Traveling through famine years, peasant girls hold space in their hands to store food

The dusk is already deep, and it seems that grandfather and the others will not come back today.

Lu Qingqing in the room, standing in front of the window looking at the night sky outside, suddenly turned around and shouted to Xia Yun to change clothes.

"Master, are you still going out?"

"Well, you can go out with me later."

At this moment, the sound of Ziyue and Ling Xi talking came from the yard.

"Who's out there?"

Xia Yun walked towards the door, and Ziyue was about to knock on the door when she opened it.

"Master, it's Sister Ziyue and Ling Xi."

Xia Yun turned around and replied to the master in the inner room. He waited for the master's reply before taking the two of them inside.

Ziyue saw the neatly dressed master and asked doubtfully: "Master is going out?"

"Well, tell me what's going on?"

Lu Qingqing sat on the soft couch in front of the window and looked at Ling Xi who suddenly knelt down.

After hearing his master's words, Ling Xi slowly raised his head, with a complicated light shining in his eyes, as if he was hesitant to speak.

"Master, when I left the mansion today, I bumped into Prime Minister Mei who was running away. He...he told me that I..."

"Oh, Ling Xi, I'm so anxious when I hear you talking! What happened to you today? The master is still waiting to go out." Xia Yun muttered while scratching his head and ears.

Ling Xi's eyes settled and he took a deep breath.

"Master, Prime Minister Mei told his subordinates that they are his sons."

After saying this, Ling Xi felt a sense of relief.

There was just a hint of worry in his eyes as he looked at his master.

"Did Prime Minister Mei tell you this personally?" Lu Qing held her chin in her hands and thought.

He was in the border town when he rescued Ling Xi, and people around him also confirmed that he was of Cangnan blood. Is this true...

"The subordinate did not dare to deceive the master. He grabbed the subordinate and escaped from the capital together. However, he was injured by the subordinate. At that time, he also said that the subordinate's mother was in the Mei Mansion..."

The more Ling Xi spoke, the tighter he clenched his fists, and the veins on the back of his hands popped out little by little.

After hearing this, Lu Qingqing frowned. In Mei Mansion...

"Let's go, come with me to Mei Mansion."

Ling Xi suddenly raised his head and looked up. Seeing the insistent look in his master's eyes, he opened his mouth but said nothing more.

Ziyue stopped her master and said that she would go with her, otherwise she would be worried.

After thinking about it, Lu Qingqing decided to take Ling Xi and Ziyue for a walk around Mei Mansion.

She knew that the Mei Mansion was already under guard by the Emperor.

Xia Yun looked at his master's back with a worried look on his face, then looked around and closed the door.

When the master and servant took advantage of the darkness to arrive near Mei Mansion, they were surrounded by officers and soldiers.

"Master, it looks like there is a narrow alley behind it. Do you want to write poems from that side?" Ling Xi pointed to a dark alley not far from them and said.

Lu Qingqing took stock of the situation in front of Mei Mansion, then waved to the two of them and walked straight towards the alley pointed by Ling Xi.

The capital city today is extremely quiet. There is no one else on the streets except the officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth. I think the people are also panicking due to the commotion.

Several people escaped from the officers and soldiers and came to the dark alley. It was not only narrow, but also pitch black, making it difficult for even a fatter person to walk in.

Lu Qingqing looked at the wall and there happened to be a big tree in the yard.

She signaled to the two of them, turned around and jumped up to the wall first. Under the cover of the branches of the big tree, there was no one around and she jumped towards the courtyard.

Ziyue and Ling Xi looked at each other from behind, and they jumped into the house one after another.

"Master, you are worried, don't..." Ziyue reminded softly from behind, originally...

Of course Lu Qingqing understood Ziyue's worries and gestured to her not to worry, she would pay attention to it.

Although Ling Xi beside him didn't understand Ziyue's worries, he was very grateful to his master for risking his life to help him find the answer!

Lu Qingqing led the two of them in a familiar manner and carefully walked inside. This place happened to be the deserted courtyard she broke into before.

Thinking of that woman, I wonder what happened to her. This time everyone in Mei Mansion was thrown into death row. If she could be rescued...

"Ziyue, let's go there first and take a look."

As he said that, he walked towards the small courtyard. The inside was still as shabby as before.

Ling Xi didn't understand why his master came to this lifeless deserted courtyard.

The master and servant came to the dark house, and Lu Qingqing opened the secret passage.

"This..." Ling Xi's eyes widened in surprise, there was actually a secret passage hidden in it.

Several people walked inside, and a musty smell mixed with the unpleasant smell of toilets hit their nostrils. Lu Qingqing immediately leaned against the wall, suppressing the turbulent feeling in her stomach.

Ling Xi reached out and took out the fire seal, and the dark space was immediately illuminated more clearly.

This dark and narrow space was simply a small prison, with all kinds of torture instruments inside. The ground was covered with patches of black dirt, and there was a faint smell of blood.

"Master, are you feeling better?" Ziyue asked worriedly, and Ling Xi turned around to look at his master.

"Clatter" came the sound of the chain shaking, and Ling Xi immediately became alert.

"Who? Who's there?"

Ling Xi reached out and took out the dagger, but was stopped by Lu Qingqing beside him.

"Don't...it's okay, light all the fires." Lu Qingqing stopped Ling Xi's movement and saw the candlestick on the wall instructing the two of them.

When the candlestick was lit, Ling Xi finally saw a figure chained to a pillar not far ahead.

But the man's hair was disheveled and his head was lowered, making it difficult to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

"Master, she should still be alive. She was the one who made the sound of the iron chain just now."

Lu Qingqing slowly walked up and stood in front of the man.

"Master, be careful!"

Ling Xi reminded her, cautiously staying on one side and staring at that person closely.

"Do you remember me? I've been here before." Lu Qingqing asked her tentatively.

But when everyone thought she was not really dead, the chain rang again, and the man tried to raise his head.

It was such a simple movement of raising his head, but the man struggled for a long time before he raised his head with great effort, leaning his head on the pillar behind him.

"You... are... here again." The rough voice sounded, which sounded particularly eerie in this dark night.

"Yes, I'm here again. How about I rescue you this time? Prime Minister Mei's family has been put on death row, and Prime Minister Mei is already dead."

Lu Qingqing asked tentatively.

"Heh...heh...he finally died before me."

Lu Qingqing became more and more powerless as she listened to her voice. She knew that this person's life was just hanging on for a breath, and even her medicinal spring could not save him...