Pet wife Imperial Examination Road

After leaving Linchuan County, walking in a valley, the sound of horseshoes echoed in the valley.In this kind of place, it is easy for gravel to fall on both sides, or someone to intercept it back and forth.Cheng Mu was worried, and followed Niu Dazhuang to sit on the front rail to observe the surrounding situation.

The afternoon sun was very hot, most people were sleeping, and the awake people were drowsy.

"Be careful, I always feel that this place is prone to accidents."

"Okay, let's watch here."

After walking another mile or two, deep into the belly of the valley, it was so quiet that one couldn't help but doubt it. Cheng Mu looked at the cliffs on both sides.During the war, when marching to the valley, the enemy often hit them with gravel. Now that the convoy is moving forward in a row, it is even easier to be hit.

Cheng Mu kept looking at the cliff, and it seemed that a human head appeared vaguely, but there was nothing in the next moment. He patted Niu Dazhuang's arm to signal him to get ready. Niu Dazhuang held the rein in both hands.Yun Yun in the carriage was also awake, holding the crossbar of the carriage with both hands, not daring to breathe.

When he saw the figure again, Cheng Mu was very sure that there was someone up there, and he nodded to Niu Dazhuang.Niu Dazhuang accelerated the speed of his horse, trotted forward carefully, and passed the carriage in front of him. Before he had time to overtake the first carriage, the top ten people had already rolled gravel below.

"Quick!" Cheng Mu whispered.

Niu Dazhuang pulled the rein quickly, and the horse ran forward, quickly overtaking the first carriage in the front.

When Yunsun heard the sound of the horse running, she was still thinking about what happened. She lifted the curtain and looked out. The carriage in front of her had changed at some point.

"Coachman, where is the carriage ahead?"

"How do I know, I'll just move forward."

The sound of the gravel rolling down from above was getting louder and louder. When everyone noticed it, it was too late to escape. The small stone hit the horse. Although there was no major damage, the horse kept spinning in place after being frightened. Some rammed forward like crazy.After finally stabilizing the convoy, at the exit of the valley, a group of strangely dressed people were waiting with big knives in hand.

"Get out of the car and take out your money, or you will die!"

When Yunsun heard this voice, she was terrified. She had dozens of taels of silver on her body. If these thieves snatched all of them, how would they survive in Qingzhou?

"Aniang, what should we do? Where do we hide the money?"

"There's nowhere to hide. If they turn the carriage upside down, we'll have to find everything." There was still shouting outside, and everyone started shouting from the first carriage, Yunsun looked at the people in the front carriage They had already got out of the car, and a robber put a knife on a man's neck, and his soul was almost frightened.She pulled the driver in and said with a sad face, "Little brother, do you have a way to hide these things? If you have a way, I will give you five taels of silver."

The driver looked at the heavy package and didn't move.

"I'll give you six taels, if you can't do seven taels, no, I'll give you ten taels!"

Mrs. Yunsun took out ten taels of silver from the bag and stuffed it into the driver's hand. The driver said, "With your ten taels of silver, I will try my best to keep the rest of you." The thieves in front didn't pay attention to them. They opened the seat outside the carriage and threw all the money into it.

"you come down!"

The coachman came down and said, "Master, we don't have any money for sports cars, and the stations along the way are all on credit. Why don't you ask if there is anyone there? It's no small matter, please do me a favor." The thief didn't look at the coachman at all. , went in directly, snatched a small bundle from Mrs. Yunsun's hand, found five or six taels of silver from it, and searched the entire carriage to make sure there was nothing tied under the carriage before leaving.

A group of robbers robbed hundreds of taels of silver, and then threatened them not to report to the government. Even if the government came, it would be useless.

After the robber left, everyone was terrified, and some of the horses were injured and walked slowly. Yunsun shivered holding his 50 taels of silver, "Wu Er, these are all money from your official position. Keep it."

Yun Wu was also terrified, he looked at the gleaming knife, afraid that the thief would not like him and stab him, but luckily nothing happened.The driver in front was calm. There were thieves in this place. Those thieves were entrenched on various official roads. They only robbed this road twice a year. If there were too many robberies, the driver would take [-]% of the profit each time.He would not have taken the risk if it hadn't been for Yunsun's offer to give ten taels just now. After all, he must abide by the rules in this business, and he directly earned ten taels of silver today, and he was very happy.

The convoy carefully exited the valley, it was almost dark outside, after this incident, time was delayed, and there was probably an hour or two before reaching the next station.

Cheng Mu had already arrived at the post station. As soon as they came out of the valley, they heard the sound of gravel in the valley, so they rushed straight to the post station.After tying the horse to graze on the grass next to the station, he settled down.

"Brother Cheng, you are too accurate. If it weren't for you, those big stones would have killed us."

"Based on experience, go to the post station to buy some water, and eat roast meat today." Niu Dazhuang was ready, and bought two buckets of water for two yuan with two buckets.When she came back, Yun Yun had killed the chicken she brought, and put it in a bucket of hot water to molt the chicken.Then clean the chicken and sprinkle with seasonings to start eating.

The chicken was delicious, with a lot of salt added, and it was roasted until it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. After eating a chicken, the three of them sat on the carriage to rest with their stomachs covered.When the moon was almost in the middle, the convoy slowly came from a distance and stopped at the entrance of the inn.

Yun Yun was awakened by the noise of a group of people. He turned over and covered himself in the quilt. Cheng Mu closed the window outside, making his voice much quieter.

The inn was almost fully occupied, and the remaining few houses were occupied by whoever bid the most. Yunsun lost more than a dozen taels of silver, and when he heard that a room cost five hundred Wen, he was so angry that he dragged Yun Wu back. to the carriage.

"Aniang, we've all been tired all day, shouldn't we go in and rest, maybe we have to live outside."

"Isn't the five hundred texts in it extorting people? Yun Yun can live in a carriage. Why can't we live here? You eat no less than him and live no worse than him. Is it possible that you can sleep in the carriage overnight? Could kill you."

Yunwu didn't dare to show his anger, the road was not going well, and Yunsun's family was in a fit of anger. "Then let's have dinner, I'll go buy food."

"You can't die of hunger even if you are hungry. At this time, the food is too expensive. Don't eat it. You can eat it tomorrow morning. You won't be hungry when you fall asleep."

When Yun Wu heard that he didn't have anything to eat, he got out of the carriage angrily and sat under the tree outside. After a while, he couldn't stand being bitten by mosquitoes, and got back into the carriage again.Lying in the small carriage, there were still mosquitoes buzzing in the ears, the windows were not screened, the inside was hot with the windows closed, and the mosquitoes came in without closing the windows, neither Yunsun nor Yunwu fell asleep for the whole night.

At dawn, Mrs. Yunsun hurried to buy steamed buns, and the two of them ate four baskets before they finished. The steamed stuffed buns in the morning cost thirty cents a basket, which was not very cheap, but it was much cheaper than last night's meal.