Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 377 I Want Another Bowl

Three feet away, Zuo Yunfeng squatted there holding his sword, quietly watching Lu You going crazy in the distance.

She seems to have a grudge against that grindstone.

He's been chopping for nearly a quarter of an hour. Is he really crazy?

Actually, it’s okay for her to be crazy. After all, she is also crazy when she is normal.

If she was really crazy, Wu Quanwen probably wouldn't pay much attention to her.

After all, who would argue with a fool?

Thinking of this, Zuo Yunfeng felt a headache again.

This time he was too impulsive. He just wanted to go to Ningguan to help guard the pass, but who knew that he had been traveling with Wu Quanwen the whole time.

The royal family has been keeping an eye on our Zuo family, wanting to recruit it for their own use.

My father repeatedly told the clan members not to work for any high-ranking official, and not to enter the officialdom as a military commander, for fear that they would be unknowingly caught up in the royal struggle.

But now, I can't seem to get involved.

Zuo Yunfeng frowned, thinking in his mind how to explain to his father when he returned home.

After much deliberation, Zuo Yunfeng finally made up his mind to travel the world...

There were really some things that were beyond his control.

If I go back I'll be beaten to death by my dad, so I'd better stay outside for a while.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu You's voice brought Zuo Yunfeng back to reality: "It's time to get on the road."

"Where are we going?" Zuo Yunfeng stood up and asked.

"Go to Yanzhou Prefecture to find Lu Yi first." Lu You said in a low voice.

She is now afraid to meet Lu Yi, fearing that without Lu Ming, Lu Yi will no longer recognize her as his fake second sister.

But no matter what the result is, she has to meet Lu Yi and make things clear in person.

"What happens next?" Zuo Yunfeng asked again.

"After that, I will go to Nanning Prefecture and look for Miss Guan Er. I have to finish what Xu Chu asked me to do before he died."

Although he was still worried, Lu You was no longer confused.

"What about you? Will you return to Liangzhou Prefecture and continue to be the eldest son of the Zuo family, or go to Kyoto to seek a career with Wu Quanwen?"

"Neither of us are going." Zuo Yunfeng said with a twitch in the corner of his mouth: "I'll go with you to Nanning Prefecture. I heard that the flowers there are in full bloom all year round. It's a good time to go and see them."

"Oh!" Lu You answered casually, "What about Miss Su? Isn't she still waiting for you to come back to fulfill the engagement?"

Zuo Yunfeng thought for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head indifferently.

"It makes no difference. She will have to break off the engagement when I go back, otherwise she will become a widow."

Lu You was slightly surprised when he heard this: "What do you mean? Someone in Liangzhou wants to kill you?"

"My dad!"

Zuo Yunfeng sighed helplessly.

"I violated a big taboo in my family this time. It's a complicated matter. I'll explain it to you later."

"Okay, you can talk about it when you want to."

Lu You did not ask too many questions, but gradually slowed down his pace. Seeing this, Zuo Yunfeng next to him also followed suit.

The two of them walked slower and slower, and finally stopped side by side.

"What's wrong?" Zuo Yunfeng looked around warily with a knife in hand, thinking that Lu You had discovered something.

Lu You stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

"Wait for you to lead the way. I don't know where Yanzhou is."

[Negative emotions from Zuo Yunfeng +80, +78, +76...]

When Lu You heard the system prompt sound in his mind, his heart sank.

"You don't know, do you?"

"I'm not from here." Zuo Yunfeng looked at Lu You speechlessly.

Lu You sighed when he heard this, then turned and headed in another direction.

"Where are you going?" Zuo Yunfeng hurriedly followed.

“Go to the top of the mountain and look for the smoke!”

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Yanzhou Prefecture, Dingrang County.

Although Dingrang County is located in Yanzhou Prefecture and is the farthest county from Yanzhou Prefecture, it is more prosperous than counties like Pingchang and Qingning.

As for the reason, this place is not only the border between Qingzhou Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture, but also has two official roads passing through the city, one from east to west and the other from north to south.

The Wu State was vast, with one state spanning hundreds of miles.

Therefore, the owners of the carriages and even the money houses that escorted the goods had a rule that they could not enter the city when passing through the state.

For example, there is a batch of goods that someone wants to ship out from Qingzhou Prefecture, pass through Yanzhou, and deliver to Pingzhou Prefecture.

The escort agency did not escort the convoy all the way east from Qingzhou, but directly to Pingzhou Prefecture.

Not to mention how long it takes to travel more than a thousand miles round trip, and the invisible added costs.

Just the fact that you are going to someone else's territory to make money is not easy.

As the saying goes, every journey is different and every person has his own help.

The escort agency of Yanzhou Prefecture spent countless money and lives to suppress the local bandits and horse thieves.

You people from Qingzhou Prefecture want to sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor, and then stroll away in peace and security. How can such a good thing happen in this world?

Therefore, in the Wu State, except for a very small number of escort agencies and chambers of commerce that are so powerful that no one dares to mess with them, only a few others can travel throughout the country.

Most businessmen will stop at the first county town after crossing the state border and arriving in another state.

The employers would also pay the money here and hire a local escort agency to continue their journey.

So next to the west gate of Dingrang County, there is a large leveled open space with a number of bungalows neatly built on it, all with signs of various escort agencies and car dealerships hanging on them.

Because of the resale business of escort agencies and carriage dealerships, footmen, coolies, and various snacks were spawned outside the city, and over time, they have formed a certain scale.

"After all, this is Yanzhou Prefecture. The outside of this city is more lively than the inside of the county town we passed through before."

At a roadside noodle stall outside the west gate of Dingrang County, Zhou Shuyi sighed as she looked at the noisy people around her.

Next to him, Hu Laojiu, with his untidy beard, was slurping noodles.

"The further east you go, the closer you get to Wudu, and the more trade routes and official roads you'll see."

"Compared to the county town of Qingzhou Prefecture, this place is prosperous, but compared to the county town of Pingzhou Prefecture, it is not worth mentioning."

As Hu Laojiu spoke, he picked up the bowl, drank all the noodle soup in it, and then looked at Lu Yi eagerly.

"Lu Yi, I want to eat another bowl."

Lu Yi, who was eating noodles slowly, looked up at Hu Laojiu.

"Laojiu, I've told you several times, eat as much as you want, don't be polite to me."

On that day, they fled from Qingzhou City overnight, and the Jin warriors wanted to take the seriously injured Wen Chengbo as a hostage.

Lu Yi refused to hand over his hostages and escaped, and was nearly killed by the Jin warriors. It was Widow Zhou who blocked the knife for him.

Lu Yi was so angry that he rushed towards the opponent with a knife and stabbed him twenty or thirty times, killing the Jin soldier in the inner strength realm.

It wasn't some miracle that happened.

A weak scholar like Lu Yi remains weak even when he is furious.

What killed the warriors was not the twenty or thirty consecutive stabs he stabbed, but the arrow shot by Hu Laojiu hidden in the night after he heard their shouts and rushed over.

The Jin warrior was pierced through the back by an arrow shot by Hu Laojiu, causing him to freeze in place, giving Lu Yi the opportunity to strike him with the knife.

It was also because of this life-saving arrow that Hu Laojiu had completely integrated into this small team and become a true member of the team.