The shopkeeper next to him poked his head out when he heard the commotion. He looked around first, then waved to Jiang Buwan and Xu Ji, and whispered, "My child, your stall is in trouble."
Jiang Buwan stepped forward quickly, but she did not enter the house, but asked on the street.
"Uncle Wang, what happened?"
Uncle Wang, who sells oil next door, whispered, "Old Xu somehow offended the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Not only was the store smashed up, but the people were also taken into the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Why do they arrest people at will? My uncle has not broken any laws!"
Uncle Wang shook his head, "The people above want to kill us, just like killing an ant. It all depends on their wishes."
Jiang Buwan knew that the world was dark today, but she never thought that this darkness would fall on her again and again.
She asked in an almost innocent to sad tone, "Isn't there no royal law? Isn't there anyone in charge?"
"Wang Fa? That is the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion of the emperor's family."
At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from the distant street. As if he was afraid of getting into trouble, he quickly closed the door and retreated.
His unbearable eyes fell on Jiang Buwan through the crack in the door, and the reminder was his kindness as an ordinary person.
"Hurry up and run away with your cousin."
The horse's hooves gradually approached, and they were just a group of young masters passing by. When they passed by Jiang Buwan and others, they didn't even stop. In their eyes, the two children on the street were no different from the rocks and trees on the street.
If you get hit and killed, just pay a few taels of silver.
Xu Ji hurriedly backed down and was almost stepped on by a horse's hoof. Jiang Buwan pulled Xu Ji and hid in an alley for temporary shelter.
"Wanwan, are my parents really taken to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Xu Ji's voice was trembling, and he couldn't help crying, "Wanwan, do you think I am a natural disaster? Anyone who comes near me will die."
Xiang Zhihan had been following Jiang Buwan like a cat. When he heard Xu Ji say this, he raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Buwan worriedly.
He really doesn't like to pick up any of the pots.
Jiang Buwan was stunned for a moment, and briefly wondered if it was her problem.
Because she was born as a disaster star, her parents were killed by bandits, and her aunt and uncle were taken away by people from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and their lives and deaths are unknown.
But she quickly came to her senses, no, it was definitely not her problem.
The problem was never her, it was this chaotic and hopeless world.
The reason why her parents met with bandits was traced back to floods in the Yellow River, which flooded three continents downstream. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. They either starved to death or became bandits to rob others for a living.
The bandits were plundering everywhere, but the government ignored her and deliberately protected her, causing her parents to be killed by the bandits.
"Cousin!" Jiang Buwan's eyes were firm, "This is definitely not our problem."
After Xu Ji said this, he actually regretted it.
He knew that Jiang Buwan was actually just like him. She would be so sad when he said such things.
But when he looked at Jiang Buwan's firm eyes, the self-pity he had been feeling was relieved at this moment.
Wasn't it his fault? It wasn't him who killed his own parents.
Xu Ji wiped away his tears and said, "Wanwan, let's go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find my parents."
"good."
By the time the two of them arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, they were already at the West Tower.
The prime minister's palace has a red door with blue tiles and a high stone lion platform. The door is tightly closed, but you can vaguely hear the faint sound coming from inside.
Jiang Buwan looked at the imposing door in front of him. If he said he was not afraid, it would definitely be impossible.
But she was more worried about her aunt and uncle.
They are her only relatives in this world.
Jiang Buwan encouraged himself silently in his heart, and then stepped forward to knock on the door.
The red door was quickly opened from the inside, and two young men walked out. The young man looked them up and down and said, "Do you understand the rules? This is a place where people like you can walk?"
"Go, go, if you need anything, go to the side door."
Jiang Buwan quickly seized the opportunity and asked, "Sir, do you know where Butcher Xu is?"
"Butcher Xu, butcher Li, I warn you that if you continue to pester me, I will serve you with a stick!"
After the boy finished speaking, he threw up his sleeves angrily and slammed the door.
Jiang Buwan looked at the closed red door. It was tall and gorgeous, like a barrier that could never be crossed.
A door divides the same world into two. Inside the door is the overwhelming sound of joy, while outside the door stand two helpless and scared children.
Jiang Buwan looked up. What was separated by a red door were two completely different destinies. Why should their lives be worthless?
She thought of the hypocritical manner in which her parents' officials in her hometown said that the court had no money and that if they wanted to suppress the bandits, they would have to raise money through crowdfunding. However, their family also donated money, but the bandits were not suppressed. Instead, their parents' officials took in a few more concubines.
"Wanwan?"
Jiang Buwan looked back with calm eyes, "Let's go, let's go to the side door to have a look."
Although Xu Ji plays with Jiang Buwan every day, and in terms of age, he is older than Jiang Buwan, but Jiang Buwan is much more mature than him.
Jiang Buwan went to knock on the side door again. Before she knocked on the door, she suddenly found that Xiaobai who had been following her was missing.
But considering that Xiaobai has always been smart, he should not get lost. Besides, in this case, it is obviously more important to find his uncle and aunt.
"Is Butcher Xu in the house?"
The boy at the side door is not as decently dressed as the boy at the front door, nor does he look as good as the boy at the front door, but his arrogant aura is not lost at all.
"What Butcher Xu? I don't know him. Not just any cat or dog can enter the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Jiang Buwan was about to continue speaking, but was stopped by Xiaobai who came back. He held the hem of her clothes in his mouth, as if he would not let her go.
"Xiao Bai, now is not the time for joking, let me go." As soon as she finished speaking, the side door of the Prime Minister's Mansion also slammed shut.
"noob!"
Xiang Zhihan ignored her angry tone and forcefully pulled her to the left. He had just surveyed the terrain of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
There is a dog hole covered by weeds under the wall on the west side of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is just big enough for one person to pass through.
He also smelled a strong human scent next to the dog hole. He thought it was a hole specially left by someone inside the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Xiaobai, let me go quickly."
Xiaobai, who had always been smart in Jiang Buwan's eyes, suddenly seemed to have lost her mind and forced her to go in another direction.
She looked in the direction where Xiaobai pulled her. Did Xiaobai find something there?
"Xiao Bai, did you find anything over there?"
Xiaobai let go of his mouth, raised his head and meowed.
"Take me there."
Xiang Zhihan saw that Jiang Buwan understood what it meant, so he led her towards the west. After taking a few steps, he would stop and look back to wait for her.
Xu Ji: "Wanwan, Xiaobai is just a cat. Is it useful for us to follow him?"
"Xiao Bai is very smart." Jiang Buwan said, "Let's follow him first and take a look."
Xiang Zhihan used his cat's claws to push aside the grass in front of him, and a dog hole that could be passed by one person appeared in front of them.
I have been crazy in Xu Liang these past two days, busy calling him ~ my old baby
