Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 130 Grave Bag

Tang Jingchen looked at Xiao Guoer who looked sullen, and then at Shuner who looked self-blaming and ashamed. He raised his eyebrows, and looked at the two of them in silence without any explanation.

Facing Xiao Guo'er's angry questioning, Shun'er stammered, "I snored too loudly when I slept... I disturbed the young master's sleep. The young master didn't sleep for half the night. I am ashamed..."

Xiao Guoer looked at Tang Jingchen in amazement.

Tang Jingchen smiled, "I didn't lie to you yesterday."

He spread his hands, looking very innocent.

Xiao Guoer suddenly felt guilty towards him...

"Well... you should go back to your room and sleep tonight..."

Tang Jingchen touched her little head, knowing that she was feeling guilty, and comforted her in a gentle voice, "I'm fine. I was a little uncomfortable at first, but I got used to it slowly."

He couldn't let Xiaoguoer and Shuner stay in the same room.

Xiao Guoer looked at Shun'er who was hanging his head, and took Tang Jingchen two steps away. After making sure Shun'er couldn't hear her, she tiptoed to his ear, and as if because the next words were too shy to speak, she spoke in a very low voice, "We will sleep together in your room."

Hearing this, Tang Jingchen's eyebrows slightly raised in surprise, and a faint arc appeared at the corner of his mouth. He turned his head and stared at Xiao Guoer, who was pretending to be calm but with an erratic look in his eyes, and then whispered in her ear in an equally gentle voice, "How dare I refuse a beautiful woman's invitation?"

Xiao Guoer saw him smile, but she always felt that there was something naughty in that smile, so she glared at him uncomfortably.

The behavior of the three people caused a misunderstanding when seen by others.

One of the maids who was gossiping behind Yang Shu just now happened to see this scene. She came back just to pass by, but she didn't expect to see such an exciting scene.

The maid secretly smacked her lips, "Oh my god, this Mr. Tang is actually having an affair with this little boy with a scar on his face!" This really opened my eyes, and the servant was still standing there with his head down in shyness, so pitiful... The people in Shangjing City are really too chaotic...

Tang Jingchen remembered that he had something important to do, so he put away the smile on his face and said seriously, "I will go with the Eighth Prince to inspect several villages infected with the plague. You stay in Lord Wu's house. It is safe here. Don't go out."

When Xiao Guoer heard this, she immediately protested, "I want to go with you. I'm already in Huaiyang, how can I just stay here and not go anywhere? I'll be worried about you running around outside."

"Didn't you promise me that I wouldn't run around randomly?"

"That doesn't count as running around! Besides, I promised to stay with you all the time!"

Tang Jingchen knew he couldn't win the argument with her, so he could only sigh resignedly and compromised, "We'll be leaving soon, go change into your 'protective suit'."

Xiao Guoer was very obedient this time. He turned around and ran away like an agile deer.

Tang Jingchen looked at her back and shook his head helplessly, but a sweet feeling of satisfaction surged in his heart again, and a faint smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

After walking for about an hour, Xiao Guoer, wrapped in a tightly protected 'protective suit' and feeling as if her soul was about to leave her body, finally arrived at the foot of a mountain.

Going further, the road became narrower and steeper, and it was no longer possible to travel by horse or carriage.

Everyone dismounted and began to trek on foot, leaving only two yamen runners to look after the horses.

The Eighth Prince Zhao Yunrong and the Huaiyang Prefect Wu Zinian walked in the middle, with guards guarding them from all sides.

Tang Jingchen and Xiao Guoer walked behind.

After crossing a long suspension bridge over a river, Xiao Guoer saw the village in front of him, where houses were scattered in an orderly manner.

She vaguely heard the voice of Lord Wu coming from the front, "Eighth Prince, please be careful with your steps. The road here is difficult to walk on. However, Shanglin Village is not far ahead. The plague was first discovered in the neighboring Meilin Village, and then it spread to several nearby villages. Later, the plague was also discovered in Xiling Village and Xishan Village, which are 20 miles away."

Xiao Guo'er thought to herself that if the terrain here were not so steep and the roads difficult to travel, the plague would have spread even more widely.

In this era, transportation was inconvenient, and most people stayed at home, content with the status quo, and rarely went out, so the plague did not spread quickly.

The further they walked into the village, the more Xiao Guoer felt a strong sense of weirdness in her heart.

It was clearly a village, but she didn't see a single person. The whole village was silent, as if there was no life or vitality at all.

Although the scorching sun was high above our heads, it could not dispel the eerie and chilly air.

Xiao Guoer felt that the sweat on her body had turned into cold beads of sweat.

She also noticed that white banners were hung on the doors of several houses, but strangely, she did not see anyone coming and going to handle funeral affairs, nor did she hear any sad crying.

Wu Zinian followed behind Zhao Yunrong and ordered the yamen runner beside him, "Go and find the local magistrate."

The officer left quickly after receiving the order. He was obviously quite familiar with Shanglin Village. Not long after, he returned and reported, "Your Excellency, the village head has also been infected with the plague and is now bedridden at home and unable to get up to see you."

Wu Zinian's eyes, which were only exposed due to the protective suit, flashed with a hint of surprise, "Wasn't he fine two days ago?"

"Eighth Prince, why don't you wait here for a moment? I will go see the local governor and ask him about the situation and then report back to you."

"No need, let's go together. I haven't seen what a person with the plague looks like yet, so I'd like to go and take a look."

The group then went to Li Yin's house.

Xiao Guoer followed behind, feeling more and more sad.

She saw a grave every few steps between the farmlands on both sides of the road.

The bulging mounds of earth look like scars on the earth, abrupt and frightening.

The yellow mounds contrast sharply with the weathered land around them, and are obviously made of fresh soil just dug out from deep underground.

There is no doubt that these graves are newly dug, and even the tombstones have not been erected yet.

Xiao Guoer couldn't help but feel endless panic in her heart. This place was like an enormous cemetery.

Suddenly, her sweaty palms under her cloak were tightly wrapped by a warm big hand, and she looked sideways in astonishment.

I saw the person next to me staring at me with worried eyes, and said softly, "If you don't want to go, wait here. I'll let Shun'er stay with you."

Xiao Guoer didn't say anything, but just shook her head firmly. She silently held the warm big palm with her little hand under the cloak with the same force, as if such close contact could bring her a little sense of security and courage.