Looking for you in reincarnation

Chapter 293 Seeing a familiar figure

While eating, the two chatted about the current domestic situation in Dayan. They really couldn't stay in this area for long, as the war could spread here at any time.

The next day, on the way to Lingcheng, we saw many people who were relocating and fleeing, as well as some wealthy people with several carriages loaded with luggage.

Occasionally there were robberies along the way, and they basically targeted wealthy families. Ning Ji and his companions had a relatively smooth journey. This was probably mainly because Liu Lie was leading the way in front with a ferocious look, and he looked very difficult to mess with. Moreover, they only had two horses that were pleasing to the eye. Although there were many bags on the horses' backs, they were nothing compared to those of the wealthy families.

After traveling for half a day, they finally arrived outside Lingcheng.

Seeing this city from afar, Si He felt a little touched. It had been almost a year since he came to this area again.

Ning Ji did not ride his horse into the city, but stayed in an inn outside the city. Although there was no wanted poster posted at the city gate, if he entered the city like this, he would be recognized immediately by the government.

Seeing this, Liu Mao was puzzled. He didn't understand why they didn't enter the city even though they were almost at the city gate. He saw that the inspection at the city gate was not very strict. They didn't even check household registration or other documents, and they just let people in at will. There was no need to worry about being found to be from Beisha Kingdom.

After checking into the inn and putting away their luggage, Ning Ji and Liu Mao went into the city, while Si He stayed in the inn.

The afternoon sun was very hot, but fortunately there were many trees around the inn, which blocked most of the sunlight and made it relatively cool.

It is precisely for this reason that many people stop by the inn, most of whom are homeless refugees. Due to wars and conflicts, there are quite a few such refugees.

The main reason they gathered outside the city was because they were dressed in rags, and the city guards generally would not let them in. The government could only provide them with porridge once a day, one bowl per person, to prevent them from starving to death.

Si He stood in front of the window and saw groups of refugees outside enjoying the cool air and resting in the woods. More of them were begging on the roadside, no different from beggars.

Times are tough and people are struggling.

However, compared to Beisha Country, these refugees were relatively well off. There weren't that many refugees in Beisha Country, and most of them would be captured and forced into the army. After all, ordinary people were forced to join the army, and if they didn't, they would pay a fine. Refugees like these would only be cannon fodder or do hard labor.

At this time, the porridge-giving team arrived late at the city gate. When the refugees outside the city saw it from afar, they immediately took their bowls and ran to line up. Soon, two long lines of people waiting to get porridge formed, extending from the city gate to the official road outside the city, with no end in sight.

Si He looked at the long queue and sighed in her heart. She was about to close the window and go back to her room to rest when she suddenly saw two people arguing in the long queue. One of them took off a girl's veil, so the two started arguing.

Among the refugees, fighting is a common occurrence, let alone quarreling.

But what caught Si He's attention was that the girl in ragged clothes was an acquaintance!

After the girl's veil was removed, the crowd around her screamed, pointed, and called her ugly. Her face was really horrible. Not only was there a long scar on her face, but the skin around the scar was also hideous, and her whole face was ruined.

Si He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the ugly woman, his eyes darkening slightly.

This person is Xie Ying from Taiyi Sect!

I didn’t expect to meet you again here!

Si He turned her gaze to the two people beside Xie Ying. One was the Taiyi Sect's headmistress, Xie Ying's aunt. She couldn't recall her name. The other was Chen Jing, who walked with a limp and looked just as miserable as the aunt and nephew. He was helping to deal with the refugee who had torn off her veil.

However, they only used words and did not use violence. Seeing how fierce the three of them were, the refugee took a step back and stopped shouting and cursing.

Si He pursed her lips and looked at the three people who continued to queue while cursing. She was a little puzzled. How did these people become like this?

Let’s talk about Xie Ying first. Although Ning Ji disfigured her and cut off one of her hands, she was still a disciple of Taiyi Sect after all. Could it be that her kung fu was wasted?

Si He took a closer look and saw something was very wrong with these three people. Xie Ying and Chen Jing's hands, holding the bowls, were trembling slightly. It wasn't fear, nor did it seem like they were sick, but rather that their hands were weak, as if they had been injured. And the former headmaster's wife was completely exhausted and looked sickly, as if her kung fu had never recovered.

However, apart from their physical abnormalities, these three people were in good mental state. They were all extremely fierce and showed no mercy when scolding people. The refugees around them did not dare to provoke them easily.

At this moment, all three of them put on their veils again.

It's not hard to guess from Xie Ying's words that she's probably afraid of revealing her ugly face and hates being pointed at and criticized. And Chen Jing and the headmaster's wife probably aren't just afraid of being recognized by the police, right?

However, Si He was indifferent to the situation of these three people.

She looked for a while and was about to close the window when she saw Chen Jing suddenly looking at her from a distance, and his eyes immediately locked on her.

The next moment, the headmaster's wife also looked over with keen perception, but Si He was still wearing a veil, so the two of them could not see her face at all.

"She is...she is..." Chen Jing muttered to himself, looking a little dazed.

Xie Meng frowned as she looked at the woman wearing a veil by the window of the inn in the distance. She could feel that the woman was also looking at them. At this moment, she heard Chen Jing's words and couldn't help but ask: "Who is she?"

At this moment, the woman suddenly reached out and closed the window, and in the blink of an eye, the figure disappeared.

Xie Ying, who was standing by, turned around and looked over when she heard the words, then followed their gaze. It was an inn not far away. Who did she see?

Chen Jing swallowed and said with a complicated expression: "It's just that it feels a little familiar. Maybe... I'm seeing things wrong."

"Look familiar?" Xie Meng still frowned, but after a while, he sneered at himself, retracted his gaze, and said no more.

Xie Ying looked at the inn, then at Chen Jing and her aunt. Chen Jing's stunned expression made her a little confused. "Chen Jing, who are you looking at? Does he look familiar?"

Chen Jing retracted his gaze, followed the crowd silently forward, and whispered: "Nothing."

He looked like he didn't want to say much, but as he followed the team forward, he turned his head from time to time to look in the direction of the inn. The complex look in his eyes made Xie Ying frown.

In the inn, Si He finally took off her veil and sat on the edge of the bed, continuing to practice her leaf-blowing skills. Fortunately, the inn was well soundproofed, and since it was noisy outside, it didn't matter if her playing was a little ugly.