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

For those who saw food appearing out of thin air, it was really shocking. Even if the ancients believed in ghosts and gods, there is still a difference between imagining and seeing it with their own eyes. It was really shocking.

Everyone was startled at first, then became excited, and then began to kowtow to the tablets of their ancestors!

Chou Chou is super speechless, okay, I did a good deed, and your ancestors will take the credit.

Forget it, it doesn't rely on merit to cultivate anyway. It makes no difference to it whether it has someone's gratitude or not, so it doesn't worry about it.

Qingyan suddenly remembered the place in Liuyuan County and said to Chou Chou: "Since you have seen those bandits in the windy space before, and they are not officers and soldiers pretending to be soldiers, the property hidden there should be those hidden by bandits. Yes.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Those courtyards are probably the dens of those bandits. By the way, can you be sure that they are the dens of bandits?Isn't it the small treasury of some wealthy families? "

Chou Chou: "No, there are weapons in there, and some boxes have blood stains that have not been wiped clean. It doesn't come from the normal place at first glance."

Qingyan nodded, "That's good, let's just collect those things and then buy some food to distribute to the people affected by the disaster. It can also be considered as atonement for those bandits."

Chou Chou: "That's okay. Those things are all gold and silver and some jewelry and ornaments. Most of them are high-quality. Everything else should be disposed of. Then the gold and silver will be exchanged for food."

It is inconvenient for us to buy it ourselves. I will collect it directly from the shops in the towns that were not affected by the disaster, and give them the equivalent value of gold and silver. They will not suffer any loss, and it will save us trouble. "

Qingyan thought about it and thought it was okay. Those places that were not affected by the disaster should not be short of food.

However, he still warned: "Take a few more shops and leave at least half for others. The weather is not good, and there will be problems in those places later."

Chou Chou: "Okay, I understand, I definitely won't take it for one family.

By the way, something is going on over there in Wangkou Town. I took a look there yesterday. The mayor took in a lot of victims of the disaster, but he only took in young and middle-aged people. I think he probably didn’t hold back. What a fart.

Otherwise, he would have been killed directly, as well as his brother, the county magistrate. The two brothers were in cahoots and would be a disaster if they were left alive. "

Qingyan nodded, and she felt the same way. Although the other party could not hinder her in the future, who sent people to rob them before? This was considered a grudge, and the other party was indeed a bad person, so he should be treated as a crime for the people.

"Then you should do it more cleanly. As long as there are innocent lives in your hands, deal with them. Don't leave any future troubles. It is impossible for the entire government office to be bad people. There are always a few who can continue to control the overall situation."

Chou Chou nodded, "I know, after I merged with Da Feng's space, my consciousness is stronger now. I can now see the side of Qinian Village, and it's no problem to deal with a few people."

After saying that, Chou Chou returned to the space. He wanted to do this inside because his consciousness was stronger in the space. As for the specific operation, Qingyan didn't care.

She stretched out her consciousness and looked around. There were woods and villages along this section of the road, and the official road was easier to identify, so it was no problem if Chou Chou was not there.

Fortunately, although the village was on the roadside, no one was moving outside because of the heavy snow, otherwise she would have to go outside to catch the car.

I looked at the archway in front of me. There must be some meritorious people in this village, otherwise this kind of archway would not be built.

In the middle of the archway is written the word "Xuejiacun". What a coincidence that we met people with the same surname. Wouldn't everyone in this village have the surname Xue?I don’t know if they are from the same family as hers.

She looked around the village. This village was on a high ground and next to an official road. The conditions were obviously much better than those in other villages. There were several shops on the main street.

If it weren't for the word "Xuejia Village" on the archway, people who didn't know it would have thought it was a small town.

As you go eastward, there are fewer cave dwellings and more adobe and thatched houses. In the town, there are mostly brick or stone tile houses. This village is a bit more mixed. Most of them are adobe tile houses, which means the walls are built on top of adobe. watt.

There are also two houses whose yards are made of bricks and tiles, and they are probably the ones with the best conditions in the village.

Qingyan glanced at the houses. They were all warming themselves by the fire in their houses. They were all in good spirits and seemed to have sufficient food.

They are now more than 20 miles away from Liquan County. The snow here is obviously lighter and the snow is not that thick.

It should reach the calf of a person, so it wouldn’t be that hard for the big bear to walk in front.

Qingyan thought for a while, opened the door of the carriage and came out, taking out some grass and a piece of rock candy from the storage bag, preparing to add some calories to the big bear.

There happens to be a large open space outside Xuejia Village. I don't know what it is used for. Now it is just right for them to park.

It’s not that I need to rest and cook or anything, but mainly that the horse has been walking for almost a day and needs to be fed with fodder and water.

She didn't even need to say hello. When the people behind saw her turning to the left and stopping, they all turned their cars around.

Everyone did not need to be directed, they parked the cars one by one in an orderly manner, and then started doing their own thing.

Like Qingyan, some fed the animals first, and some lit fires on the ground to boil water for cooking. After all, they didn't have a charcoal stove in the car and couldn't drink hot water.

There were also people chatting with each other, asking about information and routes they didn’t know, and even going into the village to buy things.

They were busy each other when they saw a group of people coming out behind them who had just gone in to buy something.

Everyone was shocked and didn't know what was going on.

Qingyan observed the other party's expression and relaxed slightly after seeing that there was no hostility or malice.

I just thought it was the few people who went in who caused trouble.

I heard an uncle who had just entered say: "Don't be afraid, they heard us passing by and came out to buy things with us."

Although everyone relaxed a little, they did not relax completely. They looked at each other, and finally the leader of the caravan stepped forward on behalf of everyone.

"What do you want to buy? I don't know if we have what you need."

These people, except for a few carriages that travel by themselves, the fleets are all for business, and the carriages are full of goods. It is not impossible to sell some on the road, as long as the price is profitable, it is all about making money anyway.

A representative was also selected over there, and a middle-aged man stepped forward, cupped his fists, and said, "Xue Jinshui is the village chief of Xuejia Village. Because of the snow, no one has been out for almost half a month. .

I believe you have also seen that we have a shop in this village, which sells some of our output to passing merchants and exchanges for some things that are useful to us. "

The leader of the caravan returned the gesture with his fists raised, "Village Chief Xue, you are polite. I am Han Yunqi, the shopkeeper of Yunqi Trading Company. These are the goods of our trading company. I just don't know what you need and what the output here is. We can exchange what we need."

Xue Jinshui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what he said. It seemed like there was a way.

"We produce red dates, walnuts and thick wine here. They are grown and brewed at home. You can try them. The taste is guaranteed to be better than elsewhere.

There are also sheep and beef, mutton and sheepskin are available, and some are marinated, so you can take them on the road and eat them directly. "As soon as he finished speaking, someone came up with a basket and a jug of wine. It seemed that they had been prepared.

Han Yunqi and several others who were also interested came forward and tasted the wine one by one. Only Han Yunqi drank a glass of wine, while the others smelled and sipped a little.

He was probably afraid that drinking would cause trouble, or that he might get into trouble. After all, it was necessary to be on guard against others when going out.

Qingyan waited until they had all tasted before walking forward. She picked up the jujubes and walnuts and tasted them. She also took a bite of the braised mutton. She was not interested in the wine.

Well, this jujube is very sweet, with thick flesh and small core, and the walnuts are also very fragrant, but the skin is a bit thick, not the paper-skinned walnuts of later generations. The flesh is also good, very fragrant, and not smelly at all.

Xue Jinshui saw that they all showed satisfied expressions, and then he spoke again: "We want to change some fabrics, cotton and grain. We also need the other things you have that we can use."

Hey, don't tell me, they really have these.

An ox team pulls all grains, including coarse grains, fine grains, and miscellaneous grains.

Han Yunqi's caravan had cloth and cotton, but not much. They came to the northwest mainly to collect furs, so they took some cloth and cotton with them.

Qingyan also has this one. She has passed through Minglu. She bought a lot of cloth and cotton before. The Fang family and his son thought she was going to make quilts, but they were in a hurry and didn't have time to make them. In fact, they had already collected the ones made by the store. in space.

Fabrics are okay, but cotton is expensive. People in Xuejiacun don't change much, they just make cotton-padded clothes for their children.

So Qingyan exchanged five kilograms of cotton, two pieces of cloth, and some needles and thread. She was the only one who was rich, and others brought what they needed for their own use at most.

Neither party used any money, they just exchanged things by barter. They knew the price well, but there was no dispute.

After the exchange of things was completed, the people in Xuejia Village went back. They should have done this frequently and were not sloppy at all.

Qingyan also knew the purpose of this open space, and it was probably used to barter with passing merchants.

They didn't stay too long, rested for a while, had something to eat for the livestock, and then hit the road again.

There are still more than 20 miles to go. If we persist, we should arrive before ten o'clock in the evening.

It's seven o'clock now, it's already getting dark, and there's still a short stretch of mountain road ahead, and with the snow, it's hard to go fast, maybe even slower than walking.

Qingyan was the first to go on the road again, and everyone also discovered that Qingyan never missed a step and stayed on the official road.

The few carriages that had been following before came to the front, followed by the motorcade. The Han family's caravan, which had bodyguards, walked to the end, protecting everyone.

Everyone was not ignorant, and they all thanked him one after another.

Everyone lit the torches in advance, so that after a while it was completely dark and they couldn't see the road. Of course, they didn't light them all, like Qingyan did. Later, Chen Shijin and his family and the Fang family and his son's car didn't need to light them, so they followed her. Just go.

It won't work from behind. The fire is much smaller than usual under the snow. It's easy to lose track if you can't see the road.

Then, three cars apart, a torch must be lit, and the same goes for the convoy.

Their team was quite long and looked quite spectacular from a distance.

Fortunately, the road was difficult and there were no accidents. We arrived at the gate of Liquan County at 45:[-].

Then they found that they couldn't get in because the city gate was closed.

Qingyan frowned. Is there a curfew here?Isn't it the same problem as Pingyuan County?

No one expected this situation, because they could check into an inn to rest when they arrived at the county town. They didn't expect that they would be blocked outside after hurriedly and slowly arriving.

Fang Zhengyi frowned and said loudly to everyone: "Have any of us been to Liquan County? Was there a curfew here before?"

Han Yunqi walked out, frowning and said: "I often travel this route, and I stayed in Liquan County when I came here. There was no curfew at that time, and there were people staying in the inn where we stayed in the middle of the night. It is said that Going into town at night.

Why don't we go to the city guard sergeant and ask if something happened to close the city gate. "

Everyone also agreed that since there is a question, one must ask it, and one cannot just wait around like this.

In the end, Fang Zhengyi and Han Yunqi went to ask. There were so many people there that they were afraid that the sergeants would think they were gathering to make trouble.

The distance was quite far, and everyone was talking, so Qingyan couldn't hear what they were saying specifically when she looked over with her spiritual sense.

I only vaguely heard of things like destroying the gates and martial law, which should be the reason why the city gates are closed.

When the two came back, without waiting for them to ask questions, they directly explained to everyone: "The city gate was closed this afternoon. The sergeant guarding the gate said that the Guan family, the richest man in the city, was wiped out last night. The entire family 30 Many people, including slaves and livestock, were not spared.

This was discovered by the person who went to deliver firewood to their house in the morning. It is said that the corner door he often came in and out of was left open. Although there was no one there, he was already familiar with it, so he thought it was the door left for him, but he found it all over the floor. corpse.

After the man reported the case, the county magistrate ordered the city gate to be temporarily sealed to check if there was a murderer in the city before opening it to the outside world to prevent the murderer from escaping. "

Qingyan said with a speechless face: "Hasn't he thought that the murderer ran away last night? Who would kill someone and still stay in the city waiting to be caught?"

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Yes, it's been a night and a half. The person must have run away long ago. They are looking for him in the city. Wouldn't it give the murderer more time to escape?"

"That is to say, this county magistrate seems to be a confused official."

"Keep your voice down, why are you saying anything? You might be overheard and put in jail."

"You are too cowardly. I didn't say this to the county magistrate. Besides, officials say they can speak freely. How could he, a county magistrate, have such great authority..."

"Okay, okay, shut up. It's getting more and more outrageous. Even officials dare to say..."

Qingyan sighed, and the topic disappeared.

Fang Zhengyi cleared his throat and raised his voice: "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. No matter what the situation is inside, we will definitely not be able to get in tonight. The top priority is how can we spend the night?"

(End of this chapter)