After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

"It's too dangerous to be on or near the official roads. In this situation, it's relatively safer in the mountains."

Sang Ye said, "Then let's go into the mountains."

Several carriages turned and headed towards the nearest mountain.

Mountains like this have paths that allow carriages to reach certain places in the mountains, but they are difficult to walk on and require guards to push from behind.

Sang Ye and his companions did not sit in the carriage, but got off and walked in front.

Mu Baobao looked back at the guards pushing the carriage, held his eldest brother's hand, and walked forward obediently. The guards must have worked so hard.

It is relatively cooler in the mountains, not so hot and stuffy, and there is a slight breeze.

However, the closer to the foot of the mountain, the more withered the grass and trees became.

As we walked deeper into the mountains, the grass and trees seemed less withered.

"There seems to be no one else in this mountain." Shangguan Quan stretched his head and looked around. "It's quite cool in the mountains."

Hua Yun glanced at him and said, "Save some energy for walking. We may have to go deep into the mountains."

"I'm not worried about people, I'm worried about the wild beasts in the mountains. Wild beasts are much more ferocious and powerful than humans."

Shangguan Quan took out a folding fan from his sleeve, opened it, and fanned himself slowly, "Don't think too much."

"Let's first find a relatively safe place in this mountain to settle down and figure out what to do next."

Hua Yun also knew this, "Let's go first."

The group walked for about an hour and arrived at a deeper part of the mountain.

A place with an open space.

Sang Ye decided to settle down here.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and took a few breaths: "Let's settle down here."

"Three guards, go look around and see if there's a stream or something like that. It would be best if we rest by the stream."

"That's inappropriate!" Mu Pingping quickly stopped him. "In the mountains, streams are where all kinds of animals gather. We can't stay there."

Sang Ye really didn't know this. He slapped his forehead in frustration and said, "It's my fault. I thought it was an ordinary place."

"Then let's stay here and see if there's a stream so we can get some water."

If it weren't for Mu Pingping's reminder, I'm afraid something would really happen to them tonight.

The guards took orders and began to set up tents, pack up their belongings, patrol the surroundings, and check if there were any streams or the like.

Mu Baobao sat cross-legged on the ground, holding his head with both hands: "Big brother, how long will we stay in the mountains?"

She actually likes staying in the mountains, but she is worried that her animal friends will come to find her, and then her big brothers will know her secret.

The eldest brother said that she must not let him and the others know her secret.

Sang Ye also sat on the ground, fanning himself with a fan. "I'm not sure yet."

"Is the baby bored?"

Baby Mu shook his little head and said, "No, I just thought it's not good to stay in the mountains all the time."

Mu Pingping knew the real reason, and he was also worried that the animals in the mountains would come looking for the baby.

Hopefully, the animals in the mountains won’t come looking for the baby, otherwise her secret might be exposed.

Sang Ye didn't think much about it and smiled, "Once we come up with a solution, we will leave this mountain."

Baby Mu let out an "oh" and started playing with the weeds. It would be great if she could go and play with her animal friends, but she couldn't go.

Sang Ye turned around and discussed with Hua Yun and Shangguan Quan what to do next.

"We can't take the official road or the other route." He frowned. "There are too many victims. There's no guarantee something similar won't happen again."

"Xiaolu...Second Young Master Hua, what is Xiaolu like?"

Hua Yun picked up a branch and drew on the ground. "To put it bluntly, the path is just made by people on the road. It's not a real road."

“This route is more dangerous, but it saves a lot of road time.”

After a pause, he added, "One more thing, I can't guarantee that any disaster victims will take the small path."

Sang Ye thought for a moment and waved to Mu Pingping, "Mu Pingping, come here."

Mu Pingping walked over and sat next to him, "Mr. Sang, what's the matter?"

Sang Ye asked, "If you were a disaster victim, would you choose to take the small road?"

"I don't mean to look down on you. It's because we come from a big family and have never been exposed to the things of the lower class, so I can't figure it out."

Mu Pingping waved his hand to show that he didn't mind, "No."

"The biggest reason is that you can't get anything by walking on the side roads, there's nothing to eat or drink, and you don't meet any kind people."

“It’s possible to take the mountain road.”

Sang Ye motioned for him to continue.

Mu Pingping said, "For the common people, they can find a lot of food in the mountains."

"I heard my grandmother say that if you have nothing to eat, you can eat tree bark and Guanyin soil, but eating Guanyin soil will definitely kill you."

Shangguan Quan asked in confusion, "What is Guanyin soil? I've never heard of it."

"I've seen it in a book," Sang Ye sighed, "It's a kind of edible soil. Eating it will make you bloated, but it will also lead to death."

"I also read in a book that when there was no food, many people would fight over the Guanyin soil."

Mu Pingping hummed, "My grandmother said that when she was little, life was not easy. Some families even ate Guanyin soil and eventually died."

"If the drought is not controlled, it will turn out like this."

Shangguan Quan hissed, his eyes widening, "This..."

Mu Pingping said, "If you don't eat, you will starve to death immediately. If you eat, you will die later. Which one do you choose, Master Shangguan?"

Which one to choose...

As a person who has no worries about food and drink, Shangguan Quan really can't make a choice.

But he knew very well that when a person was really about to starve to death, he would eat the Guanyin soil regardless of anything.

He sighed, "Now I finally understand why those disaster victims robbed us."

"I can barely survive, I might as well rob once, maybe I can continue to live."

Hua Yun tapped his head lightly and said unhappily, "Do you want me to sympathize with the disaster victims?"

"Pour out the water in your brain. If you can't, don't talk anymore."

Shangguan Quan remained silent.

Hua Yun rubbed her brows, her expression solemn. "Judging from the current situation, it's safest for us to take the small road."

"But there's a problem. Taking the small road is like being isolated from the outside world. It would be much more difficult to get any information or news."

Sang Ye hadn't really considered this problem. "In that case, taking the small road won't work either."

"If you don't want to take any of the roads, which one should you take?"

Hua Yun was also considering this matter. "If it really doesn't work out, let's do as the third brother said and find a town to stay in temporarily."

"The imperial court has learned of the drought and has taken action. Let's wait for a while, maybe the situation will improve."

Sang Ye said, "I can't wait."

"To be honest, Second Young Master Hua, our mission when we go out is to investigate the drought and see if anyone is secretly disobeying our orders."