The two sides are at a stalemate.

Chen Daoyu suddenly stepped forward and handed a post to the gatekeeper.

"Show it to your Lordships."

The gatekeeper looked at the gold stamping on it, took it, ran up to the city wall and passed it to the gatekeeper general.

The general took a casual look, his expression froze, and he immediately ran downstairs and rode his horse at full speed to the prefect's mansion.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the gatekeeper general came back panting.

He crawled down from his horse and welcomed the Chen family respectfully.

Other families, thanks to the Chen family, were also able to enter Jincheng.

All the Chen family members were honored and walked with their chins held high.

Old Mrs. Chen was very arrogant and said loudly: "After all, our Chen family was once a famous and prestigious family. Even if we are exiled, our prestige is still there."

Leader Shen asked Chen Daoyu what was going on.

Chen Daoyu said modestly that the prefect of Jincheng was once a disciple of Mr. Chen.

Liu Rouhan, who was at the end of the exile team, saw everything, touched her stomach, and a fierce look flashed in her eyes.

She must enter the Chen family!

However, Lu Wuji and his sister who were far away did not receive such good treatment.

He was stopped forcefully by the soldiers guarding the gate.

No matter how much money Lu Wuji gave him, it was useless.

Lu Linglong rolled her eyes fiercely, "Brother Wuji, this is the court of Beijiang. They simply treat the lives of the people as worthless!"

Lu Wuji was also a little shocked. He didn't expect the Beijiang court to be so cold-blooded!

If it were in their Wei Zhao, such a thing would never happen!

As the heir to the royal family of Wei Zhao, the most powerful empire among the seven countries, Lu Wuji quickly formed more than a dozen ways to deal with the epidemic in his mind, but none of them was as ridiculous as Beijiang!

The two were forced to stay outside the city.

Lu Wuji had nothing to do, so he wrote a letter to his uncle, saying that he had met a miracle doctor who might be able to cure his leg.

Lu Linglong also came over and asked him to add more words.

"Brother Wuji, please say hello to the emperor's uncle for me and tell him that I will bring him some delicious candied haws when I return! Also, tell him how many beautiful dresses I bought."

The two were raised by the emperor's uncle and have a deep relationship with him, even better than with their biological father.

Lu Wuji was helpless, "I know."

At the same time, I sighed in my heart.

The emperor's uncle has become taciturn ever since he broke his leg and was disfigured while protecting his father fifteen years ago.

He always stared in the direction of Beijiang River in a daze, saying that he had missed an appointment with someone.

But when I asked him the next question, he said nothing.

Lu Wuji almost forgot what the once high-spirited Prince Yong looked like.

This trip to Beijiang was not only for finding ice blue flowers and exploring the national conditions of Beijiang.

Lu Wuji also wanted to find out what happened to the emperor's uncle in Beijiang fifteen years ago.

So at the end of the letter he signed:

Uncle, Linglong and I have come to Beijiang. Do you want to tell us who the person you missed the appointment with is, so that we can go and help you find out?

Jincheng was also very deserted, with few pedestrians on the streets.

The wind blew the fallen leaves, and the sound of horses' hooves on the bluestone slabs was crisp.

The exile team attracted the attention of many citizens.

As they looked, their eyes shifted to the wooden barrels in each household.

The wooden barrel was full of water, clear to the bottom, reflecting the blue sky, which made them jealous and excited, and they couldn't help swallowing.

Jincheng has been without water for a long time. Where did this group of people get the water?

The head of the noble Song family in the city happened to be nearby.

After seeing that these outsiders had so much water, a dark plan slowly took shape in his mind.

He hurried back home and asked the butler to gather the heads of other families.

The exiled prisoners wandered around the city for most of the day before they found an inn that was open.

This inn is shabby, but the fees are not low.

The cheapest one costs ten taels of silver a night!

The shop owner's eyes were full of greed, and he shouted, "If you don't want to stay here, get out. It's great that we can take in a bunch of foreigners like you."

If they didn't stay in this inn, they would have to sleep on the streets, so everyone gritted their teeth and moved in.

Rich families like the Gu family live in the best-quality houses in the Tianzi Building, where conditions are slightly better.

Those who have no money sleep in the woodshed or the side rooms.

After dinner, Xie Ling borrowed a wooden barrel from the shopkeeper, boiled water herself, and the women in the family took a comfortable hot bath.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Song to move, and she is due to give birth in just two or three months.

Xie Ling kept an eye on her movements at all times. The weather was so hot and she was on the road every day, so premature birth was possible.

In recent days, Song has been looking down in deep thought more and more often, and sometimes Xie Ling called her several times but she didn't even hear it.

After asking Pei, I found out that these days were the birthday of the eldest brother of the Gu family.

Song must be missing him.

Thinking of the conversation of the prince that she overheard, Xie Ling sighed deeply.

Gu's eldest brother, I'm afraid he has already...

However, Xie Ling didn't dare tell Song this, so the whole family tried every way to please Song.

When Xie Ling heard that Song wanted to eat sour plums, she searched the whole space but couldn't find any, so she decided to go out and buy some.

Ru Jie'er stuck to her and wanted to go with her.

The two came to the East Market of Jincheng.

As it was getting close to evening, many shops were closed. Xie Ling searched all the dry goods and fruit shops but couldn't find any sour plums.

Finally found it in a pharmacy.

Xie Ling was planning to make a summer soup and was just short of a herb, so she asked casually, "Do you have licorice?"

The pharmacy owner didn't even look up. "Go look in the herb store on the left. The pharmacy was under renovation yesterday, so I couldn't find it."

Xie Ling came to the herb storehouse to look for medicinal herbs, and asked Ru Jie'er to stand by and wait for her obediently.

But the herb storehouse was in such a mess that Xie Ling had to search through it till she found it.

When I looked up again, Ru Jie'er was gone!

Her heart skipped a beat, and she ran out in a hurry, asking the shopkeeper, "Where's the little girl who was walking with me just now? Did you see her?"

The shopkeeper still looked dazed and said, "I don't know."

Xie Ling directly slapped a thousand taels of silver in front of him and asked loudly, "What now?"

The shopkeeper's eyes widened slightly, and he suddenly put all the banknotes into his sleeves, smiling shyly and saying, "You should have told me earlier if you had money. How could I let you go looking for licorice by yourself? I guess that little girl has gone with the boy from the Yu family."

Xie Ling frowned: "What Yu family? Take me there."

The shopkeeper curled his lips and said, "He is just a poor boy. He has no money and comes here every day to buy medicine on credit. It's in Wutong Alley in the west of the city. Go there by yourself."

Xie Ling grabbed his collar and said in a cold voice: "If you take my money, you have to do things for me. Take me there, quickly."