She Doesn’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

   Chapter 592

  Next is a long and boring journey.

  Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.

  Originally, Li Ji planned to take Man Man and his son to eat moon cakes and admire the lanterns this year, and spend the festival in a happy and round reunion.

  But at this moment, he can only look at the team in front of him from a distance, can't get close, and is reluctant to leave.

  Li Xun has been sent back to Tianjing by him.

  Originally, the kid was reluctant to leave, crying and making trouble. If he were not too young to beat Li Ji, he might really have a big fight with his father.

  In the end, Li Ji suppressed him forcibly, threw him on the horseback, and sent him away.

  So far, Li Ji can still remember the heart-piercing cry of the kid before he left--

   "If you don't bring your mother back, I won't recognize you as a dad!"

  Li Ji naturally wants to bring Manman back.

  Even if the man who kidnapped Manman is his father, he will not let it go.

  Having been on the road every day recently, Hua Long couldn’t tell which eve is today, so that she didn’t know that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming.

  When they finally entered Longdong County, it was already Lidong.

  Unlike Tianjing, Longdong County is located in the southeast. In winter, it hardly snows, but the temperature is still very low.

Hua Manman has changed into a thick coat, her hands are in her sleeves, she is wearing a heavy cloak, her head is covered by a hood, her mouth and nose are also hidden in her collar, only a pair of big watery eyes are exposed. .

  The cold breeze makes it inconvenient to burn a fire.

  They can only eat dry food with cold water.

  Flower Manman eats while listening to Ayi's words.

  "According to our investigation, Yu Wang hasn't appeared in front of people for a long time.

  I don't know if it is really serious and inconvenient to see people, or if he is already dead.

  The Royal Palace is now in power by Lu Kai.

  He not only took over the Southern Army of Fifty Thousand Town under the command of the King Yu, but also conscripted in Longdong County.

  In addition, Lu Wanjing, the second lady of the Royal Palace’s Great House, also formed a team.

  They have been frequently active in Longdong County recently and have had many conflicts with people under Lu Kai's hands. It seems that Lu Wanjing is planning to play against Lu Kai. "

  Lu Kai was in power in Hua Manman's expectation, but what she didn't expect was that Lu Wanjing also appeared at this time.

  In her impression, Lu Wanjing has always been silent and unfriendly to her. She is a little girl with an awkward personality, and now she has her own power.

  This is really amazing!

  Li Liao looked at her: "Are you going to meet your sister for a while?"

  Hua Manman shook his head and said that he could not go.

  Don’t say that she is a fake, even if she is really Lu Jingjing’s sister, because of the bad relationship between their sisters, Lu Jingjing will most likely not buy her.

  Why should she be boring herself?

  Li Liao did not force it, and ate the steamed buns left in his hand in two bites.

"lets go."

  A group of people continue on their way.

  In order to avoid being caught, they broke up the team after entering the territory of Longdong County.

  They agreed to meet in Lingxi City in five days.

  Lingxi City is the location of Yuwangfu.

  Now Hua Manman and Li Liao are on their way to Lingxi City.

  They pretend to be a caravan coming here to purchase goods. The whole team is about 70 people.

  On the way, you will inevitably encounter government investigations. Li Liao claims that he is the owner of the caravan and Hua Manman is his son.

  Not everyone in the local government has seen the prince of honour, even if someone has seen it, they are all far away, and they can hardly see the five senses.

  At this time, Hua Manman was wrapped up and down like a big bear, with only a pair of eyes exposed, no one recognized her at all.

  In addition, Li Liao gave the money very happily, so they passed the interrogation smoothly.

  The carriage is walking on the official road.

  Flower Manman looked out of the car window and saw that many people were carrying their bags and dragging their families on the road, and all of them were in a hurry. They looked worried, as if a tiger was chasing them behind.

  It didn't take long for them to leave, and they were stopped by another checkpoint.

  The officers and soldiers were sitting next to the checkpoint with their sabers. Every pedestrian who walked down this road had to be checked, and the tolls had to be paid according to the number of people.

  This is already the fourth level they encountered today.

  It is normal to have relevant cards on the official road, but the levels will not appear so frequently.

  Even Hua Manman noticed something was wrong, and Li Liao naturally noticed it.

  Ayi stepped forward to give those officers and soldiers a close-knit suit.

  The officers and soldiers didn't want to ignore him, until he secretly stuffed a silver ingot into the officers and soldiers.

  The officer and soldier weighed the weight of the silver for a while, and the sharp color on his face disappeared, replaced by a happy smile.

  Next is the harmonious scene of the government and the people.

  However, as soon as their caravan left, those officers and soldiers returned to their impatient expressions, yelling five and six at the people passing by, urging the other party to quickly pay the toll.

  Hua Manman put his head out of the car window, looked back, and saw an old man being kicked to the ground by officers and soldiers.

  The old man did not dare to resist. After being kicked a few times, he got up and ignored the pain. He kowtowed to the officers and soldiers quickly, begging them to raise their precious hands and let his family go over.

  However, instead of letting go, the officers and soldiers arrested the gray-haired old man and prepared to send him to the barracks.

  Behind the old man was the old woman with two children. The three cried and wanted to hold the old man, but they were knocked on the back of the head by the officers and soldiers, and collapsed to the ground with pain.

  The carriage went further and further.

  Those crying and shouting became blurred until they disappeared completely.

  Similar images, Hua Manman has seen it more than once.

  Almost every level will happen near this kind of thing.

  Those people who can't pay tolls can only be stopped outside the checkpoint. No matter they cry and plead, the officers and soldiers are indifferent.

  If there is a lot of noise, it will provoke a severe beating.

  The reason is that after Lu Kai took power, he ordered a large number of conscriptions.

  Originally, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the conscription only accepted males over the age of fourteen and under forty with sound limbs. There were also some special circumstances, such as the only child in the family and those with meritorious fame can also be exempted from military service.

  However, the number of conscriptions requested by Lu Kai was too large, and in order to complete the task targets, local officials began to arrest people by all means.

  It doesn't matter whether he is old or young, it doesn't matter whether he is the only seedling in three generations or not, it doesn't matter whether he has fame or not.

  As long as it is a man, everyone has to be arrested and charged into the barracks.

  This not only caused many wives to disperse, but also caused another bad consequence——

  At this time, it was the autumn harvest season, but because all the males in the family were taken away by the government, there were only a few old and weak women and children left in every household. They could not complete the harvest due to their physical strength, but many wheat and rice were rotten in the ground.

  This also means that all of their hard work for a year was in vain.

  (End of this chapter)