Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

The other brothers didn't know what Li Huoyue was planning, they just thought that Xu Jiaoer and Sang Baohe were close, so maybe they could find out if Sang Baohe was close to other people. After all, the alliance would not rescue a stranger for no reason.

Li Huoyue's current plan is to get the secret of Xu Jiaoer's palace examination and use it to save his old father.

After she saw the objects flowing in the Nanxia River and the words on the objects, she knew that it would be difficult for her father to return home today.

Although these children of the Li family have made achievements in various aspects, they are not powerful enough to compete with the imperial power.

She had to have something else to save her father's life and the lives of the entire Li family.

It happened too suddenly. When leaving the Li Mansion, no one expected such a "miracle" to happen. Li Huoyue thought that when he left, he didn't even have time to say hello to his old father.

Now she didn't have time to say the lines she had prepared. The woman in front of her didn't know if she was scared. She seemed to be very reluctant to communicate. She had to use the shortest words to attract her attention.

So, when Xu Jiao'er passed by her, Li Huoyue said, "Do you know that time travelers are actually prohibited in the South Country?"

Xu Jiaoer really stopped and looked at Li Huoyue in surprise, "What are you talking about?"

"Let's talk. It's not easy to be a time traveler in the South." Li Huoyue looked straight into Xu Jiaoer's eyes without avoiding the question.

While Xu Jiaoer was still hesitating, Li Huoyue had already turned around and left. His decisive back looked as if he was certain that Xu Jiaoer would follow him.

The crowd was clamoring and discussing the items in the river. Where did they come from? Was it really a miracle?

Many of the things have never been seen before, and everyone is guessing what these items are used for. The guesses become more and more out of control, creating a feast for the imagination.

Xu Jiaoer still chose to follow. There was no other way. She had too little information. After reading the text just now, she needed more information to help her judge the current situation.

When they reached a sparsely populated area, they saw an abandoned teahouse. Li Huoyue walked in and randomly picked a table to sit down.

Xu Jiao'er, who followed behind, looked at the house in confusion. After making sure that no one was lying in ambush inside, she walked in carefully, "You are a time traveler too?"

While on the road, Xu Jiaoer had thought of hundreds of possibilities, and only this explanation was the most reasonable.

"I'm not." Li Huoyue said calmly, "But I know you are."

"You're not?" Xu Jiao'er didn't believe it. "If you're not, then why do you know the word time travel? And why did you come to remind me that time travelers are prohibited in the South Country?"

Li Huoyue knew she would ask this and had already prepared an answer: "My father is a special inspector, a third-rank official, you know that, right?"

"You still want to show off your father at this time?!!!" Xu Jiao'er spat, "So what if your father is a third-rank official? Even if you are the emperor's daughter, you still have to marry a foreign prince. Unlike me, your future path has long been arranged, and you can see the end at a glance!"

Li Huoyue ignored her words and continued:

“My father had no subordinates, he had to do everything himself.

Although there was nothing to do normally, at most I would go to various palaces in the morning to inquire about which family grew the best flowers, and then pick two to bring back for my mother.

In the afternoon, he would go to a teahouse and listen to the storyteller to see if he had any new stories. If he had, he would ask from the audience who had written them. If he had no new stories, he would grab two bags of peanuts and bring them back for his mother.

Occasionally I would go to brothels and gambling houses to check if there were any women dressed as men causing trouble, and then the day would pass.

Life is so leisurely that it makes me feel like even if my father retires, life will be no different from what it is now.”

There was no ups and downs in Li Huoyue's words, and not a single word of them was related to the fact that "time travelers cannot exist in the South", but Xu Jiaoer still felt uneasy after hearing them.

The path that Li Huoyue's father explored all day was the path that Xu Jiaoer also wanted to walk when she first arrived here.

It was only because I was unfamiliar with the place that I had to give up.

She did submit several manuscripts to bookstores, but they were rejected because they couldn't understand the language.

Only then did Xu Jiaoer realize that she had lived most of her life as an illiterate with only a diploma.

She began to study hard on the writing systems of the southern land, which enabled her to pass the imperial examination successfully.

Anyway, I'm just thinking about it and I haven't really been to these places.

Xu Jiao'er didn't know what the special inspector did, so she started to comfort herself.

No one interrupted, so Li Huoyue continued:

"My father has been a special inspector in Kyoto, the southern country, for more than twenty years. During these twenty years, he has been dedicated to catching time travelers."

Xu Jiao'er was horrified and looked incredulous. Her brain couldn't keep up with the speed, and it took her a long time to ask, "Capture... what?"

"Catch the time traveler." Li Huoyue repeated generously, "Are you still asking me why I know the word time travel?"

Xu Jiao'er panicked. Her calves began to weaken and her mouth became extremely dry. She subconsciously wanted to escape. Her throat tightened as she asked, "So, so you are here to arrest me?"

No wonder!

No wonder they said we had to run away quickly!

No wonder they hide even when they can’t run away!

If the Special Inspector really does this, then what is the difference between a time traveler and a fugitive? !

How can a fugitive become the top scholar?!

No, this is not true!

"No." Li Huoyue shook his head, "I am..."

Before Li Huoyue finished speaking, Xu Jiaoer interrupted him with a smile:

"Hahaha! Are you jealous that I got Brother Qing, so you made up a trick to deceive me? To make me feel scared? To automatically escape and quit?!"

Li Huoyue was already a little anxious, and when he heard such words, he was so angry that he almost smashed the table.

She gritted her teeth, calmed down for a while, and then said, "Sang Fuqing is not worth all the trouble for me."

Xu Jiaoer didn't say anything, somewhat unable to accept it.

"In fact, the first thing that is exposed after traveling here is the language." Li Huoyue said, "But you have been here for some time, right? Do you feel that apart from a slight accent, your word usage habits are very different from those of most people in the South Country?"

This really got Xu Jiaoer thinking.

She felt that it was natural for everyone to speak like this, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Thinking about it now, it is indeed a bit weird.

Normally, she would need to translate poems and ancient Chinese texts when she memorized them, but here, what she said was basically plain language with very few obscure words. Even when she met the emperor, she could understand what he said without the need for anyone to translate it for her.

Because she was used to talking like this, she never thought there was anything wrong.

"In order to catch time travelers a long time ago, the Southern Kingdom ordered that everyone must be able to speak Mandarin."