The Su family's reputation fell into the abyss in an instant, and Su Mufeng regretted it very much.

Looking at the empty house in an instant, Su Mufeng frowned tightly, and then looked at Huang Jiaoxue sitting beside him with a worried look on her face.

Su Mufeng held her hand and said, "Xue'er, your husband will definitely give you a grand wedding. Can you go and ask the Princess of Pingyang if she can let you marry out of her family?"

Huang Jiaoxue became happy immediately when she heard this.

"I'll ask my grandmother later. It should be fine. After all, I saved her before."

Huang Jiaoxue said confidently.

When Su Mufeng heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

"Okay, that's good."

However, things did not go as he wished. Huang Jiaoxue came back almost in disgrace. When she learned that the Pingyang County Lord wanted to break off the engagement with her, Su Mufeng got angry on the spot.

He scolded both Pingyang and Huang Jiaoxue.

If Huang Jiaoxue hadn't suddenly suffered from abdominal pain, he would have almost taken action.

Seeing Su Mufeng like this, Huang Jiaoxue began to regret and feel scared.

Will he really be his beloved?

He even framed and insulted his wife who worked so hard for the Su family. How could a woman like her, who came from a small family, really win his heart?

The fact was just as Huang Jiaoxue worried. Ever since Pingyang broke off relations with her, Su Mufeng no longer cared about her.

Although he still married her, on the fifth day after their marriage, he took in three concubines, one of whom was a girl from the same building.

Li Zhuxin had a relationship with the Princess of Changping County, and she was honest and trustworthy, never deceiving anyone.

Her dowry shops made a lot of money in Qingliu County.

A year later, she caught the eye of the eldest son of the Wang family, another wealthy family in the county, who proposed to her in a high-profile manner. The couple loved each other very much, and Prince Wang did not restrain Li Zhuxin, and the wife followed his lead.

They became a model of love in Qingliu County. Whenever Su Mufeng saw her coming back, he would always hit Huang Jiaoxue.

Once, Huang Jiaoxue was almost beaten to death. If one of the concubines had not come out to stop him for fear of danger, Huang Jiaoxue would have died.

Later, it was only when Old Lady Su came back to take charge that Su Mufeng began to restrain himself.

Later, Su Mufeng became addicted to gambling and soon ruined the Su family. Old Mrs. Su was completely disappointed in him.

Su Mufeng took Huang Jiaoxue and her poor daughter to live in the manor. He eventually died at the hands of gambling thugs, his body lying on the street, unclaimed.

After all, he was her own son. Old Mrs. Su paid the money and asked the people from the charity cemetery to help with the burial, but no one showed up.

Li Zhuxin was happy every day of her life. Until the moment she closed her eyes, she remained grateful to Qiu Yinong. If Qiu Yinong and the others had not passed by and saved her that year, she would have been very happy.

There would be no happy days afterwards.

…

After resting for two days in Qingliu Town, Qiu Yinong and his party set off towards the border again.

It would take about ten days to reach Nanyuzhou on the border. The closer to the border, the more refugees there were. Fortunately, her prescription had also been spread and the plague had been basically controlled.

Although it is the end of August, it is still hot in the south.

After many days of travel, we finally arrived at Nanyuzhou.

The closer you get to the villages around Nanyuzhou, the more wary the town residents become when they look at strangers.

Jingxu was very puzzled and wanted to ask, but was stopped by Qiu Yinong.

"Brother, I might know the reason." Qiu Yinong pointed at the powder sprinkled outside a farmhouse.

"These people from the Southern Territory are truly vicious. They would probably use witchcraft on ordinary people."

"That's why everyone is so vigilant and doesn't dare let anyone come in to rest."

Jing Xu clenched his fists: "Chu Laowu would rather cooperate with such a jackal than care about the lives of his own people."

"He deserves to die!"

Qiu Yinong looked at Ge Qingqing and the other two and said, "Are you two afraid? If you are, I will let Zi Yao escort you back."

Qiu Qinghe quickly shook her head: "My brother will probably arrive in Nanyuzhou soon. He is not afraid of going to the battlefield, so why should I be afraid? Besides, you are by my side."

"I'm not afraid either. If possible, I'd also like to go to the battlefield and chop off a few heads from the Southern Territory."

Ge Qingqing also expressed it with a fist.

Seeing this, Qiu Yinong smiled and took out the purses she had prepared and distributed them: "Wear them with you, and you won't be invaded by witchcraft."

"Thank you Yinong."

"Thank you, Master."

"This is good, sister, can this be made in large quantities?"

Jing Xu thought of the warriors on the battlefield. Qiu Yinong smiled and nodded: "We are here to join the battle. The Southern Region will not be active for much longer."

"Kill him till there's not a single piece of him left."

Jing Xu's pride also rose, and he said with a firm look.

"Let's set up camp by the river in front. Since we can't stay in the village, we still have to solve the accommodation problem first." Qiu Yinong said, pointing to the river not far away.

Chu Hongyun and Jing Xu had no problem, and the carriage drove towards the river.

The villagers who were hiding in the yard and peeking at the outsiders also came out and saw that they were indeed wearing the clothes of the Great Chu, so they did not do anything to them.

The villagers remained wary, but did not drive them away.

Li Ao took the prey he caught on the road to the river to wash it, while Qing Yuan and the others picked the vegetables. Qiu Yinong would cook tonight.

The aroma of the food quickly spread, and a few children smelled the meat and couldn't help but run out of the village and look towards the river.

"You little brat, you're not afraid of death. Have you forgotten how your sister was captured?"

"The other side of the river is the southern region. I just saw several young girls among them. Old Chen, do you think we should go and warn them?"

"They don't look like people from the Southern Territory to me. They should be the people of our Great Chu."

The old woman holding her grandson couldn't bear it and asked the old man beside her. The old man took a puff of welding smoke, thought for a while, and spoke.

"Okay, I'll go there. You should take your grandson back first and tell the children in the village not to leave."

Old Chen knocked away the welding smoke and walked towards the river.

Qiu Yinong was teaching Ge Qingqing how to roast pheasant meat. When she saw the old man coming, she handed the roasted chicken to Qingyuan, stood up and looked at the old man.

"Old man, do you have something to tell us?" Qiu Yinong asked gently.

"Children, are you from Da Chu?"

"Yes, I'm from Wen County. She's my good friend from Linjiang Prefecture. That's my fiancé and brother."

Qiu Yinong gave a brief introduction, but could only see the old man's nervousness.

The old man nodded and said, "Little girl, do you know that the southern region is just across the river?"

"I know." Qiu Yinong nodded.

Old Chen didn't beat around the bush and directly told us about the danger here: "Ever since the Southern Territory declared war on our Great Chu, they have often come here to launch surprise attacks."

"They would secretly abduct young girls, feed their flesh and blood to the poisonous insects, and use their skin to make a magical instrument called the Sister Drum. Their methods were extremely cruel."

"There are so many beautiful girls here, and if you stay so openly by the river, you might be spotted. If possible, hurry up and head towards the Nanyuzhou capital ahead!"