Legacy of the old dynasty

Chapter 28

That night, the two of them hid in the tea room of the teahouse, and then went out of the city the next day.Since Liu Ruguo's anti-food uprising, his wife and daughter were implicated and imprisoned, so he hated the government deeply.At the end of October, on Changxi Mountain, he made an alliance with the righteous people who had defected to him. He vowed to follow the sky and calm the people, eradicate the rich and help the poor, and proclaim himself the King of Shuntian.Within a month, they captured several cities and opened warehouses to release grain to help the poor.At this time, there were rumors that the officers and soldiers were about to come to encircle and suppress, and there was chaos inside and outside the city, and the two men were mixed in the crowd leaving the city in disheveled clothes.Prince Wang lost his energy due to starvation all night, and he really seemed to be suffering from diabetes at the moment.

But he still couldn't keep his mouth shut, and whispered in Wu Xie's ear: "Now you and I are all poor, so why didn't King Shuntian come to help one or two? Look at the black-faced man yesterday, with the other ax in his waist, he looks like a Carpenter. You have stayed here for a long time, and you really make a living by carving calligraphy? Oh, what a pity for my purse, the flowers on it still look like..."

"then what?"

Wu Xie ignored him, so he kept talking, and when he really asked him, he hesitated and refused to say anything.

The two stopped and walked along the way, needless to say the hardships involved.When he arrived at the boundary of Hangzhou Prefecture, Prince Wang almost lost weight.Both of them looked like beggars, but luckily they came back safely.It was later learned that shortly after they returned to Hangzhou, the rebel army was defeated and Liu Ruguo was captured.

Outside the city, Prince Wang asked Wu Xie what his plan was, and if he couldn't go home, he could just go to his house.Although he ran away secretly, but now that he has come back in such a mess, his family will definitely not be harsh.

Wu Xie thought for a while, and said, "It's okay, I'll go and see him first, and then make plans."

It's not that he wasn't afraid.

Before he met Prince Wang, he had very little money left on him, and if he didn't go home, he really wanted to make a living.He also went to the Town God's Temple to see, and there was always something he could do.Later, he escaped with the prince, and the official roads were full of refugees, the food shortage was severe, and food was more expensive than gold.In the end, the prince's close-fitting jade was exchanged for food.

Wu Xie also looked at the jade, the best Khotan mutton fat.The Wang family is in the pawn business, what good haven't you seen?It is definitely not Fanpin who can be valued so highly by the prince.Rao is like this, but it only changed two sesame seed cakes the size of a palm.Prince Wang is free and easy, but Wu Xie couldn't bear it, so he could only make a silent note in his heart, and he will definitely find a similar one for him in the future.

Once the idea of ​​going back is moved, one can't wait to see that person immediately.But the road is long and difficult, and the meeting is unknown.He thought that he must also be living in an uncomfortable situation. He narrowly escaped death and suffered another serious illness.And him?The world is far away from him, and he has come down to this point again.This even somewhat similar desolation actually made Wu Xie feel better.

Sijun makes people old, and the years are suddenly too late.

Zhang Qiling was not at the residence.

The person who opened the door was a stranger who didn't know Wu Xie. He only said that the son was out on errands, and he didn't say when he would return.Wu Xie was not allowed to enter the door, so he asked the doorman for a bowl of water to drink.Fortunately, the servant was kind-hearted, seeing his distressed expression, he went to the kitchen to find a piece of steamed bun for him.Wu Xie wolfed down the steamed buns and regained some energy. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he talked to the gatekeeper for a while.

But that person speaks Wu Song's country accent, speaks fast, and is young, so when asked about the whereabouts of the son of the mansion, he has no idea.When asked who has visited the house recently, he can't tell.When asked about your young master's daily routine, that person is going to drive him away.

Fortunately, a sedan chair came to the door at this time.As soon as the sedan chair curtain was raised, Zhang Qiling got down from the sedan chair, wrapped in a white sable cloak, his expression was still not very good.When he looked up and saw the doorman chatting with others, he frowned.The doorman shrank his neck, leaned over and bowed, pointed at Wu Xie, but was anxious, unable to speak for a long time.

Zhang Qiling glanced at it, but showed no expression.He bowed his head and stepped up the steps, only one step, but his feet were retracted, and he slowly raised his head.There were too many indescribable things in the gaze at that moment, as if seeing it for the first time.

Wu Xie choked for no reason.I didn't know what to say, looked at him, opened my mouth, not as good as that doorman, couldn't even say "ah".

But Zhang Qiling shook his head again, as if smiling, lowered his head and rubbed the center of his brows, then raised his head and said, "That's right, I'm fatter than I saw when I left." Before Wu Xie could answer, he walked into the door quickly, and even He didn't turn his head back.

The doorman was also stunned, but fortunately his brain turned quickly, he leaned closer and said to Wu Xie: "If you want me to say, you are obviously swollen from hunger, how does my son know this..."

Wu Xie looked at his back, his eyes were sour, and he forced back the tears again.