Chapter 19: Don't let the Marquis run away
It's finally almost time to get to the county seat.
Originally, according to the footsteps of ordinary people, the two-day journey took three days. First, the big and small of the three of them, especially Bao'er's mind has not yet recovered, and Liu Ju can't carry it on his back so he has to let him walk slowly, he has never experienced such a difficult long journey, resting while walking, resting while walking, it can be said that he has been grinding all the way. Thanks to the three boys' temporary intentions, they ordered the clay pot and bamboo mat, otherwise, just looking for water to drink would be a troublesome matter. Fortunately, it is now the golden autumn of August, and you can also find some wild fruits along the way to satisfy your hunger, otherwise, relying on a can of rice by the way, the third man is hungry and faints early, where can he go to the county seat.
Second, after all, it is a fugitive identity, and when you encounter people, you must try to avoid and try not to contact the crowd.
Finally, on the afternoon of the third day, I saw that the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and the city wall of the county town could be seen from afar.
The straw sandals had long since broken down, and now the three of them had bark or wood chips tied to their feet. The redness and swelling on Liu Ju's face have completely disappeared, but he has been darkened by the sun, and he is like the original Pianpian Jia Gongzi, just the body shape and footwork, and the faint breath of the superior, no way, years of cultivation have become an unconscious habit, and he stuffed a wooden branch in the so-called shoe. There was pain under his feet, but his face had to remain calm. It turned out that the knife and bow on their backs, the father and son discussed it, and they also lost it, since they looked like beggars, they must be beggars, and the beggar with a bow and knife was too conspicuous.
As the county seat approached and the number of pedestrians increased, the father and son could no longer dodge, Bao'er's mouth was stuffed again, and Harazi began to flow again.
At the gate of the city, several of the same notices were posted, and as we have seen before, under each notice, a group of people gathered, and in the crowd, there was a literate one, who was reading the words on the notice in a low voice, and one by one he bothered his ears, for fear of missing a word.
"Oh~" Those who heard it really, let out bursts of exclamations from time to time, immediately opened their eyes wide, and patrolled left and right, while those who were far away and couldn't hear were scratched by a 'oh', making a hundred claws.
"Hey, hey, what's going on?" Those standing on the periphery hurriedly pulled the placket in front of them and inquired about the situation.
"The old lady of the Wei family steals people." The one who was pulled by him was very impatient, he was listening attentively, but he didn't hear clearly, he was pulled a little, and he couldn't hear it, and he didn't understand what the words he heard before, but he wanted to hear what it meant.
"Huh? Steal whom? Is it this little white face? The one behind pointed to the portrait, revealing a lewd expression.
"Don't interrupt! I'm listening to see whose son is being taken away. The person in front of you has a look on your understanding face.
"Listen quickly, and tell me when you hear me."
As soon as he finished speaking, an old lady next to him also spoke.
"Who is this portrait? So handsome. ”
"It's just that it's much better than ever."
"The canvas is silk, isn't it? It's a pity that it's used for portraits. ”
"Pity? Do you dare to wear it for you? Breaking the law! ”
"I heard that the crown prince ran away?"
"Who is the crown prince, he is very rich."
"What do you know, the prince is the prince's grandfather."
Like Liu Ju and them, they just came, saw the excitement, and also gathered around, missed the explanation of the official messenger, didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly inquired.
"What is the prince's grandfather, it's the prince, I didn't listen to the official, the emperor's eldest son ran away."
"Why are you running? It can't be an elopement with a good friend, right? ”
"What elopement, isn't that written? What is it called... Touch you!! Yes, yes, it is a great sin to touch you. ”
"It's also sinful to touch it?"
"Then who are you touching, the prince must have touched someone else's wife."
"Ahh The prince is this kind of person, he deserves to be arrested! ”
"You know, don't mess around in the future, lose your head."
"Isn't it okay to touch your daughter-in-law?"
"It didn't say it, and it doesn't seem to work. Don't you hear, it's a great sin to touch you! ”
"Oh mom, then let's take my daughter-in-law off, who can bear to drill a quilt that night."
"Bang, bang, bang!" Suddenly, three gongs sounded, attracting everyone's attention, and I saw a person who looked like an official, standing on a temporary wooden platform at the gate of the city, holding a golden gong in one hand and a mallet in the other:
"Everyone's attention, everyone's attention" The voice fell, and it was 'bang' again.
Seeing that all the people were gathered around, he stuffed the gavel in his right hand into his left hand, and then made a gesture of pressing down:
"Attention everyone! This person! The subordinate pointed to the four portraits hanging on both sides of the city gate in turn, and then took back the mallet in his right hand and knocked it again, before he said loudly: "This person is Prince Wei, who is guilty of the crime of rebellion. The court issued a sea fishing document, and whoever reported meritorious service was given a marquis by the court with a rank of 2,000 stones. Whoever does not report or hides the knowledge will exterminate the three tribes!
I repeat, this person is the prince Liu Ju, he failed in his rebellion, and now he is fleeing everywhere, if anyone finds out, report it quickly, the report is true, you will not worry about eating and drinking for the rest of your life, and there are big officials to do, you can marry a lot of little wives! If you don't report it, or if you hide him, you will be guilty of a great crime, and you will destroy the three tribes, what are the three tribes, do you know? It's to kill your father's whole family, your mother's whole family, and your whole family! Did you hear clearly!! ”
"Oh~~ Is it okay to touch your wife?" The one who was about to go home and divorce his wife finally understood and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you? Two thousand stones, who will catch it. There are also many little wives, who you want to touch and who you want to touch. ”
After the subordinate finished speaking aloud, he asked, 'Did you hear clearly?' Without waiting for everyone to answer, he went straight to the high platform, and he just conveyed, regardless of the explanation, there were three other gates.
It turned out that the prince was convicted of rebellion, but he ran away. Most of the crowd came back to their senses, and they caught two thousand stones, and some people began to calculate how much two thousand stones were, one acre earns two stones, two acres is four stones, three acres, and three acres is how much? How many acres is 10 acres? I can't count, I can't count it.
Alas, why did the emperor only have one son rebelling, how good it is to have hundreds of sons rebelling, you can always catch one, a prince for a lot of little wives, after settling the accounts, the crowd began to commotion, everyone stared at some red eyes, looking around, especially the people standing around, eager to strip each other's clothes naked, look carefully.
Liu Ju stood far away from the notice, followed the queue into the city, waiting for the inspection, today's inspection is very strict, not only the inspection of the guard, in the surroundings, Liu Ju also found that there are many temporary grass sheds, next to the grass shed, there is a wooden sign, the sign is clearly written, a certain pavilion, a certain mile. This is to be verified on the spot!
Suddenly, the other party who was standing not far from Liu Drama had a person who looked straight at him, and almost collapsed with fright when Liu Script was nervous.
"You! You, you, you" The man's eyes were on fire and he came straight to Liu Ju.
"I'm me, I'm me, I'm not, no, no, no..." Liu Ju felt that the hair on his body was standing on end, and he wanted to turn around and run away, but his feet were like lead, and sweat penetrated instantly, and Liu Chang, who was standing next to Liu Ju, was also caught off guard by this sudden incident, looking at the figure rushing over, helpless.
The people around were also attracted by this scene, and they all turned their attention to Liu Ju.
"Stinky food, get out of the way!" The man rushed in front of Liu Ju, and did not show the action of pulling Liu Ju, but pushed Liu Ju to the side with his hand and rushed over.
And a person behind Liu Ju, when he saw someone coming at him, he ran away!
"Stop! Stop me!! The people behind shouted, and those who ran in front ran faster.
"Hou... Marquis.... The Marquis ran away!! I don't know who yelled at the excitement, but it provoked the crowd to blow up the nest, and Hula ran with it, and even the guards guarding the door and responsible for the review followed out.
"Two thousand stones, chase quickly, don't let two thousand stones run!"
"My two thousand stones!
"My title!!"
For a moment, in front of the city gate that was still in chaos just now, hey, there is no one left! The city gate was empty, and only Liu Ju's father and son were left, standing there in a messy manner.
Liu Ju, who returned to the position of the three souls, blinked his eyes and looked at the two sons, Liu Chang also blinked his eyes, looked at his father, and looked at the empty city gate.
"Go" Liu Chang was the first to react and pulled his father into the empty city gate.
But when they entered the city gate hole, and before they could get out of the city gate, they felt that the ground seemed to tremble, and a chaotic noise came from the city.
"Let's go, two thousand stones are coming!"
"Two thousand stones are coming! Don't let him run! ”
"My little wife! It's up to you."
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With the voice, in front of Liu Ju's eyes, three groups of people appeared, rushing out from both sides of the city gate and opposite the city gate, instantly blocking the entire city gate hole. But in this way, not only could they not move a single step, they could not even stand in place, and they were forced out by the abortion.
"Bao'er, where's Bao'er?" When the crowd rushed out of the city gate and dispersed, Liu Ju found that only Xiao San was holding his arm, and Bao'er was gone.
Liu Ju didn't care about the crowd that continued to flow out, so he grabbed Xiao San tightly and looked for him in the crowd.
But there are people everywhere, where to find them!
"Bao'er, Bao'er!!"
"Second brother, second brother!!"
"Wow~~Wow~~~ Father! Father!! Just when Liu Ju felt desperate, in the ditch of the moat, Bao'er's cry was heard.
Liu Ju rushed through the crowd with difficulty, stumbled and ran to the river, the guardrail by the river had been pushed to the front, fortunately it was late autumn, there was very little water in the river, Bao'er stood in the knee-high water, crying. There were still a lot of people in the river, some were climbing up, some were fluttering and falling down.
"Bao Bao'er, come over quickly, your father will pull you up." Liu Ju stood still on the shore, grasping the guardrail with one hand and reaching down with the other.
This is a moat, the riverbed is very deep, it is really not easy for a person to climb up, and several people inside have climbed up several times, but they have not climbed up.
"Can you pull me a little?" A middle-aged man who hadn't jumped up a few times saw Liu Ju stretching out his hand and asked.
"You pull my son over, and I'll pull you up" Liu Ju pointed to Bao'er, who was still standing in the water, and although Bao'er saw that her father was no longer crying, she still stood there and didn't move.
"Okay" The middle-aged man, without saying a word, walked over and dragged Bao'er over.
"Go and chase it, if you catch it, you guys won't have to ask for food anymore." After the middle-aged man was pulled up by Liu Ju, he left in a hurry, and kindly instructed Liu Ju before leaving.
"Yes, yes, we'll chase it right away!" Liu Ju coped with it in his mouth, watching Bao'er get soaked, frowning and worried. It's autumn now, and the nights are very cold, so if you catch a cold and fever, the wind evil will invade you. There was also no change of clothes. "Let's hurry up and take advantage of the chaos to enter the city now" Liu Ju saw that the flow of people in the city gate was a little loose, and he wanted to blend in.
"No, let's all go out now, it's too conspicuous for us to go inside" Liu Chang hurriedly stopped his father.
"What then?"
"Just wait, no one is paying attention to us right now, anyway."
After about two incense sticks, the grandfather sat on the stone railing that fell to the ground, looking at the people who came out of the city in twos and threes. It was just past noon, and the sun in the sky was still radiating warm heat, and Bao'er's lips were a little purple and her whole body was a little trembling. Although Liu Ju really wanted to leave this dangerous place now, looking at Bao'er's appearance, he still gave up and let him bask here for a while.
After about an hour, Bao'er finally returned to normal, and her clothes were almost dry. The city gate was deserted, and it was so deserted that there was not even a single person.
Bao'er's feet were a little lame, so the father and son helped Bao'er and walked into the city gate cave from the beginning. Near the city gate, there was a table, but the table had been overturned, and bamboo slips were scattered everywhere, which had been overturned by the crowd just now.
When passing through the city gate cave, I was lucky to find a few shoes, linen shoes, which must have been squeezed out by those people just now, and it was a pity that my father and brother had picked up suitable shoes, although the style was different, but the size was appropriate, but Liu Chang did not, he could only continue to wear suspected shoes made of tree bark.
"What are you guys doing?" Just when Liu Chang was unwilling and set up the table, wanting to see if there was anything he needed under the table, a shout came from the side.
Liu Chang looked up and saw that it was the county commander who came over with the two officials, who the county commander was, he didn't know, but he knew the county commander's clothes.
"Father, father said, these bamboo slips are official documents, no, they can't be discarded." Liu Chang opened his mouth and said, after setting the table straight, he also took the bamboo slips scattered on the ground next to him, pulled them up, and put them on the table.
"Are you a scholar?" The county magistrate looked at Liu Ju, who had just finished changing his shoes and stood up, and asked.
"Do you have credentials? Show me the test. Although the tone of the county commander was very strict, his face was very kind.
"Our father and son went out to study, and all the belongings were lost, and I, we are now begging for a living, and there is no inspection." Seeing that the other party was a court official, Liu Ju was no longer panicked, this kind of small role, he had never taken it seriously, and they didn't even have the qualifications to see him.
"Where did you come from?" Seeing Liu Juluo's generous answer, the county order was not surprised, Shizi, that is a backup official, this kind of performance is very normal, if it is not this kind of performance, it is not normal to be submissive.
"Huangshi Village" Liu Ju replied casually.
"Huangshi Village in Zhangjiajie?" The county commander's eyes lit up, and he looked at Liu Ju and asked.
"Yes" Liu Ju was cold in his heart, and immediately reacted, Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie, of course I thought that there was Zhangjiajie only if there was a Zhang family, who is the Zhang family, Zhang Liang.
"Then do you know Zhang Zhenren?"
"Dauda is my best friend." Everything goes well, everything goes well, Liu Ju's heart is happy, this magic stick, not only does he know, but in the mountains, without him, he doesn't know if he can get out of the mountains alive. The next time I meet him, I will definitely thank him, sincerely.
"Ah~ Great, Brother Gao's surname?"
"I, my surname is Jin, the word is a Mao, the word Feiyun, I don't know what to call the county?" Liu script wants to say that his name is Jin Mao Dao, Fu Ling's heart is very good, he didn't say Mao Dao, they are all readers, this is a bit boring, and he can't fool anyone. He is the crown prince, and he has been since he was a child, so he has no words and cannot use words. Parents and elders don't call their own words, the rest, hum! Who dares to call themselves by their first name and name! Give yourself a word, but it is appropriate for the situation, Lao Tzu wants to be like a cloud, so that you can see it, but you can't touch it.