Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Such a huge imperial city?!
Shen Moer dozed off in a daze, but soon woke up.
Just as she closed her eyes, she had a nightmare. She dreamed that the rebels marched straight into the palace and broke into the treasury. Everyone of them held a bloody knife in his hand and wanted to chop off the heads of this "dog prince and dog princess" father and daughter.
In the dream, before the rebels' knives could chop down, her greatest ability in life was to hug her uncle the emperor's legs and cry poor. Her father, the prince, who had cheated countless gold, silver and rare treasures from her uncle, was so scared that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
She rushed over and tried to grab her father, but the rebel slashed at her with a knife, startling her and waking her up.
"Mo'er, are you awake?"
Shen Shaoyuan's voice rang out in the darkness, and soon a fire appeared in the darkness. It was Shen Shaoyuan who lit the candle.
Shen Moer rubbed her eyes, glanced at Shen Shaoyuan who looked concerned in the candlelight, and nodded: "I just took a nap."
Although her father was timid and afraid of death, he was really good to her, so she didn't tell him about trivial things like the dream in which she dreamt that he fainted from fright.
Chen Moer: "Dad, let's put out the candle. We don't know how long we will have to stay in the treasure house. We should use it sparingly."
After dismissing the slaves, the father and daughter moved a lot of food and daily necessities into the treasury. However, they didn't know how long they would have to hide in the treasury, so no matter how many things they had, they had to use them sparingly.
Shen Shaoyuan was thirty-six years old this year, and according to the calculation of the Daliang Dynasty, he was also middle-aged. However, he was an idle prince, and he had his brother, the emperor, to protect him. He lived a comfortable life. In addition, he was not interested in wine and women, but liked music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He had a very healthy lifestyle and looked very young. He looked like a young man, not like Shen Moer's father, but more like Shen Moer's brother.
After staying in the treasure house for a few days and not sleeping well out of fear, Shen Shaoyuan's eyes were a little dark. He carefully looked at his precious daughter for a few times, and made sure that the child's face was ruddy and there was nothing wrong. He said: "Listen, is there no sound outside?"
After being reminded by Shen Shaoyuan, Shen Moer also discovered it.
Their treasure house was built behind the rockery in the garden. It was hidden, but the noise outside could still be heard. Since the father and daughter hid in the treasure house, day and night, there were either crying and noise outside, or faint sounds of fighting. There had never been a moment like this, so quiet that there was no sound at all.
Shen Moer asked, "How long has it been quiet?"
Shen Shaoyuan: “It’s been a while.”
The father and daughter looked at each other, and both had an ominous premonition in their hearts: the imperial city might have fallen and been controlled by the rebels.
Shen Shaoyuan couldn't help shedding tears: "Hey, I don't know how your uncle is doing. My brother is too soft-hearted. How can an emperor be soft-hearted to a foreigner? How can he let someone go just because he is flattered and said good things? Let the tiger go back to the mountain. I told him a long time ago that this is letting the tiger go back to the mountain!"
"In fact, it's useless for us to hide here. If the rebels enter the palace, they will find us if they search carefully. Woohoo, you say your uncle is soft-hearted, but he is not only harming himself, he is also harming us!"
"We are direct descendants of the emperor. Even if we kneel down and beg for mercy, the rebels will not let us go! Poor my little Moer, she is only at the age of dancing elephants, young and beautiful, but she is going to become a ghost under the sword of the rebels!"
Shen Moer: “…”
To be honest, she was quite scared just now, but now that her father was crying like that, she was not afraid at all.
"If the rebels really entered the city, it shouldn't be so quiet. Those foreigners would definitely burn and loot." Shen Moer pondered, "Could it be that reinforcements have arrived? No, even if reinforcements have arrived, it shouldn't be so quiet."
Shen Shaoyuan thought what she said made sense, wiped his tears, and said carefully: “Otherwise, let’s open the door and take a look?”
Shen Moer glanced at the clepsydra beside her and said, "Wait until dark?"
Shen Shaoyuan: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
The father and daughter squatted back in the corner and waited until the evening before carefully opening a crack in the door.
It should have been dark outside, but as soon as the door opened, bright light shone in. The father and daughter blinked at the glare of the sun, and after getting used to the light, they were both shocked by the scene before them.
In the golden morning sunshine, there is a small country dirt road outside the door. Not far away are several rows of farmhouses with gray walls and green tiles. Further away are the crisscrossing farmlands.
Such a big garden?!
Such a big palace?!
Such a huge imperial city?!
How come they are all gone, all gone!
The father and daughter looked at each other in horror, totally not understanding what was happening.
A man carrying a hoe passed by on the dirt road outside the door. He glanced at Shen Shaoyuan who was peeking through the crack of the door and said with a smile: "Shen Laoqi, the sun is out, it's time to go to work. We have to share the food after work today!"
Shen Shaoyuan responded subconsciously: "I know."
After the others walked away, he couldn't help but mutter, "She's dressed weirdly, and she didn't even know how to greet me when she saw me. She even dared to call me Shen Laoqi. This is really outrageous..."
Before he could finish his words, his head suddenly ached, and many memories that did not belong to him suddenly appeared in his mind.
Shen Shaoyuan was shocked by the extra memories in his mind. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Shen Moer, but he found that in just a blink of an eye, his rosy-complexioned, fair-skinned, and well-fed daughter suddenly changed into a poor little thing with a haggard face, thin legs, and tattered clothes.
Shen Shaoyuan was immediately heartbroken: "Xiao Mo'er, my Xiao Mo'er, how did you become like this——"
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About an incense stick later, the father and daughter, who were both haggard, skinny and ragged, sat in the shabby and drafty house and sighed together.
"It's true that the world is full of wonders!" Shen Shaoyuan couldn't help but sigh.
"That's right." Shen Moer also sighed.
Who could have thought that, instead of becoming the dead souls at the hands of the rebels, they became new souls in another world.
Not only Shen Shaoyuan, but Shen Moer's mind also had many memories that did not originally belong to her.
According to the memories received by the father and daughter, they have arrived in a world that has nothing to do with Daliang.
The country they are in at the moment is called China, which has been established for only more than 20 years. The village they are in is Yangliu Village in Jiangbei County, Lingjiang City, in the southern part of China.
In this ordinary village, there originally lived a father and daughter named "Chen Shaoyuan" and "Chen Moer".
The hostess of this house also passed away early, leaving the father and daughter to depend on each other.
The father and daughter were honest people. During the lean season, the little food left in the house was "borrowed" and half-robbed by unscrupulous relatives. They did not dare to ask for it back, nor did they dare to borrow food from others. So they lived by digging wild vegetables and eating grass roots every day, and just endured like this.
As the saying goes, the weather is unpredictable. The Dragon Boat Festival is over, so the weather should be getting warmer, right? But it rained every day a few days ago, and the weather was actually quite cold, especially at night. I didn't cover myself with enough quilts, so I was shivering with cold.
Unfortunately, the house was shabby and leaky. It rained heavily for several days and the bedding was soaked. The father and daughter caught a cold in this hot summer.
They were originally living on hunger and their bodies were extremely weak, and now they were sick. As a result, no one knew whether they were hungry or sick, but they both died last night.
The moment the door of the treasure house opened, Shen Moer and Shen Shaoyuan came into this world. At the same time, the father and daughter who died tragically also disappeared from this world.
The father and daughter respectively received the memories of this father and daughter and became the "new" Shen Shaoyuan and Shen Moer in this world.
They have just tried it. No matter how many times they open and close the door to the treasure house, the world outside is still the same.
Looking at their current emaciated appearance, it is clear that this is a deliberate change made by Heaven to make them fit their current identities.
This is what it means not to let them go back.
Yes, the way of heaven.
Their Daliang royal family is the descendant of the witch clan. Although their generation has lost all the skills such as communicating with ghosts and gods, divination and praying, but this world was created by the Father God, so they always firmly believe that the way of heaven naturally favors their clan.
I guess it's because their ancestors in heaven didn't want them and their daughter to die tragically at the hands of the rebels, so they brought them to this strange world.
The father and daughter discussed and pondered the matter together, and soon accepted the reality.
At least you don’t have to die.
And at least they are still together as father and daughter.
This strange world is indeed completely different from their Daliang.
We are not allowed to talk about gods and ghosts here; this is feudal superstition.
There are no emperors or princes here. This is feudal dregs.
What is emphasized here is that the people are the masters of the country, and the poor and lower-middle peasants are the most glorious.
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In short, all in all, it is completely different from their original ideas.
But compared to being killed by the rebels, these are nothing.
Moreover, their treasure trove was not lost.
They had just tried it. As long as they silently thought of the treasure house in their hearts, the door of the treasure house would appear out of thin air. When they entered the treasure house or came out of the treasure house, the door of the treasure house would disappear out of thin air again.
Everything in the treasury is still there, intact.
Now the treasure house is the survival of the father and daughter in this strange world.
"It's really the blessing of our ancestors!" Shen Shaoyuan couldn't help but feel fortunate.
Shen Moer was naturally glad, but she still reminded him, “Dad, this is feudal superstition and should not be mentioned.”
"Yes, yes, yes, don't say it, don't say it." Shen Shaoyuan nodded repeatedly, "We have to remind each other, otherwise it will be troublesome if we say the wrong thing. We may be arrested and criticized. Also, although we have a treasure house, the things inside cannot be taken out easily, otherwise it will be troublesome. In this world, you can't show off your wealth even a little bit."
Shen Shaoyuan said firmly: "Poor, our family is very poor!"
Shen Moer thought about it and said, "Then we have to find a way to get the food back."
Shen Shaoyuan nodded: "Of course."
Although the neighbor who passed by the door before - after receiving the memory, they already knew that the man was their neighbor Zhou Dashuan - said that the team would distribute food today, but based on past experience, the amount of food distributed would not be too much.
They are now living off their savings, so even a little bit of food is very important. Since it is "borrowed", they must get it back.
Besides, those people actually dared to steal their food. If they didn’t teach them a lesson, would they really think that they were still the honest and easy-to-bully father and daughter?
The father and daughter looked at each other.
It's just making trouble, they are familiar with each other!
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