As Sicheng walked, he would occasionally look around with his binoculars, trying to find an open area nearby to use as a campsite.
As he was searching around with his binoculars, he suddenly felt someone watching him. Following his instincts, he looked through the binoculars and discovered a lookout point on the opposite hilltop, where someone was looking in his direction with binoculars.
"Everyone, stop for a moment. There's a situation ahead. Let's rest here for a bit." After saying that, he handed the binoculars to Ma Donglai.
"Ma Donglai, go and inform everyone. I'll go check first." Si Cheng put his belongings aside and prepared to go check alone.
"Brother Cheng, I'll go with you." Yunqi followed suit and put his things down as well.
"I can go by myself. Besides, with my current skills and strength, I'm sure I'll be fine."
"No, I promised I'd follow you wherever you go, and besides, I won't hold you back," Yun Qi insisted.
"Let's go. Anyway, they've already spotted us. Let's go check it out first." Si Cheng knew Yun Qi's temperament. Even if he didn't bring her, she would follow him from a distance. So it was better to bring her along for peace of mind.
Ma Donglai and the others were worried and wanted to go with him, but Si Cheng refused.
The couple continued walking along the river. The further they walked, the clearer the village became, and they could see smoke rising from chimneys in the distance, indicating that dinner was being prepared.
"The road to the village ahead is quite wide, and there should be a lot of people there, but I don't know if they are friend or foe?"
“If the village is big, then it’s hard to say; it could even be a bandit’s lair. Get that gun ready; if anything happens, pull it out.” Si Cheng noticed that they were some distance from the group behind them, so he reminded Yun Qi to take out the gun they had captured earlier from her spatial storage. Although it only had three bullets, it could still intimidate others.
Soon they arrived in front of a large wall, which was even taller than the wall of their own village.
"Halt! Where are you from? What brings you to our village?" The person on the watchtower called out as the two approached.
"We're just passing through and want to go to S Province. Please do us a favor," Si Cheng also called out.
"Wait." Without waiting for their reply, he vanished from their sight.
"Why didn't they think to set up an alarm? Aren't they afraid we have climbing tools to climb over?" Yunqi thought. They were so careless to think that they had to use manpower to send a message and even left such a big gap for them.
"They must have set up traps inside, otherwise they wouldn't have left only one person here to guard it."
“If that’s the case, then we should learn from their experience so that we can be safer when we go back to the village.” Yun Qi accepted this statement quite casually, after all, he had seen many strange defenses in his previous life.
“Our village doesn’t allow outsiders to stay overnight. You should take a detour.” Soon, a middle-aged man came up from the observation platform. He first looked at the couple, then looked at the group behind them through binoculars, and directly refused to let them in.
"I'd like to ask you again, is the route to S Province through here? If we need to take a detour, which way should we go?" Si Cheng looked at the high city wall in front of him, with mountains on both sides, wondering which way he should go around.
"..."
"Village chief, it seems there really is nowhere to go around. This used to be a necessary passage for us." The young man said in a low voice, but Si Cheng, with his sharp ears, heard him clearly.
"Anyway, we don't care. There are so many of you, and we can't possibly let you into the village. You'd better find another way." The other party simply resorted to shamelessness.
"I'd like to ask, what's the name of this village?" Yun asked as she flipped through the map Yun Zhixin had given her.
"Our village is called Yao Village. You'd better find another way while it's still early." Since they're not allowed to enter the village, it's better to let them leave as soon as possible.
“Yao Village,” Yunqi searched on the map and quickly found the marker at the very edge.
"Brother Cheng, this is it. We've reached the provincial border. Once we pass through Yao Village, we'll be in S Province. But this is our only way through. If we want to go around it, besides crossing two high mountains, the rest of the journey will be much longer." Yun Qi looked up at the high wall in front of him with a headache. Crossing this wall would save a lot of time.
"Hello! I'd like to ask if there's a veteran named Yao Shu here?" Si Cheng remembered that Uncle Zhong had mentioned a few days ago that his former adjutant lived in Yao Family Village.
"You know Ashu?" The village chief was surprised. Judging from what they said, they might really be acquaintances of Ashu.
"Ask him if he knows Yun Zhizhong. If he does, then it's definitely him." Si Cheng really hoped this person wasn't just someone with the same name. If he was Uncle Zhong's adjutant, then it was quite possible that they could pass through here.
This time, the two of them waited quite a while before the person finally arrived.
"Who are you? How do you know about Yunzhizhong?" As soon as that person stood on the observation platform, Sicheng felt a familiar presence.
“We are his relatives. This time we want to go to S province to find salt and we want to pass through your village.”
"How do I know if what you're saying is true or false?"
"Then how do we know if you are really Yao Shu?" Yun Qi retorted directly, not to be outdone.
"I know he has a son named Yunxun, right?"
"You're wrong. My uncle's son is named Yun Tao." Yun Qi rolled his eyes at him, annoyed. It seemed he was right, but the probing was too casual.
"Look at my memory, Yunxun is his brother's son." Yao Shucai wouldn't admit that he was testing him earlier. Knowing that he knew someone, he turned to discuss it with the village chief and the others.
“Uncle, these are the family members of our former superior, not those people in disguise. Please do them a favor and let them pass.”
"Since they're acquaintances, there shouldn't be any problem. But I just heard them say they were going to find salt, right?"
"Uncle means..."
“Salt is a necessity of life. Although our village still has some in stock, it will run out one day. I just saw that their team is quite large. Why don’t we send some people along to scout the route this time?” Village Chief Yao said, explaining his plan.
"I'll talk to them later. If they are family members of an officer, then it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Let them in first, but what about the main force behind them? Our village can't accommodate so many of them."
"If all else fails, let them stay at the village entrance for the night. It's better to be here than anywhere else." Yao Shu knew that letting so many people into the village would cause some panic among the villagers, so it was better to let them stay at the village entrance for now. Even if they passed through the village tomorrow, it would only take a short while.
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