Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

Little Xingchen didn't know that Uncle Li was looking at him. At this moment, he was sitting outside the carriage with Uncle Li, driving the carriage.

Perhaps because he felt that the carriage under him was not as majestic as the big horse that Luo Xiaoran was riding, Xiao Xingchen kept his eyes wide open, staring at Luo Xiaoran's back in front of him.

The two little hands clenched and unclenched, then clenched again, eager to try.

Finally, Xiao Xingchen finally spoke up: "Sister, can you let me ride the big horse too?"

This is definitely more fun than riding a big horse on grandpa’s neck, young Xingchen firmly believed.

Luo Xiaoran looked back at Uncle Li first, and found that he had no intention of stopping her, so she spoke: "Riding a horse is not as stable as riding in a carriage, you have to think it through."

In fact, Luo Xiaoran didn't know how to drive a car or a horse before, let alone ride a horse. She was in an awkward situation and had no choice but to get on.

When I first came here with Qiu Niang, the two women were in a carriage.

She could no longer rely on Qiu Niang's little white rabbit, so she had to do it herself.

He relied on his ingenuity to control the horse's direction and began his escape journey.

The first time he rode a horse was after he had dealt with Lin Qianqian. He was anxious to meet up with Qiu Niang and the others, so he rode back on a horse.

At the beginning, I didn’t know how to do it and my calves and inner thighs were bruised. Later, I gradually found the trick, and my body rose and fell with the rhythm of the horse’s running. Slowly, my horse riding skills improved.

When Xiao Xingchen saw Luo Xiaoran let go, he quickly opened his small mouth with two dimples on the side and replied crisply: "I have thought it through, sister, please stop the horse and let me get on."

Luo Xiaoran immediately pulled the reins to stop the horse and planned to dismount.

Uncle Li also stopped the carriage at the same time. Xiao Xingchen couldn't wait for Luo Xiaoran to come over, so he clung to the carriage, stretched one foot out of the carriage, and after it touched the ground, he stretched out the other foot, and his whole body slid down smoothly.

Uncle Li’s heart almost jumped out of his chest when he saw this: This little naughty monkey!

Luo Xiaoran was also startled, and quickly picked up Xiao Xingchen and gently patted his little butt, "Why are you in such a hurry? What if he falls?"

Little Xingchen stuck out her pink tongue, then immediately retracted it into her mouth, as if she was very embarrassed.

He's already a little man, why does his sister still spank him? How embarrassing!

Luo Xiaoran carried Xiao Xingchen onto her reddish-brown horse, and sat behind him, holding him between her arms. She held the reins with both hands and looked at the furry little head under her chin, "Are you ready?"

"Ready!" The little head nodded.

Luo Xiaoran squeezed the horse lightly with her knees and inner thighs, "Okay! Let's go~ Go!"

"Oh, so fast, sister, the wind blows so fast!"

"That's because we ride fast!"

The horse's hooves left marks on the ground quickly, which soon extended out of sight and raised a cloud of dust.

Uncle Li was left alone in the carriage, watching the two people go away.

He wanted to stretch out Erkang's hand and shout "wait a minute", but when he opened his mouth he got a mouthful of dirt. Finally he had no choice but to compromise, whipped his horse and chased after him quickly.

The setting sun gradually sank below the horizon, and the figures of the three people became blurred in the increasingly dark sky.

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In an inconspicuous shop in Qingzhou City, a figure caught a carrier pigeon that had just flown in from the window.

After taking the note off the pigeon's leg, he looked at it carefully and then took it to the candle and burned it.

He didn't stop until he saw the note completely turned to ashes.

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"Qingzhou is just ahead. Let's go into the city and rest for a night. The next day, we'll buy some dry food and then head out of the city to Yizhou." Uncle Li shouted to the two people riding together in front.

Ever since the last time Xiao Xingchen rode a horse with Luo Xiaoran for a while, he has been riding horses with Luo Xiaoran almost all the time except when he comes back to the carriage at night to sleep.

Uncle Li, who lost the joy of playing with his grandchildren, became increasingly resentful and secretly criticized the two of them.

Chen'er is such a heartless little girl. I brought her up and she was by my side almost every day. But as soon as she saw her beautiful sister, she followed her happily, leaving me, an old man, all alone with the empty car.

And Cai Cai is so tactless. It’s okay once or twice, but who would kidnap other people’s grandchildren every day? Doesn’t she know that doing so will hinder the emotional communication between the two generations?

"I'll listen to you, Uncle Li." Luo Xiaoran didn't even turn her head and was teasing Xiao Xingchen with a little rabbit made of dog tail grass.

Little Xingchen was so immersed in playing with the little rabbit that he didn't hear what his grandfather said at all.

Uncle Li:... You've made me so mad, bah, you've made me so mad!

Although Qingzhou does not have as good a geographical location as Changzhou, its city walls are taller and more magnificent, as are Dingzhou and Ningzhou in front.

Presumably, as an important city in the north, it would need a towering wall strong enough to withstand enemy attacks.

There were several flatbed trucks lined up in front of the city gate, piled with cloth bags filled to the brim, and the people pushing the trucks were farmers wearing coarse cloth shorts.

Perhaps it was the autumn harvest season. People in the countryside harvested grain and kept enough for their own food. The rest was sold in the city, and the money was exchanged for silver to buy things that the family urgently needed.

Maybe there will be some left, which can be saved and used to buy two taels of meat for the New Year to give to the children.

After entering the city, they found a medium-sized inn as usual and handed the carriage and horses to the waiter to take away and feed them. Luo Xiaoran and the other two ordered hot water and went back to their rooms to take a shower and change clothes.

Luo Xiaoran's room is opposite to that of Uncle Li and his grandson, so it is convenient for them to take care of each other.

After cleaning up and feeling refreshed, I went downstairs to eat.

"Cai Cai, Uncle Li wants to discuss something with you." Uncle Li said to Luo Xiaoran at the dinner table.

"Uncle Li, just say whatever you want to say." Uncle Li usually speaks quickly, but why is he so hesitant today? Luo Xiaoran was very confused.

"I'm a little tired from traveling these past two days. I'm afraid I'll snore loudly at night, which would be bad if it disturbs Chen'er. Can you let him sleep with you tonight?"

"Sure." Luo Xiaoran thought there was something difficult, but she didn't expect that it was just to take Xiao Xingchen and coax him to sleep, so she readily agreed.

"Really, Grandpa? Can my sister and I stay in the same room tonight? That's great!" Little Xingchen was very happy to hear the conversation between his grandfather and Luo Xiaoran.

Uncle Li covered his chest with his hands: I'm so sad, I'm afraid my little grandson's heart will not be with me anymore.

After dinner, Luo Xiaoran took Uncle Li and his grandson for a walk outside, treating it as an after-dinner stroll.

It was approaching curfew and there were actually not many people on the streets. It was empty and quite eerie.

“The curfew system in the cities in the north is stricter than that in Kyoto.

Almost every household turns off the lights and closes their doors after dinner, so few people come out for a leisurely walk like us." Uncle Li explained to Luo Xiaoran.

"Is it because you're afraid that the northern barbarians will sneak in?" Luo Xiaoran continued.