Husband has a sweetheart

Chapter 80 The Frontier of Suffering

Zhang Yuqing pointed to the person behind.

Fang Mo squinted his eyes for a while, his expression was obviously taken aback, he quickly turned his horse's head and ran over, not long after, he came back with He Qi.

He Qi dismounted and saluted Zhang Yuqing and Lu Wei.

Zhang Yuqing pulled Wang Chunniang out. When Wang Chunniang heard that it was He Qi, she was so upset that she sat back in the back of the carriage, refusing to open the curtain to see He Qi.

"What are you doing with us?" Lu Wei sat on the horse and asked condescendingly.

Knowing that Wang Chunniang was sitting in the carriage, He Qi said neither humble nor overbearing: "I'm not with you, I'm with Madam! Madam is my savior, I can fight and work, if Madam doesn't dislike you, take me with you Baochuan."

Wang Chunniang thought that He Qi was just here to say goodbye to her, but she didn't expect that He Qi would follow to Baochuan, so she was anxious and whispered, "Why is he following? It's not a good place!"

"How about you go and persuade him!" Zhang Yuqing teased.

Wang Chunniang fell silent, lowered her head and pinched the corner of her skirt.

Lu Wei looked at the carriage.

Zhang Yuqing poked her head out from the carriage, "Go back and live your life well, I don't need you to repay your favor!"

He Qi's tall and strong body was like an iron tower, and he said in a rough voice: "Where am I going back? Since I know that Madam and Chunniang are going to Baochuan, I will sell my broken house! If Madam does not take me in , I'm homeless!"

Zhang Yuqing was shocked that there was such a moral kidnapping repayment.

Fang Mo held back his laughter and said, "Madam, take my senior brother! Although he is not as good as me, he is still a formidable player!"

He Qi glared at Fang Mo angrily, stroked his sleeves and shouted, "Who said I can fight without you? Do you want to try!"

Zhang Yuqing shrank her head and went back to the carriage, pulled Wang Chunniang and hurriedly asked: "Oh my God, how could he want to repay me for his kindness? He obviously depends on you! What do you think about this matter?"

Wang Chunniang's face was flushed red, her skirt was crumpled by her, and she didn't know what to say.

"If you don't agree, I'll let him go!" Zhang Yuqing said with a smile, "He sold his house and doesn't even have a nest. There must be no woman willing to marry him. He can sleep wherever he wants at night!"

Wang Chunniang stammered and said, "This, this is not good..."

Zhang Yuqing looked at her and smiled, "Then let him follow?"

Wang Chunniang blushed and remained silent.

Zhang Yuqing poked her head out again and said, "We are short of a driver, Brother He is willing to take this job?"

He Qi was surprised and delighted, his dark face was full of smiles, and he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes!"

After all, he quickly sat in the front of the car and took the reins from Fang Qin's hand.

The carriage glistened across the streets of the capital, and out of the tall city gate.

The east was pale, and Zhang Yuqing poked her head out of the carriage, watching the tall and majestic city wall getting farther and farther away from her.

When she came to the capital, she used to think that the city was like a tomb, and now it seems that it is still the case. The capital is like a gorgeous and exquisite tomb, where many drunken people are buried.

The carriage left the capital and headed northwest all the way.

Thinking of the scene of the decline of all industries and the poverty of people's livelihood along the way, which formed a sharp contrast with the peacefulness of the capital's singing and dancing, Wang Chunniang said with emotion: "I thought the mountain valley where we stayed was already very poor, but I didn't expect there to be more We've had worse!"

Fang Mo said: "Every year in Daxia, millions of taels of gold and silver are paid as tribute, and a large amount of silk, porcelain and tea are given to the barbarian people. Isn't it all scraped from the people? People everywhere have a hard life!"

Knowing this, Wang Chunniang shook her head and said angrily, "You have given the barbarians so much money, why do they still enter the pass to burn, kill, and loot?"

Zhang Yuqing said softly: "How can people's greed be so easily satisfied? The Hu people came in during the first battle of Lu'erwei, and saw the prosperity and abundance of Great Xia, and let them know that such a prosperous and rich Great Xia is so unbearable." strike, they no longer fear Da Xia."

The impact of Luerwei's first battle on future generations was too bad. Not only did the emperor change in Daxia, but the Hu people knew that the defenders of this dynasty were weak and vulnerable.Lu'erwei was the last bone they had to crack. After gnawing down, no one could resist them all the way to the capital.

Daxia is like a child walking in the busy city with money in his arms, and has been in danger for more than ten years.In front of the Hu people, he paid tribute to ensure safety, bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister, and was still passively beaten.

Fang Mo, Fang Qin and the others heard Zhang Yuqing's words with solemn expressions, and felt uncomfortable.

After walking for more than ten days, I was almost at the border of Liangzhou. I was getting closer to Baochuan, and it was getting more and more desolate. After walking for two days, I didn't see a decent town.Ever since they entered Liangzhou, Lu Wei and the others never took their hands off the long knife at their waist even when they were sleeping.

The sun was scorching in the afternoon, and the sound of cicadas rang through the sky in the woods on both sides of the road. It was almost dusk, and everyone hadn't seen any towns or villages. If they couldn't find them before dark, they would have to sleep outside.

After walking for a while, everyone saw smoke rising faintly in the distance, and a guard exclaimed happily: "There must be someone here!"

Some people can borrow other people's stoves, buy other people's vegetables and food to cook a hot meal, and have a bed to sleep at night.

Lu Wei clenched the handle of the knife tightly, and instead of relaxing, his expression became more dignified.

"No!" Fang Qin frowned and said, "It doesn't look like cooking smoke!"

The cooking smoke is light blue and light, and there are several places in the distance, and there is an ominous blackness in the gray smoke.

Fang Mo led the two guards to scout the way.

Not long after, the three of them came back. Fang Mo shook his head at Lu Wei with a heavy expression on his face.

"What's going on?" Zhang Yuqing asked, with a bad premonition in her heart.

Fang Mo said in a low voice: "The village in front was looted, I don't know who did it, and even set fire to the village!"

"Where are the people in the village?" Zhang Yuqing asked.

Fang Mo shook his head, "I don't know, we took a look at it from a distance, and then rushed back to report."

Lu Wei turned the horse's head, "Go and see."

Everyone came to the front of the scorched village that was burned by fire.

This is a small village with about ten families. The fire must have been burning for a long time, and it is almost extinguished.The smoke that everyone saw in the distance just now is the residual smoke from the charred wood.

"Who is it!" Fang Mo shouted fiercely.

A ragged, dirty man came out of the burnt house with something in his arms.

Lu Wei asked, "Are you from this village?"

The man nodded dully.

"Where are the others?" Lu Wei asked again.

The man said: "They are all dead, and I buried them behind the village."

Zhang Yuqing's heart tightened, "How did you die?"

"The barbarian is here, bandits usually don't kill everyone. I was working in the town, and when I came back, everyone in the village was dead." The man said with a gray face.

Wang Chunniang saw that he was carrying the burden all the time, and asked curiously, "What are you carrying?"

The man showed it to her, Wang Chunniang screamed in fright, stepped back a few steps, and was hugged by Zhang Yuqing.

Fang Mo and the others quickly drew out their long knives, He Qi roared angrily, and was about to hit with his fists, Wang Chunniang shouted, "Stop!"

Wang Chunniang's face was pale, she clutched her chest, and said tremblingly, "Don't, don't hit, it's a child."

"I'll go and have a look." Zhang Yuqing said.

Wang Chunniang pulled her and shook her head, "Don't look, it will scare you."

Zhang Yuqing felt a chill in her heart, opened her eyes wide, and suddenly realized something.

"He's dead." Wang Chunniang said softly.

Lu Wei walked over and stood in front of Zhang Yuqing. Zhang Yuqing's voice trembled, "Why didn't you bury him?"

The man put the swaddle in his arms on the ground, carefully arranged the swaddle, wrapped it tightly, as if he was afraid that the child would be exposed to the wind, "This is my son, our rules here, children under the age of one cannot Buried with the adults, I want to find him a coffin."

Seeing the man's gray and lifeless eyes, Zhang Yuqing felt uncomfortable. She took out a dime of silver from her pocket, handed it to Fang Mo, and motioned him to give it to the man.

Fang Mo walked over, gave him the silver, and asked, "How did your child die?"

"I don't know." The man still shook his head, "I went out to work and didn't come home for several days. When I got home, I found him dead."

"Maybe he died of starvation, and then he was burned out by the fire, maybe he was burned to death first. He is the youngest, and my wife and mother love him...I have no wife and mother now..." The man looked Numb, muttering to himself, like a pool of stagnant water, all the spirit has been sucked away.

The setting sun fell to the horizon, and everyone's figure was stretched, silently turning into statues, watching the man disappear into the distance like a walking dead with his swaddling clothes in his arms.

The slaughtered village was as silent as death, and there was still a slight smoke from the ruined walls.

Zhang Yuqing stood on the ground that was dyed blood red by the setting sun. In the scorching summer weather, there was a chill from the bottom of her bones.

A guard suddenly trembled and said, "Is this the border? It's scarier than hell!"

Most of them were born in the wealthy and prosperous capital, and they have never seen such a scene comparable to purgatory before them.

"How can hell be so scary!" Another guard whispered.

Behind the dozens of houses that were burnt to the point of collapse were more than a dozen families, and more than a dozen human tragedies that were unimaginable to those who lived in peaceful times.How many people in this era work hard and be honest, but food and clothing are extravagant hopes, and they can't even save their lives!
Zhang Yuqing clenched her fists.Is this just what she saw, what she didn't see?

Hell is empty, the devil is on earth!
Wang Chunniang cried with tears: "Aren't there guards here? Why did you let the barbarians in and hurt so many people!"

Fang Qin's face was heavy, and he said: "Even if someone is willing to kill Hu, they are powerless. Daxia's soldiers are not as good as Hu people, they have fewer horses, and they can't run as fast as Hu people's horses. This is reality."

"Can't the reality be changed?" Zhang Yuqing blurted out in anger.

Lu Wei looked back at her.

How light and easy!Fang Qin snorted, but because of Lu Wei's presence, she only whispered: "Who can change?"

Zhang Yuqing clenched her fist and pressed it under her chest, feeling her heart beating violently. Why can't the reality be changed?
What if she could change all that?

　Sweetheart Theater:
　　Zhang Yuqing: Actually, I am not a nosy person, but one cannot live in the world for nothing
　　
　
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