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The two of them made plans and rushed to Ningshui immediately.

It's mid-afternoon now. If I don't stop, I can get to the outside of Ningshui City before it gets completely dark. Then I can rest outside Ningshui City for one night and observe the situation at the gate of Ningshui City. I'll wait until dawn the next day to follow. The first wave of people entered the city.

After changing into the clothes of ordinary people, Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang chose a road to Ningshui.

This place is very close to Ningshui. Ningshui is the waterway hub of several nearby cities and has the largest population. There are many businessmen who go to Ningshui to do business. Those who are far away take the waterway and those who are closer are by land.

Ningshui is divided in the middle by the Lingjiang River and is divided into Hedong and Hexi. There are many merchants in Hexi, and most of the local people in Ningshui live in Hedong.

There are more land routes leading to Ningshui. There are four in the east of the river alone, and as many as eight in the west of the river.

Even if General Liu wants to search the land routes, he cannot take into account all the land routes into the city.

The road Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang chose was the road that Lincheng small businessmen often took to do business in Linshui, leading to Hexi.

There is the West Gate in Hexi. In order to facilitate trade, the late emperor granted Ningshui permission to open an additional gate in Hexi, which was specially called Huangxi City Gate.

The Huangxi City Gate will be closed one hour later in the evening and open an hour earlier in the morning than the other four city gates every day to facilitate trade.

At this time, there were many small traders on this road carrying burdens and pushing carts to drag their families to Ningshui.

There are sellers of vegetables, various handicrafts, meat, woodworking furniture...

These people are rushing to the city gate to spend the night tonight in order to catch the morning market tomorrow morning. When the city gate opens tomorrow, they will enter the city and enter the Western Market to sell goods.

If you sell out and leave Ningshui early, you can rush home on the same day.

After walking along this road for an hour, there were more and more small merchants and hawkers.

Xuan Cang was tall. When he looked ahead, he suddenly saw a few more officers and soldiers in the tea sheds on both sides of the road.

Two officers and soldiers were drinking tea in the tea shed, and the remaining two officers and soldiers were checking the passing traders and people.

These officers and soldiers were dressed the same as the officers and soldiers they saw on the official ship. They had extra waists. Ordinary officers and soldiers did not have special waist knives. They were afraid that they were sent by General Liu!

Xuan Cang frowned. It seemed that the power of the regent was greater than they imagined.

Xuan Cang motioned Qin Shuhuang to look at the tea shed.

Qin Shuhuang immediately realized what Xuan Cang meant.

A gust of winter wind blew, and with it came a sour smell.

Pedestrians nearby covered their noses with their sleeves when they smelled the smell. Not far away, a couple was apologizing to passers-by with stunned faces.

"I'm sorry, we accidentally knocked over the pickle jar, please forgive me!"

The couple was pushing a shabby wheelbarrow, and on the wheelbarrow were placed earthenware jars of pickles of different sizes.

Apparently a couple selling pickles.

Stinky pickles are a specialty of Waxian County near Ningshui. They are similar to stinky tofu. They smell stinky and taste salty. However, those who cannot accept the smell of stinky pickles would rather stay away from it if they smell it.

In the tea shed over there, several officers and soldiers were covering their noses and frowning. They were obviously not from near Ningshui and could not bear the stench.

Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang glanced at each other and walked towards the couple together.

The couple's clothes were patched and their faces were sallow, clearly living a hard life.The woman reluctantly picked up the smelly pickles that fell on the ground with her hands, and said angrily: "My daughter is still sick, so she finally bought some pickles and knocked over a jar. If these pickles cannot be sold tomorrow morning, you... Just sell me and use the money to buy medicine for my daughter."

The man's face was numb, and his edges had obviously been smoothed by the hard life. But when the woman said this, the man still tried his best to comfort her, "It's okay, it's just a jar of pickles. We have quite a few. They say there are people in Ningshui City who like this." , there will be no one to buy it, as long as we get enough money from the sale, we will go get medicine for my daughter."

Qin Shuhuang walked over and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, we want to buy your pickles, but don't know how to sell them?"

So Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang sold all the couple's pickles plus the wheelbarrow for five taels of silver.

Qin Shuhuang didn't have any loose money with him, so in the end he could only give the couple five taels of silver in silver notes.

The pickles cost only a few hundred taels of silver, and the wheelbarrow had been used for many years. It only cost a few taels of silver to buy a new one from the carpenter in the village. Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang bought these for [-] taels of silver. The couple made little money. If you pay twice as much, you don’t have to go to Ningshui anymore, so why not?

Before leaving, the couple told Qin Shuhuang how to store these pickles.

So Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang became a pickle-selling couple.

The smell of stinky pickles was indeed overwhelming. Xuan Cang was pushing a wheelbarrow as he walked along the roadside, and the people around him consciously kept a few meters away from them.

Qin Shuhuang also deliberately placed the broken jar of stinky pickles at the top. When the wind blew, the smell became even stronger.

When several officers and soldiers inspected Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang.

Just as he was about to question him, he smelled the smell of stinky pickles and immediately took a few steps back.

While the officers and soldiers were covering their noses, Xuan Cang shot a stone from his hand and hit an officer and soldier on the leg. The officer and soldier who was standing drinking tea immediately poured a whole cup of tea on his face.

When the companion next to him saw it, he couldn't help laughing, "He Laoer, are you drinking tea or washing your face?"

The officer and soldier named He Laoer wiped his face vigorously. A gust of wind blew, and the smell of pickles hit his nose and mouth. He immediately became angry, "What are you looking for? It stinks so much, tell them to get out!"

What they are searching for is the eldest princess. Will the noble Jinzhiyuye sell stinky pickles?Just teasing him!Do these people have any insight?
The searching officers and soldiers pinched their noses and immediately waved to Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang, "Get out of here! Get out of here! Don't let me see you again! The stinky young man has lost his appetite for dinner tonight! Bad luck!"

So Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang successfully evaded the search by the officers and soldiers, and they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Pushing the wheelbarrow and following the vendors on the official road, I rushed to Ningshui City.

Before it got dark, the two finally arrived outside Ningshui City.

This is the Huangxi City Gate. The city gate will open the earliest tomorrow, so there will be the most people and small traders entrenched there.

Everyone found a place near the city gate, made do with their acquaintances and guarded the goods for the night.

Qin Shuhuang and Xuan Cang followed the local customs and found a corner. Before arriving at Ningshui, Qin Shuhuang threw away the broken jar of stinky pickles. At this time, the smell on the wheelbarrow was acceptable, otherwise they would never have thought about it. Rested with the vendors.

There are small vendors who are good at selling snacks at this time, such as steamed buns, steamed buns, sesame cakes, rice porridge, etc. Although the taste is average and they are made of coarse corn, they are cheap and can satisfy the hunger.

Qin Shuhuang bought two sesame seed cakes, two steamed buns, and two bowls of rice porridge, and had a fight with Xuan Cang.

At night, the two of them leaned against the wheelbarrow. Xuan Cang deliberately sat on the windy side to block Qin Shuhuang from the wind, hoping that Qin Shuhuang could rest better.

The two stayed on guard all night and found no suspicious people near the city gate.

Early the next morning, the Huangxi City Gate opened, and the two of them entered the city as the first batch of large troops. Each person only had to pay a penny to enter the city.

Not long after the two entered Ningshui City, a group of people dressed like officers and soldiers appeared at the Huangxi City Gate and began to check the people entering the city one by one in front of the city gate. (End of chapter)