Xu Qinyu noticed this abnormality. She looked at the surrounding mountains and terrain, and her face became solemn.

The mountains in the southwest are composed of peaks one after another. After passing this peak, the terrain in front becomes flat, but there is another peak not far ahead.

Although there were some pine trees on the mountain where they rested, they were few and sparse compared to the pine trees on other mountains. Most of the exposed areas on the hillside were rocks and sand. Coupled with such heavy rain, mudslides were very likely to form on this kind of mountain.

Xu Qinyu couldn't be sure whether a mudslide would occur, but no one was willing to risk their life.

No, she had to quickly inform the manager to prevent everyone from being buried in such a place together.

Xu Qinyu looked around. It should be the time of Wei, around two or three in the afternoon. Everyone was very tired after traveling for several hours and was resting. Wen was still holding her little son and granddaughter in her arms, Pei Jianing was snuggling up to her mother, and even Pei Weixuan had fallen asleep. He had carried her all the way during the day and was already weak. He couldn't stand the wind and heavy rain and fell asleep.

Not far away were the officers and soldiers escorting them.

Xu Qinyu stood up and without disturbing the Pei family, walked up to the officers and soldiers and said, "My lords, may I ask where Deputy Captain Chen is? I have something to tell Deputy Captain Chen." Deputy Captain Chen was the superior of these officers and soldiers.

She was shivering with cold, and the rain made it difficult for her to open her eyes.

The officer looked Xu Qinyu up and down and said impatiently, "What are you looking for our leader for?"

Xu Qinyu wiped the rain off her face and said, "Sir, it's raining too hard. The hillside is full of sand and rocks. If it rains too much, it will easily cause landslides. We will all be buried in the mudslides. That's why we came here to look for Lieutenant Chen. We can't stay here for long. It's best to continue on our way. After this section of the mountain road, the road ahead will be flat and we can take a proper rest."

"What do you know, little girl?" The soldier sneered, not taking Xu Qinyu's words seriously at all, and began to reach out to drive Xu Qinyu away, "Go, go, go, hurry back to your team. If you continue to mess around, don't blame me for being rude."

"Ma Liu, what are you doing!" A stern scolding came from behind. Xu Qinyu turned around and saw that it was Deputy Captain Chen. Deputy Captain Chen was eight feet tall and sturdy. He looked to be about forty years old, with a beard. He was intimidating without being angry. He was a decent person and never beat or scolded any prisoners on the road.

Ma Liu immediately put away his impatience and turned back to report to Lieutenant Chen, "Boss, this young lady said there will be a mudslide here, so we should continue on our way."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Captain Chen looked at Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu didn't say much. She walked to the hillside in the heavy rain. She casually reached out and scratched the soil on the hillside, and it started to flow down mixed with rain water.

Lieutenant Chen's face changed slightly. He was a military officer who was specifically responsible for escorting exiles. He had traveled extensively for twenty years and was very experienced. Naturally, he could tell that the soil was so loose and soft that it was not right. He immediately signaled Ma Liu beside him to blow the horn so that everyone could continue on their way.

After instructing Ma Liu, Deputy Captain Chen turned to Xu Qinyu and said, "Thank you for telling me, young lady."

Xu Qinyu nodded, said nothing more, and returned to the team.

At this moment, everyone had been awakened by the sound of the horn and looked forward. Some people even complained quietly, "We have been walking for a whole day, can't we take a good rest? We haven't even had half a minute to rest. Are we going to be exhausted to death?"

In addition to Pei Weixuan's lineage, the exiled team this time also includes Wen's maternal family, the former Duke of Anping, who is now a branch of the Wen family who has been demoted to a commoner.

There are also some other serious criminals.

These prisoners were all handcuffed and shackled. These serious criminals were spared the death penalty because of the new emperor's amnesty after he ascended the throne, but they would be sent to the frontier to continue serving and do very hard labor.

When the Wen family went to the place of exile, they became commoners. Except that they could not enter the capital and take the imperial examinations, they were just like ordinary commoners and just lived their own lives.

Xu Qinyu returned to the team and continued on her way. The Wen family and the Pei family all woke up.

Pei Weixuan also opened his eyes. His pupils were extremely pale, and his eyebrows were handsome, with long eyebrows reaching his temples. However, after more than a month of long journey, he was hungry and cold, and had no food. He was also skinny, and his body and face were covered in mud. When he heard the horn, he had no expression and just glanced at Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu understood what he meant and waved her hands quickly, "Fourth brother, you don't have to carry me. I feel much better now. I'm not dizzy anymore. I can walk by myself."

Although the two got married, the original body had never called him husband, and Xu Qinyu couldn't call a strange man husband, so she followed Pei Jianing and called him fourth brother.

Pei Weixuan nodded and picked up the two three or four-year-old children in Wen's arms.

Of these two children, the girl is the only bloodline left by elder brother Pei Weixuan, and the other little boy is the youngest son of the Wen family. He is mentally retarded and mute, and has never spoken since birth.

Pei Weixuan took the two children and they continued to sleep on his thin shoulders.

The team moved forward slowly. Lieutenant Chen gave a few instructions to his officers and soldiers, who began to urge everyone to move faster.

They walked like this for more than half an hour. Everyone was in great pain and could hardly move. Finally, the officers and soldiers blew the horn and asked everyone to stop and rest.

Xu Qinyu looked around. The terrain here was flat and they had already passed the mountain. There was no possibility of landslides here.

Finally we could take a break, and everyone found a place to rest.

Xu Qinyu and the Anping family were at the front of the team, while the serious criminals were at the back.

Xu Qinyu found a tilted boulder. There was a dry spot under the boulder that was not wet by the rain. She quickly ran under the boulder and took a spot. She waved to Pei Weixuan to come over with the two children.

Before Pei Weixuan could carry the two children over, a girl wearing a light yellow floral long jacket and a straw raincoat and holding an oil umbrella ran to the bottom of the boulder. She didn't even look at Xu Qinyu under the boulder, but waved and shouted to the distance: "Grandfather and grandmother, come over here and sit. There is a boulder here that can shelter you from the rain."

This girl is the granddaughter of Lord Anping and the niece of Wen, Wen Lingling.

At that time, the Wen family was just a small Anping Earl, with an ordinary family background and no real power. It was no exaggeration to say that it was a poor earl's house. Wen was not the legitimate daughter of Anping Earl, but a concubine's daughter. Her aunt was a maidservant of Anping Earl's wife. Because Anping Earl was obsessed with another beautiful aunt at that time, Anping Earl's wife promoted the maidservant to be an aunt in order to consolidate her position.

When Wen was born, she was taught by her stepmother to be timid and submissive, and had a weak character.

Later, when Emperor Sheng Jing was choosing a concubine, all third-rank officials and dukes and earls had to send a daughter to the palace. Lady Anping wanted to send her legitimate daughter to the palace to enjoy wealth and honor, but her own daughter had already been secretly engaged to someone else. Lady Anping dared not send such a daughter to the palace for selection of a concubine. In desperation, she said that the legitimate daughter was sick, so she could only send the concubine's daughter to the palace, thinking that the concubine's daughter was petty and would definitely not be favored.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Sheng Jing took a fancy to Wen.

Wen's appearance was not stunning, but she was pretty and gentle.

Wen was also lucky. Not long after entering the palace, she was favored by Emperor Shengjing and became pregnant. Her first child was the emperor's eldest son.

Before, Emperor Sheng Jing had an empress. When the empress gave birth, two people died at the same time. The throne of the empress had been vacant ever since. Emperor Sheng Jing had several princesses at that time, but no prince. Because Wen gave birth to the eldest prince, her concubine rank was promoted from talented person to the ninth concubine. After that, Wen stayed in the palace for decades and gave birth to the fourth prince and six princesses. In addition, Emperor Sheng Jing did not like relatives with too much power, and the Wen family was just a declining earl's mansion. At that time, Wen was already one of the four concubines. The court officials called for the empress to be made the empress. Emperor Sheng Jing canonized Wen as the empress, and the Anping Earl's mansion also conferred a higher title, becoming a first-class duke.

I'm afraid even the Wen family couldn't have imagined that this concubine's daughter who was sent to the palace by them with no hope would become the queen and rule the country.

It’s a pity that looking at flowers in the mirror is just an illusion.

When Wen became the empress, the Wen family was delighted and took advantage of her power and influence. They were so powerful that they were flattered by the powerful and wealthy.

When Wen was demoted and his family was exiled as well, the Wen family hated him so much that they never treated him well from the beginning of the exile.

At this moment, Wen Lingling naturally didn't take Xu Qinyu seriously.

The Wen family members, like Wen Lingling, ignored Xu Qinyu and gathered under the boulder, intending to let the old man and the old lady take shelter from the rain and rest under the boulder.

Compared to the Pei family who had a hard time along the way and were either sick or weak, although the Anping Duke family was dismissed from office and exiled, they had enough time to sell all their property. Although they did not bring any boxes or cages along the way, they had enough gold and silver on them. They could use the money to bribe the officers and soldiers to buy them food, drinks and daily necessities. They did not lose much weight. It was raining now, and they all had umbrellas and raincoats.

When the two elders of the Wen family walked under the boulder, Wen Lingling saw Xu Qinyu still standing under the boulder and frowned, "What's wrong with you? Why are you still blocking here? Didn't you see my grandparents coming? Why don't you get out of the way?"

Xu Qinyu was so angry that she laughed when she saw the Wen family members who were so righteous. Even Mrs. Wen looked at her hesitantly, wanting her to give up her seat.

Pei Jianing gritted his teeth and glared at the Wen family like an angry little beast.

Only Pei Weixuan glanced at the Wen family with a cold gaze.

Without saying a word, Xu Qinyu walked over to Pei Weixuan and took the two children out of his arms.

The two children were so light and fluttery that even she, a patient who had just recovered from an illness, had to hold them in her arms. This showed how thin the two children were.

Holding the two children, Xu Qinyu walked under the boulder again and used her body to push out the two elders of the Wen family who had already come under the boulder.

Although the boulder was big, it was barely big enough for three adults to fit under. When Xu Qinyu squeezed it, the old man and old lady of the Wen family were pushed out and exposed to the rain.

Wen Lingling's face turned pale and he angrily said, "Are you blind? Didn't you see my grandparents hiding from the rain down there?"

"You are not the ones who are blind?" Xu Qinyu laughed. "Didn't you see that I was under the boulder just now? Don't you understand the principle of first come first served? Feng Ge'er and Yan Jie'er are only three or four years old. They have been soaked in the rain all the way and need shelter even more. What? You want to take away the place of a child? Or do you want to force these two children to death?"

Although they were all wearing straw raincoats, they were still quite wet after being in the rain all day.

Wen Zhen was so angry that her face turned pale.

The old lady heard that she had never been treated like this before. She was so angry that she was shaking all over and began to lecture Xu Qinyu, "I thought a daughter of a marquis's family should know etiquette, be honest and respectful to elders. I don't know how your mother taught you to be so disrespectful to your elders. You are really like your mother-in-law. People from the same family are alike." If there were still servants there, the old lady would have wanted them to slap Xu Qinyu in the face.

However, Xu Qinyu didn't even look at the old lady and ignored her. She was hungry, tired and cold after walking all the way. She just wanted to take a break and didn't want to talk to them anymore.

She held the two children in her arms and shouted to Pei Jianing who was not far away, "Sister Ning, come over and rest for a while."

As for Wen, she didn't plan to ask. Wen was afraid of her mother's family and now looked like she was about to faint. Even if she was called, she would not dare to come over to hide from the rain.

If it were Pei Weixuan, he would definitely give his seat to his sister and would not come in to hide from the rain.

Pei Jianing walked towards the bottom of the boulder without saying a word.

She is a princess who was raised by the late emperor. She was not afraid of the Wen family members who were ministers in the past, and she is naturally not afraid now.

Just as she was about to walk over, she was hugged by Wen, who looked at her daughter eagerly, her eyes full of pleading.

Pei Jianing said angrily: "Mom!"

Old Madam Wen was also very angry at this moment. She hit her chest twice and looked like she was going to faint. The Wen family members were in chaos. They all shouted "Grandma, Old Madam" and rushed forward to support the person, some gave water, some pinched the Ren Zhong point. Wen Lingling even wanted to bring her brothers and sisters to teach Xu Qinyu a lesson.

Xu Qinyu looked at them coldly, then quietly reached out to pick up a sharp stone from the side and held it in her palm.

When it comes to fighting, she has been doing it since she was little and has never been afraid of anyone. She also knows that kind people are often bullied. Her original self and the Wen family were bullied by the Wen family all the way. If they continue to be weak like this, they will be bullied by the Wen family in the future.

When Wen Lingling and his brothers and sisters came over, Deputy Captain Chen had already seen the commotion and walked over to reprimand them, saying, "No commotion is allowed. Anyone who commotions will be caned."

Wen Lingling then reluctantly took her brothers and sisters away.

After Lieutenant Chen left, Old Lady Wen seemed to have calmed down, and the whole family found a place with many pine trees to sit down and rest, but they still glared at Xu Qinyu from time to time.

Xu Qinyu didn't care about them, nor did she care whether Ning Jie'er could come over or not. She just fell asleep holding the two children.

After sleeping for a while, Xu Qinyu suddenly heard a loud rumbling noise coming from the distance.