Chapter 78

Among this group of people, only Xu Xiaofu, Shan Cha, Du Juan, and Mrs. Xie are the ones who can really work, and the others are pampered.Although Tianxiang's birth was not good, her mother raised her as a baby and didn't let her work. In the end, Xie Duanran made her into a concubine, and she was always taken care of by others, without doing anything.

The old lady Xie was exhausted from the journey, and she was getting old, Xu Xiaofu let the old lady rest well, and started to work with the camellia and cuckoo.The three of them were very agile in their hands and feet, and quickly cleaned up the roe deer, chopped them into pieces, spread salt on them, and roasted them on the fire.

Xu Xiaofu gave the roasted meat to Mrs. Xie first, followed by the elders and the children in turn.

Xu Xiaofu handed the roasted meat to Mengshi, ignored Xie Duanran and Tianxiang next to him, Mengshi shook his head, "Sister-in-law, you can eat first, you have to eat something to fill your stomach after being tired for so long, I'll continue to roast." Xu Xiaofu was not polite, took the barbecue and ate it, and finally replaced Meng Shi for Meng Shi to eat.It was not until the end that Xie Duanran and Tianxiang were given to eat.

After eating, Xiao Hui was watching over them, everyone rested overnight, and continued on their way at dawn the next day.The mountain road was difficult to walk, but fortunately there was Xiao Hui, and I didn't encounter any other ferocious beasts. There was no shortage of food along the way, but it was difficult to drink water. Everyone quenched their thirst with wild fruits.

It will take more than half a month to get to the capital from the frontier, let alone walk, and it is still such a rugged mountain road.Mrs. Zhang wanted to complain but was afraid that Mrs. Xie would really divorce her, so she had to grit her teeth and persevere along the way.

After walking like this for a few days, everyone was in a panic. In this hot weather, there was no water for bathing. After walking for half a day in the mountains, there was no water source for washing. Everyone was smelly and sour.But no one dared to complain, because even the elderly Mrs. Xie did the same, and didn't even say a word.It's just that it has suffered a few children, Lotus, Xie Qi, and Xie Lin are still sensible, only Xie Nian and Xie Lin are young, some can't bear the suffering, and often cry.Xie Lin was fine, as long as Xu Xiaofu kissed him, hugged him and coaxed him a few words, he stopped crying.But Xie Nian couldn't do it, he couldn't stop tearing his throat, he didn't give up until he was exhausted from crying, his throat was hoarse and tired, and he fell asleep.Because of Xie Nian, Tianxiang has been complained by Xie Duanran many times.

Xie Duanran had suffered in the military camp for a period of time before, so it was still for him to persevere, but Xie Nian's crying was really annoying.

In addition, Xie Yizhong also knew that Shen Shi'er was the eldest prince's person, so he was extremely silent all the way, so he didn't embarrass Xu Xiaofu.

After walking in the mountains like this for half a month, after eating the prey brought back by Xiaohui that night, everyone ate two more wild fruits and fell asleep.Xie Nian has been crying for more than half an hour, and now his crying voice is hoarse, no matter how Tian Xiang coaxes him, he can't coax him.Xie Duanran took a look at Tian Xiang, whose hair was disheveled and in a panic, and couldn't help but growl: "Quickly coax him, everyone should rest, what should we do if we attract the enemy like this!"

Tian Xiang was also in a hurry, her voice was crying, "My lord, there is nothing I can do for this servant..."

Xie Duanran cursed bad luck, and leaned against a big tree to rest.

Tian Xiang coaxed him for a while, Xie Nian fell asleep after being tired from crying.

Although it was summer and the weather was hot, a bunch of bonfires were lit at night for fear of wild animals attacking in the middle of the night.In the middle of the night, Xu Xiaofu faintly heard Tian Xiang crying, a small choking sound.

Xu Xiaofu opened his eyes and took a look, sure enough it was Tian Xiang, who was holding Xie Nian to wipe away tears, she was crying so softly, if it wasn't for Xu Xiaofu sleeping startled, he wouldn't have heard it at all.

Xu Xiaofu didn't bother to pay attention to her, and continued to sleep with his eyes closed. The two children, Camellia and Rhododendron, were next to her, and Xiao Hui was watching the night beside her.

Tian Xiang cried for a while, then his voice disappeared, Xu Xiaofu opened his eyes and took a look, and saw Tian Xiang was staring at the fire in a daze.

After a while, Tianxiang looked around and found that everyone was asleep. She looked timidly at Xiaohui not far away, gritted her teeth, and looked at the dark mountain again. Finally made up his mind and stood up with Xie Nian in his arms.

Xie Nian moved in Tian Xiang's arms, hummed twice and fell back into a deep sleep.Tian Xiang hurriedly looked around again, and found that everyone hadn't woken up, so he carefully walked two steps forward with Xie Nian in his arms.

As soon as she moved, Xiaohui had already woken up, staring at Tianxiang with two pitch-black eyes.Tian Xiang was startled, and stopped in her steps, seeing that Xiao Hui didn't move much, so she continued to walk forward with Xie Nian in her arms.Xiao Hui glanced at her, then lay down on the ground and closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Tian Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to walk cautiously into the darkness.

"Aunt Tianxiang, where are you going?"

In the darkness, a somewhat deep voice suddenly sounded, Tian Xiang was startled, exclaimed, and turned around to see Xu Xiaofu's dark eyes staring at her closely under the campfire.

Tian Xiang couldn't help shrinking back, and stammered: "Husband... madam, slave... I want to make it easier for you."

Xu Xiaofuen said, "Since it's convenient to go, just go alone, what to do with the baby."

"Slave... Slave... I'm afraid that the child will wake up again and disturb everyone."

Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Meng, Xie Duanran, and Camellia Dujuan have all woken up, and the others are still asleep.Mrs. Xie sat up, looked directly at Tianxiang with stern eyes, and snorted coldly, "What are you going to do?"

Seeing that Mrs. Xie had been woken up, Tian Xiang started to shake from fright, and stammered, "Old... old lady, slave... slave is going to make things easier."

The old lady Xie said: "Then you can go, but... it's best not to let me know that you have other thoughts, otherwise I promise to make your life worse than death in the future. By the way, your mother is still in the capital, right? Don't worry, Prince Cao will help to watch, so you don't have to worry."

Tian Xiang's face was pale and she didn't say a word anymore, she stood for a long time, seeing that no one paid attention to her, then returned to her original position with Xie Nian in her arms.

Then everyone fell into a deep sleep again, Xie Duanran seemed to have guessed something, stared at Tianxiang with gloomy eyes for a long time, and finally whispered: "It's best not to let me know what you want to do, otherwise I'll break your leg!"

In a blink of an eye, it was dawn again. After eating some wild fruits, everyone continued on the road. After walking for a long time, they suddenly heard the sound of water flowing not far away.Shan Cha turned her head and said in surprise: "Ma'am, I heard the sound of water flowing, there must be a source of water ahead, I will go and have a look..."

Shan Cha came back soon, and there was indeed a small stream in front of her. Everyone followed Shan Cha to the side of the stream.

Everyone was overjoyed, squatted down and drank the water from the stream. After drinking enough water, Mrs. Xie asked the men to wait at a distance, and asked the camellia and cuckoo to watch outside, and asked the women to wash and change their clothes.For more than half a month, my body has long been smelly.

Xu Xiaofu quickly washed his head, washed his body in the stream water and changed into clean clothes, washed the bodies of the children and changed into their clothes, and finally washed the dirty clothes and hung them on the branches next to him to dry.

After all the female relatives were cleaned up, the male relatives came to wash their bodies again.

This time I finally met the water source, Mrs. Xie asked everyone to stay for a long time, and continued on the road when the clothes were dry.Xu Xiaofu glanced at the nearby terrain, turned his head to thank the old lady and said, "Grandmother, I want to go down the mountain to buy some water bags and dry food in the nearby villages or towns. You can’t always go on mountain roads, or you won’t be able to reach the frontier until sometime later.”

The old lady Xie agreed after thinking about it, and the eldest prince would not be able to arrest them unscrupulously. For example, smaller towns and villages don’t have to worry about having officers and soldiers, but it’s better to be careful. Hui will send you down the mountain, go early and return early, if you are in danger, come back as soon as possible."

Xu Xiaofu nodded, inserted the dagger into the strap tied around his calf, and found a few light brown plants from the nearby ground, squeezed out the juice inside and applied it on his face and hands.It didn't take long for her exposed skin to change color. It was dull, yellow and dull, and she wrapped her black hair in a gray cloth shirt. She looked as if she was 20 years old in an instant. People change a lot.

Everyone was stunned, Xu Xiaofu smiled and said: "This is a kind of herbal medicine, which can change the color of the skin when applied on the skin, but it will be washed off immediately, so don't worry." In his previous life, he had also done some research on some herbal medicines, so at this time it was helpful She's busy.

Camellia Dujuan was worried that Xu Xiaofu would be in danger, so he proposed to go together.Xu Xiaofu shook his head and said, "No need." In her previous life, she had learned some judo and martial arts, and had some ability to protect herself. As long as she wasn't surrounded by people, she could still escape.

In the end, she took out some broken silver from the bag she carried with her and put it on her body, knelt down and touched Xiao Hui's head, "Xiao Hui, take me down the mountain...down the mountain..." She walked along the stream pointed forward.

After saying it twice, Xiao Hui understood, and started to run forward, Xu Xiaofu hurriedly followed.

After following Xiao Hui for an hour before reaching the foot of the mountain, Xu Xiaofu stood behind a few big trees and touched Xiao Hui's head, "Xiao Hui, wait for me here, I'll be over soon."

Xiao Hui let out a howl, rubbed Xu Xiaofu's hand, and finally lay down on the spot.Xu Xiaofu then walked towards the foot of the mountain.

Looking down from the high slope, this place should be a small town, with some green brick and tile houses in a patchwork pattern, Xu Xiaofu walked for half an hour before arriving at the entrance of the town, on which there were three large characters of Yueshan Town.

Xu Xiaofu is just dressed as an ordinary peasant woman, and no one will notice her. Walking into the town, there are quite a lot of people in the town, and most of them are people from the nearby villages who brought their own vegetables, grains or other things. sold in town.

(End of this chapter)

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