Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 51 Staying Overnight

The group finally arrived at the village before dark.

As soon as he approached, he was stopped by the people guarding the village entrance, "Who are you?"

Village Chief Zhou immediately stepped forward and explained, "We are from Linshan Village. The Jiangling Weir burst its dike and flooded our village. We had no choice but to cross the mountains and try to get out of Fengluo Mountain."

"We encountered a white tiger on the road, and many of us were injured. We saw a village here, so we came here to ask if we can stay here for a few days to recuperate."

The two people at the entrance of the village looked at each other, and the vigilance in their eyes instantly dissipated a little.

One of the men with a beard smiled and said, "No wonder we heard a tiger roar before."

"We happen to have a few empty houses in our village that we can lend to you to recuperate."

He turned around and winked at the young man beside him, saying, "Shanzi, go tell the village chief."

The man named Shanzi nodded and left quickly.

The bearded man continued, "My name is Liu Feng, please follow me."

Village chief Zhou looked grateful, said thank you, and then asked everyone to follow Liu Feng into the village.

The people in the village seemed to have received news that outsiders had entered the village, and they all went out to watch.

Yun Fuling walked in the crowd and felt that the way these people looked at them was a little strange, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Moreover, all the people I met along the way were young and middle-aged men, and I didn't see any women or children.

She had a feeling that something was wrong with this village.

At this time, the village chief who received the news had already rushed over.

The village chief was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a sturdy build and a strong appearance.

He glanced at Village Chief Zhou and others, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, but the smile on his face was very warm.

"Welcome, it's rare for outsiders to come to our village."

"If you are lucky enough to come here, please stay in our village for a few more days."

"You can wait until your wounds are healed before setting off again."

Village chief Zhou was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

The village chief of this deep mountain village is named Ma.

According to him, these people were the survivors of the previous dynasty. At the end of the previous dynasty, they hid in the mountains to avoid the war and established this village.

Later, with the establishment of the new dynasty, peace returned to the country. Some villagers yearned for life outside and were unwilling to live here anymore, so they left with their families one after another.

Today, there are only about twenty households left in the village, and they make a living by hunting and gathering mountain products.

There were many empty houses in the village, and Village Chief Ma quickly arranged accommodation for them.

Yun Fuling, Boss Wu and a few others, as well as Xiao Jingyi, lived in the same yard.

Seeing the spotless appearance of the house, Yun Fuling became more suspicious.

It doesn't look like it has been uninhabited for a long time.

Not long after they were settled, Liu Feng, who had led them earlier, came over with two baskets.

"Our village chief said that you walked all day and had a life-and-death battle with the tiger. You must be very tired."

"So let me bring some food over, and you can eat and rest early."

As Liu Feng spoke, he took out a large pot of meat soup and a stack of white flour cakes from the basket.

"This is a soup made from roe deer meat. We don't have it here. We get the most game in the forest, so we never lack meat."

Xiao Jingyi remained calm and clasped his fists in thanks.

"Then eat slowly!"

Liu Feng had a smile on his face, and before leaving, his eyes swept over Yun Fuling and the others one by one.

"This broth smells so good!" Boss Wu picked up the spoon and was about to scoop the soup.

Yun Fuling immediately stopped him: "Put it down!"

Boss Wu looked up in confusion.

Xiao Jingyi said coldly: "If you don't want to die, you'd better not touch these things!"

Boss Wu's hand trembled, and the spoon immediately slipped back into the basin.

"This...this soup...is poisonous?"

He stuttered unconsciously.

Yun Fuling checked the broth and pancakes one by one and said, "Both the broth and pancakes have drugs in them, but they are just some drugs that make people feel weak. The dosage is very light and not poisonous."

Zhang Sanmu's face turned serious: "Could this be a bandit village? Did they drug us to rob us of our property?"

Yun Fuling and Xiao Jingyi looked at each other and could see that they had already harbored suspicions in each other's hearts.

Yun Fuling: "I don't know if you have noticed that this village is full of young men, with no women or children."

“How can there be no elderly, women and children in a normal village?”

"And those people were too enthusiastic towards us!"

Xiao Jingyi continued, "And the way they looked at us was very strange, as if they were picking out goods."

After Xiao Jingyi said this, Yun Fuling also reacted.

The villagers looked at them without the curiosity and wariness they suddenly had when seeing outsiders.

Instead, there was a faint sense of excitement, as if he was looking at it as if he had seen prey.

Boss Wu also realized something was wrong at this moment, "Then what should we do?"

Yun Fuling raised her eyebrows, "With me here, this little bit of medicine is nothing."

"I just don't know what these people want to do by drugging us?"

Yun Fuling intuitively felt that it was not as simple as murder for money.

Xiao Jingyi immediately said, "I'll go out and check it out."

Yun Fuling nodded: "Be careful!"

Among them, Xiao Jingyi has the best martial arts, so he is the most suitable person to go and gather information.

After Xiao Jingyi left, Xu Dong looked at the big pot of meat soup and swallowed his saliva.

"What a waste of such a big pot of broth!"

Yun Fuling took out a few pills and said, "What a pity! After taking the antidote, you can eat whatever you want!"

Kang Mingyuan happily took the pill and thought to himself that Madam Yun must have the solution.

After Boss Wu and his companions took the antidote, they began to feast on the food.

It would be a shame to throw away such good broth and white flour pancakes.

Fortunately, Madam Yun was there to avoid waste.

They all came from poor backgrounds, and what they hated most was wasting food.

Yun Fuling didn't let Yun Jingmo eat the drugged broth and cakes, but gave him the dry food they had prepared.

Although there is an antidote, it is partially poisonous. It doesn't matter to the adults like Boss Wu, but Yun Jingmo is still a child.

Xiao Jingyi took advantage of the night and used his lightness skills to walk across the roof.

As I approached Village Chief Ma’s house, I heard voices talking.

"Boss, there are quite a lot of these people today. When they are sent to the mine in two days, Manager Qian will definitely praise you for your ability!"

The voice belonged to Liu Feng, who had previously delivered food to Yun Fuling and the others.

Village Chief Ma laughed and said, "You are very clever today!"

"If we hadn't tricked them into the village, if they wandered around the mountain and discovered the mine, ruining the prince's business, we would all be dead!"

"I see that many of these people are injured. Please give them a smaller dose of medicine."

"Don't let them notice anything. Let them recover from their injuries in the village for a few days."

"When their wounds are almost healed, keep all the men and send them to the mines. The women will be given to you to play with for a few days, and then sold to brothels. Don't keep any children under ten years old, kill them all!"