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

"Don't call me Miss. I'm not your master. Just call me..." Mu Qingcheng thought about it. Since Yun Qing is his elder brother, he can't have two surnames, right?

"Just call me Nuannuan! Nuannuan is my nickname. Only my parents...my parents and my brother call me by my nickname."

Yun Qing was startled and turned to look at Mu Qingcheng, who also turned to look at him. She shyly leaned over and whispered, "Aren't you afraid of exposing our relationship?"

"Is that so? Brother!" Mu Qingcheng deliberately shouted at Yun Qing. Yun Qing gritted his teeth and didn't pinch her ears. This girl didn't tell him her nickname right away, but told an outsider instead.

"I...I...I'd better call her Miss!" She could see that the man in white was very unhappy, and he looked particularly scary. Xiaocao felt that if she really dared to call her Miss Nuannuan, the man would probably throw her out of the car.

Mu Qingcheng didn't know why Xiaocao didn't dare to call her name, but she felt uncomfortable hearing her call her "Miss" over and over again. Helplessly, she held her forehead, and Yun Qing curled the corners of her lips in satisfaction.

Mu Qingcheng laughed dryly twice and asked, "How old are you this year?"

"Miss, I am fifteen this year."

Fifteen? He was only two years younger than her and looked only about ten. Mu Qingcheng was shocked again.

"How far is Dahe Village, where you live, from Xiaxi Village?"

"Miss, our two villages are next to each other, separated by a river. Dahe Village is on the east side of the river, and Xiaxi Village is on the west side."

Okay! Once you get used to hearing "Hui Xiao Miss", it will be fine.

After Mu Qingcheng came to this world, she finally found someone with whom she could have a normal conversation. She was very happy because she finally didn't have to talk to herself anymore.

"Then do you know there's a village nearby called Lao Chen Village?"

"Laochen Village?" When Xiaocao heard this name, she almost screamed, as if she had seen a ghost. She curled up even tighter and trembled.

"Yes, do you know Laochen Village?" Mu Qingcheng saw that she was so nervous and thought that Xiaocao must know something.

"Miss, you must not go to Laochen Village. There... there are only bad people there... especially girls... once you go there, you can't come back!"

Yun Qing and Mu Qingcheng were both shocked. Mu Qingcheng quickly asked, "What on earth did they do? Why are you so afraid of them?"

Xiaocao's voice trembled as she continued, "Laochen Village was originally just an ordinary village. It was located on Dongling Mountain, and the villagers all lived halfway up the mountain. They didn't farm, they only hunted. A few years ago, a group of bandits came from nowhere and killed all the men in Laochen Village, leaving only the women behind."

Yun Qing and Mu Qingcheng looked at each other. They didn’t expect that this Old Chen Village was not simple.

"Have they been living in Laochen Village in recent years? Doesn't the government care?" Mu Qingcheng asked.

"The government officials sent people here. They were very vicious and even dared to kill the police."

Yun Qing's face changed after hearing this. This was definitely not an ordinary bandit. Ordinary bandits would never dare to be so rampant. If they dared to kill officials, they would be considered traitors, a crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of their clan.

"Will the nearby villages be affected?"

Xiao Cao shook her head. "They didn't cause any trouble to the nearby villages. On the contrary, they had a very good relationship with the villagers. It's just... it's just..."

"What is it?" Mu Qingcheng asked anxiously.

"They want the nearby villages to send two unmarried women to the mountain every month, otherwise they will come down the mountain and destroy their village."

After listening to this, Yun Qing wrote a few words on the notebook and showed it to Mu Qingcheng. After reading it, Mu Qingcheng continued to ask Xiaocao.

"They don't want money, they want women. So how do they survive? Robbery?"

Xiao Cao thought about it, then shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know, and I haven't heard of them going down the mountain to rob people."

Mu Qingcheng also noticed something was wrong, and she looked at Yun Qing.

Yun Qing's expression was solemn. These people dared to go against the government, yet they didn't rely on robbery for a living. So there was only one possibility: someone was supporting them. Who was supporting them, and what was they supporting them for?

Yun Qing glanced at the surrounding mountains with a sinister look, hatred surging in his heart!

Dongling Mountain, that must be the mine where he was imprisoned! I didn't expect him to stay near the mine after escaping.

The Shang family is so bold! Mining privately is one thing, but killing people and mining privately is so blatant. They really don't care about the laws of Qi!

Yun Qing had originally intended to help Mu Qingcheng retrieve the medicine box, then find a remote village to hide in for a while. Once he had forced Zui Meng out of his body and restored his strength, he would bring Mu Qingcheng back to the capital. Now it seemed that his idea was too simple.

He thought again of the hardships he had endured in the mines.

At first, he was suffering from the poison of drunkenness and dreaming, his hands and feet were weak, and even his mind could not stay awake every day. At that time, he had not lost his five senses, but was sometimes lucid and sometimes drowsy.

The woman took him to the mine while he was unconscious and chained him in a hot and humid mine. Every day, someone whipped him with a whip and poured strong liquor on him after the beating. The pain was more painful than being skinned. They were afraid that he would die too quickly, so they used the strong liquor to disinfect his wounds!

She wanted him to live in a state of being unable to live or die. But this was not enough. Without water, he could only lie on the ground and drink the water in the mine. When he was hungry, he had to fight with the vicious dogs for food. He was slow in movement and was always bitten by the vicious dogs.

Did she think that such torture would make him lose his will and then seek death? He insisted on living and must get out alive. None of these could destroy his desire to live, and he was always thinking of ways to escape.

Later, he found that the daily beatings and strong drinking could stimulate his mind to clear for a period of time, and he used this opportunity to accumulate internal strength. As a result, his sober time became longer and longer, and his internal strength continued to grow.

He didn't know how long he had been imprisoned, maybe dozens of days, maybe a few months, or maybe a year.

But he remembered clearly in his heart that he had to endure sixty-nine lashes before he could accumulate 10% of his internal strength.

So, that day he practiced qigong and held his breath, pretending to be dead. Those people really thought he was dead, so they carried him out of the mine and threw him at the entrance, preparing firewood to burn him to ashes. He seized the opportunity to escape from the mine and hide in the mountains.

He was exhausted, and it turned out that he hadn't run very far. He guessed that when Xiao Hei found him, those people also found him, and Xiao Hei desperately tried to save him, which is why he was so seriously injured.

How could that woman not have a backup plan to prevent him from escaping? She must have spies everywhere, but she didn't know how widespread her spies were. It seemed they couldn't stay in the nearby village.

Mu Qingcheng knew from Yun Qing's expression that Lao Chen Village was a trouble, so she went to find Gou Wa's family first and get her medicine box back.

Mu Qingcheng asked, "Which village is closest to Laochen Village?"

Xiaocao thought for a moment and said, "They are Xihu Village and Donghu Village. These two villages are right at the foot of Dongling Mountain. And... Dongwang Village, where I was sold, is not far from Laochen Village."

Mu Qingcheng felt a chill run down her spine after hearing this. She must have fallen near Dongling Mountain. Fortunately, this Fang Tiandao knew how to protect her and let her escape. If the bandits from Laochen Village had picked her up, she would probably be finished.

Neither Yun Qing nor Mu Qingcheng spoke, they were each thinking about their own things. Xiao Cao didn't dare to talk to them either, and huddled in a corner of the ox cart.

The moon sets in the west, the starlight gradually dims, the thick black of the sky gradually turns into deep blue, and the first ray of morning light is about to appear at the end of the distant field.

"The two trees in front are the entrance to Xiaxixi Village." Xiaocao excitedly stuck half of his body out of the ox cart.

Yun Qing parked the ox cart steadily at the entrance of the village. He did not get off. Mu Qingcheng immediately understood what he meant. He wanted to send the girl here only and did not want to care about the girl anymore.

Mu Qingcheng said, "Xiaocao, we can only take you here. Go home by yourself! We still have to rush to the county town to see a doctor for my cousin!"

Xiaocao jumped out of the car, knelt down and kowtowed to Mu Qingcheng to express his gratitude.

"Miss, I will always remember your life-saving grace." Xiaocao could not say any words of thanks and was so anxious that she just kowtowed.

Mu Qingcheng got out of the car helplessly and helped her up, telling her to go home quickly! It would be best not to be seen by anyone.

Xiaocao was so grateful that she could only say "Yes, Miss... Thank you, Miss..."

She turned around and ran two steps towards the village, then turned back.

"Miss, there's a river just down the road. There's a stone bridge over it. After you cross the bridge, you'll reach Dahe Village. From there, walk south for an hour and you'll reach the town. Once you get to the town, ask for directions to the county seat!"

"Okay, thank you, Xiaocao! Go home quickly!"

Mu Qingcheng jumped onto the ox cart, and the two waved goodbye and went their separate ways.