readsfreenovel Chapter 211 Daye Town
Chapter 211 Daye Town
Lan Qingwu and Ruping took their two children and walked against the flow of people for two days and two nights, and finally settled down in another small town.
This small town is called Daye Town. It is not too far from the previous town, Xiaoye Town, and it only takes four or five days to walk there.
The two followed suit and found a ready-made house to live in. Both children were injured, so Lan Qingwu learned to cook some simple meals, while Ruping ventured to the nearby mountains to look for usable herbs. There was no other way, with the chaos in Jiazhou City, food and herbs had become extremely valuable.
Xiaoguai had almost no scars on his body except for the knife wound on his arm. On the contrary, Ashan was covered with scars and there was almost no good place on his body. It was conceivable how much beating and abuse he had suffered while protecting Xiaoguai.
Ru Ping came back from gathering herbs that day. As soon as she entered the room, she excitedly said, "Master... Mu'er, besides the herbs for external injuries, I also found some other herbs today. Maybe we can use them!"
She leaned close to Lan Qingwu's ear, whispered a few words, and went to check on Ashan's injuries. Ruping did not notice Lan Qingwu's thoughtful expression.
"Well, your injury has healed well, but your right calf has a fracture. You're really patient. You refused to let me carry you halfway and insisted on walking on your own. Fortunately, it's not serious. You'll need three months to recover..."
Ru Ping suddenly stopped. In the current situation, they didn't know if they could survive for another three months.
Xiaoguai walked gently to Ashan's bedside and said, "Brother, are you in pain? Xiaoguai will comfort you. I fell and was hurt, and mother comforted me in the same way."
Lan Qingwu turned to Ashan and said, "You were busy escaping and settling down before. Now can you tell me what happened? How did you and Xiaoguai end up here?"
Ah Shan was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about how to organize his words: "Xiaoguai and I were kidnapped on the street."
Lan Qingwu frowned: "On the street?"
"Yes, at first I thought he was just an ordinary human trafficker. He lived near Qingciyuan. Xiaoguai and I had seen him several times. Although we had never spoken, we were no longer so vigilant. Suddenly one day, several people came to his yard, and then several people left, leaving only two people. Xiaoguai, I and several other children didn't pay any attention and continued to play at the entrance to the street. Suddenly, the man came over and gave candy to the children, and the children all fainted. I was not far away at the time, so I rushed over to call for help, and then I fainted too."
"Perhaps they thought we were children. The drug didn't last long before I woke up. I heard their conversation and realized they only took Xiaoguai and me. They said Xiaoguai was... delicate and pure, and lovely, while I was born with a pair of emerald eyes, which are very rare. They wanted to take us away and offer us to some king of Jiazhou City."
Xiaoguai also recalled those terrible things: "They are all bad people. They wanted to touch my face, but Brother Ashan didn't let them, so they beat Brother Ashan."
Lan Qingwu felt very sad when she heard this. She held Xiaoguai in her arms and comforted him silently.
Ah Shan continued, "After riding in a carriage for who knows how long, I devised a plan to escape with Xiaoguai. Just two days after arriving here, I noticed many people panicking and fleeing towards Central City. Xiaoguai and I followed the crowd, but... I couldn't protect Xiaoguai."
Lan Qingwu looked at his childish face and said, "You are only ten years old at most. You have done well enough. Now just take good care of yourself and don't worry about anything else!"
Ashan nodded, his cheeks slightly red: "Actually, I'm already twelve years old." Looking at Xiaoguai in Lan Qingwu's arms, his emerald green eyes couldn't help but smile.
Lan Qingwu couldn't help but be surprised, and then he understood. This child had a pair of green eyes that were different from ordinary people, so he was abandoned by his parents since childhood and grew up alone. He probably rarely had a full meal, so he was malnourished and looked several years younger than his actual age.
Ruping had been listening beside him, her eyes flickering slightly, but when Ashan said the last sentence, she finally couldn't help but curl her lips slightly.
After Lan Qingwu and Xiaoguai walked out of Ashan's room, Ruping's eyes immediately locked onto Ashan: "You're lying! How dare you lie to Mu'er?"
Ah Shan was not flustered: "Where did I lie?"
Ru Ping bluntly exposed him: "First of all, even though we rescued you from the beginning, you still didn't let go of your suspicion until you guessed Mu'er's identity! You are very smart. You let down your guard once you knew the master's identity!"
Ah Shan remained calm and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Aunt Zhi'er. Now that I know Aunt Mu'er's identity, she is my other savior. It is because of Qingciyuan that I have a home and can eat a full meal. I would repay her with my life, so how could I still have any suspicions?"
Ru Ping continued, "Also, you said you tricked Xiaoguai out of the carriage, but you actually killed the two people in the carriage, right?"
Hearing Ru Ping's firm words, A Shan's green eyes suddenly darkened. Although he was young and still lying in bed injured, his aura at this moment was no less than that of Ru Ping, who was knowledgeable and skilled.
"If I were Aunt Zhi'er, what would you do in that situation?"
Ru Ping stared at Ah Shan for a while and suddenly smiled: "Of course I would do the same. And I think Mu Er and Xiao Guai should not know about this."
Ah Shan also laughed: "That's what I meant!"
Ru Ping leaned closer to A Shan. "Although you're still young, I see the wildness and wolf-like nature in your eyes! That desperate desire to catch the light, that desire to hold on to a glimmer of warmth even at death, is exactly the same as mine! But I don't want the people I care about to get hurt! Do you understand?"
Ah Shan narrowed his emerald eyes and said, "As you wish, so do I!"
Afterwards, the two seemed to have reached a consensus. Ashan became the injured child again, and Ruping became the caring aunt Zhier.
A few days later, Lan Qingwu and Ruping heard that Emperor Shenwu had personally led an expedition into the Hermit Forest. With just one battle, he defeated the tens of thousands of poisonous soldiers of Prince Shen. Prince Shen fled out of the Hermit Forest with some of his subordinates, while the remaining small group of people were gathered by Lin Shaojie and hid in the deeper part of the Hermit Forest.
The Hermit Forest is shrouded in mountain fog and has complex terrain. If you deliberately try to hide there, it will be difficult to find any trace of it. It is rumored that a great master lived in seclusion here a thousand years ago, so it is named the Hermit Forest.
Lin Shaojie made up his mind to be a coward and hide himself in hiding.
Emperor Shenwu sent people to guard several mountain passes and then sent heavy troops to pursue Prince Shen.
Lan Qingwu worriedly said to Ruping, "Although we have defeated the rebels, the Hermit Forest is not far from several towns and villages here. There are many exits to the Hermit Forest, so I'm afraid it's not very safe."
Ru Ping also said worriedly, "But Lin Shaojie has become a coward. He never comes out and we can't catch him!"
Lan Qingwu thought for a moment and said, "If it really doesn't work, wait until Ashan gets better, then we can go to the central city."
But just two days after Lan Qingwu said this, something happened again.
That night, someone sneaked into Daye Town and took away two middle-aged women.