"A middle-aged man? With a five- or six-month-old child?"

The woman got the money, stood there racking her brains, and then shook her head.

"I haven't seen them myself, but I can ask them for you."

The woman then turned around and waved to the women who were dodging over there.

"Don't be afraid, you guys. These are our Daqi officers and soldiers, not the Southern Barbarians."

"Come here, I have something to ask you!"

After those women came over, the woman told them again what Yang Ruoqing had just asked her about.

Several women put their heads together and started chattering.

One of the women said: "There are two people like this. I was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden in the village yesterday, and there was an unshaven man with a little baby in his arms, begging me for water."

"I took a look at the little baby. It looked like five or six months old. The baby boy looks so big that it hurts!"

"When I looked at him, he smiled at me!" said the woman.

Yang Ruoqing seemed to hear the sound of nature, and ignored that the woman's hand was still stained with vegetable leaves, and stepped forward to hold the woman's hand.

The woman was startled and took a step back.

Yang Ruoqing's face was flushed and her breathing was rapid.

"Sister-in-law, please help me think again, where did they go?" she asked.

The woman thought for a moment and said, "I asked him, but he didn't say anything. He smiled and shook his head."

"I thought that man was very strange. He was unshaven, but he didn't look like a bad guy."

"It's good for the child. He's holding him in his arms. He should be heading to Gongjia Village in the south," the woman said.

"Where should Gongjia Village go?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.

The woman then raised her finger and pointed in one direction: "It looks like the land of five miles."

Yang Ruoqing's eyes lit up instantly.

So, Chen'er is currently five miles away from him?

"Sister-in-law, thank you very much. If I find them, I will come back and thank you profusely!"

Yang Ruoqing said, grabbing another handful of copper coins and stuffing them into the hand of the woman who provided the clue, and turned to leave.

The woman looked at the amount of money in her hand and was surprised and happy.

With this money, I can buy several kilograms of pork for my children to eat as meat dishes!

"Girl, wait a minute!" She called Yang Ruoqing again.

"What's wrong?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

The woman said: "Forgive me for asking, are the two of you your relatives, girl?"

Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment and said: "I don't recognize the old one, but the younger one is my son."

Several women were surprised, "Have you lost your son?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

There were expressions of sympathy on the faces of several women. The woman who had called her before said again: "Girl, if you want to go to Gongjia Village, you have to be careful. There is no peace like us in that area."

"I heard that several groups of soldiers went there in the past two days. Maybe there is going to be a war again. We don't even dare to go there to visit relatives and friends!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Thank you for reminding me, I will be careful and say goodbye!"

…

Go all the way south and go straight to Gongjia Village.

When she was about to arrive near Gongjia Village, Yang Ruoqing discovered that the situation on the roadside was abnormal.

This time of year is the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

Autumn in the South is in full bloom at this time.

In the paddy fields on both sides of the road, the second-season rice is golden and the harvest season is about to begin.

On the way from Xiushui Town to Gujia Village, all I saw was the scene of a bumper harvest.

But heading towards Gongjia Village, the crop fields on both sides of the road clearly showed signs of being ruined.

"Looking at this situation, it's probably not barbarians trying to steal the food, but a large number of people trying to get through and trampling it!"

Yang Ruoqing sat on the horse, looking at the scenes on both sides of the road, and said thoughtfully.

Xiao Yaxue also followed in disguise, and after hearing this, she immediately came to Yang Ruoqing's side.

"Qing'er, let's not rush into Gongjia Village now. It's not too late to wait until that Xiaobo comes back!" Xiao Yaxue said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

Soon, Pioneer Wavelet came back.

"Madam, Gongjia Village seems to have been destroyed, but no bandits have been detected yet!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded slightly: "Let's go and have a look!"

The group of people soon arrived at Gongjia Village, which was different from what they had seen in Gujia Village before.

Gongjia Village clearly looked like it had been devastated, with every door and window closed, and the atmosphere in the village was depressing.

After the group entered the village, they were divided into two groups on the left and right to respond at any time.

Yang Ruoqing knocked on the door and window of one of the houses and pulled the family out from under the bed.

After some reassurance, I finally found out the situation from this family.

It turned out that just two days ago, bandits from the Black Lotus Sect passed through this village.

There was no killing or looting, but even if they passed by the village, they still disturbed the small Gongjia Village.

"We heard the news that two groups of people were fighting in Wuling Mountain, thirty miles away."

"If there are not enough people or food and grass, they will come to our villages to rob them at any time."

"We were so scared that we didn't dare to go out. Every household was lying under the bed or in the cellar, afraid to show up!"

The male owner of this family said in shock.

Yang Ruoqing frowned.

She doesn't care who fights whom.

Small-scale wars occur everywhere, anytime and anywhere.

Right now, the only thing she wants to do is to find Chen'er!

"Brother, let me ask you something..."

Yang Ruoqing asked the man in front of her again what she had asked about from the village women in Gujia Village.

The man was surprised when he heard Yang Ruoqing's words.

He turned around and asked the woman behind him who was still lying under the bed: "Mother, the two men who came to our house yesterday, you breastfed the child. What does that child look like?"

The woman poked her head out from under the bed and said, "The child is similar to what this girl said, he is five or six months old."

"I breastfed him and changed his diaper. By the way, the child had a black birthmark as big as a fingernail on his butt..."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Ruoqing became excited.

"Sister-in-law, where did they go? Do you know? Tell me quickly!"

The woman thought for a moment and asked the man: "What did the uncle say when they left? It seemed like they were going to some village?"

The man slapped his thigh: "Oh no, it's Hongcun!"

…

"Madam, I just received the news that Hongcun is in the direction leading to Wuling Mountain."

"That road is very unsafe now." Xiaobo said.

Yang Ruoqing said: "No matter how unsafe it is, I will still go find my son!"

Xiao Yaxue asked Xiaobo: "You are familiar with the terrain. Do you know that there is another way to Hongcun?"

Xiaobo thought for a moment, "There is another way, but it has to go around for several miles."

Xiao Yaxue said: "I make the decision, let's take a detour!"

"Yaxue..." Yang Ruoqing spoke up, but was interrupted again by Xiao Yaxue.

"Qing'er, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. At this time, you need to calm down more!"
Chapter completed!