The affairs of Imperial Master Li Chunfeng were too far away for Lin Feng. After listening to the idle chatter of several people for a while, he became distracted.
I will enter seclusion tomorrow. With the blessing of the space tower, I don’t have to worry about food and drink. In a few months, after my child is born, my family can live a happy life.
"That's great!" Lin Feng thought of this, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
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As soon as the sun rose, a bell was heard, which was the bell for closing and opening the door. Gradually, pedestrians appeared on the road. There were people selling vegetables with carts, carrying firewood, and rag collectors shaking small drums. There were all kinds of people, mostly hawkers.
"Let's go in and find a place to have breakfast!" Lin Feng suggested.
Everyone agreed and started to clean up.
There is a moat more than ten meters wide under the city wall. A wooden suspension bridge is lowered at the pass. There are armored soldiers guarding on both sides of the suspension bridge. Pedestrians must be searched before going on the bridge.
When it was Lin Feng's group's turn, Lin's father handed over his and his group's identification documents. The soldiers took them and began to call out the names one by one according to the documents, and then compared their appearances. After confirming that they were correct, they also searched their luggage.
When the soldier found Han Shan's soft sword, he looked at him warily, and Han Shan took out a token from his arms.
"Warrior's Order?" The soldier took it, took a look at it, and handed it to him.
Han Shan put away the token and said to Lin Feng: "We are under the special care of the court. We can't do anything reckless when we go out."
Lin Feng nodded. Yes, these people are dangerous elements and should be strictly controlled.
"You are from other places. Are you here to seek refuge?" asked the soldier.
"Yes!" Lin Feng replied politely.
The soldier nodded, then called over another soldier and said to Lin Feng, "You will follow him. You will be quarantined for about seven days before you can actually enter the Prince Qi's fiefdom."
"Why is that?" Lin Feng asked curiously.
The soldier patiently explained, "This is to prevent you from getting sick. It's also for the safety of the people in the fiefdom."
"Oh! I see."
Everyone nodded. What he said was not wrong, but seven days was a bit long. However, once you enter someone else's territory, you must be subject to their restrictions. After all, they are refugees. It was already a mercy for the King to open the pass and take them in.
Later, the soldiers led Lin Feng and his party into the pass. As soon as they passed the city gate of the pass, the fragrance of flowers filled their noses. There were birds singing and flowers blooming everywhere, and the trees were shady. The road was also very flat. Even the cows and horses had a bag tied behind their buttocks to collect the feces and urine of these livestock to prevent them from urinating and defecating anywhere.
"Moo!" There was some displeasure in Xiao Hei's voice, because a man was about to install a poop and pee bag for him. If Lin Feng hadn't touched his bull head to comfort him, he would have kicked that man.
After the installation, under the guidance of the soldiers, Lin Feng and his party drove their ox cart into a large square. The square was separated by walls on all sides, with soldiers guarding the gate, and rows of wooden huts in the square.
The soldiers took them to register. After completing the registration, the registrar gave them some wooden signs and instructed them, "You are not allowed to leave this compound within seven days. Anyone who violates this order will be severely punished. These wooden signs are for you to see when you eat. You must keep them. Without them, you will not eat."
Everyone nodded quickly and kept the wooden signs close to them.
Lin Feng looked at the wooden sign. There were some numbers on it, as well as the date they came in. It seemed that they would leave after seven days.
After doing all this, the soldiers handed Lin Feng and his group over to the soldiers in the compound.
Lin Feng and others were brought to a row of cabins and assigned according to the numbers on the wooden signs.
The houses were allocated on a family basis, and Xin the Hunter's family's wooden house was next to Lin Feng's family's.
"A doctor will come to check on you in a while. If you feel any discomfort, you must tell the truth. If you are found to be hiding something, you will be expelled. You will also be beaten with a stick before being expelled." The soldier instructed.
Everyone nodded quickly. There are really a lot of rules here.
The soldiers also showed them the location of the toilets and the places to wash and get water.
"General, are we going to eat?" asked Dazhuzi. This was also the issue he cared about most.
The soldier said coldly, "Three meals a day will be delivered on a cart. You can move freely in the compound, as long as you don't go out."
After saying this, the soldier leading the way left.
Lin Feng smiled and said, "We'll be free in seven days, and we can go wherever we want."
Everyone laughed, and at this moment everyone was in a relaxed mood. It had not been easy to get here, but now, at least they didn't have to worry about the danger of war anymore.
Everyone went back to their rooms to clean up. Once they relaxed, they tended to forget things and were so happy that Xiao Hei was forgotten by everyone. When he saw Lin Feng and his family enter the house, he also poked his head in to take a look. He found that the wooden house was really small and he would definitely not be able to squeeze in, so he started to wander around.
There were quite a few people in the compound, all of them refugees from other places. They brought their families with them and it looked very lively. The children were also playing in the square, and Xiao Hei was wandering around leisurely, wagging his tail.
"Whose cow is this? It looks really strong. It must be very good at plowing the fields and pulling carts."
"Yeah! Look at the flesh on it, it's really solid."
"Huh? Look at its eyes, why do they look so creepy?"
"Yes, yes! As red as blood, dear! Scarier than the eyes of wild animals."
The square was full of idle people chatting about their daily lives, pointing and talking at Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei walked around in a swagger, not even looking at them straight in the eye.
"Brother, we haven't eaten beef for a long time." A voice sounded.
In a corner, there were four big men squatting. They were tall and strong, with unshaven beards. They looked around and did not seem like the kind of people who were easy to get along with.
A man with a scar on his face nodded and looked at Xiao Hei with an unfriendly look.
The scarred man chuckled and said, "There are more than a hundred people in our tribe. This cow can make a pot of beef soup. Let's go and take a look."
After saying that, he led the other three people towards Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei still had a leisurely look on his face, completely unaware that danger was approaching.
The scarred man approached Xiao Hei and grabbed the rope around its neck.
Xiao Hei was stunned. What's this for? Who are you?
Seeing that he had succeeded, the man with the scar wanted to pull Xiao Hei away, but no matter how hard he tried, Xiao Hei didn't move at all.
The other three people also hurried forward to help pull, but Xiao Hei didn't move at all, which made them sweat profusely.
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