Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

The soldiers lying on the ground wailed in pain, while the rest of the people just stared at Lu You in a daze.

Only then were they able to see Lu You's appearance clearly in the flickering light of the fire.

His face was covered in dust, his lips were cracked, and his clothes were soaked in blood.

Especially the two scabbed wounds on Lu You's left back near the shoulder armor and on his arm, which made people feel heartbroken at a glance.

If it were someone else, they would have collapsed long ago due to such an injury.

But at this time, Lu You seemed to be fine, and was kicking the soldiers lying on the ground with great energy.

"The heroine..."

The gatekeeper next to him whispered to Lu You.

"How about... you take a rest first, and let us go and report first?"

After hearing this, Lu You finally let the soldiers on the ground go.

"Whether to report it or not is not my business. It's up to you whether to believe it or not."

"Open the door now, I want to go home."

As he spoke, Lu You was about to lead the horse into the city.

Seeing this, the soldiers hurriedly trotted out and blocked Lu You's way.

"Lady! It's curfew now. If we let you in, we will be punished."

"Please have pity on us. Please wait here for a while. We will go and report to Lord Lang and get his order to open the gate. How about you enter the city?"

Lu You didn't say anything, but raised his foot and kicked directly on the half-open door.

"Tell Lang Zhengping my name is Lu You. He knows where my home is."

After leaving these words, Lu You jumped onto the horse, squeezed the horse's belly with both feet and rode away.

The gatekeeper was helpless upon seeing this, so he turned around and ran towards the county government office, clutching the Jin soldiers' flag.

Just as Lu You and the other two were leaving the city gate, the merchants outside the gate also stood up and wanted to take the opportunity to enter the city, but they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate with knives.

"Just stay still! Don't make yourself uncomfortable!"

The soldier who had been kicked countless times by Lu You shouted loudly with a knife in his hand, as if he wanted to vent all the frustration and grievance he had just suffered on the merchants in front of him.

However, the merchants did not retreat when they heard the threat. Instead, they stared at the soldiers guarding the gate in silence.

There are four people on duty at the Qingshi Town gate.

At this time, one more person went to the county government office to report the news, so there were only three people left.

Although the three of them were holding knives, being stared at by a dozen strong young men in the middle of the night still made people feel their scalps tingling.

"Don't make trouble! Otherwise, the thing in grandpa's hand won't have eyes!"

One of the soldiers noticed the strange atmosphere and shouted loudly, while leading the group to retreat into the city.

The three soldiers were on guard with knives in hand, their eyes fixed on the merchants and porters, fearing that they might make any unusual movements.

Just as they retreated to the door and were about to close it, a sharp shout came from a carriage parked not far away.

"What are you all doing standing there? Get out of here!"

Following this shout, the traveling merchants all moved to the sides of the road.

The three soldiers looked up at the carriage and saw a man in silk and brocade clothes slowly getting out of the carriage with the help of the coachman.

The man walked towards the city gate step by step, and as he passed the traveling merchants, he snorted coldly.

"I was too casual with you guys. You guys are all unruly. What's wrong with you?"

As he spoke, the man had already arrived in front of the city gate and stood about ten feet away from the three soldiers.

"My three lords, my surname is Luo, my given name is Feng, and I am from the Luo family in Yunzhou Prefecture."

"These are my subordinates. Because they have been traveling around for many years, they are inevitably tainted with some gangster spirits. I hope I have offended several officials. Please forgive me."

After hearing Luo Feng's words, the expressions of several soldiers eased slightly.

"It's okay, but the curfew and the rules are..."

As one of the soldiers was speaking, he saw Luo Feng actually stretched out his hand and took out three ingots of silver.

Those three silver bars were not broken silver, but three silver ingots as big as three small eggs!

These three silver ingots weigh at least five taels each!

"What are you doing..." A gatekeeper stared at the three silver ingots and asked tentatively.

"This is my supper money for the three officials!"

Luo Feng said with a chuckle.

"Three officials, you all heard what the female knight said just now."

"We also thought about dealing with the 10,000 outside the city, but now there is a threat from the Jin soldiers."

"I wonder if the three officials can do me a favor and let me enter the city."

"Don't worry, sir. We will not wander around after entering the city. We will just rest on the walls on both sides of the city gate. All we want is to have a good night's sleep."

The three soldiers looked at each other, then pushed open the two city gates with force.

"Be gentle, and rest on the spot after you go in, but don't cause any trouble for us!"

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The road in the city was paved with bluestone. Lu You didn't dare to urge the horse to go faster. He could only loosen the reins and control the horse all the way towards home.

Just as he turned into Buhou Street and was still far away from the Jiasan Courtyard, Lu You saw a figure coming out.

"Deer?"

Widow Zhou's tentative voice came from the door.

Hearing the call, Lu You's tense body finally relaxed.

"Aunt, it's me!" Lu You answered softly.

Upon hearing Lu You's answer, Widow Zhou quickly turned her head and looked towards the yard.

"Xiao Yi! Come out quickly! Your second sister is back!"

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Lu You dismounted from his horse, and Lu Yi also ran out of the courtyard in panic.

"Second sister..."

Lu Yi nodded and said, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was obviously stunned.

Not only him, but even the widow Zhou next to him was so scared that she covered her mouth, fearing that she would make any sound.

The three of them were too close, less than one meter away from each other.

Such a close distance was enough for the two of them to see Lu You's horrific appearance covered in blood.

"Second sister, you..."

Lu Yi stared at the exposed wound on Lu You's left arm with wide eyes. He wanted to raise his hand to touch it, but after a slight hesitation, he could only clench his fist and put his hand down again.

"It's okay. He's back alive. Let's go in and talk."

Lu You said this in a nonchalant tone.

"Oh, aunt, if you have any food at home, bring it out to me. I'm hungry!"

"Yes! I'll get it to you right away!" Widow Zhou said, then turned and ran into the courtyard and into the kitchen.

Lu You entered the courtyard and saw five bundles of different sizes placed on the wooden table under the persimmon tree.

"Is everything packed?" Lu You looked at Lu Yi and asked.

"It's packed." Lu Yi said calmly, "Three small bags, this is the luggage for the three of us."

"And the two big ones are the food I bought today."

"I did everything you told me to do. I bought sesame seed cakes, pancakes, salt, and other things that are easy to store."

"All these things have gone up in price. I've spent all my money and this is all I can buy."

Hearing Lu Yi's words, Lu You smiled and nodded: "You have done a great job to be able to buy so much."