After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Jiang Yongkang's words made sense, and everyone nodded frequently.

Even Fang Xun and Xu Huiming couldn't help but glance at him.

Why didn't I realize that this kid was so articulate before?

Xu Qingying raised her eyebrows and suddenly discovered that Jiang Yongkang was hiding very deep. He used to be a loner in the team, so she thought he had a withdrawn personality.Unexpectedly, this person is capable of literature and martial arts. This statement is very powerful, which shows that this person is quite quick-witted.

Is this person really just a nursing home in Jiang Mansion?
Jiang Yongkang's words were ridiculous, but Xu Qingying knew that this man was born to be rebellious, and he was more daring to think and do than she was. Although he didn't say it, Xu Qingying knew that he was urging her to rebel.

One's ambition cannot be hidden.

Including this time, under the guise of having a place to stay to avoid the bandits, everyone was attracted to his side. It happened that she had some money in her hands, so he should persuade her to recruit troops next.

Xu Qingying really didn't know what her virtues and abilities were, so why did Jiang Yongkang fall in love with her? Moreover, he had actively placed bets so early, as if he expected that she would be able to make a difference.

She is a woman.

According to common sense, as an ancient person, Jiang Yongkang would never put his chips on her.

Xu Qingying took a deep look at Jiang Yongkang. Jiang Yongkang's expression did not change, and he let her spy on him, as if he had a plan in mind.

But Xu Qingying had to admit that Jiang Yongkang's method was the best method at present.

Xu Qingying summoned everyone in the exile team.

In addition to the more than 20 people who stayed in Ye County, as well as Bantou Zhao and others who left, plus casualties along the way, the number of people in the exile team dropped sharply, with only more than 60 people left.

Xu Qingying led them to avoid the crowd at the city gate and went to a desolate and uninhabited place before she revealed all her thoughts.

She announced several things in public.

The first thing was that Bantou Zhao and the others left, and told everyone in a firm tone that Bantou Zhao and the others might have encountered other bandits or were in danger, and they were afraid they would not come back.

The second thing is that the chieftain of Qianzhou occupied the right time and place and cut off the road from Jinzhou to Qianzhou, which also meant that they would not be able to reach Qianzhou in a short time.

Many people in the team had already heard other refugees talking about the rebellion of the chieftains in Qianzhou in front of the city gate. Now they heard Xu Qingying talk about it, and it was really confirmed that they were unable to advance or retreat. They could not reach Qianzhou, nor could they return to Bianjing. .

Compared to the second item, they didn't even care about the whereabouts of Team Leader Zhao.

Now that the road to Qianzhou has been closed, they are trapped in Jinzhou without household registration, food or clothing. How is this different from refugees? !

Bad news comes one after another.

The crowd fell silent.

It took a long while for someone to express his position: "Miss Xu, please tell me, we are all like this anyway, so we should just listen to you. If it weren't for you, we would have died several times before, we believe you!"

After the man finished speaking, there was a burst of agreement.

Of course, someone reminded me: "The girl said, I will call her Mr. Xu from now on! Xu Zhenying, I have remembered it, don't let Miss Xu know her identity!"

Xu Qingying raised her hand and continued: "I called everyone here to let everyone know that we are currently in a difficult situation. As for the solution, it is not impossible. It depends on whether everyone can unite as one."

"Miss Xu, tell me!"

"Sir, we all listen to you!"

"Okay!" Xu Qingying shouted, her eyes sparkling, "My idea is that we are originally exiled prisoners, and we have to settle down in Qianzhou, so why not take advantage of the chaos in Jinzhou and pretend to be refugees. Then we will find a way to get into the city, and then we will have a new identity, and we will become good citizens again. From now on, farming, taking imperial examinations, and doing business will be a breeze!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited. Why didn't they think of this method?
This is a great way to kill two birds with one stone!
Without waiting for anyone to ask questions, Xu Qingying continued: "Although this method is good, it will also test everyone. From now on, everyone must always remember that we are not exiled prisoners, we are just refugees who met halfway. If anyone leaks the news , it delayed important things, but don’t blame me, Xu Qingying, for being cruel!"

Everyone was so happy that they wanted to swear to heaven.

"For those of you who have conflicts, I advise you to prioritize and don't think about reporting someone else's identity. I might as well tell you that if you report him, he will report all of us if he changes hands, so I advise those who have evil thoughts, It’s better not to even think about it!”

"Young Master is right! Whoever dares to talk too much and delays other people's important events for generations, I will stab him to death!"

"That's right, we are all grasshoppers on a rope. If you dare to fight in a chaotic nest, don't blame others for shaking you out! It's best if you are good to me and everyone is good!"

Everyone patted their chests and promised that they would never do such an unscrupulous thing.

"Finally, we have to find a way to get into the city!"

Fang Xun said, "Sir, we have to hurry up, otherwise there will be more and more refugees, and it will be impossible for Lan County to open the city gate."

Someone else asked: "Sir, my wife is still in Ye County. When will we pick them up?"

Xu Qingying was anxious when she thought of Xu Meixiao, "I have sent people to find their whereabouts, and also told them to come to Lan County to meet up. I hope they are on their way here."

Xu Qingying herself didn't quite believe this.

But if they don't find a place to stay soon, they will just wait to die together.

"In short, keep your mouth shut, success or failure depends on this. If you want to change your destiny against the will of heaven, just follow me, Xu Qingying! Anyone who dares to hinder our team will die in these dozens of miles of mountains and plains, and no one will do it. Discover!"

This sugar-coated bombardment and threatening slaps made everyone docile.

Jiang Yongkang looked at Xu Qingying, and his thoughts became more determined.

At night, snowflakes began to fall again, and the temperature dropped sharply. Xu Qingying was so cold that she almost fainted, but she relied on her righteousness to resist.

She felt that since arriving in the Great Zhou Dynasty, she had become stronger, both physically and mentally.

The red land is thousands of miles away, and there are countless refugees.

On the second day, they still gave out [-] bowls of porridge.

Xu Qingying had no strength to grab anything.

Bantou Zhao left behind two waist knives, one belonging to Liu Jianjie and the other to Huang Yazi. Both of them died in her hands, but the knives were both left to her. It is really ironic to say that.

She kept the dagger to herself and gave the two knives to Da Zhuang and Jiang Yongkang, the strongest in the team.

Jiang Yongkang was holding a knife, but no one dared to get close. He suddenly fought his way through the crowd of refugees and snatched two bowls of porridge back.

Jiang Yongkang gave one bowl to Xu Qingying and one bowl to Miao.

However, it is a drop in the bucket.

The weather was so cold that everyone had not had water or rice for two or three days. Everyone was so hungry that they were dizzy and could hardly stand.

Suddenly, a group of richly dressed people came on horseback, holding their noses and announcing loudly: "My master wants to accept girls, and requires that those who are above 13 years old and below, with beautiful faces, add an extra bucket of rice." Now, any household with a daughter, All came forward to ask.

A girl can be exchanged for a bucket of rice, which is a good deal no matter how you look at it.

So the word spread to ten and hundreds, and soon it was known that a wealthy family was accepting girls in front of the city gate. Each girl was given a bushel of rice, and an additional bushel of rice was added to those who were beautiful.

A bucket of rice was not a big deal in the past.But right now, that is more precious than ten thousand taels of gold!
Aunt Hu hurriedly squeezed into the crowd to inquire. When she came back, she encouraged Li Xiucai: "Lang Jun has been hungry for three days, and I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for a few more days. Why don't you sell Zhao Di for a bucket of rice, so the three of us can save it?" Eat, you can eat for more than ten days."

Li Xiucai naturally refused. How could a scholar like him be reduced to selling his son or daughter?

Aunt Hu could only wipe her tears and pretend to be pitiful, "Mr. Lang, you think I am willing to be such a bad person? Zhao Di will only starve and freeze to death if he follows us. I have just inquired carefully, and those people are all well-known in the city." As a rich man, with money and food, Zhao Di can eat and drink when she enters the city, isn't it better than following us?"

Li Xiucai remained silent.

Aunt Hu took Cao Qin'er's hand again and persuaded her with tears: "Sister, you are Zhaodi's mother, Yinzhang has gone, do you want Zhaodi to starve to death with us? Either way, it is one death, it is better to sell With her, everyone has hope to live, and Dalang also has a chance to live. With this bag of rice, can't we go to Ye County to find Dalang? Sister, Dalang is the only root of the Li family. We can’t let the roots of Lao Li’s family end here!”

Cao Qin'er was immediately moved, but still hesitated, "But we... don't have household registration... can we sell our sons and daughters?"

Aunt Hu was immediately overjoyed. She remembered that Li Zhaodi had hated their mother and son since Yin Zhang's death. Now that she could finally get rid of her, she couldn't help but feel relieved both physically and mentally.

"There are several people in this refugee team who have household registration. Besides, Bantou Zhao and the others are not here. Who knows our identities? If we don't eat, the three of us will starve to death here!"

Cao Qin'er still couldn't make up her mind, "But Miss Xu said we can enter the city soon..."

Aunt Hu sneered, "It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. She, Xu Qingying, has made so much money from her soap business, how can she really care about us? By the time she figures out how to get into the city, we will all turn into bones."

Li Xiucai lowered his head, remembering the hateful look Li Zhaodi had given him in the past few days, and gritted his teeth and said, "Go and call that person Yazi!"

Cao Qin'er wiped away tears and tilted her head without saying a word, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Aunt Hu was so happy that she immediately went to fetch Li Zhaodi.

Cao Qin'er took Li Zhaodi's hand and said, "Zhaodi, mother has found a way for you to survive and ensure that you will no longer suffer from hunger and cold."

Li Zhaodi didn't know what Cao Qin'er was going to do, but seeing her crying and remembering the people who were hurriedly dressing up their daughters, she understood everything now.

As if she had expected this outcome, Li Zhaodi didn't feel surprised at all. She just felt empty in her heart, and then raised her smile gently, "Mother wants to sell me?"

Cao Qin'er kept wiping her tears and said with a tearful voice: "Son, mother, there is no other way. Either way, you will die. Only if you enter the city, our family will have a way to survive. Only you will have a way to survive. Don't worry, wait. Mom will definitely redeem you when she saves money."

Li Zhaodi's forehead was so heavy that her eyes were dizzy, and the sides of her cheeks were deeply sunken. She was still in her prime, but she looked old.

She shook her head and smiled miserably, "Mom, there is no need to redeem me. My parents gave birth to and raised me, and they were so kind to me that my daughter had nothing to repay. She had to sell her body to repay her parents' kindness. From now on, my parents don't have to worry about their daughter. Since you never gave birth to a daughter like me, I hope my parents and I will be cut off from each other."

Cao Qin'er's face turned pale instantly.

Li Xiucai raised his hand and slapped him, but he seemed weak because he had not eaten water and rice for several days. "Nie Zhan! How can you resent your parents!"

Li Zhaodi had tears in her eyes, but she tucked the broken hair behind her ears, "Dad, if you break my face, you will lose a bucket of rice."

Li Xiucai glared angrily.

Li Zhaodi took another deep look at Cao Qin'er. Cao Qin'er felt guilty because of her clear eyes, but she thought that this was the livelihood of the whole family. It was common for poor families to sell their sons and daughters. Why couldn't Li Zhaodi sell her?

Cao Qin'er straightened her chest.

Li Zhaodi smiled. She wanted to ask Cao Qin'er why she gave up her own flesh and blood for her younger brother. She wanted to curse Cao Qin'er to be homeless in the future. She wanted to ask Cao Qin'er whether she would regret her choice today.

But her hatred seemed light at this moment.

People are starving to death, how much is her hatred worth?

In the end, she said a thousand words, but she only said one thing: "Mom, take care."

Apart from that, he had no other words to say, turned around and left.

Cao Qin'er shouted at her back: "Zhao Di, you have lived a good life. Don't forget to hate mother. If you want to complain, just blame the world. Mother... there is nothing you can do about it..."

The man Yazi threw a bag of rice on the ground.

Cao Qin'er happily picked it up, weighed it, and left with satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Zhaodi left, the Li family was surrounded by others.

It turned out to be a group of hungry people, eyeing the bag of rice in her hand.

Li Xiucai didn't care about anything else. He picked up the sharpened branches and pointed them fiercely at the refugees who were coveting their food, driving them away, "Get out, come here again and I'll kill you!"

Seeing that there were more and more of them, Aunt Hu had no choice but to say: "Let's go to Master Xu. That Jiang Yongkang is a practicing master, they don't dare to provoke him!"

Li Xiucai and the others walked in the direction of Xu Qingying.

There were four to five thousand refugees in front of the city gate. It was normal for them to kill each other and set fire to each other, not to mention robbing each other.

But they only dared not mess with the Xu family.

The Xu family is very united and rarely acts alone.

Secondly, the Xu family has weapons.

Even though the leader was skinny and small, when someone was trying to grab food, he used a dagger to master it and cut off the person's hand.

The boy was dripping with blood, and without blinking, he drank the bowl of porridge with the bloody water.

So the refugees could only watch Li Xiucai and the others running into Xu Qingying's circle, and they could only leave with hatred.

Xu Qingying was startled when she saw Li Xiucai and the others running out of breath, and then saw the bag of rice in their hands.

Feng'er blurted out, "Where do you get the food from?"

The three people's eyes dodge, and Cao Qin'er said: "What does it have to do with you?!"

But Miao immediately said: "You sold Zhao Di?!"

Xu Qingying came back to her senses and her eyes trembled.

Li Xiucai protected the food in his chest, "Li Zhaodi has lived a good life. The person who bought her is a well-known wealthy family in Lan County. It is better than following us to starve and freeze!"