Su Mengyan was rarely obedient and pleased Situ Yao. Situ Yao actually reached out and rubbed the top of her head, his voice exceptionally gentle, "Don't worry, I'm here. Even if you go to Chu City, I won't let anything happen to you."
Su Mengyan stared at his overly handsome face, her heart skipping a beat. It was not until Situ Yao left that she slowly came back to her senses.
The next day, Situ Yao, along with the Xu brothers and Su Mengyan, quietly left the villa, disguised as business travelers, without revealing their identities.
Su Mengyan turned around and saw Yunfu still standing there, motionless. She couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Master, are we really not going to care about Yunfu?"
"When I left, I sent my personal guards to watch her, so she wouldn't run around." Situ Yao said this, looking at Su Mengyan meaningfully and said, "She's much more well-behaved than you."
Su Mengyan curled her lips. Although Situ Yao didn't punish her for running away, she kept bringing it up, complaining in her heart that he was a petty man!
The distance from the villa to Chu City was not far, and Situ Yao estimated that it would take three days to reach the villa. However, due to concerns about the epidemic, their journey was constantly accelerated, and they almost got up at dawn every day to travel.
Su Mengyan did not take a carriage, but rode on a horse with Situ Yao. She was tired from traveling these days and felt drowsy sitting on the horse.
Suddenly she heard a faint shout from behind. She looked back in confusion, but could only see a small black dot slowly approaching.
"What are you looking at?" Situ Yao noticed her strange behavior.
"Is someone following us?" Su Mengyan pointed behind him.
Situ Yao had excellent eyesight and immediately saw that the person chasing him was Cui Mixue. He immediately frowned and said, "Don't worry about her."
He hates people who stick to him like taffy the most.
But they were many in number, and even if Situ Yao said they wanted to speed up, they couldn't keep up with Cui Mixue riding alone. She appeared before Situ Yao, dusty and exhausted, and dismounted swiftly, "Your Highness, I finally caught up."
Su Mengyan looked at her with some envy. She looked so cool riding a horse just now. If she wasn't in a hurry, she would also learn to ride a horse.
"How did you catch up with me?" Situ Yao wanted to have her driven away immediately, but Cui Mixue took the initiative to say that she was a doctor and could help by going to Chu City with them.
It was this sentence that made Xu Chuyun and the others agree to let Cui Mixue go with him. Situ Yao couldn't drive her away without a reason, so he could only acquiesce to her going to Chu City.
Although Cui Mixue usually looks weak and frail, she is no less capable than men when it comes to riding a horse, and she doesn't hold them back at all. Meanwhile, Su Mengyan, who can't ride a horse, is treated like a piece of crap.
The group soon arrived at Chu City. Just as Brother Xu Chuyun had said, the city gates were tightly closed, making it clear that outsiders were not welcome to enter.
The once prosperous Chu City now seems like a dead city and is extremely quiet.
The guards on the tower saw them and said angrily, "Who is down there?"
"We are strangers passing through. We would like to enter the city to rest for two days. Please open the city gates." It was Qingfeng who called out. The guards above ignored them completely. "Hurry up and leave. We don't welcome outsiders here now."
The others looked at each other in bewilderment. It seemed that they really wanted to keep the epidemic a secret and were unwilling to even open the city gates.
Now that everyone is here, we can't even be unable to enter the city gate. Su Mengyan rolled her eyes and said to Situ Yao, "Sir, do you have any banknotes with you?"
"What are you going to do?" Situ Yao saw through her intentions. "Even if you want to give them money, there's no way to give it to them if they don't come down."
Although he said so, Situ Yao still gave her the banknote.
Su Mengyan handed the banknote to Qingfeng and said, "Since he won't come down, let's lure him over."
She asked Qingfeng to continue shouting that they must put the banknotes in the most conspicuous place and make the guards think that they were rich and powerful and had a lot of money.
The guard looked at the several shiny silver bills on Qingfeng's body and was tempted. Right now, food prices in Chu City were skyrocketing, and ordinary people were living a life worse than death. If he could get a little money from these people, it would be nice.
As for whether they would be infected with the disease after entering the city, that had nothing to do with him.
The guard smiled greedily, "Wait!"
Situ Yao and Su Mengyan watched from a distance. She smiled with a little smugness, "It's done. As long as we pay enough silver, I don't believe he won't open the city gate."
"Yan'er is so smart and clever, I feel ashamed of myself." Cui Mixue couldn't help but praise her. She should have been the one to take the spotlight, so why did it become Su Mengyan? Jealousy filled her eyes.
Su Mengyan touched her nose awkwardly. "Actually, I just said it casually. I didn't expect it to be so useful."
While they were talking, the guards had already come down, their eyes fixed on Qing Feng's banknotes. "Are you going into the city?"
"We came from the north and have been traveling for several days. We've run out of food and want to go into the city to get some supplies." Qing Feng was very considerate and handed him a silver note. "This is just a small gift, not a token of respect. I hope you can be flexible."
The guard collected the banknotes without leaving a trace. "This is against the rules."
"But considering you've traveled so long, I'm reluctantly letting you in," the guard emphasized righteously, "but you can't advertise your presence. If someone finds you and kicks you out, I won't be held responsible."
He opened the city gate slightly, just enough for one person to pass through. The Xu brothers had disguised themselves slightly, so the guards didn't recognize them, and the group finally entered the city safely.
The streets outside were very quiet, not even a vendor was around. But there wasn't a single sick person to be seen, and it didn't look like there was an epidemic at all.
Seeing everyone's confusion, Xu Chuyun explained, "They hid all the sick people, and we don't know where they are."
Situ Yao nodded, indicating that he understood. If it was really as Xu Chuyun said, all the officials in Chu City would probably not be able to escape the punishment of beheading.
"Let's find an inn." There was no one else outside, and Situ Yao and his group seemed very out of place wandering around.
At this time, the inn's business was bleak. The waiter was dozing off and was indifferent when serving Situ Yao and his friends. It was not until he saw the banknotes that he smiled happily and said, "The rooms upstairs are all private rooms. Please come in, gentlemen."
"Bring the food up and don't come in to disturb him at other times." Qing Feng gave him the warning before throwing a silver ingot to him.
Su Mengyan thought she lived alone and was about to walk to the side, but Situ Yao pulled her over and dragged her in without saying anything, "Your place is here."
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