Incarnated
Meet Old Grandma

As Jiang Huan opened his eyes, he first saw Zhang Han grilling the meat for their breakfast, then he saw Yung Zheng packing Yuwen Xue helped with. Jiang smiled at the morning sunlight.

" Are you awake?" asked Ying Zheng. Jiang nodded with a smile he then packed up, after they finished their breakfast and packed up, they prepared towards Yiling Mountain.

" in about half a day we will reach the foot of Yiling Mountain" Ying Zheng said on their way as he spurred their horses casually.

" Come fast, we don't have much time." shouted Jiang, then he spurred his horse quickly, the three of them followed Jiang from behind. Without stopping Jiang continued to spur his horse.

They came under the foot of the Yiling Mountain faster than expected because they rode without rest, and they came down from their horses and tied them under a tree.

" We're gonna start walking from here." Zhang Han said, they nodded because if using a horse could not because the road that will be passed steep and slippery also at the peak of snowfall.

They began to walk through one village to the mountain they did not use horses through the village because it was written not to enter using horses and they obeyed the written rules at the gate of the village, many houses under the foot of the mountain, when they passed by, an old woman crying while cooking the kitchen on her face, they felt sorry to see the old grandmother and then approached the old grandmother.

" Good afternoon grandma." said Jiang, the grandmother wiped her tears and looked at the four of them.

" yes." replied the grandmother staring at mereituka.

" Why is Grandma crying?" jiang asked, hearing Jiang's question, the grandmother cried again until she was sobbing, Jiang hugged the grandmother and took her to her hut to calm the grandmother.

After she calmed down, the grandmother looked back at them." It's like you're not from here?" guess the grandma after she felt better.

" Ah yes, we are our wanderers coming to climb the Yiling mountain." replied Jiang.

" You are a young girl, why did you spend your youth wandering, the honor of a woman is to marry a man from a good family." replied the Grandma, she then stroked Jiang's face. Zhang Han was not happy to hear the grandmother's words, his face pouting.

" Yes granny." replied Jiang, he smiled then glanced at Zhang Han who was pouting. Ying Zheng watched around, and Yuwen Xue was cooking helping to continue the grandmother's work.

The grandmother who saw Yuwen Xue cooking again cried, making them become confused.

" Granny, does grandma live alone?" ying Zheng asked as he did not see anyone in the hut. The grandmother nodded her head while crying.

" She used to have a son your age, but she's gone now" replied the Grandma sobbing, she looked at Yuwen Xue cooking.

" What happened to Grandma's son?" zhang Han asked curiously, the granny wiped away her tears

" I have only one son, but the cruel king, by his command, brought all the young men from our village to be soldiers and brought to the capital." replied the grandmother, Ying Zheng and Jiang simultaneously looked at Zhang Han, Zhang Han shook his head in a sign he didn't know anything.

" When did that happen Grandma?" ask Jiang.

" 5 Years ago, whoever did not follow that order, their whole family perished so we just had to follow him." the grandmother came back crying, Jiang stroked the grandmother's back to calm her down.

" King Zhang Han is very cruel, he has no heart, if I met him I would definitely kill him, even if I was old I would avenge him." replied the Grandmother growled, they looked at Zhang Han back.Now they did not know what to do. Zhang Han felt guilty seeing the granny's grief, nor did he know what had happened to this village because he had never issued an edict asking the residents to hand over their sons to be soldiers.

Zhang Han approached the granny, then held the granny's hand. " Granny, if you hate King Zhang Han, just assume I am him and throw all your hatred at me." Zhang Han said, he looked at the granny, the granny then stroked Zhang Han's face.

" You are good people, how can I bestow my hatred on you young man, may you always be happy and all your prayers be fulfilled." The Grandma said, stroking Zhang Han's face.

" No grandma, hit me all you want, let's just say I'm the king of this land." Zhang Han said.

" Right grandma, don't hesitate to hit him." Ying Zheng continued, Jiang then looked at Ying Zheng to ask him to shut his mouth, Ying Zheng then turned his gaze in the other direction after getting a gaze from Jiang.

The granny smiled at Ying Zheng's words, she then looked at Zhang Han back.

" Young man, there's no need to replace that cruel king for me to curse, you've already got a prayer from me." replied the Grandmother smiling gently, she felt better after they chatted for a while.

" I'm sorry." said Zhang Han, the grandmother just smiled, she did not know that the person in front of her was the one she wanted to curse every day, before Yuwen Xie served food, she did not know, seeing Yuwen Xue Jiang recalling Dao-Dao, he then smiled faintly, which Ying Zheng and Zhang Han realized

" What makes you smile like that? this was just an ordinary dish that Yuwen Xue made." said Ying Zheng, Jiang immediately shook his head.

" It's not that, I just remembered my friend." replied Jiang.

" Is he a man?" asked again, Jiang immediately nodded his head.

" There are so many men in your life." replied Ying Zheng annoyed, Jiang just shrugged his shoulders no matter what, Ying Zheng then started to eat the food served, the granny smiled happily looking at the four of them.

" Granny, why shut up." asked Jiang because she was just staring at the four of them. The grandmother smiled happily.

" No, I'm very happy because of your presence" replied the granny smiling.

" Oh yeah, are you two from Eastern Jin?" the granny asked Ying Zheng and Yuwen Xue, Ying Zheng who was eating instantly choked at the grandmother's words, Jiang and Zhang Han were also surprised to hear that.

Yuwen Xue then presented the white water to Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng immediately drank the water. " How did Grandma know?" jiang asked curiously. Ying Zheng, Yuwen Xue and Zhang Han were no less curious about the question.

" Not to be surprised, it's obvious you two are hiding your vermilion" replied the Grandma. A distinctive feature of the Eastern Jin is their familiar Vermilion, If he is a descendant of the native blood of the kingdom then their Vermilion is yellow gold while the usual is silver.

Ying Zheng and Yuwen Xue wore Black colored ribbons to cover their Vermilion, but for a wanderer it was no stranger to use ribbons or headbands so they were not worried if suspected.

It is very common for ordinary people to meet People from Eastern Jin, who, because the majority of eastern Jin is a rich mine so most traders who have to come to the kingdom of Eastern Jin to barter (exchange).

" My husband is from Eastern Jin, I only have a son, but he doesn't have Vermilion so we moved here." replied the Grandma, Ying Zheng understood.

Vermilion was the original sign he was of Eastern Jin descent, most of them using fakes to remain in Eastern Jin due to mixed marriages, but if it proves false it will be rigorously examined because there has been a massive infiltration in East Jin to carry out insurgents, and there is almost a massacre, lucky to be prevented, he said, after that incident Ying Zheng's father ordered for everyone who had a fake Vermilion to be strictly checked if they wanted to stay in the Eastern Jin kingdom.