Everyone came to the temple fair and they were originally very happy.
As a result, the temple fair was a big event in the nearby village. On this day, all the nearby villagers came to attend the temple fair. The area around the temple fair was crowded with people. Everyone looked at all kinds of new things, dizzying and happy.
And the tragedy happened at this time.
While Aunt Zhu and others were enjoying themselves, suddenly, Zhu Erlang screamed and said, "Mother, mother, where is my little sister?"
"What? Isn't your little sister nearby?"
Aunt Zhu was very flustered when she heard this, and she hurriedly looked around. When she looked around, she could see Zhu Yunniang nowhere?
"Yunniang, Yunniang, my son!"
Aunt Zhu's family was so frightened that their faces were livid, and they hurriedly looked around for their daughter.
But, how could the child be found after he was lost?
However, they called their relatives and friends who were attending the temple fair together and searched the entire temple fair, but they could not find Zhu Yunniang.
Aunt Zhu felt like someone had dug a hole in her heart, and she was so distressed that she passed out immediately.
Zhu Yunniang's father and several brothers were in a similar situation, and everyone's expressions were extremely ugly.
Zhu Daya was crying and whimpering on the side, "If Yun Niang is not here, I won't be able to live anymore, wuwu!"
As he spoke, he rushed towards the big tree on the side, and was about to hit the tree and die.
On the side, Zhu Dalang and others hurriedly grabbed Zhu Daya.
In the next few days, Aunt Zhu looked for her child again and again, but could not find her. She was extremely haggard.
Zhu Daya is also well-behaved and comes over every day to talk and comfort Aunt Zhu.
Gradually, in order to get over the pain, Aunt Zhu treated Zhu Daya as her own daughter.
In the end, they adopted Zhu Daya directly.
After exploring the safe Gyeongju, Aunt Zhu and his family took Zhu Daya with them to make a living in Gyeongju for the sake of her husband's future.
As for the lost Zhu Yunniang, she was gradually forgotten by people.
On the other side, Mu Xiaoyue took her tribe members to go on a business trip.
Because the opportunity was rare, Mu Xiaoyue notified all the clan members with whom she had good relations.
In Grandpa Mu Er's family, except for the eldest son, Uncle Mu, the remaining four uncles also had to go into business.
In the next generation, Mu Dahu and Mu Dabao were detained at home as the eldest sons, while the remaining Mu Erhu and Mu Erbao were taken to gain knowledge.
This made Mu Dahu, Mu Dabao and other brothers look at each other with eager eyes. The brothers and sisters below looked at them eagerly and told them to write down everything they saw on the road after returning home.
After I get home, I will tell everyone.
Young people are extremely curious about the outside world and always want to go outside. However, because there are horse bandits, bandits, etc. outside, the family is worried and does not allow the young people to travel far.
Now that I have a rare opportunity to travel far away, I am curious.
In Jiang Lizheng's family, in addition to the eldest son, there were three other sons, three grandsons and two sons-in-law who went into business together.
When we arrived at Aunt Jiang's house, Aunt Jiang had two sons, and Aunt Jiang had a son. Aunt Three had an only son, so she didn't go into business.
In addition, in Jiang Hexi's uncle's house, Uncle Mu's eldest son Mu Mu also went into business.
Among the familiar relatives, Liang's second uncle also has two sons. Liang Da is the eldest son and will not travel far. Liang Er originally did not want to travel far, but was urged by Liang's second uncle, so he could only pack his bags and follow Jiang Hexi and others.
Went out on a business trip.
Jiang Hexi was also nervous when she went into business for the first time.
She hesitated for a moment and took Brother Jiang with her.
As for the money at home, she gave Grandma Jiang two taels of silver and her third brother Jiang two taels of silver. She also told them some of the grain hidden in the cellar, and then set off with the others one morning.
Everyone set off from the village first and headed to Gyeongju.
For convenience, Mu Xiaoyue wore men's clothes and looked like a girl.
It takes about three days to reach Gyeongju from the village.
The crowd drove the donkey cart towards Gyeongju.
At the beginning, everyone was still excited.
After all, we are all curious about the outside world. We always want to go outside and have a look, but now we can figure it out.
On the first day, everyone was too excited and walked very fast. Along the way, they only ate some dry biscuits and continued on their way.
In the evening, everyone began to look for a place to rest.
When Jiang Erjun was young, he followed Li Zheng to Qingzhou. At this time, he said, "There is a village not far ahead. We might as well go to this village to rest."
Jiang Erjun's proposal was approved by everyone, and everyone continued to move along the official road, preparing to settle in the village Jiang Erjun mentioned.
After all, it would definitely be better to find a place to stay in a village than to sleep in the open air.
As a result, after everyone walked for another half an hour, they clearly saw the village in the distance, but everyone felt a little panicked.
Jiang Erhu asked, "Why don't the people in this village keep the land loose?"
Jiang Erbao said, "This village is really strange, it feels weird."
The two people's unintentional words shocked the adults on the side.
Jiang Hexi also felt strange. Everyone was busy with spring plowing now. Why was there no one cultivating the land near this village?
Not only that, the village was also too quiet, with no sound at all.
Jiang Hexi couldn't help but have a bad feeling in her heart.
In fact, not only Jiang Hexi, but also everyone on the side had a bad premonition.
When I arrived at the village, my bad premonition became even worse.
Jiang Hexi thought for a moment and asked Uncle Jiang to take Jiang Dabao to the village entrance to investigate, while a group of them waited in the distance.
Uncle Jiang and the two approached the village quietly, and were immediately startled by the extreme silence.
When they saw the situation in the village, the two of them turned pale and ran back quickly.
"Dead, dead, all dead."
It was the first time Jiang Erbao saw such a miserable situation, and his expression was extremely sad.
Jiang Hexi asked, "What's going on?"
"Everyone in the village is dead. They are all dead."
"It's so miserable. There's not even anyone to collect the body."
Thinking of the tragic death of the corpse, Uncle Jiang and the two men on the side couldn't help but shudder.
"Approximately how long have these people been dead?"
"It should be no more than ten days!"
Jiang Hexi's face couldn't help but turn ugly.
"It was either done by people from Liao or bandits. When we go to Gyeongju, we must be careful everywhere."
Everyone hurriedly said yes!
Because they really couldn't bear to see these people's bodies exposed in the wilderness, Uncle Jiang and others went into the village to check, and finally dug a pit nearby and buried the people.
And when they saw the children in these villages being killed, the faces of everyone became even more ugly.
In fact, if there were no tunnels, their situation would not be much better than that of the people in this village.
Jiang Hexi looked at everyone and murmured, "It would be great if we could get a lot of iron. In this way, if we can make weapons, at least we can protect ourselves."
"That's the truth. It's just that the imperial court regulates iron weapons and cannot exceed a certain amount. How can civilians like us get weapons!"
In order to prevent people from rebelling, the imperial court strictly controlled iron weapons. How easy was it for ordinary people to obtain weapons?
At this time, Jiang Hexi thought of Zhou Changsu again.
This person will later control the military power of many border states, and he will be as rich as any other country. Since this person can control gold mines, is it possible that he can also control iron mines?
If she brought her own people, owned a gold mine, iron mine, etc., and controlled the trade routes, why would she not have the strength to protect herself and her family in the Northland?
Because of this thought, she became more and more determined to gain something from her business trip this time.
It is said that after everyone buried the villagers in the village, they didn't dare to stay in the village much. That night, everyone found an old house to stay. At least there were tiles to protect them from the wind and rain, so they took a rest.
Running a business is really hard work.
After all, we are thousands of miles away and often have to live in the wilderness.
This night, it rained heavily outside, and there was still spring cold. Everyone was shivering from the cold.
Jiang Hexi led everyone to start a fire.
Even though the house was warm and everyone was really tired after traveling all day, they didn't dare to all sleep.
Jiang Hexi arranged a vigil.
Everyone takes turns together.
On this first day, the first half of the night was spent by Uncle Jiang and his son, and the second half of the night was led by Uncle Jiang and Jiang Erhu.
Nothing happened all night.
Early the next morning, the guys took a pot, cooked a large pot of wheat paste and ate it before continuing on their way.
As we walked along the official road, gradually, there were also crowds of people on the road.
However, most of these people are refugees, and their faces are not very good-looking.
On the desolate and uninhabited official road, Jiang Hexi and others hurried on.
After walking for more than half a day, a woman holding a child suddenly walked out from the fork in the road.
The woman was in her early twenties. When she saw Jiang Hexi and others, she was shocked at first. Then she carefully identified them and confirmed that Jiang Hexi and others were not bad people. Then she breathed a sigh of relief.
The woman timidly said, "Gentlemen, my family is from Wujia Village. Due to the disaster a few days ago, the child and I are the only ones alive. Gentlemen, ugh, the little girl and the child haven't had a proper meal for two days.
Can you please give me and the children some food?"
As she spoke, the woman approached Jiang Hexi and others' team.
As a result, Jiang Hexi shouted back.
"Stop! Don't come close to us! If you come here again, we won't be polite."
The woman was startled and stood aside without daring to move.
On the side, everyone in the Jiang clan looked at Jiang Hexi in surprise.
Jiang Hexi said to the woman calmly, "We are also villagers who have fled nearby. We are going to Qingzhou to make a living. I'm afraid we can't help the girl."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuu, please, I...my child is still so young, wuwuuu, he is still so young!"
On the side, the Jiang clan members couldn't help but look unbearable after hearing this.
Jiang Hexi took out two coarse-grain pancakes from the side, put them aside, and said, "After we leave, you can eat it yourself. This is the only way we can help you."