During the two days of rest in the cave, Song Wan gave three patients three acupuncture treatments respectively, using this to inject mental energy into their healing efforts.
She also asked Song Yi and Song Qi to run around the mountain and find many medicinal herbs. As a result, Song Wan discovered that Song Yi's initial complicated look had turned into blind admiration now.
"Miss! Miss! Song Yi and I have another litter of rabbits!"
Song Wan had just finished giving Song Zhaoyuan acupuncture when she heard Song Qi's excited and cheerful voice.
To be honest, Song Wan never thought that one day she would get tired of eating rabbit meat. She wondered if all the rabbit nests on this hill had been taken down by Song Qi and his men.
"Got it. You guys peel off the rabbit skin, but remember not to damage it. Let my mother and Aunt Gu rub the rabbit meat with salt and save it for eating on the road."
"Okay!" Song Qi carried the rabbit and went to the river.
"Awan has grown up." Song Zhaoyuan was rarely sober, and his face was full of relief at this moment.
"It's okay, it's okay." Song Wan was neither arrogant nor impatient.
Song Zhaoyuan smiled and said, "From now on, Song Yi and the others will be left to you."
Song Wan looked up, gave him a strange look, and said bluntly, "They are my people."
She is the leader of the team and everyone should listen to her. In the end times, a team can only have one leader. If there are more than one leader, disagreements will easily arise, which will affect the entire team.
"Dad was mistaken. Awan is right, they are yours." Song Zhaoyuan looked at his eldest daughter with satisfaction. In fact, like his father, he had always placed high hopes on Awan.
Now, their Awan has finally grown up.
"Brother Gu said that we should go south first and take a detour to Guizhou." Song Wan remembered that the original owner's second uncle and his family were also exiled and were directly detained in Yunzhou.
Counting the days, they would reach Yizhou in a few days. If they headed south, they would just meet them.
"Lingfeng's plan is correct. He wants to bring your second uncle's family over." Song Zhaoyuan has been in a coma for a long time since returning to Beijing. He did not have time to make preparations in advance for Yunzhou where his second brother was, and he did not know how they are doing now.
Okay, it seems that the team is going to grow again. Song Wan silently calculated the remaining food in his mind, and it seemed that it was not enough.
But since I'm going to bring my second uncle's family over, I have to get some hard work compensation.
It is more than a thousand miles from Yunzhou to Qiandi, so there should be a lot of food.
Just as Song Wan was thinking about how much hard work pay she should get, An Nan came over and called her, "Auntie~Auntie~Mom asked me to come and call you for dinner!"
Speaking of eating, Song Wan suddenly smelled the aroma of chicken. It was pheasant porridge that had been cooked for nearly an hour, and the rice grains must have burst.
Forget it, let’s eat first. Song Wan picked up the bun and walked out.
Anan felt herself suddenly grow taller. Her head was dazed as she murmured, "Aunt, I haven't told Grandpa yet!"
"He can hear it." Song Wan rubbed the small bun that felt very good and walked straight towards the fragrance.
She began to like this world. She had food and drink, and she didn't have to chop down ugly zombies. The only problem was that her teammates were a bit useless.
After lunch, Song Wan asked everyone to pack their luggage and get ready to set off.
She asked Song Qi to modify two grain transport trucks and build a simple carport with oilcloth on top, which had just enough space for two patients to lie down.
As for the other grain transport cart with front and rear curtains, Song Wan carried the pregnant Wei on it.
Yes, she was carried in a hug. Wei's feet suddenly rose into the air, and her heart almost jumped out of her chest. She had not been carried like this since she was eight years old. She never thought that one day she would be carried horizontally by her husband's younger sister.
Song Qin had never hugged her like this before, and Wei felt a little embarrassed when she was suddenly hugged by Song Wan like this.
"Awan, I can do it myself." Wei said with a slightly red face.
"It's okay, I'm strong." Song Wan said nonchalantly, and quickly carried the remaining little kids into the car, "Be good in the car."
In Song Wan's eyes, the people on this car were the most important besides the other cars of food.
Song Yue nodded modestly, a little shy on her face. "I will take good care of Anan, Achang, and my younger brother Ayu."
My elder sister also hugged her just now.
Song Wan was very satisfied with this young team member and touched her little face encouragingly.
There were a total of six grain transport trucks. The two trucks carrying people were in the middle, and the remaining four were all loaded with grain. Song Wan gave the truck carrying women and children to Song Er, who had the best lightness skills, and Song Yi was responsible for the truck carrying the patients.
The one that carried the most grain was driven by Song Wan himself, with Qi and Chu sitting in the back.
Song Wu and Song Qi were responsible for two cars, taking Gu Lingfeng, Yan and Liu respectively, while Song Jiu was responsible for the smallest car, which drove at the end of the team.
Song Wan didn't know the way, so Song Wu and Gu Lingfeng were responsible for leading the way. They were now only about eighty miles away from the nearest Suizhou. After passing Suizhou and crossing Qingyun Mountain, they would reach Yizhou.
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Song Wan drove the grain cart leisurely, holding a freshly roasted hare leg in her left hand. There was also a large purse on her waist, which was filled with long-lasting pastries specially made by Qi before departure. They tasted sweet and contained a lot of sugar.
"In another half an hour, we will probably reach Suizhou." Gu Lingfeng stared at the vague mountains in front of him.
Suizhou is an area with rolling mountains and many bandits. When the previous emperor was alive, he sent many soldiers to suppress the bandits, which eventually led to the prosperity of Suizhou City today.
"After passing Suizhou, will we reach Qingyun Mountain?" Song Wan stared ahead, excitement flashing in his eyes.
"Yes, after passing Qingyun Mountain, go south for another fifty miles and you will reach Yizhou. Song Er should be almost in Yizhou now." Gu Lingfeng drove the grain cart and moved forward slowly.
Two hours ago, Gu Lingfeng suggested that someone should rush over there as quickly as possible to prevent any accidents.
After all, they killed the current emperor and many of King Yu's men. If the other party fails to retaliate against them and turns around to intercept the family of the Second Marquis of Weiyuan, it will be troublesome.
So Song Wan listened to Gu Lingfeng's advice and asked Song Er to ride faster, hide his whereabouts, and act flexibly to protect his second uncle Song Zhaoping's family.
"I heard there are a lot of bandits in Qingyun Mountain?" Song Wan asked excitedly.
"That was in the past. Later, the late emperor sent people to suppress the bandits. Now Qingyun Mountain is under the jurisdiction of Suizhou and is very safe." Gu Lingfeng explained.
"Is it safe now?" Song Wan took a big bite of rabbit meat and hummed in a rather unwilling tone.
For some reason, Gu Lingfeng seemed to hear disappointment in her tone.
"The late emperor was a wise ruler. Under his rule, the country enjoyed peace and prosperity." Gu Lingfeng seemed to be sighing.
In fact, the world has only been peaceful for about ten years.
More than ten years ago, the eunuchs of the previous dynasty were in power and disrupted the government. Various forces took advantage of the opportunity to rise up, and the people fell into dire straits and suffered terribly.
The former emperor Li Huai, as a member of the royal family at that time, led troops to garrison in the southwest. In order to prevent flatterers from coming to power, he led 100,000 soldiers all the way to the capital and beheaded the eunuchs with a sword.
From then on, the world was peaceful and the mountains and rivers were unified.
"A wise ruler?" Song Wan raised an eyebrow. "Could it be that all wise rulers nowadays like to confiscate the property and exile their subjects if they disagree with them?"
The original owner had a vague impression of the previous emperor, but since an emperor could make a decision to confiscate property and exile without any direct evidence, he could not be considered a wise ruler.
Gu Lingfeng smiled helplessly, "The late emperor didn't want to do that either, but under the circumstances at the time, this was the only way to save the Weiyuan Marquisate and the Southwest Prince's Palace in the capital."
Or is there a reason for that?
Song Wan looked at Qi with an inquiring look, only to see her nod in agreement.
Okay, let’s just treat him as a wise ruler.
Anyway, the person is already dead, there is no point in dwelling on it.
“If it weren’t for the ambitions of King Xiang and King Yu, and if the late emperor hadn’t been careless and fallen into their trap, there wouldn’t be the situation we have now.” When mentioning these two, Gu Lingfeng’s eyes were full of sarcasm. The late emperor was only in his forties when he passed away.
If they had not attacked Empress Qi, how could the late emperor have died suddenly in his prime?
"Prince Xiang is not a good person." Song Wan was referring to the one sitting on the throne now.
Gu Lingfeng choked when he heard this, and finally said nothing more.
Although his future brother-in-law speaks bluntly, it's sometimes quite satisfying to listen to him, isn't it?
"Are there really no bandits in Qingyun Mountain now?" Song Wan had chopped down zombies and killed people in his life, but he had never robbed anyone.
"What does Sister Wan want to do?" Gu Lingfeng had a hunch that Song Wan had other plans in mind.
"I just heard that the wild mushrooms on Qingyun Mountain grow well, and I want to pick some." Song Wan never mentioned the robbery. After all, she knew that such a thing was somewhat shameful here.
Gu Lingfeng did not ask any further questions. He looked at the Suizhou city gate which was getting closer and closer, frowned slightly, "There are several times more soldiers guarding the city today than usual." And the intensity of the inspection was also much greater, as if they were waiting for someone.
"Maybe he's waiting for us." Song Wan waved his whip, took out another piece of dessert from his purse and continued to chew it.
"I think we need to enter the city separately." Gu Lingfeng put forward his idea and turned around. "What do you think, Miss Wan?"
Breaking the whole into parts reduces the risk.
"No need." Song Wan finished the snack in her hand in one gulp and said with puffed cheeks, "Let's change into our official uniforms and go straight over."
After eating all the way, Song Wan found that her mental strength had recovered to level three. She thought that if she continued to eat like this for a few more days, her mental strength would be able to recover to the level at the end of the world.
"If we go directly there, we will be easily discovered." Gu Lingfeng originally thought that Song Wan had the same idea as him, and disguised himself as an officer escorting them to avoid the city inspections along the way.
Who would have known that they had indeed seized the vehicles, food, clothing and travel passes of the group of officials, but they did not act in a low-key manner.
Gu Lingfeng glanced at the simple carport behind him, and suddenly he had the illusion that he was on a horseback ride.
"Don't worry, they won't find out." Song Wan whipped to speed up, and at the same time, he also swung out a stream of mental power.
Song Wan led everyone and followed other ordinary citizens, took out the official pass, and entered the city smoothly.
Gu Lingfeng who witnessed all this: "..."
Less than half a year had passed since the previous emperor's death, and yet the city of Suizhou had become so lax! What kind of government was this Prince Xiang in charge of?
Gu Lingfeng simply couldn't bear to think about it. If this was the Suizhou City where bandits were rampant back then, with such lax entry inspection, how could the safety of the people in this city be guaranteed!
Song Wan glanced at Gu Lingfeng's angry face. This was a misunderstanding. That was just right, as it saved her from having to find excuses.
In fact, she didn't even need a pass. There were still people she needed to fool, and she couldn't tell everyone that she had psychic powers.
After successfully entering Suizhou City, Song Wan sent several secret guards to replenish food, while he took several women and children to the cloth shop.
The further they go into Guizhou, the earlier winter comes, so they need to prepare winter clothes in advance.
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