Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, once said that returning home without wealth is like walking in a night of luxury. Success and fame are achieved, returning home with glory is also the dream of most people who go out to explore.

Early in the morning, Li Jing returned to the Jincheng Palace at the foot of the mountain with the deep jade teeth mark at the tiger's mouth. Li Huier and others were greeted by him, but they never saw the white figure again. Seeing him appear, Yu Youniang came over to greet him with concern. It turned out that everyone thought he had returned to Wangli Village alone last night. Li Jing explained a few words to everyone absent-mindedly, saying that he worshipped Buddha in the temple, and then suddenly fell asleep until the morning. Li Huier heard this and asked Li Jing a few words, but she didn't take it too seriously. No one thought about how bizarre and beautiful Li Jing had experienced last night.

As everyone was packing their luggage, Li Jing took the initiative to go to the shopkeeper to check out the bill. However, the checkout was just by the way. What he really cared about was Zhang Yingying. After asking a few questions, the shopkeeper replied that Zhang Yingying had already come back more than half an hour ago and left after paying the money. After asking a few more questions, he didn't know where she came from or where she was going. At this time, Li Jing felt a little regretful in his heart why he didn't ask about her identity last night.

Because of this, Li Jing was in a bad mood all morning. However, the others were very excited. If it weren't for Li Jing's military regulations, these more than 100 people would have been in a hurry to go home last night. Most of them stayed up all night, excitedly imagining the scenery when they returned home with money and food.

Before disbanding the team, more than 100 people finally had a rich breakfast. Lin Wei, Wang Chong and others came forward to explain some things carefully, but Li Jing just said a few casually, and then ordered the disband after the meal and each went back to his house.

After the other brothers carried their donkeys on their shoulders and took their own money and food to go on the road, there were only nine people left from Wang Li Village, including Lin Wei and the others, Li Huier and Yu Youniang and their four maids, a total of nineteen people.

"I'm back home, brother!" Wang Shi looked at the items piled with excitement, and said happily to Li Jing.

"Let's go!" Li Jing nodded and turned over the horse. He could understand Xiao Shitou and the others' mood. It was only a short month since he left the village, but when he came back, it was completely different. Except for the dead Wang Liang, they all made a appearance. Not to mention that Li Jing is now a seventh-grade general, even Xiao Shitou and the others are all teammates. And they all knew that after following Li Jing to the monk after the New Year, they would definitely mention it and officially upgrade to the higher level.

When they returned to the village today, Xiao Shitou and the others specially changed into a brand new blue round-necked robe, black yarn robe, leather belts on their waists, and black leather boots under their feet. In addition, the horses that were strapped under the strollers of a few people, they immediately had a fresh clothes and an angry horse, and they were full of spring breeze.

Even before Li Jing set off on the road, he specially changed into a brand new green Lingluo official uniform, and the leather belt around his waist was replaced with a jade belt given by the princess. All nineteen people rode horses in front, and twenty carriages behind were driven by the coachman who was temporarily hired in the didian.

It is only more than ten miles from Didian to Wangli Village. Now the end of the year is approaching, and the fields are already deserted due to drought, but there are many passers-by everywhere on the road. Most of these people are worn out and their faces are hungry, and many even ask their families to take care of their families. A handlebar in charge of escorting a car in Didian followed Li Jing. Seeing Li Jing's eyes lingering on those people from time to time, he hurriedly said: "It's all famine. He was previously in Hedong, Hebei, Henan, Hebei, Hedong.

There was a severe drought and then a locust plague, which almost all year round. As early as June and July, the people in many places had cut off their food. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he ordered all prefectures and counties to open warehouses and release grain for disaster relief. But in fact, there were not many prefectures and counties to release grain. We at Dengzhou were near the sea and had a sea route to the Bohai Sea, which was still better. But basically, those who could persist until now were almost out of food. If you want to survive, you had to go out and eat beg for food."

"I heard that the situation in Xuzhou is more serious than that in our place. Many refugees have gathered to make trouble and rob the granary. Alas!"

Li Jing had a calm face and did not speak. Without the coachman's explanation, he knew better than anyone else how serious the famine was. The situation is not at its worst. Most people have gone out to flee to famine and can barely save their lives. But by next year, another drought will occur, and by then, more people will join the team for fleeing to famine, and then they will find that the Central Plains cannot even get food. Then, these hungry people will truly lose control, and Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao will also take the opportunity to rise.

Many hungry people on the road came to join their relatives and friends. Compared with many other prefectures and counties in Henan and Hebei, Dengzhou, which is closely guarding countless ports along the coast of Shandong Peninsula, it is undoubtedly much better. At least, the people of Dengzhou can still go fishing in the sea, go to the port terminal to carry work, and exchange some food. Many hungry people saw Li Jing and his team of people, dozens of tall horses, and twenty large trucks of cargo, especially when most of them were filled with grain bags, the eyes of these people shone. They begged all the way, and they almost couldn't remember the last time they saw so much food.

Envy, then expectation.

A young and nine-year-old girl with yellow face and frizzy hair stared at the food on the carriage with her eyes glowing, pulling her father, who was also thin and unpopular, and said, "Aye, grain."

The man was only over thirty years old, with thick hands and feet. It was obvious that he was also a big man with a back and waist, but now he had become a thin bamboo pole. He was half lying on the road, his lips had already cracked. He heard his daughter's words, looked up at the team that came, and then looked at the daughter beside him, the woman who was already unconscious and several other children. He struggled to get up, but in the end he couldn't stand up and fell dejectedly on the dead grass on the side of the road.

The little girl pulled her father a few times, but she couldn't help her. Then she suddenly ran to the middle of the road and knelt there with a thud.

"Please give some food to save Xing'er Aye Niang and his brothers. Xing'er is willing to be your maids. Xing'er can wash clothes and sweep the floor and cook. She will never waste food. Xing'er only needs a bowl of porridge a day. Please, save me Aye Niang and the others, save my brother."

The little girl suddenly rushed out. Fortunately, Li Jing, who was in front of the horse, reacted quickly. He tied the reins and stepped down the dark horse, which was also a good war horse. He neighed and stood up, but he didn't trample on the young body.

Li Jing frowned slightly, but he couldn't bear to blame this poor child. Thinking of himself who had just come to this world, wasn't he just in a difficult situation to fill his stomach? "Little Shitou, give them a bag of food." Xiao Shitou didn't say much when he heard this, rode a horse to the carriage behind, took a bag of food and came to the front, jumped off the horse and handed the food to the thin Xing'er. "Take it, this is what my general gave to you."

Xing'er took the bag of grain, raised her black eyes and looked at Li Jing, then kowtowed three times on the ground, got up and picked up the bag of grain that was 55 kilograms and nearly half a stone, and staggered back to the side of the road. Across ten steps, Li Jing looked at the little girl's thin body with such great strength. Li Jing was about to continue on the way, but he saw the thin girl saying something to her parents, then knelt down and kowtowed her a few times, then got up and walked towards them empty-handedly.

Xing'er walked straight to Li Jing's horse. Li Jing was a little surprised. She thought she was just trying to ask for some more food, so she said, "Xiao Shitou, get her another bag of food. By the way, you can bring some steamed cakes and water to her family. They are all so hungry. They probably don't have the energy to cook if they just give them food."

Xiao Shitou took dry food and water again, and sent a bag of food directly to the man. When he came back, Li Jing kicked the horse's belly and continued to move forward. Unexpectedly, the little girl continued to follow his horse. Although it was a bit hard, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

"Miss, I have given you two bags of food. What are you going to do with me?" Li Jing asked in confusion.

"Young master, Xing'er has been sold to the young master as a maid. Xing'er will have to follow him wherever he goes." Xing'er looked up at Li Jing and said seriously.

Li Jing was a little surprised and smiled and said, "The food I just gave to you, not to buy your food. You can go back and continue to visit relatives with your parents."

"Xing'er Aye has taught me before that I can't take other people's things for nothing. If you give Xing'er food, Xing'er will be a maid for the young master." Xing'er stared at Li Jing with her eyes, like a pitiful stray cat. "The relatives we want to join have also fled to famine, and our family has nowhere to join. Xing'er can save Aye's and the nun and the others a piece of food for their younger brothers to eat, and maybe they can persevere."

Li Jing was shocked by her words, and he didn't expect that a little girl would have such thoughts. He felt his heart was stinging for a moment, and he couldn't help but jump off the horse, picked up the thin girl, lightly with a puppy and a kitten-like girl, helped her pick the grass clippings from her head, and walked to the man who was emitting steamed cakes with his eyes. When the man saw Li Jing coming, he hurriedly kowtowed and knelt down to him, and Li Jing quickly stopped him.

"Would you like to go to my house to work? If you want, follow me. When you arrive at my house, I will take care of your family's food, housing, clothing and supplies."
Chapter completed!