize to your sister."
"Call me auntie." Shen Jiao said while sobbing.
The little boy readily agreed: "Okay, mother, please apologize to auntie. Don't let her die here. It would be so scary if she hanged herself at the door."
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