At this moment, Lu Shiwan was heading towards Lingnan.

After leaving the imperial city, the road is mostly through mountains or some county towns.

"princess……"

"Ziyue Ziyun, don't call me princess once you leave the imperial city. Be careful of being spotted. Call me Miss instead."

"Yes, ma'am."

Ziyun said: "Miss, why do I feel like the people here are all fleeing?"

"Look at them, each of them is carrying a bag and a family."

Zi Yue also echoed: "Yes, Miss."

"When I was a child, I followed my parents to escape like this. At that time, the village was already struggling to make ends meet, so we had no choice but to move away with our family. We will come back when the village is better."

"What a pity..." Zi Yue lowered her eyes.

"Later, the land in the village dried up and became a wasteland, and the villagers went their separate ways."

Lu Shiwan's eyes flashed slightly.

She was not unaware of this kind of escape.

Most of them are forced to do so because they cannot survive.

"Son, son, what's wrong with you?"

"Don't scare me, I can't live without you."

Suddenly, a boy fell beside the carriage, causing the horse's hooves to hang high in the air in shock.

The people fleeing on the road screamed in fear when they saw this scene.

"what--"

Lu Shiwan hurriedly opened the carriage door and saw an old lady squatting on the ground hugging her son, with the carriage lifted up behind her.

Without thinking, she used her martial arts skills to fly down from the carriage, and then, without caring about her own injuries, she pulled the old lady and the child out.

The old lady was frightened half to death by this sudden action.

She screamed "Ah" and fell to the ground.

He glanced at Lu Shiwan and begged, "Girl, please don't do this. My son is almost starving to death. We really have no money."

"Woooooooo..."

After Lu Shiwan stood firm, he looked at the people who were leaving him.

I couldn't help but ask: "Auntie, I'm not here to ask for your money, I just want to ask, where are you going?"

When the old lady heard that Lu Shiwan was not here to steal the money, she slowly spoke.

"Girl, the land in our village has dried up and we can't grow crops. We have been living on the edge of a forest for the past few months. Now everyone has run out of food and hasn't eaten for several days. We are all fleeing now, otherwise we will all starve to death in the village."

The old lady carried the thin child on her shoulders while crying and ignored Lu Shiwan.

He walked slowly with the group.

Lu Shiwan remembered that his father had mentioned inadvertently last time that the court had allocated a lot of funds.

She once asked Mo Qitian.

Mo Qitian said that the national treasury was well-stocked, so his father had allocated a lot of money to each county.

Why is there still such a famine?

Logically speaking, even if it dried up, there would be assistance from the court. This shouldn't be the case.

"Auntie, wait a minute," Lu Shiwan stopped the aunt who was about to leave.

The lady turned around.

"Girl, you should leave quickly, or you won't be able to leave before dark."

Lu Shiwan walked up to her and said gently:

"Madam, please don't leave. I have some food in my carriage. I'll get it for you."

When the old lady heard this, she was so excited that her eyes were filled with tears.

She immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lu Shiwan to thank him: "Thank you, girl. Thank you."

As she spoke, she placed the child on the ground, clasped her hands together, and raised her head to the sky.

"Buddha bless you, Buddha bless you, I met a kind person."

Zi Yue returned to the carriage and took some food down from the carriage.

When many people saw Lu Shiwan taking out food to help the old lady, they all came forward to ask for help.

"Girl, please, can you give me some food?"

"We haven't eaten in days."

"Yes, yes, girl..."

Some burly men also shed turbid tears at this moment.

They all knelt on the ground and stretched out their hands to kowtow to Lu Shiwan.

Lu Shiwan felt a dull pain in his heart.

"Ziyun, Ziyue, take down all the food from the carriage and share it among them."

Zi Yue was a little hesitant.

"Miss, if we give it to them, what will we eat?"

Lu Shiwan suppressed the discomfort in his heart and smiled at her.

"It's okay, we'll have food."

There is a lot of space, and with the things I looted yesterday, there is enough.

No one expected to meet such a kind-hearted woman.

They kowtowed in thanks.

"Thank you girl for saving my life."

"Thank you, young lady..."

Ziyue and Ziyun distributed the food to the passers-by one by one. After receiving the food, the people were so excited that they burst into tears.

He put the food in his arms and was reluctant to eat it.

Seeing them like this, Lu Shiwan couldn't help but ask:

"Brother, Auntie, Uncle, why don't you eat?"

The lady just now explained:

"Girl, we still have enough energy to walk now. Let's eat when we are too hungry. This way we can save some money."

"The girl has a kind heart, and she will definitely be rewarded."

"After this separation, I don't know if I will have the chance to meet you again. I hope you will have a smooth life."

Lu Shiwan thought about her past life when she was a secret agent in modern times.

That's how she got through those days.

Sometimes, as a last resort, we have to eat the bark directly.

I couldn't help but feel compassion.

"Auntie, where is your village?"

"I'll go with you and take a look. Maybe I can help you."

The dryness must be due to a lack of water. If you can find a water source, just bring it over.

She is so understanding.

Generally speaking, all the people in the village are one family in front of their country.

Even though they often have family disputes and quarrels, they have been together for many years and have become familiar with each other. Now that they have to separate, I think they must be reluctant.

"No, no, no, girl, our village is dry. The fields and rivers are all dry."

“If I go back and leave again, I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave at night.”

Lu Shiwan said crisply:

"Auntie, uncle."

"This is your home, can you really bear to leave?"

"This place has carried your ancestors for generations. If you leave here, where will you go? How will you survive in a new place?"

Lu Shiwan's call caused many people present to fall into deep thought.

They don't know either.

I just knew that if I continued to stay here I would starve to death. If I went out to look for food, maybe I could get something to eat.

Zi Yue naturally understands this deeply.

She took a step forward and said seriously:

"To be honest, there was a famine in my village when I was a child, and I followed my parents to flee. But we were not the only people on the road."

"My parents are honest, so even if they have food, we can't snatch it from them."

"Later, in order to keep me alive, my parents gave me all the things they had looted. They eventually starved to death."

"After that, I wandered alone and accidentally entered a wolf's den. I was almost eaten by the wolves. I finally escaped to the imperial city and begged on the street, but my silver was stolen again."

"Luckily." Zi Yue glanced at Lu Shi Wan, "I met the young lady's grandfather, and he took me in out of pity."

"Our young lady has many ways. Instead of risking her life, why not go back and try again?"

"Just now our young lady gave you steamed buns. Even if there is no other way, we can still wait until you leave here."

After hearing this, everyone started whispering.

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