What kind of world is this? You’d have to be a fool to fight with your father who is an official.

Gu Xinran saw the excitement here, walked over to take a look, and heard these stupid words.

Haha, old acquaintance, I’m so angry at him for not fighting for it. After experiencing such a big change, he still hasn’t made any progress.

This sentence really stirred up a hornet's nest. Life is so difficult, and I have a lot of anger but nowhere to vent it. Now someone comes and makes trouble for me. Who else can I blame but you?

Although they were a little scared when they heard that Magistrate Sun was a big shot, they left Chengzhou immediately and refused to be bullied by him.

The men were reluctant to attack a girl, so they turned to the old woman for help, while the others stood behind with weapons to show their support.

All kinds of nasty words were thrown at Sun Ziyan.

"Prefect Sun, who was punished by heaven? Haha, a man like that, dares to show off!"

"Where did you come from, you little whore? How dare you come to our village and act wildly? Don't you even know how many eyes the Horse King has!"

"You're fleeing famine dressed like this? To seduce men, you shameless bastard!"

"Get away from me! The good guys in our village don't like you!"

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Sun Ziyan was scolded so badly that she had no power to fight back. This old woman’s fighting power is too strong!

With red eyes, he ordered the guards to beat people up, but was stopped by Li.

She was also very angry about what the villagers said, but she had to bow her head.

He whispered earnestly, "Yan'er, this is a different time now. Please control your temper. We can't defeat so many people."

Pulling Sun Ziyan towards the carriage.

Unconvinced, Sun Ziyan grabbed a handful of mud and sand from the ground and threw it into the villagers' water tank.

"You bitches, you don't know what's good for you. Humph, if I don't sell this water to you, you can forget about using it."

What a brainless and childish guy! Gu Xinran couldn't help but shake her head.

Throwing mud and sand is not very harmful, but it is extremely insulting and the other party will not let it go.

Sure enough, the old woman on the opposite side took action. She rushed up and slapped the guard twice with lightning speed, and the guards didn't have time to block it.

Li quickly pulled her behind her, and the guards had no choice but to stand in front of her. They really couldn't afford to serve such a suicidal and stupid master.

Faced with the guards with drawn swords, the villagers were still very scared. The women stepped back and the men took on them.

Mrs. Li was a smart woman who could bend and stretch herself. She did not order the guards to fight. She knew that her child was too arrogant, so she came out to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I spoiled this child. We'll compensate you for the water in the tank. Please forgive me."

As he said this, he took out five taels of silver and asked the guard to hand it to the villagers.

Sun Ziyan was stunned by the beating, but when she came to her senses, she rushed up to fight back.

Li hurriedly grabbed her and called two maids to drag her into the carriage.

"Mom, you're so useless. It's fine if you don't avenge me, but why bother paying me any money?

I want to go back to find my father, my aunt and my cousin in the capital. You coward, I hate you..."

"Shut her mouth!" Li was really angry now. The child she raised like a treasure was treated like this by her. What sins did she commit in her previous life?

Tsk tsk, Gu Xinran shook her head as she watched, what a pity for such a beautiful face.

The villagers here received five taels of silver and happily put the matter behind them. After all, the water with mud and sand would sink and would not affect its use.

I made five taels of money for nothing!

Li's carriage did not stop and sped away from this place that made her lose face.

Gu Xinran enjoyed watching the fun, but she was also worried about Li. If the child behaved like this, it would cause a big disaster.

Gu Xinran looked at Xiao Ba beside him and asked curiously, "Do you know Duan Yunchi?"

Xiao Ba was a little confused as to why Xin Ran suddenly mentioned Master Duan, and answered truthfully, "He is the master's study companion and good friend. We study together, go to the mountains to practice martial arts together, and he usually takes good care of us."

"Oh, that's right. I noticed he was pretty close to Miss Sun, so I asked. I thought you'd go and break up the fight."

Xiao Ba gave her a dissatisfied look and said gloomily, "We are on the same side. How can you think I will help her? Her brother is the murderer of your father. I haven't forgotten it."

He then continued, "I heard that they are distant cousins. Sun Ziyan is the granddaughter of the cousin of Princess Zhennan, so they are hardly relatives.

Don't worry, Master Duan won't help them. They are from the Third Prince's faction, and those with different ideals cannot work together."

Gu Xinran was stunned for a moment, and tried to figure it out for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

"Speaking of Duan Yunchi, how did this bring up the Princess of Zhennan?"

Wait, let me think about it again, Duan Yunchi is the grandson of the Prince of Zhennan?"

Xiao Ba looked at her in disbelief, "Don't you know? It's not a secret."

Gu Xinran glanced at Xiao Ba with dissatisfaction, "No one told me about this, not bad, not bad, another noble person!"

Knowing Duan Yunchi's identity, Gu Xinran was very happy. Haha, it would be good to go to southern Xinjiang, where there is a ready-made backer.

Xiao Ba was unhappy. What was that look in her eyes? "You didn't even ask! He is the youngest grandson of the Prince of Zhennan. His father is the Third Master Duan Qingxiang, who is in charge of the general affairs of the palace."

The two chatted as they returned to the resting place in Qingshan Village. Everyone had packed up and was getting ready to set off.

Gu Xinran happily told her family Duan Yunchi's identity. The Gu family felt more confident and looked forward to arriving in Yunzhou as soon as possible.

Over the next few days, the roads became increasingly chaotic.

Sometimes refugees would block the road to beg, and there were even groups of hundreds of refugees gathered together. Many weak refugee groups were robbed by them.

The villagers of Qingshan did not dare to take it lightly, and the guard team played its role to the utmost. On the road, dozens of big swords were defending the team on both sides, and there were also men with swords sitting on the ox carts and donkeys that were leading the way and cutting off the tail.

The refugees were all scared away when they saw it.

Gu Xinran changed into the good sword left by Duan Yunchi and placed the bow and arrow where he could get it at any time.

The previously stockpiled weapons and arrows were short of supplies, so all of them were donated to the village, and a few new guards were also armed.

In three days they would enter Jinzhou, and everyone was hoping that the gates there would be open to wait for them, with plenty of food and water.

That night, everyone rested in the grove, and there were quite a few people resting there together.

But everyone kept their distance and was on guard against each other.

Suddenly, a riot broke out among the refugee group fifty meters away.

A moment later, a pair of disheveled, pale-faced, skinny, and emaciated girls and boys in their teens were seen running away, followed by a group of men.

As luck would have it, they rushed into the campsite of Qingshan Village, and there was a pile of animal carts, carts, and luggage that they couldn't avoid.

The two people who were being chased were desperate and tried every possible means to find a cure. Seeing their grandmother's kind face, they knelt before her, crying and kowtowing continuously.

"Good-hearted grandma, please save us. Please buy my brother and me! We can do anything. We absolutely cannot go to Cuihua Tower or Qingfeng Pavilion."

As soon as you hear the name, you know it is not a good place. Recently, many human traffickers from Jinzhou have been picking people from the refugee groups.

When they see a good-looking child, they will ask about it and exchange it for water and food at a low price. Many families have sold their children.

Seeing that they were about the same age as Yuchen and Xinran, Grandma Gu felt pity for them, but she was frightened when she saw the group of men chasing after them.