In order to avoid attracting attention, the Gu family army was divided into ten groups and advanced towards Lingnan separately.
The An family was followed by Ren Pingsheng, Zhou Cisui, Zhang Yong, and three hundred elite soldiers from the Gu family.
Fortunately, refugees were rampant at the time, so everyone dressed up as refugees and arrived in Jiangnan safely. It would only take another half month to reach Lingnan.
Along the way, Ren Pingsheng purchased food on demand to avoid arousing the greed of refugees and bandits and causing unnecessary fights.
Therefore, I only bought two days' worth of food before entering the forest.
But everyone still underestimated the vastness and density of the southern forests.
I have been wandering in the forest for almost five days and have not found a way out yet.
After Ren Pingsheng finished speaking, a girl's voice with strong dissatisfaction sounded.
"Humph, I don't believe you. We were living well in the capital, but you tricked us here!
I have to sleep in the open air, I can’t take a shower, I can’t wear nice clothes, and now I can’t even get enough food! I want to go back to the capital, I want to go back to the capital!”
A young girl in plain clothes stamped her feet and her face turned red with anger as she spoke, as if Ren Pingsheng owed her something.
Second Uncle An immediately pulled her away and scolded, "What are you talking about? Along the way, Master Zhou and Master Ren gave priority to our family when they had any good things. What else are you not satisfied with?"
An Chunhua snorted coldly, "But we don't have to go through this! We have so many shops in Shangjing, why should we go to the remote and desolate place of Lingnan?
I think what cousin Xie said is probably a lie. How can Lingnan be better than Beijing? She is just suffering herself and wants to drag our whole family to suffer with her! "
Aunt An Xuetao never liked her little niece. She looked cold when she heard this and glared at her second brother. "Second brother, you don't know how to raise a child. How about I help you teach?"
Zhu quickly pulled An Chunhua behind her and said with a wry smile, "Eldest sister, Chunhua has been spoiled and unruly since she was young. You know that she doesn't think before she speaks and has no bad intentions."
An Chunhua hid behind Zhu. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and tears fell from her eyes.
It was clearly Cousin Xie who dragged them down, forcing them to leave the capital and go to Lingnan to avoid disaster. Was she wrong?
An Xuetao didn't even look at her, "Everyone knows how the An family got their wealth and business. The capital is about to be in chaos, do you think you can stay out of it?
My son could have taken me with him, but he brought his whole family with him, including An Da's family of four and An Er's family of three. Why? Speak up!"
Seeing the eldest sister's majesty, An Da and An Er immediately half-knelt on the ground and explained in panic.
Uncle An's eyes widened, his hands clenched into fists, "Eldest sister, when have I ever complained during this journey? Ling miss cared about us, I am so happy! I have doted on Ling miss since she was a child, you know that."
Uncle An's wife, Wang, and his two children also quickly surrounded Aunt An, trying to calm her down and comfort her.
Second Uncle An raised three fingers and swore to the sky that he had no regrets or complaints.
Although Zhu was worried about her daughter, she also knew that her daughter was wrong, so she hurried to explain to Aunt An.
An Xuetao narrowed her eyes slightly, not missing any expression on these people's faces.
After a while, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, the family she and Ling Yatou cherished were not unreasonable and arrogant ungrateful people.
Otherwise, how could she explain to Ling Yatou?
Even though the former prince was deposed, his power was still so strong, with so many subordinate soldiers, while her girl Ling was all alone... She brought her uncles An and An Er with her this time to support her.
Although her power is certainly not as great as Gu Wei's, A Ling is at least not alone.
With my mother’s family around, I feel confident.
As for that little girl An Chunhua...
I don't know who she learned bad things from, maybe those aunts and cousins from her grandmother's side, who are ignorant of right and wrong, don't know how to be grateful, have high aspirations, and are petty-minded.
But after all, he was Uncle An's only child. An Xuetao sighed, raised her voice, and scolded: "An Chunhua, just this once, I forgive you. If you dare to say that again, I will ask Master Zhang Yong to throw you out!"
Zhang Yong had just returned from foraging in the jungle when he saw this farce. He was already very displeased with the little girl.
He was not a good-tempered civil official like Ren Pingsheng and Zhou Cisui. His emotions were clearly visible on his face, and he immediately threw the wild rabbit and pheasant in his hands to the ground.
"If it weren't for the adults' concern for your safety, who would want to bring so many burdens along? Without you, we would have reached Lingnan long ago, and there would be no need to linger in Jiangnan. Also, food was scarce along the way, and the soldiers saved their own rations to give priority to your families!"
Ren Pingsheng frowned when he heard this, walked up to Zhang Yong, grabbed his arm and told him to shut up, and said softly, "Madam An, Zhang Yong didn't mean it, I hope you don't mind."
An Xuetao wouldn't mind. She hoped that Zhang Yong would say more so that the little girl An Chunhua could recognize her identity!
An Chunhua was scolded in public by a grown man. She felt ashamed, angry and furious. She stomped her feet twice, turned around and ran into the woods.
Zhang Yong rolled his eyes.
Zhou Cisui pinched his other arm and said coldly, "Go and find that girl."
Zhang Yong was not afraid of anyone in his life except two people.
One is to guard against danger, and the other is to say goodbye to the old man.
Zhou Cisui is a man of extraordinary talent. On the surface, he looks like a gentle gentleman. Even in the coldest weather, he never forgets to wave his broken jade fan, looking very elegant. But in fact, he has a cold personality and will never let go of any wrong.
If anyone provokes him, he can think of ten thousand vicious ways to make that person wish he were dead or alive. He is completely different from the upright and gentle Ren Pingsheng.
Zhang Yong snorted, "Whoever wants to go can go, I won't go."
Then he ran forward honestly and chased An Chunhua back.
Zhou Ci Sui waved his folding fan and raised his eyebrows. He looked at Ren Pingsheng and they both saw the same meaning in each other's eyes.
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