Traveling through the ancient times

It was already bright outside, and Nianchuhua and others came out one after another. Tianxing lit a fire and boiled some hot water for Nianchuhua to wash. Feishuang took out the millet she brought and cooked porridge.

Chu Nianhua walked over and looked down at Meng Hu and the others who were tied together. "Tell me, who sent you here? What's your purpose?"

Meng Hu and his men were all seriously injured. Their wounds were not treated and they were thrown to the ground. They looked weak and scared at this moment.

Last night, they had already cursed Yongkang's ancestors for eighteen generations, but they didn't care about their lives and just ran away alone. It was a pity that they had been calling him "big brother" for so long...

Although they were doing petty thefts, they still had brotherhood. Every time they ran away, they would pull each other together. They were not like Yongkang who abandoned them and ran away on his own.

Now that they have fallen into the hands of Nian Chuhua and others, they began to get scared, not knowing how Nian Chuhua and others would deal with them.

Hearing Chu Nianhua's question, Meng Hu confessed to Yong Kang without hesitation, "He is the man who escaped last night. He asked us to come here. He said he wanted to take you back, young lady."

"Catch me? Who is he? Why is he arresting me?"

"We don't know about this either. We are just following orders..."

Feishuang was standing behind Nianchuhua. When she heard Menghu say this, she stepped forward and kicked Menghu in the wound. Menghu screamed in pain and sweated profusely.

"Be honest and answer the lady's questions carefully. Maybe you still have a chance to survive. Otherwise..." Feishuang drew out the sword and put it against Meng Hu's neck, "I will chop off your head..."

Meng Hu didn't expect Feishuang to be so cruel. He was so scared that he trembled. An unknown liquid flowed out of his crotch and a smell of urine filled the air. Nian Chuhua and Feishuang frowned in disgust, took a step back and moved away.

"Lady, please spare me. What we said is true. We just met him. We really don't know his name or his purpose in capturing the young lady. We just want to earn some money!" Seeing that Meng Hu was so scared that he couldn't speak, Meng Long hurriedly took over the conversation, fearing that it would be too late and Feishuang would cut their necks with a sword.

Before, Meng Hu and Meng Long were scared by Yong Kang, so they said they wanted to follow Yong Kang and learn some Kung Fu from him. They always called Yong Kang "Big Brother". Yong Kang never told them his name, so Meng Hu and the others really didn't know what Yong Kang's name was.

As for the purpose of capturing Nianchuhua, Meng Hu did not ask, and Yongkang was even less likely to tell them. They just said that they would be given 500 taels of silver after the task was accomplished, and they followed him happily.

"Are you from Xiliang?" Nianchuhua remembered that Qi Muhe said last night that Yongkang who escaped was from Xiliang, but these people didn't know whether he was.

"No, we are all Dongyi people, not Xiliang people. I hope Miss can understand!" Meng Long quickly denied it. If they were regarded as spies from Xiliang, how could they survive...

"Since you are from Dongyi, why do you mix with people from Xiliang?"

"No, miss, we..." Meng Long's brain was quicker than Meng Hu's, and he quickly understood the meaning of the words in the early morning painting. "We didn't know that the man was from Xiliang, we were all deceived by him..." Meng Long and others did not expect that Yongkang was actually from Xiliang.

"Who are you and why did he come to you?"

Meng Long hastily distanced himself from the matter and did not say that they had worshipped Yong Kang as their big brother. Instead, he made up a reason, saying that they had met Yong Kang by chance while traveling around the world.

Because they were penniless, Yongkang said he had a business deal and would give them 500 taels of silver if they completed it. So they followed him and didn't know anything else.

Feishuang used threats and inducements on them again, but got the same answer. She knew that what they said was probably correct.

Nianchuhua was wondering what the purpose of a Xiliang person coming to arrest her was. She was just doing some small business and didn't seem to have any enemies. Even if someone was jealous, it should be the Dongyi merchant from Qunan. How could it be a Xiliang person?

Has her fame spread to Xiliang? Did the people who took her back want her to teach them how to cook hot pot? Play mahjong? The New Year painting scratched her hair, it was difficult!

Seeing that she couldn't get any useful information out of them, Nian Chuhua stopped paying attention to them. There was no point worrying about it now anyway. She would wait until she returned to Qunan and ask Lu Mingqian's people to help her check it out, and she would know the answer.

Tianxing cooked the porridge and served a bowl to Nianchuhua. The others also ate some.

The fragrant meat porridge made Meng Hu and others' stomachs growl, but no one paid any attention to them. Last night they wanted to catch Nian Chuhua, but they were not so kind as to give them food.

After breakfast, Chushunihua and Qi Muhe began to discuss the next itinerary!

Qi Muhe was a little worried. He didn't know if Yongkang had figured out his identity last night. He was afraid that if they continued to go to Huai'an, they would be in danger if Yongkang went back to get reinforcements. "Why don't we not go to Huai'an, let's go back to Qunan first and make a long-term plan!"

Nianchuhua didn't know Qi Muhe's identity, and just thought that Qi Muhe was frightened, so she comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay, we have been walking for so long, and we should arrive in one or two days at most. It would be a pity to go back now!

Besides, since he has already failed today, he will not come looking for us again so soon."

After hearing what Nian Chuhua said, Qi Muhe knew that Nian Chuhua did not plan to go back. Qi Muhe probably also knew what happened in Xiliang Kingdom.

Yongkang's father, General Yongfu, was sentenced to death by the King of Xiliang, and his entire family was exiled. He must have sneaked out like himself and hid in the Kingdom of Dongyi. He must not have many people around him, otherwise he would not have brought these few temporary minions to capture Nian Chuhua.

But why did Yongkang want to arrest Nian Chuhua? Qi Muhe was confused for a moment. One of them was in Xiliang and the other was in Dongyi. What connection could there be between him and Nian Chuhua?

Qi Muhe didn't know that General Yongfu was sentenced to death because of Lu Mingqian's frame-up, and that their misfortune today was also caused by Lu Mingqian.

Thinking of this, Qi Muhe felt that he must talk to Lu Mingqian about this matter. Maybe Lu Mingqian knew the reason, and by the way, he could ask him to send more people to protect them.

It doesn't matter to him, but he doesn't want Chuanxihua to suffer any more harm.

Qi Muhe nodded and said, "Okay, then we will go to the nearest town and send these people to the government office, and then set off for Huai'an."

Nian Chuhua had the same idea. She didn't want to let these people go just like that, and it was even more impossible for her to take them on the road. Sending them to the nearest government office was the best option.

"Okay, that's settled, let's get ready and go!"

Everyone started packing their bags and set off for the nearest town. Qi Muhe returned to the carriage, wrote a letter and asked the guards to find a way to deliver it to Lu Mingqian.

At this time, Lu Mingqian was on his way back to Dongyi from Xiliang...

The King of Xiliang and others were chased by General Qilin all the way to Tada County. He wanted to discuss with the General Zhenguo to see if he could find an opportunity to deal a final blow to the King of Xiliang.

By the way, go back and tell Qi Muhe that Xiliang is now under the control of General Qilin. If he wants to go back, now is a good time.

At that time, if General Qilin is willing to cooperate with them, with General Qilin's men and their side attacking from both sides, the King of Xiliang will have nowhere to escape.

I don’t know if Chuanxihua has returned to Qunan. They haven’t seen each other for a long time. I don’t know if she misses him. You know, he misses her all the time...