Zhurou

Chapter 186 Goat Milk
Before dawn, Xiying is located in a remote place, and there are few pedestrians on the roadside on weekdays.

But this time Zhao Mingzhi walked around with a lot of tails, and the crowd didn't dare to get close, so they had to wait and see from a distance, but with such momentum here, how could it be possible to turn a blind eye?
What's more, there are not only soldiers in line, but also militiamen, city patrol soldiers, and other generals and miscellaneous soldiers to see off their relatives. Others want to inquire about them, but it will take a little more effort.

Waiting to send the former marching army away, along the way there are various households saying goodbye, waving willows and willows, and there are countless eyes peeping intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhao Mingzhi didn't know what to do. First he sent himself three miles, then another three miles, and then five miles, and then he drove back on horseback.

This time the carriage went straight to the field recognized by Ruisi Palace according to the previous schedule.

Zhao Mingzhi went to work in the field as usual, and Mrs. Zou had been waiting to teach her about farming.

Today's schedule is too full, and it was already past noon when everyone returned to the city.

This kind of carriage going in and out every day, although it can’t be said to last forever, dripping water and rocks, but it is enough to get used to the princess guard of honor inside and outside the capital. A while ago, the common people would not be surprised, they would just look at it from a distance. .

It's just that the chariot has not entered the city gate today, even though Zhao Mingzhi was busy all morning and didn't stop for a moment, he was really exhausted at the moment, and couldn't hold his eyes closed for a while, half asleep and half awake, he still felt that the outside was extraordinarily quiet, which was not the same as before. Listen to it, there are very few noisy peddlers along the street.

Although she was still sleepy, it was strange that she finally opened her eyes and half stood up when she saw that the curtains of the car were closed tightly.

At the side, Mu Xiang's head rested on the carriage, sleeping soundly, and it was rare that she didn't wake up, but the two palace servants who followed heard the movement and rushed over.

"Does Your Highness want some tea?"

One of them asked.

Seeing Zhao Mingzhi looking at the car window, the other explained in a low voice: "Your Highness couldn't even close his eyes for an extra two hours last night, so it was rare for him to squint for a while. I put down the tent on my own initiative, is it because I feel suffocated?"

Zhao Mingzhi knew that she meant it well, so he just smiled, shook his head, straightened his shirt, and took out the small mirror on the side to make sure that the bun was not messed up. Although the makeup was not as good as in the morning, it still caught the eye, so he said in a low voice: " Lift the curtain first, and let me see what's going on outside."

The two hurriedly went to hang the curtain, one left and one right.

As soon as the curtain is lifted, the light from outside will make a hole.

Zhao Mingzhi closed his eyes for a long time, unable to adapt to the bright light for a while, he subconsciously covered his face with his hands, and when he took them away, people also sat in front of the window, then raised his eyes, and saw people on both sides of the road, far and near, under the eaves, on the side of the road, Inside and outside the various shops, men, women, old and young, although they used other excuses to stand here, but all of them looked in the direction of the princess guard of honor.

As soon as the curtain of the car was opened, there was a small noise outside, and it didn't take long to suppress it. The crowd's self-consciousness was normal, and they split into two strands, following the princess's chariot, and some even tiptoed, or stepped on it. From a high place, everyone wants to look into the car window.

This time the situation is different from yesterday's. Although there are opinions from various schools, most of them are ordinary people.

Mu Xiang was still lying in the corner first, and was awakened by the noise in the carriage, and hurriedly said: "I've slept..."

Zhao Mingzhi pointed to the small screen in the corner and said: "Go inside and rest for a while, I have other orders when I return to the palace."

Then he signaled the two palace servants to open the front compartment door.

Once the doors and windows of the carriage were opened, it was like the day when Zhao Mingzhi first entered the capital, the guard of honor was not as grand as before, and the carriages were changed, but no one cared, they all just looked at the same face in the carriage.

Needless to say, Zhao Mingzhi's appearance is different, and his temperament is different. He stands out from others, and it is even more difficult to pretend to be someone else.

She was sitting in the carriage, and this time she no longer paid attention to her correct posture. She held a pen in one hand and pressed the book on the table with the other, sketching and drawing on it without even raising her head. Those who are close to him feel that the people in the car are calm and unhurried, while those who are close by have good eyesight and can see the facial features as a whole. Although they are not very clear, they are still surrounded by light.

The carriage went all the way, and it was quieter on both sides of the road.

When the guard of honor of the princess entered the Xuande Gate from the imperial street, the passers-by on the side of the road still lingered for a long time, and did not make any noise until they were nowhere to be seen.

"Is this one going or not?"

"Even if you don't leave now, maybe you will still leave in the future?" Someone replied in a low voice, with a hesitant tone.

A bystander said: "After all, the surname is Zhao. Even if Di thief comes to the city, how many officers and soldiers are there inside and outside the palace? He will send her to the south if he dies. I don't believe she will stay for a long time. You and I are both cheap lives. How can we compare?" If you want to survive, sooner or later, look at the officials and rich people in the city, which one didn't run away early? Who will stay until today?"

He also said: "We poor people are always reluctant to part with the family business that can't be put on the table, and hope to make a living, but today, we really don't care about so many, so we can't really gamble with our lives?"

Those who nodded to the left and right could hardly agree with each other, and there were those who shook their heads secretly, but they were unwilling to make a sound.

Everyone was discussing non-stop, and in the middle of the commotion, a voice suddenly came out from nowhere, saying: "Your Highness goes out to farm and cultivate the land every day, helps build the city walls and gates, supervises the construction of refugee camps on the same day, and puts Pei Jie Du and a group of Western soldiers were brought here, if it is said that she will only flee south in case of trouble, I don't like to hear that."

The person who spoke before heard the words and looked back, but saw two burdens in the corner, a little lady wearing a bamboo hat, about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in coarse cloth, with thick hands and big feet, I don't know if it was the wind and the sun Too much sun, my face is half-tanned, and my skin is rough.

She sat on a small wooden stool, with a wooden barrel on one side of the load, the white pulp in the barrel, and a damp cloth on the other side, so there was a sour smell, like pickled vegetables, without getting close.

Although she is a woman, she is full of spirit and does not show any signs of timidity. Her voice is quite loud, attracting everyone to look at her.

The speaker just now saw that the speaker was a girl, and he frowned at first, but now he loosened his brows a little bit, and said, "Your accent is from the north, right? You don't know the place well, and you're a girl, so you must not think deeply about things. I have been in this capital for decades, and I have seen the top three in rotation, and they have more knowledge than you. Listen to my advice, in such a troubled world, the most important thing is to save your own life, and the rest are empty. What others do and say, Don't even believe it..."

The little lady was holding a handful of banana leaves in her hand and folded them back and forth. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "I don't have a few taels of food left in my family. If it wasn't for His Highness who ordered people to build a refugee camp, it would be freezing in winter." I was about to freeze to death, so I finally recognized the fields now, and my mother went to report her name and build soil and build walls. I could get a few dollars a day for food, and my younger sister was watched by someone in the house. I really left Beijing to eat and drink. There is nowhere to look for them, and there is no need for Di thief to kill them, and my family of seven or eight people starved to death halfway."

"Your family has some property background. Since you went south, my family has nothing but a few humble lives. If your highness is willing to be a nurse, I will make a living here. If your highness really goes south, I will also be here Starving to death everywhere, last year and this year, after walking for these few months, even if I can still walk, my grandpa and grandpa can’t walk anymore.”

"If His Majesty does not leave and sticks to the capital, even if I am 'another woman', I finally have the strength to do so. You have all gone south. Someone must stay and guard the city!"

I don't know if it's because of her grinning, but when people around her listened to her words, many of them could hear a bit of yin and yang, which was really embarrassing for each other—such a small girl kept saying that she would stay and defend the city. His own words are obviously useless, but also a little weak.

The man just now was also very boring, so he coughed in embarrassment, turned his head to look, and saw that the people standing on the left and right had strange eyes, and there were a few familiar faces among them.

He kept muttering in his heart, fearing that what he said would be publicized in the future, thinking about it one by one now, he always felt that it was quite embarrassing to use it to break it up one by one, so he had to bite the bullet and stepped forward a few steps, to get in front of the burden, Zhang He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and after a while he pointed to the bucket of white syrup and asked, "What is this girl selling?"

The little lady said: "My family produces goat's milk."

The man just took advantage of this to strike up a conversation, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "How did you sell it?"

The little lady reported the price, but she was not very attentive.

The man took money out of his sleeve, and sure enough, he asked for two lengths of goat's milk in long bamboo tubes. While all the people around were still there, he put the copper plate in the dustpan made of bamboo slices beside him, and at the same time raised his voice a few times. Pointed, said: "Actually, I also have a temperament all over my body. I have always wanted to kill thieves. It's just that the emperor and the court have gone south, and everyone is talking about moving the capital. What can I do? Don't I go with the court? I can't violate it." Is it the holy will?"

As he spoke, he smacked his mouth at the copper plate in the dustpan and said, "There's no need to look for the remaining two papers."

The little lady turned a deaf ear, beat the goat milk first, took out two copper plates from the cloth pocket beside her, stood up and returned them, and said: "Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, every penny counts, my family is doing business. Yes, never take advantage of others."

He said again: "Everyone has their own thoughts. If you want to go south, you can go by yourself. If His Highness doesn't say that he wants to go, it's not easy for outsiders to speak for her here for a day, right?"

"Besides, you have to call for people to go with you—if you really want to defend the city, don't you need people to help you? Those of you who are going south are going to pat your ass and leave, and you will always be undecided. Why bother to urge others?"

The man was annoyed and ashamed, and said urgently: "If you want to defend the city, you should stay at home. You should control the sky and the earth. Do you want to care whether others leave or stay?"

He also said: "You are really capable, why don't you take care of those people in Caizhou, if you are capable, don't push a woman here to show your face..."

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, he also felt that something was wrong, and he didn't take the goat milk or the copper coins, so he turned around and left.

Just out of the crowd, this person thought that he had just given up his money in vain, and felt heartbroken. He wanted to turn around, but in the end he wanted to save face, so he stood by the roadside in a daze for a long time.

(End of this chapter)