Cheng Hezhou, looking at Fang Yuan with admiration, asked, "Miss, did you personally modify this carriage?"
“Of course, we have more people than horses. If we modify this carriage, we can carry more people. Did the Fourth Young Master say something?” Fang Yuan asked in return.
"Miss is truly exceptionally intelligent; she has even managed to modify the carriage so ingeniously," Cheng Hezhou exclaimed sincerely.
"Your subordinate is utterly impressed by your talent!"
He leaned closer to Fang Yuan and whispered, "Si Gongzi saw that there were empty seats in the carriage, so he specially instructed that the young lady and the cousin should get on the carriage together."
His great-aunt is mentally unstable now, so he can only talk to Fang Yuan.
"Very good!"
Fang Yuan's face lit up with joy. She turned and waved to her father, saying happily:
"Father, the Fourth Young Master is asking Mother to get into the carriage. Let's go quickly."
Hearing Fang Yuan's slightly smug voice, Wei Canglan chuckled softly inside the carriage.
This girl is really interesting.
"You silly girl, how can you let your mother sit with the Fourth Young Master, who is so noble?"
Fang Congshan gently rebuked him.
This girl is used to being wild in the countryside and has no idea what kind of status the Fourth Young Master is.
The fourth young master comes from a distinguished family and will at least become a prince in the future.
How could they ride in the same car with him?
"It's alright. In this emergency, let Madam Fang bring the child up. I'm bored sitting here alone."
Wei Canglan's voice came from inside the carriage again.
Fang Yuan looked smugly at Fang Congshan and said:
"Father, look, even the Fourth Young Master doesn't seem to care. Let Mother and my sister-in-law go up quickly; we need to get on our way!"
Since Wei Canglan had spoken, Fang Yuan sent his second sister and younger brother up.
"This humble servant thanks you, Fourth Young Master!" Fang Congshan did not refute any further.
After exchanging greetings, he let Li Jingru and the two children get into the carriage, while he prepared to drive the carriage himself.
Seeing Fang Congshan's actions, Fang Yuan quickly stepped forward:
"Father, your injuries haven't fully healed yet, let me do it!"
After all, they were going to take a back road, and the bumpy ride of the carriage was not as good as riding a horse.
"You? When did you learn to drive a horse-drawn carriage?" Fang Congshan asked uncertainly.
"Father, you're underestimating me again, aren't you? I personally drove Mother here."
As Fang Yuan spoke, he got into the carriage, picked up the whip with one hand, and tugged at the reins with the other, his movements quite practiced.
"Alright then!"
Seeing that his daughter was quite capable, Fang Congshan didn't insist any further.
They now have five horses and one donkey left, and there are five of them left, one horse for each of them.
As for Fang Yuan's little donkey, it carried two large bags of packages and followed in the middle of the group.
Li Chengzhe led the way, followed by Fang Congshan and Cheng Hezhou, and then Fang Yuan's carriage.
Behind them were the little donkeys and the two guards at the very back.
After entering the small path that Li Chengzhe had mentioned, she found that it was not much different from the official road she had been on.
The only difference is that the road surface is uneven and the surrounding area is overgrown with weeds, making the road appear much narrower.
But she was able to get through her little horse-drawn carriage smoothly.
It wasn't until the lunch break that Fang Yuan curiously approached Li Chengzhe and asked:
"Third cousin, weren't we supposed to take the back path? Why is it no different from the previous one?"
In the history she had learned before, apart from the slightly better ancient roads, weren't all other roads difficult to travel?
How can a carriage that's only a meter wide pass through this so-called narrow path?
“This road was an old official road, and it was abandoned after a new official road was built,” Li Chengzhe replied.
If he hadn't walked this path with his father and brothers before, he wouldn't have known there was such a road.
"I see. So, are there bandits along the way?"
Fang Yuan glanced around and asked with some curiosity.
Even though this former official road can only be passed by small horse-drawn carriages now, there are still people using it, otherwise this third cousin wouldn't know.
"······"
Lee Seung-cheol stared at her inexplicably, noticing her eager expression.
Is this girl addicted to killing bandits?
Do you want to wipe out all the bandits in the surrounding area in one fell swoop?
Wei Canglan, who was resting not far away, also heard these words and gave her a deep look.
He never expected that this girl would be interested in bandits.
"Yuanyuan, don't talk nonsense outside."
Fang Congshan gave Fang Yuan a light snort.
This girl was out for the first time and had absolutely no inhibitions; she dared to say anything.
"oh!"
Fang Yuan shrugged and didn't say anything more.
She just wanted to earn some extra money; of course, if she encountered a large group of people with ulterior motives like before, then she should disregard what she said.
However, it's unclear whether it was just her bad luck or if there really was a group of unlucky people here.
They had only set off in the afternoon when they were robbed by a group of raggedly dressed men.
"This...this road is mine...I drive it."
This tree...this tree was planted by me.
"If you want to pass through here, you must leave... leave... pay the toll!"
The leader who was shouting, although he looked burly, was a stutterer, and holding an axe, he looked a bit like Cheng Yaojin.
He was followed by more than ten henchmen, but they were all dressed in shabby clothes.
Only a few people had knives, and several others were still carrying sticks; they didn't have as many knives as the others.
I don't know who gave them the courage to rob them.
With this small force, Lee Seung-cheol alone could easily crush them.
So no one took it seriously, and Fang Yuan, standing on the carriage, retorted to the group:
"What makes you say you planted this tree? You built this road? Does it answer when you call it?"
Looking at the raggedly dressed robbers in front of him, it was clear that this was how bandits operated.
Those bastards who killed people right away had absolutely nothing to do with robbers.
"Then...that kid, what...what did you say?"
"Is it...is it that you want to...want to die?"
The stuttering leader brandished his knife and shouted at Fang Yuan.
The more he looked at these people, the more uneasy he felt; none of them seemed afraid.
"I said... as long as you let the tree and this road acknowledge you, we'll pay the toll, no problem, right?" Fang Yuan said again to the other side.
After Fang Yuan finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
This young lady is really interesting; how come they didn't think of this before?
The two guards behind him were even more delighted and chimed in with their own words:
"Yes, yes, you have to get the tree to acknowledge that you planted it before we'll pay you."
"Yes, and this road, you drove it, but does it respond when you call it?"
"Hahaha!"
"Hahaha······"
"Round and round~"
Fang Congshan was also suppressing a laugh.
However, after only two years apart, my daughter has become so bold that she even dares to challenge the bandits.
"Cough cough~"
Even Wei Canglan, inside the car, reached out to cover the smile on his lips.
Through the curtain opened by Li Jingru, she watched Fang Yuan struggling with the bandits outside.
"Ugh, I'm so angry!"
The bandit leader roared and swung his axe at the tree next to him.
These people actually dared to challenge him; he had to show them his strength.
However, the group didn't pay attention to his actions, and Fang Yuan even feigned surprise, saying:
"Hey~ you didn't stutter when you said that just now? I'm so amazing, I even cured your stutter. Now, shouldn't you pay me?"
"Hahaha·····"
"Pfft~ cough cough~~"
Fang Yuan's words made everyone laugh again.
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