"Grandma, thank you for taking care of me." Ah Jiu looked at her gray hair, and she must be the old man who took care of her for many days.

Taking care of him? Ah Jiu suddenly remembered the scenes he had vaguely seen in the past few days.

Then she wasn't dreaming, she was really hurt.

No, after she left the east gate of Menghua City and was hit by an arrow, her mind was so cluttered and so many pictures appeared that she couldn't tell which one was real.

Ah Jiu pinched her eyebrows and tried hard to distinguish the many images that appeared in her mind at that time.

"It's okay, girl, you can have something to eat."

The old woman placed the porridge on the tray on the table.

Ah Jiu stared at the moving bowls and chopsticks, porridge? Where is she? In this drought year, is there still water for cooking porridge?

"Grandma, where am I?" Ah Jiu came back to her senses, and it would be better to ask.

"This is Yong'an City. An old man sent you here." The old lady told the story humbly.

Yong'an City?

Ah Jiu hurried out to take a look as if he had been struck by lightning. Unexpectedly, the house was quite big. What he saw was an equally deserted garden, with not even a third person in sight.

How did she come to Yong'an City? Or did an old man send her here?

"No, I have to go." Ah Jiu finally remembered.

She left the city to rush to Yong'an City to persuade Tuoba Yan not to massacre. She had learned to use her true energy to treat those puppets.

Unexpectedly, he was seriously injured just after leaving the city.

Ah Jiu lay there for several days without even knowing it.

Ah Jiu hurried back to her room, found her own clothes, and put them on in a hurry.

The old woman on the side looked in a hurry and finally said: "Girl, you can't leave. There is a war outside, and there are many soldiers patrolling the city. They are inhumane."

"A war?" Ah Jiu's hand holding the belt suddenly stopped.

"Yes, you'd better not leave and take good care of yourself. Now there are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in Yong'an City. They basically don't go out. If they starve to death, they will be buried at home."

When the old woman said this, Ah Jiu frowned: "Why?"

"It's death if you go out, and you're death at home. It's better to die at home and be buried at home." The old woman said, hiding her face and sobbing, and forced Ah Jiu to take a look outside the small door of the backyard.

There was not a single person walking around in the street, only soldiers with dull faces patrolling back and forth at a mechanical pace.

Someone suddenly looked here, and the old lady gasped in fright and quickly closed the door.

With his back firmly pressed against the door panel, he trembled and said, "If you are discovered, you will die."

But Ah Jiu still wanted to take another look. Wasn't she just here for these puppets?

Just when Ah Jiu was about to persuade him to open the door and take another look, there was a sound of banging on the door.

Yes, banging on the door, not knocking on it.

The old lady looked at Meng Jiuer with fear and bloodshot eyes: "It's over, my daughter and wife were killed by them."

Ah Jiu was so frightened that his back was numb. They even killed people in their own city? What did King Qi Ming want to do?

"mother……"

At this moment, a young man ran into the courtyard.

A young man in a green shirt with several patches on his body and a red-tasseled spear in his right hand said, "Don't be afraid, mother."

He rushed over, opened the back door and barreled out, and with the strength of his arms, he directly lifted the puppet up.

Gritting his teeth and flicking hard, the man drew a parabola in the air, fell heavily onto the haystack and rolled down, losing his breath.

Ah Jiu's eyes never left the young man's face.

Why did Ah Jiu feel that he looked a bit like Tuoba Yan at first glance, but when he looked carefully, he felt that he looked nothing like him at all.

If you look carefully, you can see that there is a slight resemblance between the eyebrows.

"Mom, don't be afraid. Even though eldest brother is gone, I can still protect you as long as I am here. Mom, you go back to the house and rest. I will go find some food and come back."

After saying that, the young man didn't even look at Ah Jiu, and went straight out with the bloody spear.

The old woman had tears in her eyes: "Son, be careful."

After saying that, he covered his face and started crying: "I only have one son left. The eldest son was also harmed by the war a year ago."

At this moment, Ah Jiu, while inspecting the puppet that had just been assassinated, said: "This son of yours is also very brave."

"Yes, he has been fond of wielding knives and guns since he was a child. It's like he was born in the womb, and he can learn it as soon as he learns it. If it weren't for my son, I might not be able to survive long ago."
Chapter completed!