The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 291 On the Road
At the appointed time, Ling Xiao took Ah Wu on the road early in the morning.

She didn't pay much attention to the gatherings of dignitaries in the capital.

This is because she is not a routine person like the ladies and gentlemen in the capital.

In the previous world, she had the opportunity to witness the lifestyle of the ancient nobles.

The original owner was a boy, men and women were different, and she didn't know much about the lives of noble women.

This world is full of women, but the Tao family is somewhat separated from the life of the rich and powerful, so it is still a little different.

If you want to get a closer look at the lifestyle of the top aristocratic women in ancient times, you still need to enter the circles in the capital to have a look.

After arriving in the capital, she didn't even think about getting into that circle, because now this body is not qualified, and the Tao family is completely in decline.

There are not many clansmen left in the entire Tao family, and even those who are officials are small officials, which means that the circle of people of the Tao family is also among the family members of small officials.

Because the flood caused the death of most of the Tao family, even the officials will immediately enter the state of Dingyou. When they finish Dingyou, they will find that the previous resources are gone.

Those Tao family members who used to master the relationship basically died in the great flood, and the tea would be cold as soon as they left.

So Ling Xiao knew very well that the Tao family fell directly out of the range of the aristocratic family. In fact, it was not bad on the whole, at least some land belonged to the Tao family.

Even if it has been washed by water, a lot of land can be reclaimed after the water recedes and cleaned up, and the living people still have a place to stand.

However, after many members of the Tao family died at once, the overall power was greatly damaged, and the Tao family may not be able to protect so much land.

Sure enough, as Ling Xiao expected, the Tao family had no money in the follow-up actions, and had to sell a lot of land at a low price.

As a junior, Ling Xiao is not qualified to take care of this matter. Anyway, their land has shrunk greatly since then.

After she already knew the situation in the capital and the general trend of the world, she didn't care about the shrinking of the land at all.

Once there is chaos in the future, it will be even more dangerous for landowners who are unable to protect themselves.

It doesn't matter if you have more or less property, you have to live first.

Sitting in the car pulled by the old horse, Ling Xiao ignored the bumps and was thinking about the problem.

Why did so many Tao family members die this time?
It can be said that few of the Tao family in the entire family land escaped.

The corpses of some people were washed downstream, and they were collected one by one later.

Most of the bones of these people cannot be identified, and can only be determined by their clothes.

There are still some that have not been found, and may have been fished out for other purposes, or may have become nameless corpses.

The original owner's grandparents couldn't find their whereabouts, so they could only build a clothes tomb and have a private house in the end.

Ling Xiao asked about the situation after receiving the news. She was preconceived before and scolded the original owner's grandparents in her heart.

I feel that they are all pig teammates, who belong to the kind of fools who are not clear-headed and refuse to leave. They are simply unreasonable people.

After Ling Xiao understood the situation, he discovered that there was a reason for this, and it was more because they didn't believe that there would be a big flood at all.

One or two had the same idea, and she asked the rest of the Tao family, only to find out that the idea of ​​the original owner's grandfather and grandmother was actually agreed by most of the Tao family.

Those people didn't believe that there would be a flood at all. When Ling Xiaochu heard it, his first feeling was to scoff at this idea. Why is there no flood?

You must know that according to the memory of the original owner, it was indeed raining for several days in a row during that time, and there was indeed a large river not too far away from the clan land, so the possibility of flooding was relatively high.But why do they all have their old gods around and don't want to leave at all?

After thinking about it carefully, Ling Xiao felt a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, but he didn't catch it.Although she still doesn't know what's going on, she knows that there is something wrong with it.

It's a normal reaction for people to be afraid of a river embankment bursting when it's raining all the time, but it's absolutely abnormal for the Tao family to be so calm and think they're fine here.

The normal handling is that when everyone feels that the situation is not very good, they will act early and take their families to a high place to hide, so the Tao family will be fine.

It's a pity that they don't believe in danger, and they just don't leave home. As a result, few Tao family members can escape from the flood when the catastrophe strikes.

So here comes the question, why are the Tao family so stubborn?It was as if he felt in his heart that the Tao family's territory would be fine.

Mysterious confidence!We must know that this is a natural disaster, beyond human control, so why are they so confident?
What kind of confidence does the Tao family have?What kind of confidence and cards will make them face danger without any scruples?

This makes them not afraid of possible floods at all, which is not in line with normal people's thinking.

Then there is only one possibility, unless they think in their hearts that nothing will happen at all.

How could this idea come to their minds?impossible? EMMMM!

Ancient humans were defenseless and weak in the face of natural disasters.

Or are they prepared for something special?So there is no fear of floods at all?

But it turns out that the Tao family were all mortals who died when the flood came.

It is impossible for them not to suffer any damage, and there is a problem in the middle.

No matter how Ling Xiao thought about it, he felt that this was not quite right, and he lacked certain information in order to find evidence.

This world belongs to ancient times, with extremely underdeveloped means of transportation, and riding a horse represents the fastest means of transportation.

For example, how did the long-distance marathon come about?Legend has it that someone ran more than 40 kilometers in order to report victory.

After he uttered the news of victory, he was exhausted, which shows how inconvenient it was to exchange information in ancient times.

The fastest way to communicate information is to let the person who reports the news ride a horse, and change a horse every time he goes to a place, which is the fastest speed.

This has led to a problem. It is not very easy to find information in various aspects in ancient times, and it is even more impossible to be informed of information in those places.

At this time, there is absolutely no Du Niang. If you want to find out the situation, you can only know some things by looking at the local chronicles to which this place belongs.

The problem is that she has to send someone to investigate. Ling Xiao writes down this issue and waits for a chance to talk about it later.There is no evidence, everything is fantasy.

Maybe in the eyes of others, this is just a conspiracy theory that Ling Xiao came up with, but she attaches great importance to it. If there is really a problem with the Tao family, will the original owner's family get in the way of others?

The reason why he thinks this way is that Ling Xiao feels that it would be fine if Sanlang and Goro don't show up very much all the time, but if they are outstanding, will it attract more attacks because someone wants to target the Tao family?

She is not sure about Ling Xiao at all, but she has to be careful. Sometimes the hatred comes out of nowhere, and if nothing is guarded against, it will only make the person suffer.Ling Xiao decided to let Saburo and Goro be careful, and must investigate further.

Fortunately, Ling Xiao has understood the rules of this world over the years, and this trip to the Marquis of Weiyuan is considered to be a test, and it is Ling Xiao's first close contact with the noble ladies of the top dignitaries in ancient times.

By the way, I also want to take a closer look at the Twelve Niangs of the Hou Mansion, what is going on?Why did she have a special interest in herself? Ling Xiao had discovered this a long time ago.

Why do you say that?There was also a reason, the people from the Hou Mansion never came to the other courtyard, but Ling Xiao found that every time Xiao Taozi came home, he would appear near him.

Xiao Taozi tried her best not to observe deliberately, maybe others would not be able to notice her concern, Ling Xiao was much better than ordinary people in areas like six senses.

After many years of visualizing the Kabbalah tree of life and the anti-life tree, her six senses became stronger, allowing her to see farther and hear things more clearly.

All aspects of the original owner's body are relatively strong, far from being a weak woman, so Ling Xiao went to see Twelve Niangs with many questions.

After arriving at the place, Ling Xiao got out of the carriage. When someone saw the old horse, they thought it was an autumn breeze. Fortunately, there was an invitation from the Hou Mansion.

Even so, they were not invited in right away, and those people looked at the late guest with curious and surprised eyes.

Because the clothes Ling Xiao was wearing were too ordinary, with a mask on his face, the people in the Hou Mansion almost refused to let Ling Xiao in.

After Ling Xiao knew about it, she didn't care too much. The people in the Hou Mansion let her in, so she just watched the excitement, and left if she didn't let in.

At this moment, Twelve Niangs specially sent Caichun, a personal maid, to see why Ling Xiao hadn't arrived at the Hou Mansion yet?
Caichun saw Ling Xiao negotiating with the people in the Hou Mansion at a glance, and she suddenly understood what Twelve Niangs meant.

She found that the clothes Ling Xiao was wearing were really inconspicuous, but standing there was absolutely eye-catching.

He walked over to take the invitation and said, "Twelve Niangs are waiting for the honored guests, please follow the slaves."

In order not to embarrass the original owner, Ling Xiao went to see Twelve Niangs in the most normal way.

Caichun, who brought her in, was quite well-behaved and relatively quiet.

He also informed Ling Xiao before turning the corner, because there are too many people today.

There is no need for her to visit the elders of the Hou Mansion for the time being.

Just go directly to Twelve Niang's boudoir.

Ling Xiao knew the reason as soon as he heard it.

Her identity did not reassure the people in the Hou Mansion.

A little lady from a down and out family, no one in her family is an official.

Of course, those nobles don't take Ling Xiao seriously, they are not on the same level as each other.

After Ling Xiao knew about it, she didn't pay much attention to it, she just ran to watch the excitement, and watched from a close distance by the way.

She didn't think about any more relationship with the Hou Mansion, and she even knew that it seemed that Xungui had a good life.

In fact, it is also difficult for some noble families. At this point, it is difficult to go further, and there may be problems if you take a step back.

In many cases, prosperity and wealth are nothing at all, so why care about their attitude towards her?She doesn't need to be angry at all.

And she also saw the traces of those noble people, those gorgeously dressed people walked very slowly, that kind of small steps, they really looked beautiful.

The disadvantage is that their speed is too slow, EMMMM!No wonder ladies and noble ladies don't like to move around. After all, this kind of gait tests people.

After reading it, she felt that the moving speed was super slow, so she deliberately calculated the corresponding time, and found that if the lady took one step, she should have already taken three or four steps, and she could pretend to be a lady for a while.

But considering that it would be too tiring to keep pretending, she would never do such stupid things, and would not be bothered to maintain any friendship with those noble girls. It seems that she should be regarded as an autumn wind, or she wants to take advantage, Made her feel bad.

As they walked, someone came up panting and talked in Caichun's ear. She must be begging for something. Ling Xiao heard that a certain eighteenth lady had arrived, and it should be more difficult to serve, so the little maid ran over Ask Caichun for help, this little maid should be some kind of relative of Caichun, Caichun had to agree, but she asked the little maid to send Ling Xiao somewhere.

After Caichun said a word, she went to receive Shiba Niang. The little maid probably wanted to send them there quickly. She walked so fast along the way that she didn't slow down. If Ling Xiao was like ordinary ladies, I'm afraid she couldn't keep up. This little girl who leads the way.

As a puppet, Ah Wu didn't make a sound at all, and Ling Xiao didn't care what the other party thought. She was wearing shoes that looked like soft-soled embroidered shoes, but they were actually small magic weapons that ordinary people could wear.

After putting it on, there is no diaphragm at all, and it walks very briskly, and the speed is a little faster, but it is indescribably chic in Ling Xiao.

The little maid who led the way didn't have eyes behind her, so she didn't notice it, but the guests who came behind saw it and wanted to catch up, but they couldn't catch up at all.

The clothes that the guest was wearing made her walk a little slower, but fortunately, the maid who took her was the more polite maid just now.

She hurriedly told the guest: Ling Xiao should go to Shier Niang's place, so don't rush after him, anyway, you can always meet Ling Xiao.

The little maid took Ling Xiao to rush all the way, and when they arrived at the place, they realized that the guest hadn't been panting all this time.

She naturally knew that what she did was not very good. She glanced at Ling Xiao and found that she didn't care at all.

When the little maid resigned, Ling Xiao asked A Wu to give her a purse, which contained a pair of silver cloves.

The little girl was surprised and delighted when she opened it later. The guest who came looked quite rich.

She put away her purse, took another look at the guest, and found that she had gone in.

Ah Wu was taken to the place where the servant girls stayed.

In addition, a maid brought Ling Xiao into Twelve Niang's boudoir.

After hearing the report, Twelve Niang asked to be invited into Ling Xiao. Did she want to see how she was doing?
After seeing Ling Xiao who suddenly appeared, all the ladies in the room were very surprised.

They didn't know this person, and Ling Xiao didn't wear brocade clothes today, but a commoner clothes.

It doesn't look like a rich man, nor a lady from an official family, so whose family is it?

There is only a jade hairpin stuck on Ling Xiao's head, which seems to be worth a few dollars, and there is no other jewelry.

But what made everyone pay more attention was that Ling Xiao's face was only wearing a half mask, which made everyone look at it with surprise and uncertainty.

"Twelve Niangs, who is this?" Someone looked at Ling Xiao with some curiosity, wondering what qualifications this outsider had to come to the Hou's Mansion, it should be someone from the Hou's Mansion who invited her.

They had never had a chance to meet before, so it shows that Ling Xiao and the Hou's House have some connections, but the relationship between them is not too close.

Twelve Niangs had already seen Ling Xiao, she smiled at her friend, and patted his friend's hand comfortingly, she knew that Ling Xiao's face was hurt.

So she stood up and walked over, and said generously, "Cousin, you are here, thank you for coming to the Jiji ceremony."

Ling Xiao smiled, and according to their relationship, they called each other cousins, which was considered a relatively close relationship.

In addition, the mother of the original owner and the mother of the twelve mothers are cousins, and it is said that they look very similar.

Those who didn't know thought that the two of them were sisters, and it was said that they would have a good relationship.

But according to Ling Xiao's feeling, the relationship between the cousins ​​is just so-so.

This is the result that can be seen from the accounts between them.

The gifts between each other are quite plain.

It belongs to the relatives who reluctantly send some annual gifts to each other.

This is also the reason why Ling Xiao basically has no contact with the Weiyuan Hou Mansion.

Why bother yourself?Twelve Niangs didn't care too much about Ling Xiao's reluctance to please others.

I feel that Ling Xiao's mentality is normal. Her mother, Mrs. Hou, has always been very proud, and she is generally not very polite when she settles down.

During this period of time, many officials and eunuchs were sacked one after another, and many families deliberately came to seek relatives.

(End of this chapter)