Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

"Forehead……"

Hearing the system prompt in his mind, Lu You looked at Liu and his friends in confusion, only to be met with Liu's resentful gaze.

silver……

It seems that I didn't let Liu bring it...

Feeling guilty, Lu You avoided the gazes of several people, looked up and sighed.

"The moon is so round tonight!"

Everyone looked up, looking at the standard waxing moon above their heads.

[Negative emotions from Lu Yi +15, +15, +15...]

[Negative emotions from Widow Zhou +10, +8...]

[The Negativeness from Guan Shanyue...]

"We don't have that much money..."

On the side, Zhao Wenbo frowned and said to the gatekeeper.

When the soldier heard what Zhao Wenbo said, his face turned completely cold, but he still spoke patiently in a cold voice.

"If you don't have cash, even if you have some gold and silver jewelry, you can get a discount on them!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wenbo turned around and looked at the people behind him. After seeing the plain appearances of Liu, Widow Zhou, and Lu You, he hesitated for a moment and then shamelessly spoke to the soldiers again.

"I don't have any gold or silver jewelry, but I can make a gentleman's agreement..."

"roll!"

The soldier shouted coldly, holding the hilt of his sword.

"Without a certificate of citizenship or any money, you dare to pretend to be a juren!"

"If you keep bothering me, I'll chop you to pieces!"

Zhao Wenbo shouted loudly upon hearing this: "How dare you, you brat!"

Zhao Wenbo's loud shout utilized the power of virtue, which directly shocked the soldier.

"Who in the entire Qingshi City doesn't know my name, Zhao Wenbo?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone to see if I'm a real candidate!"

The soldier was frightened by Zhao Wenbo's sudden momentum. He reacted and hurriedly looked at the soldiers behind him. When he saw that several of them had their swords drawn and were on guard, he finally felt relieved.

After a moment's thought, the soldier turned around and looked at the people sitting in front of the fire on both sides of the city gate.

"That! The fat guy in the green robe! Do you know him?"

Following the soldier's gaze, everyone turned to look at a man thirty feet away.

The man looked at Zhao Wenbo carefully, then shook his head slightly.

"do not know!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier pointed at the woman next to the fat man again: "What about you, do you know Mr. Zhao?"

Upon hearing this, the woman looked at Zhao Wenbo deeply, then shook her head again.

"They are lying!" Widow Zhou stared at the two men with wide eyes and asked loudly, "On the day the results were announced, they were clearly blocking the outside of the restaurant, next to the beggar who was trying to make friends with his relatives. I saw them!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier drew his sword and pointed it directly at Widow Zhou: "Shut up! I'm asking them! Not you!"

Widow Zhou was so frightened that she quickly hid behind Lu You and dared not say anything.

The soldier shouted loudly to the people who were warming themselves by the fire on both sides of the road: "You! Does anyone know Master Zhao Wenbo?"

Hearing the shout, the people who were roasting by the fire turned around and looked at Lu You and his group.

Zhao Wenbo turned around and faced everyone, and even walked to the side of the torch so that everyone could see his face clearly.

There was silence on both sides of the pipe, as if everyone had discussed it beforehand. They just glanced at Zhao Wenbo and turned their heads away.

Seeing this scene, a hint of confusion flashed in Zhao Wenbo's eyes.

Because he could see clearly that among those people, there were actually several regular customers of the restaurant.

But at this time, everyone chose to remain silent, and no one stood up to testify for him!

"you……"

Zhao Wenbo said this anxiously and was about to step forward and question him in person.

"Uncle Zhao's mood is about to break!" Lu Yi said anxiously.

But at this moment, Guan Shanyue, dressed in white, stood in front of Zhao Wenbo.

"Guard your heart!"

Guan Shanyue's words seemed to have some kind of magic. The moment they came out of her mouth, Zhao Wenbo calmed down instantly.

Looking at Guan Shanyue, Zhou Wenbo let out a long sigh, then bowed respectfully.

"Thank you sir!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Shanyue reached out and gently patted Zhao Wenbo's shoulder.

"Wenbo, your virtue is built on your writing skills, but it should not stop at fame and success."

"You lost the hearts of the people this time. To them, you are a high and mighty scholar in this prosperous era, respected by all the people."

"But in a chaotic situation, what everyone wants to see is you falling into the mortal world, or even worse than them, only then will they be happy."

“The power of virtue comes from the heart. Only by not being happy with things or sad with yourself can one live forever!”

After hearing Guan Shanyue's words, Zhao Wenbo bowed again.

"Students have taken note!"

Guan Shanyue smiled slightly when he heard this, then turned and walked to the soldier guarding the city.

"I am Guan Shanyue. Please inform Wang Mingzheng, the magistrate of Pingchang. When he hears my name, he will let me in."

The soldier sneered at the words and said, "You can shut down anything you want! You even dare to pretend to be a scholar. I think you are crazy about wanting to enter the city!"

"Big brother, I think you'd better inform him. This man is a great scholar who even the Qingzhou prefect has to treat with courtesy."

Lu You also walked closer at this time, and while speaking he stretched out his hand and handed over two taels of silver.

This was the only silver Lu You had left. Facing such soldiers, using the silver to clear a path was the best option.

But who would have thought that the soldier took the silver, counted it, and then put it directly into his pocket.

"I'll keep these two taels of silver for you first. When you have collected five taels, I'll let you in."

Your uncle!

Lu You stared blankly at the unruly soldier, feeling so depressed that he couldn't express it in words.

Since traveling here, he has never suffered such a loss, but he didn't expect to be tricked by this insignificant pawn.

"Let's go and see!"

Lu You said to the soldier with a smile, then turned and went back to the carriage.

"It seems that we won't be able to go into the city tonight, but there's no need to rush. We have food and drink, so there's no need to rush."

"We will definitely be able to enter the city by tomorrow morning at the latest!"

"Find a place to rest first!"

As the center of this small team, Lu You's words are still very powerful.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wenbo and his companions invited Mr. Guan, who was unwilling to give up, to come back. They got on the carriage and headed back.

There were too many people gathered on both sides of the official road near the city gate. Even turning a carriage around in the palm-sized space in the middle was difficult, so the soldiers naturally would not let them make a fire here.

The few of them walked about forty or fifty feet carrying the city gate before they finally chose a relatively spacious place to stop.

Xiaodouzi and Laishun groped in the dark to find some dry branches, and when the fire started, they could add some freshly cut wet firewood.

Everyone sat in a circle around the fire, and Lu You asked Widow Zhou to take out some sesame cakes and distribute them to everyone.

"Lu You, you just said that we can enter the city by tomorrow morning at the latest. Have you thought of any solution?" Liu asked Lu You while chewing a sesame bun.

Lu You didn't hide it after hearing this: "What else can we do? They just want money, right? We just give it to them."

"Give me money?" Liu was slightly startled, and then she showed that resentful look again: "There are nine of us, and it will cost forty-five taels to enter the city. Where do we have the money?"

"We don't have any money!"

Lu You said with a smile, holding up the pancake in his hand.

"But we have cake!"