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Chapter VIII County Town

It was just dawn and mist was rising around.

Li Qingxuan walked less than a few hundred meters away and saw many people gathering from some small paths to the official roads and heading south together.

There are short men carrying loads, old men carrying firewood, and old women carrying vegetable baskets...

These people should be all the villagers in the surrounding area, so they rushed to the county town to make a living early.

Seeing that there were many people, Li Qingxuan felt much more at ease. He did not hide and walked alone on the side of the road.

The other pedestrians passed by him, and although they would look surprised, no one came over to chat with him, and no one cared about how he was so young.

The further south, the more people were pedestrians on the official road, and there were many fields on both sides of the road, but I didn’t see any crops.

Li Qingxuan knew that Nanzhou County should be not far ahead, so he was not anxious. In addition, he was sore all over and had injuries on his feet, so he walked very slowly.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

A donkey cart with a large bucket appeared in the official road ahead from the corner of the path in front.

Even if you are four or five meters away, you can smell the stench from the donkey cart, which also causes pedestrians around you to frown away from the donkey cart that appeared.

Li Qingxuan speeded up and chased after him.

The person who drove the bus was an old man, and there was a five or six-year-old child sitting next to him. He should be a pair of grandparents. The two talked and laughed, and looked kind-hearted.

He wanted to take a free ride and ask for directions by the way, but the other party would not refuse. There were so many pedestrians around him, so he didn't have to worry too much about his safety.

The nearly forty years of experience in his previous life made him know that this combination is very likely to be kind.

The donkey cart was not fast, and Li Qingxuan quickly chased after her with her short legs.

"Grandpa, grandpa."

The old man who drove the car stopped to chat with his grandson when he heard the sound. He looked beside him and found a dark-looking little doll looking at him, subconsciously pulling the rope pulling the donkey cart to slow down.

"Doll, what's wrong."

The young boy next to the old man also blinked his eyes and looked at Li Qingxuan curiously.

Li Qingxuan seemed a little shy and wanted to speak but stopped. Then he seemed to have courage and handed a dry cake to the old man: "Grandpa, my feet hurt when I walk. Can you take me for a ride?"

"Carry you?"

The old man looked at Li Qingxuan in confusion, glanced around again, and then realized: "Doll, are you alone? Where are the adults in the family?"

This world is not peaceful.

Such a small doll went out by herself, and she could not be abducted by her child.

Li Qingxuan spared his head: "Grandpa, my family has urgent matters to deal with. Because it is close to the county town, my parents are relieved to me, so I asked me to go to the city to find my uncle by myself, and they will go to the city later."

As the saying goes, a person becomes a spirit.

He said this, which meant that he was not in trouble, and he also implied that his family was nearby and that there were relatives in the city, so that the old man could be kind and kind.

Just pretending to be a child, Li Qingxuan, who was over 40 years old in his previous life, felt a little uncomfortable.

"That's how it is."

Seeing that Li Qingxuan spoke clearly and reasonably, he was indeed smart, he smiled and patted himself: "Okay, come up."

"Thank you, grandpa."

Li Qingxuan climbed onto the donkey cart flexibly, and then handed the dry cake to the old man's grandson.

The old man’s grandson probably hadn’t eaten yet. Although he was a little afraid of being alive, he still took the dried cakes handed over by Li Qingxuan and started eating them.

Seeing this, the old man looked at Li Qingxuan with a more kind look: "It's okay, it's okay, four or five miles away, just don't dislike me, the smell of the car that is so fragrant in the night."

"The doll is sitting firmly."

The old man shook the rope on his hand, and the old donkey shook his tail, and pulled the cart back through the road.

Li Qingxuan was worried that the old man would ask him, so he simply spoke up: "Grandpa, are you familiar with the county town?"

"Haha, it's so familiar. I've lived in the county for decades. I've been shuttled and back every day, and I can't be more familiar..."

It turned out that the old man did not go to the city to pick up Ye Lai Xiang, but sent these to the landlords' fields. Now he is finished and ready to go back.

Every day before dawn, he would go from street to street to collect incense from house to house. He was indeed very familiar with Nanzhou County.

Under the intentional or unintentional guidance of Li Qingxuan, the old man was very talkative and let him know a lot about Nanzhou County.

Although Nanzhou County is just a county, it has a prosperous business road and has gathered and supported many people due to its location in the north-south communication.

The entire county town is not counted as travelers, with more than 70,000 households and more than 300,000 people, and more than 20 villages and towns below. In this era of low productivity, it is very prosperous.

However, it seems that due to the disaster in the north, life in the county is not as good as before.

Four or five miles are not far away.

Before we knew it, a somewhat quaint city wall appeared in our sight.

The city wall is about three meters high, blue and black, with three large characters engraved, and two city gates are opened below, with pedestrians walking through the small gate, and chariots and horses walking through the main gate. Under the scolding of soldiers, not many people were in order.

"Baby, the county town is here. Where will your uncle live? If you go along, I'll send you there."

As the city gate approached, the old man pulled a slow donkey cart and turned to look at Li Qingxuan.

Li Qingxuan pretended to be recalled: "My father said that my uncle was working in Yingchun Tower and asked me to go to Yingchun Tower to find him."

"Yingchun Tower?"

When the old man heard this, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes, and he smiled stiffly, stopped talking, and did not mention anything that had been sent to Li Qingxuan in the past.

Li Qingxuan's heart skipped a beat.

Is there something wrong with Li Yisheng’s where he does things?

Before he entered the city, he was unwilling to show up, so he quickly pretended not to notice the old man was abnormal: "Yes, my uncle is there as a cook with others. By the way, grandpa, is there a restaurant?"

"Think...think."

When the old man heard that he was just a chef, his expression was a little nicer, and nodded perfunctorily: "Doll, I don't go there, but Yingchun Tower is only a few streets away from the north gate. You can go there later."

After saying that, he pretended to be concentrating on driving a donkey cart and stopped talking.

Li Qingxuan had no choice but to keep his doubts in his heart and turn to tease the old man's grandson.

The old man was very familiar with the gatekeepers. Although he looked at Li Qingxuan, he did not ask and allowed them to enter the city.

After entering the city, Li Qingxuan was put down at the corner of a street.

"Dog, go straight to here. After three intersections, you can see a particularly large courtyard building with many windows inside. There is Yingchun Building there."

After the old man finished speaking, he hurriedly drove the donkey cart and drove to the left along the city wall, looking like he didn't want to be involved with Yingchun Tower at all.

Looking at the back of the donkey cart leaving, Li Qingxuan sighed: "Is this Yingchun Tower a dragon and tiger den that makes people so scared?"

No matter what, Li Yisheng was the only clan member of his predecessor who knew his location, or his uncle with his body.

It is impossible for him not to contact.
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