When Mo Jiuye was exiled from Beijing, he felt a sense of loss in his heart.
The Mo family has been loyal for generations and has made several good friends.
As a result, when the Mo family was facing a great disaster, no one came forward to see him off.
It turns out that all this was Emperor Shunwu's handiwork.
Mo Jiuye has now completely seen the harsh reality of the world and does not want to continue to dwell on those things in the past.
What he hopes most now is to leave here early, and after arriving in the northwest and settling down, he can find a way to find the whereabouts of his eldest brother and second brother, and help his sisters-in-law find the man who prepared the antidote.
"Old General, now the city gates and docks are all blocked. We have been here for more than half a month. If we continue to delay like this, we may not be able to reach the northwest by the Chinese New Year."
"It's true. It will get colder day by day, and your life on the road will not be easy."
After thinking for a moment, the old general continued:
"My dear nephew, go back and prepare now. I will personally arrange a boat to take you out of here tomorrow morning."
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran were overjoyed when they heard this.
The two of them saluted the old general at the same time: "Thank you, Old General Jin, for your help."
Old General Jin patted Mo Jiuye on the shoulder: "It's just a little effort. My nephew and nephew-in-law don't need to worry about it. I'll be waiting for you at the dock early tomorrow morning."
After thanking them again, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran couldn't wait to rush back to the rented compound to tell everyone the good news.
I heard that I could continue on my way tomorrow, and those officials were most happy.
If everything goes well on the road, they can return to the capital to reunite with their families before the Chinese New Year.
In order to allow Tang Mingrui, Liang Hao and others to leave this place with them, Mo Jiuye could only choose to discuss it with Peng Wang.
In fact, Peng Wang had already discovered the traces of Liang Hao and others. He just didn't like to be troublesome and didn't make it clear.
There is also Tang Mingrui, who often comes to the compound to pick up dolls these days, and he has seen them several times.
Being able to leave this place smoothly this time is all thanks to Mo Jiuye, and he will naturally not refuse.
However, he asked those people to immediately separate from the main force after arriving at the crossing city to avoid any complications.
The communication between Peng Wang and Mo Jiuye was good, so he immediately notified a few people and followed them to the dock early tomorrow morning.
After everything was sorted, the group got up early the next day and rushed to the pier with their luggage.
Old General Jin really kept his word and was waiting there early with a team of troops.
Although there were still people guarding the dock, they did not stop Mo Jiuye and his party.
Not only that, General Jin also specially arranged a passenger ship for them. The boatman was ready and waiting for the guests to board the ship.
Mo Jiuye and Peng Wang were walking at the front of the team, and Old General Jin saw him at a glance.
The old general strode over: "My dear nephew, the ship has been prepared and I have paid the money. Just leave here in peace."
As he said that, the old general took out a few banknotes from his arms and stuffed them into Mo Jiuye's hand.
"You will have to settle down after arriving in the northwest. This money will be enough for your family to buy some property."
Mo Jiuye was already very grateful that General Jin could arrange for them to leave here. How could he still accept their money?
What's more, what he and He Zhiran are most in need of right now is money.
Without any hesitation, Mo Jiuye returned the banknote.
"Old General, I appreciate your love. I cannot accept this money."
General Jin insisted.
"I know the situation you were in when you left the capital. Although this money is not much, it is still a little bit of my heart. You must take it."
The two of them tore at a stack of banknotes on the pier for a long time.
In the end, General Jin couldn't defeat Mo Jiuye and had no choice but to take back the banknote.
Immediately, he waved his hand towards the soldiers behind him.
Two soldiers each came over carrying a large package.
"My dear nephew, it's okay if you don't accept the banknote. Here are some dry food I prepared for you to take with you on the road."
Mo Jiuye did not refuse. After thanking General Jin again, he led a group of people on board the ship.
Old General Jin stood on the dock and watched them leave. He did not take the people away until the shadow of the ship became smaller and smaller.
The weather was calm on the Salt Lake today and the boats were moving smoothly.
Before dark, everyone arrived at Fucheng successfully.
Without Mo Jiuye's orders, Liang Hao and several brothers hid behind the team.
Tang Mingrui was also worried about his family, so he said goodbye to Mo Jiuye and left the team.
The exile team spent the night repairing in Fucheng.
Before departure, He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye asked for leave from Peng Wang again, planning to go to the city to buy a mule cart.
It is said that buying a mule carriage actually means taking out the mules in the space and putting them into a new carriage.
A group of people and a mule cart once again set foot on the road to the northwest.
We encountered no further troubles on the way, and finally arrived in the northwest half a month later.
The city gate of Yuncheng is a bit dilapidated, and the two officers and soldiers guarding the city look lazy and without any energy.
As long as there are no special circumstances, people entering and leaving Yuncheng will not be interrogated by officers and soldiers.
Especially when they saw the escort officer coming with people, it was no surprise to those officers and soldiers.
They just glanced at each other lazily and continued to chat.
There is a certain process to go through when escorting prisoners to their destination.
First, the official mission will take the prisoners to the Yamen for registration. After all their names are recorded, the local government will be responsible for issuing new household registrations to them.
The household registration of exiled prisoners is rather special. The piece of paper with their identity will be marked with the word "exile" and then stamped with the local seal.
Such household registration is limited to movement within Yun City. If someone sneaks out of the city and is found with the two characters marked on their household registration, the government will immediately capture the person, beat them fifty times, and send them back to Yun City.
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This was a method used by the imperial court to restrict the movement of exiled people.
In addition, in order to prevent the exiles from sneaking out of the city, the government will send special personnel to the homes of the exiles every half month to conduct inspections.
Once someone is found sneaking away, the whole family, regardless of gender, old or young, will be punished with twenty boards.
Not only that, the government will immediately issue a wanted notice to arrest the escaped person.
In short, after arriving here, without a special decree from the emperor, they would end up here forever.
Peng Wang entered Yuncheng with ease and took a group of people directly to the county government office.
As a result, the gatekeeper informed me that the county magistrate here had just been transferred and the new magistrate had not arrived yet.
The matter of accepting these prisoners will be temporarily left to Cui County Cheng.
Peng Wang felt dizzy when he heard this.
He was relatively familiar with the situation here. The county magistrate was a money-minded and lustful man.
Asking Cui Xiancheng to take over the reception would probably cause a lot of trouble for the Mo family.