Seeing that it was so badly withered, Tong Wen Yao pursed her lips. She didn't know if it could survive. She picked up a branch, but there was no life in it. Unwilling to believe it, she took out a dagger and gently scraped off a layer of skin at the root of the dragon fruit. She saw a layer of green life under the skin.

She couldn't help but smile when she saw it. If that was the case, she could give it a try. She already had a shovel in her space, so digging the tree was no problem. When she was halfway through digging, she obediently asked, "Why don't you just move into the space?"

She felt a little embarrassed, as her experience in digging trees had always been to dig them up and then plant them. However, since she had been reminded, she simply reached out and grasped the Linlong tree, and planted it into the space along with the soil.

She couldn't enter the space at the moment, but she could put the tree in the villa first instead of in the backyard. The villa had a preservation function, so there was no rush to dig it up and put it in now. She could wait until she returned to the county and then go in to do it.

After moving the Linlong Kingdom away, she suddenly discovered a cave inside. Light shone from above, revealing sparkling gems. Tong Wenyao took one look and instantly beamed with joy. Why do these snakes love shiny things so much? Now she had a chance to have them.

After entering, Guaiguai piled the gems next to her, and then she put them in the space. However, the two snakes were still a bit shabby. After receiving them, there were only more than 20 gems, but there were seven or eight jades, which could be used to make headdresses for mother and second aunt.

Mo Lin gave her a whole box at a time, but she was satisfied with this ill-gotten gain.

After waiting at the cave entrance for a while to let her eyes adjust, she and Guaiguai stepped out of the cave and walked towards the reed ditch. At this time, Wang Liao also brought people to find them. Seeing that the customer was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief. This series of managers opened his eyes. The snake was about twenty meters long and could still speak. However, thinking that they had worked together to kill two harmful black pythons, he couldn't help feeling proud. It was a pity that Xiaowu was swallowed by that beast.

A group of people escorted Tong Wenyao back to the city. When Xing'er saw them, her eyes were red. "Miss, you! You are really..."

Tong Wenyao patted her head and said, "Okay, I'm back now. I brought you a gift. I'll give it to you when I get back."

She had quite a few things she had looted from the black python's cave. Although those gems were not as valuable as the jade, they could still be used to give to them.

After resting in the inn for a day, Tong Wen Yao bought some local specialties and then took her people back. Before leaving, Wang Liao gave her the Linlong Fruit and Snake Gallbladder for safekeeping. Tong Wen Yao put them directly into the space. Now both were in her hands. She would make medicine for Wen Jiang when she returned to Yuguan County.

This place is not far from the pier. It takes about half an hour to take a horse carriage along the reed ditch to arrive. When Wang Liao learned that he was leaving the next day, he specially booked a boat yesterday.

The group boarded the boat again in great fanfare. Tong Wen Yao glanced at the State of Yue, but caught a glimpse of a man standing at the city gate, leaning on a cane and looking at her. Seeing this, she couldn't help but frown, because she didn't remember anyone in the county town who would see her off.

Dongzi had good eyesight and followed her gaze to see the man standing on the city wall. He couldn't help but explain, "Boss, that guy actually came to see us off. It was worth it to escort him all the way."

Tong Wenyao took a look and said, "I thought he was narrow-minded and wouldn't let us go. Now I think I was wrong." But think about it, after they arrived in Yue, they didn't follow him to the palace. For him, if he killed them, I'm afraid he would use it to start a war with the Great Gan Kingdom! Now that Yue has just experienced a power seizure and is in turmoil, it will not take the initiative to attack, so they escaped. After all, they had seen the Yue emperor in his downfall at that time, and there was no guarantee that he would not kill them.

The current sea breeze was the same as their own, so the journey was much faster. Tong Wenyao finally understood why they hadn't known about this route before. After arriving at Bei Island, they boarded a ship from the Great Gan Kingdom. They then transferred to Lu Island, and finally arrived in Luzhou. This speed was much better than walking in the Dragon Snake Forest, and the food was also better, but they had to deal with the extreme weather conditions at sea from time to time.

After taking a look at the familiar Luzhou, she took a carriage into the city and headed straight for the Xuanfeng Teahouse. When her uncle saw her, he hurriedly led her to the backyard and said, "Miss, something terrible has happened!" Although she was exhausted from the boat ride, she saw the anxiety on her uncle's face and asked, "What happened?"

"The barbarians are invading in force. I'm afraid they'll break through Dongsai City soon!" Tong Wenyao's face changed drastically upon hearing this. She asked, "How could this be?"

His uncle said, "Not long after you left for Yue, Li Hongwen was transferred back to the capital. Someone in the capital even secretly gave the map of Dagan to the barbarians, which led to the imminent fall of the border city."

His uncle said, "According to my subordinates, this map was secretly sent from the Ji family."

Hearing about the Ji family, she thought of the heroine. What was she trying to do? Didn't she know that once the border was broken, countless people were displaced and wailing everywhere? However, thinking about the last epidemic that drove the people from the south to Jijiang City, hearing about it again this time, she was not so surprised.

But now she still has relatives in the border area. If the border city is broken, I am afraid... Tong Wenyao didn't dare to think about it and immediately said, "Arrange a boat and rush back. Also, how are the soldiers we recruited during this period?"

After hearing this, his uncle said, "During your absence, they have moved to another island and continued their training. Now that you are back at the border, you must be careful. The Crown Prince has also gone to the border town, and I'm afraid someone in the capital is going to claim power."

She hadn't expected that the situation on the border would be so dire during her trip to the south. Thinking of those soldiers, she took out a lot of precious items from her space and said, "Arrange a few large ships and take them with me to Cangzhou. I want to support the border!"

The prefect of Cangzhou was an old acquaintance of hers, so she believed he would agree with this move. However, when she thought of what was happening in the court, her eyes darkened.

Now that the prince has gone to the border, she is afraid that he will be injured or killed. Now she is far away in the south, and she seemed to have thought of something, so she said, "Uncle Qi, please find pen and ink, and I will write a letter to my eldest brother." The letter will arrive much faster than them. Tong Wen Yao can only hope that her eldest brother will receive the letter soon and protect the prince more. If the prince dies, then her second uncle and eldest brother will be implicated.

Before leaving, she instructed her uncle, "Gather some food and supplies here these days. I know there's a land and sea route to Yue. It's harvest season in Yue right now, so I think we should be able to buy some. At the very least, find someone to go out to sea and explore the southern seas. There should be food to exchange there as well."