Outside the carriage window, you can see corpses strewn on the roadside.
"Mom, I'm so hungry!"
"Hey... we will have something to eat when we get to Jiangzhou, please bear with us..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Pei Shuxue felt powerless listening to the conversation between mother and son passing by. The city of Yingzhou fell, and in the troubled times, even the Yingzhou prefect's family was separated from his father while fleeing.
Pei Yubing held the Guanyin jade pendant hanging on her chest and lowered her eyelashes.
Dad does good deeds and accumulates virtues on weekdays. With the blessing of Bodhisattva, he will be fine.
In the carriage, next to Pei Yubing, there was a man with his eyes closed.
The man's face was stained with some dirt, but his original handsome face could still be seen. He was only dressed in coarse linen clothes, and his fingers had a thin layer of calluses from constant work.
Pei Yubing tried shouting several times but still couldn't get a response, so he let out a long sigh.
The horses shook their heads and huffed and chewed at the few grass roots. The fresh grass that could be used as food had been eaten up by the hungry people.
"Second Miss, my subordinates are incompetent... Now I can't buy meals even if I have money, alas..."
Rough hands lifted the curtain of the carriage, and a man in black clothes leaned half in.
Jiang Yun was his father's personal bodyguard, and was pointed out to them in order to protect their safety.
Having expected this result, Pei Yubing pursed his lips and shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, it should be fine when we get to Jiangzhou..."
"Okay, what's good?" Another voice sounded behind Jiang Yun, with a hint of anger in his tone.
Pei Shuxue followed Jiang Yun into the carriage and cast an angry sidelong glance at the sleeping man who was still awake.
"I told you not to save him! Who knows whether he is dead or alive now? How long has it been? Jiang Yun is still injured, we-"
Pei Yubing interrupted her lightly.
"The Pei family's family motto is, don't stand idly by when you encounter victims. Sister, have you forgotten?"
Pei Shuxue was choked immediately by the rebuke, her eyes rolled, but she didn't say anything else.
The people coming and going outside the window are all civilians fleeing.
The carriage was driving slowly, and Pei Yubing noticed Chu Huizhou's eyelids as soon as he moved.
Chu Huizhou opened his eyes, and what came into view was Pei Yubing's pure and beautiful face. His dark brown eyes seemed to be filled with water, looking at him worriedly.
Where is this? Chu Huizhou is a little confused.
Pei Yubing's fingers touched his wrist. The woman's cold hand made him tremble and he couldn't help but shrink.
Pei Yubing frowned and shouted, "Don't move." Chu Huizhou didn't dare to move anymore.
"Fortunately, you were only slightly frightened. There were only skin injuries but no internal injuries. But if it was just a skin injury, why did you fall asleep for so long..."
Pei Yubing said to himself.
Only then did Chu Huizhou come back to his senses, moved his lips, and spoke slowly.
"May I ask your Excellency, how did I get injured?"
Pei Shuxue suddenly interrupted.
"You ask us? That's ridiculous. How do we know how you were injured?"
The hostility in Pei Shuxue's words was too obvious. Chu Huizhou touched his head and focused his eyes again on Pei Yubing, who was obviously more talkative.
Pei Yubing took back his hand and explained.
"When we met you, you were already lying unconscious among the refugees."
Chu Huizhou made a fist in vain, his eyes dark.
"There is no way I can repay you for saving my life. Thank you... uh, thank you to the heroine for your generous help!"
This title sounded strange. Pei Shuxue, who was sitting next to him, rolled his eyes and stopped talking, while Pei Yubing couldn't help but curl his lips.
"I wonder what the young master's name is and where he is from?"
Chu Huizhou was silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"My name is Chu Huizhou...from Jiangzhou."
Pei Yubing thought this man was defensive, nodded slightly, and said again.
"It just so happens that we are going to Luo City to join our relatives and pass by Jiangzhou... Young Master, are you still feeling dizzy?"
Chu Huizhou was seen holding his head, as if he still hadn't recovered yet.
Upon hearing Pei Yubing's question, Chu Huizhou could only shake his head slowly.
Pei Yubing stopped talking and took out a book from the corner to read.
Chu Huizhou took a look and saw that the book in Pei Yubing's hand was titled "Luo City Food Encyclopedia".
Chu Huizhou slowly made a question mark in his head.
As the night progressed, the carriage stopped at a ruined temple.
Jiang Yun went out to inquire about the situation first, and only the Pei sisters and Chu Huizhou were left in the car, looking at each other.
Pei Shuxue, who had been dozing, opened his eyes.
"Pei Yubing, let's take the horses to feed them first. Come and help me."
"good."
Chu Huizhou was the only one left in the carriage. Chu Huizhou felt that the gourd-shaped jade hanging around his neck seemed to be getting hot.
Outside the car, Pei Shuxue took Pei Yubing a few steps forward and whispered after making sure that the people in the car could not hear their conversation.
"This man can't keep following us."
Pei Shuxue's expression was extremely serious, and there was even a bit of pleading in her tone. She was not at all arrogant like the eldest daughter of the Pei family.
"Let's see how the situation is in Jiangzhou first."
"How?" Pei Shuxue's tone suddenly became sharp. She glanced at the carriage and suddenly grabbed Pei Yubing's wrist.
"Do you want him to go to Luo City with us? I think you are crazy. You clearly know..."
Pei Shuxue had practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her physique was much better than hers. She felt that she could break Pei Yubing's wrist without much effort.
Pei Yubing just frowned and remained silent.
Pei Shuxue knew that once Pei Yubing showed this expression, he would never look back until he hit the wall.
"Dad said, send Buddha to the West."
"The dry food we have left is not even enough for the three of us, and now we have to count his share. We can't hold on to Jiangzhou at all! Do you know that people will really die! You are no longer the second young lady of the Pei family. Pei Yubing!"
"I've endured hardship, and I don't need you to tell me what I'm going to face."
Pei Shuxue took a step forward and was about to have a seizure.
"……excuse me."
Chu Huizhou got out of the carriage at some point. The night was so dark that it was difficult to distinguish his expression.
"Are you worried about food?"
Chu Huizhou took out a bag from nowhere and spread it out in front of them. It was full of fruits and vegetables, and a large piece of dough was wrapped in oil paper.
When he first rescued Chu Huizhou, he seemed to be holding a cyst in his hand.
Pei Shuxue: "..."
Pei Yubing: "...Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"You didn't even ask me."
Chu Huizhou shrugged with an innocent expression.
In short, the food problem was solved, and even Jiang Yun, who had checked his surroundings, breathed a sigh of relief when he came back.
At least I didn't come back with a piece of trash.
Beside the bouncing bonfire, four people sat around eating pancakes.
Chu Huizhou looked at Pei Shuxue, who was obviously not very friendly to him, and then at Jiang Yun, the taciturn and cold brother, and silently moved closer to Pei Yubing.
