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Chapter 367 A Guest From Afar ([-])
Since you are willing to do so, then so be it, Qi Ke lowered his head to take over the stack of identity documents and flipped through them, and found another unexpected thing, the documents were all written with citizenship rather than slave status.

"...Freedom?"

Qi Ke muttered, more and more confused about why they came all the way to find her when they were all free citizens.

Seeing that more and more people came to watch curiously, Qi Ke didn't let himself become a hobby of being watched by others, so he raised his chin slightly and said next sentence.

"I'm all standing up. If you have something to say, put the mule cart outside first, and then pack it up later. Don't worry, you won't lose it."

"Thank you, Miss."

The butler's voice was choked up, and he wiped the corners of his eyes with his dirty and discolored cuffs. The people behind him were also like him, and the journey along the way had really tested people's hearts and wills.

A group of people entered the gate, Qi Ke took them to the well first, and distributed a few pieces of soap for them to wash their faces and hands one by one.

"Wash your hands and face before eating. You are so dirty, tsk tsk, I was cleaner than you at that time."

Qi Ke counted the number of them while talking, and there were actually nine people in two small mule carts, five men and four women, and they were all adults and no old people or children.

The nine people were terribly dirty. After washing for a long time, they could barely wash their hands and faces. The soap they gave them was a little too small. Qi Ke took them to the inner house with a little satisfaction, but instead of entering the house, he stood In the courtyard that was the last to enter, the warm spring sun shone on him, Qi Ke felt that the irritability just now had receded, and he listened patiently to what they had to say.

"Okay, let's stay here first, you can think about how to persuade me to keep you." Qi Ke left them where they were, and she lifted her feet into the room and took out a plate of steamed cakes. Bottom line, even if you can't convince me, I won't drive you out on an empty stomach."

The number of cakes that Qi Ke placed in the house to fill his stomach is naturally not much, nine people share one point, and three or four mouthfuls per person will be gone, but the steamed cakes are sweet, and the sweets made them recover somewhat physically and mentally exhausted strength.

"Let's talk about it first, what's going on with you? What's going on in the capital?"

"Miss, the capital, the capital...it's almost over." The butler wanted to wipe his eyes again, but he put his hand down when he saw the displeasure on the lady's face.

"Why is the capital almost finished? Why is the land of the Son of Heaven finished?"

"There hasn't been a few snowfalls in the whole winter. Let alone the common people, I heard that it is difficult to drink water in the palace. The Jitou Mountain Spring, which is exclusively for the dignitaries and dignitaries, has dried up."

Qi Ke was shocked when she heard that, when she left the capital, the daily drinking water of the people in the capital was still acceptable. At that time, everyone said that the capital had a good water vein, but I didn't expect it to be so bad after one winter.

"Then what's the matter with you?"

"The Qi family collapsed and couldn't support the servants, so we took the opportunity to get back the contract of sale and regained our freedom. The capital couldn't stay any longer, and there was a severe drought in the north, so we had to flee to the south, and then... Then we remembered that the eldest lady was here , just try your luck."

"Why did you think of coming to join me? Before you set off, you never thought about what if I didn't arrive at the destination safely? Then you didn't come here for nothing?"

"The eldest lady gave a bag of money before leaving, and with that bag of money, our group managed to get here. When we came here, we thought that if we didn't find the eldest lady, we could make a living with the little money left. It doesn't matter how bad it is to set up a food stall. But if you find the eldest lady, maybe you will have a new way of life."

(End of this chapter)