My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 109 Five Coins

After walking for another half hour, a large crowd could be seen ahead.

Many people squeezed and jostled forward, and finally they saw people traveling by oxcart and horse-drawn carriage.

Luan Dalong gripped the hilt of his knife, eager to try. "Miss, how about we rob a few oxcarts or horse-drawn carriages?"

With that girl's uncanny agility, what couldn't she snatch? It would be a piece of cake for her.

Xiao Jia slapped him on the head, "How dare you talk like that? We girls aren't bandits from the mountains, how could we possibly rob ordinary people's carriages and horses?"

"I think you've gotten used to being a robber! You're incorrigible."

Luan Dalong covered the back of his head, secretly glanced at the expressionless girl, and immediately admitted his mistake, "Yes, yes, it was all my nonsense."

Further ahead, torches and oil lamps illuminated the area.

Everyone could clearly see that three checkpoints had been set up outside the south gate of Wan'an Prefecture.

Many people crowded at the entrance, shouting and yelling, mixed with the impatient shouts of the city guards.

"The Prefect has ordered that all refugees must undergo strict screening. First, line up on the left to be diagnosed by the doctor. Anyone with an illness is strictly prohibited from entering!"

A chorus of angry curses erupted from the crowd.

Why can't we come in?

Do you know how hard we've worked to get here?

"What a corrupt official! Move aside and let me in."

Some people followed behind the group, shouting, "Check us first! We're from Shengjing, and none of us are sick."

Amid the shoving and pushing, the crowd was in a frenzy, with fists clenched and faces pressed together, engaging in all sorts of hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing the chaos ahead, Xin Nian asked her father to pull the line aside.

Everyone felt a sense of unease and tried their best to gather together.

Xie Ninglan handed Xin Zhe, whom she was holding, to her eldest son, and then took Xin Man'er from Xin Nian's back, giving her daughter a wink.

Xin Nian nodded, and his figure disappeared into the crowd in an instant. When he reappeared, he was already standing in front of the first checkpoint.

Everyone was arguing with the guards in front of them and didn't notice that there was an extra person next to them.

Xin Nian watched for a while with a blank expression, then put one foot on the table where someone else had set up a checkpoint, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, how much money do you need to pay to get in?"

The guard who was swinging his knife at several burly men paused for a moment, then turned to meet Xin Nian's gaze, grinned, and rubbed his thumb and forefinger together. "You're quite savvy, young lady. One tael each, no need to wait in line."

"One tael? You're out of your mind, trying to rob me!"

Do you know how long it takes to work for one or two ounces?

"You heartless bastards! This is worth half a month's wages for me!" The crowd in front shouted angrily.

Xin Nian smiled slightly at him, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the man's collar, pulling him from behind the table to her face. She slapped him twice across the face, then continued to smile and ask, "How much?"

The guard's eyes flashed with anger, "You brat, what the hell are you looking for..."

"Clap clap clap!"

Through her disposable rubber gloves, Xin Nian slapped the other person three more times, a slow smile playing on her lips. "I rarely give people a second chance. How many exactly? Think it through before you answer."

The guard trembled all over, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as soon as he opened it.

"Five, five coins," the man replied with a lisp.

The surrounding crowd, whether they were causing trouble or not, along with the soldiers guarding the checkpoint, all stared at her in disbelief.

Xin Nian let go of the other person's hand, clapped her hands, counted out five copper coins from her small purse, and tossed them over. "Let's check the count, shall we?"

"Yes, logarithm, logarithm."

Xin Nian turned around and waved to her parents and brothers, "I'm leaving!"

Xin Wenyuan and his wife, Xin Mochen, Chang Mianmian and the others hurried forward and jogged along.

After running a short distance, he looked back and saw Luan Dalong, Liang Guang, and the others standing there dumbfounded, as if they could see a flower. Xin Wenyuan's face hardened, "What are you doing, Dalong? Come on, all of you, stop dawdling."

Luan Dalong and the others snapped out of their daze and quickly followed.

At the same time, nearly two hundred people in the team all lifted their feet and followed.

Xin Nian kicked away the wooden railing and table blocking their way, and waved her hand to let her father lead the group of people in single file.

The soldiers guarding the checkpoint were dumbfounded. After realizing what was happening, they shouted angrily, "What are you doing?"

What are you doing? You're all blind and can't understand.

Xin Nian also yelled back, "Didn't you already pay?"

Several soldiers roared in fury, "Five coins for one person!"

“It’s one person! Isn’t it just one person?” Xin Nian stood by the checkpoint and glanced at them.

His gaze was sinister and contained a hint of coldness.

"Don't go too far..."

Before the word "separation" could even be uttered, the soldier leader, clutching his chest and groaning in pain, was dragged in front of Xin Nian and slapped several times across the face.

Ask him, "How many people are there exactly? Look carefully and tell me."

"One, one person, one person."

The onlookers all felt somewhat sorry for this person...

Even though it was someone else who started questioning him, the little girl just kept beating him up, as if he were some kind of innocent victim.

What a miserable man.

"Is it five coins per person? Did you pay too little?"

"No, no, miss, I misspoke. It's not five coins per person, it's, it's five taels of silver for a group entering the city if the number exceeds one hundred."

As he spoke, the man reached into his robes with trembling hands and pulled out a bag of loose silver and copper coins.

Xin Nian took the purse expressionlessly, weighing it in her hand; it was far more than five taels.

She nodded with a cold expression, then strode confidently through the checkpoint with an air of indifference.

The families of Lord Si and Imperial Physician Cheng, who were at the very back of the line, quickly squeezed together to follow the little girl.

The crowd's eyes were filled with a sacred and awe-inspiring light, and they were unable to express in words the boundless reverence in their hearts.

Who could have predicted that?

While others had to pay to enter the checkpoint, this little girl was practically being paid by people who were practically begging her to do it...

After this incident, these few greenhorn soldiers who set up the checkpoint became weak and easily bullied lambs in the eyes of the surrounding refugees.

Before the young soldiers could react, a swarm of refugees rushed in.

Before the soldier could react, he was punched several more times in the face by someone with ulterior motives, and he cried out in pain, clutching his nose.

Several doctors stood up in surprise and doubt. They wanted to stop the crowd but could not stop it. They looked anxiously at the guards and said, "This will not do. I just saw that several people in the crowd have tumors on their faces."

"If these people are allowed into the city, the consequences will be unimaginable."

The soldier leader wiped the blood streaming down his face and gritted his teeth, coldly saying, "Let them break through! With Captain Wang and the archers here, none of these men will survive."

The clanging of gongs echoed through the night sky.

Before Xin Nian could speak, the refugees who had surged in from behind rushed ahead of them.

Especially those wealthy families who traveled by horse-drawn carriage, oxcart, or mule cart, they ran incredibly fast.

Xin Nian raised her hand, but before she could utter the word "be careful," the sound of arrows whistling through the air came from in front of her.

The mules and horses at the front fell to the ground with a thud, and the crowd panicked and ran for their lives, trampling each other.