Chapter 125 Diaomin
Han Lang stood on the hillside and watched the exile team set off. He only rode his horse forward after they turned the mountain road.
Feng Aoqing did not go to Sizhou, which Mo Beiyuan chose. The road in Sizhou is easier to travel, but it takes a longer route, while the road in Qizhou is harder to travel, but it can get to Yanzhou faster.
Feng Aoqing felt that the road conditions were sometimes good and sometimes bad. The recent section was very bad, and the carriage got stuck several times a day.
In order to travel faster, the number of carriages has been reduced from two to one, but it is still a burden.
Fortunately, there were many laborers in the team, so there were people to carry the things if they got stuck.
The quality of the road tells you what the situation is like in the city ahead. Judging from the current road conditions, I'm afraid the city ahead is also in a state of chaos.
After walking for a while, the road condition suddenly improved a lot and was even paved with stones.
Feng Aoqing was just about to sigh that this was a fairyland on the road of exile, and even if it rained, her feet wouldn't get dirty.
Unexpectedly, Mo Mingyuan, who was exploring the way ahead, ran back.
"Sister-in-law, Mr. Jiang, someone is blocking the road and demanding silver. They say they built the road and you have to pay silver to pass."
"Just give it to you. Don't get into conflict with the locals over a little money in these deep mountains and forests." Feng Aoqing took out a silver bag and handed it to Mo Mingyuan.
Mo Mingyuan agreed and left.
Jiang Yi saw that someone was paying for it, so he didn't object.
Life in the mountains is hard and no one cares about the official road. They picked up stones from the river and repaired the road, so it is reasonable for them to receive some money.
When they got up to him, Mo Mingyuan had already started fighting with someone.
The other mountain people were no match for him and were all lying under the roadbed.
"You're so shameless!" Mo Mingyuan brushed off the dust on his body.
"What's going on?" Jiang Yi asked.
"He said he wanted fifty coins, but my sister-in-law only gave me small change, so I gave him one or two taels. When he saw that I had money and heard that there was a team behind us, he actually asked for fifty coins per person. Don't you think he was asking for a fight?" Mo Mingyuan couldn't bear such a loss.
"What a troublemaker!" Jiang Yi and several escorts also cursed.
I've seen roadblocks, but I've never seen one this dark.
Jiang Yi stepped forward and said, "I was thinking of giving you some money because I saw how hard you worked, but I didn't expect you to be so mean. Don't you even see who you're trying to stop?"
He patted the token at his waist. The tokens of the constables in various places in Zhaojing were the same.
These people recognized him and realized that he was an official, so they kowtowed hurriedly, as if they were very scared.
Just now Mo Mingyuan said that they were government officials, and these people thought he was lying, but they didn't expect it to be true.
"Gentlemen, please spare our lives!" They ignored the pain in their bodies and kowtowed desperately, even breaking their heads.
"Okay, forget it, just go! Don't block the way here anymore." Seeing their faces covered in blood, Jiang Yi frowned and stopped them from knocking on the door anymore.
The mountain people expressed their gratitude profusely and ran into the forest beside the official road.
Mo Nanzhou looked at their backs with a serious expression: "I'm afraid the officials here treat the people very harshly, that's why they are so scared."
Feng Aoqing asked curiously, "Isn't Zhaojing a unified law? Do different places have their own laws?"
"That's not the case, Sir... When the Emperor ascended the throne, he specifically unified the laws of the entire country. If different regions have different governance and require their own laws, they must go through multiple levels of approval, and the Ministry of Rites will send officials to verify them before they are approved."
"I remember reading Zhaojing's laws, and they weren't that harsh. So it seems like the emperor can't control the officials in these mountains right now." Feng Aoqing smiled contemptuously.
It is easy to conquer an empire, but difficult to keep it!
No matter how powerful the princess is, she cannot control the officials in this remote place.
She should have understood this in her heart. This was the case in Qizhou, and even more so in Yanzhou, the northernmost state. That was why she only arranged her people as far as Lianzhou, and had no intention of including these northern states.
"Mr. Jiang, my identity makes it inconvenient. You are an official from the capital, so you have to take care of everything. Our goal is to reach Yanguan safely. You don't need to worry about the money, it will be enough." Feng Aoqing said to Jiang Yi.
This was not Jiang Yi's first time to go through Hantian Valley, but he had been through Lianzhou before. This was his first time taking the Qizhou route, so he was not familiar with the situation.
But now this route is the fastest and safest, so we have no choice but to go on it.
In order to save his life, Jiang Yi decided to stay in Yanguan for a while and go back after the princess's important matter was settled, otherwise the way back would be difficult.
But he did not discuss this matter with other escorts.
Everyone continued walking, and soon the stones on the road disappeared, but the road was still relatively flat.
But no one saw any village, and no one knew where those people who blocked the road came from.
So this village may be deep in the mountains.
I was unlucky to meet them today. Not only did I not get any money, but I also got beaten and my head was broken.
"Mingyuan, they don't know any martial arts at all?" Mo Nanzhou also felt something was wrong.
"Definitely not, it's just the brute force of doing physical work." Mo Mingyuan confirmed.
Only then did Mo Nanzhou feel relieved.
"Coward." An Jinge passed by him and said.
"Hey! You're cursing again! I'm a meticulous person, you know!" Mo Nanzhou was fed up. "What if we break into a bandit's lair?"
"Fight me! But you can't do it." An Jingge said with disdain.
"I say, Young Master An! Of course you should use your brain when you can. It's so tiring to use your hands." Mo Nanzhou wanted to show off his thinking ability.
"Okay, when the bandits come, you use your brain and we will watch from the side to see how Master Zhou deals with the bandits." Tian Ying'er also joined in.
"Okay!" Mo Nanzhou nodded happily, "I'll try to convince them to put down their butcher knives. If they can't, you guys can do it again."
"It turns out that we are the ones who are on the back foot! It is because of the confidence given by us martial artists that you dare to use your brain!" Tian Ying'er laughed so hard that she covered her stomach.
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Mo Mingyuan stood silently beside Tian Ying'er. He stretched out his hand to Tian Ying'er, and Tian Ying'er took it in her palm. When she looked, she found that it was chestnuts.
"That's it?" Tian Ying'er looked surprised.
Mo Mingyuan nodded. The season had not yet arrived. Perhaps because this place was deep in the mountains, these mountain products matured faster.
"See you later, I'll give you some more. These are the ones that have fallen to the ground. There must be more on the trees." Mo Mingyuan was a little happy.
The two of them were always awkward, but he couldn't help being nice to Tian Ying'er. After entering the mountains, there was almost no shortage of small fruits, and she had everything the children had.
Tian Ying'er started peeling chestnuts and handed one to him.
Mo Mingyuan shook his head: "There are only a few in total. I'll eat them later when there are more. You eat first."
Tian Ying'er ate it herself.
"Is it sweet?" Mo Mingyuan asked.
"Well, Xingbao!" Tian Ying'er called out.
Xingbao ran over and Tian Ying'er stuffed half a chestnut shell into his hands. Xingbao then ran away laughing "Hahahaha".
After a while, the team started screaming and shouting, and Xingbao was holding a fat chestnut worm to scare people.
The female relatives were so scared that they screamed, but he was very happy.
Yuebao saw her brother coming towards her and was at a loss. She turned around in circles and finally chose to hide behind An Jinge.
She knew that Aunt Jinge was not afraid of anything.
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