Yongchang and Wencai also heard the news and prepared to copy the guy.
Li Yunze whispered: "Don't move, they are not chasing us."
It was just a few small government officials who were beaten, so many people would not be dispatched to chase victims like them.
What's more, there are two carriages, which should be the relatives of some official passing here.
The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and soon they were near them.
Li Yunze raised his eyes and saw more than twenty elite cavalry surrounding two carriages. They looked like masters at first glance. The person being protected must have a high status.
Judging from their tired appearance, they must have been traveling for a long time.
This place is already the territory of King Liang. If such a master can escort him, the people on the carriage should be his family members.
But aren’t all the family members of King Liang in the capital? Why would the eldest prince let them leave the capital at such a sensitive time?
Did he escape secretly? If this is the case, then the thoughts of King Liang, who has always been neutral, are also clear.
Li Yunze concluded that the situation in the capital must be very tense now.
Although the eldest prince was surrounded by enemies from both sides, his uncle controlled most of the military power of the Yun Chao Kingdom and could not be overthrown so easily.
However, the vassal kings in various places are at odds with each other, and everyone has their own selfish motives. If the eldest prince is smart enough and can take advantage of people's hearts, then the chair should be secure.
But he was too impatient. When he came to the throne, he did not first stabilize the situation and win over the ministers. Instead, he was busy framing several princes and killing important ministers who did not like him.
Li Yunze sneered in his heart. He was so cruel and stupid that he had wasted the empire that his two uncles had helped him grab.
Looking at the carriage going away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that they were not chasing them, they slept peacefully again.
Li Yunze fell into deep thought. If King Liang wanted to rebel, he would definitely expand his army, and these victims would definitely be his first choice.
They could no longer take the official road and had to take the small road into the mountains as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if we are captured and used as pawns in other people's fight for power, then what's the point of escaping?
Ye Yutong lay under the cart, looking at the horses going away with envy.
How do you get such a good horse? It is best to have one male and one female, put them in a space, and let them give birth to many cubs.
It will be more convenient to travel in the future, and I will no longer have to rely on my legs to walk like now.
But she also understood that in these days, it would be too difficult to get such a horse.
Seeing that everyone nearby was asleep, Ye Yutong entered the space and prepared to take a look at the piglets.
No horses, pigs are fine too. You can eat meat, boil lard, stew soup, and make many delicious dishes.
It was almost dawn, and she didn't dare to stay inside for a long time. Seeing the twelve little piglets all jumping around, she fed the old sow and left the space.
There were many victims fleeing to the northwest, but most of them took official roads, and there were not many people on the small roads.
The farther west they went, the more uneven the road became. The group of them struggled to push the cart on the rugged path.
They had been walking for ten days since they left Tongma Town.
Ye Yutong looked into the distance and saw towering mountains stacked one on top of another, one after another rising and falling, stretching endlessly with no edge in sight.
The mountain peaks covered by green plants are full of mystery.
That was the paradise and seclusion she was looking for.
Although the trail they had been walking these days was a little more difficult, there was no shortage of water now.
You can see small streams and rivers in the mountains everywhere. Although the water level is very shallow, there is enough water for eating, and you can also dig wild vegetables.
They had avoided all the towns these days.
When passing through a village, except to inquire about the route, I will not enter the village otherwise, so as not to scare others.
Li Yunze walked around the area, found an open flat area and said, "Uncle Yongchang, Uncle Wencai, let's rest here tonight."
"Okay, this place is quite nice. There is a stream next to it, so it is convenient for us to use water."
Everyone put the carts together and started setting up pots for cooking.
Ye Yutong sat there and looked at the two children not far from them. The older one was a boy, about seven or eight years old.
The younger one looked to be only four or five years old, probably a girl, but her face was so dark that it was hard to tell.
The two were skinny and skinny. The older one was holding the younger one, carrying a backpack, and had been following them for three or four days.
They usually don't talk much. As they hurried on, the two of them followed closely behind. When they stopped to rest, the two of them also stopped.
I don’t know what they are carrying in their backpacks? There might be some food, but it probably wasn't much. The two children were rarely seen eating from their backpacks. They only dug wild vegetables while walking.
They didn't have a pot, so while everyone was cooking, the brother and sister took the wild vegetables dug on the road to the stream, washed them, and chewed them.
"Mom, cook more paste today."
Li Wenxiu understood what her daughter meant and added two more bowls of water when cooking.
I chopped up the wild vegetables I dug over the past two days and threw them into the pot. I added some salt and a pot of salty paste was ready.
Ye Yutong waved to the two children, "Come here, you two."
The brother and sister held hands and slowly moved over. The older boy asked cautiously: "Sister, what's the matter?"
Ye Yutong brought two bowls of paste to them: "Eat it!"
The little girl swallowed, but did not take the bowl.
She glanced at her brother. The older boy shook his head and refused: "Sister, we don't want to eat. We can just eat wild vegetables."
Li Wenxiu touched the heads of the two children and sighed: "You two are still so young, how can you survive just eating wild vegetables? It's just a bowl of mushy food, just eat it quickly."
The older boy had tears streaming down his face. He pulled his sister to kneel down and kowtowed to Li Wenxiu.
"Kid, get up quickly."
Ye Mingzhe and Ye Yutong quickly helped the two of them up.
Li Yunze and Ye Mingxuan stood nearby without speaking, secretly sizing them up.
The two of them were observing the two children all the way. When everyone was cooking, the two children would hide far away and eat the wild vegetables they dug themselves.
I would only follow them when I was on the road, and I would never get close to them. The brother and sister supported each other and never saw them cry.
Ye Yutong and Ye Mingzhe brought the paste to the brothers and sisters. Li Wenxiu also helped them fill the rice bowl, and everyone started eating with a bowl.
Li Wenxiu asked: "Where are you from? Where are the adults in your family?"
The little boy quickly put down the bowl and replied respectfully: "We are from Anyang County."
Thinking of his parents, he said with red eyes: "My mother died in childbirth when she was giving birth to my sister, and my father was beaten to death when he went to kill Barbarian. We fled here with our uncle's family.
A few days ago, my sister listened to the discussion between her uncle and her mother-in-law, saying that there was not much food left and they wanted to sell the two of us. My sister and I didn’t want to be sold, nor did we want to be separated, so we decided to leave on our own so that we wouldn’t injure my uncle and his mother-in-law.
On the way, someone wanted to take us to eat meat. My sister and I knew that those people were bad, so we ran away while they were not paying attention.
My sister and I were afraid of meeting bad people again, so we followed you. Auntie, don’t worry. Although we are following you, we will never cause you any trouble. We are old enough to find food by ourselves. "
"Alas." Li Wenxiu sighed.
How difficult is it for two children without a father or a mother to survive in such a world?
