One family after another passed through, until only Su Chen's group and Gu Fei's family remained.
Su Chen and his companions had no documents to prove their identities, so they had arranged to blend in with Gu Zhang's family to pass.
Since Lian'er still had her family's household registration, which listed her family of four, they had a basis.
Gu Zhang handed over his and Lian'er's household registrations together, murmuring, "Two families, fifteen people in total."
Just then, a nearby soldier finished his headcount and shouted, "Fifteen people."
The soldier didn't bother to look closely. He only saw the silver note for one hundred and fifty taels and was quite pleased. 'This group alone is a pretty good haul,' he thought.
He nodded. "Go—"
The word had barely left his lips when a middle-aged man in the robes of a civil servant walked out from the city gate.
The soldier's face fell. He hastily pocketed the silver note and hissed, "Hurry, go—"
