imperial psychologist

Chapter 678 A Different Autumn Day From Previous Years
In the afternoon of that day, the three of Bo Ling and several other teams quickly formed a team of more than [-] people and left the city.

When leaving the city gate, Bai Ling pretended to glance back casually. The seven cloaked travelers from before were still wandering around the city gate, looking for their companions to leave the city.

It seems that among the passers-by who come and go, none of them are willing to go on the road with these people.

Almost at this moment, the gray-white cloak suddenly turned sharply and looked at Bai Ling.

The four eyes met, and the man's eyes narrowed into slits again with a smile, and he waved his hand slightly to Bai Ling, as if saying goodbye silently.

Bai Ling shivered involuntarily, and felt that the hairs on the back of her neck were all standing on end. She immediately looked back and walked quickly to the front of the three of them.

...This group of people is really inexplicable.

After the officials checked the directions of each of them, they finally issued a new pass.

This pass order is also a piece of paper with an official stamp, and everyone has a copy, which is consistent with the information on the road guide. When they arrive in Zhuozhou, people will also use these two things to enter the city.

Among the companions was an old woman with her grandson.

The old man caught the attention of the three of Bailing almost at the same time—she could no longer read the text on the guide, and even found the place where she pressed her fingerprints under the guidance of her grandson.

This scene really made Li Yiru feel a little worried, and couldn't help but stepped forward to ask why the old man chose to come out at this time, he might as well wait in Jiangzhoucheng until the spring of next year, at least the road will be safer then.

The old man smiled, reassuring Li Yiru that she was only going to meet the opposite side of Anjiang, and not going to Zhuozhou.

"On the other side of the river?" Mu Cheng also looked over, "Isn't that area solid and clear, and no longer inhabited?"

"So many villages...we can't all evacuate to the city, we have to find a way by ourselves." The old man replied with a smile, "Although our Jiang'an County is across the river, it is still a county under Jiangzhou. In the 45th year of Jianxi At that time, the county magistrate directly took us into the mountain and built a stronghold, not to mention bandits, and the cavalry of the gold thief is not afraid... My son and daughter-in-law are waiting for us at the bank of the river today."

Saying that, the old man looked at Li Yiru again, she pinched the boy's thin arm, and said with a frown, "Is the baby going to Zhuozhou?"

"Yeah." Li Yiru nodded.

"Then you have to be careful," the old woman squinted her eyes and whispered, "Going north after crossing the river will be dangerous."

"Does mother-in-law know how far it is from here to Jiang'an River?" Mu Cheng asked.

"Ten miles away." The old man replied, "Let's walk faster, and we can cross the river before dark."

It took about two cups of tea for the team of more than [-] people to be released.

Just like what Mu Cheng said before, the team dispersed in pieces shortly after leaving the city.The dozen or so people headed by them seemed to be Zhuozhou people who came to Jiangzhou to buy goods. There were grain and cloth in their carts, and the empty places on the carts were rented at high prices to passers-by who could afford it.

The passers-by who went with them paid some extra money, got into the car and squatted, and were pulled northward by these strong men together with the goods.

The buyers and sellers walked quickly, as if they were afraid that others would take advantage of their convoy.

Originally, the three of Bo Ling were unwilling to walk with these noisy and arrogant young people. After they left the city, they followed the old woman and gradually distanced themselves from their predecessors.

Mu Cheng gave up his horse and asked the old man to sit on it with the child in his arms, while he led the horse and walked in front.

Li Yiru and Bo Ling also lead horses on foot.

Along the way, they asked the old people a lot about the local conditions and customs on the other side of the river, and only then did they know that the road closure this year was much later than in previous years.

According to the practice of previous years, the four northern states should have started to curb civilian north-south traffic at the end of July, but this year they postponed the time to September with great reassurance, as if they were not worried about the gold thief coming in August.

Not only that, but this year Jiangzhou also harvested two crops of rice with confidence. In early August, the fields were busy with farming, and they actually harvested a lot more grain than in previous years.

"In the end, the gold thief really didn't come?" Bo Ling asked.

"That's right," the old woman said with a smile, "I heard that Jiangzhou Yamen was not sure at the beginning. It was General Chang Shengchang who personally wrote a letter to Lord Gongyang to persuade Lord Gongyang to take this risk."

Li Yiru stretched out his ears curiously, "This... how did General Changsheng know?"

"General Chang has a clever plan." The old woman sighed, "General Shen has failed in the past few years. I have several sisters who married to Zhuozhou earlier. Last year, my family also began to think about how to come to Jiangzhou to find an errand and move the family. come over."

Several people chatted and chatted like this, and in the evening, they finally saw An Jiang.

Before reaching the river, Bo Ling and his party were shocked by the scene in front of them.

Seeing that Anjiang is in the north of Jiangzhou, compared with Pingjing, it looks completely different.

When there were still a hundred steps away from the river bank, several people felt the water mist rushing towards their faces.The river here is extremely wide, so wide that the plain on the other side looks unreal like a mirage, floating vaguely in the thin water mist.

Only the deafening river rushes eastward, showing a majestic momentum under the setting sun.

It was the first time for Li Yiru to see such a surging river, and he forgot to walk for a while, just staring at the empty river under the setting sun.

"We...are we going to cross this river in a while?" Li Yiru turned around and asked, "How...how?"

"It's late now, there may be no boats here," the old woman pointed upstream, "We have to go up the river. The price for crossing the river at night is higher, so there will always be boatmen out to do business. But we'll have to find it hard."

Several people in Boling followed the advice, led the horse and walked upstream.

"You can stay in our village tonight," the old woman said with a smile on the horse, "Thank you so much, otherwise we, grandparents and grandchildren, would have to be an hour or two late to get here."

"Okay." Mu Cheng replied, "Then I will trouble my mother-in-law then!"

The night was dark, and the five of them walked slowly along the river bank at dusk. The night wind was clear and the moon was bright. Occasionally, there were one or two chirping insects in late autumn, followed by the moonlight. They walked up the river and finally saw a few Light the sparks of the lantern.

Li Yiru was the first to see the light, and shouted from a long distance, "Is that the boatman's lantern?"

Bo Ling and Mu Cheng also looked forward, but they couldn't tell whether it was the fishing fire or the ripples of the river. After walking dozens of steps, they could see the shape of the boat.

The people were all happy, and they walked faster while leading the horses. Sure enough, when they got closer, they saw a simple wharf, and many boatmen were sitting on the bows of their boats waiting for the arrival of the night. guest.

The boat was too small and couldn't carry three horses anyway. They sold the horses cheaply to fishermen at the pier, and then helped each other board the passenger boat.

As soon as the curtain of the cabin was lifted, a familiar smiling face appeared in the eyes of several people.

"Ah." The traveler in the gray cloak patted his head, and then stretched out his palm to the three of Bo Ling, "We are really destined."

(End of this chapter)