Chapter 3: Encounters

Sleeping all the way, dry roads and waterways, walked straight for more than a month, and came to the gate of Yingtianfu City on October 16.

At this time, it was getting late, and I hurried along the way, and I missed the nightstay, so I looked forward to being able to close the city gate and go to the city.

It's just that Wangshan ran a dead horse and saw the city gate from a distance, but after walking for a long time, it was already the time to hold the lamp.

Looking at the majestic emperor, Wang's eyes were filled with tears with excitement.

The husband left home for three years and finally became famous. Now their mother and daughter are also following their husbands and wives, and they will be the wives and ladies of the official family from now on.

The daughter will also marry into the Marquis of Anguo's mansion, and her family will be able to enter the noble circle in Beijing in the future, and she will no longer have to live those tasteless days in the countryside.

When she thought about the more than a thousand lonely days and nights when she took her daughter to support a family alone, she felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.

As long as she entered the city, she would be able to meet the people she thought about day and night.

Wiping away her tears, she told the coachman to hurry up and rush to the city gate.

Jiang Shiyun also lifted the curtain and looked out, unlike Wang's excited tears. Looking at the majestic and handsome Emperor Que, she just had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Supposedly, she hadn't been here in her previous life, so how could she be so familiar? As if she'd been through it once?

Vaguely, she felt that there must be some unknown secrets hidden in her body.

The carriage had to move forward, and it seemed that it was about to come to the base of the wall.

Not far away, the two heavy gates were slowly closed by the soldiers defending the city, making a low rumbling sound.

At this time, it was already sunset.

In the late autumn season, although Yingtianfu is not as cold as the Daimyo's Mansion, there are yellow leaves flying on both sides of the road, and the grass is withered.

Wang saw the city gate closed through the cracks in the open car curtains, and couldn't help but be anxious.

Dou Cheng obviously saw it too, and hurriedly shouted, "Big brother guarding the city, wait a minute, let us in!" ”

Where would the soldiers guarding the city pay attention to these two dusty ordinary carriages?

Someone stretched his neck and roared, "What time is it, still rushing in?" Come back tomorrow. ”

The Wang family couldn't help but be shocked, if they couldn't enter the city tonight, they would have to sleep outside the city.

Because of the greed for the road, I missed the lodging, and the nearest inn from here was also fifty miles away.

Most of these two families are women, and only one Dou Cheng is the top thing, in case there is an accident in the night, how can it be good?

What's more, Jiang Dezhang's letter said that he would send someone to wait for them inside the city gate, and she wanted to fly to his side day and night, how could she not be in a hurry?

In a hurry, she couldn't help blurting out, "Lord guarding the city, we are the family members of Jinke Chun Jinshi, can we be more accommodating?" ”

When those soldiers heard this, the strength of closing the city gate in their hands did not decrease in the slightest, and Shang Zi laughed, "This Beijing is talking about Jinshi, and there are many family members of several high-ranking officials." Everybody comes and goes as you please, so what's the point? ”

They clearly didn't take them into account.

Wang's anger froze, and his face turned red.

Dou Cheng walked around the carriage in front of him and asked her through the curtain, "Second sister-in-law Jiang, why don't we give them some wine money?" ”

After a few years of traveling abroad, he still has these insights.

Since ancient times, county officials are not as good as the current management, even if they are Jinshi? In this Kyoto, where a single brick can hit several big officials, what is Jinshi?

The Wang family had no choice, but she felt sorry for the silver. Thinking that there are so many soldiers at this city gate, I don't know how much I have to give.

Along the way, the food and accommodation of the two families have cost dozens of taels, and there are less than five taels of broken silver left in her money bag.

Although Dou Cheng is a neighbor, he is driving and exploring all the way, and he also blocks a lot of things for their mother and daughter, saying that he doesn't have a lot of silver, even if he has it, he can't let him out.

What's more, these few taels of silver are not enough for those soldiers to stuff their teeth.

Checking the money bag in his hand, Wang didn't let go, "Forget it, if it doesn't work, let's spend the night outside the city first." ”

This was already said to death, and Dou Cheng didn't say much, so he retreated.

In the car, Jiang Shiyun didn't say anything, she knew that her mother had no money.

The family's ancestral property was sold for 1,000 taels of silver, and the Wang family exchanged it for a silver ticket.

Wang made her two sets of new summer clothes, two pairs of silver noodles, and a set of clothes for each of the two girls, and the rest was only about 100 taels.

The expenses along the way cost about 90 taels were about 90 taels, and there must be little left in my hand.

Counting that I can enter the city today, I didn't expect it to be one step behind. Now even if you go back to the guest house, you have to spend a few taels.

It seems that tonight, we can only sleep in the wilderness.

Outside the city is all wasteland, and there is not a village within a radius of several miles, so I am not afraid of hardship and fatigue, but I am afraid that I will meet some bad people at that time.

Jiang Shiyun sighed quietly and turned her head to look out the window.

Hui'er, who was crowded in the corner with the little pendant, looked timidly after listening to Wang's words, "Madam, how do you spend the night outside the city?" In case ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was intercepted by Jiang Shiyun, "There's nothing to be afraid of, Uncle Dou's kung fu is not in vain!" ”

Even so, she still beat the drum in her heart.

In case something really happens, Dou Cheng may not be able to deal with it alone, so he can only pray for peace tonight.

Just as he was worried, he suddenly heard a noise of horses' hooves at the city gate, and the city gate, which had been closed, slowly opened again.

When the Wang family saw it, they immediately came to their spirits again, and shouted at Jiang Shiyun with joy, "Aunt Xiu, look, why did the city gate open?" Did the soldiers let us in again because of their troubled conscience? ”

Jiang Shiyun raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her lips raised, "Mother, I'm afraid there are some big people who want to go out of the city, right?" ”

Sure enough, when the words fell, I saw a team of black-clothed men in white cloaks riding on tall horses and coming straight to the city gate.

Seeing this, the Wang family immediately ordered the old man who was driving the car, "Quick, let's take the opportunity to squeeze over!" ”

When Jiang Shiyun was about to say "no", the carriage had already run, throwing her to the wall at once, and it happened to hit her head, which hurt her for a long time.

Dou Cheng didn't expect Wang to be so bold, and shouted twice and saw the carriage galloping away, so he had to drive to follow.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, the team of horses with white on the outside and black on the inside was about to pass through Guò, and the two were just on the same page.

When the soldiers at the city gate saw it, they immediately came over with their swords, "Oh, don't you want to die?" Dare to stand in the way of the commander? ”

"Why can't we go in when they can get out?" Wang was anxious to see Dou Dezhang, and the pungent energy of the country woman came up, and quarreled with others regardless of it.

Jiang Shiyun was so anxious at this time that neither left nor right, and she didn't know how to comfort her mother who was on fire.

She is a boudoir woman, and she can't show her face, so she can only wait.