Transmigrated into a goddess from another world, and criticized the King of Yan for loving her like

Su Qian didn't reply: "Don't ask these questions, just take me down the mountain first."

Anyway, we can't stay in the mountains forever. This place is remote, and we don't know if there will be ferocious wild animals at night.

God had brought her here somehow, and she always felt that it wouldn't be that simple.

This time, we really just have to make the best of it.

……

On the way down the mountain, Su Qian learned the woodcutter's name. His name was Zhang Rui, and the villagers called him Zhang Qiaozi.

His parents had passed away, and his father was killed by wild beasts in the mountains.

He said that on that day, his father had not returned home by nightfall, so his mother asked the villagers to go look for him. When they found him, almost only his head and limbs were left.

After this incident, the mother's health was not as good as before. The mother and son depended on each other for more than ten years. But two years ago, she fell seriously ill. The family savings were exhausted, but her life could not be saved. In the end, she passed away.

Su Qian was still somewhat suspicious of him at first, but after listening to him talk about his parents along the way, especially how he had exhausted the family savings to treat his mother's illness, she began to believe him a little.

Zhang Rui walked ahead carrying the load on his shoulder. "It's getting late now. When I get home, I'll talk to my neighbor Aunt Li and ask her to take you in for a while."

"Otherwise, as a girl, you won't be safe after dark."

Su Qian thought, this is the only way.

Su Qian followed Zhang Rui into Taohua Village. At that time, every family was tidying up and preparing for dinner. When they saw Zhang Rui bringing back a strange beautiful woman, the neighbors all started to whisper.

"How come this woodcutter went into the mountains to hunt and brought back a young woman?"

"That's right. I've lived in Taohua Village for decades, and it's always like this. How come he suddenly brought back a beautiful girl... Could it be... a monster?"

After hearing this, everyone was horrified and said, "This is not impossible. Hasn't there always been rumors about fox demons and peach blossom demons in the village?"

"I heard that this fox demon can only seduce young men. What do you think, could it be..."

While listening, Su Qian followed Zhang Rui towards where he lived.

She pretended not to hear these rumors. When she was in the Tongpan Mansion in Zhiyi City, the servants in the mansion said things that were much more unpleasant than this.

She's used to it.

She raised her eyes to look at Zhang Rui in front of her. The silly boy was concentrating on doing what he was supposed to do and acted as if he didn't hear anything else said.

"Don't worry. The villagers have never seen a woman from outside, so they made such a guess, just like when I met you just now."

Su Qian didn't say anything. She just hoped that she could live a peaceful life in this era without causing any trouble.

Arriving at Zhang Rui's house, she looked at him carefully for a while. His family was indeed very poor, just as he said.

Except for the door, which was relatively solid, the other tables and chairs were covered with patches. In the small house, there were only a few simple pieces of furniture and the walls were painted in mottled colors.

She went to the kitchen and found it was also simple and shabby, without even any decent food.

Zhang Rui went home, put down the firewood and prey, and then washed his hands. Looking at her gorgeous dress, he rubbed his hands helplessly and smiled a little stiffly, "My family's conditions are really simple. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

Su Qian: "No problem."

"Let's go. I'll take you to find Aunt Li."

"it is good."

……

Zhang Rui knocked on Aunt Li's door and shouted at the top of his voice, "Aunt Li! Aunt Li, open the door, I have something to talk to you about!"

The person who opened the door was Aunt Li's daughter, named Liu Yuaner. She only opened the door a little and looked at Zhang Rui and Su Qian behind him through the door.

She said unkindly, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Rui no longer had the friendly look he had before when he spoke to her. "Where's your mother? Ask her to come out. I have something to discuss with her."

Liu Yuaner's jealous eyes moved from Su Qian's face to her dress, and he used some strength to hold the bolt, "You poor woodcutter, what can you ask my mother for? If you ask my mother to come out, does she have to come out?"

Zhang Rui said sullenly, "Liu Yuaner, don't make trouble. This matter has nothing to do with you. Why are you trying to stop me?"

Liu Yuaner said: "As long as it has something to do with you, Zhang Qiaozi, I will stop you!"

"I just look down on you, and you can't even think about entering my house!" After Liu Yuaner said this, he slammed the door shut, and a layer of dust fell into Zhang Rui's eyes.

The discomfort made him close his eyes suddenly. He stretched out his hands to rub his eyes and cursed, "This Liu Yuaner is so domineering!"

Su Qian stretched out her right hand to stop him, "Stop rubbing!"

Zhang Rui closed his eyes and was stunned. Su Qian continued, "Rinse with clean water. Let's go back first."

He answered blankly, "Oh...oh, okay."

He closed his eyes and could not walk easily, so Su Qian pulled a corner of his clothes and took him back to the yard. She opened a basin of water, held his hand, and pushed him into the water, "Wash."

Zhang Rui rinsed his eyes with water and thought to himself that he originally thought she was a daughter of a wealthy family who accidentally ended up here.

But when she fetched water for him just now, she didn't have the airs of a young lady.

Even Liu Yuaner next door looked at him with contempt and disgust, but he could not see such emotion in Su Qian's eyes.

In her eyes, there was only indifference.

After Zhang Rui cleaned his eyes, he grabbed a piece of silk cloth and wiped the water stains around his eyes. "How about this, you should be hungry too, so have a meal here first, and then I'll go to discuss this with Aunt Li."

"Otherwise, there are so many neighbors in the village, there will always be one who is willing to take you in."

Su Qian: "Well, let's leave it like this for now."

Zhang Rui swiftly grabbed a wild pheasant that he had hunted in the mountains, cut its throat to drain the blood, and then plucked out its hair. "I still have some wild mushrooms at home that I picked last year. I dried them and stored them. They are best used to make soup. They taste very fresh."

Su Qian was too embarrassed to sit there, so she picked up a potato and rinsed it with water, then started peeling it. "I want to ask you a question."

Zhang Rui was still processing the pheasant, not even looking up. "Whatever your question is, just ask. I will tell you everything I know."

Su Qian: "What is this place? Where does it belong to?"

Zhang Rui: "We are a small mountain village below Li'an City. Because we are located in a remote area, far away from the capital, and not very wealthy, when wars broke out in other places, only our Li'an City was relatively peaceful."

"So...how is the war going now?"

Zhang Rui sighed and shook his head, "It's a mess."

"how do I say this?"

"Since the defeat in Qingzhou, His Majesty has personally led the troops to fight, and the two sides have been in a stalemate. Now... the war has entered a tense stage."

Su Qian was a little surprised, "Your Majesty...will you personally lead the troops to fight?"

"Yes, His Majesty is a man of both civil and military talents, and my father was a founding general. He also has experience in many battles."

The emperor is both civil and military? She remembered Lu Huan saying that the monarch of Nanchang was a foolish and womanizing person. Why did the situation change so drastically now?

I feel like this time when I traveled back, the world has changed a lot...