Chapter 125: Arriving Soon, Chenzhou Situation

The silver bills found by the escorts confirmed that they had indeed stolen the captain's money. The remaining female members of the Jiang family did not dare to make a fuss and quickly dug a big pit to bury the two brothers.

An hour later, the exile team set off again. They would reach Chenzhou in three days at most. This mission was particularly difficult. Zhao Shan and Lao Zhou both wanted to get rid of it quickly, and urged everyone to hurry on their way.

"Rest here tonight."

Three days later, the exile team entered the territory of Chenzhou, but had not yet reached the provincial capital. Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhao Shan had to give up the decision to rush directly to the provincial capital and ordered the team to rest on the spot.

Recently they had gotten used to camping outdoors in the wilderness, and when they heard that they could rest, everyone sat down on the spot. As usual, Shen Xiangwan took out medicine to drive away snakes, insects, rats and ants and scattered it on the ground. Zhao Yuping and her daughter and the women of the Yan family quickly took out pots and pans and prepared to cook today's dinner. In order to replenish everyone's strength, Qingying once again took the two guards into the woods.

"We should be able to reach the state capital early tomorrow, right?"

Recently, she no longer needed to cook, and Shen Xiangwan was too lazy to join in the fun. She took the cub and sat with Wei Chengyi in front of the fire lit by the guards. After three whole months, the time was finally coming.

"Ah."

Nodding, Wei Chengyi poked the fire and continued, "We have to go to the prefecture to register first, and then the prefecture's household registration officer will assign us to the next village to settle down. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be settled in Yong'an Village, Datong County."

In their previous lives, none of them made it to Chenzhou alive, but many members of the Wei family settled in Yong'an Village. There shouldn't be much difference in this life. Even if there is, he will find a way to transfer to Yong'an Village. His people have already been arranged there, and as long as they go to Yong'an Village, they can settle down directly.

"how do you know?"

Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but feel a little confused. Where they settled should be out of control, right?

"Want to know?"

Raising his eyebrows, Wei Chengyi leaned close to her and whispered, "This involves my secret. If you want to know, you can exchange it with your secret."

"Haven't you heard? Women with secrets are more attractive."

Raising her hand to push his face away, Shen Xiangwan smiled slyly.

"hehe···"

Wei Chengyi couldn't help laughing, and reached out to hold her hand very naturally: "I do know a lot of things that you don't know. I'll tell you when I have time. As for our settlement in Yong'an Village, I'm just guessing, and I'm only 80% sure."

Whether she was willing to tell him or not, he didn't mind letting her know what her secret was. He was reborn, but it was obviously not appropriate to say that now. He would tell her slowly when he had the chance in the future.

"Okay, we'll know tomorrow where we'll be settled. Tell me about the situation in Chenzhou."

Shen Xiangwan didn't hesitate. To her, it didn't matter where she settled. What she wanted to know more was about Chenzhou. In the next few years, they would take root here.

"Ah."

Holding her hand, Wei Chengyi looked at the fire in front of him and said slowly: "Chenzhou is the westernmost prefecture of the Tianqi Dynasty. Outside the Great Wall is a vast grassland that has been invaded by nomadic peoples all year round. Taizu and Taizong have tried to wipe them out, but all of them have returned in failure. This is because they live in the grassland all year round and have no fixed place to live. The army cannot accurately locate their position at all. Moreover, the grassland outside the Great Wall is extremely large, and there is no end at a glance. After the army enters, they can't even tell the directions of east, south, west and north, let alone chasing after those nomadic peoples. Over time, the court became too lazy to care, and the people suffered terribly." In addition, most nomadic peoples are good at riding and shooting, and almost everyone is a natural cavalryman, while most of the Tianqi Dynasty are infantry, and there are not even good horse breeds, let alone cavalry. The soldiers guarding the western border are also the smallest in the army of various places, with only 50,000 people, and there are many old, weak and disabled soldiers, so it is difficult to form a truly effective combat effectiveness.

"Are you too lazy to care?"

Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but frown. Did the imperial court allow those nomadic tribes to break into the interior of the country and burn, kill, and rob? Did they completely disregard the lives of the people? Aren't they afraid that one day the nomadic tribes would march straight in, occupy all the cities, and attack the imperial city?

"Ah."

Knowing why she frowned, Wei Chengyi couldn't help but sigh: "Almost every spring, nomadic tribes would break through the border. The three counties on the border of Chenzhou were often the first to suffer. Therefore, most of the exiles gathered in those three counties. There was also an exile camp, which was also set up in Dayuan County. Every time the nomadic tribes broke through the border, the exiles would be charged into the army as the vanguard to resist them. Needless to say, they were often the ones who died the fastest."

"is it?"

It seems that the situation in Chenzhou is more complicated and difficult than she had imagined.

Shen Xiangwan exhaled deeply, and raised his eyes again after a moment: "What about Uncle Yan and the others?"

They were exiles and were going to be sent to a exile camp.

"Well, they will not go to the provincial capital with us tomorrow, but will go directly to the Dayuan County exile camp. Don't worry, I will find a way to get them out in the shortest possible time."

Tightening his hand around hers, Wei Chengyi said firmly.

"Don't be so anxious. Take care of yourselves first. We don't have elderly people or children to burden us, so we should be able to hold on for a short period of time."

Yan Lang who heard their conversation suddenly came over, he also knew that they would be separated tomorrow. If it weren't for their care along the way, few of them would be able to arrive here alive. Moreover, Shen Xiangwan also saved his life. He was grateful to them from the bottom of his heart and didn't want to see them fall into danger in order to save him.

"I know what's going on, Uncle Yan, just rest assured, I will rescue you as soon as possible."

Meeting his eyes, Wei Chengyi was unusually serious. He died too early in his previous life, and as a soul, he was powerless to do anything when he saw Jun Ling and the others suffer. In this life, he would not let the tragedy happen again and would definitely protect them.

"You."

After looking at him deeply for a while, Yan Lang sighed helplessly: "Okay, I'll wait for you to rescue us, but Cheng Yi, you must take care of yourself first!"

Yan Lang's words were sincere and heartfelt. He was also a good friend of Wei Chengyi's father. He had witnessed how Wei Chengyi and his brother Wei Chengming had dominated the army and achieved great success. Now that Wei Chengming had died in battle, only Wei Chengyi and Wei Chenghe were left in the eldest branch of the Wei family. He just hoped that they were all well.

"Ah."

Knowing that no matter how much he said, it would not be as good as actually doing it, Wei Chengyi said no more. Instead, Shen Xiangwan, who was sandwiched between them, rolled her eyes, as if she had thought of something, but she did not say it immediately. Qingying and the others came back with the prey, so she simply took the little cub to help, leaving space for the two friends who would be separated tomorrow.

【End of this chapter】

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