Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 390 The World That Can't Be Saved

An accomplice to a crime...

That's a crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the clan!

After hearing what the postman said, Lu You's right hand, which was holding a large piece of fish, froze in mid-air.

Qingning County and Pingchang County were the two counties they passed through on their way to Qingzhou Prefecture.

Wang Mingzheng, the magistrate of Pingchang County, has now been confirmed to be a spy for the Jin army. He took advantage of the chaos to open the city gate, causing heavy casualties to the Qingzhou army, with only a very small number of them escaping.

The Qingning County Magistrate Wei Anping ordered his escort agency bandits to kill Guan Shanyue, and then refused entry to the people sent from Qingzhou Prefecture to investigate the situation, and pursued them all the way eastward.

There is no need for any evidence for this Wei Anping. It is 100% certain that he, like Wang Mingzheng, is one of the spies arranged by the Jin people.

Now that the Jin army has been defeated, judging from the situation, they will inevitably retreat westwards.

Just like Zuo Yunfeng said before, although the Jin people caught the Wu State off guard, the Wu State was, after all, a country founded on military power.

Once they react, the garrisons in various states will march out to join the battlefield and will inevitably push the Jin soldiers back to Xijiang Prefecture.

At this time, Qingning County, Pingchang County, and even Jianhe County, may have been reoccupied and controlled by the Wu Dynasty.

Did the Yanzhou government issue such an order to prevent the possibility that there might be spies from the Jin army among the people escaping from these two places, for fear that they might enter the Yanzhou territory and continue to cause chaos?

You know, this post station is an important supply location for people on the road.

Now that Yanzhou has issued such an order to the post stations, it will certainly not allow people from these two counties to enter the county seat of Qingzhou Prefecture.

This is almost a way to kill people!

Whether going out or fleeing, everyone can only bring three or two days' worth of dry food. Who can pull a car full of food and water and stroll on the official road?

After the messenger finished giving the order, he changed horses and left, not daring to delay for the slightest bit.

But the people in Rangtong Station became completely excited because of this order.

"What's going on? What happened to Qingning County and Pingchang County?"

"I don't know. These two counties are both to the west of Qingzhou City. The official road has been blocked by the Jin soldiers. How many people can come here?"

"Manager Ma, you are the manager here, you should know something, tell us."

Everyone was chattering, and someone shouted to Manager Ma who came into the room after receiving the order.

Manager Ma still smiled and bowed to everyone.

"My dear guests, you have all seen that I just received the order, which is exactly the same as what you know."

"I am just a lowly official, not even an official, so I can only do my job according to the rules."

"Please bear with me and find your ID card so that we can check it."

"Ma would like to thank you all here."

Upon hearing this, everyone shouted that nothing was wrong and began to look for their ID cards.

Manager Ma walked up with a smile and placed two registration cards on the table of Lu You and the other person.

"I have checked your citizenship cards. They are from Dingrang County. Please keep them safe."

Lu You opened the registration card to check, but saw half a piece of paper with the word "Huang" written on it.

"Don't drop the half piece of paper inside. It will make it easier to get in."

After Manager Ma finished speaking, he turned around and began to check other people's registration cards, while Zuo Yunfeng moved closer to Lu You.

"What does this horse steward mean?"

"This note should be a token of proof."

Lu You looked at the note in his hand and thought for a moment before speaking.

"Write a few words first, then divide it into two parts. Leave one half in the hands of the guard at the gate of Dingrang County, and the other half in the hands of Manager Ma."

"The paper used for this certificate is rather special, but it is not impossible to forge it. As for the missing official seal, it can be carved out of radish at will, and it is not difficult to forge it."

"Our certificate of nationality looks authentic, but it won't stand up to scrutiny."

"We will enter the city with half of the letter. The soldiers guarding the city will compare the letters in their own hands. When they combine the letters into one, they will know that we are their own people and will happily let us pass."

“This is a huge chain of interests!”

Zuo Yunfeng had never experienced such things before. When he heard Lu You's words, he checked his ID card as if he had discovered a new world.

"They even dared to forge an official seal. This is a capital crime punishable by death. How dare this Manager Ma do this?"

"I've already bought a fake identity to cross the border, so who doesn't have some secrets?" Lu You replied nonchalantly, "If you want to be a hero, you have to learn all these tricks."

Lu You wanted to say more, but he heard a commotion behind him.

Turning around, I saw the waiters at the post station fighting for the bowl of plain noodles in a man's hand.

“I gave the money!!”

The man shouted anxiously, but the waiter shook his hands vigorously and spilled all the noodles on the ground.

"What's going on?" Manager Ma stepped forward and asked.

"Mr. Ma, this is from Qingning County."

Hearing this, Manager Ma nodded slightly, then reached into the secret bag in his sleeve and took out five copper coins.

"Sir, you heard the message just now. Please go eat noodles somewhere else."

"Where else is there?"

The man pushed away the five cents handed over by Manager Ma and shouted.

"This is the only post station between Dingrang County and Wutong County. It's fifty or sixty miles away for me to go either way."

"I just want to eat a bowl of noodles, I can pay more..."

The man was still shouting, but he saw Manager Ma reach out and hit the side of his neck hard, knocking the man unconscious.

"Throw it onto the official road outside."

Manager Ma pulled the man by the collar and casually pushed it to the waiter next to him. Then he turned around and clasped his fists to everyone with a smile.

"Everyone, if there are still friends from Pingchang County and Qingning County, please leave on your own."

"Otherwise, if Ma takes action later, it will hurt the harmony."

Following Manager Ma's threat, two more men in the corner grabbed the steamed buns on the table and tried to get up and leave.

"You can leave and put down your food. Otherwise, show us your ID card to prove that you are not from these two counties."

The two men looked at each other after hearing this, and then finally chose to throw away the buns in their hands and walked out.

I don’t know if it was because they felt sympathy for each other, but the two men did not leave immediately after they went out. Instead, they took care of the man who had just been thrown out on the side of the road.

"It's time for us to go."

Lu You said to Zuo Yunfeng, then stood up and waved to Manager Ma.

"Bale!"

Manager Ma frowned and looked at Lu You: "What do you mean by packing?"

amount……

I forgot that this alien world doesn't even have plastic bags, and there is no concept of packing at all.

"We just want to take these foods away." Lu You explained casually.

"Wrap the meat in oil paper and tie it up." Manager Ma said to the waiter, "Prepare ten sesame cakes to take with you."

After a while, Manager Ma sent Lu You and the other two out.

But as soon as they got onto the official road, Lu You threw the food he had just packed in front of the three people on the roadside.

"This is what I left over. If you don't mind, you can eat it."

Seeing this, the smile on Manager Ma's face froze: "Sir, do you want to be a good person?"

"This thing was not given to them by your post station, so it doesn't count as breaking your rules." Lu You replied casually.

"Of course." Manager Ma nodded and said, "I just want to remind you two that you can't save this world."