Chapter 186 Arrival at Liang Country
Although Liang and Nan are neighboring countries, there is still quite a distance between them. In order to avoid attracting attention, Xu Miaomiao did not travel in a carriage, but walked with Xuguo.
Unlike the Southern Kingdom, the borders of the Liang Kingdom were very clear, with soldiers guarding every few meters.
The originally sparsely populated path became more populated as it got closer to Liang State. The people of Liang State were good at making poisons, so many people went to Heishan to find poisons and sell them for a living.
So most people were pulling barrels in and out.
The closer Xu Miaomiao got to Liang Country, the more people she saw.
The soldiers were stationed outside the city gate, and Xu Miaomiao and Xuguo were resting in the woods outside.
"Sister Xu, there are so many people at the gate, how are we going to get into the city?"
Xuguo looked at Xu Miaomiao and asked curiously.
Xu Miaomiao thought about it and Yu Yanfei predicted that they would come, so the soldiers at the door would definitely not let them go. The people from Liang country had to have their documents checked when entering and leaving. If they were not from another country, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to get in.
Just when Xu Miaomiao was worrying about how to get in, a voice suddenly rang out.
I saw a group of people walking towards the woods.
Most of them were young and strong men, pulling several carts of wooden barrels. What was different was that there was a thin old man following beside the wooden barrels, holding a little girl in his arms.
"Old Bei, hurry up!"
The old man must be old and had some difficulty moving. He staggered a few steps and almost fell.
But the man next to him didn't care at all. He pushed the old man and urged him to leave quickly.
Although Xu Miaomiao felt a little reluctant, she didn't want to cause trouble.
"Hey, where are you from, little girl? Why have I never seen you on this road before?"
The man with the whip in his hand looked at Xu Miaomiao, raised his hand, stopped the team, and spoke to Xu Miaomiao with a smile.
Xu Miaomiao didn't want to cause trouble so she bowed and said, "My little girl and my brother have been at home. We were kidnapped by thieves. We want to go back now, but we don't have any proof."
"So that's how it is." The man laughed, glanced at the brothers around him, took a step closer to Xu Miaomiao and said, "How about you stay with me for a night, and I'll take you in?"
When Xu Guo heard this, he immediately stood in front of Xu Miaomiao, fearing that the man would do something to him.
"This gentleman is joking."
Xu Miaomiao pulled Xuguo to signal him not to be impulsive, and immediately looked at the man and spoke.
Unexpectedly, the man stepped forward, pulled up Xu Miaomiao's hair and put it to his nose to smell it: "The inspection has been strict recently. Liang Country does not allow people from other countries to enter casually. I see that you look like a southerner. There is only one way to get in. You have to think it through."
"What are you talking about, my husband? I am from Liang Country, otherwise why would I go to this drug den?"
Xu Miaomiao laughed, pulled her hair back calmly, looked at the man and spoke.
"Oh?" Hearing Xu Miaomiao say that, the man lost interest and looked at her and said, "You said you are from Liang country. Everyone in our Liang country is a genius in making poisons. From the looks of you, you can't make poisons at all."
As he spoke, the man opened the barrel.
A fishy and rotten smell came out from inside. Xu Miaomiao frowned and tried not to show any abnormality.
The man took out a black object from the wooden barrel and put it in front of Xu Miaomiao. The stench rushed into her nose.
"Young lady, do you know how poisonous this scorpion tail is?" The man found Xu Miaomiao's hiding appearance more and more interesting, and took the thing closer: "Young lady, aren't you a poison maker? We poison makers love the five blacks the most, why don't you dare to take a look at them?"
When these words were spoken, everyone around laughed.
Looking at the thing in the man's hand, Xu Miaomiao took it with a firm expression: "I just didn't recognize it for a moment, and I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself."
Xu Miaomiao took the things without changing her expression, and then picked up the scorpion's tail and put it into the barrel: "You can trust me now, right?"
The leading man laughed and looked at Xu Miaomiao: "Even so, entering the city without a certificate will cost you your head."
As the man spoke, he put his hand on Xu Miaomiao's face and said, "You have to make this risk worthwhile for me."
"In that case, I won't bother you anymore." Xu Miaomiao dodged the man and pulled Xuguo away.
"Old man, your legs are not in good condition. This is the ointment I made myself. It has a certain effect in relieving pain. Please accept it."
Xu Miaomiao took out the ointment from that space and handed it to the old man holding the child in front of him, then turned and left.
The man who teased Xu Miaomiao glanced at Xu Miaomiao, made a low sound of "Pooh", saying "boring" and left.
"Sister Xu, what should we do now?"
Xuguo looked at the sky which was gradually getting darker and spoke with some concern.
Xu Miaomiao sighed and said, "It seems that we can only spend the night outside the city."
After that, Xu Miaomiao took out a bag of powder from her body and handed it to Xuguo: "Sprinkle this around to prevent rats, ants, snakes and insects."
"Um."
The two of them leaned against a tree, forming a circle with the powder and fell asleep.
Perhaps because they were in the wild, Xu Miaomiao felt very insecure and had to stand up and take a look from time to time.
So when the rustling sound was heard in the middle of the night, Xu Miaomiao noticed it immediately.
"Who is it?"
Xu Miaomiao spoke to the figure in the dark. Xuguo didn't dare to continue sleeping. He immediately got up and found a wooden stick nearby and looked at the darkness with it in his hand.
"Don't be afraid, it's me."
A slightly old voice sounded in the dark night. Xu Miaomiao lit a fire starter and saw that the person coming was the old man she met during the day.
"Old sir, it's so dark at night, why did you come back?" Xu Miaomiao looked at the old man with the light on and spoke.
"My lady, you helped me today. I am grateful for your kindness and want to help you too."
"You are too polite, old man." Xu Miaomiao bowed and looked at the old man in front of him and said, "It's just a convenient medicine. I'm sorry to bother you to come out and thank me."
"We in Liang country all use poison. It's rare to see good medicine to cure illnesses. Even if we want to save people, most of them use the method of fighting poison with poison. I'm old and can't stand that method. I have to thank you for your medicine."
As he spoke, the old man took out two ears of steaming hot cakes from his pocket and handed them to Xu Miaomiao: "Our family is not well off, and these are all we have. Please don't despise them, my lady."
"Thank you, old man." Xu Miaomiao was so polite that the old man handed the thing in his hand to Xuguo first. The child was in the period of growing up and could not be left hungry.
(End of this chapter)
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