Old General Lin was actually so angry at the verbal abuse from this group of people that he was about to rush into the fire scene without caring about anything, but was stopped by Baisui. The brat actually told him not to cause more trouble!
General Lin: “…”
If he hadn't realized that he only had one hand, he would have slapped these rascals to death. Did he go in there to cause trouble?
Hu Sinong next to him also chimed in: "It's just a small fire, it's nothing to the princess. General Lin, don't worry, our princess is protected by the river god!"
General Lin: "..." He now suspected that this group of people had been bewitched by the little princess! They were all unconscious!
"Your Majesty!"
A surprised voice was heard, and General Lin looked up and saw two people emerging from the fire.
The ruthless fire seemed to have its own spirit and automatically parted to make way for the two people. This scene stunned General Lin and others.
Xiao Chenyan was holding a child in his arms, with Qing Wuqian beside him.
After entering, General Lin saw the two men's condition clearly. They were both intact, not even the corners of their clothes were burned.
Xiao Chenyan was holding the little girl, whose hair had been burnt and who was unconscious.
"Young Prince, are you...are you really okay?" General Lin was a little confused.
"It's okay." Xiao Chenyan nodded: "Don't worry, Lord Lin, the princess won't do anything reckless."
General Lin looked at Qing Wu with complicated eyes, and the latter blinked at him, "Grandpa Lin, why don't you believe me?"
General Lin: "..." The old man said with a dark face: "I am not worthy of being called grandpa."
Qing Wu: "You are a tough guy, you deserve it, don't worry."
The tough old general Lin: “…” Why is this girl so naughty?
"Where did you find this child?"
Xiao Chenyan: "He was hidden in a cellar. He was still alive, but passed out from the smoke."
If it had been a little later, I would have probably been more than just dizzy.
Hongrui took the child from Xiao Chenyan's arms. The little girl was skinny and felt light when she held her child. Qingwu asked her to put the child in the carriage first. She did not ride in the carriage and rode a horse with Xiao Chenyan.
General Lin kept looking at the carriage and couldn't help sighing.
The entire village was slaughtered, leaving only this orphan girl. I don’t know if she is lucky enough to have managed to save her life under such circumstances.
"How did the princess know that there were still people alive in the village?" He really couldn't understand.
"Listen, sir." Qing Wu told the truth.
General Lin's expression became increasingly strange.
The whole village was on fire, the child was hidden in the cellar, and the people were unconscious. How could they hear anything? How could they hear a living person breathing?
The old man's worldview was a little confused, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Nanling has many mountains, rivers and streams. The village that was massacred and burned was called Xiaohe Village, and Dahe Village was on the other side of the river.
The two villages are not far apart, and the situation in Xiaohe Village is obviously known to Dahe Village.
When Xiao Chenyan and his group went over, they saw quite a few villagers on the other side of the bridge, each holding farm tools as if they were facing a great enemy.
“It’s officers and soldiers!!”
"You are not refugees, put down your weapons!" The old man who looked like the head of the village shouted loudly, and the villagers put down their hoes and sickles.
After Xiao Chenyan and his party crossed the river, the village head led the villagers to kowtow and pay homage to them, and each of them was extremely terrified.
"Get up and talk." Xiao Chenyan said.
The villagers were so terrified that they didn't even dare to raise their heads. The headman suppressed his fear and subconsciously glanced in the direction they came from. The fire in Xiaohe Village was almost out, with only black smoke curling out.
General Lin frowned, "The village across the street was looted by refugees. You are only separated from them by a river. Why did you just stand there and watch?"
The village head was so frightened that he fell to his knees again, and the villagers followed him and kowtowed continuously.
"Please forgive me, sir. It's not that we want to watch you die without helping you. It's really difficult for you to protect yourself..."
"There are more and more refugees now, and they burn and kill people at will... They don't even let people go. We only have so many men in Dahe Village, so why would we care about others?"
"We only discovered the fire in Xiaohe Village when it started, but it was too late to save people then..."
General Lin sighed, thinking that the people of Dahe Village could not be blamed for this. After letting them get up, he asked about the situation of the fields in the village.
The head of the village could not help but get angry and said that they had been working day and night to harvest the crops, but locusts appeared every now and then. When the locusts came, people dared not show their heads.
"Those bugs even eat livestock. My grandson was bitten by one of those bugs. The wound was full of pus and he is still running a fever and unconscious."
General Lin frowned and said to Xiao Chenyan, "This situation didn't happen yesterday."
Hu Sinong said: "Some locusts are poisonous, but it is rare to be this poisonous."
As he was speaking, a woman with disheveled hair ran over.
The village head quickly asked someone to stop the woman.
"Let me go! I want to go...I want to go home!!"
"My family... wuwuwu... those murderous refugees, my daughter is still at home..."
The woman kept crying, and the village head was afraid that she had offended the nobleman, so he quickly explained: "Please forgive me, sir, she married to Xiaohe Village, and she went to her parents' home to ask for food today, so she escaped the disaster, but..."
The village head's eyes turned red and he didn't know what to say next.
Watching her home being looted and burned, the woman was left with only her mother-in-law and children. She escaped the disaster, but her mother-in-law and children were probably killed.
At this time, a female voice sounded.
"Her child is still alive."
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers who had not dared to look up all raised their heads, and saw a woman in red who looked like a goddess or fairy, so bright and beautiful that they dared not look directly at her.
A maid appeared from behind the woman, holding a sleepy little girl in her arms.
Qing Wu nodded, and Hong Rui quickly took the child over.
"Daya! It's me, Daya!" The woman quickly took the child. Seeing that the child was unconscious but still breathing, she burst into tears and kowtowed while holding the child.
"The child has inhaled some smoke. Big sister, please take the child downstairs to take care of him." Hong Rui said softly, "The child is not destined to die. The prince and princess personally rescued him from the fire."
The biggest person the villagers usually saw was at most a yamen runner, so when they heard the words "prince and princess", they thought they were Xiao Yao and Gu Lingyue.
Xiao Chenyan and Qing Wu didn't explain much, and they both prepared to go up to the ridge of the field to take a look.
Just then, a scream rang out.
There seemed to be a large dark cloud in the distance approaching here quickly.
"It's locusts!!"
"The locusts are coming again!!"
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