Chapter 836: Road to the South (below)

"What's the situation?" Gong Shufeng was a little confused.

The news he had learned before was that although Princess Guangping rebelled

openly, the traffic in Shenzhou has not been cut off, at least the land and

water commerce has been going on, which is why he chose to go by boat.

But the river-blocking lock was not like that.

Gong Shujin shook his head.

This is Qiguo, which is completely different from the environment he is

familiar with.

However, their "identities" are innocent civilians, and they also carry

government passes. As long as they don't encounter rebels, they shouldn't get

into any trouble.

Half an hour later, the owner brought bad news.

"What? This ship can't go further south?" Gong Shufeng frowned.

"It's not possible for the time being." The ship owner corrected, "I heard

that Huiyang Mansion is arresting the rebels. Every ship going south needs to

be searched in detail to ensure that there are no problems before it can be

released."

"Then just let them search!" Gong Shufeng expressed his confusion, "It will

take at most half an hour to board the ship and walk once?"

The owner of the boat showed the same eyes as Mr. Mo before.

That look seems to say whether you really don't know or fake don't know.

This made Gong Shufeng subconsciously take a half step back.

"Fool, what they want is money." Another merchant on the same ship said

directly, "Where are you guys from, you don't even know that."

"Checking takes time, especially when there are so many ships lining up." The

owner coughed twice, "If some ships have seasonal cargo, they will be eager to

clear customs. At this time, money is very important. already."

Speaking of which, even Gong Shufeng fully understood what the other party

meant.

Whoever gives more money has the chance to get a faster inspection.

And the cargo carried by this ship doesn't care about waiting for a while, so

the owner intends to trade time for extra expenses.

Gong Shujin said with a pale face, "How long does it take to wait normally?"

"It's not too long. I've asked. If it goes well, it will take about ten days."

The owner replied, "Of course, the food and drink expenses during this period

must be borne by you."

Gong Shufeng's heart sank.

In half a month, this greatly exceeded the predetermined plan. Jinxiacheng has

mastered the new artifact creation method, accumulating a lot of experience

every day, and getting stronger every day. The longer the plan drags on, the

wider the gap between the public losers and the Jinxia Machinery Manufacturing

Bureau will be. What's more, if this is still going well, who knows if Huiyang

City will have a new name in the next period of time?

After returning to their residence, the two brothers leaned against each

other.

"How much money do we have?"

"Twelve taels at most." Gong Shujin took out his purse and counted it, "It's

definitely not enough for the cargo ship to clear customs."

If it was normal, they would bring a full amount of silver money when they

went out, and it was no problem to pay for a hundred or so gold leaves, but as

a civilian who was suffering at home, it was obviously impossible to bring so

much cash to go to Jinxia City.

More importantly, even if they have money, it is difficult for them to let

Huiyang City let go without telling the owner of the ship. As early as in

Shangyuan City, the two of them were told that Jinxia City's anti-eye liner

power is quite strong, and even professional spies rarely succeed in lurking.

This forced the two of them to strictly guard their identities. From the

moment they left Shangyuan, the disguise began, and the ship owner was an

untrustworthy stranger to them.

"What should I do?" Gong Shufeng asked.

Waiting is never acceptable.

They have a task at hand, and they must rush to Jinxia City as soon as

possible.

"If we can know which ship will pass first..." Gong Shujin said halfway

through, and quickly rejected the idea, "No, unless we can get through the

relationship between Huiyang Mansion, we can't ask the real situation."

"What about the land route?"

"The border between Liushen and Shenyang is blocked. If you want to rely on

the caravan to pass through, it also requires a certain amount of expenses."

This expense is either money or relationships.

Gong Shufeng discovered for the first time that when a person falls to the

bottom, it becomes extremely difficult to even go to other places.

"Perhaps, we still have a choice."

The younger brother said suddenly.

"What choice?"

Gong Shufeng noticed that the other party's eyes fell on the refugees on the

shore.

"No way…"

"That's not it." Gong Shujin said in a low voice, "We can mix into the refugee

group and walk over on our feet. Don't those people say that we are not like

people from the bottom? In this way, no one should be able to pick them out.

It's our problem."

"But only with my feet..."

"We don't need to walk all the way from Huiyang City to Jinxia. You have also

heard others say that as long as we enter the Shenzhou border, we can

immediately change to a carriage or an ice boat and arrive at Jinxia within a

day. The distance we have to travel, It's just the official road from Huiyang

City to the border of Liuzhou." Gong Shujin closed his eyes and pondered, "The

two points are more than 130 miles apart in a straight line, and the actual

distance should be around 200. Let's speed up our pace and take four days at

most. It’s better to finish this journey than to wait for the first half a

month anyway.”

Gong Shufeng took a deep breath.

This is undoubtedly a difficult choice.

But the two of them bear the hope of the family, and rational thinking has

already pointed out the answer.

"Just do as you say."

…

Two days later, the brothers were walking in the open countryside.

Leaving Huiyang City did not encounter too many obstacles, and the official

pass played its due role \- it seems that as long as it is not the "rebel" in

the mouth of the ship owner, the city guards don't care where they are going.

The plan to infiltrate the refugee population also went well, with no

questioning about their identities, and no one minding their uninvited

presence. In other words, when this group of people can't even save their own

lives, they have no time to take care of other things.

The reason for choosing to travel with the refugee group is also very simple.

There may be robbers and robbers on the road. A dozen or so people are easily

looted, but a few hundred people are different. It is precisely because it is

safer to move with a large group of people, so the two chose to quickly chase

the refugee group in front of them during the day, slow down when it was

night, and sleep with the nearest refugee group. Minimize travel time.

But in just two days, Gong Shufeng and Gong Shujin have a deeper understanding

of what a real bottom-level person is.

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when he sees food, his eyes show a look of fear.

Every time the camping ends and the crowd starts again, a part of them will

stay in place forever and have no breath.

As for the crying at night, it never stopped.

Sometimes it is the cry of a baby, and more often it is the repressed sob of

an adult.

After two days of walking, the communication between the two brothers was much

less.

Especially Gong Shujin, the symptoms of seasickness after disembarking did not

alleviate much, but became more serious. Whenever he heard crying at night,

Gong Shufeng could see his brother covering his mouth and retching.

The only thing he could do was squeeze out a little of the clean drinking

water left in the water bag and put it to the other person's mouth.

After all, they have no chance to boil water on the road.

Just as night fell on the third day, a rush of hooves broke the tranquility of

the countryside.