One day, she heard her father, who never spoke loudly to her mother, speak sternly to her mother, telling her not to talk too much to her brother, saying that it was for his own good, and that what was going on in the court was...

She saw her mother crying very sadly after hearing this...

She walked towards her mother, but she didn't know how to comfort her. Her mother saw her and pulled her into her arms. Her mother's crying was very suppressed. She didn't know how to comfort her mother. She could only tell her mother not to be afraid, uncles, generals of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor would avenge grandpa, and the Ming Dynasty would kill those bad guys...

But this time, her mother looked up at her with a strange look in her eyes. Then, her mother pushed her away and asked her who told her to say that?

Ask her why she doesn't go to school and why she pretends to know everything when she doesn't?

Why are you saying this!

The mother's voice was very loud and she looked scary. The little girl was frightened and didn't know what she had done wrong. However, soon the mother hugged her again and whispered sorry to her.

The little girl was even more confused. She went to ask around at a few other friends’ houses because, like her grandfather’s family, those families also had relatives on the battlefield…

Children of military generals always find it easy to get news from the battlefield.

So, she heard a lot...

Those are some different ways of saying it.

About this war.

About why her relatives died in the war.

On the cruelty of war...

Slowly, she began to understand a little. She understood her mother's grief and reluctance, her father's helplessness and reluctance, and why it was not good to let her brother know. She understood that there was no way around it because it was the emperor's decision and the court's decision.

and also……

She asked herself, what should she do?

She went to ask her mother, and her mother looked at her and smiled...

After that, her mother always talked to her secretly, asking her not to tell her father and brother, because there were many, many things that only they knew...

Some of the words sounded a little scary, as if they shouldn't be said, but she could see that her mother looked much more energetic when she said these words, so she was willing to listen.

Time passed day by day, and her mother became more and more haggard. The little girl felt that if her uncles could come back, even with just a letter, her mother would get better.

Gradually, she had a feeling that her mother might leave her with the end of the war.

She was so scared and didn't know what to do. She could only cling to her mother tightly, fearing that her mother would disappear quietly that day.

Her mother seemed to know what she was thinking. She always smiled at her and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid, it will be fine, everything will be fine."

But that day finally came. When her father brought something back, her mother fainted. After waking up, the elegant and dignified mother burst into tears, so she also started crying.

Because she knew that her uncles would never come back...

Qin Qiong seemed to have fallen asleep again. She wanted to explore further, but something seemed to stop her. She vaguely heard a man's voice.

"Sect Master! Sect Master!"

It was Mao Li. Qin Qiong was a little disappointed. She thought she could get over this hurdle today, but it seemed that she couldn't. Maybe she would remember everything when she got to Bande City...

Qin Qiong opened her eyes and was startled. It was Mao Li who called her, and the one squatting beside her was the bearded man named Ye. At this moment, he was looking at her with a smile, and he seemed to be holding something in his hand. Qin Qiong quickly sat up.

"Brother Qin, your roast chicken is so delicious. How about exchanging two pots of wine for half a chicken?"

Seeing that she woke up, the bearded man raised the wine in his hand and said with a smile.

Qin Qiong sighed. She knew this would happen, otherwise she wouldn’t have gone through so much trouble to be a prostitute.

She smiled and nodded to Mao Li. Mao Li split the clay ball into two and handed it to him. The bearded man left happily.

Qin Qiong asked for some chicken offal, gave half a chicken to Mao Li and the others, then quietly drank tea and waited. Sure enough, after a while, the bearded man came over again.

"What you made is so delicious, wow! What is this pancake? It smells so good! How about you guys going to Bande City too? How about, let's go together, let's go together, we will help you carry these things, and if you have any problems on the road, we can all take care of each other, okay?" He said with a smile.

When he spoke, his head was facing Qin Qiong, but his chin was almost reaching the plate in Mao Li's hand.

Qin Qiong smiled and gestured to Mingzi, who immediately ran to their luggage and started taking out the processed cakes.

"Okay, let's go together, so everyone can take care of each other."

Qin Qiong spoke to the bearded man in a lukewarm tone.

At this time, Hu Zi was completely attracted by the pancake handed over by Mingzi. While saying "good", he pulled Mingzi and asked him how he baked the white pancake so fragrant. Mingzi also followed Hu Zi to the campfire over there.

At night, Qin Qiong and his friends did not prepare a tent for the night. Mao Li was thinking about what to use to set up a small tent for Qin Qiong when Mingzi came running back and said that two tents were vacated for them.

Qin Qiong felt that these people were basically good. She didn't believe that they didn't realize that she was a woman, but they didn't expose her and had always been very polite to her. She felt that she could trust them for the time being.

Moreover, the road to Bande City seemed to be not safe. Now, they had no horses, and if they walked there, they didn't know what would happen. She didn't have the good temper of Uncle Qin, and if she ran into some trouble again, she was afraid that she would not be able to control her temper, because now, it seemed that there were balls of evil fire burning in her heart.

Soon the benefits of traveling together became apparent. The other party's people who had gone out to explore the way came back and explained their location, where they could buy horses, what the situation was like in the place they were about to pass, and so on.

Obviously these people didn't want to take the main official road. Mao Li was a little worried, but Qin Qiong didn't care. After they finished the matter in Bande City, they would probably be worried that the other party would have traveled with them.

Mingzi went to buy horses and some food ingredients from those people. These were the things Qin Qiong needed after he found out how many days it would take them to reach Bande City. Hu Zi immediately paid for these things and doubled the quantity. Qin Qiong smiled and said nothing.

The next three days were enjoyable for everyone. It was like an outing. They were racing against each other on the road, but once they reached the resting place, they happily cooked, drank tea, and chatted. Everyone got along very happily.

During this period, no one deliberately asked about the other's background. Only once, when they had to pass through a city gate and needed to check for a pass, the bearded man became interested in Qin Qiong's surname.

During dinner, he talked about a friend who was exiled last year for impeaching an official and suffered a miserable fate.

There was also a family named Qin who was exiled together. Qin Qiong was asked if he knew them.

Qin Qiong asked his friend what his last name was.

He said his surname was Hu, and he was an old man. His entire family had gone to An Ning Bang, and no one knew how they were doing now.

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