Chapter 363: Entering the North City
"Now, there are only dozens of people in the village, and the young men all want to go out and fight for a while, but it's so easy to get out."
For poor people like them, they are afraid that they will not even be able to pay the gate tax to enter the city, let alone what can they do when they enter? It's not all that easy in the city.
"So you've been living here?" Lin Yue asked, in order to make these villagers survive until now, there must be a source of support. Otherwise, food for the villagers is also a problem.
Nodding, the village chief replied: "Yes, my father was the former village chief of Dazha Village, so after such a back and forth, the village has been established for almost a hundred years." There are several big mountains far from our village, and there are all kinds of wild fruits and vegetables on the mountains, and you can even catch wild boars and hares. But now that such a long time has passed, the village is only consumed and not collected, even if there are more mountains, they can be emptied! ”
The old village chief said as he spoke, and the heartbroken look made Lin Yue a little unbearable.
She is not a saint and can't save the world, but when there is really a difficulty in front of her, she still can't help but want to help, even though the villagers' attitude towards them was so bad before.
"I beg you, if you are really willing to save us, my old man will be a cow and a horse for your whole life, and this life is not enough for the next life!"
The village chief's bitter pleading sounded in Lin Yue's ears, but if they had the slightest way, they would not be so humble to put their hope on a stranger.
"Let's go."
Half an hour later, Lin Yue returned to the thatched house, Su Xin was packing her bags, looking at the packages piled up in most of the room, a little helpless. "I don't know what's going on, but a lot of villagers have come and sent these over, all of which are food and clothing." Su Xin knew that these people were poor and didn't plan to accept them, but the village chief also appeared to persuade her, so she agreed.
Lin Yue looked at it for a while, and then said clearly: "Since it is the intention of the villagers, let's accept it." "After all, without these foods, it is not easy for them to walk on the road.
"But ......" Su Xin was about to say something, but was interrupted by Lin Yue's mouth, "Hurry up and clean up, we'll go." ”
"Yes." Nodding, Su Xin had already packed up her and Lin Yue's baggage, turned over and resisted on her shoulders, and took out a few things from the packages sent by the villagers according to Lin Yue's request and packed them together, before walking out of the house with her.
Because of yesterday's accident, Lin Yue had been delayed in the village for a lot of time, and now that she left in a hurry, many villagers couldn't help but come out to see her off.
Through a short period of contact, they have become less prejudiced and more enthusiastic about these strangers. "If the girl wants to come next time, everyone in our village welcomes you!"
A woman shouted, since the carriage had already gone a few meters away, Lin Yue knew that they couldn't hear the reply clearly, so she hurriedly poked out most of her head and waved goodbye.
Finally got away from the village, Su Xin had just ordered the medicine and smoked it, and saw that Lin Yue's head was empty. "Huh? Princess, where did you forget to take your hairpin? ”
The hairpin is not precious, but it is very popular with Lin Yue on weekdays, so Su Xin is a little nervous when he speaks.
Lin Yue waved her hand indifferently, "I put the hairpin there." "It's just a hundred taels of silver, and if it can save the lives of a villager, it's also very good.
Tell the old village chief that when Lin Yue arrives in the north, she will immediately write a letter to Bixin, asking her to send food to Dazha Village. As for the hairpin, if someone likes it, why not give it away?
Su Xin listened to this and didn't say anything more.
In the following days, Lin Yue basically spent it in a carriage, after a long two days and one night, when she arrived in the north, Lin Yue looked at the tall white city in front of her and was a little dazed. The egg hurts
Perhaps because the northern border is close to the coast, when Lin Yue first arrived, he obviously felt that the temperature here was much colder than that in the capital. It happened to be autumn again, and she shivered several times in a row with only a few layers of thin clothes.
"Imperial Princess, let's go in quickly." Lin Yue was cold, and Su Xin was not comfortable.
There were no more than three guards standing at the door, and they were half-squinting as if they were napping because of the cold. So much so that Lin Yue and the three of them walked in front of them, but they didn't see the slightest reaction.
"Three officials, we want to enter the city, I don't know if we can and ask for it?"
Hearing a weak female voice, one of the men shook his head in confusion, and when he saw Lin Yue's figure clearly, a touch of disbelief flashed on his face.
"Hey, wake up, wake up!" He hurriedly woke up the two companions around him, and the cold wind suddenly poured into his neck, making them shiver.
"Do you want to go into the city?" The doorman asked, his tone a little incredulous.
Lin Yue's heart flashed with doubts, but she still greeted her with a smile on her face, "Yes, may I ask what the officials want?" "Generally speaking, you have to go through a check when you enter the city, even at the border.
"Oh......" the doorman replied with a long sigh, and his companion next to him couldn't help but sigh, "I thought no one would come to our northern city again." ”
"That said, I don't know how many years since I saw a new face." The other laughed, laughing a little self-deprecatingly.
"Dare to ask the official, why do you say that?" Su Xin asked, after all, they had never heard such rumors before they came.
Listening to her inquiry, a dark color flashed on the doorman's face, but he instantly became impatient, "What to say or not, if you want to enter, you can't help but get out quickly, don't waste time here!" ”
"You!"
"Su'er!" Lin Yue suddenly spoke up, with a smile on her face, "What the official said is, let's go in." ”
It wasn't until he entered the city that Lin Yue let go of the hand on Su Xin's shoulder.
"Why didn't the imperial concubine ask carefully?" Su Xin couldn't help but say, if there is really a problem in this northern land, it will be too late to escape, and he will have to fall into the tiger's mouth.
Shaking her head, Lin Yue knew that she was worried, and looked at Uncle Huang who came in behind her, and couldn't help but sigh lightly. "Even if we ask, people don't necessarily want to tell us. What's more...... "Even if it's for Shao Sijin, she won't back down!"
Seeing that it was already sunset, the three of them hurriedly found a nearby inn, I don't know if it was too late, except for the shopkeeper and a few guys, the huge inn rarely saw guests.
"Shopkeeper, three upper rooms." Su Xin's voice interrupted the shopkeeper's action of counting the money, as if because of Su Xin's words, he lazily raised his head and glanced at the three of them.
"Going to the room?"
"Yes." Lin Yue nodded, "Dare to ask the shopkeeper if you have a stove in the upper room?" "After all, Lin Yue, who was freezing in the cold weather, was also a southerner in his last life, so he really couldn't stand it.
"Yes." Nodding, the shopkeeper's attitude was lukewarm, but after seeing the clothes on the three people, he couldn't help but say more, "Outside the city, right?" "The people in their northern city have always been wrapped thickly, and their bodies can't bear the cold, so they use their clothes to resist.