When the ox cart arrived at the next running station, the four of them immediately got off the car under the pretext of getting off the car, and after a short stop in the surrounding area, they quietly changed to the next ox cart.

And this time, the direction of the drive is to go to Ximan.

There were not a few guests on the car, sparsely pulled, in the huge cabin, there were only four of them, sitting together, each with a curtain on their faces.

"Lin Yu, now we will go directly to Ximan, but this way, the distance is far away, I am afraid of ......"

A trace of worry appeared in Li Qingyuan's eyebrows, and the maid beside her also had a bitter face.

After all, leaving your hometown and being someone else is a little reluctant.

What's more, they were forced to flee because of what happened to Lin Yu.

"I know, this matter has hurt you, if you can't stand it, you can go directly to Song Liang, I can help write you a letter, and you will send it back to my home, if my father sees it, he will naturally take care of you!"

Lin Yu sighed and said so.

"Nope! I don't mean that, I mean, the mountains are high and the road is long, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of dangers along the way. Qiuyue and Qiuhua, although the two of you have followed me since childhood, but now, I may have to stay away from home, and you don't have to suffer with us. ”

At this time, Li Qingyuan thought that they were still the two maids beside her, and after she said something, she wanted to arrange the fate of the two.

However, the two maids shook their heads again and again.

"Miss, uncle, please, don't drive us two away. Qiuhua and I grew up with Miss you since childhood, like sisters, and now Miss is in trouble, we naturally can't leave Miss You! ”

"Yes! Miss, no matter what you say, whatever Autumn Blossom says will not leave Miss yours! ”

Seeing this, Li Qingyuan could only give up.

She had no choice but to look at Lin Yu, as if the person in front of her was their backbone.

"This place in Xiban is not as calm as Xuanhuang. You girls' families, on the way there, I'm afraid you will have to suffer a lot. ”

"I don't care about any of that!"

"So is Akizuki!"

"Me too!"

Looking at the sincere gazes of the three people around him, Lin Yu finally swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Soon after, the ox cart shook and set off for the journey.

During the trip, Li Qingyuan looked at Lin Yu with a thoughtful look, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

"Lin Yu, do you really have something to do with the fiancée of the Zhao family? I heard she didn't come home overnight! You guys don't really ......?"

Lin Yu did not deny it, but nodded slightly.

Seeing his appearance when he confessed, Li Qingyuan couldn't help but sit back a little depressed, and his eyes immediately looked out of the car, and for a while, the atmosphere in the car fell into a dull state.

After that, the conversation between several people seemed to be much less, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward every time.

However, this awkward atmosphere was alleviated after another group of passengers got on the bus.

At that time, the ox cart had already traveled outside Huangcheng.

Huangcheng is a small city, located between Jingshi and Song Liang, close to Tang Huang Mountain, where the mountain is high and the road is far away, the surrounding people are sparsely populated, and there is no shop in front of the village. Therefore, every time they come here, in case of bad weather, the convoy usually chooses to suspend the drive, or simply look for a team of escorts nearby to help escort them.

At this time, for the sake of the safety of their families, the guests in the car will generally choose to spend money to eliminate disasters and hire a team of people to help protect the safety of the team.

Now, the ox cart where Lin Yu and his family are located has just arrived here, and beyond that is the mountain trail of Tanghuang Mountain.

"Guests, there is a mountain pass in front of you, out of the Huang Pass, you will not lose to the place under the jurisdiction of the Xuanhuang Army, where there are many bandits and bandits, I think it is better to hire a team of guards, it is safe!"

The coachman's suggestion was sincere, but this time, there were only more than 20 guests in the car, and there were not many people, and even the empty seats were more than the guests.

"Coachman, escort or something, I don't think you need it, you set off immediately, don't rub it off!"

One of the passengers immediately spoke up, urging the driver to hurry as soon as possible.

The other guests, seeing him like this, were a little unhappy.

"This is not good, the coachman has said, there is danger ahead, I think it is better to spend money to eliminate the disaster for the sake of my own life. However, there is a team of guards hired here, but it costs 9,900 gold coins, and we have a total of 24 people in the car, not counting the coachmen, I see that everyone pays a little, and I can give the rest of the fraction! ”

After saying that, the guest who offered to hire a guard took out his money bag and shook the gold coins in it with a clanging sound.

The other guests, seeing that he was willing to make up the money, didn't think too much about it, and began to pay out of their own pockets.

On Lin Yu's side, the four of them also wanted to spend money to buy peace.

But when someone started to raise money and prepare to hire a guard, there were five guests in the car, but they refused to pay for it.

One of them, dressed in rags, with a yellow face and thin muscles, seemed to have little money.

The remaining four were indifferent to this.

"Hey! A few of you, if you don't pay for it, please get off the bus, we are going to Xiban, this mountain bandits are rampant, if you die, what is the use of more money? ”

"That is, if you don't want to pay and get out of the car, we who pay to hire you can't just be so cheap."

In the midst of the condemnation of these guests, the guest who had no money could only get off the bus in a gloomy manner.

As for the remaining four, they refused to pay no matter what.

The result came and went, after a long period of entanglement.

The four of them were reluctant to cooperate, and basically they were not very willing to talk to them, their expressions were serious and unsmiling.

No matter how the surrounding guests shouted, they were always indifferent.

Seeing that this time was gradually passing, the money was not enough, and some of the remaining guests were bored.

"I think it's better to forget it! When I first went out today, I found a fortune teller to calculate with me, and he said that my trip was smooth and that it would be fine, and that I would take care of the escort or something! ”

"Me too, I went to Xiban this time to do business, I didn't have much capital, I couldn't stand it with hundreds of gold coins spent, besides, who could be so unlucky, I would really run into a bandit, you said yes?"

Among the guests, some people began to contradict each other, and in the end there were only two or three people left, and no one wanted to bear the money alone, so the matter was simply stopped.

The coachman saw that they were entangled, and refused to hire an escort, so he sneered, raised the long whip in his hand, and drove the car slowly towards the mountain.

At the beginning, the trip into the mountain was quite smooth, the scenery on both sides was quiet and beautiful, and there was no one in the mountains around, which was not bad.

However, not long after they passed through the Huangguan Mountain Pass, they had just passed a small hill, and before the ox cart had passed, they heard the sound of rolling stones falling on the hills on both sides, and at the same time, on both sides of the mountain road in front of them, the big trees that had been standing suddenly collapsed.

With a thunderous sound, trees fell at both ends of the road, and rolling stones fell to the ground, directly intercepting the ox cart.

For a moment, the pulling bull howled, and the road was cut off, unable to move forward.

As for some of the passengers on the bus, they were panicked and pale.

"Oh no, there are bandits!"