The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

Mu Qingcheng was like a cheerful little bird, humming strange songs and busy packing things. In fact, there was nothing much to pack. The fruits and chestnuts could not even fill half a basket. The sour apricots that were drying outside had not been dried yet, so they had to be put away first.

Yunqing was dismantling the stove and moving the stones surrounding it back to their original location. They also dug a pit to bury the remaining charcoal ash.

Restoring the cave to its original appearance is to prevent anyone from finding their traces.

Then, they loaded everything they could take away onto the ox cart, including the same things they brought with them.

"Aniu, you're going to have to work hard again." Mu Qingcheng stroked the cow's head and persuaded the cow.

"Aniu! We're going down the mountain. You have to recognize the situation. You can't abandon me for your former master. I'm the one who saved you from the evil human traffickers."

"You must not walk back home. If your former owner sees you, he will definitely capture you and kill you for meat. So, we have to go to a good place."

Mu Qingcheng's trip up the mountain was not in vain, and she even gained two people.

Xiao Hei was lying on the flatbed cart, Yun Qing was driving the ox cart and sitting on the left shaft, and Mu Qingcheng was sitting on the other side of him, helping to point the way.

Around three in the afternoon, they left the cave. Braving the chilly wind, they searched for a way down the mountain. They first came to the pool below. Mu Qingcheng pointed in a general direction, and they set off in that direction.

Looking across the vast mountains, all you see is green vegetation and lush treetops stretching endlessly. There are no roads at all, and it's very easy to get lost.

Yun Qing couldn't see, so she relied on Mu Qingcheng to show her the way. She had no idea where to go. She was groggy when she got here, and even unconscious for a while. Yun Qing reassured her that she didn't need to worry about getting lost, saying her cow was very smart and she could just leave the way to it.

Is this really possible? Mu Qingcheng wondered if Aniu would just drag them back to the traffickers' lair. She wasn't sure if she could just leave the direction to Aniu. But Yunqing was sure Huangniu had the ability, so she left it alone.

Mu Qingcheng struggled with her thoughts for a long time before finally confessing everything to Yun Qing. She couldn't tell Yun Qing about the space-time rift, but only about how she was abducted and sold by Gou Wa's family, how she killed Lai Pi Si on the way, and how Ah Niu took her away to escape into the mountains. She told Yun Qing everything in detail.

Yun Qing thought to himself, it was just as he had guessed. Seeing her so uneasy, he was actually happy. Knowing that fear was a good thing, otherwise, once she got out and had money, he really wouldn't be able to control her.

Yunqing wrote, "Don't worry about the trafficker's life or death; he brought this upon himself. Just get us down the mountain, and we'll find a way to retrieve the medicine box."

Yun Qing thought more than Mu Qingcheng. He took the opportunity to find the medicine box because he couldn't keep that family.

Mu Qingcheng felt that this was the only feasible method. She took out her notebook and read out to Yun Qing all the details of the journey that she had written down, asking him to help analyze them.

Yun Qing listened very carefully. He had a good memory, so he remembered everything after Mu Qingcheng read it only once.

Then he asked, "How long is twenty minutes?"

"Uh!" Mu Qingcheng accidentally forgot to convert the time, but what other timekeeping methods did the ancients use besides hours?

"Uh! Minutes are how it's called in my hometown. One minute is about sixty heartbeats, so twenty minutes is one thousand two hundred. You can convert it yourself!"

Mu Qingcheng handed the problem to Yun Qing. Yun Qing frowned and pondered for a moment before figuring it out. He wrote on his notebook, "Less than an incense stick of time."

Now it was Mu Qingcheng's turn to be surprised. How did he calculate it?

According to his speculation, Lai Pi Si lived in Lao Chen Village, so Gou Wa's family should live in a nearby village.

Mu Qingcheng also thought so: "Then we just go into the village to look for people? What if that scoundrel is not dead?"

"That's also possible. According to your description of the time, I calculated that we arrived at Lao Chen Village late at night. I will have my own way to find him once we get to the village." Regardless of whether Lai Pi Si is dead or not, he must die.

Really? Mu Qingcheng was skeptical. How could he find someone when he couldn't speak and was blind? Could he rely on Ah Niu? They say old horses know the way, but I've never heard of an old cow knowing the way.

As it was getting dark, Mu Qingcheng finally found a place to spend the night.

"Right here, right here. This is where I spent the night. You see, this is a steep slope. There is no road ahead, so Aniu stopped."

Yun Qing remained calm and composed. He wrote in his notebook, "Look carefully around. There must be a way down the mountain. Don't go too far. Be careful of wild animals."

This is a dense forest with overgrown weeds and bushes. The road is completely invisible, so it must be buried in the weeds.

Mu Qingcheng took out a military knife and cut a branch to use as a stick. She knocked and hit it along the way, and sure enough, many snakes of all sizes were startled out from the grass, scaring her and making her scream.

Yun Qing jumped to her side when she screamed for the first time, and with a flick of his hand, four finger-long wooden needles flew out, accurately nailing the snake to the tree.

Mu Qingcheng had forgotten to scream. Was this the legendary hidden weapon? She stared at Yun Qing with infatuated eyes. He was so handsome! Even though he was blind, he could still be so accurate. She was in awe of him.

No wonder he was shaving branches with his military knife that day. Mu Qingcheng thought he was just doing some handicrafts to pass the time, but it turns out he was making weapons! This is even better than archery!

"Be careful!" Yun Qing mouthed to her.

He stood still like a pine tree, quietly listening to the sounds coming from all directions. With a whoosh, another wooden needle flew out, pinning a large snake as thick as a wrist to the tree. The snake twisted its body frantically, trying to escape from the needle.

"Ah...ah...ah!" Mu Qingcheng screamed in fear, hiding behind Yun Qing and grabbing his sleeves tightly.

Yun Qing pulled at his sleeves several times but failed to free them. He sighed and thought, forget it, let her be!

The big snake twisted for a while and then gradually became motionless. Only then did Mu Qingcheng dare to stick its head out.

Yun Qing wrote in the notebook: "Hurry up and find a way down the mountain, otherwise it will be dark soon and we will have to live in the snake's nest tonight."

When Mu Qingcheng thought about staying here all night, she immediately jumped out to find a way out. She only realized belatedly how lucky she was. She had actually lived in a snake's nest that night.

Mu Qingcheng was using a branch to scratch the grass in front, and Yun Qing followed slowly behind, listening to the movements around her to prevent any wild animals from pouncing on her.

"There's a slope here, and there should be a road going down from here."

Mu Qingcheng spotted a slope that was clearly man-made. She pushed aside the weeds and, sure enough, a path leading down. This path was probably made by nearby villagers going up the mountain to collect herbs or hunt. She just didn't know if it was the path she'd taken.

"Yunqing, there is a road here, but it's a bit steep. I don't know if the ox cart can pass through."

Yun Qing took the branch from Mu Qingcheng's hand and explored the road herself. This road was not only steep but also very narrow. This couldn't be the road she had taken when she came here, but it was indeed a way down the mountain.

Yun Qing began pulling weeds with his hands, preparing to widen the path. Mu Qingcheng hurried over to help, using a military knife to push the weeds and branches to the other side. It took them a full quarter of an hour to clear a path wide enough for an oxcart to pass.