Traveling through the ancient times

Nianchuhua and his group hurried as fast as they could, but still failed to reach the next town before dark. There were no villages along the way. Looking at the darkening sky, Nianchuhua sighed helplessly, "It seems we have no choice but to spend the night outside..."

"Why is this road so long and there is not even a village..." Qi Muhe couldn't help but complain.

At the beginning of the year, Hua saw a lawn beside the official road ahead and a small stream outside, which was the best place for camping. Fortunately, she had foresight and prepared the tent in advance.

"Let's just stay here tonight."

At the beginning of the year, they drew the carriage and walked back and forth on the lawn for a few laps to exercise. Hua Ling found some dry branches in the woods and lit a bonfire.

Tianxing took out the camping equipment he had prepared at the beginning of the year, placed two tripods, one on each side of the campfire, hung the iron chain on the pot on the horizontal bar, added water and started cooking.

The pot of meat porridge cooked by Tianxing soon became fragrant. The fragrance drifted with the wind, causing Yongkang and others who were hiding in the woods in the distance to growl in their stomachs. "Just cook, why cook it so fragrant? It makes me hungry..."

Several others immediately echoed, "Yes, I'm hungry too." They had been following them all the way, and had to hurry on their way and hide carefully, so they could only eat some dry food they brought with them.

The biscuits were dry and hard, and they hurt their teeth when they ate them. They had finished them long ago, but Yongkang would not allow them to leave the team to find food, so they could only keep up with the team while enduring hunger.

At this time, several people were dissatisfied with Yongkang and looked at him with squinted eyes. Yongkang's stomach was also rumbling, but he couldn't let them go find food now. Once they made any move, they would be exposed. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to follow them all the way?

"They must be camping here tonight. Let's take action tonight. I'll give you an extra 200 silver coins when we get back."

When they heard that so much silver was to be added, they calmed down, lay on the ground, and waited for dark to do their work.

Tianxing cooked the meat porridge and Hualing put the meat pie she brought on the porridge to steam it. Each person had a bowl of hot porridge and a meat pie and ate them deliciously.

Tianxing and Feishuang couldn't help sighing in their hearts while eating porridge. It would be better for them to go out with the young lady. If they followed the master, they could only eat dry and hard food. How could they be allowed to bring so many things with them and cook porridge on the road?

The young lady was really foresighted. She bought meat patties in the town in advance. Everyone had a full meal, and Tianxing washed the pots and dishes and cleaned them up.

Hua Ling took a bucket to the river to fetch water, preparing to heat it up for Nianchuhua to wash. Just as she put the bucket into the river to fetch water, a fish swam over, hit the wooden bucket in Hua Ling's hand, paused for a moment, and then swam away.

In Hua Ling's eyes, what he did just now was a naked provocation.

Hua Ling rolled up her sleeves, went back to get a wooden stick and went to catch fish. Seeing her aggressive look, Nian Chuhua was quite curious. What happened to this girl? "Hua Ling, where are you going?"

"Miss, I was provoked by the fish. I will catch it now and make grilled fish for you."

"Ah?" Chushou Hua was a little confused. What was this girl talking about? "Were you provoked by the fish?"

"Ok!"

"How did it provoke you?" Nian Chuhua wondered how the curious fish provoked Hua Ling, and immediately followed it.

Hua Ling came to the river and carefully observed the water. A fish swam over again. When it came to Hua Ling, it was not afraid of her and even spit at her. "Ah..." Hua Ling was very angry and tried to stab the fish with a stick, but it didn't hit her...

Hahaha…Number of Years couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

The scene of the fish spitting just now was seen by Nian Chuhua who followed along. Unexpectedly, Hua Ling was actually provoked by the fish. No wonder the usually steady Hua Ling got angry. Who wouldn't be angry?

The others were attracted by the laughter of Chushunhua...

"Why is Hua Ling in such a good mood to catch fish today?" Qi Muhe looked curiously at Hua Ling who rolled up her sleeves and tried her best to fish. This was not something the steady Hua Ling would do. It would have been better to say it earlier at the beginning of the year.

Qi Muhe looked at Nian Chuhua who was watching the fun. "Don't look at me. I didn't ask her to catch it. It was the fish that provoked Hua Ling and made her angry."

"Can fish provoke others?" Everyone looked puzzled.

"Really? I just saw it spitting at the flower spirit, hahaha..."

Seeing that she couldn't catch it on the shore, Hua Ling took off her shoes and went into the river. Hua Ling stood in the river, looking for fish.

The fish swam past from behind, and when Chushouhua saw it, he shouted, "Behind, Hua Ling, behind..."

Hua Ling turned around, and a golden fish jumped up, spit on Hua Ling, fell into the water, and swam away quickly.

"Hahaha...see, I didn't lie to you..."

Everyone saw what happened just now!

Tian Xing was amazed, "Is this fish a spirit? It can actually spit. Hua Ling, how did you offend it?"

Hua Ling saw the fish and grabbed it, but it still ran away. "I didn't provoke it, it provoked me first..."

The fish swam around Hua Ling, but Hua Ling just couldn't catch it, causing the people on the shore to burst into laughter, "You are still laughing, why don't you come and help."

The people on the shore stopped watching and decided to catch the fish to see if it had become a spirit.

Everyone was chasing and blocking each other, and there was constant laughter.

Several people lying on the hillside stretched their necks curiously, "What are they doing? They are laughing so loudly!"

Another person couldn't help looking down the mountain, "It seems like they are catching fish..."

"Girls still go to the river to catch fish?"

"That's right..."

"It seems like they are having a lot of fun catching them..."

"yes…"

"They are having a great time catching people. Do you guys want to go too?" Yongkang's sinister voice sounded from the side.

Meng Hu came back to his senses and gave each of them a big thumbs-up. "Put your head back, put your head back so long and talk so loudly. Are you afraid that others don't know you are here?"

The people who were discussing this matter suddenly realized that they were almost exposed...

They kept fishing until it was dark and they couldn't see clearly, but they still didn't catch the fish...

The fish seemed to be teasing them on purpose. It disappeared for a while and then appeared next to someone else, causing them to chase it everywhere.

Hua Ling was disappointed. "Oh... forget it. I guess we can't catch this fish. Let's go up. It will be cold soon. Don't catch a cold."

Everyone had a great time and went ashore. Hua Ling went back and took out a handkerchief to wipe the water off Nianchuhua's feet.

"This fish must be a spirit, otherwise it would be impossible for us to catch it with our skills."

The other people also nodded. They would not admit that they couldn't even catch a fish. If the other people in the Dark Guard Camp knew about this, they would definitely laugh at them.

They didn’t catch the spitting fish, but they did catch a few others that passed by.

The two guards quickly cleaned the fish they had caught and grilled them on tree branches.

Tianxing went to get out the barbecue seasoning prepared by Nianchuhua. They have become more picky eaters following Nianchuhua's lead. They are not used to the normal way of eating. They have to sprinkle it with Nianchuhua's special seasoning to make it taste amazing.

The aroma of grilled fish wafted out again, causing the already hungry people on the mountain to drool. "Why do these people love to eat so much? Not long after eating the meat porridge, they started eating grilled fish..."

"It's just... they don't consider us who are starving."

"Hey... wipe your saliva with your clothes. Why are you wiping it on me? It's so disgusting."

"I just bought new clothes, they are hard to wipe."

"Yours is hard to wipe, but mine is easy to wipe. You wipe me, and I'll wipe yours..."

"Hey, hey, hey... stop making noise..."

"Humph…"

"Why aren't they sleeping yet..."

"... "

They lay there for a while, and then they felt better when they saw the people below starting to clean up. "They are finally going to rest..."

Hua Ling brought the boiled hot water to Nian Chuhua for washing up. Fei Shuang and Tian Xing led two guards to set up the tent.

Their carriages were all modified by Nianchuhua. Nianchuhua and Hua Ling were in one carriage, and Tianxing and Feishuang were in another carriage. The tent was spacious enough to accommodate three people.

"I'll keep watch tonight, you guys go to sleep first!" Feishuang pulled the carriage where Nianchuhua lived and stopped it between another carriage and the tent, and said to the others that even if there was no one in the wilderness, there would be wild beasts roaming around, so someone had to keep watch.

"Let the men keep watch, and you girls go upstairs and have rest." Qi Muhe asked the two guards to take turns keeping watch, and the two guards had no objection. The two masters were humble along the way and everyone got along well with each other. They were also embarrassed to go to sleep and let the girls keep watch.

Feishuang did not refuse them and turned to get on the carriage, but she was still alert at all times. She was worried that they would not watch it themselves. It seemed that something was going to happen in the past two days, but she did not find anything when she checked. However, she still could not be careless!

Yongkang probably knew that Feishuang and Tianxing were practicing martial arts. They were both obviously martial artists, and together with the two guards, there were only four people in total who knew martial arts.

Hua Ling was wearing the pink dress that Chu Nian Hua bought for her. Chu Nian Hua had also given Hua Ling a small cross-body bag as a gift. It was small and exquisite, and Hua Ling could put her whip in the bag just right. When she carried it on her back, no one would know what was inside.

Therefore, in Yongkang's view, Nianchuhua and Hua Ling are both weak girls.

As for Qi Muhe, he looked like a weak scholar. Yongkang knew that he was the accountant painted at the beginning of the year, so he didn't take him seriously.

Along the way, Yongkang was afraid of being discovered by Feishuang and the others, so he followed them from a distance and was very careful to hide.

Taking advantage of the night, Yongkang and a few others sneaked out of the woods on the other side of the official road and hid in the bushes opposite where Nianchuhua and the others were resting.

It was not until the second half of the night when everyone in the carriage was fast asleep that Yongkang ordered his fellow apprentices Meng Hu and Meng Long to split into two groups. One group was responsible for luring away Tianxing and Feishuang, and the other was responsible for luring away the two guards. He then took the opportunity to capture Nianchuhua.

"No need to fight to the death, just hold them back." Several people nodded after hearing this. These were their old tricks. Holding one person back while taking things and running away was what they were best at.

"Separate and follow my instructions." Just as several people were quietly approaching the carriage, Feishuang and Tianxing opened their eyes at the same time, looked at each other, and their hands were already on the hilt of the sword.

Hua Ling gently took Nian Chuhua's hand that was on her body and put it into the quilt. She sat up, took out the whip and held it in her hand, listening attentively to the movement outside.

Tianxing and her companions' carriage was at the outermost. Through the gaps in the carriages, they saw several dark shadows sneaking towards them.

Qi Muhe opened his eyes brightly, and lay still, quietly waiting for the next move of those people.

The guard on duty pretended to doze off and closed his eyes to pretend to sleep. In fact, he was counting silently in his mind, one step, two steps, three steps... getting closer and closer...

Several people had already arrived beside the carriage. There was no sound in the carriage. Even the guards on duty seemed to be asleep. Yongkang and his friends thought that they were not alert at all and were sleeping so soundly in the wilderness.

One of them used his hand to open the curtain of the carriage where Nian Chuhua was. In an instant, a soft whip wrapped around the man's hand. Hua Ling pulled it in with all her strength. When the man was about to hit the carriage, she kicked him out, stood up and stood on the carriage, looking at the people who were approaching.

In an instant, Tianxing Feishuang and the guards flew out at the same time and surrounded Yongkang and his group.