After crossing the fields and following the Xiaoqing River upstream, Zhao Wu spent a day escorting Zhao Ran to Qinghe Temple. This was the first Taoist temple that Zhao Ran had personally seen. Although Qinghe Temple is only about thirty miles away from Zhaozhuang, Zhao Ran has never walked in this direction. My impression of Qinghe Temple is only a few green robed Taoist priests who appeared at the ceremony of the old clan leader at the end of the year, as well as the rich wealth that was loaded onto trucks and transported out of Zhao Village.

The Qinghe Temple is not big, built on a rocky beach by the Xiaoqing River. The square blue stone walls enclose a courtyard of more than ten zhang in radius, with several red painted eaves exposed in the courtyard. The temple gate was tightly closed, with only a small door at the corner open, but no one entered or exited. Along the east-west direction of the temple wall, many houses and shops have been erected along the south bank of the Xiaoqing River, giving off a hint of a market.

Zhao Wu searched for the only large car dealership here and asked for a room to rest. When falling asleep at night, Zhao Ran slept in the middle of the large bunk bed, with one servant lying on each side. Zhao Wu then moved the wooden table to the door, pressed it against the door, and lay down directly on the wooden table. Zhao Ran could only smile bitterly. Zhao Wu stared at him closely enough.

Stay overnight outside Qinghe Temple, wake up the next day and continue moving forward. Zhao Ran walked and looked towards Qinghe Temple, but never saw a trace of a Taoist priest.

After crossing the Xiaoqing River beach, we went onto the official road. Although this official road is very simple and can only accommodate four or five people passing side by side, the difference between having a road and not having a road is indeed significant, and the footsteps of the group have accelerated a lot. After only two days, we arrived at Shiquan County.

There is a bamboo shed standing outside the east gate of the county city. When Zhao Ran arrived at the bamboo shed, he could clearly feel that Zhao Wu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Zhao Wu handed over a few words with a petty official in the bamboo shed. The petty official filled in Zhao Ran's name and registered residence on a piece of yellow paper, and asked Zhao Ran to press his hand print. A painter on the table copied Zhao Ran's head on the yellow paper in three or two strokes. Zhao Ran peeped at it, and it looked very similar.

From this moment on. Please indicate the source when reprinting. Zhao Ran knew that he couldn't escape anymore. If he continued to escape, even if he truly violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he would become a fugitive wanted by the government. If caught, he would be punished with either punishment or execution, and there would be absolutely no good consequences.

After waiting for another day at the bamboo shed, all twelve conscripts from Shiquan County have gathered. Two officials from the county government arrived, one overweight and one thin, each holding a water and fire stick. They will lead their troops to Chuanling. Chuanling Copper Mine is located in Songfanwei, west of Long'an Prefecture. It takes more than 500 miles to walk from Shiquan County to Chuanling Copper Mine.

The deadline given by the Governor's Office of the Chuanxi Pacification Bureau was to arrive by the end of April, but now it is the end of March, leaving only one month for everyone. If placed in the inland plain, these 500 miles of land can be reached in ten days, but the western Sichuan is mountainous and can only be traveled along post roads, which are difficult to travel, so time is still relatively tight.

Skinny solves the problem by embracing a stick of water and fire. Babaofan (Rice pudding with eight-delicious ingredients)% kept silent with a cold face, while Chubby Jiezai checked the service force one by one with the roster. After completing the naming process, Pang Jiechai shouted, "Get up!" Then everyone bypassed the county town and set off towards the Matsudaira Guard.

The soldiers are most afraid of military service and mining service, both of which have a very high chance of death. Therefore, all the soldiers rush with their faces full of bitterness, and the troops occasionally let out sighs.

This kind of escort service itself has no profit or loss, and if something goes wrong, one will have to bear the responsibility. In addition, the journey was arduous, and the Matsudaira Guard, where the Chuanling Copper Mine was located, was also a border crossing point, so the expressions of the two interpreters were also not good.

Zhao Ran hid in the team, cautious along the way. What he was worried about was that the two assistants had benefited from Uncle Si and sought opportunities to harm his own life. According to tradition, when encountering corv é e labor that requires a long journey, each county will allocate a certain amount of extra labor force to avoid mistakes, which is called "labor consumption". For example, this time when going to the Chuanling Copper Mine, due to the difficult journey and the location of the border soldiers, the actual amount of relief in Shiquan County was only ten people, but two more people were requisitioned.

If Zhao Ran dies halfway through, then no one cares about him.

After walking northwest along the post road for two days, we left Shiquan County and entered Jiangyou County. After passing through Jiangyou County, the mountains began to steep and towering, reaching straight into the clouds. The river is becoming narrower and narrower, but it is becoming increasingly dangerous. Post roads often run along rivers, with many sections between steep cliffs. Zhao Ran looked down and saw the river rushing backwards, rolling up a hundred whirlpools and a thousand layers of waves.

Zhao Ran became increasingly vigilant as he saw that the smoke was gradually decreasing. Cherish life and stay away from solving problems "is not a joke.

The danger has indeed arrived, and it came quite suddenly.