Chapter 2

This is bad!

Whether it was the fact that the original owner was still alive, or the fact that the postmaster discovered that he, a prisoner, was stranded in Qingyi, it was a very tricky matter!

The postmaster of Qingyi immediately sent her to chase the Qin family's exiles ahead. In such a snowy and icy place, considering the original owner's current weak body, it would be like asking her to die.

what to do?

Without giving it any thought, Gu Ran immediately opened the first drawer under the desk in the space, reached in and felt around, then closed it, found another drawer, opened it, felt around, and closed it again. When he opened the third drawer, he took out an ordinary purse and poured the contents onto the desk: a small amount of gold and silver.

Without giving her time to choose carefully, Gu Ran casually took out a gold leaf and stuffed it into her clothes.

Just as she hid herself, Mrs. Dou and the postmaster walked to the outside of the prison where she was imprisoned.

"See, isn't it, Master Liu? She's not dead, not dead."

Mrs. Dou pointed at Gu Ran and yelled outside the prison bars.

"Since she's not dead, you should have called Li San or Huang Wu or anyone else to take her and catch up with Chen Jieguan. Why are you still keeping her here?" Liu Yizhang scolded, and ordered the guards to open the cell door. He waved at Gu Ran, "You, come out now, quickly."

Gu Ran knew that he would be ordered to be escorted by the police to catch up with the group of people who had left a long time ago and were originally sentenced to exile.

However, with the original owner's current body, even if he managed to leave the post station, he might die again in less than half an hour.

So Gu Ran didn't want to leave now.

Of course, it was impossible not to go to the place of exile, and it was also impossible to escape.

According to the original owner's memory, according to the laws of the Great Sheng Dynasty, the families of exiled prisoners, after arriving at the place of exile, could still live as ordinary people in the designated border wasteland. If they were lucky enough to encounter an amnesty, they would have the hope of returning to Beijing.

But if you escape, you will become an illegal resident, unable to move or settle down anywhere, and you will have no peace for the rest of your life. If you are caught, you will be subjected to tattooing - indelible words representing your crime will be tattooed on your face, and you will also be forced to work as a soldier, in the mines, and do the most tiring work.

Comparing the two, it is naturally better to go to the place of exile obediently.

Gu Ran climbed up and knelt before the postmaster Liu, kowtowed and begged, "Sir, it's not that I don't want to get up and chase after Master Chen and the others, but I'm still sick, like a candle in the wind. If you want me to leave the post station now, I'm afraid you'll just be asking me to commit suicide."

"What do you know? You're the prisoner being escorted by Officer Chen. If you don't hurry up and keep up, what if Officer Chen continues to misunderstand you as dead? We at Qingyi can't afford to be guilty of such negligence."

"Sir, you can send a skilled official to inform Officer Chen Jie that I am still alive. I will allow you to stay at the post station for a few days. Once I am well, I will set out to catch up with them."

"Once you've recovered and Officer Chen Jie and the others have left, who will be responsible for escorting you?"

"The place where I'm being exiled is Minzhou in southern Xinjiang. I'm not the only criminal being sent to Minzhou. When the officials escorting the prisoners to Minzhou stop at this post station, Sir Liu, please have them take me with them to catch up with Officer Chen Jie, or they can go directly to Minzhou." As Gu Ran spoke, he rustled out the gold leaf from his coat and handed it to Postmaster Liu with both hands. He said pitifully, "I beg Sir Liu to have mercy on me and let me rest for a few more days."

Chief Liu looked at the golden leaf and then at Gu Ran's pale and weak face.

Gu Ran looked at him pitifully with pleading eyes.

If the prices in this world are similar to those in the previous life, this gold leaf would be equivalent to ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver is not a small amount, which is equivalent to the food for an ordinary family of five for two or three years.

As expected, Liu Yichang thought for a long time before grabbing the golden leaf and saying, "Since you are pitiful, I will let you rest for a few more days."

"Thank you, Master Liu."

"But once you recover, you must leave immediately."

"That's for sure."

Gu Ran thanked him repeatedly and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Yichang turn around and leave.

She knew that when she saw Dou Pozi taking out gold leaves to honor Liu Yichang, her eyes lit up.

Although wealth should not be shown off, at this time, if she did not use money to tempt and bribe the postmaster to stay and recuperate, she would be a sick woman, weak and powerless, and if she did not have enough food to eat and was not well, where would she find a way to make a living?

You can't keep all your money and become a miser and lose your life, right?

For now, we can only take one step at a time.

Whether you can survive is another matter.

On the other side, after following Liu Yichang out, Mrs. Dou was still feeling jealous and angry: It was obviously her responsibility to collect the body of Mrs. Qin Si. No matter what gold and silver was hidden on her body, it was agreed that they would all belong to her. Why didn't she just die?

"Master Liu, what do you think about the matter of Grandma Qin Si?"

"Since he's still alive, keep him under close watch and treat him like an ordinary prisoner spending the night."

Qingyi is not big, but it has all the functions. In addition to being a transit post for letter couriers, grain teams and officials traveling from north to south to rest, it is also equipped with several cells for prisoners escorted by passing officials, and it has experience in taking care of stranded prisoners.

"Well, Lord Liu ordered me to do so, of course I did." Mrs. Dou nodded repeatedly, "That's right, I see this Fourth Madam Qin, I'm afraid it's what those old doctors said, a last gasp of enlightenment!"

"Don't worry if it's her last gasp or something else, she's still alive. I heard her family belongs to some marquisate in the capital. If she's not dead, then treat her well. If she's dead, throw her out and bury her properly in a grave to avoid trouble from the marquisate in the future. Our small post station can't afford to offend some big shot in the capital."

"Hey, Master Liu is right, that's right."

On the surface, Mrs. Dou agreed, but in her heart she was thinking: Bah, what's the use of the Marquis's family in the capital? They are just exiled criminals, probably not valued. Otherwise, how could the Qin family dare to offend the Marquis's family and leave her alone?

Mother Dou returned to the prison with a hidden agenda, "Grandma Qin Si, are you really okay?"

"I feel much better now."

Gu Ran had already sat back down, rubbing his hungry stomach, and asked smugly, "I'm just a little hungry. I haven't eaten anything since morning. Grandma Dou, could you please get me something to eat?"

"It's not dinner time now!"

"Could you please be so kind as to give me some steamed buns and flatbreads? I know you've been so kind to me, Aunt Dou. I'll be grateful to you in the future."

"Okay, since you're pitiful, I'll do something kind."

Mrs. Dou looked at her twice and agreed reluctantly.

After Mrs. Dou left, Gu Ran relaxed again. When he wanted to enter the space, he found that he was blocked.

Can't get in?

That's not right. I was clearly able to take things out just now.

She was about to try again, but she heard the system prompt sound, gurgling as usual, and a progress bar popped up in the space: [System matching, please wait]

Gu Ran: ...

Can you also match a new system for yourself?

Gu Ran looked at this space, helpless.

This space was originally a space directly connected to her spiritual consciousness that she had exchanged with the system for points when she completed tasks because she did not have enough spirit stones to buy a storage bag. It was originally used for storage, but later became a private workroom that she specially customized for herself.

There is a set of desks, chairs and cabinets inside.

She remembered that there were some miscellaneous items in the drawer that she had casually placed, including some spiritual herbs and medicinal materials found in the great secret realm where she was killed, as well as fasting pills. She wondered if fasting pills could be eaten in this new world she came to?

If possible, you can also take some tonic pills and spiritual herbs to repair this body.

But now she has been blocked out, and the system is rematching, so I’m afraid everything inside will be unusable!

Gu Ran was disappointed.

But she had no choice but to wait for a new system to be matched with her.

Not long after, with a gurgling sound, the subtitles in the workshop finally moved.

[It has been detected that the original system is incompatible with this world, so the original system operation is cancelled and replaced with the space system. ]

[In view of the host's long-term service to the system, as a token of gratitude, this space will be retained as the host's starting space. However, all objects in this space that are incompatible with this world will no longer be effective.]

【I wish the host a happy life in the new world. 】

After the above content disappears, only a line of subtitles remains on the upper right corner of the shelf: [Points 0, Level 1]

Just like in the previous life, when I was equipped with the Guru system, I only received a brief introduction in a few sentences, and all the functions of the Guru system had to be slowly explored by myself during use.

In other words, I can only use the space system at present, and there are only about six workshops left that can be used.

All objects that are incompatible with this world are no longer effective. Does that mean that the talismans here are no longer effective?

Gu Ran tried to take out a speeding talisman, but found that as soon as he took it out, the pattern on the talisman disappeared immediately, leaving only a piece of talisman paper.

Very good, the Speed ​​Talisman is incompatible in this world.

Gu Ran had no choice but to put the talisman paper back into the workshop, and took out a dust-purifying talisman, a weight-increasing talisman, an invisibility talisman, and so on. Without exception, these talismans that seemed common in the world of cultivation had lost their effectiveness here.

However, she had clearly taken out a warming talisman, so it could still be used.

It has just been transformed into a warm patch.

Could it be that because I had just come here, the system didn't have time to determine whether it was compatible, so this mistake made me take advantage? Or was it just a benefit of coming to this world?

Otherwise, without that warming talisman, I would have frozen to death by now, right?

When Gu Ran wanted to try again, footsteps were heard outside the prison. It was Mrs. Dou bringing her food.

The two steamed buns were made of the worst grains and were cold and hard.

However, the millet porridge in the bowl looked hot.

"These are all I can find now, so just eat whatever you want!" Mrs. Dou seemed to want to win Gu Ran's favor, and she pushed all the things in front of Gu Ran diligently.

"Okay, thank you, grandma." Gu Ran smiled and grabbed a steamed bun, tore off a corner, and then put it in his mouth and started chewing. Then he picked up the millet porridge and brought it to his mouth. He heard Mrs. Dou swallow her saliva nervously.

It should have been a very slight movement, but Gu Ran heard it and paused.

She was drinking porridge, why was Mrs. Dou so nervous?

Could it be that there is something wrong with this porridge?

Gu Ran still touched his lips to the edge of the bowl, tilted the wooden bowl slightly and pretended to drink the porridge. When his lips touched the warm porridge, he immediately released them. After taking the bowl away, he wiped the porridge off his lips.

Then he pretended to swallow it, tore off a piece of the steamed bun and put it in his mouth.

Then he picked up the millet porridge and put it to his lips. Seeing that Mrs. Dou was still staring at him, he moved the bowl away and forced a smile at her: "Mrs. Dou, please go and do your work. I will eat slowly."

"Okay, take your time eating. I'll go get busy." Mrs. Dou nodded, turned around and left. When she got outside, she glanced back at Gu Ran.

Gu Ran remained calm, picked up the wooden bowl, brought it to his mouth, tilted it slightly, and continued to pretend to drink the porridge.

When he saw Mrs. Dou walk out of the window, he quickly put down the bowl and stared at the thin porridge inside.

Why did Mrs. Dou give her such a problematic bowl of porridge?