After the officers had left, everyone started to pick up the mess that had just been turned over on the ground.
"Oh, how heartless! All the good food has been spilled on the ground."
"My water spilled, and a jar is missing. Do you think the person can be found in the pottery jar? The jar is only the size of a small baby. Can the person hide in it?"
Chen Lizheng looked at the direction where the officials had just left with lingering fear, and scolded: "Stop talking, pack up your things and leave here quickly, or they will come back and kill you if they hear you."
As soon as he said this, everyone else moved much faster.
Once the water is spilled, it cannot be picked up, but the food can still be eaten.
Everyone picked up the food and other items scattered on the ground, put those that needed to be put on the car, and carried those that needed to be carried on their backs. In a short while, everything was neatly packed up.
"Let's go." Shen Lizheng said as he took the lead and walked in front, and the others followed one after another.
"Yu'an, let's go too." Song said.
"good."
Shen Yu'an turned his eyes back to the direction where those people left, but his heart was no longer at peace.
The Crown Prince of Wuding?
Was he the villain in the book that she knew had a tragic ending?
The court said that the Prince of Wuding met with an accident and his whereabouts were unknown, but in fact, the prince should have escaped from their hands.
In the original book, the imperial court was in turmoil, and the border where King Wuding was stationed was also constantly invaded and provoked by foreign tribes.
King Wuding had made great military achievements and was the perfect choice to guard the border.
However, several princes fought each other to the death in the court, and urged the emperor to order a temporary replacement of the general and "take" King Wuding and his family back.
At that time, the war was just beginning, and King Wuding wanted to drive out the bandits who were invading the border, so he was unwilling to return to the capital.
However, the emperor directly sent a general to take over and an imperial edict summoning them back to the capital, so he had no choice but to obey.
On the way back, King Wuding and the Queen noticed something was wrong.
The people who escorted them back to Beijing kept a close eye on them, monitoring their every move as if they were afraid they would run away.
It was because of that that King Wuding and the Queen thought of letting their son escape.
No matter what, we can't just sit there and wait for death.
The Prince of Wuding, the main villain, did escape and evaded round after round of pursuit and interception.
However, he was seriously injured and his psychology was distorted in the end.
It seems that King Wuding and his men have been captured, and the Crown Prince of Wuding is hiding somewhere to avoid being hunted down.
Shen Yu'an withdrew her thoughts. What did this have to do with her?
If nothing unexpected happens, she will not be exposed to court affairs.
However, national turmoil is not good for them. If a war breaks out and the imperial court requires conscription of soldiers and grain, they will not be able to avoid it no matter where they are.
She looked at Ji Xun who was walking one step behind her.
According to what he said, she was actually related to the destiny of the Wei Dynasty. What could she do?
…
Because they were afraid that the officials would come back, the people from Shenjia Village kept moving forward without complaining about being tired or hot.
At noon (around 2:00 p.m.), the hottest time of the day, everyone finally found a place to stop and rest.
Shen Yuan sat opposite Ji Xun and asked, "What was the situation in the capital like before you came here?"
Ji Xun glanced at Shen Yu'an and answered truthfully, "Not very good."
"It looks like the old emperor is in poor health, but he is unwilling to appoint a crown prince. He thinks that eating the Taoist elixir will prolong his life. My master asked someone to secretly test the elixir, and found that its ingredients are all extracted from minerals. Although you will feel full of energy after eating it, you are just overdrawing your life."
"In order to stop those people from bringing up the idea of appointing a crown prince, the emperor made an example of them and demoted many officials. Now everyone is worried about their own safety, but they have all started to fight against each other in private."
Shen Yu'an thought about the plot in the book. The old emperor was in very poor health, but he was lucky and managed to hang on to his life for a short time.
But in the end, he died at the hands of his own son.
She looked at Ji Xun thoughtfully and asked, "So your purpose in coming to see me is to get me to go to the capital?"
Ji Xun smiled and said, "Miss Shen, you are worrying too much. Before my master traveled, he specifically told me that if I find the person of destiny, I should not interfere too much, otherwise it would mess up the law of fate."
"Yeah." Shen Yu'an replied indifferently.
It seems that Mr. Heaven must have his reasons for suddenly throwing her into this dynasty, so let it be.
They continued walking for another two days, during which time they encountered another group of soldiers who were also looking for the prince of Wuding.
However, Shen Yu'an could see that the attitudes of this group of people were obviously different from the previous group.
The first group of officials who didn't find anyone were more anxious and angry. On the contrary, the later group of people, although wearing the same clothes as the officials, seemed more anxious and flustered because they didn't find anyone.
The officers did not stay long. After making sure that the person they were looking for was not there, they continued to move on to other places.
At noon on the third day, they came to a fork in the road, and everyone stopped to rest.
"Wow! It's so hot, uncle. Is this the fork in the road you mentioned?" Shen Erlang fanned himself with his palm and sat down on the ground.
Shen Rong also found a place to sit down, and he said, "Yes, when we set out again in the afternoon, we will take the road heading south."
Wu Cuihua, who happened to be passing by, heard this and asked in surprise, "What? You're not going to the capital, why are you heading south?"
"Yes, we are not going to the capital." Song replied with a smile.
Wu Cuihua didn't know that they had already decided where to go, and wanted to persuade them to go to the capital with the villagers.
"Oh, what are you thinking? Where can there be a place as safe as the capital? I heard that the money dropped by the nobles there is enough for us to eat for a lifetime."
Song had a good relationship with Wu Cuihua on a daily basis, so she gave her some information.
"I heard that things up there aren't stable right now. Going to the capital may not be a good place."
But Wu Cuihua didn't believe it at all. She said, "It's uncertain. If we walk a few days further, we will reach our provincial capital. If you turn now, what if the city is willing to take us in? You won't have to walk that far."
"So many places have been affected by the disaster. How can one state capital accommodate so many of us? If you ask me..."
“…”
Song and Wu Cuihua each spoke a few words, trying to convince the other, but in the end neither of them could convince the other, so they had to give up.
Old man Shen Xingwang glanced at his sons and grandsons in Shenjia Village, but in the end he said nothing.
They did so many bad things in the past that it was obvious that they didn't even want to acknowledge him as their father. Even if he told them, they wouldn't believe it.
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