After the system ran, I took off with my family

Chapter 354: It's so weird no matter how you look at it

The days on the road always pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is September with its continuous autumn rain.

Lin Shuyue and his group finally passed through Bingzhou and arrived at Dancheng, Liangzhou in the north.

There are five cities in Liangzhou in the north, namely Dancheng, Suicheng, Yecheng, Lecheng and Yangcheng.

Among them, Suicheng is the provincial capital and the most prosperous place in Liangzhou, followed by Yecheng, Dancheng and Lecheng.

Yangcheng is located at the only pass in the Tiger Roaring Mountains. It is the first pass to defend against the Turks. It is an important border city and also the destination of Lin Shuyue's trip.

Because the snow fell early in the north, Lin Shuyue and his party were worried that the roads would be blocked by heavy snow, so they only stayed in Dancheng for two days after arriving and then set off again.

The weather gradually turned cooler, and traveling was not as uncomfortable as before. Gousheng felt much better.

However, they found that after entering the territory of Liangzhou, the further they went towards Yangcheng, the more bandits they encountered.

Some are just a mob of a dozen people, while others are larger and extremely ferocious.

Although they were skilled in martial arts and could easily deal with the bandits, they were inevitably tired from fighting and killing along the way, and even Gousheng gradually became numb.

The most important thing is that it takes a lot of time.

Look, it took them more than half a month to leave Yecheng and enter Lecheng.

On this day, they repelled another group of bandits. Before they could catch their breath, they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away behind them.

Qinghe and Qingzhi immediately turned around, gripped their swords tightly, and stared at the official road vigilantly, only to see a group of armored cavalry galloping towards them.

The group of cavalrymen approached from afar, and the leading general saw the bodies of the bandits on the ground at a glance.

He was startled and stopped by pulling the reins, and the cavalrymen behind him also stopped.

The general looked down at Lin Shuyue and his group. After seeing Lin Shuyue's appearance clearly, he became more alert.

In the wild mountains and wilderness, there was an extremely beautiful girl, a cute little child, two skinny followers holding swords, and more than a dozen corpses on the ground that were obviously bandits. It looked weird no matter how you looked at it.

"Who are you?"

His voice had a questioning tone.

Lin Shuyue wasn't annoyed. His eyes quickly swept over the cavalrymen before he stepped forward and said calmly, "Sir, we were originally on our way to Yangcheng to visit relatives. When we got here, we encountered bandits and had to defend ourselves. I hope you will understand."

The general looked her up and down, his eyes still filled with doubt. "These bandits are extremely fierce. Can you three take care of them all?"

Lin Shuyue smiled slightly and said, "Your Excellency may not know that I have been practicing martial arts since I was young, and my two followers are also very skilled. They are more than enough to deal with these bandits."

The general frowned, and his eyes, as sharp as a knife, fell on Lin Shuyue.

After a moment, the general withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice, "In that case, you may continue on your journey, but be careful, as the banditry ahead is even worse."

"Thank you for the reminder, sir." Lin Shuyue clasped his fists in thanks.

When the general saw that she was performing the martial arts etiquette, his doubts dissipated a little. If she was a person from the martial arts world, then everything would make sense.

He put away his distracting thoughts, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and rode away with the cavalry.

"These cavalrymen are so majestic."

Qingzhi couldn't help but sigh as he watched the cavalrymen marching away.

Qing He was not as careless as her. She walked to Lin Shuyue and whispered, "Miss, those cavalrymen were leaving in such a hurry. Could something have happened?"

Lin Shuyue shook her head. "They should be from the Lecheng garrison. I haven't heard of any major incidents in Lecheng, so they should be fine."

"Okay, pack up your things and get on with your journey."

During the next two days of the journey, perhaps because of the intimidation from the group of cavalry ahead, we did not encounter any more bandits.

That afternoon, they arrived at the junction of Lecheng and Yangcheng.

Ahead is Duangui Ridge, which makes many caravans heading north feel nervous every time they pass by.

Duangui Ridge is a steep area with a narrow and rugged road. On the left is a steep mountain wall, and on the right is a bottomless cliff and ravine. It is the easiest place for bandits to set up an ambush.

At this time, they were still more than a mile away from Duangui Ridge. Qingzhi was driving the carriage and saw a team gathering in front of him from afar.

For some reason, they all stopped by the roadside.

Qingzhi just took a look and didn't think much about it. He drove the carriage forward as usual.

Unexpectedly, just as they approached the team, two people rushed out of the team and blocked the carriage.

Qingzhi was startled and quickly tightened the reins, and the carriage stopped just in front of the two men.

In the carriage, Qinghe and Gousheng rushed forward due to inertia.

Fortunately, Lin Shuyue was quick-witted and grabbed one of them with one hand, preventing them from falling out of the car.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Qingzhi looked at the people who stopped the carriage with displeasure and shouted, "Who are you and why are you stopping our carriage?"

The two men were dressed like businessmen. Their eyes swept over Qingzhi, who was driving the cart, and disappointment appeared on their faces.

The two ignored Qingzhi's questioning, but huddled together, whispering something.

"What's wrong?" Lin Shuyue brought Qinghe out of the car.

Qingzhi was already furious at being ignored by them. Seeing her, she immediately complained, "Miss, not only did they suddenly rush out to block our carriage, they also ignored me."

The two men were stunned when they saw that it was a girl coming out of the carriage, but they decided to proceed according to the original plan.

One of the middle-aged men stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile, "Don't blame me, young lady. We are all merchants heading to Yangcheng and are about to cross Broken Turtle Ridge.

We heard that bandits are rampant on Duangui Ridge, so we would like to invite a few more teams to cross the ridge together.

This way, we have more people and can look after each other. What do you think, young lady?"

Hearing this, Lin Shuyue frowned slightly and looked at the group of people on the side of the road.

The group included both young and old, with both horse-drawn carriages and mules, and the goods on the carriages were even more varied. It seemed that they were a team of small vendors.

However, she did not plan to go with them because she had a bad impression of the two people.

Not to mention that their act of rushing out to stop her carriage was extremely rude, even their behavior of inviting a woman like her who looked so weak and powerless to go with them was somewhat suspicious.

Therefore, she looked at the two of them and said calmly, "Sorry, we didn't mean that. Please move aside and don't block our way."

The smile on the middle-aged man's face froze when he heard her words. "Girl, Broken Turtle Ridge is extremely dangerous. It's too dangerous for the three of you. You should come with us."

"I said, we won't go with you, please move aside." Lin Shuyue's tone suddenly turned cold.

The middle-aged man was annoyed when he saw her being so disrespectful. "What's your attitude, little girl? We kindly invited you to go with us, don't be so ungrateful."