My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

Although it was only April, the weather started to get hotter after passing Shinshu.

From a quilted jacket to just two layers of clothes, the clothes are getting thinner and thinner.

Even at noon, the men were so hot in the sun that they couldn't even wear light clothes.

Some people who don't care even secretly take off their outer clothes at noon.

Under Lu Zhenzhen's instructions, Doctor Qi had already made a lot of heat-relief balls, and also prepared heat-relief herbs and food on the carriage.

We are halfway through this journey, thanks to Qi Chaihu.

With this little miracle doctor like him in charge, if anyone in the team has a headache, fever, or any other discomfort, basically two doses of medicine will be enough.

Not to mention injuries like falls.

Not to mention that the 300 imperial guards led by Tang Liang had great respect for Qi Chaihu, even the old man from the Lin family who followed Lin Dejiang secretly sighed that traveling with the emperor's people was not only safe, but even if they got sick on the way, there would be a doctor with superb medical skills to treat them.

His attitude towards Fu Zhiyi, Lu Zhenzhen and their group became more and more respectful.

At the last stop before entering Nanling, everyone replenished their supplies before slowly entering the mountains.

The mountain we have to cross is called Yaoshan, which is towering into the clouds.

The traveling merchants gradually expanded and repaired a mountain road on the ancient road that was only wide enough for one carriage to pass.

People traveling here can take a horse-drawn carriage for the first half of the journey, but the mountain road becomes more rugged and steep as they go further.

Some places were only wide enough for mules and horses carrying supplies to pass through, and everyone had to get down and walk to reach the narrowest places.

There was originally a section of waterway that could avoid this section, but before everyone arrived, there had been heavy rain for more than ten days upstream, the river water rose rapidly, and coupled with the spring flood, no one dared to take the risk of going into the water at this time.

There is no choice but to go by land. After crossing Yao Mountain, the river will be wider and flatter, and the flood season is almost over, so it should be fine.

The mountain road was bumpy, and even though the shock absorption performance was better than that of an ordinary carriage, Fu Zhiyi and Lu Zhenzhen were still shaken badly.

Fortunately, Fu Zhiyi's arm injury has healed by 50% to 60%, otherwise the bumpy ride would have been a hassle for his recovery.

Before entering the mountains, the caravan hired many mules and horses and unloaded the cargo from the carriages onto them.

These mules and horses are unique to the local area. They are not big, do not walk fast, and have slightly short legs, but they have amazing endurance, which makes them perfect for transporting goods in such mountainous areas.

When they were halfway through the journey, the carriage could no longer carry passengers. Given Fu Zhiyi's personality, he had already prepared a stretcher, which two people could carry to cross this section.

But Lu Zhenzhen looked at the road with a mountain wall on one side and a cliff on the other, and then looked at the wobbly sedan chair.

I don't feel comfortable entrusting my life to others.

Given the terrain, if the person carrying the sedan chair slipped or tilted, he would probably be killed.

It’s better to keep your feet on the ground and walk your own way.

After hearing what Lu Zhenzhen said, Fu Zhiyi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

I couldn't persuade her, so I just went with Lu Zhenzhen.

The couple now changed into simple clothes, tied their hair tightly, tied their trouser legs tightly, and changed their shoes into cloth shoes with hard soles.

Fu Zhiyi walked on the outside, protecting Lu Zhenzhen.

Lu Zhenzhen held Fu Zhiyi's hand with one hand and held the mountain wall with the other, not daring to look to the left at all.

I walked so hard that my legs were trembling and my heart was beating fast.

Because Lu Zhenzhen refused to ride on the sedan chair, the people behind her were too embarrassed to do so. They gritted their teeth and followed behind, each holding their own.

This mountain road can only accommodate two or three people at most, so the convoy was extremely long.

Behind Lu Zhenzhen and the others, from a distance, they could hear the cries of the women and children of the Lin family.

It was also their first time to follow Lin Dejiang back to South Vietnam. Where had they seen such steep mountains and such rugged roads before?

They were afraid of sitting in the sedan chair, and they couldn't take a step when walking. After screaming for a while, they held their heads and burst into tears.

Especially the children, who cried and shouted that they wanted to go home and not go to South Vietnam.

After all, for them, from birth to now, they have never traveled so far away and suffered so much.

It would have been fine if they didn't dare to leave, but they blocked the road and the people behind them couldn't leave even if they wanted to.

Tang Liang's men came to urge him several times. If it weren't for the fact that Lin Dejiang had been quite successful in trying to please them a few days ago, they would have probably drawn their knives and threatened him long ago.

Even so, the imperial guards were extremely impatient and could not help but say, "Master Lin, since your wife and son are unwilling to follow you to South Vietnam and are blocking the way here, why don't you just send them back? Don't waste everyone's time!"

"That's right, Master Lin. We're not on a plain here. A delay of one or two hours won't matter, but if we delay any further, we won't be able to reach the campsite before dark. We'll have to spend the night on this mountain road. Have you thought about that?"

Lin Dejiang's face turned blue.

But he had to be careful on the surface: "I'll come and talk to them properly, and I promise not to waste anyone's time."

After some persuasion, he sent the man away and came to the crying women.

Before he could say anything, several children hugged his legs and cried out that they were scared and wanted to go home.

Several women also cried incessantly.

Lin Dejiang's head ached. He looked at the fierce and impatient faces of the escorts not far away and made up his mind: "In that case, take the children back to the town we came from. When the flood season is over, you can take a boat to South Vietnam."

Those women were panicking. They were making a fuss in order to make their masters feel sorry for them, and they were indeed afraid.

But their master wants to abandon them, and they are just a few weak women with a child. What if something happens?

I couldn't help but regret it immediately.

But now they had no time to regret. Lin Dejiang gritted his teeth, called over a confidant, and asked him to pick a few people to escort his wives, concubines and children back to the town.

After whispering a few more words, the confidant took his orders and left.

Several women and children were dragged away half-forced, no matter how unwilling they were and how much they cried.

As soon as they left, the road ahead finally became smooth.

Lu Zhenzhen and Fu Zhiyi were in the front, and when they heard the noise behind them, they guessed what was going on without even thinking.

Fu Zhiyi had to admit that he was a little disappointed with Lin Dejiang. He originally thought he was a smart man, but his backyard was really confusing.

Such people should not be given too much importance.

This will also prevent him from missing the opportunity if he encounters a major event in the future because of the women in the harem.

It seems that after going to South Vietnam, I will have to find other useful helpers.

As for the rest of the journey, without the women and children of the Lin family to hold them back, although everyone was tired, seeing that Fu Zhiyi and Lu Zhenzhen, an imperial official and a county lady respectively, did not complain of being tired, they all gritted their teeth and persevered.