Quick travel: the life of smuggling is so exciting

Screams, cries, wolf howls, and sounds of tearing... were endless.

Lin Xia clung to the tree trunk tightly, watching the tragedy unfold before her eyes helplessly.

This wolf pack was very large, with about thirty or so members. Perhaps they had not noticed that they had entered the wolf pack's territory, or perhaps the prey in the forest was not enough to fill their stomachs, so they targeted their large and adventurous team.

Seeing that more and more wolves in the tribe were dying, the leader wolf howled and signaled to retreat.

As the wolves retreated, the survivors relaxed a little and began to clean up the battlefield with numb pain, treat the wounded, and bury the dead. The attack tonight resulted in 6 deaths, 9 serious injuries, 3 missing, and 23 minor injuries, but only 17 wolf carcasses were left.

The entire team was in a state of dejection, and humans were crying and wailing. The firelight flickered gently in the darkness, and in the depths of the mountains and forests, there seemed to be a huge man-eating mouth waiting to devour people.

Lin Xia shuddered while standing on the tree. What a terrifying scene from a horror movie!

Three minutes of silence for the dead.

She climbed down the tree and handed the child back to Aunt Ge, found a spare belt from her backpack, climbed up the tree again, and tied herself to the tree to rest and sleep.

The next morning.

Lin Xia heard that several people were seriously injured and died. Layers of shadows hung over everyone's heads, and they were no longer as relaxed as before.

What followed was a forced march.

Unbeknownst to them, the wolves returned to the previous battlefield, leaving behind several deep pits.

They traveled for three whole days, and except for the night when it was too dark to see clearly, they kept on traveling. They finally walked out of the forest before dark on the third day. Once, they were almost surrounded by wolves, but fortunately, the people on guard were alert and did not give the wolves any chance.

Because of Lin Xia’s previous warning, the village completely accepted them. They no longer followed far behind, but walked together at the back of the team.

Previously, Village Chief Wu, the middle-aged leader, had given Lin Xia a pound of wolf meat and a wolf skin to thank her. Lin Xia refused the wolf skin and exchanged it for a simple hand-drawn map.

Ordinary people don't have this map. It's because Village Chief Wu's in-laws are bodyguards who travel all over the country and know a lot of geographical locations, so they drew the map for him. It's a pity that his in-laws moved their family to Xiangzhou two years ago due to the unstable situation in the north, otherwise it would have been much safer to travel with them.

Lin Xia was happy. Before, she just ran around south and took a detour when she encountered a place that she couldn't pass through. Now there was no river blocking the way, and most areas could be passed directly except for the cliffs.

Now that I had a map, I realized that if I went south in a straight line, I would be blocked by the Liuling Mountains.

As the name suggests, the Liuling Mountains are composed of six mountain ranges, stretching across the four prefectures of Quzhou, Zhennan, Beizhou, and Xiangzhou. Most of the mountain range is located in Zhennan, with smaller portions scattered across the other three prefectures. While its overall elevation isn't high, it's enormous! It's 500 kilometers long and 200 kilometers wide.

Wujia Village was preparing to flee to Xiangzhou, which was adjacent to Lingzhou and located in the northeast of Lingzhou. It had a superior geographical location and a developed water system. The state had the largest freshwater lake in Dajing - Anyang Lake.

Lin Xia decided to follow the team into Xiangzhou and then split up to go south to Lingzhou. In fact, Zhennan is just to the west of Xiangzhou, above Lingzhou, and it is also the base camp of the male and female protagonists. Zhennan is closer, but it is not suitable.

Why does the male protagonist call him a bandit?

It is because the male protagonist is in Zhennan Prefecture, which is mountainous and full of mountains. Apart from him, other places are also full of bandits and extremely dangerous.

Lingzhou is much better, with mountains on both sides and hills in the middle. The terrain is relatively flat. It is located in the southernmost part of Dajing, facing the sea, with a warm climate, and is more suitable for settlement. The only problem is that Kyoto is further north, and people don't like to go south, so the population there has never developed.

The Zhou family was exiled to Lingzhou to open up wasteland. Later, when the heroine started a rebellion, the Zhou family would most likely control Lingzhou, so it became the heroine's base camp.

They are currently in the northeast corner of Quzhou. If they walk southeast for less than a month, they will be able to leave Quzhou and reach Beryzhou. Below Beryzhou is Xiangzhou, to the west of Xiangzhou is Zhennan, and below it is Lingzhou.

If they wanted to go to Xiangzhou in the southeast, they would have to bypass the Liuling Mountains and enter Beryzhou.

If all goes well, we will officially reach Lingzhou in another two months.

Taking advantage of the friendship during this period, Lin Xia scrambled the unfamiliar characters on the household registration and asked Village Chief Wu for advice. Only then did he find out that the two people were named Zhu Dazhuang and Zhu Erzhuang. Zhu Dazhuang's wife was Zhang and Zhu Erzhuang's wife was Ma. They were from Niutou Village, Mangliang County, Yicheng County.

It turned out that they were from the same county as Aunt Ge. She was so scared that she immediately asked about the county where Aunt Ge belonged.

Fortunately, Aunt Ge had no idea where Mangliang County was.

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There was a plain outside the forest. The whole team walked in an orderly manner on the scorched earth, as if they were in a huge baking pan.

"Girl Lin, take off your pants." Aunt Ge pointed behind Lin Xia.

so awkward.

Ah, her relatives are here.

How could she forget this?

Isn’t it said that people who flee famine don’t have to worry about menstruation?

Lin Xia selectively forgot that others had poor food and sleep, but she herself had not skimped on food at all during this period. Moreover, she had grown taller, and her pants, which were rolled up, had dropped a little.

What to do? She didn’t even have the menstrual pads used by the ancients, let alone sanitary napkins.

Aunt Ge saw Lin Xia's embarrassment and took the initiative to ask.

"Lin girl, did you forget to bring your menstrual belt?"

"Yeah." Lin Xia's face, hidden under the dirt, turned slightly red.

"If you don't mind, I have my daughter-in-law here." Aunt Ge added as she remembered something.

"But don't worry, it's clean."

Lin Xia was actually a little disgusted. This kind of thing was too private, but she had no choice but to accept it. However, she didn't expect that in ancient times, menstrual belts had to be stuffed with wood ash. It made her miss modern life again.

After half a day's journey in the mountains, the team gradually saw the presence of refugees. In just ten days, it seemed that a new group of people had appeared. The refugees who had previously fled famine alone were in a hurry. Even though the conditions were bad, they still had the strength to continue their journey by carrying their luggage.

The refugees now look like skeletons, with nothing on them. They either lie or sit on the roadside, and walk with slow steps.

When they saw Wujia Village, they immediately knelt down to beg. The villagers of Wujia Village looked at them with pity, but still drove them away with harsh words.

When the others saw that they could not get any benefits, they returned to their half-dead state.

In this way, there were more and more refugees on the road, and people rushed up crying and begging along the way. The villagers went from sympathy at first to numbness, and finally to annoyance.

As the sun set, everyone finally saw the city wall standing in the distance. This was one of their destinations - Lu County. They would need to go into the city for supplies tomorrow.

The further you go, the more refugees gather.

It shouldn't be.

This is just a small border town, how come so many people come from all directions?

Village Chief Wu asked everyone to stop, and then asked his sons Wu Geli and Wu Chenggong to go out and inquire about the news.

"Dad, good news." Wu's son came back excitedly.

"There's a porridge distribution every other day here, and tomorrow is the day! And the city gates are only open for half a day. We're so lucky!"

"Good, great!" The others were also excited.

Lin Xia and Village Chief Wu looked at each other, feeling a bad premonition.