She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

"Big sister, let me help you carry it." Qi Juanbai obediently stepped aside, but went around to the back to help carry it.

The little hands struggled to grab a deer leg and lift it up.

Qi Changshan was more sensible, and seeing this, he joined his younger brother, followed by Lian Chengyu, Lian Chengshuang...

Finally, Banxia reluctantly dragged her group of burdens slowly into the cave.

Behind him, Lian Chengmo looked at the situation in front of him with surprise. He thought the little girl would chase the children away, since she wouldn't let him help her.

Lian Chengmo had no idea what Banxia was thinking.

It's good that the children want to help; it's just a few steps anyway, so we shouldn't dampen their enthusiasm.

Otherwise, they won't offer to help anymore if they see it in the future, which would be terrible.

Back in the cave, the task of skinning naturally fell to Lian Chengmo, since only he knew how.

Anyway, this job isn't tiring, and it can give the old-fashioned guy a sense of participation, so he won't feel so awkward when eating.

Banxia had no idea that Lian Chengmo just felt ashamed and guilty for having a child to take care of his food, even though he was an adult.

Lunch was quite plentiful; Banxia stewed a pot of venison and also cooked a wild vegetable soup. Everyone ate until they were stuffed.

With the rabbit meat porridge from before as a buffer, Banxia wasn't worried about the children getting diarrhea from eating so much meat all at once.

She was told to rub the remaining venison with salt water and dry it to make jerky for later use on the road.

This was proposed by Lian Chengmo and also Banxia's idea, so the two hit it off immediately and got to work.

After all the dried meat was laid out to dry outside the cave, the two finally caught their breath.

Lian Chengmo sat down next to Banxia, ​​considered for a moment, and then asked.

"Miss Banxia, ​​what are your plans for the future?"

Banxia was taken aback upon hearing this. What were her plans afterward?

Does it count as finding a secluded mountain forest to hide in and waiting for things to calm down before going out?

However, Lian Chengmo's next words gradually made Banxia give up this idea.

Although things are in chaos outside, the idea of ​​finding a mountain to hide in is obviously unrealistic.

First of all, people need to go down the mountain to buy oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, cloth, and the like, since they eat grains and cereals.

Banxia can grow grains, but she can't get salt or cloth.

Those few clothes were taken from the dead. They're okay to wear for a while, but you can't wear them for years, can you?

Once they descended the mountain, they faced rebel troops and disaster victims. Ordinary towns were almost deserted, looted and robbed.

However, entering the city is not something that can be done with just a household registration certificate.

Not to mention that the Great Xia Kingdom is now fragmented, with seven or eight independent powers claiming their own kingdoms. They are all wary of each other's spies and are conducting extremely strict checks on the people entering and leaving the city.

Paying a fee to enter or leave the city is the least of your worries; if anything goes wrong, you'll be thrown into jail.

Moreover, nowadays each power only opens its city gates to the people under its jurisdiction.

In other words, they must settle down under the jurisdiction of a certain power, with a house and land.

If they couldn't register their household, they would be considered rebels or refugees, either captured and used as cannon fodder in the army or captured by human traffickers and sold into slavery.

In short, it's very difficult to live as an ordinary person in this chaotic world.

"We are currently located between Ha Dong Prefecture and Vietnam Prefecture. Further south of Vietnam Prefecture are Hua Yang Prefecture and Yong Chau Prefecture."

As Lian Chengmo spoke, he used a twig to draw a simple topographical map on the ground.

But when he wrote the three characters "Huayang Prefecture", a dark glint flashed in his eyes, unseen by anyone.

"Vietnam Prefecture and Huayang Prefecture are now in the hands of Prince Cheng. Prince Cheng is a violent, ruthless, greedy, and lustful man. He is not a good place to live." Lian Chengmo drew a circle on the two prefectures and wrote the character "Cheng".

"So you want to go to Yongzhou Prefecture?" Banxia looked at the map, nodded silently, and asked again.

Nowadays, natural disasters and man-made calamities are frequent. Even though the south suffered from floods last year, the floods have now subsided, and there is a way to survive if you go south.

Since Vietnam Prefecture and Huayang Prefecture are under the control of King Cheng, we can only go to Yongzhou Prefecture.

"My family originally planned to go to Yongzhou Prefecture, which is the fiefdom of the Prince of Qi. The Prince of Qi is an honest and kind man; he was forced to become king by his brothers."

"The people in his jurisdiction are not particularly wealthy, but they live in peace and contentment, and their lives are very stable."

"But it won't be easy to cross the territory of the Prince of Cheng to reach Yongzhou Prefecture," Lian Chengmo nodded and said.

Actually, this wasn't his family's original plan, but now he doesn't intend to follow the path of his previous life.

If you're going to live your life again, you should definitely avoid those pitfalls.

Although some things have changed since his rebirth, Lian Chengmo feels that some of the things he experienced in his previous life will probably remain unchanged.

In particular, the attitude of those people in Yuncheng.

"What can we do then? Is there no other way to get to Yongzhou Prefecture?"

"There is another way. There is another Huadong Prefecture to the east of Huayang Prefecture, but it is all mountains."

"Once you go in, it's easy to get lost, and there are many wild beasts in the mountains, so it's almost always a matter of life and death."

"However, we can walk along the border between Huadong Prefecture and Huayang Prefecture, but there will probably be quite a few people on this road."

"I can't predict what will happen then."

"Miss Banxia, ​​would you like to come with me?"

After Lian Chengmo finished his analysis, he looked at Banxia with his dark eyes, waiting for her answer.

In his previous life, he listened to his parents and headed straight for Yuncheng in Huayang Prefecture. However, along the way, he not only experienced war and plague, but was also almost sold into slavery.

Later, I learned that everyone in the south knew that King Cheng was cruel and King Qi was kind, so when the war broke out, they all fled to Yongzhou Prefecture.

Although he later joined the King of Qi, why didn't he do it earlier and avoid taking a detour?

He was a little unsure about walking a completely different path from his previous life, but the worst that could happen was that.

Out of gratitude, he wanted the little girl to stay with him so he could take care of the three siblings.

Otherwise, in this chaotic world where people devour each other, he feared that if the three siblings went out, they would perish.

"Okay, we'll go with you."

"However, we should prepare more food and water before we leave." Banxia made the decision without much hesitation.

Lian Chengmo can recite the map of the Great Xia Kingdom, which is better than her trying to steal it without knowing anything.

Previously, Banxia said that staying in the mountains was the worst-case scenario, but she still didn't really want to become a caveman.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to protect you." Lian Chengmo smiled when she agreed.

It may be a little shameful to admit, but Lian Chengmo initially wanted to take the three siblings with him as a way of repaying a debt of gratitude.

But at that time, he only planned to send the person to the next city, because the road ahead was too treacherous.

This isn't how you repay a debt of gratitude, but seeing Qi Banxia's hunting skills, he recalled the extra memory and Banxia's strange strength.

Lian Chengmo felt that if the two of them worked together, they should be able to safely bring their younger siblings to Yongzhou Prefecture.

That's why he came over and analyzed the situation with Qi Banxia, ​​persuading her to join him.