Chapter 62 Encountering Soldiers
The army on tall horses rode over from the opposite side, with black flags, red borders, and the word "ling" embroidered in yellow in the middle.
The flags fluttered in the wind, and the light cavalry of about a hundred people stopped when they saw the large army on the opposite side.
Lin Lizheng, Lin Benshu, Lin Youcai, and Tao Mingyuan had just said a few words when they saw the team stopped in front of them. They had to take the initiative to walk forward and greet them.
Lin Lizheng faced the leading cavalryman, knelt down and said, "Hello, General."
Lin Benshu followed his father and knelt down to greet him.
Lin Youcai and Tao Mingyuan bowed and greeted each other.
Seeing them coming over to say hello, the soldier sitting on the horse's expression eased a little.
Cavalry: "Who are you? Where are you going with so many people? Why don't you two kneel down?"
"My lord, we have both passed the examination to become scholars. According to the laws of the Dahuan Dynasty, we can meet officials without kneeling." Lin Youcai said as he took out his household registration, scholar documents, and travel permit and handed them over.
Tao Mingyuan also hurriedly took it out and handed it over.
"Sir, we are from Nanlin Village in Nan County. Our hometown was in trouble and we had to leave our homeland to seek a way out." Lin Lizheng stood up and took out the household registration and village head documents from his pocket and handed them over. "I am the village head of Nanlin Village, and this is my household registration and documents."
The trooper leaned over and took them all, inspected them carefully, and then handed them back. "Where are you going?"
The three men took the household registration documents, folded them carefully, and put them back in their arms.
Lin Lizheng said with a sad face: "The old man doesn't know! We have been fleeing all the way. Wherever we go, we will stay wherever we can settle down."
The cavalryman stopped talking nonsense with him and took out a stack of portraits from his arms, shaking them out to show the four people, "Have you seen these people along the way?"
The four people came closer to take a look and saw a stack of paper portraits in the cavalryman's hand.
After looking at each one, I drew the next one and showed it to them. When I drew the last one, the four of them still shook their heads and said they had never seen it.
The cavalryman folded the portrait, put it back in his arms, and drew his sword. "You'd better tell the truth. My sword has no eyes."
Lin Lizheng hurriedly said, "General! General! We have really never seen him before!"
Lin Youcai stepped forward and said, "General, we have never seen the person in your portrait before! We have been traveling these days and have seen a passerby. We think it is very strange and don't know why!"
Tao Mingyuan: "General, we have been traveling for the past few days and have not seen any other passers-by! Not to mention the person in your portrait! We have been following the official road all the way and have no idea where we are going."
Lin Youcai suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Yesterday morning, I did meet three people. An old man was pushing a cart with two children. He said he was afraid of danger on the road, so he gave us a bag of food and wanted to travel with us."
The other three looked at him in confusion. What does this have to do with the person in the portrait? There's no need to talk about it. What if these military masters cause trouble? What should we do?
A man on horseback came up from behind, "My lord has ordered a search of your team!"
Lin Lizheng said anxiously: "Sir, we are just ordinary people fleeing for our lives! This... this..." There are old and young women and children in the team...
The other three were shocked and looked anxious.
Lin Youcai felt his heart pounding, and told himself to calm down, calm down, and that impulsiveness was useless. This was a light cavalry, all equipped with swords, and killing a team of more than 300 people was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.
"Have your troops stand on one side and their vehicles on the other side to make it easier for us to search." The cavalry pointed at Lin Lizheng and gave the order.
Lin Lizheng was about to say something, but Lin Youcai pulled him and the four of them walked back.
The cavalrymen who were to watch them look at the portrait followed behind them on horseback.
Lin Lizheng was at a loss, so he picked up the gong and struck it, asking the people in the car to get off and stand aside.
Lin Benshu explained a few words as he walked, and everyone saw the tall and strong soldiers with swords on the opposite side, and they honestly did what the head of the village said.
Lin Youcai knocked on the car window, said a few words quickly, and asked the people in the car to get out.
I’m afraid that this RV cannot be saved today, and it’s even a question of whether we can save our lives.
Men, women, old and young stood aside, with their heads lowered and faces filled with fear and trepidation.
Those in the team who have knives and daggers hide them on their bodies day and night. It is even easier to hide things now that it is cold.
I have imagined this situation before. In troubled times, it is inevitable to encounter bandits and the army. Lin Youcai brainwashed everyone and told them that if they were not allowed to live, they would perish together. Killing one would be a profit, and they would never be lambs to be slaughtered!
Everyone lowered their heads, wondering if they were really searching or if they were planning to rob and kill.
Wei Qinnan held her daughter Daya tightly, while Daya looked at Wu Gouzi and Wu Goudan, who were shorter than her, and glanced around. Old man Wu looked ahead quietly.
Twenty cavalrymen dismounted from their horses, each holding a portrait, and compared the portraits, looking at each face.
Those who covered their faces had to take off their veils. Although all these women were from farm families and didn't care about showing their faces in public, they looked very unhappy when being stared at by men from other places, but there was nothing they could do.
Lin Zisu clenched the dagger in her right hand, and she said that she had been unlucky recently! It’s not over yet!
Lin Xianwen thought about his sister’s RV. It’s over, it’s over. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to get through this hurdle today.
More than 300 people were compared, and none of them matched the person in the portrait.
They started checking the cars, more than ten cars, with several people checking each one. The RV was in the front, and they arrived at the RV in the blink of an eye.
The Lin family swallowed nervously, watching the soldiers standing beside the RV. Shen Xianglan felt that she couldn't breathe well and became uncomfortable.
The cavalry felt that the Lin family's gaze was too intense and abnormal, so they pointed at Lin Youcai and said, "Come here, what is this thing covered with straw curtains? There are no animals pulling it in front!"
Lin Youcai took a deep breath and said, "Sir, this is a broken carriage. It's where we sleep at night! It's empty, not heavy, and connected to the oxcart in front."
The cavalry drew their sabers: "Open!!!"
Lin Youcai reluctantly lifted the straw curtain, his mind racing, thinking about what story he could make up to get through today.
Unexpectedly, what appeared before my eyes was a crude "carriage" made of wooden boards. It was a little wrong to call it a carriage, because the bottom was made of wooden boards, and a rectangular wooden frame covered the board, and the wooden frame was covered with straw mats, and the four sides were covered with straw mats.
What a shabby carriage...
Lin Youcai was extremely shocked and tried hard to control his expression.
The soldier looked at the empty and dilapidated carriage and knew at a glance that they had done it themselves. They were not lying. He put down the straw mat and walked to the back carriage.
After spending more than half an hour, they didn't find anything they were looking for. The leading soldier went to report, and soon all the cavalrymen who were searching mounted their horses, and the entire light cavalry team galloped away in a cloud of dust.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the cavalry go away!
After quickly packing up the messy luggage, the team set off immediately and accelerated their journey!