Chapter Ninety-Five: Stay
got rid of the greedy officials, and now the exiled group has changed another group of officials.
In the last escort place, Li Yao and his party added some unknown exiles, and the total number reached nearly 100 people.
The official messenger said to the group of exiles: The imperial court has transferred a group of exiles from all over the country to Shilin in March and June, in order to defend the border. Li Yao's batch is not the last batch, but the destination is the same, that is, they are all distributed in the Yuyan area of Shilin Prefecture.
July was unfortunate for the exiles, because it rained in July and August, and there were more mountains and forests on the roads, and the exiles often stayed overnight in the deserted suburbs and ruined temples.
The mountains and forests are full of wild animals, and officials and outcasts always have machetes, gongs and drums, torches and other things in their hands to prevent encounters with wolves and other wild things. Of course, at this time, the young men and women of the exiles were unshackled, and the young women and children were surrounded in case they encountered wild animals, just in case something happened.
The closer you get to Yuyan, the more changeable the weather becomes. There was a limit to how long the exiles could reach the place of exile, so if it rained heavily, the exiles would have to brave the rain.
Because the carriage on the mountain road was difficult, Han Jin was reluctant to pull the donkey for himself, and he didn't sell it, but just took the money and bought a local bantam carriage to walk the mountain road, and the donkey followed behind.
Mrs. Li disliked Han Jin for not selling the donkey, and spent more money to buy horses, but Han Jin defended: "When the time comes, my aunt's family will divide the official land and plant, and there will be no livestock at home, so what should I do?" This donkey is given to the aunt, and it is convenient for the aunt to take the donkey to plough the land, pull the mill or travel in the future. ”
Because the donkey was given to Han's, his own family took advantage. For this reason, Mrs. Li shut up.
After changing the official errand, Li Jimin called his nephew's family to talk about things. Because there was no evidence and Li Ang did not come forward, Li Ying denied it and did not admit it. In this way, it is inevitable that the two elders will have a lot of tongues. For this reason, Li Jimin also attracted the complaint of his sister-in-law Shen, saying that he did unreasonable and framed things for his granddaughter.
Anyway, Li Ying said that she didn't do it, and her family would definitely believe in and defend her. For this reason, the gap between the two families is even greater. Li Yao was willing to have less contact between the two families because of the estrangement, so as to keep her away from the White Lotus.
Ang Lee was caught in the middle, knowing that the sister who was loved by his family was wrong, but he couldn't say it, and he gradually became depressed. And the party Li Yao did not see any movement, and he still did what he should do. Li Ying talked to her, and she was not lukewarm, not close or close.
It is said that the relationship between men and women is that you retreat and I advance, you come and go, and Li Ying also used this method in treating Li Yao. Li Yao didn't want to pay attention to others, so they still talked to her as usual, which seemed to be stingy and arrogant in the eyes of outsiders.
The story of Journey to the West will be heard from her as usual, and then it will be heard by others.
For this reason, Li Yao had no choice but to continue to associate with her cousin casually, and then decisively and neatly told the whole story of the monkey in her belly to eliminate demons and subjugate demons.
It only took her a few days of work. In fact, she can't remember all the stories. So far, she has completely cut off the source of this cousin's storytelling and pretending to be a good person.
For Li Jin, Li Pei and Ji Moxuan, she later adopted a way of retreating and ignoring them.
What is laughable is that the other two are easy to handle, but her cousin is not willing to "let go" of her cousin, and still talks to her as before, which makes her feel uncomfortable.
So...... She had no choice but to continue to be false and aggrieved with others, and the surface was harmonious. She didn't think it would be long......
Coincidentally, the pillar that saved Li Yao that day, and his young master was also on the same road as a group of outcasts. The young master claimed to be surnamed Su, but he didn't say what he did. However, it was followed by two carriages, carrying some brocade cloth and other goods, and looked like merchants.
It is rare to see merchants here, after all, the place is remote, the road is too desolate, there is no official road, there are many wild things, and there are not many merchants. For this reason, he is very noticeable.
Because he had to walk in the mountains and forests, there were many passers-by who walked with him here, and Han Jin's master and servant were mixed among these people. Seeing the pillar, because he had saved Li Yao, Han Jin was also close to him, and he also took out his own dry food to share with their group to eat. For this reason, Zhu Zi and the others also became polite and close to Han Jin.
The young master of Nasu said: "Xiqi's naan cake is very delicious, and the bread in your hand is also very similar to the naan cake, but it is not as big as that cake." When I was a child, I loved to eat that naan cake, and I thought it was as delicious as the bread in your hand. ”
After speaking, he was silent for a while, and then looked at the half-crescent moon in the sky with half-closed eyes, with a look of nostalgia on his face.
When Zhuzi and the others heard the words of their young master, their breathing made people feel that they were deliberately lightened, as if they were afraid of interrupting their young master's nostalgia.
Han Jin had never been far away before, nor had he eaten Xiqi's naan cakes, and when he saw that Zhu Zi and the others didn't speak, he didn't speak.
He was just curious: Xiqi and Beiliang are basically two directions, how did this young master run from there to such a long place to do business? And Xiqi and Datai are not the same country, this young master said that he often ate naan when he was a child, could it be that this young master is from Xiqi?
Han Jin didn't reply, and Young Master Su looked over at this time. Seemingly knowing what Han Jin was thinking, he explained with a light smile: "Brother Han, don't feel strange, my mother is from Xiqi. ”
“…… I see. Han Jin, who was still puzzled just now, listened to his explanation, and then he solved his doubts. For the rest, Han Jin didn't want to ask more. After all, he and the other party are not familiar with each other, and it is not good to ask about other people's private affairs.
The rainy weather is convenient for the bacon to hang in the car and dry in the shade, and along the way, Han Jin's master and servant no longer need Li Yao to make bacon and salted eggs for them. Because these two things were easy to do, they made their own master and servant. Regardless of whether it is delicious or not, if they do it, Li Yao will not have to bother, after the master and servant are ready, they can also share the things with Li Yao and his party to eat.
The young master of Nasu was also interested in bacon, and also inquired whether beef and mutton could be made into bacon. Han Jin also went to ask Li Yao for this, but Li Yao didn't do it either, only said that he didn't know. The young master also smiled, but he didn't offer to buy bacon.
At this time, someone in his escort muttered: "Why should the young master ask that recipe, our tribe's jerky is good, and it is good as dry food." ”
Young Master Su replied indifferently: "It's just a casual ask." ”
Ten days later, at about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone came to a mountain forest. The official said that it would take two or three days to cross the mountain forest, and if it rained, it would take another day to delay. But after a few days of walking over this mountain, we will reach the boundary of Yuyan, let the group rest for half a day and spend the night here, and set off early tomorrow morning.
At this time, the young master of Nasu nodded to one of his inconspicuous guards, and the guard left the place without a smile, and did not return until a long time later. He must have been gone for about an hour. Since there were no accidents along the way, everyone didn't notice their actions.
Among the escorts, a couple with two sons who were less than ten years old also occasionally looked at Young Master Su these days.
Young Master Su has outstanding appearance, and there are many people who look at him, who will pay attention to this family?
Thank you "Nonomeow" for your perseverance in the past two days, and I'll add another chapter tomorrow. (To be continued.) )