Following Liu Cheng's example, Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi each led a few horses and left. They did not take the road to the town, since Liu Cheng and his group had escaped from there.
If they lead their horses down that road into town, they'll probably run into soldiers soon, and then it'll be another life-or-death struggle.
"Young master, what should we do?" the guard asked.
“Going back to town is impossible, and there’s no other way to go.” After thinking for a moment, Liu Cheng pointed in the direction where Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi had just left and said, “Let’s go this way too.”
The women just stared at him blankly, their faces pale with fright and them at a loss for what to do. They could only rely on him.
"Let's go, or the Duke guys will come after us again." Liu Cheng sighed and took the lead.
Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi walked quickly and soon disappeared from sight. In fact, it was very tiring for them to lead several horses at a fast pace. Zhong Qingyi had been running alongside them all the way and was increasingly puzzled.
“Miss Song, we can actually ride horses, which would save a lot of energy.”
Everyone knows riding a horse is faster, but she can't. Song Zhuiyan said in a muffled voice, "I can't."
Um?
Oh, Miss Song means she can't ride a horse?
Well.
"How about I teach you?" he asked tentatively. Anyway, with so many horses, they couldn't continue to investigate, and they already had a general understanding of the situation.
I originally intended to buy some more salt and sugar, but given the current situation, it's clear that I can forget about buying anything. The roads are in such chaos, the situation in the town must be even worse. The people have become refugees, and if the refugees are killed, who will be left?
With everyone gone, how can we do business? The shops in town will probably all have to close down.
"Let's get these horses back first, and then you can teach me how to ride them later." Song Zhuiyan's lips curled up slightly. She looked at a large tree in the distance that could provide shade, and there was a large rock under the tree where she could sit and rest. She pointed to that spot.
"Let's go over there to rest and have something to eat before continuing our journey." Why bother buying salt? She frankly said there's plenty of salt in the supermarket, and she can just tell the villagers she brought it back from outside.
As for Zhong Qingyi, he already knew something, but he didn't ask. Song Zhuiyan didn't bring it up either, wanting to see how long he could keep it to himself.
After tying the horse up, Song Zhuiyan took out two hot pancakes and handed them to Zhong Qingyi. The latter took the pancakes, her eyes flickered, and she seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, she didn't say a word and started eating the pancakes in big bites.
Song Zhuiyan found it amusing. This person clearly had a lot of questions. These past few days, she had deliberately taken out hot food from her space every time, and Zhong Qingyi always had this expression when she took it. She wanted to ask but didn't dare, so she just kept it to herself.
Tantan brings all these things over on time every day. If she puts them in herself, they won't keep them fresh, so it's a hassle for Tantan to move them from the supermarket to her hometown every day.
When Song Tantan and Ye Mo found them, Taishan, Lao Er, and Lao San were left in the mountains. They were not taken with them, but allowed to roam freely for a while, and would return to the village together when they came back.
Without Taishan and the others leading the way, Song Tantan and Ye Moxun were not on the same path as Zhong Qingyi and the others, so they hadn't met them even after so many days.
The two of them were very fast. They didn't encounter any bad roads along the way, and they didn't see many refugees either. There were very few people on the road they were on. When they met refugees, Song Tantan would give them some sweet potatoes, some cooked and some raw, which could be eaten directly.
When they arrived at the gate of a town, they found the gate tightly closed, and no refugees dared to stay outside, because no one dared to approach, or they would be killed.
Although Song Tantan and Ye Moxun had heard from the refugees on the road that the soldiers were cruel and liked to kill refugees for no reason, they did not realize the seriousness of the problem and thought that the refugees were exaggerating.
So they swaggered toward the city gate, intending to ask if they could pass through. But before they could get close, seven men rushed out of the gate, brandishing spears. In a moment of hesitation, the two were surrounded.
Song Tantan: What the hell are you trying to do?
Ye Moxun asked coldly, "We're still just children. We just want to ask if we can enter the city gate. What do you mean by this, sir?"
A dark-skinned soldier snorted through his nostrils, "Kids? You two are as fat as little white pigs, and dressed so neatly and cleanly, you don't look like refugees at all. No one in the city, whether commoner or noble, can get out, yet you want to enter?"
I see you're not from Xifeng at all, but spies who infiltrated from Jiangnan or the capital. Our General Du is currently arresting several important thieves, and I think you're among them. Brothers, take them away and deliver them to the General immediately.”
"What the hell? Are you randomly arresting people? You think you can just arrest us because we're young? Get out of our way, or don't blame us for being ruthless." Song Tantan shouted at the top of her lungs, and in a flash, she pulled out a large knife from her spatial storage.
Several officers and soldiers gasped upon seeing this. They couldn't even see where the little child had conjured up a knife from. The little child was not only beautiful, but also had a soft, sweet voice that sounded like a little girl's voice. However, her round face was chubby, and her big eyes shone with a terrifying light.
"You two, tell us honestly, are you men or women? Are you women dressed as men?" Ye Moxun was indeed extremely beautiful, with red lips and white teeth, and a pair of captivating peach blossom eyes. If these two were girls, they would have hit the jackpot, hehe.
Upon seeing the greedy and lewd smiles of the other party, Ye Moxun felt a chill run down his spine and felt utterly disgusted. "Whether we are men or women is none of your business. You ignorant fools."
Before he finished speaking, the powder in his hand had already been spilled. Several soldiers only smelled a fresh fragrance of flowers and herbs, but before they could smell it a few more times, their eyes rolled back, and they all collapsed, foaming at the mouth.
The guards, who had been lounging around watching the commotion, were suddenly shocked to see their comrade collapse to the ground with a thud and convulse, becoming still within moments.
"Oh no, those two children know how to use poison! Go report to the general immediately!" Coincidentally, Duke had personally led the pursuit to capture the escaped family of Prince Duan. He had just arrived in Qingshan Town last night and was waiting in town for news from his subordinates.
Upon hearing that there were two poison-wielding youths outside the city gate who had once poisoned seven of them, Duke didn't care much about the lives of those seven soldiers. However, being a suspicious person by nature, he could infer from this incident that the Wise King or Chen Wu wanted to assassinate him.
So he sent two young men skilled in poison to Xifeng, since it was he who had sent people to assassinate Prince Duan, and that they had added a little poison to his food every day to slowly kill him.
The woman who poisoned Prince Duan was one of his favorite concubines. She was from Miao territory and was skilled in using poison. In fact, she was originally Duke's beloved concubine, but was later sent to Prince Duan's side to infiltrate his inner circle.
Therefore, Duke is extremely sensitive to the mention of poison. He always feels that someone is trying to poison him. Such people with unknown identities who could poison him must not be tolerated. Kill them all.
So Song Tantan and Ye Moxun, those two unlucky guys, were chased. What does it feel like to be chased by a group of soldiers? The enemy had horses, while they could only run on two legs. How could they possibly outrun them?
They were quickly forced to the edge of a cliff by those people. Damn it, why are there so many cliffs in Xifeng?
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