Not long after, the villagers came with their belongings. After registering them, they put them away and waited to take them to the city to sell them at dawn the next day.

"Ji family boy, September girl. Everything is ready, just these few things."

They say that if you have food in your hands, you won't be worried. The village chief saw that most of the things he had accumulated in the mountains in the past few days were gone in an instant, and he began to panic again.

"Village Chief, we can still find wild vegetables when the time comes, don't worry."

The village chief sighed.

"That's all we can do."

Salt is also a necessity, and we cannot live without it. Villagers can dig wild vegetables, but they cannot make salt.

Using current supplies to exchange for salt that you don’t know how to make is also a good idea.

After explaining everything to the village chief, Lin Jiuyue and Gu Chengyan went to the city gate together.

There were a large number of refugees gathered at the city gate, waiting to see if there would be any kind-hearted master to come and distribute porridge.

Some people also want to take a shortcut by going through the city.

However, there were many soldiers guarding the city gate, and they were all armed. The refugees did not dare to cause trouble and could only gather not far from the city gate to look for opportunities.

As the two men reached the city gate, before they had time to move forward, they saw someone trying to go into the city, but was stopped by the guards.

"What are you doing? Refugees are not allowed in the city. Move back. If you don't push back, don't blame me for being blind with my spear!"

The person who wanted to enter the city quietly stuffed something into the soldier's hand, then said something with a smile.

Gu Chengyan was far away and didn't hear it, but Lin Jiuyue heard it.

"Sir, we've fled all the way to Qiyang County. We want to go into the city to buy some things. Please be kind and let us in. We promise not to cause any trouble."

I don’t know if it was because he received some benefits or what, but the guard’s tone became a little better.

"There's an order from above not to allow refugees to enter the city, lest they disturb the residents. Leave quickly."

The person who gave the benefit looked a little unhappy.

This guard soldier accepted bribes but was not allowed to do anything. He is obviously a corrupt official!

However, since ancient times, the people have never fought against the officials. Even if this happened, they could only blame themselves for their bad luck.

Lin Jiuyue frowned and pulled Gu Chengyan away.

"What's wrong? You don't want to go into the city? Then wait here and I'll go find out."

Lin Jiuyue pointed at the refugee who had just been driven out.

"Don't go. Didn't you see that person couldn't get in just now?"

Gu Chengyan naturally saw it, but still wanted to go up and try his luck.

Lin Jiuyue grabbed Gu Chengyan.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'll give it a try, maybe I can get into the city?"

Lin Jiuyue looked Gu Chengyan up and down.

"Why? You don't want to use your identity in the capital to get in?"

Lin Jiuyue revealed what Gu Chengyan was thinking.

"I advise you to give up on this idea. This is just a county town. The soldiers guarding the city gate are just insignificant minions. They won't recognize your belongings that symbolize your status."

"If we rashly go forward and show our faces in front of them, it will be even more difficult for us to enter the city later."

Gu Chengyan frowned.

"You have a point, but we don't have a better solution right now. We can only try it. If it doesn't work, we can talk about it later."

Lin Jiuyue gave Gu Chengyan a mysterious smile.

"I have a plan."

Gu Chengyan looked at Lin Jiuyue in confusion.

"What method?"

Lin Jiuyue thought about the time when she followed the old man into the city and decided to use the same method this time.

"Come with me."

Although Gu Chengyan was curious, he didn't ask much and just followed Lin Jiuyue obediently.

Not long after, Lin Jiuyue came to a small path and looked around.

"What are you looking for?"

Lin Jiuyue did not hide anything and told how she had followed the old vegetable seller into the city.

After listening to this, Gu Chengyan immediately felt that this method was feasible.

"We can try that first. If we can follow the local villagers into the city together, it won't attract attention and will save us trouble. If we still can't get in, you can try using your token."

Gu Chengyan said 'hmm'.

"OK."

Not long after, the two men saw a woman carrying a basket of eggs, preparing to go into the city to sell them.

Lin Jiuyue suddenly felt that the opportunity had come, so he walked up to the woman and had a conversation with her. The woman agreed without thinking.

"Okay, then you guys follow me. You'll have to pay for the copper coins to get into the city. But let's make it clear that those ten copper coins are the fee for leading me on the way. If you don't pay me after we get into the city, I'm not going to be bullied."

Lin Jiuyue patted his chest and promised.

"Don't worry, Auntie. We used to be an honest farming family. If it weren't for the drought in our hometown, we would be like you now, occasionally going to the city to sell some things in exchange for copper coins or something."

Having said that, Lin Jiuyue pretended to wipe away her non-existent tears, looking pitiful.

"It's not like we have to travel so long that we can't even get into the city."

When the woman heard how pitiful Lin Jiuyue sounded, and thought of the many refugees she had seen along the way, she felt a surge of sympathy in her heart.

"Alas, as the saying goes, if people harm each other, they can't harm anyone, but if Heaven harms people, nothing will grow. You are pitiful, having encountered such a thing."

"My family is in financial difficulty and I can't help you much. I don't want the ten copper coins. I'll just treat it as a good deed today. Let's go into the city with me."

When Lin Jiuyue heard this, a smile instantly appeared on her face.

"Auntie, you are such a kind person. Good people will always be rewarded. Don't worry, although we are in trouble, we are still loyal to our words. I will not refuse to give you those ten copper coins no matter what."

When the old lady heard that Lin Jiuyue and the others were in such a difficult situation and still wanted to give her some copper coins, although she didn't really want them, she was still happy.

"Haha, kid, why are you so polite? Let's go."

Lin Jiuyue and Gu Chengyan packed up before coming. Although they didn't look very fancy, they were better than other refugees.

At first glance, they looked like villagers from nearby, and no one could really tell them apart from their appearance.

"Hey, thank you, Auntie."

Lin Jiuyue happily followed the old lady. Gu Cheng pushed a cart loaded with belongings from various villagers, which were ready to be exchanged for copper coins.

After a while, Lin Jiuyue and the other person followed the old lady to the city gate.

The two men stood behind the old lady, not saying anything, just waiting for her to talk to the guarding soldiers.

"What's on that cart?"

The soldier's eyes fell on the cart pushed by Gu Chengyan, and he reached out to lift the oilcloth on the cart.