Chapter 72: Abandoning the Water Route and Taking the Land Route South
Li Yaoguang was also worried, "Uncle, what should we do now? Should we wait for the boat?"

Cheng Su's eyebrows were twisted into a cricket, and he felt extremely depressed looking at the empty ferry. Can he wait for the boat? He definitely can't wait.

Cheng Su shook his head firmly, "I'm afraid not, Guangjie, didn't you say that you informed many friends of the emperor's abandonment of the city when you left the capital? Even if those friends are good and want to keep it a secret for you, your uncle still says that everyone has privacy and relatives. Can you guarantee that they won't inform their relatives, and those relatives won't inform their relatives? Once the news spreads, your uncle can't estimate what will happen in Kyoto, and there may be complete chaos... By then, the little time you have worked hard day and night to rush out will not be enough. People's hearts are unpredictable, Guangjie, our family can't take risks with our lives."

She knew this was the truth, but she didn't regret notifying anyone. She was just worried about the present. "What should we do then?"

Cheng Su calmed himself down. Even though he was panicking and had no backbone, he still had to stay calm at the critical moment, so he said in a deep voice.

"Don't be afraid, my son. We still have the car. Since the water route is blocked, let's go by land and continue south along the river. I don't believe that all the official and private ships will be requisitioned if we go down. We can always find a boat, and then we can abandon the car and board it."

They had no choice. Even though Li Yaoguang considered himself to be not stupid, he had no other good ideas at the moment, so he could only nod in agreement.

"That's fine, let's go back now. I'm afraid my aunt will be waiting anxiously at the door of the restaurant."

"Okay, then let's go back. By the way, Sister Guang, since we have to go by land, let's take the opportunity to do some shopping in Tongzhou." After all, he planned to travel day and night and leave Kyoto as soon as possible, and it would be better not to stay if possible.

Even though I have never traveled far away, I know that in such a situation, it is best to prepare some food and medicine just in case.

After Cheng Su said this, Li Yaoguang naturally had no choice but to respond.

She also planned to exchange the remaining silver notes at the Tongzhou bank to prevent them from being invalidated in the future. After returning to reunite with her aunt and cousin, her family discussed and decided to act separately.

Of course, before taking action, she also took out two silver notes worth one hundred taels and handed them to her aunt and uncle respectively, so that the couple could spend them.

The couple knew that their child earned a lot from storytelling, but they were still surprised that she could spend so much at once. Of course, they didn't want it, as they were short of money and this was not the time to be pretentious. Cheng Su secretly winked at his wife, and the couple suppressed their shame and desire to make compensation. At the critical moment, no one let down, and the whole family took the banknotes and acted separately.

Cheng Su took Yang Yang with him, and the two of them rode in a wheelchair together to buy medicines.
My aunt took a hundred taels of silver notes and went to the food shops on the street to buy as much food as possible;

Under the pretext of getting a weapon for self-defense, Li Yaoguang chose the largest bank among the many banks in Tongzhou. After exchanging all the remaining silver notes he had for gold, he left the bank with a heavy heart. After turning left and right, he found a blacksmith shop and went in to buy a few bows and arrows that he could buy with his household registration, as well as a machete, a kitchen knife, a dagger and other weapons. When he passed by a butcher shop, he saw two untouched pork and two lamb shanks. Thinking that the space could keep them fresh, Li Yaoguang spent money to buy them all. He also forced the butcher to buy a pig-killing knife and a bone-chopping knife at a high price. The bearded butcher was also drunk at the time.

Fortunately, he had a lot of knives at home, so he sold the meat. It was a rare opportunity to clear out all the meat. The butcher was in a rare good mood and delivered the meat to the designated place for the boy who bought the meat. However, he kept muttering on the way home. The boy who bought the meat today was very strange.

Li Yaoguang didn't care about that. She secretly collected the meat left by the butcher in a secluded place and put it on the space bar. As for the brazier? She had to move it to the Taiping jar. She only kept a machete, a bow, and a bag of arrows on her body. She returned to the parking lot at the entrance of the food store to meet her family. When she came back, all her family members had returned and were waiting for her.

Li Yaoguang did not delay. Seeing that her aunt and uncle were feeding the three animals, she climbed onto the car, passed her little cousin who was eating a steamed bun at the door, and nodded secretly when she saw the back of the car was piled with things. She thought that she could save herself a lot of worry by running away with such clear-headed and independent-minded people like her aunt and uncle.

After both the people and the animals had eaten and drunk their fill, the family regrouped and set out again. After leaving Tongzhou, they drove along the official road along the river and continued southward.

On the way, Li Yaoguang became more careful. He took out a quilt from under him and tinkered with it with his aunt. In the end, they installed a thick curtain behind the car door and even nailed a layer of thick cotton cloth on the two windows, leaving only a tiny gap through which one could see what was happening outside. This way, the car was much warmer.

In order to keep as much distance as possible from Kyoto and possible refugees, Li Yaoguang discussed with his uncle and they decided to take turns driving the carriage day and night.

Anyway, there were no bandit problems in Kyoto, the only thing they were worried about was encountering wild animals at night. In order to buy time to escape, this weak family agreed to take the risk.

At the strong request of Li Yaoguang, who had his own plans, his aunt took care of the children while his uncle stayed during the day, while Li Yaoguang insisted on staying at night because he slept little at night.

He even took out a crossbow box without telling his family while he was driving the carriage alone, made a clear mark on the outside, and carefully coated the tips of the crossbow arrows inside with the fatal poison given by Doctor Wu, and then put them in a place where they could be easily accessed.

Driving alone at night, Li Yaoguang was even more wild. When the door behind her was closed and the curtain was lowered, she was very brave. She carried a crossbow on her back and hung an electric baton and a butcher knife on her waist. When there was no movement in the car, she simply took out the space bedside spotlight, plugged in the power plug, stretched the cord, took out the space in her hand, and found that this thing was not affected and could really shine. Li Yaoguang threw away her mobile phone and instead held the spotlight in her arms and hurried on her way.

It has to be said that with such a magical lamp lighting up the way, Li Yaoguang became even braver. She thought that the beasts in this world had never seen the world. She didn't know whether she guessed right or was just lucky. She drove through the wilderness all the way, but she didn't encounter any dangerous wild animals blocking the way. It was also magical.

In this way, the small mule cart carried the family south along the official road along the river. They could find a boat to the south at any time, and the river could guide them as they were unfamiliar with the road and did not know the geography of the outside world.

Speaking of their family, except for Li Yaoguang who was taken from south to north when she came to live with her relatives, her aunt and uncle have never traveled far. The farthest they have been was to visit a temple in the suburbs of Beijing, and were exiled to Lao Wo Mountain!
As for the original body's memory, it's not worth mentioning since he was a child at that time. Even in modern times, an adult like me cannot remember the marked roads without the evil map, let alone in ancient times like today.

They were not familiar with the road so they just followed the river south. Unfortunately, the official road could not be built the way they wanted.

They traveled the distance for two nights and three days, changing vehicles constantly. After they passed the two towns under Tongzhou and still could not find a boat, the official road began to turn and was no longer near the river. The not-so-wide official road actually led them into the mountains. By the time they realized that there were mountains in front of them and they could not get around, and they could not see the river behind them, it was too late.

Now, it’s over!