Chapter Seventy-Three: Arriving in Xiangzhou

After entering Youzhou, the season also entered the beginning of October, and the weather gradually became cooler.

When he was on the road in the morning and evening, Luo Xiaoran didn't sit outside the carriage and blew the cold wind.

It's warm to hide in the carriage, but it's boring to be alone, except for dozing off and teasing the little fox, it's really boring. So, in a lively county town in Youzhou, Luo Xiaoran bought a lot of books.

After buying the books, the two went to the local teahouse for tea and rest.

Inquire about the current situation in Youzhou in an instant.

There is no shortage of people from three religions and nine streams in the teahouse, and I didn't know much about the current situation in Youzhou, but Youzhou is relatively close to Xiangzhou, and I can also hear a lot of news from border states.

For example, the new emperor who drove the expedition beat the enemy army to the ground, and in one fell swoop recovered Hu County, which had been in the hands of Xiyan for decades, which greatly pleased the people, and the reputation of the new emperor Murong Jue rose even higher.

In this regard, Luo Xiaoran said that he was not too surprised.

On the other hand, Han Yan applauded excitedly when he heard the news.

If it weren't for his appearance of five big and three rough, he would have fully deserved the title of 'fan brother', the second man to be captured after Mu Xian.

There was a commotion in the teahouse for a while because of this news, and the nine-tailed red fox that had been nesting behind Luo Xiaoran's shoulder poked its head out, and its wet and soft nose arched Luo Xiaoran's earlobe.

"Little fox, I'm excited to hear Murong Jie's name." Luo Xiaoran stretched out his hand and blocked the nine-tailed red fox in the probe.

The little fox chirped softly and then shrank back.

During this time outside, the nine-tailed red fox has always been very well-behaved, and rarely pokes its head out without authorization.

However, at this time, Luo Xiaoran's mind was calculating the rest, "Since they have pacified the border prefecture and recovered Hu County by the way, they should return to Beijing soon?" ”

Luo Xiaoran really didn't know much about these ancient schedules, so he could only ask Han Yan.

Han Yan nodded and said, "If everything goes well, it will be soon, and we should be able to arrive in Beijing by the end of the year." ”

Luo Xiaoran snapped his fingers, it's only October now, and it's the New Year in February, so there are still three months to count...... Thinking that there were more than 90 days before she could see Murong Jue, she was even more determined to pay attention and decided to go to Bianzhou to visit the class.

Seeing that Luo Xiaoran was silent, Han Yan only thought that she missed His Majesty, and stopped talking.

Since entering Youzhou, Luo Xiaoran has found that his living standard has begun to decline sharply, and since Youzhou, he has gradually revealed poverty, and the further he goes north, the more this situation will become.

Luo Xiaoran couldn't see that there was starvation everywhere, and he didn't have a great heart that tried to save the people in the world, so he asked Han Yan to take the official road and enter Xiangzhou directly.

After arriving in Xiangzhou, they went straight to Lingjue Temple.

Lingjue Temple is located in a remote location, built on the mountainside, it is difficult for the carriage to go up, they simply put the carriage in the local famous inn, the inn is far away from the Lingjue Temple, it takes two days' walk, so they spent money to invite a local porter to take them there.

The porter's name is Shen Chang, his skin is tanned by the sun, his body is thin, but his shoulders are extremely thick, he is in his thirties, but he looks even older.

Shen Chang said that their porters basically look like this, and they all rely on their strength to support their families.

Shen Chang is enthusiastic, and he talks about local folk customs and history, and also mixes with the small stories of ghosts and ghosts that only exist in the mouths of many farmers.

On the way, Luo Xiaoran discussed with Han Yan and wanted to give him a few more dollars.

Shen Chang walked in front, still holding a long flat pole in his hand, and the hemp rope hung from both ends of the flat pole, and a fist-sized dead knot was tied under the hemp rope. When he didn't carry the burden, he tied the hemp rope to the flat pole, used the flat pole as a crutch, and told Luo Xiaoran that the road up the mountain was very steep, so let them find a suitable piece of wood to use as a crutch on the road.

"Seeing that your brother and sister are also children from rich families, why did you think of coming to Xiangzhou to suffer." Shen Da said with emotion.

Han Yan said the lines almost 180 times as if he was reciting a book: "My sister likes to read, and she doesn't want to wait for her to get married in the boudoir, and I don't want to read dead books to test my fame. ”

When Shen Chang heard this, he smiled: "Miss Gongzi is a scholar in the end, and the lord of the house must also be a reasonable and enlightened person." ”

Han Yan answered, yes.

"It's good for Miss Childe to study abroad, but you also have to listen to my advice, this Xiangzhou, you can leave quickly, it's better to go to the border than in Xiangzhou."

Luo Xiaoran, who was bored walking, suddenly became interested: "Why? ”

Shen Chang sighed and said, "Where did Miss come from?" ”

"Youzhou ......" Luo Xiaoran hesitated, but still explained the situation, "The official road we took, Youzhou has already starved, and my brother is afraid that the road is not safe, so he took the official road straight into Xiangzhou." ”

Not everyone can walk on the official road, and the state spends a lot of money every year on pruning and maintaining the official road.

So they have to pay money by taking the official road, and ordinary people will never go to the official road to waste this money. It's just that Luo Xiaoran felt that there were other meanings in Shen Chang's words, so there was no need to hide it.

Moreover, her words and demeanor with Han Yan have already revealed that they were born in a family that is either rich or noble, and then deliberately concealing it will make people suspicious.

"Since Miss is from Youzhou, it's easy to say." Shen Chang turned his head and smiled at Luo Xiaoran, but that smile was a little vain, even a little weak: "Originally, Youzhou and Xiangzhou were not good, they couldn't grow anything, no one wanted to take care of these two states, and the officials didn't have much heart to rectify, just ten years ago, Xiangzhou came to Xiangzhou to have a princess's brother Zhuang Yu became the governor, and the government and businessmen colluded with each other to oppress our people, making Xiangzhou a miasma, we Xiangzhou people are bitter, but there is no place to complain, once someone tries to go out of Xiangzhou to complain." The officers and soldiers of the local county government showed the man to death in public...... Ay! ”

Beat to death......

When he heard these four words, Luo Xiaoran was stunned.

Even Han Yan was stunned.

Although they came all the way and probably knew that Xiangzhou was barren and starving, they never thought that there would be such a lawless regime running rampant in such a difficult place!

"Don't anyone above the governor know about these things?!" Han Yan asked.

Shen Chang could only shake his head, but he didn't notice Han Yan's face, and only cared about complaining: "What's the use of knowing!" Qin Cha, who beat people to death here a while ago, still has no one to uphold justice? ”

Governors?

Could it be Tong Yuyan?

Luo Xiaoran's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and he heard Han Yan ask, "How could it be beaten to death?" It's not that were—"

Luo Xiaoran immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Brother! He quickly interrupted Han Yan's next words.