Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 378 Three-Eyed Leopard Goddess

"Sure, Lao Hu! Have you ever been to Pingzhou Prefecture?"

Wen Chengbo chewed the sesame cake and spoke as he imitated Hu Laojiu, holding the noodle bowl and taking a sip of the noodle soup and eating it.

"I haven't been there!" Hu Laojiu said as a matter of course.

Wen Chengbo looked at Hu Laojiu eagerly: "Then why are you talking so lively?"

"Come here!"

The shopkeeper shouted and placed a bowl of freshly-made hot noodles in front of Hu Laojiu, and wiped the noodle soup on the table with a rag.

"What the guest said is indeed correct. I am from Pingzhou Prefecture. It is much more lively there than here."

The shopkeeper said casually, immediately attracting the attention of Lu Yi and others.

"You are from Pingzhou Prefecture? Then why did you come to Dingrang County to make a living?"

"I've offended someone I shouldn't have offended, and now I can't survive unless I run away." The shop owner sighed casually, "But if I have the chance in the future, I will definitely go to Wudu."

"These days, there is chaos and war. Maybe this place will become a battlefield someday."

"Isn't there a saying? Even if you are reborn as a dog in Wudu, it is better than living outside of Wudu."

The boss waved his hand and went back to work with a smile, but his words made Lu Yi and the others silent.

The news of the great victory in Qingzhou City has been urgently transmitted thousands of miles to the direction of Wudu.

Wen Chengbo ordered the city to be closed, but as soon as the Jin soldiers retreated, he opened the post road.

The night before yesterday, Lu Yi and his companions were still on their way when they heard a postman riding by loudly announcing the good news of a great victory in Qingzhou Prefecture and the retreat of the Jin soldiers.

The shopkeeper's words just now reminded them of everything that had happened in Qingzhou Prefecture.

Yes.

It is also the land of Wu State.

We are all citizens of the Wu State.

Just because of the different places where they grew up, they have completely different endings.

"After sending you a thousand miles, we must finally say goodbye. I will send you here."

Wen Chengbo muttered as he chewed the sesame seed cake.

In fact, when Wen Chengbo heard that Qingzhou Prefecture was saved, he wanted to move back to Qingzhou Prefecture.

But Lu Yi wanted to go to Yanzhou first to wait for Lu You.

In Lu Yi's words, this is called: A gentleman makes an agreement and acts like a gentleman.

Since he and Lu You had agreed to meet again in Yanzhou City, he should wait for Lu You there.

Wen Chengbo said that he was stubborn. Since the Qingzhou city was saved, if Lu You wanted to catch up, he would definitely take the official road.

As long as they turn around and go back, if Lu You catches up with them, they will meet in advance, wouldn't that be better?

But Lu Yi was not thinking about these things.

On the night of Luo Shixin's assassination, Wen Chengbo was the first to be injured and fell into a coma, and had no idea what happened next.

But Lu Yi and Widow Zhou knew what kind of methods Lu You had displayed.

Especially the look that Wu Quanwen gave Lu You that night, Lu Yi had been constantly recalling his memory to look for the details.

He was sure that Wu Quanwen had already decided to kill Lu You at that time.

Although he didn't know why Lu You stayed to defend the city.

But he could conclude that after the city was saved, Lu You would definitely find a way to escape and stay away from Wu Quanwen.

Therefore, the last place Lu You would take is the official road!

If they blindly turned back to look for someone, not only would they most likely not meet Lu You, but on the contrary, they would most likely fall into Wu Quanwen's hands and become a bargaining chip for him to threaten Lu You.

Not only could they not turn back, they also had to hide their identities as much as possible and go to Yanzhou Prefecture, waiting for Lu You to find them.

These were just Lu Yi's inner thoughts, and he did not reveal a single word to Zhou Shuyi and the others.

He even specifically told Zhou Shuyi not to tell Wen Chengbo about the appointment with Lu You to meet in Yanzhou Prefecture, for fear that Wen Chengbo would spread rumors after returning to Qingzhou Prefecture.

Wen Chengbo failed to persuade Lu Yi, so he offered to escort Lu Yi for a while.

After all, in the entire team, he was the only one who was an external force warrior, while Lu Yi and the other two were just ordinary people.

The city of Qingzhou was under siege, and the bandits in Qingzhou lost their deterrent power, so highway robberies were still very likely to occur.

At this time, the crisis in Qingzhou City had been resolved and they had entered the territory of Yanzhou. Wen Chengbo prepared to say goodbye to the three people.

"Brother Chengbo, the efficacy of the medicine concerns the lives and property of us siblings, so please keep it a secret."

Lu Yi put down his chopsticks, clasped his fists and spoke solemnly to Wen Chengbo.

"A gentleman's promise is worth a thousand pounds. Don't worry about this. My life was saved by you and your brother. I will never do anything to betray my friends."

Wen Chengbo returned the greeting, his tone full of sincerity.

A few bowls of vegetarian noodles and some sesame cakes were the farewell dinner for everyone.

Wen Chengbo spent two taels of silver and left in the carriage that was carrying the goods back to Qingzhou Prefecture.

Lu Yi and the others covered their faces with coarse cloth, prepared to buy some dry food, and then turned into the forest again to avoid the crowd and sneak around the city.

Walking through the mountains and forests might be difficult for others, but it was not difficult at all for Lu Yi and his companions.

Because they were followed by three black panthers about ten feet long left by Lu You.

When they were leaving the city, Wen Chengbo and Zhou Shuyi were both seriously injured, so they had to stop a donkey cart on the official road. Lu Yi asked Black Panther to follow them from a distance in the woods on the side of the road.

Later, Wen Chengbo woke up. In order not to reveal his cards, Lu Yi simply walked forward and never let Black Panther show up again.

What he had to do was simple, which was to leave a backup plan.

Although Wen Chengbo was very straightforward, Lu Yi did not believe him as they had only known each other for a few days.

And even if Wen Chengbo can be trusted, what about Wen Chengjie?

The guy who calculated Lu You's life with just a few words should have become Wu Quanwen's disciple by now.

If Wen Chengbo returns and Wen Chengjie tricks him into revealing something, he will send people to arrest him.

These three black panthers that hid after leaving the east gate are their last trump card.

Lu Yi's mind is too deep. Along the way, he has seen too many calculations and deaths.

So except for a very few people, he really couldn't trust anyone else.

Now that Wen Chengbo has left, Lu Yi can finally enter the forest and reunite with Black Panther, and ride Black Panther to quickly head to Yanzhou City.

But what he didn't know was that the things he had tried so hard to hide along the way had already been exposed to the sight of people like Wu Quanwen and Wen Chengjie.

They even know more than his younger brother.

The three of them ordered a lot of sesame cakes, and while they were waiting for the store to make them, they heard cheers coming from afar.

A few people looked in the direction of the sound and saw a number of people gathered a few feet away, listening to something.

"What's going on over there? Is there an acrobatic troupe?" Hu Laojiu asked the shop owner curiously.

"What kind of acrobatic troupe? That's a storyteller."

The shop owner said this with a smile while making the sesame cakes.

"The storyteller arrived here this morning and started telling stories right away. He only took a break for half an hour at noon. He made quite a lot of money today."

Hu Laojiu laughed when he heard this: "This is new. This is the first time I've seen a storyteller on the street be so popular. What kind of book is he telling?"

"This time it's not a story, it's a real story!"

The shopkeeper replied in a mysterious tone.

"This storyteller is from Qingzhou Prefecture, and he tells the story of the Qingzhou heroes fighting against the Jin soldiers..."

Having said this, the shopkeeper's tone paused, and then he looked at Lu Yi and the other two.

"Look at the attire of the three guests. They must have come from Qingzhou, right?"

"Yes." Hu Laojiu nodded and said, "What's wrong?"

Hearing this, the shop owner quickly put down his work and came forward.

"Then tell me, is the three-eyed leopard god witch that the storyteller talked about real?"