urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 324 Troubled Times
The leading general skillfully put the money into his sleeve pocket and asked, "What's in the car?"

"It's all kinds of rice and coarse grains. Our aunt is the third daughter-in-law of Zhou Yushi, and the dowry is a grain shop..."

While they were talking, the other patrols walked around the mule cart.

Qin Jiashu also took advantage of the fact that he was now a "little boy" escorting food, so he glanced at the portraits they were holding in their hands.

Whoops, her parents are also on the list, which is really scary.

Fortunately, the artist's painting skills are not very good, the facial features can only be said to be half-like, but the court clothes that my father wears in the palace are particularly lifelike.

Now she can feel relieved, after all this has left the capital, it is impossible for his father to wander around in court clothes.

When a group of people came to the gate of the city, they found that the gate had not been opened, and there were pictures of many people pasted on both sides, saying that they were involved in the Taimiao Rebellion. A dozen civil and military ministers under the late emperor.

My father was also on the list, but I didn't see a portrait of my mother on it.

But now my father has also been accused of being a deer and a traitor, and I am afraid that any state capital will have a portrait.

Qin Jiashu felt a little worried when he thought of his father becoming famous in the Daqing Dynasty in such a way.

So she left worriedly, accidentally bumping into the patrolling guards.

Qin Jiashu, who was not paying attention, subconsciously turned around and wanted to run.

The leading guard shouted loudly: "Stop, what are you doing sneakily!"

Qin Jiashu came back to her senses now, she quickly lowered her eyebrows and said in a low voice: "Master, the younger one just wants to take a closer look, and remember the corrupt officials in the portrait. Made a lot of money."

"I didn't expect to bump into an adult, and the villain is guilty."

The leading guard just waved his hand and led the people away.

In fact, his reaction like this is quite normal.

People do not fight with officials.

And most of the people in the capital want to avoid them when they meet them.

After a while, the tall and heavy North City Gate was opened.

Qin Jiashu followed the mule cart, and found that there were many caravans leaving the city early, and the caravans ahead of them were also caravans, but they looked very careful.

On the contrary, the guards were more relaxed about the caravans or ordinary people coming in from the other side.

No need to think about it, I also know that the new emperor is afraid that these "rebellious officials and thieves" will get out.

Luckily, they also had a complete set of preparations here, thanks to the fact that the Meng family often collects medicinal materials and is familiar with these procedures, so they also prepared some other paperwork.

When it was their turn, Manager He came forward and offered them a drink with an ingot of ten taels of silver, and they accepted the money. However, after carefully checking the paperwork, he carefully checked a few bags of goods, Only waved and let go.

Not only Qin Yichen was worried all the time, but Qin Jiashu was also very nervous.

The whole convoy left the city gate very quickly, and Qin Jiashu breathed a sigh of relief: he finally left the capital.

Zi Xiao came up and asked: "Miss, you see that this group of people is also walking slowly, why don't you choose a few guards to accompany you to leave first?"

"It's better to catch up with the masters quickly, lest the masters worry about the safety of the young lady and the young master."

Qin Jiashu hesitated for a while, but still vetoed: "No, since we have successfully left the capital, then we are safe, just go according to the itinerary we set before."

Seeing Zixiao's serious face, she smiled and said: "Anyway, we are all on the same road, we are all together and not scattered, if something really happens, we can have someone to take care of us."

"However, let everyone hurry as much as possible."

Zi Xiao responded and made a few gestures, which meant to make his subordinates speed up.

They were in a hurry, and Qin Mu and the others in front were worried about their children who hadn't come out yet, so they also slowed down, so at noon the next day, they met in the field.

Seeing his children standing in front of him and holding their hands, Mu Zhaozhao breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you are all right, it's good that you are all right."

Qin Mu asked, "Why didn't you leave the palace on time?"

"It just so happened that something happened at that time..." Qin Yichen hurriedly told the whole story, and finally sighed: "Fortunately, Dad has other arrangements, otherwise we would have been suspended."

Qin Mu broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this: "Fortunately, you are smart."

Qin Jiashu followed up with the matter of offering a reward for the portrait, and finally asked: "Father, if this happens, we may not be able to settle in a bigger city."

Qin Qiluo, who had been snuggling by her sister's side all this time, also spoke: "Father means, let's go to the northwest."

Qin Mu nodded, looked at the eldest daughter first and said, "Since you said that those portraits don't look very similar, I'll make a simple dress up, and the possibility of recognizing it is unlikely."

He said with satisfaction: "Besides, this also shows that your Uncle Mo and the others escaped from the capital smoothly."

"A bastard like him who killed his father and brother will definitely not be able to sit firmly on the throne."

Then he sighed again: "What's more, the past two years have not been good. Floods and droughts have caused the former Holy Majesty to be devastated. Both the national treasury and the Holy Majesty's private treasury have been rapidly reduced."

"Now that King An's usurpation of the throne has happened again, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos."

Qin Mu also carefully thought about where they should settle down: "There are quite a few people who know that we have real estate in Anyang, and I'm worried that King An will soon send an army to encircle and suppress them."

"Our Daqing borders Dongyi in the east, Nanman in the south, Xirong in the west, and Beidi Turks in the north."

"Turks and Dongying have colluded with King An, so we can't go to the east and north."

"Besides, when we have civil strife in Daqing, both the neighboring countries and the borders will be ready to move, so let's go northwest first, and find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Qin Yichen asked worriedly: "Did dad deliver a letter to grandparents?"

The three of them, all three of them, were raised by their grandfather's family, and they knew that their grandfather had retreated to Anyang before. Now that his father said this, could he not be worried?

Qin Qiluo hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my grandfather took people to Anyang in a hurry, and now my grandfather and the others reckoned that they will soon arrive in Anyang."

Mu Zhaozhao is also very worried, life in troubled times is like nothing.

But in her previous life, she was already dead at this time, and she had never heard of this war, and she didn't know if there would be a change of dynasty.

She didn't have any ambitions either. Thinking that King An's ascension to the throne would destroy them quickly, she could only hope that King Yan or other princes and grandsons would have a bright future and kill An Wang and ascend the throne, so that no one would chase them down.

In the next few days, they divided into two teams and walked forward.

The team in the front is the Escort Bureau, and the external explanation is that this is the imperial businessman of the capital, escorting the wives, young ladies and sons back to their natal homes, and there are a lot of maids and women behind them.

The main reason is that there are too many people. The imperial merchants are relatively rich, and the more people there are, the less conspicuous they are.

Another wave of people behind them were grain merchants.

As for the guards, they either became bodyguards or servants who escorted food.

There are nearly [-] people in the front and back teams, which is really not a small number, and they are all confidantes.

Most of these people are beggars picked up by Qin Mu and the others, their loyalty is unquestionable, and now most of them have married.

Therefore, there are a lot of women and children in this bodyguard team, which seems a bit abrupt.

When Mu Zhaozhao saw that his children were there, he settled down. When he heard the children's cries and laughter, he immediately realized that something was wrong, so he came up with an idea to divide them into three teams.

Those women and children, pretending to be scavenged by human teeth, also rode in the simplest mule cart, so as not to be noticed by others.

Qin Mu arranged for people to explore the road ahead, and left people behind to guard against pursuers.

In this way, it is much safer.

After returning to his parents, seeing that his parents had arranged all the trivial matters properly, Qin Jiashu also fell asleep in peace.

When the sky falls, there is still a tall man standing on top of it, as long as the whole family stays together, the big deal is to occupy the mountain and become the king, and fall into the grass and become the bandit.

But Qin Jiashu just fell asleep when his sister woke him up again.

"Sister, wake up." Qin Qiluo whispered in her ear: "The people behind came to spread the word that there is an army chasing after them. I'm afraid they want to interrogate them?"

Qin Jiashu's drowsiness disappeared in an instant. She sat up suddenly, lifted the curtain of the car window and looked out, and saw a continuous mountain forest not far in front of her.

"Let's go to the front carriage and ask parents what they think."

Qin Mu was also hesitating, because he didn't know if the people behind were chasing him.

However, this is not only about oneself, but the lives of the whole family are at stake.

So when he saw his children coming over, he asked, "Do you think we should avoid it?"

"If I hide in the mountains and forests, I'm afraid I will give up my soft food and food." Mu Zhaozhao said first: "Why don't you go and hide, cousin?"

Of course, Qin Mu didn't want to be separated from his wife and children, so he waved his hand: "Forget it, everyone, just be more vigilant, just let Zixiao help me out a bit, and I'll feel more at ease when I pretend to be a guard and follow you by your side."

Qin Jiashu hurriedly said, "I don't know who it is, so I'll dress up my younger siblings as well, just in case."

She said this because after learning this skill from Zi Xiao, she didn't use it much. Now that there are ready-made people to practice for her, she naturally didn't want to miss this good opportunity.

Qin Qiluo looked at her sister's pale yellow skin, couldn't help but move back, and asked in panic, "Would you like me to become like you?"

"Hey, is life more important than appearance?" Qin Jiashu smiled when he saw his younger sister bowed her head, "Besides, time is running out now, how can I make time for you?"

Therefore, their family, even the perilla and mint who often showed up, did not escape Qin Jiashu's clutches, and then changed into plain and coarse clothes, as if they were much older, and indeed they were inconspicuous.

When they were ready, the people behind also caught up.

The leader was a short man. When he saw them, he signaled them to stop and asked his subordinates to hold the portraits and start comparing.

Qin Mu was already looking like a bodyguard at this moment, his face looked a bit vicissitudes, but it was inconspicuous. The other party glanced at him a few times, and was not interested in wasting time anymore.

On the contrary, Qin Mu's expression changed when he saw a few portraits, thankful that the eldest daughter put in a little thought, otherwise she would really be revealing herself now.

Because there are portraits of their family in it.

Guanshi He is the chief steward of a grain merchant on the surface, so he took the opportunity to pass it to one of the little bosses, and asked for some news in a low voice.

After they left, Manager He hurried to report: "Master, they were ordered to go to Anyang, and they seem to suspect that we will also go to Anyang."

After Qin Mu asked him to retreat, he opened the map by himself: "After walking for two more days, we should be able to reach Yulin City. After we meet up with Grandpa and the others, we can move forward as soon as possible, and we should be able to reach Shaanxi in half a month. gone."

Qin Qiluo didn't worry about these things, and pulled the coarse clothes on her body unaccustomed: "Sister, can we go back and change?"

"Okay, let's go back first."

Two days later, they brought them into Yulin City by road, changed everything, and even went to look at the wanted portraits on the wall.

Then go to the inn.

For the convenience of access, several yards are specially reserved.

Qin Yichen went through the adaptation period of these few days, and with the presence of his parents and sisters, he became bolder and encouraged the whole family to go out to restaurants for dinner: "Dad and mother, don't you say that restaurants and restaurants are easy to get news? Let's Shall we go out to eat too?"

"Your mother and the others are exhausted, why don't you stay and thank you?" After Qin Mu cared for his wife and daughter, he couldn't bear to let his son down: "But we can go to the lobby for dinner."

Mu Zhaozhao and Qin Qiluo really didn't have much energy, they just wanted to lie down and have a good rest, but Qin Jiashu's energy was fine, so he disguised himself as a man and followed them to the front lobby for dinner.

After sitting down and ordering a few dishes, they heard the person at the next table worryingly say: "...Hey, the world is not peaceful again."

"That's right, who would have thought that the Northwest King would rebel?"

"Northwest Wang Mingming is on the side of the Qing emperor..."

Qin Mu took his children from the restaurant to the teahouse. After listening for a long time, he almost understood what was going on.

Many places were in chaos because of the sudden death of the first emperor, and some of them took the opportunity to stir up trouble and fish in troubled waters.

Among them, the Northwest King took advantage of the trend and rebelled in the name of the Qing emperor.

In addition, it is also heard that Cheng Enhou of Cheng Engong's mansion took the prince and grandson to seek the protection of the Northwest King.

In addition, some bandits took the opportunity to rise up, took the opportunity to attack the city, and killed the local magistrate...

Qin Mu didn't expect that in the past two days, they would try their best to hurry. In order not to attract people's attention, most of the time they would rest in the wild, but they didn't know that in the past few days, Daqing had already started to be chaotic.

He wasn't going to meddle, but was going to change course and go north.

After returning to the small courtyard, Qin Mu took out the map: "There is going to be chaos in the northwest, why don't we go to the north, where the land is sparsely populated and there are many mountains, so it is easy to avoid the war."

Maps are hard to come by now, and the ones in his hands were obtained with great effort, but they are not complete, and they have been around for a long time, so he can only get a general idea.

Qin Jiashu refused in his heart: "I heard that the north is very cold, and Dad, didn't you say that the north is Beidi Turkic, and that King An has contact with Turkic? Why don't we just go to Jiangnan?"

It is cold and freezing in the north, but the south of the Yangtze River is breezy and willows in March. That is the place she longs for to live.

(End of this chapter)