Confiscated the property and exiled? I emptied the warehouse and fled the famine.

Xiangling told Ruan Yunsheng that when she and Su Ji were practicing writing and speaking, Su Ji smelled something wrong. Su Ji's language was not perfect yet, so he could only gesture to Xiangling with his hands. Fortunately, Xiangling understood it, so she brought Su Ji over to tell Ruan Yunsheng.

"Someone is following us?" Ruan Yunsheng frowned. Su Ji used to live with wolves. Animals have very sensitive noses, and some can even smell smells within ten meters. Su Ji is a human being, so his sense of smell is even more sensitive. "I know about this. You go back first and be careful. Xiangling, don't separate from Su Ji at night. Su Ji can protect you when necessary."

After Ruan Yunsheng finished speaking, Xiangling blushed. After all, Su Ji was a man, and she couldn't separate from men...

"But······"

"Xiangling, what I mean is that you must let Su Ji accompany you when you leave the tent. Su Ji and Ye Yong sleep together next to you in the tent, which is also safe."

Xiangling's face turned even redder after hearing this. She had just misunderstood Ruan Yunsheng's meaning and thought that he wanted her to sleep with Su Ji. "Oh, I understand, sister. Let's go back first. I still have to continue teaching Su Ji how to speak."

"Okay, go ahead." Ruan Yunsheng did not expose her until she left. Then Ruan Yunsheng laughed out loud. The little girl was too simple-minded and had no scheming thoughts.

"Lu Zhizhou, who do you think he is?"

Lu Zhizhou disagreed, "Who else could want to kill me? The ambush set up in front was cleared by my secret guards. That group of people got anxious and arranged another group of people to come over."

Ruan Yunsheng clicked his tongue twice, "Your life is really valuable."

The evening meal was prepared by sister-in-law Lu and Mrs. Ye. Sister-in-law Lu said that Ruan Yunsheng couldn't always take care of them, and they had to learn to cook by themselves. Ruan Yunsheng refused righteously, but the refusal was ineffective. Ruan Yunsheng stroked her belly, and her stomach was feeling aggrieved again tonight.

At night, Lu Zhizhou did not touch Ruan Yunsheng as agreed, but just held her quietly to sleep. This would be the most comfortable and quiet night in the next month.

The next morning, Pei Yan urged everyone to set off after they finished eating. When they entered the desert, there were people selling camels. Ruan Yunsheng decisively added some silver and exchanged the mule for the camel. By the way, he also left the cart to the camel seller. The desert was not like the outside world. The mule could hardly move in the desert.

Ruan Yunsheng was careful when buying water containers and specially bought water bags to ensure that the water they carried could reach the next stop. Even if it was not enough, she could just take out water from the space and replenish it in time. Buying these extra water bags was just a cover-up.

Everyone packed up all the things on the mule cart and transferred them to the camels. Fortunately, the tents can be folded up and don't take up much space. After putting all the things on the camels, we officially started our journey in the desert.

As soon as they entered the desert, Ruan Yunsheng could see that Pei Yan was not as casual as before. The woman wrapped her hair with cloth. The sun in the desert was really strong. Ruan Yunsheng felt a burning pain on his face before they had walked for long.

After walking for a whole morning, everyone couldn't stand the desert weather anymore, so Pei Yan asked everyone to take a short rest and then continued on their journey. The weather in the desert is very changeable and there is a high possibility of sandstorms. The temperature will drop rapidly at night, so they need to find a suitable place to set up tent before dark.

"Brother Lu, where do you think we should set up camp tonight?" Pei Yan had no experience living in the desert, so at this time he felt that Lu Zhizhou was more reliable.

"Find a flat valley with open space around it. Don't be too close to the grass or water."

Pei Yan was puzzled. "Why can't we get closer to the grass? It would be more comfortable for us to sleep in the tent if we set up camp in the grass. If we get closer to the water source, wouldn't it solve our drinking water and cooking problems? It can also save us some water."

"There are few plants in the desert but many animals. Staying away from the grass is to avoid these animals. In addition, most of the water in the desert is groundwater. If we stay nearby and wait for the water level to rise, the sand will become fluffy and form quicksand. If we are caught in the quicksand, we will be in danger of death."

After listening to Lu Zhizhou's popular science, Pei Yan swallowed his saliva. Fortunately, Lu Zhizhou was there, otherwise he would not know how he died. Seeing him like this, Ruan Yunsheng's mouth curled up a little, "Hey? Brother Pei, haven't you walked through the desert before? Didn't Brother Pei pass through the desert when he was escorting prisoners before?"

Pei Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously. This job was becoming more and more difficult. "Uh, haha, it's been a while since I forgot. Brother Lu, you two go ahead. I'll go ahead and look for Xiao Yi to find a suitable place to settle down nearby."

After Pei Yan left, Ruan Yunsheng chuckled. Her acting skills were really bad. Lu Zhizhou rubbed her hair helplessly and lovingly. "Okay, you teased him even though you knew he hadn't been there. What if he is too scared to come and ask me in the future? This desert is full of dangers. It's really not a joke."

Ruan Yunsheng pursed her lips. She just wanted to tease him because he was pretending to be funny. "Okay, I get it. I'll try a different approach next time."

Before dark, everyone found a fairly satisfactory place to set up their tents. For dinner, they could only have simple meals such as steamed buns and flatbreads. There was no way to cook in the desert and even the water supply was tight. Every drop of water they had was precious now.

At night, Lu Zhizhou was holding Ruan Yunsheng. A flute sound was heard, followed by screams from other tents. Lu Zhizhou and Ruan Yunsheng looked at each other and walked out of the tent. As soon as they went out, they were frightened by something slippery under their feet. In the moonlight, there were countless snakes on the ground where they were, and each one was extremely poisonous.

Lu Zhizhou protected Ruan Yunsheng and stepped back, kicked the snake to push it away, and then walked all the way to Madam Lu's tent, where they were also driving away the snake.

The Lu family felt sick and scared at the thought of a slippery thing crawling into their trouser legs while they were sleeping at night. They were huddled together at this time. The eldest sister-in-law Meng Yanan and the fifth sister-in-law Tan Jingwan, who were a little braver, held the bags in their hands and kept attacking and driving away the snake. When they saw Ruan Yunsheng and Lu Zhizhou, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Seventh brother, Yun Sheng, be careful not to get bitten."

"Mom, is anyone of you injured?" Under Lu Zhizhou's protection, Ruan Yunsheng walked all the way to Old Madam Lu. Old Madam Lu shook her head, and she looked at Lu's sister-in-law to make sure that they were not injured.

"Xiao Ba is injured. She was bitten on the leg." Old Madam Lu nervously grabbed Ruan Yunsheng's hand. Ruan Yunsheng looked at Lu Yunruo lying in Chen Youyue's arms and patted her hand to comfort her.

Then Ruan Yunsheng squatted down to check Lu Yunruo's injuries. Oh no, it was a rattlesnake. Desert rattlesnakes are highly poisonous.