On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 63 Nancheng
  After Boss Xiao sat down on the stool, he noticed that his feet were still shaking slightly disobediently, and he quickly pressed them with both hands: "One of the yamen servants said that I looked familiar."

At that moment, he was so frightened that his legs weakened and he almost fell to the ground.

The government officials in Chun'an County thought: How can I not look familiar? You all knock people off for two hundred taels of silver.

The government officials here in Chun'an County did not want them to know that their family had cut off their financial resources. One of the government officials opened his eyes and told lies: "This is the neighbor who lives behind me. He is going to do business. Come and set up a business." Leading the way.”

The government officials who came from Changshan County would never have imagined that the government officials here would lie to them.

Even though they looked a bit familiar, I thought it was because Boss Xiao and the others met when they were doing business in Changshan County that they had such an illusion.

Therefore, they did not keep a close eye on them, but talked about their mission: "We sir would like to ask Mr. Wang and all of you for help. We must strictly check the gates entering and exiting the city, and we must arrest the gangsters who seriously injured Mr. Sheng..."

They didn't hear anything after that, and were urged to leave by the Yamen servants.

However, when they thought about being in the same room with the person who wanted to arrest them, they all became flustered and weak, walking as if they were stepping on a pile of cotton.

Now Boss Xiao is particularly worried that those people will remember who he is, so he will hurriedly ask everyone to leave.

The main reason is that when the common people meet the servants, it is like a mouse meeting a cat, and they can't help but panic.

He would rather face the bandits, at least he won't feel panicked and short of breath. He is afraid of being arrested and sent to jail, and he is afraid of harming his family.

"My mother!" Madam Xiao was also frightened and hurriedly called to her daughter-in-law, children and grandchildren: "Hurry up, go pack your things."

Some of the luggage was not unpacked and they were ready to run away after getting up in the morning, so they quickly put their luggage on the mule cart.

While the kitchen was being cleaned here, Sanlang, who had been eating steamed buns, went to the front to call the inn waiter to come over and prepare to check out.

About half an hour later, the Xiao family drove their mule cart to the city gate.

Boss Xiao was trembling in his heart, fearing that he would be stopped by the police.

The officers who had just received a windfall were very kind when they saw him, a fat sheep, and let them pass after just one glance.

The officer who was treated to good wine and dumplings yesterday specifically whispered to Boss Xiao: "Brother, please don't go to Changshan County recently. The inspections there are very strict now. It will be troublesome if you are implicated. "

Boss Xiao kept nodding his head and thanking him, thinking: Even if you kill me, I won't go to Changshan County again.

After driving the mule cart far away, Boss Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back at the city gate that could no longer be seen, a little unbelievable: "Are we really out?"

He originally thought that he would be severely investigated and that he might very well escape death, but it turned out so smoothly?

Xiao Xiao understood a little bit: "It should be that they didn't suspect us at all, and they took another hundred taels of silver from us. The adults ate meat, and they also drank soup, so they were so kind to us."

I couldn't help but sigh: "Money can make all the trouble, but you still have to have money!"

Mr. Xiao hammered his chest, which was a bit awkward. It was really too stimulated today.

He also knows that money is useful, but money is hard to earn?

Thinking that this time the mistress had to pull off that bastard's golden crown and jade pendant to get a large amount of windfall, he thought to himself: It would be easy to make money by becoming the king of the mountain, but they don't have the ability.

Xiao Xiao was also frightened before and didn't even have time to look at Lu Yin.

Now that she feels at ease, she is also curious: "Dad, where should we settle down?"

Boss Xiao started to show off again: "I thought that that bastard's father is in Wuzhou and the Wu family is in Wushang. We all need to avoid it, so we chose Wuning County to settle down. I heard that it is only one day away from Wushang. What’s the distance?”

"Wuning County?" Xiao Xiao was so excited that she almost jumped up.

In her previous life, she was from Wuning County?

She gave her father a thumbs up: "Dad, you are so thoughtful." "Hahaha!" Boss Xiao was happy: "San'er, you are also very clever."

Mrs. Liu and the others also smiled as they listened to father and daughter complimenting each other.

I have to say that as August approaches, the weather is crisp and clear, which is very suitable for traveling.

Although it was a bit cold at night when living in the wild, there was a fire and a quilt, so I slept well.

Anyway, Mrs. Xiao thinks she likes the outdoors very much now: "It's pretty nice outside. The inn costs money, but in the city even firewood costs fifteen coppers per load."

"Now let's live outside, how can we save more coins?"

And they also discovered that there were more cars and horses on the official road here than in Yuzhang.

There are many cars and horses, which means prosperity and safety.

Now that they have new road guides and household registration, there is no way to stop them from entering Nancheng again.

However, the Xiao family also discovered that among the more than 20 wanted posters at the city gate, there were also portraits of the three Xiao sisters.

It's a pity that the artist's skills are so good that he painted the appearance of Xiao Xiao entering the Sheng Mansion very vividly.

Looking at the fair-skinned, beautiful girl with a slim waist and wearing a plain dress on the wanted poster, and then looking at Xiao Xiao, who is now wearing a brown shorts and dusty with travel, they really look like two people.

Even Liu was not worried about being recognized.

However, when everyone entered the city and saw the government officials, they would still feel guilty and short of breath, so Boss Xiao said: "Let's go shopping separately. We will leave as soon as we replenish the oil, salt, rice and noodles."

Madam Xiao agreed with this: "Okay, let's meet here in an hour."

Anyway, she would never waste money renting a small yard to live in again.

Boss Xiao immediately shook his head: "It's not yet noon yet. It's too late to wait until Shen Shichu comes back."

He also wanted to take this opportunity to buy more pastries, ask about prices, and see if he could get some news about Wuning County.

Xiao Xiao spoke: "It's almost noon, let's find a place to have lunch first?"

The advantage of having many people on the official road is that if you travel together, you won't encounter bandits.

The downside was that it was too difficult to eat wild game. Not to mention wild boar, I didn’t even see a single pheasant feather.

She hadn't eaten meat in the past few days, either dry prunes or pickled vegetables. She felt like her eyes were turning green.

Mrs. Xiao felt sorry for the money: "It costs a lot of money to eat out. Let's buy something quickly and make lunch later when we leave the city."

Xiao Xiao understood her grandmother's thoughts and pointed at her father simply: "Grandma, my father said before that you and my grandfather have lost a lot of weight these days. They said that they would have a good meal after entering the city, and they would also know what's going on here. Prices.”

It's not like she has no money, and she's too embarrassed to live alone, so she can only blame her father.

Even though Mrs. Xiao knew that her granddaughter was trying to coax her, she couldn't help but laugh: "The boss is filial."

"Then let's go!" Old Man Xiao was also hungry for meat. Outside he would either eat gnocchi, dry pancakes, or brown rice, and the vegetables were not oily or watery.

Now you can have a good meal, why refuse?

Even if they don't go to eat, he dares to use the head on his neck to guarantee that after they are separated, the eldest family will definitely go to eat delicious food and drink spicy food.

(End of this chapter)