The two left the city overnight and walked along the mountain road for a long time before finally stopping.
At this time, Shiqing was sweating profusely and fell down. She was completely exhausted.
"Sister, lady, blow, blow you."
Seeing Shi Qing sweating profusely, Ming Qingyue pressed against her, blew lightly, and giggled.
"Idiot, why are you laughing? You are running away for your life."
"Sister, lady, ugly."
Ming Qingyue covered her mouth, snickering, and then reached out to help Shi Qing tidy up her scattered hair. It turned out that Shi Qing's hair was messed up due to running all the way.
"Hmph, even if I'm ugly, you're not allowed to dislike me. I'm allowed to dislike you. Do you hear me?"
Shi Qing snorted coldly and reached out to tap Ming Qingyue's forehead.
"good."
Ming Qingyue smiled, and the two of them hugged each other and spent the night in the wild.
I woke up the next day and ate some fruit, then continued looking for the next city. I had to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Today, it feels like I am on the run.
After walking for about half a day, the two came to a city called Gucheng again, but the place was in a mess. They seemed to be arresting strong men on the streets. The officers and soldiers arrested men when they saw them.
"Ming Ming, let's hide first and you put on that big red dress."
In order to prevent Ming Qingyue from being caught, he had to dress him up as a woman first.
Walking back to the street, Shiqing wanted to find someone to ask, but at first glance, the street was full of old, weak, sick and disabled people, and the place was in chaos.
Crying and shouting, how could it be as peaceful as the city?
There seems to have been a war here.
"Auntie, may I ask what happened here?"
I walked next to an aunt who was covering her face and crying. Her child was crying because of hunger. The aunt just kept wiping her tears.
"The war is in turmoil. King Duan has been defeated. Soldiers from the Yi Kingdom will break in and arrest young men everywhere. Now the court has abandoned us. What's the use of arresting Prince Duan and beheading him? The court has no help in the rear, so King Duan is attacked from both sides.
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The aunt was crying. Now her family members were all dead and fled, and now she and her son were left to depend on each other.
Ming Qingyue saw the child crying in his aunt's arms, and hurriedly took out a few steamed buns from his bag and handed them to him.
"Eat, okay, I'm not hungry."
The aunt and the child hurriedly took the things and kowtowed.
But Shiqing collapsed all of a sudden, her body almost collapsed. Dad was going to be executed? How could this happen?
My heart felt like something was holding me, and I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe.
"How many days will it take for King Duan to ask for his sword?"
"Early next month."
Staggering in her steps, Shi Qing almost fell down and fainted, but was hugged by Ming Qingyue.
"Sister, madam, what, what?"
He spoke incoherently and almost cried out of worry.
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I bought a carriage in Gucheng, and Shi Qing took Ming Qingyue on the road. The two of them sat outside driving the carriage, Shi Qing's face remained gloomy.
She wants to go back, to the Imperial Capital, to save her father.
"Ming Ming, Madam is going somewhere, and Ming Ming must be obedient. Now Ming Ming is in a better mood. She knows how to help the poor. Madam is really happy."
He held the reins tightly in his hands, his nails dug into his palms, and he felt a burst of pain.
Shiqing turned sideways and looked at the worried person, and slowly comforted him.
"It's okay, my sister-in-law just cried happily because she likes Ming Ming now."
"Don't cry, be good and don't let me cry."
Ming Qingyue stretched out his big hand and rubbed it awkwardly on Shi Qing's face, and also frowned and became sad.
Shiqing looked at him, nodded, and then with a strong hand, the reins suddenly pulled, and the horse galloped away.