A man wearing a green robe took the driver's hand and jumped out of the car.
Lianyi's eyesight is very good. Just through the half-open carriage door, he saw a gray-clothed attendant with a dagger stuck in his chest. He should be this man's subordinate, but he didn't know how to do it. dead.
When the man got out of the car, he raised his hands and thanked Lianyi:
"Thank you, heroine, for helping me out of righteousness!"
"This gentleman is too polite! It's just the front It's Haoyuan City. There are many victims gathered at the gate of the city. If your carriage rushes past, I'm afraid there will be trouble. "
Lianyi also took advantage of the situation and cupped his hand, briefly explaining the reason why he helped.
Then Lianyi was about to turn around and leave. For people in this kind of officialdom, if you act too aggressively, it will make them suspect that you have a purpose in approaching him, so she might as well retreat in order to advance, anyway, the other party There was also a corpse in the car, and she would definitely need the help of a heroic "heroine" like her.
Sure enough, after Ripple took five steps out, the man stopped him:
"Xia Xia, please stay!"
This time it was Ripple who pretended to be vigilant. Looking like that, he turned around and asked:
"Sir, what's the matter with you?"
Although the man stopped when he saw Lianyi, he was very wary of him, and he put down half of his worries, then he held his hands and said:
"To be honest, I wanted to rush to Haoyuan City, but I was betrayed by a servant who had been following me for many years. I almost crashed my car and killed everyone. Fortunately, I got help from the heroine, but I am just a scholar and I don’t have the power to tie a chicken. I hope I can With the support of the female hero, when I successfully enter Haoyuan City, I will definitely reward the female hero with a large amount of money."
Yu Junyu said immediately, his attitude was very sincere, for fear that Lianyi would refuse.
“Are you a scholar or a scholar?”
Lianyi tilted his head and asked.
"I am a Jinshi of Enke in the 184th year of the Great Qian Dynasty."
Yu Junyu immediately stated his identity as a scholar. After all, the social status of a scholar is very high. As for He would not deliberately explain his identity as an imperial envoy to Ripple.
"If you are really a master of the people, you should be able to enter Haoyuan City smoothly. I don't want you to pay a lot of money. As long as you take our family into Haoyuan City without spending any money, I will promise to be your Guard, keep you safe.”
Lianyi made the request in time.
"You mean, you can't enter Haoyuan City without money?"
Yu Junyu's radar immediately activated, caught the most critical words, and asked immediately.
"Moreover, even if you have money, you may not be able to get in. Haoyuan City has been closed now. Only a small door has been opened for wealthy households and civilians who are willing to sell their sons and daughters to enter. Our home Even if you are willing to tighten your belt and pay for it, you may not be able to get in."
Lianyi said truthfully.
“Is the situation already that bad?”
Yu Junyu frowned.
"If you don't believe it, ask your coachman to go and find out. The soldiers guarding the city gate have colluded with those human traffickers. I think it is only a matter of time before something happens to Haoyuan City."
< br>Lianyi said nonchalantly.
Yu Junyu thought for a while, called the coachman over, said a few words in his ear, and then said to Ripple:
"I agree to your request, shall we set off now? ?”
"It's getting dark now. It's not safe at night. Could you please Master Juren to follow me into the woods and hide for the night? I will escort you into the city at dawn tomorrow." Yu Junyu looked at the sky and accepted Lianyi's suggestion. .
"The horses must also be led into the forest, otherwise they will become food rations for the victims in one night."
Lianyi reminded casually.
Yu Junyu nodded to the coachman. The coachman climbed into the carriage first, put away the dagger inserted in the dead man's chest, searched the other party's body, and after finding nothing, threw the body into the field. In the ditch, he then led the carriage and followed Lianyi to the place where the Zhang family was hiding.
Before Ripple could reach the edge of the forest, Song Dachuan and Zhang Fengliang came up to him. When they saw the two people behind them in a car, they were very wary. Song Dachuan didn't say anything, but just signaled Ripple with his eyes.
"Dad, this is the Juren Master. He can take us into Haoyuan City. We will follow him into the city tomorrow. He will rest with us tonight."
Ripple's words are concise and to the point. explained the situation.
“Is it reliable?”
Song Dachuan asked in a low voice.
"Give it a try. If it doesn't work, let's think of another way."
Lianyi knew that the other party's identity was reliable, but she couldn't explain it clearly, so she could only answer like this.
“Sister Lianyi, it’s a horse!”
Zhang Fengliang lowered his excited voice and said.
“Yeah! It’s a horse! A horse that made it here alive!”
Ripple said with a smile.
Because it was traveling through the woods, the carriage was very inconvenient. In the end, the driver had to lead one horse. Zhang Fengliang got the task of leading the other horse. Lianyi cooperated with Song Dachuan to separate the carriages. After getting deep into the forest, Yu Junyu was responsible for not falling behind.
The group walked deeper into the forest for another two quarters of an hour, and then they saw the Zhang family.
Lao Zhangtou saw that Lianyi and Song Dachuan were back, and they had brought two strangers back with them. He immediately went over to ask about the situation. When he learned that it was the Juren Master who could take them into Haoyuan City tomorrow, Lao Zhangtou said three good words in a row.
Yu Junyu also gave full play to his advantage as a master of the people, and quickly chatted with the men of the Zhang family. He learned that they were the first batch of people to escape, and because of their decisive decision, they did not encounter any major crisis. It's not easy to escape here without saving your family.
He was even more surprised when he learned that the place they wanted to go to was Huangzhou, not the nearest Huzhou.
“Old man, you have a family and a newborn. Why do you want to go to Huangzhou, which is farther away, instead of going to Huzhou nearby? After all, Huzhou is richer than Huangzhou.”
< br>"Hey! We are just ordinary people who only know how to farm. In a big place like Huzhou, even if we use up all our money, we may not be able to buy land. What will we do without land! We can't continue to live together in a hundred years. We can’t even leave any land to future generations!
Huangzhou is far away and a bit desolate, but there is land there. As long as we are willing to open up wasteland for farming, with our family’s labor force, we can always save a few acres of thin farmland. We can survive with the land. The land is the foundation of our farmers.”
Although Lao Zhangtou couldn’t tell the truth, he told the truth, so Yu Junyu listened. Very serious.
The brown rice porridge that Yu Junyu and the coachman ate with them in the evening was a bit spicy, but seeing that the Zhang family's food was delicious, he didn't say anything and finished the porridge in his bowl.
Lianyi glanced at the other party, then finished the porridge in his bowl in a few mouthfuls, then hugged Huzi, warmed his body again, and then hugged Huzi and fell asleep. Today She doesn't have to keep vigil at night and can rest peacefully.
After a night of silence, the Zhang family started to take action as soon as it dawned. Today’s breakfast was richer because of Yu Junyu’s arrival, and because they had to break into the victims, Old Zhang spoke up , I made a thick meal of rice porridge, the kind that can stand when inserted with chopsticks, so that everyone would have a full stomach and have the strength to cope with any eventuality.