This was the first time Wei Yunlan saw Yue Heng Mountain with her own eyes, but she had heard of this second largest mountain range in Dayong a long time ago.
The Yueheng Mountains start from Hanzhou in the west and end at the junction of Linzhou and Pingzhou in the east. It is more than 800 miles long and forms a semi-encirclement shape, firmly protecting the north and east sides of the capital.
It was the second barrier of the Yong Dynasty against the invasion of northern barbarians.
It was precisely because of the existence of this mountain range that the Emperor and the Second Prince in their previous life had never thought that the Northern Barbarians would attack the capital.
Wei Yunlan remembered that in the previous life, the Northern Barbarians' cavalry were able to cross Yueheng Mountain because they had people who were familiar with the terrain to lead the way for them and hide the entire 100,000-strong Northern Barbarian army in the mountains from the eyes and ears of the imperial court.
As a result, the imperial court was not prepared at all until the northern barbarian army rushed out of Yue Heng Mountain and attacked Zhuozhou!
Being able to assist the Northern Barbarians in accomplishing such a great feat shows that there is a considerable force hidden in Yue Heng Mountain.
I just don’t know whether this force appeared later or has already developed quietly.
Wei Yunlan felt a little worried, and took advantage of the time when the team stopped to rest at noon to call his father into the mule cart.
It was inconvenient to get in and out with the wooden yoke on. Wei Maolin wanted to say whatever he wanted to say, but Gao glared at him. He immediately shut up and got on the mule cart obediently.
Gao invited everyone to eat the pancakes they had made that morning with the vegetable soup, "Lan'er, give your father one too, so he can eat it in the car."
Wei Yunlan followed him into the carriage, holding soup in one hand and a pancake in the other.
Wei Maolin then asked in confusion: "Lan'er, what do you want to say to your father?"
Wei Yunlan put the food aside and reached out from behind the cushion to take out the soft armor that she had hidden not long ago.
It was the one she bought at Tianshu Pavilion before leaving the capital.
"Gold-thread soft armor?" Wei Maolin came from the Duke's Mansion, so he naturally knew the value of the goods.
"That's right." Wei Yunlan nodded and handed over the soft armor, "Dad, put this on."
"My father is not going to fight the enemy, so what's the point of this?"
"You are walking in the front of the team, too far away from us. If something happens to you, I'm worried that we won't be able to take care of you." There is only one piece of golden thread soft armor. If there were more, Wei Yunlan would certainly like the whole family to wear it, but there is only one piece, so he can only take care of his father.
"It's better to be safe than sorry. If you wear this, we will feel more at ease."
"Okay, I'll put it on later." Wei Maolin agreed, just to comfort his daughter.
Anyway, this golden soft armor doesn't weigh much, so I'll take it off when we get to Beiguan and let my daughter keep it well. This is a treasure that can be used as a dowry!
"Don't be perfunctory with me. I'm going to let my mother check it later." Wei Yunlan said worriedly.
"I got it. I will definitely change it." Wei Maolin laughed and shook his head. After his daughter came back from divorce, she seemed to be a lot more lively than before. She even knew how to use his wife to put pressure on him!
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With the expectation that the weather would cool down after entering the mountains, the team moved particularly fast in the past two days.
There were few frictions between the families, mainly because the Feng family's children had become much quieter. Of course, the biggest possibility was that they were all too tired from being exposed to the sun and didn't have the energy to continue making trouble.
The outline of the mountain that was originally seen from afar is now right in front of us.
On the way to Beiguan, Yueheng Mountain is a must-pass place along the way. Going west or east is too far. The route prescribed by the court is to go north along a mountain crevice that can only accommodate two carriages side by side.
This is the fastest route through Yueheng Mountain, which basically runs along the bottom of the mountain, but there are also many sections that require ups and downs.
At this time, the disadvantages of the carriage were revealed. On such a mountain road, it was far less smooth than the mule cart. After entering the mountain, the team stopped several times because of the Liang family's carriage, and the speed was more than twice slower than before entering the mountain.
But it's not completely without good news. At least there is a cool breeze blowing through the cracks in the mountains, which blows away all the heat outside.
Having just experienced the scorching sun, walking in such an environment was extremely pleasant and no one was willing to urge them.
After all, no one can say for sure whether it will still be as cool as it is now after walking through this mountain path and being exposed to the scorching sun again.
The team stopped again while going downhill.
One of the Liang family's carriages overturned and its wheels fell off, and the servants were busy repairing it.
Officer Jie ordered the team to stop and rest for a quarter of an hour. After this rest, they had to speed up the process and get out of the Yueheng Mountains before it got completely dark.
The servants of the Liang family were busy, while the masters sat on the stools taken out of the carriage and ate the goat milk cheese that the maids had chilled with stream water.
Not far away, the boys of the Feng family were drooling at the sight, but they did not dare to go forward and ask for the money from the Liang family because they were restrained by their fathers and uncles.
Seeing her grandchildren's eyes red with envy and their mouths watering with greed, Old Mrs. Feng felt distressed.
He turned his back, avoiding the sight of his sons, and secretly winked at his grandchildren.
"Dad, Second Uncle!"
"Let's get the water bladder and fill it with water!"
Led by Feng Daqiang, several older boys from the Feng family ran to the back holding water bags.
As early as when the Feng family boys ran towards this side, Wei Yunlan was on guard and whispered a few words in Suihe's ear.
Those Feng family boys really didn't have any good ideas. They went straight to the wooden barrel containing goat's milk.
Just as Feng Daqiang grabbed the handle of the wooden barrel with his right hand, a hemp rope flew out from the side and directly wrapped around Feng Daqiang's arm.
Suihe held the other end of the hemp rope tightly, walked forward quickly, and tied Feng Daqiang tightly in a few seconds.
Upon seeing this, the other boys from the Feng family wanted to run back, completely ignoring their brother who was tied up.
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