Quick travel: the life of smuggling is so exciting

It’s the third day in Chenxi County. Today the city gates are closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

After asking around, Lin Xia learned that the refugee army had been dispersed and a small group of refugees had arrived in Chenxi.

Fourth day.

The city gates are open to traffic as normal, but identity checks have become more stringent and anyone with any problems will be prohibited from passing.

It turned out that the refugees were separated from the county town by a river. After waiting for most of the day, there was no response from the city and they could not find any opportunity to enter the city. So a large number of refugees left, and only a small number of them were left wandering outside unwillingly.

When the Chenxi County Magistrate saw that the other party was not a concern, he directly ordered the other three gates except the South Gate to be opened, and the people could live their lives as normal.

fifth day.

The sky was overcast and rainy, and the number of refugees outside the city was reduced by half. The south gate was opened, and only a few people left the city, but countless farmers entered the city. It turned out that those people had no food to eat, so they looted the nearby villages.

That evening.

When Lin Xia was calculating how long she would need to stay in Chenxi, she accidentally heard some noise coming from next door.

This inn is good in every way except that it is built with wood and has no sound insulation.

For example, she can now hear roughly what is happening by leaning close to the next room.

Lin Xia paid attention to the people next door because they had moved in yesterday. There were several grown men coming in and out frequently, so she paid special attention.

By chance, a conversation started next door.

A low male voice came from the other side of the house.

"General Li Qian, this Chenxi is really full of dogs, but it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are so many people in the city, we have no chance at all. What should we do next?"

......silence

"How many of us are left?" General Li Qian asked in a serious tone.

"All the superiors were killed, five thousand people were captured, and the rest fled. Currently, only a little over a thousand can be gathered here."

"But we're all out of food. Even if we looted some nearby villages, we'd only get enough to last three days," said the third person in the room. "That's not a sustainable plan. Why don't we just disband and head to Lingzhou? I heard there's a large boat in the deserted mountains of Lijiang that takes people across the river for free."

The second person quickly retorted, "You still want to be a farmer who depends on the weather for his livelihood? Do you want to sell your children just because of a drought or a heavy rain?"

"But we are farmers. I heard that the governor of Lingzhou is honest and the weather has been good over the years. Why is it not good to be a farmer?" There was anger in his voice.

"I don't want to live that kind of life anymore. This damned court is so cruel. Sooner or later, we will overthrow it and rule the country ourselves."

"Okay, stop arguing, both of you. Everyone has his own ideas. Our current conditions are indeed difficult and we have very few people, so it will be difficult to start another uprising." said General Li Qian.

After a moment of silence, he continued, "There are two options. The first is to disband the team right here and go to Lingzhou or Kyoto to find a way out on our own. The second is to go to Bizhou and join the Yi'an Army. The Yi'an King Song is a powerful general with a huge following. Currently, there are 50,000 of them. It would be a good idea for us to bring our men to join him."

"I agree. Let's go to Beryzhou and recruit refugees along the way. The Yi'an Army will definitely welcome them." The second person couldn't wait to express his opinion.

"But..." The third person hesitated.

"I also agree to go to Beryllium State. It's decided." General Li Qian slammed the table and made the decision. After enjoying the feeling of being a superior person, how could he be willing to return to the bottom of society where he was bullied?

The three of them then discussed how to avoid the soldiers, and then said that it would be better to go early in the morning to buy some food and set off.

Lin Xia stopped eavesdropping. She had forgotten to ask the waiter about the situation in the north. It turned out that there was already such a large rebel army.

As long as the other party takes the rebellious team away from Xiangzhou, they can continue to go to Lingzhou. According to the news, Lingzhou is still accepting people in a steady stream, most of which is the order of the male and female protagonists. I just don’t know which team the male and female protagonists are from, and whether they have officially entered.

Afterwards, Lin Xia stayed in Chenxi for another three days, bought some supplies, and when he left the city, he saw only normal refugees on the road.

Lin Xia retrieved the big knife that had been buried in the ground before and set out on the road wearing an ordinary cotton coat. Now that she was a little stronger, she didn't have to act like a beggar. Beggars and big knives were incompatible. On the contrary, no one would dare to mess with her if she wore ordinary clothes.

Because of her pretty face, she was easily coveted by others. For this reason, she spent a lot of money to buy several boxes of rouge and powder, and practiced makeup for several days. In the end, she was left with an ordinary face with dark skin and spots.

The following days went smoothly, and we successfully passed through Xiping County and arrived in Lijiang.

In front of us is Lijiang, which is several thousand meters wide.

Lin Xia was a bit bewildered. She certainly couldn't go to the county town to take a boat across the river. She didn't know where Lingzhou's free boats were. How could she find them? Was she supposed to build a bamboo raft and sneak across? Were refugees who stowed away given identity cards and household registration?

Lin Xia, who is always calm, was a little at a loss for a moment.

Just like Tang Monk who went through 81 difficulties in his journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, he finally reached the door and was just one step away from success.

At this moment, a small group of refugees arrived at the riverside, but they did not stay, but went left into the mountains.

Lin Xia's eyes lit up and she followed.

She knew that the flow of information was often beyond imagination. She had not communicated with other refugees on the road before and had always avoided them. Now she needed to follow them because these people seemed to be moving forward with a purpose.

We followed them and finally arrived at a place halfway up the mountain where there were a few people. They stopped and started to set up camp.

Lin Xia thought that this should be the anchorage of the big ship.

After a day's rest, there was still no sign of the ship, but more and more people were coming. She was a little confused. She couldn't just wait, in case something went wrong, so she decided to take the initiative.

She approached a family consisting of two elderly people, three children and four young people. Although the family was very vigilant, they did not run away quickly when they saw her like other refugees did.

"Old man, may I ask you something? Is this the place to take the boat to Lingzhou?"

Lin Xia asked the oldest man, but he just looked at her and didn't respond, so she asked the younger man again.

This time, although the elder brother answered, he just shook his head and said that they knew nothing.

Lin Xia didn't believe it and just waited here calmly without knowing anything.

He turned around, took out a large grayish-white pancake from his backpack and handed it to the other person.

The big cake is very appealing.

When the other party saw the pancake, his eyes lit up instantly. This is a good thing.

They fluently told Lin Xia the information they knew.

It turns out that this is indeed the place where Lingzhou picks up people. The big ship runs every 10 days, so you just have to wait.

*

Lin Xia and his friends had average luck and had to wait for a full 10 days. Everyone present was a little anxious when the shadow of the big ship finally arrived at dusk.

This was a large passenger ship that was thirty meters long and could accommodate hundreds of people. The ship docked and several big men in casual clothes got off.

They came down and skillfully counted the number of people, finding only seventy or eighty. They loudly announced that the ship would stop for a day and set sail the next night.

The crowd did not board the ship. After waiting for another day, ten more people came, and the crew finally invited everyone to board the ship.

However, when it was Lin Xia's turn, the crew suddenly called a halt.

"The girl with the knife in her back, stop!"

"Your knife must be confiscated, otherwise you will not be allowed on board."

Lin Xia: ...

Her knife was wrapped so tightly, how could it still be seen?