Tian Taohua woke up first and saw that he was on the road of the official road, leaning against the tree on the side of the road.

Li Danian leaned under a big tree, not yet awake.

"How did you get here?" Tian Taohua remembered the matter of living in a black shop. But they were in the black shop at the time, how could they be here now, it seems that they were rescued here, otherwise they would have died in the west. Why didn't the man who saved them show his face and put them here?

She really didn't understand. Seeing that Li Danian also woke up, Tian Taohua walked over and asked with concern, "How is it?"

"A little bit of a headache!" Li Danian rubbed his temples a few times, glanced around, and saw that there were people coming and going on the official road, and there was a pass to check the people coming and going.

"Heh, where is this? I remember we lived in a black shop, and after we drank alcohol, we couldn't wake up. ”

Tian Taohua said: "We were rescued by someone, so we were put here." She also had a headache and rubbed her temples as well.

Li Danian saw that many people had returned from the checkpoint. An old man led a donkey past them, stopped not far from them, tied the donkey to a tree by the side of the road, squatted aside, smoked a cigarette pouch in his mouth, and kept his eyes scanning the checkpoint.

At first glance, you can see that this is a person who wants to pass the level.

"Oops, it's also a problem for us to get through the level." Tian Taohua also discovered this situation, her eyes did not leave the checkpoint, there were very few people who went out, but many people came back. Her gaze followed the figures who had returned, and disappeared from the official road.

Li Danian touched Tian Taohua's arm, "See, this old man also wants to pass the level." We asked him what was going on and why not let him go? ”

Tian Taohua nodded and agreed with Li Danian's idea.

Li Danian walked over, came to the old man, stopped, took out a dry tobacco bag, filled it with tobacco leaves, and said to the old man: "Uncle, a fire." ”

The old man stretched out the dry tobacco pouch, the two smoking pots touched together, the old man blew a few mouthfuls gently, Li Danian sucked a few times, and the orchid leaves in the tobacco pouch pot were ignited.

Li Danian thanked the old man, then spit out a pillar of smoke from his mouth and began to ask, "Uncle, I saw that many people wanted to pass the checkpoint, but they were driven back, what is the reason?" ”

"Oh, you're talking about levels. The army of the Later Jin Dynasty wanted to go to war with the Khitan army, and for fear that these people would be sent to death in the past, they set up checkpoints and forbade walking there. The old man puffed out two plumes of smoke from his nostrils.

"How far is the place where the war is going on?"

"It's about twenty miles." The old man replied, glanced at Li Danian, then at Tian Taohua, and asked Li Danian: "Is that your wife?" ”

"Yes. We are out of town, and we went to her second aunt to visit her old man's home, but I didn't expect to be able to pass the checkpoint. Looks like we've made a trip for nothing. Li Danian pretended to be disappointed and looked at the level.

The old man immediately asked, "Do you want to go over?" Li Danian nodded, "Look at her second aunt." ”

"I can get you through the level, but yours give me some favors."

"That's easy to say!"

"You give me ten dollars."

"Okay, I'll pay you right away!" Li Danian returned to Tian Taohua, took the money from the blanket and gave it to the old man.

The old man put the money back in his coat and said to Li Danian, "Let's go, I'll lead you to find someone." ”

Li Danian and Tian Taohua followed the old man to a nearby village.