Chapter 166 Return to Jinling (Part 1)
"It's so cold. I muttered and said in a trembling voice, "I almost froze to death."
"Young Master, let's go up." The old man picked up Zhou San at this time and dragged his wet clothes on his way up.
Wang Xian looked at the still flickering lantern and said slowly: "It seems that we must choose a way to go. Now there is night as a cover. It is a great time for us to walk. If we wait until dawn, the officers and soldiers will definitely show us."
The old man responded and then frowned, "Where has the lady been?"
Wang Xian also had a sudden thought. Although he believed that Hong Ya had great abilities, would Hong Ya be seen and caught by them just now?
"Ya Gu." Naughty suddenly called out: "We are here."
Wang Xian and his men were stunned and saw a gentle voice: "There are many officers and soldiers and they are divided into several teams to search separately. I didn't have time to come back just now, fortunately you are all fine."
"It's good that you're fine." Wang Xian smiled and said, "Don't say anything anymore, let's go."
At this time, he hurriedly said, "How can we walk when our clothes are wet? Grandpa Qi, have you brought your clothes here? Take them out and change them for us."
The old man was slightly stunned at this time and then smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that I only brought a few of your old clothes in a hurry. You can take them and replace them."
"Then I won't change it." At this time, Naughty said: "You are all wet clothes, and I don't change clothes alone!"
Wang Xian laughed and said, "You little kid's house is most likely to catch a cold. Don't compare with us adults to go change your clothes."
The old man also said kindly: "Go and change it and we'll leave.
Wang Xian turned around and said to Hong Ya: "I guess we may go to a small county and town after dawn. Then the government may have posted a notice."
Hong Ya hesitated for a moment before saying, "Did you hide in the pool just now? Are your clothes cold?"
After she finished speaking, she felt a little nonsense. After all, the cold wind in Qiuye was blowing her, not to mention that he was wearing wet clothes, but she had no choice but to do anything about them. After all, they are still running away now.
Wang Xian waved his hand and said, "You can't say anything more now, so hurry up and go quickly. Be careful along the way. After all, the officers and soldiers are by our side, so they must not be seen by them."
Hong Ya nodded and followed the pool with Wang Xian and others and then quietly walked around here and went straight toward the path.
They didn't speak, they were all focused on walking, and they could hear shouts from time to time along the way, which made them startle, which made them start to think that the officers and soldiers had come. Until dawn first appeared, the few people felt like they had survived a disaster.
That night, Wang Xian and the old man were all wearing wet clothes and were blown by the cool breeze. However, as he walked, he felt a little numb and there was no feeling. However, Wednesday's condition became even worse. After all, he had been in a coma and was soaked in cold water last night and then after the cool breeze, his forehead was scary and his face became extremely rosy, which made Wang Xian and others quite worried, but there was no way.
The few people ate the remaining steamed buns in the morning breeze and continued to move forward until at noon, a long river suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, extending like a line.
"We're finally here." Wang Xian breathed a sigh of relief and sneezed again and said happily: "After you arrive on the other side of the river, you will be not far from Jinling."
Hong Ya looked at the river and said slowly: "I can't see clearly from here, but I think there may be officers and soldiers in this river, and we may not be able to get through it."
Wang Xianyi smiled and said, "This kind of river can definitely pass through."
He took a few steps and said immediately: "Let's go find a boat. Many of the families living along the river have small boats. We can just find a family to cross the river."
"Be careful that the officers and soldiers set up traps." Hong Ya said in a deep voice: "If there are officers and soldiers pretending to be ship owners, wouldn't we fall into their hands? Or delivered to the door."
Wang Xian thought about it and said, "Let's go and have a look first."
As he said that, he walked towards the river below, Hong Ya and the others hurriedly followed him until they approached a small house before they began to observe in secret.
There was obviously a river farmer here. There was an old man with dark skin sitting on a small stool basking in the sun. There were two children playing with Wang Xian and the others watched for a long time before they walked over and spoke to the old man.
However, the old man's words were really hard to understand. After Wang Xian said it for a long time, the old man was still confused. He looked at Wang Xian and the others dressed like ordinary families and did not dare to neglect them, so he tried hard to say something, but Wang Xian couldn't understand a single word.
Fortunately, someone could understand the old man who had been carrying Wednesday on his back and said, "We want to cross the river, can you transport us over?"
He has lived in Yangzhou for many years and is very familiar with this kind of Yangzhou-style speech. After hearing this, the old man nodded quickly and explained to the two children behind him, then walked barefoot from the door with a barefoot towards the river.
The old man signaled Wang Xian and the others to go up first, then untied the rope, jumped up and then paddled the oars.
At noon, the river surface was covered with silver light, and the river was not very wide. The old man was paddling and saying something to Wang Xian and the others, but his words were difficult to understand. Wang Xian could only respond with a "um" sound, but he could also take a few words to say with a smile.
After a while, Wang Xian took out his clothes and found that he was penniless. He immediately looked at Hong Ya, but Hong Ya shook her head and obviously had no money to carry with him.
The old man put Wednesday on the ground and then fumbled for his luggage but couldn't find any money. He was about to say something, but he heard Naughty smile and took out a handful of copper coins from his clothes and said to the old man: "How much does Grandpa want?"
Wang Xian and Hong Ya looked at each other and then smiled. Unexpectedly, all the adults had no money on them and Naughty actually brought some copper coins.
After they parted with the old man, they walked forward without any slowness and quickly. At this time, the clothes were dry and the sun was warm. After more than an hour, they found that there was a small town in front of them.
Chapter completed!