Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Chapter 126 The Xue Clan (please subscribe for monthly ticket)

Qingyan was a little thoughtful, it seemed that it was impossible to hear useful information from passers-by.

Then he thought of the big family of the twenty or so people before. They didn't seem to be talking about going to Xingtang Mansion, but Bianzhou, and they probably just passed by here.

From here to Bianzhou, there should be two to three hundred kilometers, but some people have left.

Hey, no, isn't Bianzhou the birthplace of Xue Juzheng, the famous descendant of the Xue family who has gone through several dynasties?

She still hasn't figured out which one is the capital Xue's mansion that Li Hao mentioned before. After all, these two places are considered to be capital cities. According to him, they should be quite powerful. I don't know if it is with Xue Minghua. a family.

And the capital he mentioned, if it is the Xingtang Mansion, it may not be. Of course, Bianzhou is the most likely, which is also one of the three capitals. She may have misunderstood it before, and when she mentioned the capital Xue Mansion, she thought it was the same family .

In fact, it's easy to say, isn't there a ready-made Xue family here? If you don't understand, just ask. Anyway, they all have the same surname, so she can inquire about it by the way.

Qingyan turned to Xue Minghua and said, "I never asked before, is the Xue family you live in the same family as the Xue family in Bianzhou?"

Xue Minghua was a little drowsy at first, and the two children had already fallen asleep in the car. Although it was still a little bumpy, but this afternoon, after playing for a while before, it was easy to get sleepy.

As soon as she heard Qingyan ask this, she became energetic. In fact, she also wanted to ask which branch Qingyan came from.

"That's right, we belong to the same family as the Xue family in Bianzhou, we are a side branch, we used to live in Hedong, and later moved to Bianzhou.

Before His Majesty proclaimed himself emperor here in Weizhou, our family defected here and wanted to build a career. I never thought that His Majesty would move the capital to Luocheng. Grandfather was named Tongshi Sheren, and went to Los Angeles with him, and was promoted all the way to the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and now I don't know what official position it is.

My grandfather stayed here and became Wei Wei Shaoqing, and my father also took a certain position under his grandfather. After that, our branch lived here. "

After a pause, he said with some doubts: "Sister, don't you belong to the same family as us?"

Qingyan shook her head and said: "Probably not, but it's hard to say, maybe it was before. Our ancestors moved to the Northland, and the specific branch is no longer available.

I have been living in Youzhou since I was born, and I never heard from my grandfather where I moved from before. "

It's not like she's lying, their family is indeed in Youzhou, but it's just in later generations, of course, it doesn't need to be too clear.

Xue Minghua guessed in his heart: It seems that that branch should have been split out very early, and the mix is ​​not bad. A woman who can raise such a temperament should not have a bad family background.

"My sister said before that Youzhou has fallen into the hands of the Khitan people, so your family members have escaped?"

She suddenly thought of what Qingyan said before, that the Khitan people had already entered Yunzhou, and even Biyouzhou would not be spared.

Qingyan choked, alas, I can't make it up anymore...

Turning his eyes, he thought of a place and said to her, "They are safe now. They are with General Li in Yecheng. Our two families are family friends. They will take care of my family."

Xue Minghua nodded, "That's good, hey... the Khitan people have entered the customs, and I'm afraid there will be chaos again in the future, and I don't know if the Xingtang Mansion will be safe or not.

I have been in Hancheng for more than ten years, my eyes and ears are blocked, and I have nowhere to hear about many things, not to mention the things in the imperial city, even the capital city is my memory before the accident. "

Qingyan thinks about it, too. Inquiring about the situation from Xue Minghua's place is actually not as good as knowing more from Li Hao's side.

At that time, because there was no way to confess her life experience, she could only let the other party guess. She had always been ambiguous when talking to the other party, and it was not good to be direct, so as not to arouse suspicion. Now that I think about it, my eyes are really smeared.

But it doesn't matter, he's leaving anyway, he's just looking for a topic to chat with now.

After that, Xue Minghua told her some things he knew before leaving home. At that time, the position of the Xue family's officials in the court was not low, but their official positions were not very high, and they did not belong to the emperor's close ministers. official.

However, there are many scholars in the family, and there are contacts, so it will be a matter of time for a few more officials to appear.

The two of them chatted about their guesses about the capital city and the imperial city. Of course, it was the two of them who made random guesses. Qingyan also relied on what she had learned about the history of the Five Dynasties in a few words. Take a guess.

Now the imperial city should be quite chaotic. After all, Shi Jingtang will soon proclaim himself emperor in Taiyuan. I also know that there is no way that the imperial city will not get any news.

The Khitan people have already entered the customs, this is not a small move.

But no matter how messy it is, it has nothing to do with her. She is a temporary visitor, and worrying about the country and the people is not what she needs to do.

It's not good to say too much about these things to Xue Minghua. Although she doesn't give people the image of a boudoir girl, even a chivalrous girl who likes to act chivalrously can't know too many important national affairs, which is too unreasonable.

Qingyan turned her back to the carport, quietly took out her watch from her pocket and glanced at it, it was already [-]:[-], it was still very hot, the sun was not as poisonous as before, but there was still no wind, and she felt a little stuffy.

Could it be raining?

Before she could say anything, she heard Xue Minghua say: "Sister, something looks wrong this day, it might be raining, if you can find a place to shelter from the rain, it's better to take shelter first.

The rain here will pass after a while, it won't be too long, and it won't be too late to go on the road again. "

Qingyan nodded, "Okay, I'll look at both sides of the road, if there are houses or temples, let's go in and avoid them."

Although their shed looks good, it can only block the sun, but not the rain.The drizzle is okay, but if it rains moderately and heavily, everything inside the quilt will be wet.

Qingyan felt a little regretful. When she went to the grocery store, she saw tung oil paper, the kind used for umbrellas. She looked at it curiously, why didn't she think about buying one.

If there is tung oil paper, I will cover the shed one by one now, even if it rains, I will not be afraid.

Although the sky is not overcast yet, the sun seems to be covered with a layer of mist, and it really looks like a storm is about to come.

Let the little donkey continue to speed up, while observing the two sides.

They may be on the official road. There are not many villages passing by along the way, either wasteland or woods.

This place is not like the later generations. The villages wish they were all built on the side of the road. Most of them are not close to the official road. Only those towns with shops will be closer.

If you want to find some villages, it’s actually easy to say, just look for a fork in the road, just like the Qiaotou village they passed by before, if you go in along the fork, there will definitely be a village.

It's just that the distance is not necessarily the same. Like they walked from Qiaotou Village to the official road before, but after walking for more than half a day, they almost caught up with the way to the capital from here.

Although they were walking and stopping all the way at that time, often looking for confiscated grain in the fields, the distance is indeed not close. If they have time to find the village, they might as well speed up and go to the capital as soon as possible. .

After walking for a while, she didn't see any buildings. Qingyan thought for a while, and asked Chouchou, "Is there any tarpaulin or plastic sheet in your space? Or that kind of waterproof canvas, I can't find any shelter." Where it rains, let's cover the carport a little bit.

Anyway, Xue Minghua is in the car and can't see outside. When the rain stops, you can just put it away quietly.Mainly because of the two thick quilts, it would be a pity if they were drenched in the rain. "

Ugly and obedient, he flipped through the space and said, "Is there any tarpaulin ones, but there are a few pieces of plastic sheeting, which I use to put food on the floor, but it's a bit too eye-catching when I take it out." , is the kind of transparent plastic sheet."

Qingyan's eyes lit up, "It's good to be transparent, you're stupid, wouldn't it be more difficult for people to see if it's transparent."

Chou Chou rolled his big eyes, "Am I stupid or are you stupid? Transparent reflection, when it touches people, it will be obvious immediately!"

Qingyan was at a loss for words, "Really, what should I do?"

Chou Chou thought for a while and said: "How about we put a layer of plastic sheeting in the middle and put a straw mat on top, then it won't be visible from the outside or inside."

This time it was Qingyan's turn to roll her eyes, "Where did we get the straw mat? You don't want me to weave it now, do you? Time, with that time we will all rush to the capital."

Chou Chou said in a somewhat embarrassing tone: "You don't know that~ I secretly took one of the mats weaved on the road before."

"When did you collect it? There are only a few mats, didn't others find it?" Qingyan asked suspiciously.

Ugly and proudly said: "Hey, when you were refining salt, everyone weaved a lot of straw mats together, and then you threw away a lot when you left. I think that thing is very good, softer, and it's on top. It’s just right to put some things that are afraid of bumping, so I just put one in and put all the snacks on it.”

Qingyan was delighted when she heard it, and praised Chouchou, "It's up to you. You are worthy of being an ancient beast, and it is reliable. You are a good collector, and you have foresight? Then you will take that straw mat later." Come out, I think about where to put it...

In this way, you tie it to the bottom of the donkey cart so that I can pretend to get it back from there, and Xue Minghua will not doubt it. "

Chou Chou nodded, "No problem, I'll take it out in a while, and tie it under the car with a hemp rope. Then you can just pull it out from below, pretending to add a straw mat to cover the shed, and I'll give you the plastic sheet Put it in the middle."

After the matter was settled, Qingyan was in a good mood instantly, so she didn't have to worry about finding a place to shelter from the rain.

As soon as the two finished discussing, a strong wind blew up, Qingyan was blinded by the sand, she quickly raised her hand to cover her eyes, turned her head, rubbed her eyes, and rubbed out the sand.

Then he pretended to say: "It's broken! It's windy, it's really raining, and we can't find a place to shelter from the rain in this wilderness, so I might as well add another floor to this shed , if the rain is not too heavy, it should be fine."

Upon hearing this, Xue Minghua said, "Then I'll go down and help you."

Qingyan waved her hand, "No, no, your legs are inconvenient, so I can do it myself. There is also a straw mat under my car. I originally planned to use it to sit on the ground when I parked for a rest. Now let's put it on Put it on the shed and cover it with another layer, and the extra layer should also be able to block some rain."

Xue Minghua said with a face of shame: "I really can't help at all, I'm just a burden."

Qingyan smiled at her and said: "Don't say that, you are injured, this is not a special situation, if you are not injured, I will definitely ask you to help."

As he said that, he drove the donkey cart to a place with open space next to it. He definitely couldn't toss the cart shed in the middle of the road, it would be even more eye-catching if it blocked the road.

Turned the car half a circle and stopped towards the back. The wind was southerly, and the back of the car was covered by straw mats, which saved blowing sand into the car.

Qingyan looked inside, the two children were still sleeping soundly, they didn't wake up, and Xue Minghua didn't let Xue Minghua wake the children up, and the little leopard was also sleeping in Huan'er's arms all over the place.

Angrily poking its overturned fat belly with his finger, the little leopard was woken up by her poking, opened his eyes to look in a daze, saw that it was her, rolled over, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Qingyan patted its butt angrily before jumping out of the car.

Xue Minghua looked at her actions with amused expression, this girl Qingyan is really a child at heart.

Qingyan bent down beside the car and pulled out the straw mat under the car, shaking the dust on it.

Not long after it was tied up, there was a layer of soil, mainly the official road is a dirt road, and the climate here is dry, so the dust can be imagined, and after such a short time, there was a layer on top.

After shaking it clean, he said to Chouchou: "Okay, you can put the plastic sheet on first, and then I will put this mat on it. By the way, the plastic sheet should not be bigger than this shed. When the time comes, stretch it out and put it on." You can also see the pieces."

Chou Chou said: "Don't worry, I picked a small one and made it out. It's a little smaller than the straw mat, and it fits right in the middle. If you put the straw mat on it, it will add another layer, and on it is an arched shed. , and can’t hold water, it will flow down quickly, so it shouldn’t be easy to seep in.”

While speaking, she put the plastic cloth on it with her spiritual sense, it was placed very straightly, and there was no sound yet, Qing Yan looked at it with a sigh.

This consciousness is really easy to use, and the plastic sheet is really good to put on it, the two sides are only about ten centimeters short, and the straw mat is completely covered when it is placed.

Moreover, the reed mat itself is a little wider than the donkey cart, and it is not a problem if the plastic sheet is less covered.

Qingyan threw the straw mat like a net, half turned around to use her strength, and threw it up while turning around, and directly threw it flat on the shed.

I looked around and nodded, yes, my skill is also good, and I arranged it all at once.

Take the twine left over from the shed you bought earlier, and use it to secure the four corners of the mat.

This is easier, just put the hemp rope through the straw mat and tie it to the car.

At this time, the wind gradually picked up, rolling the loess on the ground in the rhythm of a sandstorm.

The shed was shaken by the blowing, Qingyan quickly tied a few more hemp ropes to prevent the shed from being torn off.

Fortunately, the gust of wind was only four or five, not strong enough to lift the shed, Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)