Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

The little monkey was stunned on the tree.

It didn't expect that this group of people would stop the carriage. Were they waiting for it to join?

This group of people is quite interesting and it is fun to follow them, but if they want it to join, they have to be more grand and enthusiastic, and give it a serious and warm welcome.

The little monkey was not the one who took the initiative.

"Sister, let's go. This monkey is too pretentious. It's better not to have such a disobedient thing." Xia Liang roared lazily, scaring Bai Lingyi again.

I simply can't get used to the fact that there's a big white tiger in the carriage!

Luo Yu poked his head out, said "oh", pointed at the monkey, then at Qin Bingrui, and asked it: "Are you coming, or are we leaving?"

"Sister, can you communicate with monkeys?" Bai Lingyi felt that Sister Luo Yu was a little more powerful than he realized.

"I can communicate with a white tiger, so why can't I communicate with a monkey?"

In fact, Luo Yu just wanted to perform for the secret guards behind her. Baihu was really only introduced later. She could communicate with animals.

At this time, the lackey came out of the car, rushed to the roadside tree and roared twice. The little monkey shook the tree, jumped down immediately, and climbed onto the lackey.

It would be more reasonable for you to come and pick it up in person!

In order to give face to Sister Luo Qie, Xia Liang had no choice but to send out his lackeys.

Luo Yu chuckled twice and told everyone to set off. Five miles ahead, they would be able to turn into the official road.

Feiying and others who were following behind couldn't help but complain, are they planning to take a troupe of animals to perform in the city?

The little golden monkey is clever, with a round head, big eyes, and shiny golden fur. It's only two years old, but it's wandering alone.

It got on the carriage driven by Bai Lingyi and stayed in the carriage for a while. Probably because it was scolded by Xia Liang, it immediately slipped out, sat next to Bai Lingyi, and turned its head to secretly look at Bai Lingyi.

Bai Lingyi grinned happily and wanted to reach out and touch the little monkey, but he didn't expect the little monkey to have the same idea as him and stretched out his hand to touch him secretly. They both stretched out their hands at the same time, and the hands stopped in mid-air.

Once we entered the official road, there were a lot more people on the road.

Most of them were merchants delivering goods, and rows of horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts were pulling large quantities of goods from all directions, preparing to enter the city.

There were also escort agencies transporting escort vehicles, and ordinary people driving ox carts out of the city. It seemed that the business in Liangzhou City was particularly developed.

As the number of people increased, more checkpoints were set up on the road.

Bai Lingyi couldn't help but get nervous. He saw some yamen runners actually lift the curtain to check the number of people, and some opened the goods to check.

"Brother Bingrui, will we be okay?"

"What are you afraid of? Your sister Luo Yu is here."

A hundred question marks popped up in Luo Yu’s head?

Fortunately, they placed a row of cypress boxes for cooling in the cool summer carriages, and every time they entered the city, they would move the boxes to the front to block the way.

It is also to prevent the items in the car from being checked.

After a while, several guards who looked difficult to deal with blocked their carriage.

Qin Bingrui frowned slightly. Why did this group of people not look like ordinary yamen runners? They even looked like some thugs.

There were obviously many caravans entering the city, but they didn't try to stop them, but had to block Qin Bingrui's carriage. Did they look down on him?

"Stop the car, please show your household registration and road permit."

Luo Yu stuck his head out, took out the pass from his body and handed it to them.

These people carefully examined the description in the household registration, and even Fang was called out of the carriage to verify her identity.

"Are you going to Liangzhou City? What's in the carriage?"

Qin Bingrui snatched the household registration pass and replied, "The household registration is going to be moved to Liangzhou City, so of course the carriage is full of family belongings."

"Recently, people of unknown origin have been sneaking into the city on carriages, and the carriages have to be opened for inspection."

"No, I haven't seen you open and inspect so many merchants' carriages. What do you mean by only opening ours?"

The leading yamen runner was furious, and his tone became more serious: "The Liangzhou prefect has ordered that all officials and merchants must be inspected one by one."

Qin Bingrui was about to get angry, but he didn't want Luo Hong to get out of the car, so he asked Bai Lingyi to take the little monkey out with him.

She walked up to the leading yamen runner in a gentle manner, took out a ten-liang silver ingot from her bosom and secretly stuffed it into the leader's pocket.

"Sir, this is a small gift. There are only daily necessities for the family in the carriage, and some things that a certain lord asked to be taken with him. I asked a dog to help watch over them."

The leader took the silver, weighed it in his hand, and put it into his arms, still refusing to give any face.

"I don't care who you are. Our Liangzhou City is the fief of King Rui. He said that everyone should be investigated, so we must investigate according to the rules."

Luo Yu's eyes darkened, and he said coldly, "Just now you said it was the prefect who wanted to investigate, how come it's Prince Rui now?"

"It doesn't matter if you're the prefect or His Royal Highness Prince Rui, this is the rule from above. If you keep yelling, don't blame us for being rude."

He took the money but did nothing.

Qin Bingrui secretly took out a dart, wishing he could slit the guy's throat.

Luo Yu blocked his way and whispered, "Xia Liang, we'll meet you at 30/2 (code word) ahead."

Xia Liang understood what was going on in his mind, so he let Gouzi go outside to command the horses and charge forward regardless of everything.

The noise outside was a little louder, and Xia Liang tried to lower his voice as much as possible, but the leader still heard something unusual inside. He was about to push Luo Yu away and walk over, but Qin Bingrui held his wrist tightly.

"How dare you touch my sister?"

"What's wrong with me touching your sister? If I find out there's something fishy going on in the car, you'll all be in trouble."

The dog suddenly rushed out from the carriage and barked twice at the two big horses. The horses suddenly became angry, raised their front legs and ran away wildly.

Several yamen runners were so frightened that they stepped back. Qin Bingrui took the opportunity to bump into the leading yamen runner and took out the silver from his arms. He also took some extra silver to collect bribes from others.

The horses were going crazy, and the leader felt something was amiss, so he quickly ordered the other patrol officers to chase the carriage. However, few of them dared to stop it.

The leader asked a few people to ride on horseback to chase them, but he also wanted to keep an eye on Luo Yu and the others.

Luo Yu began to wonder who sent this guy.

The lackey bit the reins and steered the horse, avoiding a collision between the people and the carriage. Fortunately, there were plains on both sides of the official road, so they did not get lost.

Everyone was stunned, not knowing whether the horse had gone mad or the dog had become a spirit. They had no choice but to cooperate and disperse, as their lives were at stake.

In the car, Xia Liang kept reminding Maer and his lackeys not to hit innocent people, otherwise everyone would suffer from the fall.

The horse didn't understand what was going on and only knew that it had to avoid the numerous obstacles of the crowd. However, the lackey understood that if Lord White Tiger showed up, these two-legged beasts would not let them go.

Right now, escaping is the most important thing.

Qin Bingrui shrugged and feigned regret, saying, "This is troublesome. His Royal Highness Prince Ning will definitely blame me if he finds out. There are precious things in the carriage."

When the leader heard this, he thought Qin Bingrui and the others were trying to intimidate him, and immediately shouted fiercely: "What did you put in the car? If anything happens, we will hold you accountable."

Qin Bingrui then took out King Ning's token and waved it in front of the leader.

"What's going on? Are you going to question His Highness Prince Ning?" He then opened the carriage. "Please investigate. If you can't find anything, how are you going to give me, my sister, and the Bai family an explanation?"

"Hmph, check it out for me!" The leader really wasn't afraid of King Ning. It seemed like there was someone backing him up?

Or is he not from the government office at all?

Luo Yu narrowed his eyes, thinking of several possibilities, but none of them seemed likely. He felt that this group of people were not investigating Baihu, but if they were investigating a person, then that was possible.

The boxes Qin Bingrui had bought weren't very large, so the Tibetans certainly couldn't hide anything there. They only searched a few large boxes, which were fortunately filled with food and had no traps.

If those boxes filled with gold, silver, jewelry, banknotes and silver were opened, the unlucky people would be these unreasonable yamen runners.

They are lucky.

After the group left, Qin Bingrui said to Luo Yu, "This group looks strange. We're still 50 to 60 kilometers away from Liangzhou City. Why did they start from this area and search into the city? Isn't something amiss?"

Luo Yu nodded and said, "It's really strange. He speaks incoherently and doesn't sound like someone from the government at all. Could it be that someone is pretending to be an official and investigating something?"

Fang couldn't help but get nervous and said, "Are they bandits or robbers? They must be planning to rob the wealthy families."

"Well, this speculation is somewhat plausible."

Luo Yu thought, it would be easier if the person was not from the government.

Fang was extremely nervous. She noticed that most of the people being checked along the way were men, and there were hardly any women. Could it be that only the women and children in their car were more likely to be targeted?

Bai Lingyi held his mother's hand tightly. He was actually afraid too, but when he saw the relaxed look on Sister Luo Hong and Brother Bing Rui's faces, he tried to stay calm.

"Mom, I'm here, you don't have to be afraid."

"Mom isn't afraid. I'm just worried that Baihu and the others might find us."

"..."

Bai Lingyi felt that his mother's worries were unnecessary.