My game even includes ancient times

Despite the excruciating pain in his arm, the man in green led his companions out of the woods. But that wasn't enough; he wanted to drag them even further.

The person whose wrist he was holding finally couldn't take it anymore and shook off his hand: "Stop! Shuangyue, what's going on? Are you running away halfway through and not going to do the mission?!"

The man in green staggered two steps, turned around to look at him, and gave a bitter laugh: "Mission? Qianyu, I'm saving your lives!"

The other three people following behind them also stopped in their tracks upon seeing this, exchanging bewildered glances.

Qianyu, a handsome young man, frowned upon hearing this and asked, "You mean the woman in black wearing the cone-shaped hat? Is she an accomplice of those three brats from Hualing?"

The man in green wiped the cold sweat from his brow, cradling his severed hand: "I thought that person was just passing through. She was very perceptive in spotting me. I intended to use her to distract those three brats, which would increase my chances of success during the ambush. Who would have thought..."

Qianyu sighed, pulled a strip of cloth from under her clothes, and stepped forward to tie Shuangyue's severed wrist: "Even so, how did you get so badly injured?"

Shuangyue was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat. Through her clenched teeth, she managed to squeeze out a sentence: "You don't know, she smashed my knife with one punch."

Qianyu was stunned, and the other three were also shocked on the spot.

One of the older middle-aged men couldn't help but ask, "One punch? She wasn't wearing any brass knuckles or wire gloves or anything like that?"

Shuangyue glanced at him: "Only hands, bare hands. Didn't you see that too? After she broke my knife, there wasn't even a cut on her hands."

Qian Yu said in a deep voice, "This person not only possesses profound internal strength, but also has an extremely powerful external martial art. Such a strong person, yet our Mo Yun Lou has never recorded any information about him..."

He tied the cloth strip and said to the other four, "This matter is of great importance and must be reported to the Lord in time. Please ask the Lord to send people from Yunlou to investigate carefully. Also, Shuangyue's wrist is badly injured and needs to be treated as soon as possible. Let's put the mission aside for now and go directly to the Yunzhou Branch B."

The others naturally had no objections, and the five of them changed direction, bypassing the grove of trees and heading south.

……

He Yu didn't care about the subsequent movements of those two groups. The chestnut horse ran along the path for half an hour when the light ahead suddenly came on.

They finally escaped the woods.

He Yu glanced back and saw that the woods behind her were silent and no one had followed. She breathed a silent sigh of relief, finally able to put her mind at ease.

After this experience, riding a horse didn't seem so scary anymore. He Yu even let go of the reins and touched He Shi's forehead.

She lowered her head slightly, brought her lips close to his ear, and said loudly into the wind, "Are you alright? Were you scared just now?"

He Shi subconsciously turned his head away, avoiding her breath that was too close. He didn't know if it was because the wind was blowing too hard, but he felt a little short of breath. After a moment, he answered loudly, just like her, "I'm fine, and I'm not scared."

He Yu: "Why aren't you afraid!"

He Shi: "With you here, how could I be afraid?"

He Yu: "..."

She was so nervous that she momentarily forgot that in He Shi's mind, she was an omnipotent deity with magical powers.

As the excitement from the surge of adrenaline subsided slightly, He Yu slowly straightened up, raised her hand to tidy up the fluttering curtains of her conical hat, and regained her aloof demeanor, no longer acting like a husky, shouting and yelling while letting in the wind.

That was close; I almost ruined my public image.

After getting onto the official road, a post station soon appeared by the roadside.

After handing the horse over to the innkeeper, He Shi followed He Yu into the inn's main hall.

There were a dozen or so people in the inn, sitting close together at two tables, eating cakes and drinking tea. When He Yu and He Shi came in, their loud conversation immediately quieted down.

He Yu rolled her eyes and looked around at the group of people.

They were dressed in sturdy and durable coarse cloth, their faces covered in dust, and several of them carried swords, so they were probably a merchant caravan.

He Yu only looked away after sitting down at the table.

But from other people's perspective, the man in black wearing a cone-shaped hat walked straight to the table and sat down without looking to the side, his posture very mysterious and aloof.

The food at the post station was simple and rough. He Yu only ordered a pot of tea and was about to buy some food from the secondhand market when he saw He Shi take out several finely wrapped oil paper packages from his satchel and place them on the table, then open them one by one.

He Yu took a closer look and exclaimed, "Wow!"

Scallion pancakes, braised beef, brown sugar potstickers, shredded radish, and even a bag of spiced melon seeds.

He Shi smiled shyly: "My senior sister insisted on giving these to me before I left, telling me to take them with me on the road. But these foods don't keep well, so it's best to finish them today. Would you like to try some?"

I wonder if immortals eat mortal food.

He Shi glanced at He Yu discreetly.

He Yu reached into his pocket and pulled out a pack of medical disinfectant wipes.

She bought this at the general store; a big bag of 100 sheets for only 10 copper coins.

He Yu pried open the top seam of the paper package, reached in with her fingers, pulled out a card, and handed it to He Shi: "Wipe your hands."

He Shi took the towel and smelled a pungent, strong liquor-like odor. He didn't ask what it was, but obediently wiped his hands carefully, folded the still slightly damp white towel, and placed it on the table, intending to take it with him later.

After disinfecting her hands, He Yu picked up a scallion pancake and took a bite. Hmm, although it was a little cold, it still tasted pretty good.

When He Shi saw her devour a pancake in a few bites, he realized that even immortals could eat mortal food. He was overjoyed. Great! Now there was another way to make offerings to the immortals.

He Yu placed the braised beef and shredded radish in the middle of the scallion pancake, rolled it up, and handed it to He Shi.

He Shi was taken aback, then accepted the gift with a flattered expression: "Thank you, sister."

He Yu then picked up a guokui (a type of flatbread).

The two of them ate with relish, sipping coarse tea. The dozen or so people at the next table, smelling the aroma wafting from the other side, were so tempted that they swallowed hard, but could only forcefully bite off a piece of the dry, spicy bread in their hands and try to swallow it down with their tea.

The caravan leader encouraged everyone: "Hang in there, everyone. Once we get this batch of grain to Dingyun City before tonight, we'll have completed our mission."

A dark-skinned young man sitting next to him asked, "Boss, do you think this grain will eventually reach the disaster victims?"

“Yes,” a man across from us put down his teacup and chimed in, “We’ve worked so hard to gather these few cartloads of grain so that we can save more people in the disaster area. We don’t want it to end up in the granaries of some powerful or wealthy family.”

The leader smiled slightly: "Don't worry, guys, this grain relief effort was initiated by Manager Zhou of Chu's Grain Store. With Chu's backing, what do we have to worry about with corrupt officials?"

The people at the table nodded in agreement.

"So that's why you've been so enthusiastic this time, boss."

"With the Chu family around, we can rest assured."

"Alas, in this world, the government is not as authoritative as a gangster force."

"That's right, but this is only in Yunzhou. Other forces don't have this ability."

"makes sense……"

"..."

He Yu and He Shi overheard the conversation. He Yu laughed and said, "It seems that the Chu Family Manor is really quite nice. I didn't choose the wrong place for you."

He Shi swallowed the biscuit in his mouth, and a gentle smile appeared in his eyes as if he had thought of something: "Yes, they are all doing well."