Chapter 132: Bandits

The next day, Qin Xiang parted ways with them at the city gate tower, her thin figure carrying a small bag walking alone into the somewhat misty fog.

Jin Cancan waved at her vigorously until she was out of sight.

"Sister Jin, shall we go too?"

Jin Cancan looked up and instinctively reached out to hug her leg.

Yuan Siyin, holding Taxue's hand, cleared her throat solemnly: "Yes, let's get going."

This is a valuable opportunity, so let's quickly praise her newly learned male voice.

Jin Cancan asked, puzzled, "Sister, is there phlegm stuck in your throat?"

Yuan Siyin: ...

On the road.

She was afraid that if she hit her child in the street, she would be taken to the police station.

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As Yuan Siyin had expected, traveling with Jin Cancan as a burden greatly extended the journey. In addition, she had to investigate the local conditions from time to time. It took the two of them almost a month to finally enter Qingzhou territory.

"Golden Cancan, don't pick mushrooms!"

Yuan Siyin had just returned from fetching water from the river when she saw Jin Cancan, that troublesome girl, squatting on the ground, fiddling with the brightly colored mushrooms sprouting from the tree roots.

Even families that run clinics wouldn't dare to do this.

She grabbed the chubby boy's ear and gave it a shake, saying irritably, "What do you want?"

"I want to eat it." Jin Cancan covered her ears and cried out in pain.

"I think you want to be sent away."

Yuan Siyin rolled her eyes.

The mushrooms were just eaten, but the person is gone in the next second.

After thinking for a moment, Jin Cancan earnestly offered a very constructive suggestion: "Eat it grilled, not raw."

"...What, does roasting a corpse make it taste better?"

Yuan Siyin held back for a long time, but still couldn't help slap the back of his head.

"We've entered the northern border, not far from Qingzhou. You'd better resist the urge to eat."

Go home and die, you worthless piece of trash.

"Oh... I won't eat it then."

Jin Cancan snorted. She was used to hitting children and even believed that the more she hit them, the smarter they became.

Ta Xue was leisurely grazing with its head down when it suddenly let out a neigh after hearing some noise.

"What's wrong, Ta Xue?"

Noticing that it was a little uneasy, Yuan Siyin went over and gently stroked its neck to comfort it.

As a result, Ta Xue flicked his horse's mane and still angrily nudged the back of her hand.

The bamboo forest was filled with chaotic rustling sounds, making no attempt to conceal the probing and murderous intent that was approaching.

"Hold the reins tighter!"

Yuan Siyin grabbed Jin Cancan and threw her onto the horse's back. With a flick of her golden whip, Ta Xue galloped away.

Before Jin Cancan could even cry out in alarm, she gripped the reins tightly and trembled on the horse's back.

Yuan Siyin turned around and said coldly, "Who is it?"

I'd heard that the North was in turmoil, with rampant bandits and robbers; it seems I've run into trouble.

A rapid clatter of hooves sounded, and a dozen burly men charged forward on horseback, their long swords gleaming coldly, the blades pointed directly at her throat.

Yuan Siyin rolled away to avoid it, then flicked her golden whip to wrap around the arm of the leading man, pulling him down. At the same time, she swung her right arm and twisted her wrist.

The golden whip, carrying a strong wind, struck his chest hard. With a loud "bang," the big man's body flew out, crashing into a tree before falling to the ground.

Yuan Siyin's figure flashed to the other side like lightning, her golden whip dancing like a dragon and snake. In the blink of an eye, more than ten burly men were all knocked to the ground, rolling around in pain and howling.

Yuan Siyin withdrew her golden whip, still worried about Jin Cancan. She only glanced at the people groaning on the ground before turning over, grabbing a horse, and galloping away.