"I understand, Sister Ying. My brother and I will definitely try our best to keep up and will not hold you back."
Ji Changying smiled and seemed to accept it with pleasure.
Seeing her like this, Wei Ying's expression softened a bit. "Don't push yourself. If you're too tired, just let me know. It's okay to take a break."
"If there is really a need, we will tell you. Thank you for your care, sister!" Ji Changchuan was sitting next to Ji Changying. When he heard this, he immediately went up to express his gratitude.
Seeing the brother and sister blinking their eyes and looking so well-behaved, Wei Ying couldn't help but want to pinch them, but her reason made her overcome this idea.
A hint of discomfort appeared on her stern face, and she turned her horse's head: "Speed up!" With a wave of her arm, the speed of the entire convoy increased.
"Sister, please sit inside the carriage. It's too cramped for me with my long arms and legs. I can just drive the car."
Ji Changying glanced at him sideways: "Are you implying something about me?"
Ji Changchuan chuckled: "I didn't mean that, but if you want to think that way, I can't help it. After all, this is the truth!"
After the New Year, Ji Changchuan, who was originally half a head shorter than Ji Changying, suddenly grew taller and is now a head taller than her.
Comparing the two men's arms and legs, Ji Changying snorted, "Just sit inside, I don't even want to drive!"
"Just sit down!"
Ji Changchuan waved his long arm and said, "Go!"
Yuanbao pulled the cart and suddenly jumped out a distance.
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It only took about half an hour to reach Gan County and meet up with the garrison. They quickly counted the number of people and the amount of forage and prepared to rush to the front line.
All of this grass is fresh, and if it is not transported as quickly as possible, it will soon go bad.
When they officially set out on the journey, it was just as Wei Ying had said. The marching speed was very fast. Except for a quarter of an hour at mealtime when they had to eat and go to the toilet, they had only three hours of sleeping time, and the rest of the time was spent on traveling.
Ji Changying was in good health and looked like nothing had happened. Originally, people thought that Ji Changchuan, who seldom went out, would not be able to bear it, but he was still energetic throughout the journey and would chat with some friendly people during breaks.
Within a few days, he could call out several people's names, completely inheriting Ji Fengshou's outgoing nature.
After two days of travel, we finally saw a thin long line rising from the ground in the distance ahead.
"That should be Xinyangguan over there! It looks so long!"
Ji Changchuan pointed at the long line that had no beginning or end and sighed.
It’s a pity that their Xiaotian Village is blocked by mountains, otherwise it might be included in the scope of Xinyangguan.
"Luckily we came here with the supplies, otherwise it would be really hard to find them."
Ji Changying sighed, and seeing that the people escorting the goods in front had all sped up, he did not dare to slack off and hurried forward with Yuanbao.
When we approached the checkpoint, we found that the atmosphere here was indeed tense.
There were more than a thousand soldiers patrolling the pass, not to mention those standing on the city wall intently watching the people coming and going below.
Both sides stood on guard, the soldiers were energetic and their eyes were bright.
Wei Ying stepped forward and took out the road permit and the list of personnel and handed them over.
Two guards stepped forward and checked the names one by one, while the rest of the people carefully checked the truck they were escorting, poking at the grass with their spears to make sure there was nothing hidden inside before moving on to the next one.
Ji Changying and Ji Changchuan also got off the carriage tactfully and waited for people to check the things in their carriage.
At this moment, there was a commotion nearby.
"Catch him!"
A burst of loud shouts came from the guards on the other side of the pass.
He saw an old man in front of him who looked very old and had difficulty moving. Suddenly, he moved like lightning and stepped on people and rushed into the pass.
The other guards reacted quickly, drew their swords and chased after him.
As soon as the man stepped into the pass, he was shot like a sieve by arrows from the city wall and fell to the ground.
"Bah! Another one seeking death! He thinks we're just here to eat and do nothing! He's such a thief with such a heart."
The two guards who were checking the carriage for Ji Changying and the others saw that the person was dead. They spat and cursed while looking through the things in the carriage.
Ji Changchuan took two steps forward curiously: "You two brothers know a lot, could you please tell me what that was about?"
The two of them glanced at Ji Changchuan and knew that they had come with the people delivering supplies, so they could barely be considered half of their own people.
"They're spies. The war has been going on for over a month now, and they keep coming up with this now and then. I don't know how many people have died, but they still refuse to give up!"
"It's normal not to give up. What if one of them sneaks in? That would be amazing! But these people are really hard to tell apart. They look just like us, and if they learn to speak the dialect of the interior, it's really hard to spot them unless you're very careful!"
"They're pitiful people, too. They're all 'bastards'. They were raised there and no one cares about their lives. If they die, no one cares..."
The two sighed and made sure that there was no problem with the car before turning to the next one.
Ji Changchuan looked at the corpse, and the guard went over and slashed twice at the vital parts, making sure the person was dead before dragging him away.
After this incident, the inspectors were more careful.
Not only do you have to read the introduction on the pass and compare it with other people, but you also have to ask them to recite the contents of the pass and talk about how they usually live and what they eat.
If there is even a hint of doubt in the answer, the person will be taken away first.
They waited for their identities to be verified and their family situation to be verified before they were picked up.
Ji Changchuan was frightened for a moment. Fortunately, he did not rush over rashly, otherwise something could have happened easily.
Led by their own people, they quickly arrived at the garrison on the front line.
While handing over the matter to this side, Wei Ying helped Ji Changying pass on a message. In just two quarters of an hour, Ji Fengshou and Ji Fengyi from the peasant soldiers were called out.
"Ogawa! Ah Ying!"
Seeing the two of them, Ji Fengshou and Ji Fengyi showed surprise on their faces at the same time.
Ji Fengshou felt very friendly even when he saw Yuanbao, and rushed over to pat the horse's head.
"Dad! Uncle!"
"Why are you here? How did you find this place? The barbarian came again a while ago. How is the situation at home? Is everything okay?"
As soon as they met, Ji Fengyi couldn't wait to ask about the issues he had been worried about recently.
Since he heard the news, he has been unable to eat or sleep. He wanted to find out more information, but all he heard was about what was happening on the front line.
Ji Changying didn't say much. After all, the situation at home was much better than here, so there was no need to explain it in so much detail that would make the two of them worry.
But Ji Changchuan thought differently. He told Jiang Qianruo's story: "Someone came to my house and said that my mother was her daughter. She explained the characteristics, the jade pendant my mother had, and even the origin of the divine power in my mother and my sister."
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