The man who had been scolded felt extremely aggrieved. Just as he was about to get his things, the monk spoke up.
"No need, female benefactor. This bowl of vegetarian food is sufficient."
As he spoke, the monk bowed slightly to the woman and the man. After he finished, the monk was about to leave when the woman called out to him.
"Wait, Master, which temple are you from? What is your Dharma name?"
"My Buddhist name is Wunian, and I am from Guangluo Temple."
"Thank you, Master Wunian."
Wu Nian nodded and left.
Then the woman looked at the sleeping child in her arms, her face full of love.
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We'll arrive in Ancheng tomorrow.
Jun Qingzhi alighted from the carriage, walked to the carriage where Qin Ruoxi was sitting, and stood outside the carriage window to speak.
Upon hearing the sound, Qin Ruoxi lifted the curtain of the carriage window and frowned.
"tomorrow?"
"Yes"
"Can't you come today?"
"Hmm...that works, but we need to speed things up."
Qin Ruoxi narrowed her eyes as she listened to Jun Qingzhi's words, lowered the carriage curtain, and stepped down from the carriage.
"Sister, why did you come down?"
Qin Jingke saw Qin Ruoxi get off the carriage and asked with a hint of doubt...
Qin Ruoxi glanced at Qin Jingke, then turned to Zou Heng, "Uncle Zou Heng, we're riding horses to Ancheng, we'll arrive tonight!!"
"Can"
Zou Heng nodded after listening, then turned and gave instructions to the people behind him on how to proceed. Qin Jingke walked to Qin Ruoxi's side, "Sister, why are you in such a hurry?"
"It's been three days already, we need to speed things up."
"There are still ordinary people and my elder brother in Ancheng."
Qin Jingke nodded seriously upon hearing this.
A short while later, Qingye brought two horses, one for Qin Ruoxi and the other for Qin Jingke.
Qin Jingke and Qin Ruoxi grabbed the horse's reins and mounted the horse.
"Dongtao, you follow the carriage procession behind. You'll be in charge of managing the other carriages."
"Yes, Miss."
At this moment, Qingye also rode his horse to Qin Ruoxi's side.
Qin Ruoxi glanced at Qin Jingke, Qingye, and Zou Heng, and was about to give the order to depart.
But An Zhuo, who rode up on horseback, interrupted them, saying, "I also wish to enter Ancheng with you tonight."
Qin Ruoxi raised her eyelids and glanced at An Zhuo, saying emotionlessly, "Whatever."
After speaking, he glanced at the prepared men, then looked ahead and gave the order.
"Set off--!"
As soon as Qin Ruoxi finished speaking, her horse galloped off first.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Jingke, Zou Hengqing, Ye, and the others set off on horseback one after another.
Jun Qingzhi, standing still, watched Qin Ruoxi ride away and sighed, "She didn't even say goodbye."
"You heartless little brat"
"Master, shall we ride horses now? Or..."
"No, we'll set off in one hour."
Jun Qingzhi walked towards her carriage, saying, "Go check on some things."
Jun Qingzhi frowned slightly when she saw Qin Ruoxi and her group carrying some medicinal herbs and food.
"Go and arrange for more food and medicine to be sent to Ancheng. The food and medicine she brought... are not enough."
"We'll depart in another hour. Bring as much food and medicine as you can."
Yu He nodded. "Then, Master, I'll go make the arrangements now."
Jun Qingzhi remained silent, boarded the carriage, and Yu He left to arrange the matters Jun Qingzhi had mentioned.
Jun Qingzhi, after eating some dry rations brought by Yu Feng, closed her eyes and rested.
Squinting her eyes, Jun Qingzhi couldn't help but sigh inwardly:
Sigh, sure enough, with that little girl who loves to eat not around, I'll be left with nothing but dry rations.
After finishing her internal monologue, Jun Qingzhi smiled helplessly.
An hour later, Jun Qingzhi also prepared to mount her horse and head towards Ancheng.
Just as I was about to mount the horse, there was something on the ground that looked like a bamboo skewer.
Jun Qingzhi, out of curiosity, bent down and picked up the bamboo skewer. Looking at it, she found nothing on it, so she prepared to throw it under the pot Dong Tao was cooking in to add more fuel to the fire.
Just as she was about to throw it, Jun Qingzhi touched something unusual about the bamboo skewer.
Jun Qingzhi sensed that the bamboo skewers were not as smooth as they appeared on the surface, but rather had many fine lines.
Jun Qingzhi continued to feel around, but couldn't find it, so she frowned. She then put it away.
He mounted the horse directly, glanced at Yu and Yu Feng, and set off for Ancheng.
Ancheng was unusually quiet at night; no one would guess that it was a city!
Qin Ruoxi sat astride her horse, looking up at the two characters "Ancheng" on the plaque hanging at the city gate.
"Entry and exit from Ancheng are currently prohibited; you should find another way."
The soldiers standing on Ancheng saw that Qin Ruoxi and her group had not left but were instead walking towards Ancheng, so they shouted loudly.
They wanted to use this to drive Qin Ruoxi and Qin Jingke's group away.
Unexpectedly, Qin Ruoxi, Qin Jingke, and the others did not retreat; instead, they remained seated on their horses and continued forward.
"Do not proceed. Ancheng is currently plagued by disease. Take another route."
The soldiers on the city wall, seeing Qin Ruoxi and her group continuing to ride forward, grew anxious and continued to shout loudly.
This time, Qin Ruoxi and her group stopped.
Qin Ruoxi looked up at the soldiers on the city wall, channeling some of her inner strength to ensure they could hear her.
"I have come to Ancheng by imperial decree to help the people of Ancheng repair the dikes and to bring people to treat those infected with the plague."
The soldiers on the city wall glanced at Qin Ruoxi, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Young lady, you should go back now. This isn't a place for a little girl like you."
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