The carriage was no better than a war horse, and it took eight days for the two of them to enter Xilianghe, a border town most seriously disturbed by the Zhehu tribe.
The guards at the city gate have long been replaced by Ge Lanzhou's direct military guards, and the defense level has been adjusted to the highest level. The Xiliang River has been a place of exile since ancient times, and the conditions are unimaginably difficult. Entering the city, there are beggars knocking on bowls begging for food along the street. These people broke into the city.
Their clothes were in rags, some even walked barefoot, their lips were chapped, but at this time when everyone was having difficulty protecting themselves, everyone was helpless.
A little beggar was kicked out from the door. He looked to be no more than seven or eight years old, and he had not eaten for several days. He fell to the ground with a slight push and fell at Xinglan's feet. Li Jiahe hurriedly took the beggar to the ground.
She was helped up, and the little beggar patted the ashes on his body as if nothing was wrong, and thanked her.
Xinglan took out some broken silver and put it into his bowl. The little beggar's eyes suddenly lit up, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xinglan: "Thank you, thank you."
He pulled the man up and asked him: "Where is your family?"
The little beggar bit down on the silver and said cheerfully: "Sir, I don't have any family. Grandpa Wang who brought me out to beg for food said that my family had been killed when the Zhehu people massacred the city a few years ago."
Xinglan and Li Jiahe looked at each other without saying a word. The child was not very old, and the murder of his family happened when he was younger. Perhaps he had not truly understood the meaning of "death" and "separation", or perhaps those things were beyond his imagination.
I don’t remember it for a long time, but he said it lightly, which inevitably makes people feel sad.
He asked again: "Where is your Grandpa Wang?"
The little beggar said: "Dead, I starved to death last winter."
After he finished speaking, he saluted happily to Xinglan and was about to run away with the money. Xinglan quickly caught him with his eyes and hands, "Hey, did I tell you to leave?"
The little beggar turned pale with fright. He guarded the money tightly, fearing that he would take it back.
Li Jiahe rescued the person from Xinglan, squatted in front of him, and touched his little head: "You have no family, so where do you usually live?"
The little beggar hid behind her: "If no one chases me away, I will live under the bridge. If those uncles chase me away, I will sleep by the river."
He had no shoes, and his feet were dirty and calloused. When Li Jiahe looked over, he curled up his toes shyly.
Li Jiahe's heart ached a little. In their world, children at such a young age were sitting in the classroom reading and studying with their schoolbags on their backs.
She thought for a while and said, "My lord and I have just arrived in Xilianghe, and we are not familiar with the place. How about you take us around?"
The little beggar looked confused and asked in a sweet voice, "What do you mean?"
She said: "You take us around the town, and we take care of your food and drink and pay you, okay?"
The little beggar nodded quickly, and Xinglan's mouth twitched when he saw this: "I don't want to take the little beggar to play with me."
When Li Jiahe didn't hear anything, he led the little beggar to the inn.
Xinglan was forced to take the little beggar to take a bath. He stood by the bucket and refused to go in. Xinglan threw the person directly into the bucket. The little beggar refused to cooperate and water splashed all over him. He couldn't bear it anymore and threatened.
: "I have a bad temper and prey on children. You'd better be obedient."
As expected, the little beggar did not dare to do it again.
Although Xinglan's tone was fierce, the movements of his hands were very gentle. He asked in a low voice: "What's your name?"
The little beggar said: "Grandpa Wang calls me Jiu'er."
He frowned: "What a stupid name."
The little beggar looked at him with wet eyes: "Master, isn't this a bad name?"
"It's not good at all." Xinglan threw away the towel in his hand and thought for a while, "Just call me Yinchuan. I'll lend you this name for now."
"Yinchuan?" The little beggar stood up happily: "This name sounds knowledgeable! Thank you for the name!"
"Hey, sit down, sit down."
My wife has two children in one year and three in two years. He is not very knowledgeable, so he asked an expert to give him this name. But judging from the current situation, he will never use this name in his life.
Yinchuan happily played with the water. He has never had a proper bath until now.
Xinglan poured water on him and saw him dancing happily. She couldn't help but want to laugh. He asked: "You are helpless, why do you need so much money?"
Yinchuan said: "I want to join the army! I want to block the pot with my own hands!"
Xinglan froze while wiping him, and cleared his throat uncomfortably. He said, "What do you know, a little brat! Don't you know that you will die if you join the army?"
Yinchuan didn't take it seriously: "If my death can bring peace to the world, why can't I die? Although I am alive now, I am not living a very good life, and Grandpa Wang is not living a very good life either. Last year
The winter was really too cold, we were cold and hungry, and many people died."
Xinglan was at a loss for words, so Yinchuan continued: "And your Majesty is here! Do you know your Majesty? He is the God of War of our Daqi! That day I saw her leading so many people to rush towards the Zhehu tribe, how majestic it was! So I grew up
When I grow up, I want to be a soldier and protect Daqi like Your Majesty."
Li Jiahe was ordering food downstairs. After the dishes were all served, Xinglan also led the bouncing Yinchuan downstairs. He seemed a little absent-minded, so she asked him in a low voice: "Sir, what happened?"
Xinglan then woke up from a dream, "No."
Seeing that he didn't want to talk, she didn't continue to ask and changed the topic: "I just asked about it. Your Majesty and the Emperor have led their troops to the island. The two sides are currently fighting. If we want to find Your Majesty, we can only wait for them to come back.
Intend."
The little beggar was feasting on a chicken leg. Hearing this, he swallowed the chicken in his mouth and said, "Sister, do you also want to join the army? In fact, you don't have to wait for His Majesty to come back. There is recruitment everywhere right now. I know where to sign up."
Li Jiahe looked at the silent Xinglan and was about to smooth things over when he heard him say: "Eat well and take us there after you finish eating." This chapter has been completed!