Su Qingluan had ridden horse and donkey carts in this era, but the journeys were only an hour or two at best, short distances at best. It wasn't even a "journey," more of a "trip." After all, the farthest she had been since she traveled through time was Lefeng Town.

So even though she had made some mental preparations for the long journey, she still felt like her whole body was falling apart after a day.

Although Mu Xingzhi had achieved great honors, he was not a real official after all, so he could not stay in the inn known as the "official guesthouse" and could only go to a "private hotel" called "Nijiu".

The conditions in this shop were simple. Even the "premium Tianzi No. 1 room" was just a plank bed with an extra round table, a pot of cold tea, two teacups, and a slightly wider bed. To be fair, Su Qingluan's living conditions were even worse than the Su family's after the renovation.

But this era is not like the previous life, where every inn is open 24 hours a day.

First, every city had night patrols to prevent ordinary people from wandering around the streets after the curfew. So after the curfew, people had to quickly find a place to rest.

As for wanting to spend the night in the mountains, most people would not dare to do so unless they were skilled in martial arts, because there were few people outside the city and the trees were densely covered. Not to mention robbers and criminals, even large wild beasts that appeared from time to time in search of food would be enough to cause trouble for ordinary people.

What? You're saying this isn't conducive to population mobility at all? Are you kidding me? This was still a society dominated by agricultural labor. Rulers, from top to bottom, wanted their people to stay where they belonged, work the land, and pay taxes. They didn't want to encourage population mobility.

In short, Su Qingluan and her group had basically no choice. Before the sun set, they just went to any place they saw to stay.

Fortunately, including Mu Xingzhi, who actually had the highest status among the group, no one was picky about the environment and could accommodate any conditions, so the group checked in smoothly.

But there was a small incident when arranging the room.

Among this group of people, Su Qingluan and Mu Xingzhi are the "couple", Song Bo is the "housekeeper", Yaoguang is the "cousin", and there are two coachmen who are said to be hired to help drive the carriage and pull the luggage, a total of six people in the group.

At first, Su Qingluan thought that these two people were just "groomsmen". However, at noon that day, just half a day's journey out of Lefeng Town, they encountered a group of robbers who blocked the road.

However, the two "grooms" easily outmaneuvered ten robbers and defeated the group of more than ten robbers, forcing them to flee in panic.

Only then did Su Qingluan realize that these two "groomsmen" were also Mu Xingzhi's subordinates, and were even people he had stationed in Lefeng Town a long time ago.

The most amazing thing is that the two of them really have jobs as "car owners" in Lefeng Town. Except for being loyal to Mu Xingzhi, they are no different from ordinary "car drivers" - at least on the surface.

The two even have a good reputation in Lefeng Town because of their expertise.

Su Qingluan's reaction at that time was a wooden face: she was already numb, completely numb to Mu Xingzhi's constant "conjuring" of a subordinate.

However, this caused problems when allocating beds.

Logically speaking, Mu Xingzhi and Su Qingluan are "husband and wife" in public, so they should sleep in the same room. However, in this case, Yaoguang, as a woman, can only share a room with another man - of course, she can also have a room by herself, but in this case, she will have to pay for an extra room.

"Why such a waste!" The pragmatic Su Qingluan said quickly, "Cousin Yaoyao and I...can't we just sleep in the same room?" Then Su Qingluan looked at Song Bo, "I'll ask you to take good care of my husband. You two brothers have worked hard all day, please settle us in quickly!"

The second half of the sentence was addressed to the two "coachman" brothers.

After saying that, Su Qingluan took the key to a "Tian" room first and left.

"Is this okay?" Yaoguang turned around and looked at the remaining four people with some concern.

"What could be the problem?" Su Qingluan didn't care - the No. 1 room she chose was on the innermost side, and the other two rooms were on the outer side closer to the stairs, so if there were any problems, they would be the first to have them.

"But the boss should sleep in the innermost room..." Yaoguang was still muttering after they returned to the room and closed the door.

"But when the two of us share a room, our defenses are at their weakest, because I don't know anything about martial arts." Su Qingluan pointed to the tip of her nose as a matter of course. "And if Mu Xingzhi and I live together, if anything were to happen, he would definitely be the first to be attacked. He already bears the most enemy attacks, and with me as a burden, the difficulty factor is simply doubled."

Su Qingluan knew full well that if a fight really broke out, no matter how the other five people were ranked, she would definitely be the weakest one at the bottom. At this point, the only thing she could do was to do nothing, acting like a wooden stake and not causing any trouble.

After Su Qingluan's analysis, Yaoguang nodded and looked at Su Qingluan with complicated eyes: "You... don't have to belittle yourself like this..."

"I'm not belittling myself, I'm analyzing it objectively," Su Qingluan admitted without a care in the world that she was a worthless fighter, because it was irrefutable. "My abilities lie elsewhere—well, it's only the first day, and I'm already falling apart. I need to get some rest quickly, because I have to get up early tomorrow to travel."

Su Qingluan made the folded bed with the help of the dim oil lamp and said to Yaoguang.

After saying that, she took off the only wooden hairpin on her head and placed it under the pillow, then turned around and asked, "Can I sleep in it?"

Yaoguang nodded: "You go to sleep first, I'll wait a while." Then she sat on the round stool next to the wooden table and began to meditate.

Su Qingluan heard from Yaoguang that for people who practice martial arts, this kind of meditation can even relieve fatigue better than ordinary people's sleep.

"Ordinary person" Su Qingluan said she didn't understand. She now felt as if her limbs and neck were disassembled and reassembled, which was very painful. Lying on the hard bed like this, she felt like a piece of meat that was about to be dismembered. Although her body was very tired, she had no desire to sleep because of the pain all over her body.

So she patted the bed board, confirmed its hardness, and began to sit cross-leggedly and breathe abdominally.

Of course, she is not "meditating" but "contemplating", which is the relaxation of yoga.

Of course, she can forget about any intense movements like the Sun Salutation, and she doesn't dare do them on the bed now, because a slip wouldn't be fun.

However, relatively gentle stretches, such as cat stretches, twists, and cow poses, can help relieve body aches.

So Yaoguang opened her eyes when she heard the noise, and saw Su Qingluan twisting herself into a pretzel on the bed.

Yaoguang... Is this Miss Su seriously ill?