She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

The boy was stunned when he heard this.

With the danger temporarily averted, Banxia learned that the boy's name was Lian Chengmo, and he had just turned ten.

He has a younger brother and sister, only his sister is his biological sister, named Lian Chengshuang, who is only three years old.

The younger brother is the only son of the second uncle's family, named Lianchengyu, and is five years old, just like the second brother Changshan.

The two sets of parents who stopped those beasts at the foot of the mountain were Lian Chengmo's parents and his uncle and aunt.

Their family was a branch of the Yunshan Lian family, and they lived with their grandfather, who was a county magistrate, in a small county town in the north.

This natural disaster, coupled with the war, affected that county town. Lian Chengmo's grandfather sacrificed his own life to tear open an exit for his family to escape.

They had planned to return to Yuncheng to seek protection from their family, but unfortunately, they were targeted by disaster victims halfway there. Not only did they lose their carriage and food, but their guards also died protecting them, and now their parents are also missing, their fate unknown, because they tried to protect their children.

"Lian Chengmo, you're really in a sorry state!" Banxia didn't know how to comment.

"...And you!" Lian Chengmo asked the little girl squatting in front of him, his eyes red-rimmed.

"...I'm not much better off than you." Qi Banxia choked, sighed, and began to recount the original owner's experiences during this period.

The family initially fled the famine with the villagers, and because the grandfather was a doctor, everyone actually took good care of them.

As a result, they were even more miserably caught in the chaos of the army conscripting men, which directly scattered their fleeing group.

Without the villagers' help, the family faced hardship. A month ago, her father was beaten to death for stealing water; half a month ago, her mother starved to death trying to save food for the children; and then her grandfather was beaten to death for protecting his grandchildren…

Banxia and the others were ambushed and kidnapped by someone while their grandfather was out looking for food. They ended up in the hands of those beasts who treated children like lambs. Then they met Lian Chengmo and his parents who rescued them, and together they escaped in the chaos.

When Banxia transmigrated, the original owner was already in a daze due to a head injury, dragging her younger brother along as they ran, but accidentally fell to the ground and died. That's how Banxia managed to pick up the pieces.

"It is rather tragic!" Lian Chengmo nodded silently. Compared to the other party, his experience seemed insignificant.

At least he didn't go hungry or cold along the way, and he had a carriage for transportation and guards for protection. But now, all of that is gone.

However, now is not the time to talk about that. Now that the two have exchanged information, the next step is to work together to rescue people and kill those bastards.

Banxia, ​​however, didn't know what to do after squeezing the poison from that handful of white poison caps.

Although this is enough to poison everyone below, how is she supposed to poison them?

You can't just blatantly poison someone's food, can you?

“I have a way,” Lian Chengmo said suddenly after thinking for a while.

It was already close to evening. The two of them calmed their younger siblings down, then moved some stones to block the entrance to the mountain crevice, instructing them not to make a sound unless their older siblings came.

Only after receiving the children's nods of assurance did Banxia follow Liancheng Mo down the mountain.

Sure enough, as soon as they came down the mountain, they saw the group of people in the most conspicuous place at the foot of the mountain. Not far from them, there were several people lying haphazardly. Judging from their clothes, they were Banxia's grandfather, and Lian Chengmo's parents, uncles, and aunts.

Upon seeing that familiar hem of clothing, Banxia's eyes instantly reddened. Perhaps it was the original owner's emotions at play, but a large tear slid down her cheek.

Looking at Lian Chengmo again, the bloodshot in his eyes was even more obvious, and he wasn't much better off than Banxia.

However, someone who can decisively escape with his younger siblings must be able to control his emotions. Lian Chengmo knew he couldn't expose himself now, otherwise, his parents would be even more beyond saving.

"Over there!" Banxia was the first to look away and quickly found the place where they were cooking over a fire in a sheltered spot.

The wind is strong in the mountains, so a fire can be lit in a sheltered, dark corner to prevent it from being blown out by the wind, which makes it even easier for Banxia and her companion.

"Let's go!" Lian Chengmo also saw that location and pulled Banxia towards it.

Upon arriving at their destination, the two men lay on the hillside to observe the people below. They saw two men cooking by a pot; one was tending the fire, and the other was constantly stirring something in the pot that was cooking.

"Lian Chengmo, I'll go distract them. You have to be sure to give me the order!" Banxia looked at the two of them for a while and whispered.

"Okay." Lian Chengmo gripped the slingshot in his hand and nodded in a low voice.

Banxia tried to get up after hearing this, but she was pulled back by a hand.

"Be careful, don't get caught," Lian Chengmo said, still worried.

If his sister knew how to use a slingshot, he definitely wouldn't let her do something so dangerous.

But now, to save his parents, he had no other choice.

"Don't worry, I run very fast." Banxia felt a warmth in her heart upon hearing this; this little brother was truly kind.

After saying that, she gently pulled away from the slightly sweaty palm and ran in another direction, crouching low.

Reaching a direction completely opposite to Lian Chengmo's, Banxia found a palm-sized rock and threw it at a distance not far from the two people.

The moment the stone hit the ground, it created a rustling sound as leaves and grass rubbed together, making quite a loud noise!

The two men were startled, and one of them shouted towards the source of the sound.

"Who?"

It was getting dark, and the person couldn't see very clearly.

Seeing this, Banxia threw another stone over, making another sound!

"Sanzi, go see what's going on!" the person stirring the pot said to the person tending the fire.

The person tending the fire was obedient; he got up and went to check.

Banxia was delighted to see that the person had been lured away. She waited for the person to come over and then threw another stone from a distance to attract the person to come up the mountain. Not only did it attract the person, but it also suddenly made a meowing sound to attract the man with the stirring pot to look in her direction.

"Sanzi, it looks like a stray cat. Go catch it and we'll have an extra meal." The man was clearly delighted and whispered to the man who was about to go up the mountain.

"Great!" The man called Sanzi was also delighted. Even though the night owl didn't have much meat, it was still meat.

These days, people have long since eaten all the livestock they raise. In the past two months, he hasn't eaten any normal meat except for human flesh. How could he not be overjoyed to encounter a wild cat?

The three men rolled up their sleeves, determined to catch this stray cat and have it for dinner.

Banxia never expected that even if she pretended to be a cat, people would still target her, which shows how shameless these people really are.

However, wildcats are quite agile. Hearing the sounds getting closer and closer below, Banxia turned and ran without thinking, deliberately making some noises to attract attention as she ran.

Down the mountain, the man cooking kept looking around, completely unaware that as he turned to look up at the mountain, a tiny thing fell into the pot he was stirring and instantly dissolved.

On the mountain, Lian Chengmo looked in Banxia's direction with a worried expression. After hesitating for a long time, he decided to go to the place the two had agreed to meet and wait for Banxia.

What if he gets exposed if he chases after them like this?