On the road to escape famine, others ate vegetables but I ate meat

Chapter 22 Good stuff

"It's not that I don't want to stop you from entering the city. We have civilians in the city, too. If I let you all in, how can I explain to the local people?" The county magistrate replied patiently, "I will have someone lower the food down to you with a rope. We don't have that much food. There are so many civilians in the city, and it's not easy for me to give enough to everyone."

The county magistrate's words calmed many people's hearts.

Indeed, there were ordinary people in the city. There were so many people fleeing famine, and this small county town could not accommodate so many of them. After much deliberation, they could only continue to move towards Nanzhou.

Lan Yue looked for a while, then immediately packed up and continued walking south. There was another county town, so he should be able to get in, right?
After Lan Yue and the others left, the Xu family also rushed to Shuixiang County.

"Sir, Shuixiang County is ahead. After two more counties and a waterway, we will be not far from Nanzhou." Although Butler Liu was not infected, he also had a lot of bumps on his body.

"What's going on in front?" Xu Yi got off the carriage and saw a crowd gathered at the city gate, with people hanging down medicine bags and some baskets.

"I'll go and ask." Butler Liu didn't know either.

After a while, Butler Liu came back and told Xu Yi that the county magistrate was distributing food to the people fleeing famine, ten kilograms of food and a packet of medicine to each family.

"Can't go into the city?"

Xu Yi felt uncomfortable all over. He hadn't taken a shower for several days. It had been many days since his last shower.

Butler Liu shook his head: "No."

Many people in their team have already fallen, and not being able to enter the county town this time will undoubtedly make things worse for them.

"Brother, send someone to get food. We are almost out of food." Xu Rou had a high fever, but now she is much better and not as arrogant as before.

The most important thing is that her maid is gone.

There was no one around her who could be bullied. Everyone in the team was infected with the disease. She had finally gotten better, so she couldn't get infected.

Xu Yi asked Butler Liu and others to collect food.

He glanced at the team, which was now down to a dozen people, and then got on the carriage.

Xu Yi pinched his brows tiredly. This time of exile was actually the best opportunity for the emperor to eliminate his intentions towards the Duke of Huguo's Mansion and the second prince.

The source of their exile was originally a play they directed and acted themselves. A year later, the evidence of their crime of treason would be found out. By then, the emperor would feel guilty towards them and their aunt, Concubine Ling, and their status would be restored to what it was before.

only……

They have encountered so many disasters on their current road of exile that they don’t know if they can survive to Nanzhou City.
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Another day and night of travel. Lan Yue hasn't taken a bath for two days. Today she must find water and take a good bath!

"Let's rest here." Lan Yue glanced at the people around her.

The people in this place were not infected with that disease.

Moreover, she had never seen their faces before, and their accents were not the accent of the place where she was reborn before. This showed that they were refugees or famine escapees from somewhere else.

Liu and Gu Xue put down their luggage, searched inside the package, and found that there was no rice left.

All that was left were some inedible vegetables, some biscuits and some candies.

"What are we going to eat tonight? We don't have much food left." Gu Xue was worried. She had been eating and drinking lavishly in the past few days, and now there was nothing left to eat if she wanted to eat something good.

Liu was also a little worried. Without food, how could they survive to the next county?

I don't know if there is any water nearby. If there is, they can go and see if there are any fish to catch.

Seeing that it was still early, the four of them discussed it and decided that Gu Yan and Liu would stay where they were, while Lan Yue and Gu Xue would go to collect firewood and look for edible wild vegetables nearby. When Lan Yue and Gu Xue picked up their food and set off, the people around them also started to send people out to look for food.

Fortunately, there are basically mountains all around, so they have place to wander around.

"Gu Xue, carry the firewood you picked up back first, then boil some water. I'll go deeper to see if I can catch any pheasants."

"Huh? Isn't this bad?"

Gu Xue didn't want Lan Yue to go into the mountains alone. It was a chaotic time now, and who knew if something bad would happen?

Sister Lan Yue is a weak woman, how can she go into the mountains alone!

If anyone wants to go in, it must be her brother who goes into the mountains to find food!

"It's okay." Lan Yue comforted him, "I can do it alone. You just think I'm easy to bully. I'm actually a tough girl at heart. What you're worried about won't happen."

While Lan Yue was talking, she had already bundled the firewood. It was neither light nor heavy, and Gu Xue could handle it.

"Okay, pick up another handful of dead leaves and take them back." Lan Yue handed the firewood to Gu Xue, "Remember to ask your brother and your mother to boil water. Use up the last bucket of water. If nothing goes wrong, I should be able to find a water source."

When Lan Yue came out, she brought a kettle with her.

"Ah? Sister Lan Yue, are you sure you can find water?" Gu Xue was surprised.

She always felt that Sister Lan Yue was telling her a joke. It was getting dark, and even if they could find water, it would not be convenient for them to go get it. What's more, they didn't know if there was any water in the mountains. If they used up the last bit of water, they wouldn't even have a chance to drink water on the rest of the journey.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely find it. My intuition is very accurate." Lan Yue said and turned to walk forward. A cold voice came, "Go back quickly. It's too late. It's not safe for you as a girl."

Gu Xue pouted, frowned, then sighed, carried the firewood, picked up a handful of leaves, and hurried back to the resting place.

Seeing her coming back alone, Liu and Gu Yan couldn't help but ask, "Where's Lan Yue? Why did you come back alone?"

"Oh, Sister Lan Yue went out to find food alone. She also asked us to boil the remaining water." Gu Xue told the truth.

When Liu heard this, she instantly became panicked.

"Son." Liu looked at Gu Yan.

Gu Yan smiled slightly, "It's okay, just do as Lan Yue said, she will be fine."

With Gu Yan's words, Liu and Gu Xue felt much more relieved.

Gu Yan also knew that Lan Yue was no simple person, so he was not worried that anything might happen to her.

Now let's talk about Blue Moon.

In addition to Lan Yue, there were also many people around who were walking into the mountains with knives and bows and arrows. It could be seen that some of them were hunters.

Lan Yue did not choose to walk the same path as them. After sensing the surrounding atmosphere and guided by the flowers, plants and trees, Lan Yue walked in the east-west direction. At the end of the month, when she had walked about 50 meters, Xiao Qi's cheerful voice came.

"Master, Master! There is a good thing under a big pine tree 20 meters ahead!!"

good stuff?
"What good stuff?"

Lan Yue was a little curious. Could there be good things in such a small hill?
"Master, Xiao Qi doesn't know either, Master, let's go over and take a look~"

　Xiao Qi: I want to make a bubble to prove that I really exist~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)