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

"How many of you are here?"

"Master! There are five of us in total. The other five are on standby at the Moon Landing Tower. If we don't return within two months, they will find a way to pick us up."

Yun Qing felt relieved, thankful that they had not been caught in one fell swoop: "How did you find me?"

Xiao Hei said, "I brought my brothers to the mine to explore its situation. After discussion, we decided that I would lead two people into the mine to explore, while the other two would stay outside to provide support. However, before we even entered the mine, chaos broke out, and then we heard the signal from you, Master."

Xiao Hei's mind flashed back to the time when he found his master on the mountain. His master looked so miserable, and he felt so distressed. Fortunately, his master couldn't see him. He wiped the tears from his face.

"We followed the signal and found you, Master. At that time, you had used your inner strength and suffered a backlash from a drunken dream, leaving you completely unconscious and unaware of our presence. As the five of us were preparing to leave the mine carrying you on our backs, we were surrounded and strangled by a group of experts in the mountains. There were a total of three hundred of them. We hid here and there in the mountains, but we couldn't shake them off."

Xiao Hei recalled the experience of fighting in the mountains for a few days, and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot. It was a life-and-death struggle every moment.

"For five whole days and nights, the five of us wiped out more than half of the enemy, but several of us were seriously injured. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, we finally decided that the four of them would distract the enemy while I carried you, my master, and climbed down a cliff to escape. There was a deep pool at the bottom of the cliff, so even if we fell, we wouldn't be in danger."

Xiao Hei still had lingering fears as he continued, "Finally, we managed to escape their encirclement. I didn't dare go down the mountain without you, my master, for fear of revealing our whereabouts. So, we found a secluded cave on the mountain. I left our own secret codes along the way, hoping that our brothers would find us after they broke through the encirclement. Unfortunately, I waited in the cave for three days and none of them returned."

Yun Qing was moved when he heard this. He didn't expect that he would encounter so many things after escaping from the mine.

He looked in Xiao Hei's direction, unable to hide the pain in his heart. These secret guards, whether from the Sun Team or the Moon Team, were carefully selected and trained by his master. They grew up with him and accompanied him in his battles.

They often said they were willing to hide in the shadows, to be his shadow, a knife in his hand, his solid shield. They were willing to live and die for him, without regrets or second thoughts.

Because they were all orphans. Without him, they would have died long ago, or lived in humiliation. How could the Dragon Shadow Guard allow them to live with such dignity? Even if they died, it would be with honor.

Especially the twenty men of the Sun Team. When he was in the Northern Border City Army, they guarded him day and night. In the freezing cold, they surrounded him and kept him warm. They were the ones who fought their way through the mountains of swords and rain of blood for him.

And now, they all have...!

He must avenge this grudge and repay those people double.

Yun Qing's hands were shaking, but he still insisted on writing in the notebook: "How are the four of them?"

Xiao Hei said, "The four of them should still be alive. On the third day after escaping, I sneaked back to the mine and saw them tied to a wooden rack at the mine entrance. I think they were trying to lure us to rescue them."

"On my way back, I was robbed and seriously injured. I finally escaped, but by the time I got back to the cave, I was exhausted. It doesn't matter if I die, but what about you, Master?"

"Fortunately, God had mercy on us and let us meet that girl."

Xiao Hei then remembered that he didn't know the girl's name. This girl not only saved his master and his life, but also helped his master to detoxify, which was the poison of Zuimeng!

In the future, he would worship the girl and burn incense to her every day.

"Master, how did you get rid of the poison? Was it really that girl who cured you?"

When Yun Qing thought of Mu Qingcheng, the hostility in his body gradually dissipated. He was as elegant and profound as a slender bamboo standing upright in the gentle breeze and drizzle.

Yun Qing felt that Mu Qingcheng was so smart that she probably had some idea of ​​his identity. Regardless of her suspicions, he didn't want to hide it from her; she would know sooner or later. However, they were in danger right now, and if he told her, it would only scare her. So, it was better not to reveal it now!

In fact, Yun Qing had selfish motives. He found that whenever he showed weakness and pretended to be pitiful, Mu Qingcheng would be very worried about him, care about him, and take care of him gently and considerately.

There were women who treated him well in the past, but they were always kind for a purpose. Behind those tender feelings, they were revealed to be filthy calculations. In the past, any girl who approached him would only make him feel disgusted.

No girl has ever treated him so gently and been nice to him without any ulterior motive.

In fact, Mu Qingcheng also had a purpose. Her purpose was simpler than other women. It was just for the ten thousand taels of gold!

Yun Qing wrote carefully, "Her name is Mu Qingcheng. She doesn't know our identities, so we must not reveal them to her. Go and inform the secret agent. From now on, our people will treat her as if she were me."

Xiao Hei was so frightened that he almost sat up from the couch. He stared at the notebook again and again, wanting to see two holes in it.

Before he could see through the notebook, Yun Qing tore off the page and destroyed it.

The front yard of Zhou's Inn.

Mu Qingcheng strolled from the backyard to the front yard. The front yard was very quiet. She found the proprietress washing vegetables in the kitchen.

The proprietress's maiden name is Chen, and her given name is Yun. Now the neighbors all call her Madam Zhou.

Mu Qingcheng was chatting with the boss lady in the kitchen while not forgetting to eat. After eating two big buns and a bowl of porridge, she patted her belly with satisfaction. She felt so happy after eating a full meal.

Seeing the proprietress boiling a pot of pitch-black water, she asked curiously, "Madam Zhou, what kind of water is this? Why is it so black?"

Madam Zhou was delighted to see the pretty girl in front of her, thinking that since she was from a wealthy family, how could she have ever seen salt water boiled before?

He smiled and said, "This is salt. The girl is from a wealthy family, so she probably has never eaten coarse salt!"

Mu Qingcheng was a little surprised: "This, is this salt?"

The proprietress stirred the water in the pot with a large spoon and said, "Yes! The coarse salt you buy is full of sand. You have to dissolve it in water and filter it with coarse cloth to remove the sand and rocks before you can eat it."

Mu Qingcheng looked at the pot of black water and her stomach churned.

"Ah! Can we just filter the sand and eat it? Don't we need to add something else to refine it?"

Mrs. Zhou was confused. She had never heard of adding anything else to salt water for extraction. She shook her head, thinking Mu Qingcheng didn't understand anything, and pointed to a flat, round bamboo winnowing basket with a white cloth spread on it.

"Once the salt water has dissolved, the mud and sand will sink to the bottom. Pour the salt water over a winnowing basket and it will become even cleaner. Then boil the salt water in a clean pot and put it on a winnowing basket to dry. After drying, the salt will solidify into a block again. Grind it into powder and it will become white salt. This is how every household here washes salt."

Mu Qingcheng wanted to see what the filtered salt looked like, so she asked Madam Zhou, "Do you have the salt you eat now? Can you let me see it?"