The woman in purple didn't seem to care about the vendor's driving away. She just stretched out her hand to pick up the piece of watermelon. However, at this moment, she heard a sound of gongs and drums not far away, which made her hands tremble and she didn't even touch the watermelon rind.
, the person has been rushed into the center of the crowd by the sudden surge of people.
Her body was swaying, being squeezed here and there by the people around her, and she finally managed to regain her footing. When she wanted to turn back and look for the melon and fruit cart, she saw strange faces in front of her, far away from where she had just stopped.
I don’t know how far the car has gone.
It was really unlucky, she cursed quietly in her heart. She finally returned to the human world and finally saw so much food. If it hadn't been for the sound of gongs and drums just now, that piece of watermelon would have been sacrificed to her five internal organs temple.
As the flow of people surged, her ears kept hearing the voices of people talking at different levels.
Someone sighed in a low voice, "It's true that misfortunes never come singly, and blessings never come singly. I thought that the new monarch would allow us, the people of the Yun Kingdom, to live a good life and no longer be bullied by the horse thieves of the Xia Kingdom. But now I am afraid that all of this will happen."
Failed..."
Someone else followed up and said: "Yes, why don't we leave quickly before this war starts? I heard that the new king of Shang State has opened all border towns for free, especially the people of Yun State, if they voluntarily join the Shang Dynasty
, not only will each household receive an acre of land, but they will also receive generous rewards, and if they give birth to a new child, they will also be exempted from taxes for ten years!"
"Exactly! I've heard about it too! In the past, we just thought it was the Shang Kingdom's policy of caring for the people. But this time when Bai Lirong died of illness, her daughter not only fully complied with her mother's will when she ascended the throne, but was even more generous! In comparison,
Come on, our new king is not as good as her. Although some taxes are exempted, even if we poor people don't pay taxes, we still have to pay a lot of money to rent land every year. There have been constant natural disasters in these years, and there are often no grains.
Receive, but that
None of the owners are willing to show kindness and waive the land rent. At present, they thought that Yun Shang was going to get married, but they didn't expect that the monarch... Hey! I think we should listen to Brother Li, and let us all go to the Shang Kingdom together.
,Keep
We are starving here, so we might as well go out and have a try. At least we don’t have to sit and wait to die!” The speaker had a brown brocade handkerchief wrapped around his head, and his clothes were piled with patches. The holes on his upper arms were so big that he looked like he was wearing a vest.
generally.
"Haha, brother, is what you just said true? The king of Shang is dead? Who is the current king? What happened to the king of Yun? Didn't he marry the princess of Shang?"
As the man walked, he looked sideways at her. Although his clothes were relatively clean, his messy hair and dirty face made him lose his guard, and he just thought she was just like him.
They are all poor people.
So, he curled his lips and said: "Girl, I'm afraid no one in Jiuzhou knows about this matter. Did you hear the sound of the gongs and drums just now?"
She widened her eyes and nodded doubtfully, and the man continued: "That was struck by the official herald. The king of the Shang Kingdom has been dead for some time. Today, the new king has succeeded to the throne and issued an edict to Jiuzhou.
Countries. Originally, in a small place like ours, no news would arrive within three or two months. But for some reason, today orders were sent simultaneously with the counties and states. We all found it strange, so we came to see the excitement.
!”
"What is the girl asking about the new king? Could it be that he also wants to defect to the Shang Kingdom?" The man asked kindly when he saw that she was alone.
She smiled coquettishly, waved her hand, and denied, "No, no, I'm just asking casually."
The man was quite cheerful. Seeing that she didn't want to say more, he didn't ask any more questions. He just continued to walk with the flow of people, telling her every sentence about the major events that happened in Yunnan and Shang Dynasty during this period.
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As the flow of people forward gradually slowed down, people finally stopped and heard another burst of gongs and drums from ahead, followed by the deafening sound of firecrackers.
She raised her hands and pressed them tightly against her ears, looking blankly ahead, thoughtfully in her heart.
Unexpectedly, Baili Rong died of illness in just a few months? Baili Bing's face must have been cured, otherwise he would not be able to ascend the throne as king? And Luo Cheng, he was also seriously ill? I remember that they left Xuanyang that day
When he arrived in the city, he was still troubled by the messy government affairs.
We haven't heard the good news about him and Baili Bing yet, but we have heard the news that he is seriously ill.
Sure enough, things in the world are changing, just like when she and Mu Zili were still together with Yifeng, when they first came to this world, they had vowed never to separate.
But now she was the only one left, alone and helpless.
She stood alone on the street, and she didn't know how long it had passed. When she looked up, she realized that the crowd around her had already dispersed, and it was almost dusk. Only a few pedestrians and busy people were left on the originally bustling long street.
A hawker closing his stall.
It seems like a dream, where should you stay tonight? She looked up at the sky, which was blue and cloudless. The halo of the setting sun made people dizzy, making her feel dazed for a moment, as if she was still there.
The desert is still in his generous arms, and I can still sleep on his chest.
However, everything seems like a dream, gone forever.
She was afraid that she would never be able to see or feel the stars and the warmth of that night.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and apart from a few homeless beggars on both sides of the street, only Xi Meng was left alone, standing alone under the afterglow of the setting sun, her face expressionless, letting the breeze blow the messy hair on her forehead.
, covering her face.
After a long time, the last ray of sunlight finally fell, and the entire long street fell into darkness.
She then reluctantly took steps forward and walked forward aimlessly. Suddenly, there was the fragrance of broth in the air. She couldn't help but swallow, raised her hand to brush away the broken hair that covered her eyes, and turned to the side.
Take a look for the first time.
It turned out that she was passing by a meat stew restaurant, and the alluring aroma wafted out from here.
It was dinner time, but when she looked over, there was not a single customer in the restaurant. Only the shopkeeper himself was sitting at the door of the store with a bowl of hot broth, taking a bite of cake and a mouthful of broth.
She stopped, hesitating whether to go in, but after groping her body with her hands, she gave up.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a low-pitched male voice calling: "Meng'er? Is that you?"
Her body trembled subconsciously, and she didn't turn around to look. She still walked forward, as if she hadn't heard anything.
She knew that she must have been hungry for too long, had low blood sugar, and had auditory hallucinations.
In such a remote town, no one would recognize her.
Moreover, the voice just now sounded strange, not someone she knew.