Chapter 31: Escape from the Troubled Times 29
It’s the third day in Chenxi County. Today the city gates are closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave.
After asking around, Lin Xia found out that the refugee army had been dispersed and a small group of refugees arrived in Chenxi.
Day 4.
Passage through the city gates is normal, but identity checks have become more stringent and anyone with a problem will be prohibited from passing.
It turned out that the refugees were separated from the county town by a river. After waiting for most of the day, there was no response from the city and they could not find any chance to enter the city. So a large number of refugees left, and only a small number of them were left wandering outside unwillingly.
When the magistrate of Chenxi County saw that the other party was not a concern, he directly notified everyone to open the other three gates except the South Gate, and the people could live their lives as normal.
Day 5.
The sky was overcast and rainy, and the number of refugees outside the city was reduced by half. The South Gate was opened, and only a few people went out of the city, but countless farmers came into the city. It turned out that those people had no food to eat, so they looted the nearby villages.
That evening.
When Lin Xia was calculating how long she would need to stay in Chenxi, she accidentally heard some noise coming from next door.
This inn is good in every way except that it is built of wood and has no sound insulation.
For example, she can now hear roughly what is going on by leaning close to the next room.
Lin Xia paid attention to the people next door because they moved in yesterday. There were several grown men frequently coming in and out, so she paid extra attention.
By chance, a conversation started next door.
A low male voice came from the other side's house.
"General Li Qian, this Chenxi is really full of dogs, but it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are so many people in the city, we have no chance at all. What should we do next?"
......silence
"How many of us are left?" General Li Qian asked in a serious tone.
"All the superiors were killed, 5,000 people were arrested, and the rest fled. Currently, only more than 1,000 people can be gathered here."
"But everyone is out of food. Even if we rob some nearby villages, we will only have enough to eat for three days." said the third person in the room. "This is not a sustainable plan. Why don't we disband and go to Lingzhou? I heard there are big boats in the deserted mountains of Lijiang that take people across the river for free."
The second person quickly retorted: "You still want to be a farmer who depends on the weather for his livelihood? Do you want to sell your children just because of a drought or a heavy rain?"
"But we are farmers. I heard that the governor of Lingzhou is honest and the weather has been good over the years. Why isn't it good to be a farmer?" There was anger in his voice.
"I don't want to live that kind of life anymore. This damn court is cruel. Sooner or later, we will overthrow it and rule the country ourselves."
"Okay, both of you stop arguing. Everyone has his own ideas. Our current conditions are indeed difficult and we have very few people, so it will be difficult to start another uprising." said General Li Qian.
After a moment of silence, he said, "There are two options. The first is to disband the team on the spot and go to Lingzhou or Kyoto to find a way out. The second is to go to Bizhou to join the Yi'an Army. The Yi'an King Song Dashuai is very powerful and has a hundred people to respond to his call. Currently, there are 50,000 people. It is not a loss for us to bring people to join."
"I agree. Let's go to Beryzhou and recruit refugees along the way. The Yi'an Army will definitely welcome them." The second person couldn't wait to express his opinion.
"But..." The third person hesitated.
"I also agree to go to Beryllium State. It's decided." General Li Qian slammed the table and made the decision. After enjoying the feeling of being a superior person, how could he be willing to return to the bottom of society where he was bullied?
The three of them then discussed how to avoid the soldiers, and then said that it would be better to hurry early, so they bought some food and set out early tomorrow morning.
Lin Xia stopped eavesdropping. She had forgotten to ask the waiter about the situation in the north. It turned out that there was already such a large rebel army.
As long as the other party takes the rebellious team away from Xiangzhou, they can continue to go to Lingzhou. According to the news, Lingzhou is still accepting people continuously, most of which is the order of the male and female protagonists. I just don't know which team the male and female protagonists are from, and whether they have officially entered.
Afterwards, Lin Xia stayed in Chenxi for another three days, bought some supplies, and when he left the city, he saw only normal refugees on the road.
Lin Xia retrieved the big knife that she had buried in the ground before, and set out on the road wearing an ordinary cotton coat. Now that she was a little stronger, she didn't have to act like a beggar. Beggars and big knives were incompatible. On the contrary, no one would dare to mess with her if she wore ordinary clothes.
Her pretty face made her attractive to others, so she spent a lot of money to buy several boxes of rouge and powder and practiced makeup for several days. In the end, she was left with an ordinary face with dark skin and spots.
The following days were relatively smooth, and we successfully passed through Xiping County and arrived in Lijiang.
In front of us is Lijiang, which is several thousand meters wide.
Lin Xia was a little confused. She certainly couldn't go to the county town to take a boat across the river. She didn't know where Lingzhou's free big boat was. How could she find it? Did she have to make a bamboo raft and sneak across the river? Are identity and household registration provided for refugees who have illegally crossed the border?
Lin Xia, who was always calm, was a little at a loss for a moment.
Just like Tang Monk who went through 81 difficulties in his journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, he finally reached the door and was just one step away from success.
Just then, a small group of refugees arrived at the riverside, but they did not stay, but went left into the mountains.
Lin Xia's eyes lit up and she followed.
She knew that the flow of information was often beyond imagination. She had not communicated with other refugees on the road before and had always avoided them. Now she needed to follow them because these people seemed to be moving forward with a purpose.
We followed them and finally arrived at a hillside where there were a few people. They stopped and started to set up camp.
Lin Xia thought that this should be the place where the big ship was anchored.
After a day's rest, there was still no sign of the ship, but there were more and more people. She was a little confused. She couldn't just wait, in case something went wrong, so she decided to take the initiative.
She approached a family consisting of two elderly people, three children and four young people. Although the other party was very alert, they did not run away as quickly as they saw her like other refugees.
"Old man, can I ask you something? Is this the place to take the boat to Lingzhou?"
Lin Xia asked the oldest uncle, but he just looked at her and didn't respond, so she asked the younger uncle again.
This time, although the eldest brother answered, he just shook his head and said that they knew nothing.
Lin Xia didn't believe it and just waited here calmly without knowing anything.
He turned around, took out a large grayish-white pancake from his backpack and handed it to the other person.
The pancake is very appealing.
When the other party saw the pancake, his eyes lit up instantly. This is a good stuff.
They fluently told Lin Xia the information they knew.
It turns out that this is indeed the place where Lingzhou picks up people. The big ship runs every 10 days, so all you have to do is wait.
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Lin Xia and his friends had average luck and had to wait for a full 10 days. Everyone present was a little anxious, and the shadow of the big ship finally arrived at dusk.
This was a large passenger ship that was thirty meters long and could accommodate hundreds of people. The ship docked and several big men in casual clothes got off.
They came down and skillfully counted the number of people, finding only seventy or eighty. They loudly announced that the ship would stop for a day and set sail the next night.
The crowd did not board the ship. After waiting for another day, ten more people came and the crew finally invited everyone to board the ship.
However, when it was Lin Xia's turn, the crew suddenly called a halt.
"The girl with the knife in her back, stop!"
"Your knife must be confiscated, otherwise you will not be allowed on board."
Lin Xia:......
Her knife was wrapped so tightly, how could it still be seen?
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