"Yes, Master!"
Ling Yi and Hong Yu were wearing the same clothes as Ling Jiheng and Chi Xingyue, and they covered their faces with scarves. At first glance, it was hard to tell who was who.
However, with the sharpness of Old Lady Ling and Shu Muyun, they should be able to figure out the key.
The two watched Ling Yi and Hong Yu lie down in the Ling family's team before they quickly left.
After walking three or four miles, Chi Xingyue took out a small electric scooter from the space, and the two rode all the way back to Yingtian Prefecture.
At the gate of Yingtian Prefecture, people were walking back and forth on the city wall.
Chi Xingyue had put away his electric scooter in advance and was about to go around when he ran into two men in black.
Thinking it was a killer, he was about to draw his weapon when he saw the man in black take off his veil, revealing a familiar face underneath.
"Ling San, Ling Si, you've changed your outfits again!"
Ling San and Ling Si smiled shyly: "Meeting Hongyu and the others, I'm finally not so shameful anymore."
After saying this, his expression became serious: "Master, Madam, that Wei is not a good person!
As soon as you left, he sent people to guard the city gate. When he found out you were gone, he even sent assassins to hunt you down!
We just went to deal with the killer!"
Ling Jiheng understood what Wei Zhongheng meant. He was just afraid of offending the people who took action, so he wanted to arrest them and take credit for it.
Humph, what a mean act.
Frowning, he asked Ling San, "Have you cleaned up the traces?"
"Well, it's guaranteed to be foolproof!"
Ling Jiheng nodded: "That's fine, you guys stay here and watch Gao Hongbin. No matter what happens, as long as it doesn't involve the lives of the Ling family, there's no need to take action."
"Yes, I understand!"
Ling Jiheng took out a silver note from his pocket and gave it to the two of them, then took Chi Xingyue's hand and disappeared into the night.
The two of them went around the city gate for a long way before getting back on their electric scooters.
Chi Xingyue put her arm around Ling Jiheng's waist, feeling that his cycling skills were a little too skillful.
"My husband, have you ever been to Shangjing?"
“I went there when I was a kid, and I vaguely remember the direction.”
Chi Xingyue chose to believe him, rested her chin on his back, and closed her eyes for a nap.
Ling Jiheng was afraid that she would fall asleep, so he slowed down, held the steering wheel with one hand and held her hand with the other.
In this way, they walked for more than two hours. When it was almost dawn, Ling Jiheng stopped the electric bike and gently woke Chi Xingyue up.
"Are we there yet?" Chi Xingyue was a little confused and almost fell off the car.
It took someone's help to wake him up. He put away his electric scooter with one hand and released the ox cart with the other.
Chi Xingyue rolled and crawled into the ox cart and continued to sleep, while Ling Jiheng sat outside to drive the cart.
The rest of the journey was not long, and the ox cart swayed slowly, and by noon we arrived in Shangjing.
Shangjing is worthy of being the capital of the Great Yong Dynasty. From a long distance, you can see the towering city walls, as well as the people and convoys coming and going.
You need to verify your identity and pay a certain fee to enter the city.
Chi Xingyue used the cosmetics in the space to simply make up her little black face, then lifted the door curtain and looked at everything curiously.
"Old Chen, are you guys going into the city too?"
"Yes, we're out of salt at home, so we have to come in. I heard the entrance fee is more expensive?"
"Isn't it? Before, each person got three copper coins, now each person gets five copper coins.
However, if it hadn't rained heavily the past two days, the city gate might not have been open until now."
"I heard that Hezhong Prefecture..."
"Do you want to die? You can't say that!"
The two people spoke in increasingly low voices, and Chi Xingyue didn't retract his curious little ears until he could hear nothing anymore.
He took out some copper coins from the space, thought about it, and took out a few silver dimes as a backup.
Ling Jiheng took out his identity documents and took a look at them. Hmm, very good. They were from Jingzhao Prefecture, a couple. The man’s name was Chen Gouzi and the woman’s name was Chen Xiaotao.
Ling Jiheng wrote down the information on the identity document and handed it to Chi Xingyue.
Chi Xingyue understood what he meant immediately. After writing down the two people's names, dates of birth, and registered addresses, he returned them to Ling Jiheng.
Seeing that the line was still long, Chi Xingyue took out two vegetarian buns from the space, and he and Ling Jiheng each took one and shared them.
It was the most ordinary food, but the people around him looked at him with envy, making Ling Jiheng almost unable to swallow it.
After finally finishing it, I heard a child next to me sobbing, saying that he hadn't eaten white flour for a long time.
He also realized that the disaster here was more serious than he had imagined, and his original excuse of going into the city to buy some food and oil was no longer valid.
He discussed an excuse with Chi Xingyue again to prevent the soldiers defending the city from checking the household registration.
In this way, the two waited for half an hour before it was their turn.
Before the oxcart even entered, someone came to stop it and asked, "What are you doing? Where are your identity documents? Why are you coming into the city?"
In the past, people entering the city were not asked these questions, but ever since the refugees in Hezhong Prefecture caused trouble, entry and exit to the capital have been restricted.
No one is allowed to enter without a valid reason.
Chi Xingyue coughed twice in the carriage and sounded a little weak.
Ling Jiheng immediately bowed and said, "My two elder brothers, my wife and I are planning to go to the south to look for relatives. We got caught in the rain on the way, and my wife has a cough, so we'd like to go into the city to get some medicine."
Ling Jiheng handed the copper coins that Chi Xingyue had prepared to the soldiers guarding the city, but they were not happy with them. They weighed them up and down, frowned, and said, "Oxcarts don't cost money, only twenty coins!"
Ling Jiheng pinched his palms with his fingers, looking very embarrassed.
After hearing Chi Xingyue cough twice more, he bent down and entered the carriage, took out a dime of silver and said, "Brother, I..."
Without waiting for Ling Jiheng to say anything, the soldiers let him go, cursing: "Come out early and don't cause trouble in the city!"
Ling Jiheng "endured it again and again" and still entered the city with a sigh.
Chi Xingyue laughed immediately: "Alright, that's enough. You really got into the role!"
Ling Jiheng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and felt that he also had a talent for acting.
Shangjing is different from other places, and status is extremely important.
Without an official position or achievements, they could not buy horses, so they used ox carts.
Although he and the fairy were not short of money, as ordinary citizens of Jingzhao Prefecture, it was impossible for them to have much money, so they acted a little embarrassed when entering the city.
In accordance with his character, Ling Jiheng asked passers-by about the location of the clinic.
He took Chi Xingyue to have her pulse taken and got some medicine, then found an inn to stay in.
The journey was bumpy and he had no time to rest. He simply packed up and went out to find out the news.
First stop, the restaurant.
There are all kinds of people here, and it is known as a gathering place for information.
The two of them changed into the attire of a wealthy family and ordered braised pork elbow, eight-treasure duck, soup dumplings, smashed cucumber, steamed egg with minced meat, braised eggplant, and two bowls of rice.
Seeing Chi Xingyue order so much, the waiter looked embarrassed and said, "Madam, here we always pay first and then serve the food!"
Chi Xingyue blinked her big eyes and looked at Ling Jiheng with a puzzled look: "Why, this dress is not high-end enough, are you worried that we can't afford it?"
Ling Jiheng chuckled, turned around and asked the waiter, "How much silver?"
The waiter's voice was sonorous and powerful: "Thirty-five taels!"
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