They had been staying in Liangzhou City for several days, but the reason was unknown.
Lu Yuyan was happy, thinking to herself that the girl was waiting for her.
Zhu Yu nodded: "Then let's take the mountain path. I'm fine."
Lu Yuyan nodded gratefully to him and took out a pill for him.
Zhu Yu threw it directly into his mouth.
After resting for a while, everyone mounted their horses and continued their journey.
Feng Yan rode up beside Qi Yu and asked, "How are you?"
Qi Yu shook her head at him, her body sticking with sweat and feeling extremely uncomfortable: "I'm fine."
Feng Yan felt a pang of sympathy for Qi Yu, but he also understood that his masters were right: "Tell me if you have anything to say."
"good."
More than ten riders rode off in a cloud of dust.
Deep in the dense forest, watching a group of people rushing towards the mountain path, a man in black lowered his voice and said to one of them, "Go and report that they have indeed taken the route we guessed. Tell them to be prepared."
"yes!"
A long howl came from the sky. Lu Xiaoyun looked up and saw a gyrfalcon hovering above their heads.
Zhu Yu frowned slightly and ordered Feng Yan, "Shoot it down!"
"Yes, Your Highness." Feng Yan drew his bow and nocked an arrow. In the next instant, the long arrow flew out with a whoosh, and the giant eagle that had been hovering above their heads flapped its wings and plummeted straight down.
The man in black was startled.
The other person said, "It's alright, they should already know the news."
It's a pity that such a fine gyrfalcon was lost. Its master trained it for so long, but now that the master is gone, it would have been worth it if it could kill Zhu Yu and the others today.
Zhu Yu tightened the reins, and the horse reared up, letting out a long neigh.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xiaoyun turned her horse around and came to Zhu Yu.
The other dozen or so people stopped.
“Let’s take the official road instead,” Zhu Yu said.
Lu Yuyan asked urgently, "Why? If we switch to the official road now, it will be more than a hundred miles longer."
"That gyrfalcon was used to deliver a message; I was worried there might be an ambush on the mountain road."
Feng Yan and the others looked at Zhu Yu with curiosity. The princess was really amazing. This gyrfalcon was specially trained by the Northern Qi people to scout out enemy positions. They had been defeated by this kind of hairy beast several times.
Why is the princess so perceptive, while her master asks "why" instead?
Especially Feng Yan, that feeling of being a completely different person since the prince was assassinated on his wedding last year and fell into a coma has returned.
Although Lu Yuyan was anxious, he also understood that if they encountered an ambush at this time, with only eighteen people and his martial arts skills being poor, it would only delay them further. If someone else got injured, it would be even more of a loss.
"Okay, let's go!"
The group turned their horses around.
Seeing that they had changed course, the man in black spat in anger and cursed, "Damn it, that bastard Zhu Yu keeps changing his mind like a woman!"
"Isn't she a woman? This mountain isn't one that just anyone would dare to climb," someone scoffed.
"What do we do now?"
"Damn it, what else can we do? Let's use our methods to re-establish contact and get them to withdraw. We need to hurry up and set up an ambush on the main road, otherwise if they escape today, we don't know when we'll be able to find another opportunity."
The man in black left, cursing under his breath.
Lu Xiaoyun and Zhu Yu rode their horses for nearly twenty miles. Zhu Yu asked Feng Yan behind him, "Is there a road nearby that leads to that mountain path?"
Feng Yan pulled out a map: "Yes, there's a small path about five miles ahead. It's closer from there. Your Highness, what do you mean..."
Zhu Yu glanced behind him and said, "Yes, let's take the mountain path instead."
Lu Xiaoyun pulled the horse closer by reins: "Did you notice anything wrong?"
“I had Feng Yan shoot down the gyrfalcon just now on purpose, to let them know that we had discovered their plan to ambush them. These people have more than one way of communicating, so by now, the people lying in ambush on the mountain road should have received the message and withdrawn. Therefore, it is safer for us to take the mountain road now.”
Lu Xiaoyun chuckled. No wonder Zhu Yu was known as the God of War; his keen sense of danger and ability to counterattack were indeed formidable.
After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the group embarked on their journey over the mountain.
The first part of the mountain road was relatively flat, and people could ride horses, but it became impossible as you went higher.
The mountain path was not as easy as imagined. The mountain walls were steep and full of strange rocks. People could no longer ride horses and could only walk with their horses in tow.
"Once we get over the mountain, everything will be fine," the group thought, looking at the majestic mountain peak.
Lu Yuyan seemed to have inexhaustible energy, walking the fastest, even leaving the well-trained guards behind.
His eagerness infected the others; no one complained in their hearts, they just covered their heads and hurried on their way.
Lu Xiaoyun walked beside Zhu Yu, looking at the sweat rolling down his face, and felt a pang of heartache: "How are you?"
"It's nothing. It's just that this little guy hasn't been exercising enough."
Lu Xiaoyun patted Zhu Yu's head: "Thank you."
Zhu Yu scoffed at her, annoyed. Ruoling was his own sister.
An hour later, the group was already standing halfway up the mountain. It gets dark earlier in the mountains than outside, so they had to hurry and reach the foot of the mountain before 7 p.m.
Once you reach the foot of the mountain, it will take another half an hour on horseback to reach the post station.
After resting for about 15 minutes, the group of more than ten people set off again.
Sweat clung stickily to his back. Zhu Yu thought it was fortunate that he wasn't menstruating these past few days, otherwise he definitely wouldn't have been able to walk this mountain path.
Being a woman is indeed quite tough, he thought, glancing at Lu Xiaoyun walking beside him.
Lu Xiaoyun turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"
Zhu Yu smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing."
He raised his right wrist, which still had 6,700 points. He was suddenly very grateful to this so-called system for letting him experience the hardships of being a woman.
Afterwards, he and Lu Xiaoyun will return to their own bodies, and he will treat her a hundredfold or a thousandfold better.
Feng Yan took good care of Qi Yu. Although Qi Yu had practiced martial arts since childhood and was trained as a suicide soldier, her physique was not much worse than that of a man. However, Feng Yan always held her hand to prevent her from hurting her feet with pebbles or hitting her head with tree branches.
Qi Yu took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Feng Yan's forehead. In the past, when she was in her master's house, she was never treated as a person. She was a death squad member, and the only thing she needed to do was to protect her young master with her own life.
But since arriving at Prince An's mansion, she has learned that servants also have human rights, can have their own joys and sorrows, can have their own lives, and even their own lovers.
An hour later, the group finally reached the summit, overlooking the vast expanse of heaven and earth, and felt refreshed and invigorated.
It was about half an hour faster than expected.
Lu Xiaoyun cupped her hands around a megaphone and shouted towards the foot of the mountain, "Ah~~~"
Zhu Yu's lips twitched. His image as the Demon King was ruined! So, imitating Lu Xiaoyun, he shouted towards the foot of the mountain, "Ah~~~"
I really want to shout, "Lu Xiaoyun, I like you!" What should I do?
Never mind: "Your Highness Prince An, I love you~~"
Lu Xiaoyun was so frightened that her body trembled. Was Zhu Yu really this fierce now?
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