Chapter 68: Inquire for information
Du Jia has been living in Xujia Village for a while, from being extremely uncomfortable at the beginning, until now he can barely get by, and occasionally help Qiao'er with some household chores.
But her physical strength is still worrisome, not that she has no strength, but that she is not good at this kind of long-distance trekking, and it is too difficult for her to walk dozens of miles in one breath.
At the beginning, Xu Ping wanted to carry her on his back, but Du Jia directly refused, after all, it was a bit unsightly in broad daylight.
Even if the two are married, Du Jia will feel quite embarrassed, so she insists on walking herself.
After walking for some distance, both legs were like lead, as if none of them were hers, and she began to pant and dizzy, and her body was hot and sweaty, and she almost passed out to the ground.
"Rest! Wait a while before we go! ”
This sentence had been waited too long, and Du Jia sat on the ground regardless of his image, his eyes lost and he never wanted to stand up again.
"Drink some water and eat some dry food!"
Xu Ping handed over the water bladder and flatbread.
Du Jia mechanically took the water bladder and drank a few sips of water, but did not eat the flatbread, and by this time she had no strength.
After resting for a long time, Xu Ping saw that Du Jia still looked numb and sluggish, so he suggested again.
"Why don't I carry you on my back!"
This time, Du Jia didn't shirk again, lay on Xu Ping's back, closed his eyes, and began to doze off.
When she woke up, she found that the two of them had come to the outside of Qinan City, and there was a towering city wall in the distance.
"Hurry up and let me down!" There were more and more people in front of her, and Du Jia didn't want people to point fingers at her.
Besides, they have already come to the outside of the county, and it is not too far from the city gate, so Lu Dujia can still walk through it.
"Good!" Xu Ping found a clean place, put Du Jia down, and asked her to wait for a while, he needed to find a secluded place to facilitate it, and change his image by the way.
After Xu Ping came out again, both his figure and appearance have undergone earth-shaking changes, Xu Ping's height has reached about 1.85 meters, and now he is only 1.7 meters, and his face shape has changed from an oval face to a square face.
"You...... Who are you? Don't come back, I've got weapons in my hand! When Du Jia saw a stranger quietly approaching her, she immediately became vigilant, took out a dagger from her baggage, and threatened: "My husband will come back immediately, if you dare to ......"
Facing Du Jia's voice, Xu Ling couldn't help laughing, which made Du Jia very puzzled, the voice was a little familiar?
Except for the difference in height and appearance, the clothes on the other party's body are no different from what Xu Ping wore when he came.
"Could it be that Xu Ping has been ...... by the other party?"
Thinking that Xu Ping might have been framed by the other party, Du Jia's eyes were red, he couldn't care so much, he wanted to avenge Xu Ping, and stabbed the other party with a dagger in his hand.
Xu Ping was startled, he couldn't imagine that Du Jia was such a tiger, he didn't care about the ground and came up desperately, and hurriedly stopped her with his hand and said: "Du Jia, stop, it's me, I'm Xu Ping!" ”
"You are not Xu Ping, you killed him, I want to avenge him!" Duggard wept and continued to stab each other with a dagger.
"I'm really Xu Ping, look at me again!" Xu Ping had no choice but to remove the disguise on his face, revealing his original appearance.
"It's really you!" Seeing Xu Ping change back to his original appearance, Du Jia stopped, but she was still a little skeptical: "Your height ...... How did you get so short? ”
"This is the ability to shrink the bones, which can shrink the body!"
Du Jia was not satisfied with his height, so he just changed his appearance, why did he shrink his body and look like a little brother?
"I did this out of helplessness, there are a lot of people in the city who want to hunt us down, so I have to guard against it!"
"You'd better be your height!"
Although Xu Ping's body has shrunk, his clothes have become very fat, which makes Du Jia look particularly uncomfortable.
In the end, Xu Ping couldn't bear Du Jia's entanglement, so he had to use the skill of changing the appearance and shrinking the bones to restore his body to its original state.
Not only did he want to change his appearance, but he also specially prepared some materials for Du Jia, and put makeup on her on the spot, making her instantly turn into a middle-aged woman about thirty years old.
Looking at Du Jia's current appearance, Xu Ping was very satisfied with his masterpiece and gave Du Jia a mirror for her to look at for herself.
Du Jia was very satisfied, and said to Xu Ping: "Why are you not easy to tolerate on the road, then no one will laugh at us!" ”
"Yes!" Xu Ping patted his head, a little annoyed, how could he forget this, if he had thought about it earlier, Du Jia would not have suffered so much.
After the two of them laughed, they picked up the basket again and walked towards the city gate.
At the gate of Qinan County, it was much more relaxed than when they fled, at least there were not so many officers and soldiers under martial law, checking pedestrians, as long as they were not criminals wanted by the county government and paid a fee of more than ten yuan to enter the city, they were allowed to pass.
After entering the city, Xu Ping asked, "Where are we going?" ”
Du Jia was also at a loss, the county government was no longer her family's place of residence, and her parents and two younger brothers were gone.
Xu Pingyuan couldn't go to the courtyard he rented first, who knows if those people from the Wild Wolf Gang have evacuated?
"Why don't we go to the inn first, let me inquire about the matter of Du Xianling!" Xu Ping took Du Jia to the inn to stay.
Although they were prepared in advance, after arriving at the county seat, they realized that things were not as simple as they imagined.
First listen to some news from the inn, if you really can't find out, Xu Ping plans to sneak into the county government at night and find a person to ask for an understanding.
After staying at the inn, Xu Ping found the shopkeeper of the inn and asked him about the whereabouts of the burial place of Du Xianling's family.
Of course, Xu Ping did not reveal his identity, but only said that he was a distant relative of Du Xianling, and he came here to join his relatives.
Who would have thought that after coming to Qinan County, he found that the county government had changed to a new owner, and the original county commander was killed.
"Although Uncle Du is no longer there, I also have to find the burial place of his family and give him incense."
"This ...... I don't know very well, after the county seat was breached, many people died in the city, and many corpses were dragged to mass graves, if Du County's family had no one to collect their bodies, it is estimated that they would also be buried there. ”
Seeing that the innkeeper was a little prevaricated, Xu Ping took out a silver ingot from his arms and presented it, "Shopkeeper, I know that you have always been very well-informed here, do you please find someone who understands and ask, this is a deposit, if you find the burial place of Du Xianling's family, I will also give a lot of money." ”
"Well, I happened to know a person in the county office, and he arranged for someone to transport the body of the county government at the beginning, and he should know where it was buried." The shopkeeper of the inn began to hesitate a little, and when he saw Xu Ping take out the silver, he immediately smiled, stretched out a slap and said to Xu Ping: "This bit of silver is not enough, if you want to find him to do something, at least this amount is needed!" ”
"Fifty taels! No problem! Xu Ping didn't think about it, and directly agreed, if he could find the burial place of Du Xianling's family for fifty taels of silver, it would be really good, and he would go to the county government at night.