Chapter XVII

At three o'clock, Mu Chenghu and his people drove three ox carts towards the town. Half an hour later, Mu Chenghu and his party saw the wall of the town from a distance, and Mu Chenghu beckoned everyone to slow down.

Mu Chenghu looked at the wall as high as one person, and said puzzledly: "How can this town have a city wall?" And this wall can't stop anyone."

"We're just going in and buying something, whether it has walls or not." Li Tiehammer said bluntly.

Mu Chenghu looked at the simple-minded Li Tiezhu, and said with some concern: "Tiezhu, you should be more careful after you enter the city." ”

"Village chief, you can rest assured that I will do things with a hammer." Li Tiehammer patted his chest and said.

As they spoke, they came to the gate of the city. The soldiers guarding the gate of the city looked at a few people, found that their clothes were washed and turned white, and said impatiently: "One person entering the city has one penny, and one car has two pennies." ”

"Where to enter the city to ......" Li Tiezhu's words were pulled by Mu Chengru before he finished speaking.

"Official, don't worry about him, come and take a look at the twenty-two texts, right?" Mu Chenghu thought while taking the money that he really shouldn't have brought Li Tiehammer with him.

The big-bellied doorman ordered some money and found a few pennies more, thinking that he was still sensible and didn't care about them in general. While thinking about it, let a few people go.

Mu Chenghu and the others had not gone far, and another thinner doorman complained, "Those people are foreigners when they hear the accent, why do you charge them a penny?" ”

The big belly said, "You don't see that their clothes are washed white, and they look like a few poor ghosts." ”

"Then why don't you want to think about it, the eight of them are coming in three ox carts, and these people are going into the city to buy them at a glance." The thinner doorman said angrily.

"Okay, brother, I was wrong, I'll invite you to drink after the shift change." The big belly was a little unwilling, and the few pennies he got flew before he could cover the heat.

"Boss, how do you buy noodles here?" After Mu Chenghu and his party entered the town, they did not go directly to the grain store, but entered a noodle restaurant with a very cold business.

The owner of the noodle restaurant saw that eight guests came at once, and he introduced them very enthusiastically: "A bowl of green onion noodles costs two pennies, vegetable noodles cost three pennies a bowl, shredded meat noodles cost five cents a bowl, and noodle soup is free." ”

Mu Chenghu heard the boss quote the price and felt that the price was quite reasonable, so he said to the boss: "We each want a bowl of green onion noodles and a bowl of noodle soup." ”

After Mu Chenghu finished speaking, Li Tiezhu and the others were busy saying that they were not hungry.

"I finally have a chance, and the big guys eat it." Mu Chenghu said irrefutably.

The boss saw that Mu Chenghu and the others had decided, and was about to turn around when he heard Wang Butcher say, "Boss, how did you buy this cake?" ”

The boss pointed to the little girl who was buying vegetables not far away and said, "I didn't sell this cake, it was the little girl who sold it, or I will call someone over and ask you." ”

After a while, I saw the boss bring back a dark and thin little girl.

When the king butcher saw that the lord was coming, he asked again, "Little girl, how did you buy this bread?" ”

The little girl raised her head and looked at the king butcher before she said, "This cake is made from a kind of grass root in the mountains, and the people here are not used to eating it, and not many people are willing to buy it. ”

Mu Chenghu and the others looked at the plate of big cakes, which was enough for an adult to eat for a day, and they were a little moved.

"Little girl, I want as much of your bread as you have." This time it was Mu Chenghu who spoke.

When the little girl heard Mu Chenghu's words, she was a little excited and said, "That's all." ”

The boss brought the noodles and saw that Mu Chenghu and the others had bought all the cakes, and said happily, "Now that person is saved." ”

The boss's words made Mu Chenghu and his party a little curious, but no one asked.

Maybe it's because it's too early, there is no one else in the noodle restaurant except for Mu Chenghu and a few people.

Mu Chenghu saw that the boss was idle, so he asked, "Boss, how far are you from Fucheng here?" ”

"Don't tell the guest that the little one has never been to Fucheng, but the little one heard that Fucheng is still far away from here! It is said that it takes three days to ride a horse from here to Fucheng. The boss told Mu Chenghu what he heard.

"Then where do you handle the land registration here?" Mu Chenghu asked.

The boss thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about this, but everything on our side has to be done by the mayor." ”

"Boss, where can I find the mayor?" Mu Chenghu then asked.

The boss asked with some curiosity, "Do you have anything to do?" ”

"We just want to ask outsiders what to do when they settle down here and have a household registration." The matter of this questioning is Mu Chengru.

The boss looked at Mu Chenghu and said with a clear face, "Then you don't need to go, a few days ago, our town received a notice from the government that it was not allowed to take in outsiders, saying that many refugees had fled from the northwest, and that it was necessary to prevent refugees from mixing in and endangering social order, if you don't believe it, you can go to the East Street to see the notice." ”

Mu Chenghu's faces changed after listening to the boss's words, but fortunately, a guest came in at this time.

Mu Chenghu and his party walked towards East Street after leaving the noodle shop, and the boss saw the group walking towards East Street, muttering in a low voice, I really have to see it with my own eyes to believe it.

In fact, Mu Chenghu and the others naturally believed the boss's words, but they didn't give up and didn't want to run away anymore.

When Mu Chenghu and the others saw the content on the notice, they felt even more desperate. The notice said that as soon as a refugee is found to enter the city, he will be arrested and waiting for his whereabouts, and if someone takes in a refugee, he will be treated as a refugee if he is discovered.

At this moment, Mu Chenghu and the others didn't know how long their group would wander, and they didn't know where home was.

"Okay, let's cheer up, everyone is waiting for us! Our group is down, what should they do. Mu Chenghu saw that everyone's expressions were not good, so he opened his mouth to remind everyone that he was not only alone, but also the hope of a village.

Mu Chengru was a little worried that the longer he stayed in the town, the more dangerous it would be, so he urged: "Okay, let's hurry up and buy food." ”

Mu Chenghu and Mu Chengru each brought two people, and Mu Ergou took Li Tiehammer to buy food in three ways.

In the afternoon, a few people met in the city, and Mu Ergou and Li Tiezhu looked at Mu Chenghu and the others with guilt.

Mu Chenghu saw that there was no problem with the salt and food that the two of them bought, and he really couldn't figure out why the two of them behaved like this.

After a long while, Mu Ergou spoke, "Village chief, it's my fault. I accidentally lured the bad guys. ”

"No, village chief, it's my fault. If I hadn't listened to Ergou, I wouldn't have recruited the bad guys. Li Tiezhu said with a guilty face.

As soon as Mu Chenghu heard this, his head was big, so he quickly interrupted, "Okay, let's not say whose fault it is, let me ask you where are the bad guys?" ”

"A few dozen meters behind us, they followed us all the way, probably preparing to find a place with fewer people to start." Li Tiezhu glanced at the back and said.

After listening to Li Tiezhu's words, Mu Chenghu asked with some concern: "How many people are there in Dakai." ”

"Not much, just two people." Li Tiezhu said.

"You're both afraid of both of you, and you still have some skills." The king butcher made fun of it inappropriately.

"Two people are not terrible, what is terrible is that this is just their vanguard, we have to go back quickly, there are many people going back, they have to weigh it even if they want to start." Mu Chenghu said.

Not to mention what Mu Chenghu's plans were, the two people who followed them knew that they couldn't succeed after seeing Mu Chenghu and the others arrive, but after looking at a few big cars and things, they were unwilling to give up, so they discussed that one person would stay and continue to follow the other person and go back to call someone.

Mu Chenghu and the others returned to the camp without danger, and everyone finally let go when they saw the food brought back by Mu Chenghu and the others.

Mu Chenghu told everyone that someone was following him, so that everyone was ready to fight at any time. After arranging everything, Mu Chenghu called Li Tiezhu and the others aside to ask what was going on during the day.

It turned out that when Li Tiezhu heard it, Mu Chenghu told Mu Ergou to take care of himself, and he was a little unconvinced, and when he went to buy grain, Li Tiezhu proudly took out eight silver in the grain store and asked the shopkeeper to pack all the coarse rice, millet, and semolina in the store.

"Hammer, this is not the same as it used to be, we should be cautious when we go out to run errands." Mu Chenghu listened to the ins and outs and said earnestly.

Suddenly, a flock of birds was startled in the forest, and Mu Chenghu hurriedly called everyone to be vigilant, and everyone immediately took out the machetes and hoes prepared in advance when they heard Mu Chenghu's words.

"You two are sick in the brain, this is to let more than a dozen of us send people's heads!" After seeing the actions of Mu Chenghu and his party, the boss of the robbery gang in the opposite forest kicked the two people who reported the news.

After an hour, the boss of the robbery gang looked at Mu Chenghu and his party without relaxing at all, and said, "This order can't be done, this group is too vigilant to succeed, go back." ”

Mu Chenghu and the others in the forest don't know when everyone dispersed, but the villagers of Mujia Village were praying for safety that night.