As soon as we entered Lingnan, we could see mountains everywhere, large and small. The dark green mountains were lush and green, and occasionally we could see a few steep stone mountains. After walking for two more days,
Until they entered Liangzhou City, it was not as prosperous as they had imagined. Although there were many shops on the streets, there were not many pedestrians on the streets. People who occasionally passed by had unfriendly faces.
The hardships along the way made them forget that Liangzhou City in the south of Lingnan was a place specially designed to accept refugees. It was called a place to open up wasteland and build a city. In fact, it was a concentration camp for those criminals. Although it was under the jurisdiction of the government, they were not allowed to kill and steal goods, but they bullied men and dominated women. It's everywhere.
In addition, the land of Lingnan is surrounded by mountains, and there is not much land that can be cultivated. The harvest of the people is simply not enough to feed the family. The mountains are full of wild beasts and poisonous insects. What is even more terrifying is the miasma of the swamp. Even those vicious criminals No one dared to go hunting in the mountains, let alone ordinary people.
As soon as they approached the city gate, the defenders on the city noticed the deportation team and the convoy behind them. They had never seen such a deportation team before. The soldiers felt strange and came over to watch the excitement. The commander of the guards patrolling the city gate. Cheng Jingtang frowned slightly.
In fact, it is better to say that they are city defenders than to look at these prisoners who were sent here. Although Lingnan is the junction of the Three Kingdoms, it is surrounded by mountains, woods and swamps. There has been no war in decades. Emperor In order to save money, only 2,000 people were stationed here to deter the prisoners.
This Cheng Jingtang was once a fourth-rank general, and Nangong Yunteng was already a seventeen-year-old general with great military exploits at that time. He was not convinced and opposed Nangong Yunteng everywhere. They also had a dispute in the court because of the lack of etiquette in front of the palace. , was punished by the emperor with thirty military sticks. He lost all face and harbored a grudge. Later, because he was careless and often made mistakes, he was transferred to Lingnan to defend the city by the Dog Emperor.
Liu Quan took the prisoners directly to the Liangzhou government office. The Nangong family led by Su Niyue was at the end of the team. Fifty teenagers had no identity documents and were left in the carriage. They were waiting in line to change their identity documents. At that moment, two people came towards them.
When these two people saw Nangong Yunteng, they bowed and saluted: "I respectfully welcome the prince and princess!"
Su Niyue was a little surprised. She didn't expect Nangong Yunteng to be so calm and didn't mention it along the way. He had already sent someone to Lingnan to take care of him.
"This is Bai Lu and Shuang Sheng, my personal guards. I sent them out on our wedding day." Nangong Yunteng introduced them to Su Niyue.
"Oh, hello!"
"My subordinate has met the princess!"
"How's the arrangement going?" Nangong Yunteng knew that Su Niyue couldn't handle it, so he quickly changed the subject.
"It has been arranged. We can return to the village after we change the identity documents!"
"How is the house being built?"
"Well, the village is not that big. We have only built a few temporary houses. I thought that when the prince and princess come, we can choose a new place to build houses!"
"Yeah, okay!"
Nangong Yunteng saw that Su Niyue had no objection, so he didn't say much.
When it was the Nangong family's turn to exchange identity documents, Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang found the Yamen servant first, gave each of them ten taels of silver, and successfully completed the procedures and left the Yamen government office.
Su Niyue looked around as if she was looking for something, and suddenly heard a voice: "Sister Su!"
Su Niyue followed the sound and then smiled: "Three Tigers are looking for you!"
Liu Quan also followed: "Girl Niyue, which village have you been assigned to?" The bearded men and several younger guards in the distance were waving to them, and Su Niyue also waved goodbye to them.
."Uncle Liu, we have been assigned to Taiping Village, but it seems that the land is not enough, but other villages are full, so we may have to find new land!"
"That's fine, you can just buy a piece of land and, as your prince, build a village."
"Well, let's go back and discuss it. When will you go back?"
"I'll go back after two days of rest!"
"Then, I will have someone deliver the oxcart to the inn for you tomorrow." Su Niyue still remembered the original promise.
Liu Quan's face turned red: "Hey, goodbye, we have benefited from you a lot along the way. You can keep the ox cart, it will definitely be used in the future."
"Okay, Uncle Liu, remember to come to us next time you come to Lingnan, and I'll treat you to something delicious!" Su Niyue turned around and loaded a bag of food into the carriage and stuffed it for Sanhu.
Sanhu chuckled, and it was his sister Su who understood him. "Okay, sister Su, I will definitely come to the house to bother you for a few days next time I come!"
"Well, it's a deal!"
Everyone laughed, and the whole family gathered around to say goodbye to the two father and son. Although they had only been together for a few months, they had experienced a lot together and had established a relationship, but they had to part ways.
After bidding farewell to Liu Quan and others, the Nangong family set foot on the road to Taiping Village. At this point, the road of exile was finally over, and what greeted them was a new beginning.
Taiping Village is less than thirty miles away from Liangzhou City. When the Nangong family arrived in Lingnan and changed their identity documents, they were no longer prisoners. They were common people and could buy land and build houses, but they didn't see any suitable land along the way. ground.
When Bai Lu and a group of people arrived at Taiping Village, Li Zheng from the village was already waiting at the entrance of the village. Since Bai Lu and Shuangjie arrived at Taiping Village, they have bought land and built houses.
Due to the lack of land, the villagers only had a few acres of thin farmland, and the annual output of the fields was simply not enough to feed the family. But after they came, they hired villagers to build houses, giving these villagers who had little income in the first place extra income. With the income, everyone can have a good year.
The Nangong family's motorcade entered the village in a mighty manner, and they discovered that the village was not very small, but it was very poor. Most of the families lived in thatched houses, and only a few families were built with mud.
When the villagers saw such a large motorcade coming, they all came out to watch the fun. Su Niyue opened a corner of the car curtain to take a look at the surrounding environment. But when she saw the villagers, she couldn't help but frown slightly. It was too poor here. The people in the village are all sallow and thin, their clothes are patchy and the color cannot be seen after washing.
Passing through the village, a courtyard appeared in front of us. Inside was a row of blue brick houses. Several people were standing at the door. When the motorcade was approaching the door, those standing people knelt down one after another.
"It's the housekeeper, Aunt Hui, and those maids and servants who were all servants of Prince Zhan's Mansion." Nangong Yunteng saw Su Niyue's inquiring look and answered her question.
"Weren't they betrayed?" Su Niyue was even more confused.
"It must have been Bai Lu and the others who came forward to buy it back!"
Su Niyue nodded clearly.
Seeing that the convoy had stopped, Su Niyue jumped out of the carriage, and Jiuwan followed suit. Nangong Yunteng had to continue to pretend to be disabled, so Liao Zhen carried him out of the carriage and put him in a wheelchair. The old lady and Ruan Mingyu behind him had already I walked over, wiping my tears as I walked.
"Greetings, Your Majesty and Princess." Although I was a little scared when I saw the tiger, I couldn't forget the etiquette.
"Old madam, madam, this old slave wishes you well!" Everyone trembled and greeted several masters.
"Okay, okay, get up quickly!"
"How did you get here?" Ruan Mingyu also had the same doubt.
"It was Bai Lu who escorted people to buy us back from the government and brought us to Lingnan!" the old housekeeper burst into tears.
"Old lady, come into the house!" Aunt Hui came over and helped the old lady.
