The jade pendant connects the past and present; the exiled crown prince's wife takes her entire

The following day, Jiang Jinning was pulled aside by Song Wanzhen, who was acting mysteriously.

"You know what? When I went to wash up just now, I saw Song Yanxi coming back from Zheng Jiechai's place. It seems like she stayed there last night... Then, I saw my second uncle, second aunt, and grandmother eating meat buns. They also had a really big bundle in their hands, and they were applying medicine. Tell me, where did they get the buns and medicine? Could it be that grandmother hid some money?"

Jiang Jinning craned her neck to look and saw that the three of them were hurriedly applying medicine to her, while Song Tianci lay to the side and no one paid any attention to him. Song Yanxi was indifferently straightening her clothes and looking down, seemingly lost in thought.

"I passed by there last night and they were arguing. I was blaming you and he was blaming me. Song Yanxi even stopped me. How could I dare to interfere in their second wife's affairs? I couldn't be the farmer and the snake." Zhao shook her head.

"Mother, you're right. We've finally cut ties with them. You've seen it all along; they just throw us into the fire whenever they need us."

"The Liao family decided to, together with Song Guangying, tie up Song Yanxi and hand him over to the escort." Song Qingyan packed his luggage, his tone completely calm.

Jiang Jinning and Song Wanzhen both showed expressions of surprise.

"Big brother, you're such a gossip! Always keeping an eye on the second wife's affairs."

Song Qingyan gave Song Wanzhen a sharp rap on the head, showing no mercy in dealing with her mess.

Soon, they set off on their journey, and the closer they got to Lingnan, the more hurried they became during the day.

Jiang Jinning occasionally saw some mushrooms along the way. They weren't as valuable as termite mushrooms, but they could still be sold, so she naturally collected them carefully.

That day they arrived at a small town called Fukang, intending to rest there. However, all the shops in the town were closed, and there were only a few pedestrians. Each of them had high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and skin that clung tightly to their bones, making them walk lightly and unsteadily.

The whole town exuded desolation and deathly silence.

As soon as Song Qingyan stepped into the town, he sensed something was wrong. In the years of fighting, he had seen many people who were starving, just like this. It was obvious that there was a famine here.

Although there have been natural disasters in the past two years, the imperial court has provided timely disaster relief, especially in the south, where grain production has always been higher than in the north, so the famine situation is much better.

But then a famine struck.

"Boss, this place..."

Chen Hui was about to advise Zheng Jiechai to leave this place as soon as possible and not linger.

Their supplies aren't going to last until the next town. Staying here would make them a hot commodity, but it wouldn't be safe.

But before Chen Hui could finish speaking, Sun Quan interrupted him.

"My lord, according to my understanding, there is no news of famine anywhere in Luoyang. It seems the local magistrate is concealing the truth, which is a serious crime!"

absurd!

Even if the local county magistrate is corrupt and tries to cover it up, someone will handle it. They are just escorts; do they think they can take on the prefect's job?

But Sun Quan said again, "I was being rash, and I shouldn't have said this to you, sir. But when I see these people, I can't help but think of myself. When I was a child, there was a famine in my village, and the magistrate also concealed it. My family starved to death..."

As she spoke, her voice choked with emotion, and her eyes reddened slightly.

Zheng Jiechai immediately decided to take charge of the matter.

"This is outrageous! This is intolerable! I'll take care of this. Don't worry, the tragedy you experienced as a child will absolutely not happen again!"

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Chen Hui couldn't get a word in edgewise. He lagged behind, frowned at the obedient Sun Quan, and turned to deliver the message.

"You're staying here for two days? Aren't you supposed to be heading to Lingnan? Why are you stopping here again?"

"Chen Hui is saying that Zheng Qian is going to take charge of the famine here."

Zhao was quite surprised: "Even if you have the most empathy, you should at least write anonymously to the local prefect, or if that's not possible, write back to Luoyang. What's the point of him managing things himself?"

"What else could it be? He's gone crazy trying to make a name for himself. It's like Zheng Qian's brain got squeezed by a door lately."

Jiang Jinning didn't speak, her gaze falling on Sun Quan, who had been following Zheng Qian obediently. She looked at Song Qingyan, and he nodded.

It was him, just as I expected.

As it was getting late, the group left the town and settled in a small village outside the town.

This village is called Xiejiao Village. It is the only one among the neighboring villages that can be considered "wealthy". At least they can still make ends meet, and for them, it is relatively safe.

The escorts all had dry rations, so they didn't need the villagers' food; they just borrowed a shed to rest for the night.

Jiang Jinning's family found a safe corner, with Chen Hui watching over them nearby.

"Jin Ning, why don't we skip today? I think you've got a lot going on these past few days, and you'll be all alone in an unfamiliar place. Besides, didn't you say the flea market is closed for the next couple of days?"

Actually, after what happened last night, someone filmed it online, and it got quite a bit of attention, so the flea market management office notified them that the business would have to suspend operations for rectification.

"Sister Liang suddenly sent me this message, I was afraid something had happened to her."

Last night when Liang Cheng went to pick up Xiao Qiang, she was laughing and joking, saying that she was going to keep him as a pet. But today, when she was saving the box on her phone, she suddenly received a message. It was a voice message, and it sounded like she was in a noisy environment. She could vaguely hear her crying.

When Jiang Jinning arrived there, Liang Cheng helped her a lot. Now that something had happened to her, she was really worried about her.

"Go quickly and come back quickly," Song Qingyan instructed, his words still concise.

"Yes, I know."

After saying that, he found a secluded spot, closed his eyes, and pretended to fall asleep.

This time, Jiang Jinning did not go directly to the alley.

It was a gloomy room, dimly lit, and completely empty.

Jiang Jinning's heart was pounding, and her palms were sweating profusely.

She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to go back and would be trapped here.

But she quickly calmed down and looked up at the room.

The house seemed very small; looking up, you couldn't see any roof beams. Its shape was strange, like…

She scanned the room carefully and found that, within her field of vision, the shape of the house resembled that box that could hold anything. That box had a very peculiar shape; it was the shape of a jade pendant given to her by Granny Qian, which was why she remembered it so well. And this house was just like that jade pendant.

Did it get into the box?

To verify her guess, Jiang Jinning searched the room. It turned out that the seemingly gloomy room was not empty; there was a table, chairs, and a bed.

Jiang Jinning carefully touched the mattress.

Wow, it's so soft, it's nothing like the bed she used to sleep in. It's so comfortable and soft.

Looking at the table again, there were all her things on it: her flower wrappings, the cloth she used to set up her stall, and the GG message that Liang Cheng had written for her.

Moving her gaze to the right, she saw a door. Jiang Jinning pushed the door open and went out, arriving in the alley. The door had vanished without a trace.

Jiang Jinning didn't know how she suddenly appeared in that box. She didn't have time to think too much. She opened WeChat and contacted her only contact, Liang Cheng.

"Sister Liang..."

"I told you, all of you, leave! This is my home, get out of my home!"