The carriage swayed along the way north for several days. Jiang Muyu's waist and limbs ached from the bumps, but he forced himself to endure it.

They finally arrived at a small town that day. The carriage needed to change horses, so they had to rest in an inn for a night. This was the first proper hot meal she had in a while.

Looking at the table full of food, including vegetables, meat and soup, although it was not as exquisite as what they had in Beijing, it was already a rare delicacy for them at this moment.

She ate two bowls of dry rice, drank a large bowl of soup, burped with satisfaction, and sighed, "It's so good. I'm constipated from eating dry food every day."

Yunyan was amused by her unrefined appearance: "Your Highness has become more and more casual after pretending to be a man for so long."

"Oh, I left the capital, why would I care so much about breaking the rules... Oh, didn't I ask you to call me Young Master? How could you forget it again?"

"Slave... I'm used to being called slave, and I can't change it for the time being. Please forgive me, sir."

Jiang Muyu winked at her and said, "That's better. It's fine if there are no outsiders in the house now. If there were outsiders, I'm afraid there would be trouble if you shouted like that."

"I understand. I will pay attention to it in the future."

Yunyan called the waiter to clear the dishes away.

Jiang Muyu asked someone to bring hot water for her to take a bath. She hadn't had a good bath for a while. Although it was winter, for someone who loved cleanliness so much, she still felt uncomfortable.

After Jiang Muyu washed his face, he heard Yun Yan say, "Sir, the hot water is ready. I will go to the door to guard it. You can tell me anything at any time."

"Okay."

After Yun Yan left, Jiang Muyu walked behind the screen, took off his clothes, and sat in the bathtub.

This bathtub is relatively small, but it is big enough for her.

There were no petals, only slightly coarsely made soap nuts. She soaked her skin until it was warm, then used the soap nuts to rub her body. There was no obvious dirt or grime, and her skin was still fair and delicate, with a hint of pink from the hot water.

She washed it very carefully.

I don’t know when will be the next time I can take such a good bath.

She bathed for a long time, and only stepped out when the hot water in the tub had cooled down slightly, wiped off the water stains on her body, and changed into a plain nightgown. It was a bit cold, so she wrapped herself in a coat.

She was walking back, slowly wiping the water off her hair with a handkerchief, when she suddenly heard a slight noise. She immediately stopped and raised her head towards the sound.

She saw a man in black hanging upside down on the beam above her, and at this moment he was less than a foot away from her!

Without any hesitation, Jiang Muyu threw the handkerchief at his face, turned around and ran out, shouting, "Yunyan!"

Yunyan rushed in immediately, holding a long sword in his hand, which was already half pulled out.

"What's wrong, Madam?"

Jiang Muyu ran to her and stopped, pointing behind himself: "There...there..."

But when she turned around to look, there was nothing there and everything in the room was normal, as if it was all an illusion.

Jiang Muyu looked at the handkerchief that fell on the ground and frowned: "A man in black suddenly appeared in my room just now, why is he gone now?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Yan immediately asked someone to come in and check the house inside and out.

There was absolutely no sign that anyone had been in.

Jiang Muyu sat at the head of the bed in a daze, looking back at what had just happened. The moment she raised her head, she made eye contact with that person. Her eyes were as deep as a pool, yet seemed to contain a hint of smile.

Since he was able to sneak in quietly when there were so many guards outside the door, he must be a person with extremely high martial arts skills.

She couldn't stay here any longer.

"Get ready, let's move to another inn."

As soon as she gave the order, everyone packed up their bags and changed inns before it got dark. No one asked any questions, and no one raised any objections.

What Si Mo said was right, these elites are loyal and absolutely devoted to the Lord.

The inn they changed to was a bit far from the previous one, just two streets away. The owner was a very down-to-earth person. He arranged a room for them and also sent them food.

However, Jiang Muyu had no appetite and sat on the bed in a daze. She felt that it was useless to change the hotel because that person would still come.

Seeing this, Yunyan comforted him, "Don't worry, sir. I will stay in the room with you until dawn."

Jiang Muyu sighed: "Forget it, why bother yourself? We have to travel tomorrow, so you should rest early."

There were two beds in the room, she and Yunyan slept on one each.

After turning off the lights, Jiang Muyu lay down in the quilt with her clothes on.

Yunyan also slept with her clothes on, always holding the sword in her arms.

Neither of them dared to sleep deeply, but fortunately they had a good night. The next morning, after breakfast, they got on the carriage and left the town.

However, they did not expect that when they arrived at a village before dark, they encountered bandits who came to rob the villagers.

This is the only way to get to the border.

Jiang Muyu often did good deeds and helped the poor people in Beijing, but she was not a meddling saint like Bai Lianhua.

She knew that the bandits only cared about money and not their lives, and even though the villagers were pitiful, she would not risk herself to help them.

So he took his men and quietly hid aside and did not enter the town.

They waited until the bandits left before marching through the village without stopping.

However, unexpectedly, there were still some remaining bandits in the town. They stayed behind to clean up the aftermath, but they ran into Jiang Muyu's carriage head-on.

Since the war broke out, there had been no carriages passing through this area for a long time. They knew that only rich people could ride in the carriages, so they often intercepted passing carriages. Sometimes there were beautiful young ladies in the carriages, and they would capture them and take them back to the village to play with them as prostitutes.

Now, seeing that there are two rows of plain-clothed guards riding tall horses surrounding this carriage, one can tell at a glance that the person in the carriage is of some status.

"What are you going to do?" One of the guards stepped in front.

The bandit leader stepped forward and said with a smile: "This town is full of our people. You want to pass through here, shouldn't you pay some tolls?"

Just now they saw with their own eyes that the large group of bandits had already evacuated the town. The guard snorted coldly and said, "Get out of the way, or don't blame us for being rude!"

Seeing his bad tone, the leader of the bandits was also a little annoyed: "If you don't accept my toast, I will teach you a lesson today."

Seeing that he was not going to take the soft approach, the bandit leader decided to use a tough approach. At a command, several people rushed forward with axes and sickles.

Upon seeing this, several guards jumped off their horses, drew their swords, and rushed forward to meet the enemy.

After a while, all the bandits fell down. Seeing this, the bandit leader tried to run away, but he was stabbed in the throat with a sword by a figure who flashed by before he took a few steps.

After dealing with these minions, the group continued on their journey.

Inside the carriage, Jiang Muyu calmly took a sip of water.

They are just a few small bandits with little fighting power. She has nothing to worry about. If she can't deal with these people, can these elites still be called elites?

However, what she didn't expect was that bandits would surround the inn where she was staying that night.