The whole family escaped from famine and accidentally occupied land

When the group arrived at Jucheng, it was almost evening.

This is the northern end of Dazhuang Dynasty.

After this point, the climate will be noticeably different.

"Can we get through here smoothly?"

Wei Hongmian was a little worried. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her face, and her pale face seemed to have some color.

Some of them wore makeup throughout the trip in order to blur their original appearance.

The appearance of the Wei family members were once on the wanted list.

The emperor had gone crazy before and changed the sentence to exile, so they still wanted to be careful to prevent any fraud.

Prince Li was eyeing them covetously, especially with Jiang Lan following them, Prince Li could not let them leave easily.

Portraits of the Wei family and Jiang Lan have been posted at the city gate, and the guards at the gate have been comparing the people entering the city with the portraits.

Bai Jingzhi had noticed something was wrong here a long time ago. The painting level here seemed to be no different from that of later generations. Even the small black moles on their faces were clearly depicted in those sketches.

As far as she knew, ancient painters did not paint portraits so realistically.

She remembered some famous paintings in their family collection, which were more meaningful.

There were many things wrong with the Dazhuang Dynasty, and Bai Jingzhi had already kept them in mind.

"Mom, don't worry, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Bai Jingzhi was calm inside, but when he saw the portrait, he was reminded of the strangeness of the Dazhuang Dynasty.

It is unknown where Prince Li got these portraits. The Emperor had clearly pardoned them and commuted their sentences to exile, but Prince Li issued a nationwide arrest warrant for them.

Bai Jingzhi raised the corner of his mouth. The greater the differences among these princes and grandchildren, the better.

She looked up at the city gate and saw that the people guarding the city were all local soldiers.

Yue Wen did not leave any manpower behind.

As long as they are not there, the soldiers guarding the city will eventually find an opportunity to bribe them.

Jucheng is the last big city in the territory of King Li close to Wujiyuan.

Jucheng, Liuxian and the capital are connected, forming a triangle.

These two places in Lianzhou, the fiefdom of Prince Li, are closest to the capital. If there is any disturbance in the capital, the big families in these two places will be the first to get the news.

There was a piece of news that spread quickly in Jucheng, and ordinary people also heard it, but they didn't know whether it was true or not.

At this time, Bai Jingzhi and the others were still queuing, but the crowd in front of them was not moving very fast.

Wei Liu was standing outside their carriage at this time. He came over and whispered, "It's getting dark soon. I don't know if we can enter the city today."

There are many traveling merchants gathered in Jucheng, and the relationships are complicated, so the city gates here are closed earlier than other cities.

"Dad, take the money. If we can't get into the city tonight, go and make some arrangements."

Without Yue Wen and his men on duty, Bai Jingzhi was not worried about his identity issue.

Her current identity is the eldest daughter of the Bai family in the south town of Jucheng. Her parents died when she was young, and this is the first time she leads a team to go out for business.

Bai Jingzhi didn't know where Wei Liu got this identity from, but this person definitely existed.

She doesn't have to worry about her identity at all.

Now it depends on whether we can get these foods into the city smoothly.

As they walked along, Liu County was still doing well, as the county magistrate had confiscated a lot of grain.

Jucheng also suffered from a drought, which was more serious than that in Liu County.

It was quite eye-catching to see so many grain carts in their team.

This time it was her negligence.

"Sixth Grandpa, I'm afraid our food supply may be in jeopardy."

Bai Jingzhi did not hide it, "I was careless this time and even forgot that the city of Jucheng also suffered a disaster."

The land was a little cracked and she forgot to consider the food crop.

"Don't think too much. It's not your fault! There's nothing we can do about the food being confiscated. We can't just throw these twenty or so truckloads of food aside."

Wei Liu felt helpless.

This time, the landslide occurred in Liu County at night. If Prince Li had not allocated relief grain, the number of refugees would have increased further.

The days to come will become increasingly difficult, and I don’t know how many people will be alive by the end of the year.

"That's fine. They won't necessarily be detained. The Bai family has a backer in the capital, so these people won't dare to do anything."

Wei Liu didn't say much about the Bai family in Nanzhen. He threw the reins of the horse aside and handed it to a captive to take care of. Then he went to find Bai Zhao and prepared to assist.

"Don't worry, we won't starve to death. If we can give these people food and leave the city safely, it will be worth it."

Wei Hongmian could only gently comfort his daughter. This was probably one of the few setbacks they had experienced since coming here.

"Which Bai family?" The soldier guarding the city took Bai Jingzhi's identity card, looked up at their grain cart, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

They were lucky enough to be the last group of people to enter the city.

Bai Zhao stood at the city gate and negotiated with these people.

"The Bai family in the south town of Jucheng. This is the first time that my young master leads a team out. Your Excellency, please be lenient."

Bai Zhao lowered his posture, took out a few pieces of silver from his arms and stuffed them directly into the hands of the soldiers guarding the city.

"Something's missing." The soldier guarding the city reached directly into Bai Zhao's arms and took out all the silver coins.

"..."

Bai Zhao was speechless. He couldn't help but feel lucky that he only had these in his pocket, otherwise they would have all been snatched away by this man.

Looking at this guy's quick movements, he must have done this kind of thing a lot.

"Sir, can we leave now?"

Bai Zhao had a smile on his face and there was no flattery in his attitude.

"Wait, you can go in, but the food must be left behind." Behind the soldier guarding the city came a small leader or something like that, pointing at the food cart with a look of determination.

Bai Zhao stopped smiling and glared at the soldier guarding the city. It turned out that this man had just asked his companions to call for help.

The small leader brought about forty people and was eyeing their grain carts covetously.

"Sir, this is the food supply for our whole family. If it's all taken away, how are we going to feed the whole family in Nanzhen?"

Bai Zhao couldn't help but said a few words.

"You are members of the Wei family! You are harboring the fugitives who are trying to assassinate the prince. Arrest them all."

The small leader suddenly attacked and wanted to arrest them in the name of the Wei family.

Bai Zhao was dissatisfied and wanted to argue, but Wei Liu stopped him and said, "Go to the back!"

“Sir, our Nanzhen Bai family is not an unknown family.

If this is necessary, I will write a letter to the capital on behalf of my young master, and Prime Minister Bai will make the decision for us."

After Wei Liu finished speaking, he straightened his body and looked directly at the little leader.

"Bai Xiang's tribesmen?" The little leader looked at them suspiciously, "Bring me your identity documents."

The soldier who was guarding the city quickly handed it over, "Sir, there are no mistakes."

"Well," the little leader returned the document to Wei Liu after checking it, "Brothers, you have worked so hard, we can't go there in vain."

The little leader pointed at the soldiers behind him, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"Then... leave a cart of food for the brothers as errand fees -"

"Two cars, you can leave. I will not pursue the identities of the others." The small leader gritted his teeth and said this condition, and then explained, "My brothers behind me also have families to support. I can't work in vain."

"Okay! I'll let my young lady know. She's kindhearted, otherwise she wouldn't have brought back these servants. I don't think she'll mind your situation, and the Prime Minister won't know about it either."

Wei Liu returned to Bai Jingzhi's side and said a few words in a pretentious manner.

Finally, two grain carts were left behind, and the group entered the city smoothly.

The group found a safe inn to stay in and were going to leave the city early the next morning.

After calming down a little, Wei Liu went straight to Bai Jingzhi to discuss, "You have to be patient. We are only at a disadvantage for a while now. We will get back at you later."

"I know. When Uncle Dayong comes back, we will have more people and we will have plenty of chances to clean up Jucheng."

Bai Jingzhi was not angry. He just suffered a small loss this time and he would make it up tenfold or a hundredfold next time.

The original plan was to use King Gai Youli's document to fleece the people of Jucheng, but this seems a bit inappropriate now.

They don't have enough people.

This is the most critical issue.

Wei Liu moved his lips, but swallowed back what he was about to say.

"It's better to have less trouble now. Let's go to Wujiyuan first. Once we have a solid foundation, we can talk about other things later."

Bai Jingzhi thought Wei Liu was unwilling to accept this, so he said a few words to comfort him.

After Wei Liu left, Bai Jingzhi's expression changed.

Since coming here, she is the only one who cheats others. This is the first time that someone has cheated her of her supplies.

She is not done with Jucheng about this matter.

These things of theirs are bound to be targeted by someone.

Bai Zhao came in from outside, looking worried, "Jingzhi, what are you going to do now? When those people see these grains, their eyes will light up."

"They may not dare to take action in the city! There was quite a commotion today, and many people know that I am from the Baixiang tribe."

Bai Jingzhi is not worried about the city, she is worried about outside the city.

It is a crime to possess a treasure!