My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Ji Yunshuang and the others stayed at the post station for one night. The next day, after the weather cleared up, they packed their things and continued their journey.

This time, the Lu family gained an extra cow.

Although carriages occasionally pass by on the official road, they are mostly from wealthy families who can afford to hire bodyguards.

Families like the Lu family, who lead a strangely shaped ox on their journey, are still relatively few.

Therefore, the Lu family became even more conspicuous during their escape.

Several times during this period, refugees who were unaware of their capabilities attempted to attack them and stole their cattle.

But these talented individuals were quickly defeated by Lu Yinheng.

After witnessing Lu Yinheng's ruthlessness, no one dared to harbor any thoughts of revenge.

After walking for two days, they finally arrived at the outside of a high city wall.

This is the first ancient county town that Ji Yunshuang saw after she traveled through time—Yi'an County.

Yi'an County is located at the border of Linjiang Prefecture and Jiangzhou. In fact, strictly speaking, Yi'an County was not under the jurisdiction of Jiangzhou.

However, the refugees were already exhausted when they arrived here, and many of them didn't care about anything else and just wanted to settle down here.

But to enter the city, everyone had to pay two taels of silver. Adults and children alike paid two taels of silver per person.

Many refugees, upon hearing that they had to pay two taels of silver to enter the city, sat on the ground and wept bitterly.

Even without encountering disaster, how much silver could an ordinary family afford?

Some families with many members would spend two taels each, which would amount to dozens of taels in a short time.

All the money was used to move to the city; what will become of us?

Village Chief Mu looked at Lu Yinheng anxiously and asked, "Brother, what do we do now?"

Lu Yinheng led everyone down a different path in his previous life and did not come to Yi'an County, so he was unaware of this incident in Yi'an County.

He frowned slightly and said, "If you don't want to spend money, going there isn't out of the question."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up.

Village Chief Mu asked anxiously, "Is there any other way?"

Lu Yinheng pointed to the mountain path beside him: "We can go around that mountain and then cross the river on a bamboo raft!"

Upon hearing that they would have to go around the mountains and build bamboo rafts to cross the river, the light in the villagers' eyes instantly dimmed.

Village Chief Mu sighed and asked, "Big Brother, what are your plans?"

Lu Yinheng, who has memories of his past life, knows that Yi'an County is not peaceful.

This is a strategically important location, and the Qi army must first capture Yi'an County if it wants to take Jiangzhou.

The Qi army wanted to seize Yi'an County, and Prince Rui naturally wouldn't let this place go either.

The next few years will likely be anything but peaceful here.

Lu Yinheng never intended to settle here from the beginning. He had only planned to take a shortcut from here.

He simply hadn't anticipated that the officials here would set up roadblocks outside the city walls and collect large sums of money.

He glanced intently in the direction of Yi'an City and said, "I plan to take a detour through the mountains."

Without much hesitation, Village Chief Mu said, "Then we'll go with you and take a detour around the mountain."

The Zhou family also decided to take a detour with the Lu family.

After a moment's hesitation, the Sun and Hu families also decided to take a detour with Lu Yinheng.

However, before setting off, Sun's eldest brother and father took Sun Meixiang to a small market at the city gate.

The soldiers at the city gate charged two taels of silver per person before letting anyone into the city. Many families who wanted to enter the city ended up selling their children.

As more and more people sold their children, a small market eventually formed near the city gate.

A group of brokers, dressed smartly, stood beside a spacious carriage, a stark contrast to the ragged refugees, making it easy to tell at a glance who the brokers were.

Families who wanted to sell their children would bring their children to the carriage and negotiate prices with the brokers.

If you don't want money, you can convert it into grain or other valuables.

Sun Meixiang was eventually sold by the father and son for five taels of silver plus twenty catties of coarse grains.

Upon learning that she had been sold, Sun Meixiang cried and made a scene, but in the end, her father slapped her twice and handed her over to the matchmaker.

The Zhao family paid little attention to the commotion caused by the Sun family. They had enough money hidden away to allow the whole family to enter the city without any problem.

But none of them had any strong men. If they handed over their money, wouldn't they be devoured alive?

The fact that the magistrate of Yi'an County could allow soldiers guarding the city gates to collect head fees and allow merchants inside the city to do business at the city gates made Old Mrs. Zhao distrust the security of the county town.

After thinking it over, she finally decided to follow Lu Yinheng on the detour.

However, if it weren't for the Lu family's constant help these past two days, they would have starved to death long ago.

The old lady knew that she couldn't keep relying on the Lu family for support.

This time, she personally sought out Ji Yunshuang and secretly gave her a bag of gold and silver, asking her to help her exchange it for some food in the small market.

Ji Yunshuang did not refuse this time, because she also wanted to take some things out of her space to use through that small market.

When the group arrived in Yi'an County today, it was already getting dark. Lu Yinheng decided to set up camp outside the city gate for the time being and continue their journey after daybreak the next day.

This gave Ji Yunshuang just the right amount of time.

So she filled a bag with the medicinal herbs, wild fruits, honey, and other things she had dug up in the mountains and went to the small market.

Seeing Ji Yunshuang's actions, Sister-in-law Hu was also tempted.

But considering that they hadn't gathered any medicinal herbs or obtained any wild honey in the mountains, they could only say with some reluctance, "With what she has, can she exchange it for money or food? Does she really think that broker is a fool?"

The Sun family's wives also thought so.

But when they saw Ji Yunshuang return carrying a large bag of things, they were all dumbfounded.

Gu Chunzhi also found it hard to believe.

She was overjoyed and couldn't stop smiling. She excitedly said, "Shuangniang, did you exchange all of this for the medicinal herbs and wild fruits you gathered on the mountain?"

Ji Yunshuang added with a smile, "And honey, which we exchanged for a bamboo tube. Of course, the most valuable items are the medicinal herbs from the mountains. Wild fruits and honey are just something people try out."

After hearing Ji Yunshuang's words, Sister-in-law Hu and the other sisters-in-law of the Sun family were filled with regret.

At the time, they even mocked Ji Yunshuang for being foolish, saying that she would go and pick herbs for no reason. In this chaotic world, even if she picked herbs, what could she do? Could she even sell them?

Looking back now, it was clearly them who were foolish.

The group searched around and decided to try their luck. But when they arrived, the small market had already closed.

The city gates were already closed.

Not only did they fail to get anything, they were also targeted by refugees and almost robbed. It was only thanks to Lu Yinheng's help that they managed to keep what they had.

Lu Yinheng didn't really want to manage the group, but the fact that they were leading a cow was just too conspicuous.

The Hu and Sun families followed behind them, and the other refugees naturally regarded them as being with them.

If his two families are robbed and he does nothing, the refugees will immediately swarm in and rob them.

In order to protect himself, he had to demonstrate his strength early on and suppress the restless refugees.

His actions had a significant effect; the refugees who had initially intended to attack him began to reconsider after witnessing his skills.