Wanli 1592

Chapter 786 Luck
After the sun went down, Xiao Ruxun asked Mahu to extinguish the fire.

In order to avoid trouble, Mahu and the returned Chu Ying and Xu Yong together, the three of them soaked in water to extinguish the fire, and then hurriedly destroyed the traces of the fire, and the traces of digging holes. It was all destroyed, and then a group of people took advantage of the dark night and a little moonlight to fumble on the road.

"Shiro, why don't we take the sea route? It's dangerous to take the river route. After all, there are grain boats coming and going on the canal, and we don't have a guide. If we are discovered, we have nowhere to run."

Ma Hu didn't understand Xiao Ruxun's idea of ​​going down the canal from Zhangjiawan Wharf, traveling south by luck, and then looking for an opportunity to go south by sea boat from the south.

In his opinion, it would be fine to just go south by sea boat. There is no need to worry about being hunted down on the sea. After all, the sea is so big, how can those people in the imperial court compare with them who have been fighting at sea all year round?

"This is not Burma, nor is it the south. Tianjin Wei doesn't have the ships you need, and how many people do we need to drive a ship that can withstand wind and waves? We only have...four people..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ruxun felt a throbbing pain in his heart, so he didn't say any more.

Mahu Chu Ying and Xu Yong were also silent and did not speak.

What happened before, only the four of them escaped, while the others died in the despicable coup.

Of the 50 guards, only Ma Hu Chu Ying and Xu Yong were left, and they felt uncomfortable.

Xiao Ruxun settled down and looked at the last three people around her.

Not to mention Mahu, the captain of the pro-guards, loyal, and Xu Yong, the sub-captain of the pro-guards, a refugee from Guanzhong, needless to say his loyalty. As for Chu Ying, Xiao Ruxun did not expect Chu Ying to be so loyal To be able to survive, maybe it is really fate.

There are only four of them left now. According to what Liu Huangshang said, he will try his best to buy time and give Xiao Ruxun and others a chance to go south and escape, but there are still problems.

It is what Mahu said, they have no guides.

The inspection of Luyin in the Hongwu Dynasty was very strict, but it has to be said that any good system will become unreliable after a long time, not to mention that there are many natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty, and there are too many displaced people Well, it's normal if there is no guide, the court can't control it at all.

At this moment, things like Luyin naturally don't have money to use.

In addition, there are basically some merchants who will violate the guide regulations. It is normal for these merchants to hurry up and do business without time to issue guides. It is more convenient to give a sum of money to the officials who pass the customs than guides.

After this year, everyone around the capital should know about the influx of refugees from the capital area, so what Xiao Ruxun thought was to use his identity as a refugee from Guanzhong to find some merchant ships that needed to carry goods, and make up a story for the ship owners and merchants, saying that they were desperate and wanted to go. The south is looking for a way to live, to work for them, to ask for food, but not for wages, so ask him to take them to the south.

When he got to the south, Xiao Ruxun had a solution. He knew that several cities in the south had Burmese merchant ships coming and going to do business and buy goods. When he got there, he could find his own people and return to Burma as quickly as possible.

When Liu Huangshang helped them escape, he also prepared civilian rags for them to change into to facilitate their escape. Right now, they are all wearing ordinary clothes, but their bodies are relatively strong, and they don't look like they have eaten. It's a bit tricky for refugees who haven't stopped.

Even in just a few days, it is impossible to reach the point of sallow and emaciated, Xiao Ruxun can only get some dust and ash on his body vigorously, making himself ashamed, and now he looks like a bit of a refugee.

But Chu Ying's head had a problem again. There was no hair on the head, but a mouse tail was dragging on the back of her head. Mahu was so angry that he was about to chop off the money mouse tail on the spot. Chu Ying held her head and said desperately that she couldn't. In the end, Xiao Ruxun made a compromise and asked Chu Ying to wrap her head tightly with a cloth.

Anyway, there are many people who do this in this era.

Just try your luck!

Facts have proved that sometimes it really depends on luck to continue down.

Xiao Ruxun and others walked up and down the bustling Zhangjiawan Wharf, but they didn't attract any attention. The wharf was busy with freight, and there were coolies and supervisors carrying goods everywhere.

Xiao Ruxun asked Mahu to go around. Mahu said that many people were discussing the noise in the capital at night, but no one knew what happened.

Xiao Ruxun thought for a while, considering Shen's consistent actions to blockade the capital, at this time, the specific news of the capital coup should not have started to spread.

They still have a chance.

Without hesitation, Xiao Ruxun immediately found several teams that were recruiting coolies, and then mixed into a certain team, squeezed out a simple and honest smile and explained the problems of these four people to the recruiters, saying that it was really impossible to survive here. , I just want to go to the south to make a living, no money.

The ship owner who recruited them saw that they were tall and seemed to have some energy. He also heard that they didn't want money and only wanted to eat.

The four of them successfully mixed into a merchant fleet composed of three ships. The destination of this caravan was Zhenjiang Mansion. Xiao Ruxun made a total calculation, it was just right, so they carried the cargo for an hour, and then boarded the ship smoothly with the fleet. up.

Seeing that the four of them looked like they had some strength, the captain gave one of them a wooden stick and asked them to add some food and let them escort the ship. Xiao Ruxun immediately nodded in agreement.

After the fleet left the port and entered the river, Xiao Ruxun stood at the stern and watched from afar, and suddenly heard a commotion coming from there, but he couldn't hear what it was, but there were quite a few people making noise anyway.

Perhaps the specific news of the coup in the capital has only now reached here.

"The commotion the night before yesterday was not small at all. People who came from there said that they saw many soldiers heading for the capital. It seems that many roads are still blocked, and they don't know what happened."

"I guess it's not a trivial matter. It's the capital city. If something happens, it's definitely not a trivial matter. Fortunately, we walked fast, otherwise we don't know what disaster we will cause. After this trip, we won't come to the north this year. It's not safe. "

"Who says it's not? The war in Shanxi has just ended, and the court held a prisoner offering ceremony. It's only been a few days of stability, and then something happened again? I don't know when the world will be able to live in peace. Let's have a good time. Do a business."

"Let's go to the south to do business! Although the things in the south are more expensive, they are safe. These days, it's not enough to have money, and you have to spend your life. Even if you have money, what's the use if you don't have your life?"

"That makes sense! What's the use of asking for money if your life is gone?"

The owner of the ship stood at the bow and had some serious conversations with a man who probably looked like a Mr. Accountant.

Xiao Ruxun was silent.

At this moment, he can only lament his good luck, what else can he do?

Getting out of such a situation can only be described as luck.

(End of this chapter)