Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

After leaving Pingchang County, Lu You and others headed eastward.

They drove until evening before stopping the car to light a fire so that the horses could rest for a while.

Because they were the first wave of people to leave Pingchang County and had a horse-drawn carriage, there were not many refugees around them at that time.

On the official road, apart from the bonfire they were gathered around, there were only two flames, one in front and one behind.

However, the two flames were more than ten feet away from Lu You and the others, and the three parties obviously had no intention of communicating with each other.

Perhaps because of the exhaustion from the journey, or perhaps because of the gloom brought by the war, even Lu You and the others were baking pancakes silently at this time, and no one spoke.

This silence lasted until everyone finished eating the sesame cakes, and was only broken by Liu's words.

"Luyo, are we going to stay here tonight?"

Hearing this, Lu You turned and looked at Zhao Wenbo.

"Uncle Zhao, none of us have been here before. You took this official road to the city to take the exam."

"You know the location better than us, you decide!"

Zhao Wenbo nodded slightly: "We passed Qingping Posthouse about an hour and a half ago. I roughly estimated that we walked nearly a hundred miles this day."

"It's still about 40 to 50 miles away from Qingning County."

"If you ask me, we should stop for an hour to let the horses rest, and then continue on our way."

"Although I haven't heard of any bandits robbing people in Qingning County, no one can tell for sure. Let's work harder and spend the night outside Qingning County."

Zhao Wenbo's words were supported by everyone. After resting for an hour, they put out the fire, got in the car again and headed east.

At the rear of the car, Lu You was swinging his legs, playing with the dice he had drawn, his thoughts in a mess.

In just one and a half months since she traveled to this strange world, she had already experienced two life and death separations.

Doing business, jailbreak, murder, war, escape...

She never thought that she, a college student, would experience so many things.

After accepting the fact that she had traveled through time, what she had always thought about was the same as the time-travel novels she had read on Tomato in her previous life.

She could live a comfortable life by farming in a remote corner, making some money with modern knowledge and training her two younger brothers to become minor officials.

But now, all the plans have gone to waste.

Even she herself didn't know where to go next.

Is this the true time travel?

That's really ridiculous...

Lu You was thinking when he heard Lu Yi's voice softly beside him.

"Nung, moon and new moon……"

Lu You turned his head and saw Lu Yi looking up at the moon in the sky.

"What's wrong?" Lu You asked softly.

"Nothing." Lu Yi shook his head slightly.

Lu You chuckled when he heard that, then turned his head and rested it on Lu Yi's shoulder.

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

"You miss your elder brother, right?" Lu You said softly as he listened to the system prompt sound ringing in his mind.

Lu Yi didn't reply, just sat there silently.

Lu You didn't care and just smiled and spoke.

"It's okay. I'll take him out of the east gate of the city and tell him to wait for us at the Zuo's house in Liangzhou Prefecture."

"He left ten days earlier than us. So, he should have left Qingzhou Prefecture and entered Yanzhou long ago."

"The crime he committed was not serious. Even if Lang Zhengping spent some money, at most he would be wanted in Qingzhou Prefecture. As long as he reaches Yanzhou, he will be safe."

"Once we get to Qingzhou City, we'll have a good rest for a while."

"I asked Uncle Li to tell my third uncle and aunt to go to the capital to find us."

"After we meet up with Uncle San and Aunt San, we'll go to Liangzhou Prefecture to find your brother."

"I will continue to do business and earn money to support you two brothers in studying and practicing martial arts. When you two have become successful, I will stop doing anything. You will have to support me then."

As Lu You spoke, Lu Yi's negative emotions gradually subsided, and then disappeared completely.

Lu Yi was silent for a long time, and then finally spoke slowly.

"Thank you, second sister."

Lu You raised the corner of his mouth: "Didn't I tell you before that you can just call me sister?"

"I'm used to it. It's easier to call you second sister." Lu Yi said lightly.

"Okay, let's call you that." Lu You said softly.

She could feel that Lu Yi was slowly lowering his left shoulder to make herself more comfortable.

After another period of silence, Lu Yi spoke again.

"Second sister, third uncle, third aunt, grandpa and grandma, will they be okay?"

"Don't worry." Lu You replied softly, "There are dozens of households in the village, hundreds of people went into the mountains together, including Uncle Zhao and Uncle Li, two experienced hunters."

"With so many people walking together, we will definitely be safe even if we encounter blind bears or giant insects."

"The Jin soldiers will not send people into the vast mountains to search for people. It is only a matter of time before they reach the city."

"Uncle, aunt, grandpa and grandma, they will be fine."

"Your brother will be fine. We will definitely be able to get together again."

"Yeah!" Lu Yi agreed lightly, but this time he was much more determined.

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At the same time, outside the west gate of Pingchang County, countless people were blocking the city gate, shouting for it to be opened.

These are the people from the villages between Pingchang County and Qingshi City.

After a day, the news that the Jin soldiers had captured Jianhe County had spread widely.

These were the people who wanted to enter Pingchang County along the official road, or continue to move eastward through the county to escape disaster.

But they were too late. The gate of Pingchang County was suddenly closed in the late afternoon, and no one was allowed to pass through.

"Open the door! Why won't you let us through?"

"I saw with my own eyes that you let the people from Jianhe County pass through, why did you suddenly close the door when it came to us?"

"It's not fair! Open the door quickly..."

Amid the chaotic shouting, a tall and strong figure pushed through the crowd and arrived at the city gate.

"Stop pushing the hell. Can't you see the door is closed? Can you still squeeze in?"

A middle-aged man who was nearly knocked down cursed loudly, but when he turned around and saw the size of the person next to him, he was slightly stunned, then turned aside and continued shouting at the city gate.

At the same time, on an open space next to the city gate, a constable wearing blood-stained clothes noticed the movement here.

The constable originally glanced at him casually, but when he turned back, his body stiffened and he turned his head to look again.

The burly figure was dressed in tattered clothes and his face was covered in dust.

But with the flickering light of the torches next to the chevaux de frise, the constable still recognized the man's appearance.

Without any hesitation, the constable stood up suddenly, took a few steps forward and grabbed the figure's wrist tightly.

"Luming? Why are you here?"