Noble Lady

Chapter 279 Admiration

Du Jingyuan once again had the illusion that "I was hallucinating."

Then he watched Xue Luoyan, dressed in pink, get into the carriage.

"...No, Xiao Luoluo, why are you following us? If we go south, the journey will be so dangerous."

Xue Luoyan raised her little face and said, "Don't worry, Sister Du, I will definitely not hold you back. Just don't let yourself be held back when the time comes."

Du Jingyuan: What a big tone!

"Xue Xiaoyu, you're just going to let Luoluo go with us? Aren't you worried about something unexpected happening?"

Xue Chenyu said calmly, "It's okay. Let Luoluo follow us. I know what's going on."

What's the point?! She's only ten years old, so tiny, do I really want to take her with me?

Du Jingyuan was a little crazy, but at this moment, she suddenly understood how Xue Xiaoyu felt when he came to catch her.

...Well, it's really annoying.

Du Jingyuan raised her head and slowly exhaled, hoping to arrive safely.

……

After meeting and getting to know everyone in the team, they set off to join the main force.

The grain-escorting team has already set off. Their caravan, under the protection of the escort agency, will keep a certain distance from the grain-escorting team and follow them neither too far nor too close.

Of course, most people would not dare to follow like this. What if they aroused the vigilance of the grain transport team and were mistaken for people with bad intentions and were dealt with by them? That would be the end of them.

Only Xue Chenyu and others have such an opportunity.

Along the way, Chen Mingxuan was responsible for connecting with local authorities and transporting food, clothing, and medicine, while Marquis Xue ensured the overall stability.

In this way, Xue Chenyu and her caravan had a hard time keeping up.

Because the grain transport teams have always marched very fast.

Later, the marching speed became faster and faster, and they could not keep up, so they simply stopped rushing and slowed down.

As they headed south, Xue Chenyu and his companions put away all their silks and satins and dressed like ordinary merchants.

Du Jingyuan is taller and has a bigger frame. When she dresses in men's clothes, she looks like a suave pretty boy.

She, Xue Chenyu and Xue Luoyan are known to the outside world as three siblings. Their ancestors lived in the south, and these two generations were doing business in the capital, trading medicinal herbs.

After hearing about the drought and famine in the south, he was sent out by his family elders to transport a lot of medicinal materials from the capital to his hometown to provide assistance.

The rhetoric they made up is so reasonable that it is difficult to find any flaws unless you look into it carefully.

The road just outside the capital is relatively easy to travel because it is close to the capital, the official roads are particularly spacious and bright, and everything is convenient, but the further south you go, the more serious the drought becomes.

Even though we hurried and hurried, it took us nearly a month to get there.

……

"We'll arrive in two days, so cheer up." Xue Chenyu encouraged in a low voice.

Because they missed their destination due to their haste on the road, they had to stay outdoors for the night.

Xue Luoyan grinned and said, "Don't worry, sister, I will protect you."

"Got it, our Luoluo is the most powerful."

Du Jingyuan leaned against the car and raised one hand, "Don't forget me, I'm also very capable."

"Okay, okay, you're pretty good too." Xue Chenyu said with a smile, "We'll stay in the carriage tonight. The carriage at the back will be for Yuzhu Dujuan and the others."

Du Jingyuan: "No problem, we can squeeze in if we squeeze a little."

"Then you take a rest for a while. I'll go help Yuzhu first."

Xue Luoyan immediately said, "I'm going with my sister!"

Du Jingyuan had been riding for a long time, and her waist was a little bit tired. She waved her hand and said, "Wait for me, wait for me to recover my health first."

"Okay, come ride in the carriage with us tomorrow."

Du Jingyuan agreed with tears in her eyes.

After Xue Chenyu finished talking to her, she took Xue Luoyan out of the car.

Yuzhu, Xiahe, the cook in the caravan, and the chef from the escort agency were preparing meals.

After all, one person definitely can't handle so many people, so they just went there to help out.

"Qiuhua."

Qiuhua heard the sound and walked towards Xue Chenyu.

Xue Luoyan was also sensible. "Sister, I'll go help Sister Yuzhu and the others." After saying that, she ran away holding up her skirt.

"What do you want, young lady?" Qiuhua clasped her fists and bowed.

Xue Chenyu said, "We must arrange for patrols and night watchmen tonight. We are getting closer and closer to the worst-hit areas of drought and famine. We must not let our guard down."

Qiu Hua and Xia He looked at each other and nodded in unison, saying, "Don't worry, young lady. We know what we are doing. We will definitely not let you fall into danger."

The escort agency is made up of a bunch of men, but Xue Chenyu is the financial sponsor, so she handed over the deployment of defenses to Qiuhua.

So this time when she went south, Qiuhua, who was by her side, was the person in charge of arranging these guards.

"Of course I trust you, but I feel like we're getting closer and closer to where we are, but today I saw so many refugees, and I'm not feeling very reassured."

The reason they missed their place to stay tonight was not so much because they were in a hurry, but rather because they encountered refugees on the road.

The imperial court was already providing disaster relief, but there were still refugees leaving their homes and heading north.

This was completely different from what Xue Chenyu had expected.

From the very beginning, she arranged for Dongyue and the others to come here, and the matter of the free private school has attracted attention from the outside world. The local officials should not dare to act rashly.

But there shouldn't be so many refugees.

"Qiuhua understands. Those people today said they were from Haicheng County. Once we get to Zhushan and settle down, we can find a way to send people over there to investigate."

"Besides, Yumei has already gone ahead to report the news, so nothing should happen. Don't worry, young lady."

"Well, thank you for your hard work tonight."

"Miss, you are too kind. This is all our responsibility."

Xue Chenyu nodded.

She actually knew that Qiuhua was comforting herself. Seeing such a large number of refugees today, they must be from several villages at least.

It's definitely not that simple.

However, there is no point worrying about those things right now. We still have to get to Zhushan County first before we can make plans for the next step.

Soon, the meal was ready.

Yuzhu shouted, "It's time to eat." Everyone gathered around.

Even Du Jingyuan, who was lying in the carriage, had to hold her waist and get out, limping over.

The way she walks is so awkward and funny.

We were so hungry after traveling all the way, so each of us had a big bowl of food. No one spoke, and it was a bit like the kind of people who neither talk nor eat.

The people from the escort agency looked at Xue Chenyu and the other girls eating with big mouthfuls of food and without any airs, and they admired them sincerely.

Since leaving Beijing, they have been chasing the grain transport team, chasing them as fast as they can, although their purpose was not to get the team's protection.

But at that speed, not to mention the little girls, even some grown men who had rarely traveled far could not bear it, but the little girls did not say a word.

If you didn't tell me that these were noble ladies from high-ranking officials in the capital, I would have thought they were just people trying to make a living like them.

Who knew they could endure so much hardship?

There is a difference between the children of wealthy families and those of wealthy families.

The people from the escort agency looked at each other and saw admiration in each other's eyes.

It is not autumn yet in Lingnan in October. The weather is even a bit hot and there are many mosquitoes.

After dinner, everyone fetched water to wash up. Yuzhu filled the carriage with mosquito repellent incense before inviting Xue Chenyu and the others to get in.

It’s time to rest and it’s time to patrol.

Soon it was late at night.

He had clearly been traveling all day, so he should be very tired.

But Xue Chenyu was not sleepy at all. She lay in bed with her clothes on, but her eyelids were twitching.

Du Jingyuan had already fallen asleep.

Looking at Xue Luoyan again, the little girl had also fallen asleep.

"It's okay, it will be fine." Xue Chenyu comforted herself and slowly fell asleep.

In her sleep, she inexplicably stepped on empty air and woke up with a start, most of her sleepiness was gone.

At this time, someone knocked on the carriage again.

She was completely awake, and she gently pushed open the window. It was Qiuhua standing outside the small window.

"Girl, something's wrong."

The three words "something's wrong" are enough to explain some problems.

Xue Chenyu nodded and woke up Du Jingyuan and Xue Luoyan without hesitation.

Both of them were half asleep and wanted to ask why, but before they could open their mouths, Xue Chenyu covered their mouths.

"Do not talk."

Du Jingyuan and Xue Luoyan, who were still dazed the moment before, also woke up at once.