She tried to ask: "Where is my brother going?"

Yu Liang seemed a little surprised that his sister would take the initiative to speak, "Where to go? To the capital! There is always a bowl of rice at the feet of the emperor."

But where are you now?

Lin Yutong tightened his cloak, "How far is it from the capital now?"

"It's far away from the capital." Yu Liang's voice sounded less clear and dry than before, with a bit of dryness. Lin Yutong even heard him swallowing hard: "We will leave Liaoyang soon. Three counties were affected. Only

The three counties of Houcheng, Gaoxian and Liaoyang are the most serious. The front is the junction of the three counties. After passing this place, the front is Shenzhou. As long as we get to the state capital, the situation will get better. This horse should probably run away.

When we get to the state capital, there is a bodyguard bureau there. Let’s find the bodyguard bureau and follow the bodyguard bureau to Beijing. Once we get to the capital, we will think of a way.”

It's quite possible.

Lin Yutong didn't know what county or state it was from, but it sounded pretty reliable.

But, is it so easy at the junction of the three disaster-stricken counties?

She asked this, and Yu Liang was silent for a long time before saying: "That's why I said I was in a hurry! I'm afraid that people here will also react, and we will plunge into the homeless people here, but we can't say...

…”

Sure enough, after the carriage had been driving for about an hour, Lin Yutong heard a sound, and the speed of the carriage suddenly slowed down.

Lin Yutong grabbed the armrest, and Shao Hua quickly lifted the curtain and looked out: "What's wrong?"

In the distance, it looks like stars.

Actually no, it was a lit fire. Needless to say, a lot of people must have gathered there.

Why are there so many people guarding this official road at night? They must be refugees.

Shao Hua whispered: "Otherwise, if the carriage is no longer needed, we will all change into men's clothes and blend in with the refugees."

This is not a bad idea.

Lin Yutong was somewhat impressed by Shao Hua.

Yu Liang gritted his teeth: "It's easy to sneak in, but I'm afraid that after tonight, it will be difficult to enter Shenzhou's city gate."

So what to do?

Lin Yutong looked at the distance and asked Yu Liang: "Brother, can't you ride a horse?"

Yu Liang looked at the horse. If he had been alone, he would have escaped long ago. But wasn't he with two female dependents?

Lin Yutong said: "My brother is thin, and my sister-in-law and I are both light. Three of us can't withstand a big man. Let's just rush over with three of us and a horse. We will bring all the dry food in the car with us when we arrive." Spread it wherever there is more..."

Yu Liang's eyes lit up and he turned to look at Lin Yutong. Without any time to think about it, he said "ok". He lowered the curtain and asked his aunt and sister-in-law to change clothes.

He had already prepared it, so Yu Liang had brought all his old clothes with him. Now he quickly changed into them. His face, hands and neck were all messy with charcoal ash, and his hair was messy like a bird's nest. No one could see it. After their faces became clear, the aunt and sister-in-law walked out from inside.

Yu Liang untied the carriage from the horse, and then helped Lin Yutong get on the horse. She was the smallest and sat at the front. Yu Liang sat in the middle. After getting on, he reached out and pulled Shao Hua up. Yu Liang used ropes to pull the three people up. Tied together, he controlled the horse with difficulty.

Lin Yutong looked at the horse carefully and couldn't help but frown. The horse's physical strength still couldn't keep up. The three people weighed less than two hundred pounds, but the horse looked very strenuous. She asked Yu Liang: "Brother, does he have a dagger?"

Of course there was a dagger in Yu Liang's boot. He immediately understood what Lin Yutong meant. Although it was a pity that the horse was under his butt, he still knew the choice. First, he rode the horse forward slowly, and when he arrived, he said nothing. A knife was stabbed into the horse's body. The horse neighed in pain, raised its front hooves, and stood upright. Yu Liang pulled the reins, but where could they hold them? There were three people tied with one rope, so they couldn't fall off. Go down. Lin Yutong held on to the reins desperately, feeling that half of Shao Hua's body had slipped out of the rope and fell outside. Lin Yutong shouted to Yu Liang to let go of the reins. Yu Liang held the reins with one hand and his wife with the other.

Lin Yutong stopped trying to persuade her. She shook the reins herself, almost lying on the horse. As long as she didn't fall off, the couple couldn't. She patted the horse's neck, let go of the horse's legs, and said, ' There was a sound, and the horse neighed and galloped away.

She held the reins with one hand and threw the dry food hanging on the horse back with the other hand. After throwing away the dry food, no one was seen behind it for the time being.

Shao Hua was hanging like that, with his legs hooked up and not daring to pull him to the ground. Yu Liang had to hold Shao Hua with both hands to ensure that nothing happened. The injured horse ran away and could not stop until it was exhausted. Coming down, Lin Yutong just needs to control the reins and don't run into the wasteland.

It took a full hour and a half before the horse showed signs of fatigue and started walking slower and slower.

Lin Yutong tightened the reins and the horse slowly stopped. Before the three of them could roll off the horse and stop, the horse suddenly fell down, breathing heavily.

Yu Liang neatly cut the rope binding the three people, struggled to stand up, and held his wife with one hand and his sister with the other.

"Is everything okay?" Yu Liang looked around: "We can't stay here for long. We know that one of our horses is injured and the people behind will catch up soon."

Lin Yutong looked at Shao Hua: "I'm fine. I wonder if my sister-in-law was injured just now?"

"It's okay!" He must have been injured a little, it hurts everywhere. But now is not the time to feel pain.

This girl has a lot of tenacity: "I can do it, let's go now."

We were walking on a starry night. We were tired, thirsty and hungry. We couldn't feel the cold now. Let's help each other and move forward.

Yu Liang kept saying along the way: "Come on, come on, we'll be there soon. We'll be there in two miles."

But until we were ten or two miles away, we could see the outline of the city in the distance.

As soon as I saw the place, I felt tired no matter how tired I was. But there was a big difference between seeing and touching. It took me a full two hours of jogging before I actually arrived outside the city gate.

Not to mention Shao Hua, even Lin Yutong felt at this moment that this small body had really reached its limit.

The lights on the city gate are brightly lit, and there is a lamp shining down on it: "You are entering the city early enough. It's only midnight, and the city gate won't open until two hours later. Just wait."

Yu Liang hurriedly said: "My lord, please be accommodating. You guys are from Yunheng Company. When you come back from Gao Xian, you have something extremely urgent to report to your boss... You have a token on your body..."

Lin Yutong didn't know what the name of Yunheng Company was, but since it was reported at this time, it must be of some use.

Sure enough, after Yu Liang said this, a rope was lowered from above.

Yu Liang supported Lin Yutong: "Remember, don't talk too much when you go up, just wait obediently. Hold on tight, close your eyes and don't be afraid, we will go up right away."

Let Lin Yutong come up first.

That’s fine!

Lin Yutong grabbed the rope, and there were even pulls on it. When he reached the top, Lin Yutong didn't need anyone to help him, and he jumped onto the city wall neatly. Then the patrolmen just let go, you can pull it by yourself.

Lin Yutong handed over all the scattered silver he had on him, and then he smiled and said, "Young man knows some rules."

Only then did Shao Hua be pulled up again.

Lin Yutong signaled Shao Hua to take the silver, and Shao Hua took it quickly and stuffed it all in. Only then did he pull Yu Liang up.

Once they reached the city wall, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Liang took out all the money he had and gave it to them before they were willing to send them down.

After getting off the city wall, Yu Liang called out to Lin Yutong and Shao Hua, saying angrily: "You two should hurry up, the shopkeeper is still waiting for a reply."

Lin Yutong and Shao Hua didn't say anything, and just ran away after Shao Hua. These people didn't have any doubts, and they were pulled down when they saw the three of them running away.

Seeing that no one was following, Yu Liang breathed a sigh of relief. He led the two of them up and down the alley, and finally stopped in front of an obscure shop. Then he took the key and opened the door, asking the two of them to follow him.

After the door was closed and the lights in the room were lit, I felt like I had come back to life.

Yu Liang didn't rest, so he went to fetch water from the well at the back, lifted it directly to the front, took the water ladle, and drank two ladles of water each person before he felt better.

"Where is this?" Shao Hua was a little uneasy. He felt scared when he arrived in a strange place and there was no danger.

"This is a friend's place. He went to the south and didn't come back for a year or two. He gave me a key to this place and told me to come to Shenzhou for business and have a place to stay." Yu Liang lay on the kang.

Panting, "It's okay to fix it here, but I'm afraid, we don't go to the escort agency now. There will be more people coming to the escort agency in two days. The little money we have is not enough to cover the cost of a trip."

Therefore, it is better to leave early than late.

Besides, with so many refugees coming here, it’s hard to say how long Shenzhou will be safe.

Then go and find the escort agency tomorrow.

Lin Yutong thought to himself: He probably faked someone else's name when he entered the city before. If he were to be traced, it would be a big deal. It would be better to escape as soon as possible.

The three of them couldn't rest in a strange place. It was dawn, so the three of them washed their faces and tidied up.

Then go straight to the escort agency.

At this time, there was already a queue at the door of the escort agency. The caravan carrying goods had to deal with so many people. They said: "If you can't take them with you, you can't look after them."

You have to follow even if you can't look after you, otherwise there won't even be anyone to help you if something unexpected happens on the road.

Lin Yutong noticed that, sure enough, the city gate of Shenzhou was not opened this morning. It was said that many refugees came one after another from outside the city.

The door of the escort agency was almost surrounded. People said that you can bring someone with you. One hundred taels of silver per person. Pay half of it first, and pay the remaining half on the way. When you get to Dengzhou, which is near the capital, pay the balance. .

But as soon as the price was announced, 80% of the people left. They couldn't afford the money.

These people are shouting that the price has increased tenfold.

Yu Liang couldn't make up his mind for a long time, because there were only one hundred taels for each of the three people. All the scattered silver was given to the defenders of the city.

what to do?

"Let's go!" Lin Yutong said: "I still have five taels of silver hidden and haven't taken it all out. There are also two pieces of jewelry, which are the relics left by my mother. I keep them close to me. With these things, I won't be afraid of being hungry when I get there. die."

Shao Hua also took out a small gold nugget from the corner of her clothes, which weighed about two taels, which must be two taels of silver. In addition, there was a pair of silver bracelets in her hands, "It is important to survive."

Yu Liang gritted his teeth: "Then let's go."

They paid the money neatly and then entered the escort agency. Everything was arranged by others. People who often walked around outside could naturally tell that two of the three were women. When they arranged carriages and horses, they didn't mess around with the arrangements. They were still one of their families. There was a carriage for one person, a groom and a bodyguard, and they followed the motorcade. At noon that day, the auspicious hour had just arrived, and they set off.

There was a huge roar, dozens of horse-drawn carriages, and more than a hundred escorts, and they set out on the road.

When we got on the road, we realized that they only care about escorting us, but not your food and accommodation.

When the time comes, you have to figure it out on your own.

But there is no preparation at all, what should I do?

Others wanted to buy some dry food from the escort agency, but the asking price for a steamed bun was only 100 Wen. If this continues, who can afford it?

It’s not finished until we squeeze everyone dry.

It's okay not to eat in the middle, but you can stay in an inn for the night, but it's really a problem. You can either deal with it casually in the lobby of the inn, or on the carriage parked outside. Or you can pay for it yourself and stay in an inn. .

This kind of inn often hosts escort agencies. As soon as the two parties exchanged glances, they understood everything.

Therefore, if you want a bunk with a bunk bed, you will have to pay one tael of silver. If you want a guest room, even if it is a vacated woodshed, people will ask for ten taels of silver.
To be continued...