The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 144 The current appearance of the provincial capital

On the way back to the provincial capital, everyone was full of anticipation. On the way, they were worried and happy at the same time, talking and laughing, but when they arrived at the gate of the provincial capital in the middle of the afternoon, everyone's mood became heavier and heavier.

The North City Gate was the exit from here on the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city had disappeared without a trace; but today, there are obviously many more officers and soldiers guarding the gate, and there are not many people entering the city. Individuals were interrogated for a long time before entering the city.

Before the Japanese pirates came, it was enough to go to the city to see the guide, but after experiencing the Japanese invasion, not everyone remembers to lead the guide when they escape, so now everyone has to ask a few more questions.

Perhaps it was the experience of the previous two Japanese invasions. When the elder brother and his family fled, they all remembered to bring guides. As soon as the carriage stopped, they all got out of the carriage and queued up to enter the city.

"Sister, did you lead the way when you left that day?" Li Xiaoxin got off the carriage and asked his sister, "If you have a guide, you can save a few questions."

"Bring it, brother, you go to line up first, my husband and I will be here soon!" Li Xiaodao replied with a smile.

"That's okay, I'll go there first." After saying that, Li Xiaoxin also followed the family in front of him to line up.

Li Xiaodao took off the clothes covering the small bamboo basket, revealing the small wooden box containing the silver, and then smiled at Xianggong.

Pei Zhiqi watched as the lady opened the wooden box, and then took out two roads.

"My husband's and mine are here, together with the silver," Li Xiaodao said with some pride.

When Baima Village went to Fucheng for the first time, Xianggong explained in detail the function of the road guide, and Li Xiaodao regarded it as an ID card and put it together with valuables.

"When a lady encounters trouble, don't worry about it," Pei Zhiqi smiled, took his guide from Li Xiaodao, and then the two got out of the carriage one after the other, and followed behind to line up to enter the city.

When queuing up, Li Xiaodao saw that there were still some people who were not allowed to enter, and seemed to be interrogated again, looking very strict.

"Xianggong..." Li Xiaodao was a little worried, she frowned, wouldn't she be unable to return home today?
"There is a way to guide you, so don't worry," Pei Zhiqi reassured his wife.

Fortunately, as Xianggong said, when the officers and soldiers who interrogated Lu Yin saw Lu Yin, they only asked what street and alley they lived in the provincial capital, and what they did for a living. When Li Xiaodao took out the waist card given by Wan Yushan, the officers and soldiers took a look There was no further interrogation, and he was released directly.

Li Xiaodao breathed a sigh of relief, and joined his elder brother and his family at the gate of the North City Gate. Everyone got on the carriage and cart again, and then drove back. It would take a while to walk from the North City Gate to Linjin Street in the southeast direction. Woolen cloth.

The road is still the same, but the scene on both sides of this road is quite different from that when I escaped that day.

The people in the city have only escaped for twenty days, and the city is already devastated.The officers and soldiers on the main street should have cleaned it up briefly, but there are still some furniture, blankets and quilts stolen from unknown people on both sides of the road, and there are food and drinks scattered on the road, wine jars and wine glasses, looking like a smog There are even spiky green grasses popping out from the cracks in the stone slabs of the road. Occasionally, there are groups of wild cats and dogs jumping up and down in the debris pile, looking for food, and there are a few barking cats and dogs.

Even some corners of the city are still emitting green smoke. I don’t know which families have suffered misfortune. The houses have been burned to ashes by Japanese pirates, and the lingering smoke can not be extinguished for a long time.

From time to time, screams and cries, as well as swearing, could be heard from somewhere. It should be that the people who came back earlier were cleaning up the almost ruined houses.

After entering the city, there was no one talking or laughing in the carriage or cart. Everyone couldn't laugh at the scene. Even the always funny brother kept his face sullen and silent, and the guys were quiet.

Li Xiaodao tightly grasped Xianggong's hand, she turned her head into the carriage, not daring to look at the side of the street, for fear of seeing unclaimed corpses on the side of the road after turning into an alley.

Pei Zhiqi remained silent, his hands were tightly held by the lady.

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No matter how much he was afraid of facing it, he would eventually reach home, and the carriage stopped in front of the medical hall.

Li Xiaoxin sighed heavily, jumped out of the carriage without saying a word, and then took his wife out of the carriage.

Li Xiaodao and Xianggong sat in the carriage, and they could only get out after their elder brother and sister-in-law got off the carriage.

As a result, Xianggong just got out of the carriage and was reaching out to pick him up when his sister-in-law scolded him angrily.

"The Japanese pirates who killed thousands of knives! They smashed open the doors and smashed the windows! Oh, these shameless robbers! They should be caught in the Yamen and beheaded one by one! These medicinal materials of mine! Even the medicine cabinets are smashed for me It’s broken! You said that this plaque was hung so high, and you insisted on tearing it down and smashing it to pieces. These robbers really killed thousands of knives! Oh, I’m so mad!..."

Hearing his sister-in-law's voice, Li Xiaodao looked up at Xianggong, who was still so calm, looking at him tenderly.

"Come down, it's okay, let's go home and take a look," Pei Zhiqi said to the lady.

"En", Li Xiaodao nodded, then grabbed Xianggong's hand and got out of the carriage.

As soon as Pei Zhiqi and Li Xiaodao got off the carriage, they saw a young man rushing out from the alley.

"Miss Li! Miss Li! And Pei Xiucai!" It was Xiao Xizi, who waved and shouted as he ran.

Li Xiaodao hurriedly waved his hand in response: "Xiao Xizi!" Then he walked towards the alley with his husband.

Xiao Xizi didn't stop until she ran up to her, and said excitedly to Li Xiaodao: "The master asked me to come and see you every day for a few days, saying that you should be back soon, I didn't expect to see you today!"

Li Xiaodao hurriedly said: "Boss Wan is in such a hurry to find me, is there something urgent? Another boat from another group of people has entered the port so soon?"

Xiao Xizi quickly shook her head: "No, no! The master has been ordering people to sort out the list of looted goods for the past few days, and the Japanese pirates seemed to be heading for the three ships that had just been loaded, and they were almost emptied. The master was almost so angry Fainted, lying on the chair every day, and invited the master acupuncture and massage, don't worry about it! He asked me to see what you need to help here, and let me clean it up for you!"

Li Xiaodao smiled at Xiao Xizi and said, "Thank you for your hard work! I'll go back and have a look first, I don't know what's going on at home now."

After finishing speaking, the three of them walked towards the alley together.

As he walked, Xiao Xizi saw Boss Wan's white horse with a cart, and said in surprise, "Baby! Why is the baby here!"

Li Xiaodao asked suspiciously, "Baby?"

Xiao Xizi pointed to the white horse and said, "This is the owner's favorite horse, named Baobao! How could it..."

Pei Zhiqi replied: "Boss Wan lent me this horse during the Japanese Invasion, and said he would return it to him after the Japanese Insurgency subsided. Now is just right, please help me return this horse to Boss Wan."

"So that's how it is." Xiao Xizi nodded, "Okay! No problem! I'll take it back tonight. Today I also brought the carriage used by Miss Li."

When the three of them walked to the side door in the alley of his elder brother's house, Li Xiaodao asked Xiao Xizi to go to his elder brother's house to help clean up and settle the horses, and then he and his husband continued to walk a few steps to the door of his house.

(End of this chapter)