Chapter 17: Parting ways

On the second day, the team decided which families would continue to head north, and there were only six of them. That was to say, thirteen families were about to say goodbye to everyone here.

"Uncle Village Chief, we have no choice. If we continue walking, we don't know what kind of trouble will arise. We don't want to go on."

"Yes, Uncle Wang, it's raining now. We are going to Qingyuan City anyway, so why go so far to the Northern Frontier?"

“…”

The village chief was not convinced by his clansmen's words. Although they belonged to the same clan, everyone had their own aspirations, and he would not force them.

The village chief distributed food per capita. This was the only thing he could do for his people.

The Wang family members set out for Qingyuan City with food. Outside the cave stood the six families who stayed behind.

In addition to the Xu family, there are the families of the three brothers of the village chief, the family of Wang the hunter, and the family of Wang the hunter's wife's brother.

Seeing that more than half of the people had left, Xu Nian was still a little uncomfortable. The village chief saw that everyone seemed to be in a bad mood, so he clapped his hands to encourage everyone.

But before setting off, Luo Jinan tendered his resignation, which caught everyone off guard.

"Changsheng, why are you leaving so suddenly? Can you handle this body by yourself?"

Just as Wang finished her worried words, she saw a person floating down from the tree in front of her. She was so frightened that she couldn't close her mouth.

Xiao Liuzi also exclaimed in amazement, "Big sister, it's the fairy brother."

Mo Zhu, who had just landed on the ground, almost got caught.

Xu Nian's eyes widened as he stared. Could this be the kind of Qinggong that only existed in martial arts novels?

Xu Yaozu stepped forward and bowed, "So you are my benefactor."

Mo Zhu turned aside to avoid the salute, nodded and walked behind Luo Jinan.

Everyone knew that the two young masters must have important things to do, so they did not try to keep them.

Before leaving, Luo Jin'an handed an envelope to the village chief and Xu Yaozu respectively, and looted Mo Zhu's silver and gave it to Xu Nian.

"Thank you for your medicine that saved my life. This is the cost of the medicine. I will give you more if we meet again."

Xu Nian looked at the silver in his hand and smiled gently and politely.

"I'm so sorry, but I can't let you down, so I'll just accept it reluctantly."

Luo Jinan curled the corners of his mouth. He didn't see any reluctance in her. He didn't expect that this girl was such a money-grubber.

Mo Zhu stood behind without looking around, but he was actually muttering to himself.

"What's wrong with his prince? When did he become so friendly and easy-going?"

Xu Nian took another look at the silver in his hand and felt a little guilty. He turned around and ran into the cave to take out a cloth bag.

"I'll give you the dates I hid."

Luo Jinan suppressed his smile and took the cloth bag.

"Then in order not to let you down, I will accept it with all my heart."

Until the two of them left, Luo Jinan could still hear Xiao Liuzi's coquettish voice.

"Big sister, you are so biased. You only give me a few each time, but only give Brother Changsheng a cloth bag."

"Xiao Liuzi, this is called not making dirty money"

“…”

Mo Zhu, who was walking at the end, couldn't help but look back, but he heard a cold voice, "Does it look good?"

Mo Zhu quickly turned around and shook his head vigorously.

“Doesn’t it look good?”

Mo Zhu, who was shaking his head, froze. He was in a dilemma. Should he say it was beautiful or not?

Whenever his prince got into trouble, he missed the chatterbox Mo Bai very much. When he was around, he didn't have to say anything.

Luo Jin'an didn't really want to embarrass Mo Zhu, so he asked:

"Has the food cache not been found yet?"

Speaking of business, Mo Zhu straightened his expression and replied respectfully:

"My Lord, not yet... Mo Bai and Mo Song are still monitoring in the city, but there has been no news.

After you left, I didn't find anyone following you."

Luo Jinan rubbed his fingers lightly and frowned, saying, "This means the mice have already noticed it, but this could also be our chance.

Send a message to Mo Bai and Mo Song, move a little, and startle the snake."

"Ask Mo Wen for some help and find a cave within a hundred miles of Baoning Prefecture that can store the food."

"yes"

The two men came to the foot of the mountain, where a blue cloth carriage was parked.

"Prince, are you going back to Yangcheng?"

"We'll talk about it after we find some food."

Mo Zhu hesitated for a moment and then said, "Yesterday the prince sent a message asking me to take you back. Your body..."

Meeting Luo Jinan's calm gaze, Mo Zhu shut up and concentrated on driving the carriage.

Luo Jinan took out a green date from the cloth bag on his lap and ate it, sighing comfortably.

On the other side, the village chief eagerly handed the letter to Xu Yaozu and asked:

"Yaozu, take a look at what's written in this letter?"

Others also gathered around curiously.

The content of the letter was very short, but it made Xu Yaozu's eyes widen in shock.

Wang was so anxious that she slapped her son on the back.

"Hurry up and tell me, what did Changsheng say?"

"This is addressed to the magistrate of Lingshan County. The gist of it is that we will settle there."

"There's another one, take a look."

Xu Yaozu opened another letter and just scanned it, then he began to tremble uncontrollably.

Wang had never disliked Xu Yaozu so much before, especially since he was a scholar. It was really a waste of effort to say this.

Xu Yaozu smiled and said, "This is a letter of recommendation. It recommends me to join the Lingshan County Government."

As soon as Xu Yaozu finished speaking, everyone else was stunned. Doesn't this mean that as long as they can get to Northern Xinjiang smoothly, Xu Yaozu will be a government official for sure.

Old Man Xu said in disbelief: "Yaozu, are you seeing things? Isn't Changsheng the son of a merchant? How can he recommend you to be an official?"

"That's right, Dad, look, there is also the seal of the Chief Secretary of Zhenbei Palace."

Old Man Xu didn't know what the seal was, he just knew that their Xu family was really going to change its fate.

The village chief was also happy. With Xu Yaozu, a government official, around, they felt more at ease settling down in Lingshan County. It was just a pity for the clan members who had gone to Qingyuan City.

Xu Nian was also wondering in his heart, the two letters were clearly prepared in advance, so why weren't they taken out in advance? If other people knew the news, they would definitely insist on going north with him.

But she didn't feel entangled. She touched the money in her lapel and made other plans.

"Grandpa Village Chief, now that we have money, why don't we buy a few donkey carts to get to the border as soon as possible?"

Of course the village chief knew that this was the best way, but after all, this was left by the nobleman for the girl from the Xu family, and he couldn't take advantage of him again and again.

Old Man Xu was an experienced man. He knew the village chief's concern as soon as he saw his expression, and he smiled and advised:

"Brother Wang, we have to hurry to the border. Otherwise, if it gets cold and snows, we won't know if we can get there.

Compared to life, everything else is empty."

The village chief thought this made sense. At most, they could just consider the money as a loan and pay it back slowly after settling down.