After wearing the book, I took the silly white sweet script

The closer they were to Qiongzhou, the colder the weather became. When Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin arrived in Qiongzhou, the sky was gray and it looked like it was going to snow.

The two of them hadn't entered the city yet, and along the way, more and more refugees were fleeing. It is conceivable how serious the famine in Qiongzhou is.

Standing at the gate of the city, Shu Yao hesitated.

Can one really find something related to An Linghua in such a place?

Mu Huaijin saw her worry and quietly held her hand.

The two got off their horses and walked. Now that there is a famine in Qiongzhou, not only the people, but even the guards at the gate of the city look skinny, standing there as if they are about to fall down in a second.

The guards at the gate of the city were not strict. Before Shu Yao took out the prepared token, the guards glanced at it lightly. As long as there was nothing suspicious, they let it in easily.

There is a famine in Qiongzhou, and now all the people inside want to go out, but I have never seen anyone come in on their own initiative.The guard looked them up and down casually, and judging from their appearance, they should not be poor people.

Guessing that they might be officials sent by the court to investigate people's conditions, the guards had no reason to stop them from entering.

Entering the city, there was a wave of death on the head. It was the first time Shu Yao saw this kind of situation, and for a moment she just felt depressed.

There were beggars on both sides of the road, not only the old and the weak, women and children, but also a few middle-aged men, but their faces were sunken, and they looked like they had suffered from some kind of illness because they hadn't eaten for a long time.

Some of them were still awake. They saw Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin coming in with a horse, as if seeing a savior, they staggered up and ran towards them: "Please... give me something to eat ! Give me something to eat!"

"Look at this kid...hasn't eaten for days..."

Mu Huaijin subconsciously stood in front of Shu Yao. Shu Yao pushed Mu Huaijin's hand away and walked forward. When she saw the child in the woman's hands with her eyes closed and her face pale, her heart trembled.

The woman seemed to have noticed her reaction, and cried: "He...he just fell asleep...you can eat when you wake up, you can eat when you wake up...give me something to eat!"

Shu Yao couldn't bear it, she stretched out her hand to check the child's breath, and he died long ago.

"Is there no food from the imperial court?" Shu Yao asked. Although it would be much slower to transport the food by car, it should arrive logically after so many days.

"No...no..." The woman hugged the dying child, her pupils lost focus, and said desperately: "No! There is no movement at all... How can the court care about such a remote place in Qiongzhou?!"

She became emotional and almost bumped into Shu Yao: "You give me food, give me food! I'll give food to the child...he's still so young, he can't live without food..."

The woman rubbed affectionately on that cold little face, Shu Yao couldn't bear it, she turned around and took some food from the packed package for the woman, and the rest of the people saw that she had food in her hand, and they all swarmed up.

"Don't squeeze...Everyone, don't squeeze..." Those people came up to fight, the food in Shu Yao's hand was knocked off, and those people squatted on the ground to pick it up.

Mu Huaijin's expression was not good, she tightly protected Shu Yao, and led her away from this chaotic place.

The two fled that place, Shu Yao said with some regret: "Ma..."

I ran too fast just now, and forgot to bring the horse with me, and left it among the refugees. The fate of the horse should be predictable.

Without the horse, it would be a problem for them to go back, and there would probably be more delays on the road.

But Mu Huaijin said: "It's inconvenient to ride a horse in the city, and there's nowhere to put it. When the time comes, there's always a way to go back."

Shu Yao didn't know what to do, it was Mu Huaijin who was poisoned, but she didn't seem to care at all.

What if there is only a short time?

Mu Huaijin saw the worry in her heart and said, "Don't think too much about it."

If you are afraid that it will be too late, then work together to find the antidote as soon as possible.

Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin were walking in the city, when suddenly a person rushed out from the side alley and bumped Shu Yao.

After knocking down the person, the person panicked, picked up something beside him and was about to run, but was stopped by Mu Huaijin.

"Get out of the way!" the man said.

Mu Huaijin frowned: "I bumped into someone, shouldn't I say an apology?"

Shu Yao's eyes set on the bag in the man's hand.

"I'm sorry!" The man growled, and after finishing speaking, he put the thing on his shoulder and left them in a hurry.

For a moment, Shu Yao saw that the bag seemed to move, and Shu Yao called to the man: "Stop!"

Of course the man ignored him, he ran away, and even quickened his pace. After running a few steps, he was found to be unable to move forward.

Mu Huaijin grabbed his clothes with one hand, and snatched the things from his shoulders with the other.

As soon as she got it in her hands, Mu Huaijin's expression became unkind. When she opened it, she was actually a child of two or three years old.

"What are you doing?! I'm sorry, why are you robbing me?!" The man only thought that these two people had spoiled his good deed, so he barked his teeth and claws to grab it back.

Mu Huaijin grabbed his hand and bent it lightly, and the man couldn't move.

"This is your child?" Shu Yao rescued the child from the sack, compared them a few times, and they didn't look alike.

The man nodded.

Mu Huaijin: "It's a lie."

"I want you to take care of it?! This is my business!" The man tried to break free, but Mu Huaijin's eyes darkened, and she directly pushed him to the ground, stepped on his back, and said coldly, "Say."

The man suddenly became frightened. Seeing the jade pendant hanging on Shu Yao's waist, he knew that it was not something ordinary people would have. He wailed and explained everything.

It turns out that although the land in Qiongzhou is barren and cannot grow food, there is a piece of land that can be cultivated normally.

It was precisely because of this that the owner of the land gradually developed into a wealthy businessman in Qiongzhou. Now Qiongzhou is suffering from a famine, and only his family has food. The local people now call him Master Yan.

Yan Fu's family is rich in food, and of course he is willing to share it with the common people, but there is one condition, that is, to exchange children.

And it can't be an ordinary child, it must be a sweet-looking child who may be differentiated into Yuchen in the future.

Differentiate into what, by looking at appearance and ability is a way.When people are on the verge of death, some people will choose to send their children out in exchange for a morsel of food, while others would rather have the heart to shave their children’s faces than to be abducted and sold to Yan as jade dust. wealthy businessman.

And now the child in Shu Yao's hands was lured by that man with a piece of candy, and he was planning to exchange it for rich merchant Yan.

"Then what does the rich businessman want children for?" Mu Huaijin asked.

The man shook his head, it didn't look like he was lying: "I don't know."

Shu Yao inspected the child, and made sure that he was just in a coma and nothing happened.

Shu Yao frowned and said, "What do you ask his parents to do?"

How sad it must be to know that your child has been sent away.Shu Yao couldn't help but want to condemn this kind of person, even if there was really nothing to eat, how could he take the child's life as a joke.

What's more... It's not clear whether Yan Fushang is good or bad.

At a time like this, his family is the only one with food, and he probably won't be a good person.

After Mu Huaijin taught the man a lesson, she put down her harsh words and made sure that he would not do such a thing again before letting him go.

Looking at the child's appearance, he must have been hungry for a long time before he was attracted by a candy.The child was still young, so Shu Yao fed him some water, but didn't ask anything.

Finding an antidote is a top priority. It is impossible for Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin to take this child with them all the time. Following Mu Huaijin's suggestion, the two walked around the place where the common people lived a few times, and they really saw someone looking anxiously for something.

When the child's mother saw her, she ran over immediately, regarded Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin as human traffickers who abducted her child, and yelled, "Get out!"

Shu Yao felt that she was angry, it was human nature, but she was not someone who was willing to be wronged, "We didn't abduct your child."

The child started to cry, but the woman didn't believe it, she told Shu Yao and the others to get out of here, and stepped back a few steps while protecting her child.

"...Sister..." The child cried and murmured, grabbing the woman's hair, "...Sister..."

The woman turned her head and saw her child stretching out his hand to Shu Yao and the others, with a look of reluctance.

When the child woke up just now, Shu Yao gave her some food, and the child will always have a good impression of people who treat him well.

After some explanations, the woman understood what happened, and invited Shu Yao and the others to live in her home.

Just now when they walked along the way, they saw that all the inns along the way had closed their doors, so Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin agreed to stay for a few days, and at the same time asked the woman about Yan Fushang.

The woman said, Yan Fushang came here when the battle in Qiongzhou ended a few years ago. At that time, God favored him and let him find a piece of land suitable for planting in Qiongzhou by accident. Can sell for a good price.

Because of this, he became a wealthy businessman in Qiongzhou.

Shu Yao: "Then... has there ever been a child named An Linghua..."

Shu Yao heard her say that she has lived here since she was a child, and after thinking about it, she might know something.

The woman shook her head and understood that these two girls looked like foreigners. They came to Qiongzhou to find someone: "If you want to find someone, you should not ask me. You can go to Mr. Yan. As long as you give him enough money, He will find it for you."

Looking at Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin's clothes and the jade pendant around their waists, they should not come from poor backgrounds, and this amount of money should not be a problem.Master Yan's favorite thing is money, as long as he gives enough, his subordinates will be able to find many contacts if they have many connections.

But she didn't know that Shu Yao was looking for someone from many years ago.

"Sister...what to eat..."

Shu Yao followed the sound and lowered her head, and saw a seven or eight-year-old girl holding a dirty steamed bun in her hand, offering to give it to her.

Shu Yao smiled, took the steamed bun under the girl's earnest eyes, and then took a bite.

It wasn't delicious, Shu Yao frowned slightly, and the girl looked at her suspiciously.In the end, Shu Yao swallowed, and the girl's eyes lit up immediately.

"Wow... my sister ate Arlene's steamed buns!" The girl cried out happily, and told Shu Yao to eat the rest with a smile.

Knowing that Shu Yao saved her younger brother, she wanted to repay Shu Yao with the best. In her eyes, food is the most precious thing. The steamed buns have been stored for a day, but they are not sour, but they are very hard. To live up to the child's kindness, he opened his mouth and wanted to bite down again.

Take a bite.

Shu Yao turned her head and saw that Mu Huaijin had already held the steamed bun in her hand, "Is it delicious?"

"Eh?" Shu Yao was taken aback and looked at Mu Huaijin.

Of course it was not tasty, but when Arlene heard Mu Huaijin's question, her ears perked up again, and she blinked at them.

This steamed bun is in her heart, but it is the most delicious thing, at least it is better than tree bark.

Shu Yao didn't want to hurt her: "...delicious."

After getting this answer, Mu Huaijin immediately picked up the steamed bun and took a bite. Shu Yao wanted to stop it, but it was too late, so Mu Huaijin swallowed it.

Shu Yao looked at her resentfully.

Now that Mu Huaiji's health is still not good, how can he eat casually like this...

One bite was not enough for Mu Huaijin, so she continued to eat.

Shu Yao stretched out her hand to snatch back the steamed buns: "Don't..."

Mu Huaijin pretended to be puzzled, avoided it, and said with a smile, "Steamed buns are so delicious, isn't Ah Shu trying to eat them all?"

Shu Yao: "...No."

With a smile in her eyes, Mu Huaijin ate the last bite, and then took out a few exquisite lotus cakes from the package, and gave them to Shu Yao and the little girl.He looked at the lotus cake pretending to be disgusted: "I ate the steamed buns, you guys eat this."