My Practice Routine With My Confused Female Apprentice

Although he knew that the possibility of assassinating Emperor Xuanqin was unlikely, Qin Ran still felt that he should go and see the man named Zhao Zheng... He was very curious.

This man who intends to unify the land of immortality reminds him of the man who unified China in his previous life. He can't see that man in his previous life, but he can see this man.

With a map, he set off from Wuyi City and flew towards Xuanqin along the shortest road.

Flying all the way, the place under our feet is the place where Beichu was occupied by Xuanqin. It was snowing heavily, and few people were seen. The people I saw were also Northern Chu soldiers whose corpses were exposed in the wilderness and no one collected them, or women, children and the elderly who were frozen to death by the roadside.

Under the so-called war, ten rooms are empty and corpses are floating for thousands of miles.

Qin Ran couldn't bear to look any further, he flew up into the sky and accelerated towards Xuan Qin. Finally, when it was approaching dusk, he flew into the territory of Xuanqin.

Not long after flying in Xuanqin, the night gradually darkened, and he stopped.

It was snowing in the dark sky, it was already night, and you couldn't see your fingers. At that time, it was freezing cold and the wind was blowing.

Qin Ran pondered in the snow:

It is not yet known what is going on in Xuanqin's capital, but he is going to find Emperor Xuanqin, so there is a high probability that there will be a battle. He hurried to an unfamiliar place in the dark, and the situation was unknown, that was too dangerous. If the state is not good, it may not be possible to give away the head directly.

It's better to find a place to rest, take things slowly and think long-term.

He lowered his altitude and searched while flying in the low air. After searching for a while, he finally found the smoker's house.

In the valley over there, there were cocks crowing and dogs barking, and he could see the smoke from the kitchen in the night. It was probably not a small village.

He approached the village, fell to the ground, changed his shape, and turned into an old man on his way. He leaned on a cane, coughed and walked into the village tremblingly and pitifully.

It is very strange that there are obviously sounds of chickens and dogs barking in the village, as well as the smell of cooking smoke and firewood. There are even dim lights in the houses by the roadside, and people's silhouettes can be seen through the windows, and human voices can be heard. However, the houses On the road outside the house, there were no living creatures, no one walking, not even cats and dogs.

In this case, Qin Ran had doubts and guesses.

He slapped the door of a family with a voice nearby, and said: "Ahem, master, I am from Anlu City. This trip is going to Modu. But it is dark and snowy, and I have no choice but to travel here. Let’s stay for one night. I would like to ask the host to make it easier.”

Then, as soon as he knocked on the door, the voices in the room suddenly stopped. The house was originally talking, laughing and bustling, but now there was no sound at all, as if there was no one in the house.

He frowned and tapped on the door again. This time he didn't have to speak urgently, and the lights in the house went out.

His hand stopped awkwardly in front of the door.

Qin Ran stood in front of the door for a while, and changed to another one, but still no one responded to him. He even knocked on several doors one after another, but the results were not bad. Either he held his breath and blew on the lamp, or let the dog bark, or the owner directly urged him, no one was willing to take him in.

He went to four or five houses in a row, and finally, when he was about to slip away and go for a night in the snow, someone finally took him in.

The house is very small, with a small yard and a few adobe houses. The lights in the house are dim, and it looks very cold in the cold night.

There were only chickens in the yard, but no dogs. Qin Ran slammed the door, and the chickens that had already entered the coop were disturbed by the noise. Lights shone from inside the house, and through the low earthen fence he could see a woman coming out of the house.

She walked through the courtyard, came over and opened the courtyard door, and when she saw Qin Ran, she asked softly, "What's the matter with the old man?"

Qin Ran looked at this woman, she was a woman in her late thirties, with a dignified appearance, rough skin, tied hair, wearing thick cotton clothes, with a gentle demeanor, she was a very beautiful image of a village woman.

"It's dark and the road is slippery, I want to stay overnight." Qin Ran replied hoarsely.

The woman hesitated for a while when she heard the words, and wanted to refuse at first, but seeing that Qin Ran was an elderly man, she nodded her head, stretched out her hand to help her, and said, "Please come in quickly, old man."

What a kind woman! Qin Ran sighed.

In such a situation and in such a dark night, if someone from outside the village comes to lodge, if there is a chance, if the person who comes is a vicious person... then it will be a catastrophe for her.

She knew it because she hesitated, but she still lured Qin Ran into the house because she was really kind.

In the troubled times, I only hope that such kind people can live longer.

Follow the woman through the tidy yard and into the house with oil lamps.

There is a stove and a fire place in this room. The stove is hot, the fire has been turned on, and the rice is cooked; On the fire bed, around the firewood, there was a six or seven-year-old boy with a thick head and a thick head. He was wrapped up thickly, sitting on a small stool, holding a bowl, and eating.

When the little boy saw Qin Ran enter the room, he only stared at Qin Ran with a pair of sparkling eyes, he didn't speak, he wasn't afraid, he was just curious.

The woman led Qin Ran to sit on the stove, filled a bowl of hot water for him from the pot on the stove, and said with a smile: "There is no wine at home, so let the old man drink a bowl of hot water to warm himself."

Qin Ran thanked her and took a sip of the hot water.

The woman went to bring another bowl of rice, but she was overly enthusiastic, as if she treated Qin Ran as a guest.

"The old man is indeed blessed. The food is actually just cooked." She smiled, "It's just that the food is very simple and there is no oil or water. The old man must forgive me."

Qin Ran looked into the pot, and there was a pot of oil residue, radish and cabbage boiled in the pot. It was simple and simple, but if it was not simple, she was a woman, and she could bring her children to eat these kinds of food in this cold winter months. It's really not that simple.

"It doesn't matter. At this moment, this is a delicacy like a delicacy. The old man, I walked all the way, and every house closed their doors, as if I was a wolf, tiger, leopard, or a cult monster, and they didn't welcome me." He laughed. "Fortunately, little lady, you are kind-hearted and entertained me, otherwise I will sleep in the snow tonight. I am so weak, I may not be able to wake up tomorrow. Little lady, you saved my life!"

"Haha..." The woman smiled shyly, handed the rice to Qin Ran, went to fetch chopsticks, and explained, "In the cold winter months, there are no young men in the village, they are all old and weak women and children. Everyone They are all very cautious, close the door early at night, and go to bed early. In this season, I dare not entertain strangers. The situation is special, so don’t take it to heart.”

"There are no young men?" Qin Ran's mood was complicated for a moment.

Because the young men of Xuanqin are all in front of Wuyi City in Northern Chu.

He took the chopsticks and couldn't help sighing: "Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer. For us ordinary people, war is suffering no matter what."

The woman went to bring her own rice bowl, sat down next to the little boy, and said, "After all, I will serve the country and be loyal to His Majesty. But those are too far away from me, I just hope he comes back safely."

"Your husband is also on the front line?" Qin Ran asked.

"My father is a battle hero!" Before the woman could answer, the little boy raised his head and shouted loudly, "He opened up Xuanqin's borders and expanded the territory, he made great achievements in battle, and is a great hero that everyone admires!!"

Both Qin Ran and the woman looked at the little boy. The little boy looked proud and his eyes shone with glory.

Your hero is the Devil in the eyes of others. Qin Ran's heart was even more complicated.

"My husband joined the war at the beginning of the year and hasn't returned yet." The woman reached out and touched the little boy's head, with pity in her eyes, and said, "A few days ago, there was news from the army that the front line was tight, and the expeditionary army would not go home for the New Year. After all, I just hope that he returns home safely, and I feel sorry for him, who hasn't seen his father for more than half a year... I hope that the child will always be accompanied by his father."

As they talked, they ate and warmed themselves up by the fire. The woman heated hot water for Qin Ran to soak her feet, and then led Qin Ran to sleep in a guest room. Fearing that Qin Ran would be cold, she gave Qin Ran two extra quilts.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Ran heard noises coming from outside the courtyard.

Men's angry shouts, women's and children's cries, and dogs barking all rang out.

He listened carefully, and probably heard that there was a young man in the village who escaped military service, and now the officers and soldiers in charge came to his door and wanted to take him into the army by force.

...as if experiencing "The Official in the Stone Trench" in person.

Qin Ran couldn't help sighing, got up and dressed, and was about to go out to check the situation.

But he had just put on his clothes before he opened the door. Last night the woman hurried over and dragged him to the back of the house. Come to collect taxes. Don't let them see you."

Confronting each other on the front line, the daily consumption of hundreds of thousands or millions of troops is huge. The Xuan Qin court will frequently collect taxes. This is normal, Qin Ran can understand, but...

"Why?" he asked, what did it matter to him, "I'm just an old man passing by."

"If they see you, they will count you in our family, and the officers and soldiers will tax you more." The woman said, "Besides, the current domestic situation is tense, and ordinary people are not allowed to move around freely. Those who want to punish you for loitering will also arrest you..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard the front courtyard door being roughly pushed open, and a loud voice shouted: "Where is the person, where did he die?!"

"Old man, run for your life!" The woman told Qin Ran, she only gave Qin Ran a hard steamed bun, and hurried back to the room.

Holding the Steamed bun in his hand, Qin Ran looked at the back of the woman leaving, and for some reason, sighed again.

Not long after, there was a noise in the house:

"There are still people in their family..."

"I watched her hide people in the house last night."

"No……"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

After a while, the woman was pushed and shoved by the officers and soldiers to the back of the house, but after all, she did not see the old man that the villagers mentioned.

The surrounding villagers said: "Where did you go? The old man knocked on Bancun's door last night, and she took him in..."