Chapter 153: Heading South to Qingzhou
Chapter 153: A Place of Shelter
The wheels of the carriage rattled on the official road, and the hooves of the horses galloped, and it was a caravan heading south. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info They have been walking for more than half a month, and the team has long been 108,000 miles away from the capital, and they will go to Qingzhou after a schedule.
Along the way through a few cities, on the way to see a lot of northbound fleeing homeless people, the more south, the more shabby clothes on the official road, the more scrawny people, they all have yellow faces and thin muscles, look panicked, the war in the north is losing step by step, and now the Daxu army has retreated to Hanshui. Daxu cut the bridge and looked at Jiang Yao from a distance with the fierce Tanglin army, but this was only a temporary delay.
Once the Tanglin army crosses the Han River and swings up, Daxu will no longer have the power to hinder it, and it will be directly broken by Tanglin Xujing.
Today's Xuguo seems to be in a dreamy and fragile attic in the air, crumbling, the government is chaotic, due to the disasters and wars in recent years, the treasury is empty, and what is worse is that the people have also broken out of the scourge of bandits, homeless rebellion and other accidents, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and even the emperor's most relied on and trusted Ouchi governor has rebelled.
Now the name Yan Xu can be described as notorious, like a rat crossing the street, anyone who has a slightest connection with the word Yan Xu will be implicated and will be left with a stench for thousands of years.
In a gray carriage at the back of the caravan, Ruan Xian was dressed in a half-worn coarse blue cotton coat, wrapped in a headscarf, her face was sallow, she was obediently shrunk in the carriage, and she was lying in swaddling clothes next to her. The little guy also looked sallow, and in addition to the two of them, there was also a chubby middle-aged woman in the carriage.
"Sanniang, the convoy will arrive in Qingzhou in one more day." The chubby middle-aged woman is Li Zhou, the daughter-in-law of the second-in-command of the convoy, and this time she came out with the caravan, but she went back to her parents' house to save her relatives. Li Zhou's took care of Ruan Xian's mother and son along the way, especially Li Zhou's gave birth to three sons in a row, and he took care of the children very easily, which was much more thoughtful than Ruan Xian.
Ruan Xian called her Sister Zhou, and she was very grateful.
More than half a month ago, she went out of the capital alone with a September disguise, and what should she do with a baby alone, that was the situation she was facing at that time. She pawned the clothes on her and September's bodies, as well as a few pieces of jewelry that came out of the palace, replaced them with the cheapest ordinary clothes, and even dyed her and September's faces sallow yellow with special juice, both of them were sick, disguised and changed their names and surnames, and finally made up a story of a widow looking for relatives and took September to find Sister Zhou's caravan.
After paying some silver, he set out with the caravan and headed south.
"Great, it's finally here." Ruan Xian showed a happy smile on her face, she sat in the carriage for more than half a month, at first it was a little novel, but in the end there was only endless boredom, and the homeless people passing by outside the window, her heart became heavier and heavier, and even September seemed to feel it, more and more well-behaved, and even the sound of crying was smaller.
Li Zhoushi nodded, and then his brows rose a little sadly, "I heard that there is a god of war in the Tanglin army, who is clever and brave, and now the Tanglin army is divided into two ways, one side is trying to find a way to survive the Han River, and the other is bypassing Lincheng and turning to the south." Going south is a rich and fertile place for our country, if the army of the aventurine thieves fights, then wouldn't it be miserable for us to go south? β
Li Zhou is a native of Huzhou, an authentic southerner, and I saw her lift the curtain worriedly and sigh heavily.
The caravan has traveled south and north for many years, has its own news channels, and is very well-informed, although Ruan Xian is mostly hiding in the carriage, but she has also heard a lot of news outside. Regarding Li Zhou's worries, Ruan Xian understands that although she can't empathize, because she is not from this world, and now she is alone with a child, and she has no sense of belonging at all.
What does the world care about her?
For her, only being alive is the most important thing.
She is just an ordinary person, besides, now that Daxu's army is defeated like a mountain and the morale of the army is decadent, it is as easy for the Tanglin army to enter as easy as reaching for something. Today's saint is a kind man, but not a hard-working emperor, he is gentle and benevolent, gentle and affectionate, obviously not very concerned about state affairs, the emperor loves to chant poetry and paint, raise flowers and paint, such an emperor is in a peaceful and prosperous world, to be a monarch who keeps the law, with the assistance of loyal and patriotic, he will be able to enjoy a hundred years of history.
But the Tanglin Kingdom is eyeing the tiger, domestic natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the emperor is even more traitorous around him......
Ruan Xian couldn't imagine what role Yan Xu played in this turmoil.
"Sister Zhou, the Ji people have their own natural appearance, the north is far away from Huzhou, even if the Tanglin army wants to take a detour to capture the south, the day and night march is not ten days and a half to arrive, Huzhou is next door to Qingzhou, it will be able to arrive in a few days, you can relax."
Listening to Ruan Xian's comfort, the worry on Li Zhou's face decreased a little, and he changed the topic, "Sanniang, now that the soldiers are in chaos outside, the world is uneasy, you are a weak woman with a child, how difficult it is." Have you really thought about it? β
Ruan Xian had already made a decision in her heart, and smiled faintly, "Sister Zhou, don't worry, I went to Hecheng to join my uncle who I haven't seen for many years, my uncle's family is well-off and generous, Jiu'er and I will be fine." Speaking of this, she paused and took out a purse from her arms, "Thanks to your care along the way, Sister Zhou, Sanniang has nothing to repay in this life, this purse is made by my sister herself, and I gave it to my sister to keep a memory." β
Her embroidery skills are not good, the purse workmanship is average, Li Zhoushi looked at the purse, smiled and took it, "This material is really good, then my sister accepted it." β
Ruan Xian secretly said that Li Zhou's family was really upright, and she didn't want to hit her poor craftsmanship, so she turned around and praised her good colors.
The two were talking in the carriage, and September stared at them with big snowy eyes, very well-behaved, and after a few hours, the caravan stopped before arriving at a post station to replenish water and dry food. Ruan Xian got down from the carriage with September in her arms, the sky was gray, and now it was winter, and although her jacket was ugly, it was warm with cotton.
The cold wind blew on her face, and she subconsciously covered her September swaddling clothes and followed Li Zhou's into the post station.
Suddenly, there was a violent sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the sound seemed to have thousands of horses rushing forward, and the door of the post station all turned their heads to look, only to see a group of black-clothed people galloping on horses on the official road, the horses were fat and strong, all of them were vigorous, and in an instant, this group of people appeared in everyone's sight.
"Phewβ"
A neighing sound of horses remembered, the group of people stopped at the door of the post station, and at this time everyone found that among the group of people was a handsome man dressed in white, no, this is a man standing between a teenager and a young man, with red lips and white teeth, delicate facial features, and an unattainable and indifferent temperament all over his body.
The man was the first to dismount, and all the black-clothed people behind him followed, and walked towards the gate of the post station in full view of everyone.
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