What Gu Zun said is the truth. King Qi of Guqi Prefecture has shown his wolfish ambitions more than once. Recently, his army of King Qi is secretly mining a small silver mine in the north.
The empress is basically going to the enemy camp. If there is any danger, the first duty of the city guard army and the Shence Army is to protect the empress.
Lian'er didn't care at all.
But Lian'er was so angry that she was so angry.
She pulled the horse and said angrily:
"Why am I such a burden? If I don't go with you, how can you, a bunch of old men, take good care of my wife?"
I'm so angry. How can this ancient master say this to her? What didn't she see when she was fleeing with her brother and her mother?
Why is she such a drag?
Gu Zun opened his mouth and was about to explain the dangers he might encounter.
Hua Jin interrupted him with a smile,
"Okay, if you two continue to quarrel, I will give you two a marriage, so that we can fight as a pair every day, and have fun fighting."
As soon as these words came out, both Gu Zun and Lian'er shut up and stopped talking.
Lian'er's cheeks turned red and she stamped her foot, then turned around and walked around to the other side of the horse. It was extremely quiet.
The group of people left Yutou Mountain in this way, bypassed King Qi's military camp, and rode fast horses directly to the capital of Guqi Prefecture.
It was okay when I came out of the Northland South Line. The pedestrians on the road were quite neatly dressed and clean.
But after entering Guqi Prefecture, the number of refugees on the road gradually increased.
Halfway through the journey, Hua Jin and others decided to take a rest at an abandoned teahouse.
After dismounting from the horse, Hua Jin frowned slightly, looked at the cracked loess under her feet, and then looked at the large group of travelers who had left their hometowns and had their families sitting in the woods opposite.
Lian'er held a cowhide kettle in her hand and was about to step forward to hand it to Hua Jin, but she found that Gu Zun moved at the same time as her.
They both found each other and stood still. Then they paused for a moment. Gu Zun pursed his lips and turned around, letting Lian'er go up first.
Lian'er glared at Gu Zun and stepped forward with a cowhide kettle and handed it to Hua Jin.
"Mom, drink some water. What are you looking at?"
"Look at this Guqi Prefecture, how should we tidy up this land?"
Hua Jin pointed his riding whip at the refugees in the woods opposite and asked meaningfully,
"Are these going to the north?"
In the woods opposite, a man who looked like a coach, holding a wooden stick, happened to hear Hua Jin's words.
He hurriedly handed over his hand,
"Yes, we all go to the north to make a living."
"Why don't you stay in Guqi Prefecture? I heard it's very prosperous here."
Hua Jin found a place to sit down and started chatting with the refugees opposite across a wasteland.
She saw that the clothes of these refugees were quite clean. Although they had families, they were not unable to survive. Why did they want to go north?
The man with the stick explained:
"The development of the Northland is good now. I heard that the rules are strict. Whether you are farming or doing other things, you can get subsidies from Prince Li's Mansion."
On the other hand, other places also have fertile water and soil, but the lord of the fief has a tax today and a tax tomorrow. There are so many tax names that the people themselves can't figure it out.
Most of the income earned throughout the year is used to pay taxes.
Coupled with a severe drought, no matter how rich your family is, people will become panicked.
It's better to take advantage of the fact that you can run around now, take the whole family and move to another place quickly, and when your family's funds are exhausted, you won't even have the money to run away.
"Is Guqi Prefecture really so bad?"
Hua Jin is really hard to understand. In the apocalypse, people have no choice, because both the land and the animals are mutating, and people can only keep changing places to survive.
The land in Guqi Prefecture is somewhat dry, but there are also few people in ancient times.
The people with their families on the opposite side nodded their heads, yes, Guqi Prefecture was really in a bad state, and compared with Beidi, it was even worse.
Just as he was talking, a group of government servants rushed over on horseback on the official road.
The leader shouted loudly:
"According to the order of Duke Sun, those registered in Guqi Prefecture are not allowed to leave the place of residence without permission. Those who disobey the order will be punished with a cane."
The man holding the stick hurriedly said to Hua Jin:
"Girl, please step aside."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and started fighting with the pursuing government officials.
Upon seeing this battle, Gu Zun immediately stepped forward and protected Hua Jin and others from retreating.
People in the woods opposite, those holding their children, and those guarding the elderly, were also avoiding in an orderly manner.
Just as the big man with a wooden stick knocked all the Guqizhou government officials to the ground, a group of men in white came over again.
When Yuan Youying saw it, she quickly took out her sword, pointed it at the big man and scolded him angrily,
"A bold bandit who dares to attack an official and seeks death!"
She believed herself to be righteous, so she went up and knocked the big man with the stick to the ground, and was about to raise her sword to kill him.
Hua Jin held a leaf between her fingers, flicked it with her hand, and the soft green leaf turned into a small flying knife, directly slicing Yuan Youying's shoulder.
"ah!"
Yuan Youying screamed in pain, her white clothes were soaked with blood, she looked back and glared at Hua Jin,
"It hurts, senior brother, kill her quickly."
The group of people in white who came behind her turned to look at Hua Jin, glaring at her angrily.
Someone asked:
"Who are you? Why do you want to hurt our little junior sister?"
Hua Jin said "heh",
"Didn't you see her killing innocent people indiscriminately? What happened if I hurt her? I was showing mercy by not killing her."
Judging from the situation where Yuan Youying just raised the sword to kill without asking about right or wrong, it is not an exaggeration to say that Hua Jin wanted to kill her.
But the people in Tianyi Valley don’t think so. When did it become the turn of outsiders to bully their junior sister?
As he said this, a group of Tianyigu disciples drew their swords and wanted to capture the flower brocade.
Gu Zun shouted loudly,
"Protect the master!"
Because they entered Guqi Prefecture concealing their identities, Gu Zun and Lian'er both called Hua Jin "Master" in front of outsiders.
Just as the two sides were about to start fighting, they heard a loud shout,
"stop!"
All the disciples turned around and saw that Bai Jinghong had arrived.
He stepped forward with his sword in hand, looking at Hua Jin with amazement in his eyes, and couldn't hide the joy on his face.
"Girl, we meet again."
Before Hua Jin could react, Yuan Youying stopped. She covered her shoulder that had stopped bleeding, stepped forward, pulled Bai Jinghong's sleeves, and swallowed,
"Elder brother, she, she hurt me."
Bai Jinghong then lowered her head and looked at Yuan Youying. Seeing him looking over, she immediately showed Bai Jinghong the injury on her shoulder.
Because she was wearing white clothes, not to mention whether the wound on her shoulder was deep or not, just the blood that flowed out and soaked into the white clothes looked quite shocking.
Bai Jinghong couldn't say anything at this time. He just glanced at Hua Jin accusingly, cupped his hands and said:
"Girl, can you take a moment to speak?"
Hua Jin nodded. Her purpose of coming to Guqizhou this time was for Tianyigu.
Since the top disciple of Tianyi Valley wanted to talk to her, she was naturally willing to listen.
But Yuan Youying on the side quit. Seeing that Bai Jinghong was about to talk to Hua Jin, she grabbed Bai Jinghong's sleeve and said,
"Elder brother, what do you have to say to her? Just kill her."
After hearing this, Hua Jin couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and sneered:
"Are you considered a decent person? You talk about killing this and that all day long. I think the person who should be killed is you."
"you dare!"
Yuan Youying bared her teeth and claws at Hua Jin and said:
"My father is the owner of Tianyi Valley. Just watch, he will definitely not let you go."
After saying that, Yuan Youying urged Bai Jinghong,
"Look, Senior Brother, kill her quickly to avenge me."
Bai Jinghong lowered his face and scolded Yuan Youying,
"No fooling around."
Judging from the few words just said and the environment at the scene, he knew that Yuan Youying was about to kill the civilian man, but Hua Jin stopped him.
Yuan Youying looked at Bai Jinghong in disbelief. The senior brother actually attacked her. It was obviously the fault of the woman in red, but the senior brother actually attacked her!
It's simply too much!
Yuan Youying couldn't help but her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked at Hua Jin fiercely,
"Just wait, I want to tell my father!"
"Hey, I'll wait and see how he won't let me go."
Hua Jin smiled lightly, watching Yuan Youying run away in anger. She walked to a tree and asked Bai Jinghong again,
"Don't you want to take a step to speak?"
Bai Jinghong was about to chase Yuan Youying and scolded Yuan Youying. After hearing this, he hurriedly turned around and came over with an apology on his face.
"I'm sorry, girl. My junior sister has been pampered and raised since she was a child. She doesn't mean any harm."
"She's going to kill people, but she doesn't have any bad intentions? Wait, she really has any bad intentions, isn't she trying to destroy the world?"
Hua Jin rolled her eyes at Bai Jinghong. Seeing that he wanted to say more, she raised her hand, very impatiently.
"Okay, it's useless for you to say so much. Your little junior sister hates me now. What do you want to say to me?"
"I, I didn't expect to meet the girl here. I wonder where the girl is going to Guqi Prefecture?"
In fact, Bai Jinghong had a lot to say to Hua Jin, but when he stood in front of Hua Jin, his heart couldn't stop beating wildly, and he just thought about being able to walk the same road with Hua Jin in the future.
Hua Jin looked at Bai Jinghong with a half-smile,
"I'm going to the capital of Guqi Prefecture."
"That's great, girl, I'm going to the capital of Guqi Prefecture as well."
He held up his hand to Hua Jin with a look of uncontrollable joy.
"Girl, you can go with me on the same journey. To be honest, girl, I am the top disciple of Tianyi Valley, and my name is Bai Jinghong."
He believed that as long as they were in the martial arts circles, there would be no one who had not heard of Tianyi Gu, and no one who did not know the name of Tianyi Gu's great disciple.
As long as his name and identity are reported, Hua Jin will definitely understand that there will be many benefits in following him to the capital.
Apart from anything else, the endless elixirs alone are very tempting.
Unexpectedly, Hua Jin turned around and glanced at Yuan Youying in the distance. When she saw Yuan Youying's eyes full of murderous intent, she smiled and said:
"No need, you and I are not the same person, so it's best for us to go our separate ways."
After saying that, without waiting for Bai Jinghong to persuade her again, she turned back and greeted Gu Zun and others to leave.
Before getting on the horse, Hua Jin walked up to the big man with a wooden stick who beat the yamen servant and explained:
"There are city guards patrolling not far ahead. You will be safe after crossing the southern line. I see that you are very skilled. Do you want to join the city guards?"
The big man with a wooden stick looked shocked and asked:
"I can also join the army? But I don't have a registered permanent residence in the Northland, so the Northland City Guards will also accept me?"
In fact, the best army should be the Shence Army, but the big man knows that his skills are definitely not good. Let alone the Shence Army, he may not even be able to invest in the reserve force of the Shence Army.
Hua Jin nodded,
"Now that the city guard army has changed its officers, the military appearance and discipline have improved a lot. If you are interested, you can try joining the city guard army."
After that, she didn't say much more, just mounted her horse and led Lian'er and Gu Zun away.
Bai Jinghong, who was behind him, saw this and hurriedly ordered the disciples of Tianyi Valley to follow Hua Jin towards the capital.
Yuan Youying quit, stamped her feet and said angrily:
"Why should we leave when she leaves? What about my revenge? Senior brother, you didn't even help me avenge you, so you just let that woman go."
She thought Bai Jinghong was seeking justice from Hua Jin, but her senior brother actually let Hua Jin run away after having a few words with her.
Now Yuan Youying was completely angry.
Bai Jinghong was in a hurry to chase Hua Jin. He just took a look and found that Hua Jin's horses were all good horses, even much better than the horses ridden by their disciples from Tianyi Valley.
If you can't follow Hua Jin closely, you will soon lose track of Hua Jin.
Therefore, Yuan Youying was unwilling to go, and Bai Jinghong was also a little impatient.
He patiently tried to coax Yuan Youying,
"Little Junior Sister, you also know that Master wants us to find the mineral vein exploration map quickly. If it is too late and the exploration map is obtained by more people, Master will punish us, which is not what you and I can bear."
"My father is reluctant to punish me."
Yuan Youying refused. She turned around with tears on her face and looked at Bai Jinghong,
"Senior brother, we grew up together. You would never ignore me like this. Senior brother, you are so bad."
No matter what she said, Yuan Youying refused to cooperate with Bai Jinghong to leave. Bai Jinghong was helpless and looked slightly bad, and Yuan Youying shed tears.
He could only coax and ask:
"Okay, tell me, what do you want to do before you leave?"
Yuan Youying pointed to the big man with a wooden stick who was about to start.
"Then you kill him, and I will follow you to the capital."
Upon hearing this, the big man with a stick's face darkened, and the old, weak, women and children around him looked nervous.
Some children burst into tears on the spot, and some elderly people begged:
"Girl, we are just ordinary people. Girl, please be kind and let us go."
Bai Jinghong scolded Yuan Youying with a straight face,
"I see that you have gotten along with Junior Sister Jinshui a lot. We are healers with benevolence, not poisoners. They are obviously just ordinary people who want to go to the North to make a living. They have never killed those government officials. Why do you want to
Killed?"
The government servants who had been beaten by the big man with a wooden stick had already hurried away when Yuan Youying appeared, and no one was beaten to death.
But Yuan Youying just refused to let go of the big man with a wooden stick.
As Hua Jin said, the fact that Yuan Youying wanted to kill people simply cannot be justified.
Being scolded by Bai Jinghong in such a serious manner, Yuan Youying immediately became angry. She cried and shouted,
"Yes, everything I do now is wrong? Ever since you saw that woman, she has been your eyes, and you have helped her in whatever she did! Wuwuwu."