The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

"mother......"

Xiao He watched helplessly as her mother was about to be taken away, crying desperately, "No...don't take my mother! Please, don't take my mother!"

"You little brat, you didn't die from my slap, did you?" Old Huang's face flashed with ferocity as he was about to grab Xiao He.

With her last ounce of strength, Chen Sujin grabbed Huang Laosan: "No...don't touch my daughter, I...I'll go with you!"

"Third brother, ignore that brat!" Huang the eldest had been watching the expressions of those around him, and when he saw that someone seemed to be about to get up and help, he hurriedly said.

Old Huang sneered, "You little slut, I'll let you off the hook today. You've eaten so much of my food, you're really getting off easy!"

After saying that, the three brothers carried the extremely weak Chen Sujin away.

"Wow!"

Xiao He completely broke down, wailing as she chased after him, her short legs leaving her breathless.

But she was too young, and after running only a few steps, she tripped over a clod of dirt on the ground and fell heavily into the mud. Her palms and knees were scraped and bleeding.

Xiaohe had no other choice. She could no longer heed her mother's words about living with dignity and never bowing down no matter how hard or tiring it was. She turned around and knelt heavily on the ground, crying out, "Please, everyone, save my mother! I don't want my mother to be taken away. We haven't eaten their food. Xiaohe has been eating tree bark and some wild vegetables along the way."

"Please, please save my mother!"

"Xiao He kowtows to you!!"

The child's cries were thin and hoarse, each one striking a chord in one's heart.

Seeing the small figure kneeling in the mud, his forehead red and covered in mud, many of the surrounding disaster victims felt a pang of heartache.

Those who had just been thinking "it's better to avoid trouble" now showed reluctance, and several soft-hearted women turned away, secretly wiping away their tears.

"This child is so pitiful... The three members of the Huang family are so despicable. What kind of skill is it to bully an orphan and a widow?"

"Exactly, who hasn't seen this mother and daughter digging for wild vegetables every day along the way? Where did this talk of borrowing grain come from? They're clearly trying to kidnap people."

The whispers gradually grew louder and louder. Several men exchanged glances and finally couldn't resist standing up, wanting to go forward and help.

Old Huang hardened his heart, pulled out a sharpened wooden stick from behind his back, and, with a fierce but cowardly expression, bared his neck and roared, "You dare come any closer and see if I dare to fight you to the death!"

This action immediately startled the group.

The men looked at each other, none of them daring to step forward.

No one wants to risk their life, especially when they have family members behind them.

They would naturally be willing to lend a hand, but no one would dare to risk their lives for a stranger.

"Walk!"

Huang Laosan stared intently at the group of disaster victims, had his eldest and second eldest brothers carry Chen Sujin, and then ran away, his pace gradually quickening.

"mother......"

Xiao He was already starving and dizzy from being whipped. After falling and kowtowing, she could no longer hold on and fainted.

"Sigh~"

The elderly man who first spoke up couldn't bear it, so he went over and gently picked up Xiao He.

After this incident, everyone lost the will to rest and set off again for Chang'an, fearing that something else might happen.

The old man was quite old and had been hungry for a long time, so carrying a little girl on his back was a bit difficult for him.

However, he did not give up. He traveled intermittently along the way, resting whenever he was tired, and he never abandoned Xiaohe, even when he was separated from the crowd.

In the afternoon, the old man, along with his grandson and Xiao He, arrived in Chang'an City.

"Grandpa, someone's handing out porridge over there!"

The grandson tugged at the old man's hand, his eyes fixed on the porridge stall not far away, swallowing hard.

"Great! Great! There really is government relief here! That's wonderful!" The old man was exhausted and out of breath, but upon seeing this, he burst into tears of joy.

The old man, along with his grandson and Xiao He, queued for half a day before finally receiving two bowls of thin porridge.

"Mother...mother..."

Just then, Xiao He woke up groggily, murmuring "Mother."

The old man fed his grandson a bowl of food, ate half a bowl himself, hesitated for a moment, and then fed the remaining half bowl little by little to Xiao He.

"Grandpa, have you seen my mother?"

After eating, Xiao He regained some strength and cried as she asked questions.

The old man sighed softly, "Child, they took your mother away, and I don't know where they went."

Upon hearing this, Xiaohe's tears welled up again, her lips trembled, and her shoulders shook slightly.

She bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying out, but tears still streamed down her face, soaking the tattered front of her clothes: "Will my mother be in trouble...? Will those bad people beat her? Will they sell her...?"

The old woman felt a pang of sadness and gently patted her back to comfort her: "Good child, don't cry. Chang'an is under the emperor's nose, and the law is in order. They won't dare to be too reckless. Once we've rested enough, I'll take you to the county government to report the case and ask the officials to help you find your mother, okay?"

"Chang'an City..." Xiao He listened to the old man's words, as if she had thought of something. She felt like she had grasped at a last straw. "Uncle! Uncle is in Chang'an City! I need to find Uncle!"

She couldn't care less about the elderly; all she could think about was finding her uncle and mother.

Mother often talked about her uncle, and Xiaohe once asked her mother what her uncle did in Chang'an.

Mother smiled and said, "I don't know either, but he might have become an official by now."

Thinking of all this, Xiao He took off running, ignoring the old man's calls behind her, and rushed to the soup kitchen set up by the government: "Sir, my mother has been kidnapped by bad guys, and my uncle is also in Chang'an City. Please, please help me find my mother and uncle!"

The official distributing the relief porridge frowned upon seeing this. He wanted to send Xiao He away, but Xu Zhang from the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of distributing the porridge. He was a good official, and seeing the child so pitiful with a bloody handprint on his face, he couldn't help but feel compassion.

He then walked over and asked, "Where was your mother taken away? Who took her away?"

"And who is your uncle, and what's his name?"

"My mother... my mother's name is Chen Sujin. She was arrested today when she came to Chang'an City," Xiaohe said, crying. "Three bad men took her away and said we owed them grain, but we clearly didn't owe them any grain."

"My uncle... my uncle's name is Chen Huai'an. My mother brought me to Chang'an to find my uncle."

"My lord, I beg you, please help me find my mother and uncle!"

At first, Xu Zhang only felt sorry for the child when he heard Xiao He's words, but when he heard the last sentence, his body suddenly trembled, his eyes widened, and he said hurriedly:

"What did you say your uncle's name was?"

"Chen Huai'an, my uncle's name is Chen Huai'an!"

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