They found a hidden cave and hid there.

Within fifteen minutes, a massive army arrived, numbering roughly fifty thousand.

Mu Wanting frowned, and Shen Xinglan's expression also turned sour.

"I'm afraid that this time, Great Xia will suffer a significant blow."

Shen Xinghe said, "We are all struggling to protect ourselves, so we can't worry about the Great Xia."

Mu Wanting didn't say much, but gestured for everyone to be quiet.

The soldiers outside passed by the cave entrance. Luckily, they had used stones, branches, and weeds to hide themselves, otherwise they would definitely have been discovered by now.

The convicts did not look well, and the officials looked around warily. Ma Dazhuang's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

They waited about ten minutes before walking over.

Everyone else looked very grim.

Ma Dazhuang said, "With so many people entering the country, we must find a way to report to the imperial court as soon as possible."

One of the exiles spoke out negatively.

"What good would it do to report this to the higher authorities? There are no capable military generals left in the court. Doesn't His Majesty think that the Xiongnu are already pacified and there's no need for us military generals anymore?"

Even if Ma Dazhuang heard these words, he could only pretend he hadn't.

After the people outside left, they dared not go out and stayed in the cave, eating some dry food.

However, the officials didn't have many black pancakes to begin with, and they were quickly eaten up.

Mu Wanting took out white flour cakes from the large package and distributed them to the people of the third branch of the family, as well as some from the collateral branches.

The Zhao family members looked at them several times, but no one spoke.

Mu Wanting sighed and secretly took a small package, which she had her mother give to the Zhao family.

The Zhao family initially didn't want to accept it, but Shen's mother insisted, so they gave it to them.

After a day, the noise outside gradually subsided.

Mu Wanting said, "I'll go outside and take a look."

She has the ability to teleport, so even if she encounters real danger, she can teleport away.

Shen Xinglan was worried.

"I'll go with you."

Mu Wanting pursed her lips, and under Shen Xinglan's insistence, she still took him with her. Otherwise, the third branch of the family wouldn't let her go either.

The two of them went out to scout the way, and were very careful the whole way.

The Xiongnu are no longer on this mountain, but the nearby mountain is their stronghold, densely packed with them occupying the entire mountaintop.

They still need to be careful, otherwise it's only a matter of time before they're discovered.

After reporting this, Ma Dazhuang looked grim. How unlucky he was! If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have insisted on taking the job.

The officials told everyone to find some wild vegetables and fruits nearby, but to be careful not to be discovered by the Xiongnu, as they would stay there for a while.

After staying there for three days, the Xiongnu finally set off again.

Ma Dazhuang wanted to leave immediately, but Mu Wanting was wary.

“Generally speaking, it’s unlikely that we would stop during a march. There must be something fishy going on on that mountain over there. Let’s go take a look.”

Su Yu agreed.

Even though Ma Dazhuang wanted to make a name for himself, he valued his life more.

Seeing that both Mu Wanting and Su Yu wanted to go, he let the two of them go.

Upon arriving there, Mu Wanting quickly realized something was wrong.

There are many different kinds of traps in these mountains, although they are well hidden.

She remembered from her past life that there was a battle in this Jinzhou area where the Xiongnu, with 50,000 men, successfully annihilated the 60,000 men of the Great Xia.

It must be related to these traps.

Mu Wanting wanted to go further, but then she saw more than a hundred Xiongnu soldiers guarding the area ahead.

Sure enough, such an important trap couldn't possibly be left unguarded.

They immediately went back to report, and Ma Dazhuang said, "Why don't we write a letter to the higher-ups and continue our journey? We'll arrive at the place of exile too late, and the Emperor might punish us."

The others, however, did not agree, especially the third branch of the family.

"This concerns the Great Xia Dynasty, and we cannot sit idly by."

With that, Mu Wanting and the others led their people outside.

Late at night, Mu Wanting secretly moved a mountain into her spatial dimension. Just as she was about to leave, she encountered Shen Xinglan again.

"Unless you take me with you."

What else could Mu Wanting do besides take Shen Xinglan with her?

As soon as the two arrived at the mountain, Mu Wanting took advantage of the wind to scatter sleeping pills, which then flowed towards the group of Huns.

A Xiongnu soldier noticed something amiss and was about to light a signal flare when Mu Wanting teleported over and stopped him.

They administered the sleeping potion again, and the soldiers collapsed to the ground one after another.

Mu Wanting captured a Xiongnu, and after a few doses of truth-revealing medicine, they confessed everything.

Mu Wanting broke the trap, and if she encountered any pits, she used the soil she had just stored in her space to cover them up.

After doing this, two hours had passed.

Shen Xinglan has gone from being shocked at the beginning to being numb now.

Mu Wanting didn't even want to explain anymore.

After everything was finished, Mu Wanting took Shen Xinglan back home.

While Shen Xinglan was fast asleep, Mu Wanting went to the prefect of Jinzhou again and told him about the ambush on the mountain, as well as the Xiongnu entering the country.

The prefect frowned: "Nonsense! How could we not have received any news about the Xiongnu entering our territory?"

Without saying much, Mu Wanting teleported the prefect to a mountain peak. Seeing the densely packed Xiongnu people on the mountain, the prefect turned pale.

Afterwards, Mu Wanting teleported him to the foot of the mountain, which was full of ambushes but which she had cleared away.

"There used to be over a hundred Xiongnu soldiers here. Here are your clothes."

As she spoke, she took out clothes from her spatial storage.

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