The princess returns strongly, and the divorced regent is busy chasing his wife

"anyone there?"

Siyu arrived at the door of a house and called out.

No one responded in the yard. Siyu called again, but there was still no movement in the yard.

Siyu moved to several courtyards one by one, but there was no echo in any of them.

"Is there no one living in this village?"

Sifan asked doubtfully.

"Siyu, go in and take a look."

Ouyang Miaoling ordered.

Siyu stopped at the gate of a clean and tidy courtyard and called out into the yard again, but still no one responded.

Siyu bravely pushed the door open, took a look around, then turned around and left the yard.

"Master, there is no one inside, but it looks like someone lived there not long ago. The house is very tidy and clean."

Just as the three of them were hesitating at the door whether to go in,

The door of a nearby house slowly opened, and an old man walked out.

"Who are you looking for, girls?"

The old man asked.

"Old man, we are just passing by. We are tired from traveling, so we would like to find a place to stay for one night. Do you think it would be convenient for you to let us stay for one night?" Siyu explained her purpose to the old man.

"You are from outside the country, little girls, come in quickly, come in quickly"

After hearing Siyu's request, the old man quickly and warmly invited the three people into his home.

The three of them entered the house and saw that it was extremely poor, without even a decent piece of furniture, but at least it was clean and tidy.

The old man politely asked them to sit wherever they wanted.

"Old man, are you alone at home?"

"I have a blind old woman at home, and we depend on each other for survival."

"You have no children?"

Siyu continued to ask.

"Yes, my wife and I have a son and a daughter. Our son was drafted into the army a few years ago and has been gone for three years without any news. Our daughter also married and moved to the next village. We have been able to survive these years thanks to her help. If it weren't for our daughter, I'm afraid we would have starved to death long ago."

"Old man, we just passed by and knocked on several doors, but no one was there. Where did all the people in this village go?"

Siyu continued to inquire.

"No, the young girl has gone to the mountains to hunt. There is a group of bandits in a mountain village not far from our village. They often come to our village to fight and rob. If they can pay tribute to us, they will not harm the people. If they can't pay tribute to us, they will burn, kill and rob."

"Then the local government will not care about them?" Ouyang Miaoling continued.

"The government is far from us. Whenever they come to encircle and suppress them, they hide in the mountains and don't come out. When the government leaves, they come out to harm the people. When the government gets the news and rushes over, they hide in the mountains again. So the government can't do anything about them. In the end, the only ones who suffer are us, the powerless people."

The old man shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"Old man, old man, who are you talking to?"

Just as he finished speaking, a blind old woman with a cane came out from the inner room of the house.

"Old lady, these are some strangers who want to stay here for the night."

"Really? Then old man, hurry up and light a fire and cook. They must be in a hurry to get on the road and must be hungry."

The blind old woman enthusiastically asked the old man to cook a meal for them.

"Okay, please sit here and wait. I will start a fire and cook."

The old man politely arranged for everyone to sit down, and then went into the kitchen to cook for them.

"Siyu, go help the old man."

"It's the master"

Siyu left happily.

"Sifan, you look so pale, why don't you borrow the old man's bed and have a rest first."

"No trouble to the master"

"Listen, you look so bad."

"Old lady, my little sister is not feeling well. Can you lend me your bed so she can have some rest?"

"Okay, as long as the girl doesn't mind, please follow me."

After saying that, the blind old woman led the way and took Sifan to rest.

Sifan has always been in good health, but this time when he came out, he did look sick.

Several times on the way, Ouyang Miaoling offered to check her pulse, but Sifan refused.

Ouyang Miaoling didn't want to force Sifan to take his pulse.

After the old woman settled Sifan, she came out to chat with Ouyang Miaoling about family matters.

After a while, Sifan came in with the food.

It is a simple home-cooked meal.

Rice porridge, steamed corn bread and stir-fried wild vegetables.

Ouyang Miaoling looked at the food on the table, frowned and looked at Siyu.

"Master, this is the best food in the old man's house. He is treating us to it. Normally, the old man is reluctant to eat it." Siyu explained in a low voice in her master's ear.

She was a top agent in her previous life. Sometimes when she was on a mission or fighting in the wild, she often couldn't find food. Sometimes eating raw snakes, insects, rats and ants was common. If she had a table of dishes like this at that time, it would definitely be full of delicacies from land and sea.

So she just felt disgusted for a moment, but quickly realized that it was inappropriate, adjusted her mindset, and gladly accepted the old man's kindness.

"Girls, you must be hungry, eat quickly, don't be polite"

The blind old lady on the side kept asking Ouyang Miaoling to eat.

He was even more afraid that Ouyang Miaoling and the others would be restrained, so he picked up the steamed buns on the table and stuffed them into their hands.

Feeling the old lady's simple enthusiasm, Ouyang Miaoling also invited her to sit down and eat together.

"Grandma, grandpa, stop serving us. Sit down and let's eat together."

Siyu hurried over and pulled up the old man who had just finished working in the kitchen.

"Girl, we are not hungry, please eat quickly."

"Old man, please sit down and eat together, otherwise we won't be able to eat comfortably."

Ouyang Miaoling quickly added.

The two old men could not stand the persistence of Ouyang Miaoling and his servant, and finally had no choice but to sit down and eat together.

Siyu went to call Sifan to get up for dinner, but Sifan refused, saying that he was not feeling well and needed to rest.

So the two old men, along with Ouyang Miaoling and his servant, sat down to eat together.

During this time, the old man deliberately claimed that he was not hungry and refused to eat the only steamed corn bread.

Leaving the most precious food in the house to the master and servant.

Ouyang Miaoling felt so depressed while eating this meal. She felt sorry for the two elderly people, but at the same time she was moved by their kindness.

Ouyang Miaoling was deeply touched by the fact that the couple was so sincere and used the only food they had in their home to treat these strangers whom they had never met before.

The few of them finally finished the meal in a weird atmosphere. Siyu helped the old lady clean up, while Ouyang Miaoling chatted with the old lady.

Just when Siyu finished her work and sat down, there was a noisy sound outside.

"Siyu, go and see what's going on?"

When Siyu was about to get up to check, the old man stopped her.

"Young lady, just stay in the house and don't go anywhere. It seems that the bandits from the mountain are coming down. If you go out rashly, you will definitely get into trouble. It's better for me, an old man, to go out and deal with it."

After saying that, the old man opened the door and walked out.