A horse-drawn carriage was speeding on an official road not far from Liangzhou City.

The woman lying in the carriage woke up slowly, covered her aching neck and looked around in fear, then she saw Shi Zhengde who was also lying in the carriage.

"Shi Lang, Shi Lang, wake up!" Su Muya approached Shi Zhengde and tried to wake him up.

Shi Zhengde already had a headache after being knocked unconscious, and now he was even more dizzy after being shaken. He said with difficulty: "Stop, stop shaking..."

If you shake again, you’ll lose your life.

After a while, Shi Zhengde finally came to his senses: "Where is this?"

Su Muya cried helplessly, "I don't know either."

Shi Zhengde was annoyed by her crying, so he lifted up her hand that was supporting his arm, opened the carriage and looked out. Suddenly, a man in black landed silently on the shaft of the carriage and met Shi Zhengde's eyes.

Shi Zhengde was so frightened that he trembled, retracted his hand and asked stutteringly: "You, who are you?"

The man in black looked at him indifferently and said nothing.

At this time, Su Muya finally calmed down and came over to check the situation while sobbing. She looked at the man in black in surprise: "An Yi! Why are you here?"

Hearing Su Muya's voice, An Yi replied calmly: "Follow the orders of the Patriarch, escort the young lady to a safe place."

When Su Muya heard him mention the Lord of Liangzhou City, she asked anxiously, "Where is my father? Where is he? Where are we now? Take me back to Liangzhou City quickly. I don't want to leave Liangzhou City!"

An Yi's voice was like a machine, without any emotion: "The master of the family is in Liangzhou City to meet the enemy. I am ordered by the master to take the young lady away. You cannot return to Liangzhou City at this time."

After saying this, no matter how Su Muya begged, commanded or threatened, An Yi remained unmoved.

Shi Zhengde was annoyed by her and shouted impatiently: "Alright, it's obvious that something happened in Liangzhou. You're only holding us back by making a fuss about going back."

Su Muya was stunned by his shouting, and looked at Shi Zhengde in disbelief: "Shi Lang, how can you say that? That is my home, and the one in Liangzhou City is my father!"

Shi Zhengde was about to retaliate, but he suddenly felt An Yi's death gaze. He swallowed his words before he could say them. But he felt embarrassed to be scared by a secret guard, so he said, "Anyway, it's best to listen to your father's arrangements now."

If the Lord of Liangzhou City had not arranged secret guards to protect this woman, he would not have bothered to talk so much with her.

Shi Zhengde still has a clear understanding of his own abilities. Now he has no money and no people under his command, and the only one he can rely on is the big tree of Liangzhou City. But now that Liangzhou City has problems, he is about to fall into exile again.

But compared to his own exile, it was obviously safer to follow Su Muya, who had a well-arranged escape route for him and was protected by the Lord of Liangzhou City. So he thought about it and restrained his temper. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head!

Just as Shi Zhengde followed Su Muya south, Shi Anan also set out for the provincial capital.

Of course, before leaving, she arranged the daily affairs of Guangming Town and Qinghe County, as well as the reception plan for the subsequent refugees. She didn't know whether other refugees would come here after she went to the provincial capital, so all necessary preparations needed to be made in advance so as not to panic.

This time, in addition to the three caravans, Shi Anan also brought 50 security team members on the trip to the provincial capital. The three caravans said that although the banditry around Qinghe County had been almost cleared, they would still encounter scattered bandits and people with bad intentions on the way to the provincial capital.

Now is a time of chaos, so bringing more people with you when you go out can also serve as a deterrent.

Of course, Xiao Yi would definitely accompany Shi Anan on such an outing. Even if she had some extraordinary magical powers and had guards with her, he would not feel comfortable letting her go out alone.

The team left Qinghe County in a mighty manner and headed towards the provincial capital. This time they brought not only people but also a lot of goods, so the marching speed was not very fast.

Shi Anan and Xiao Yi rode their horses side by side in the middle of the team. In the front were the three caravans. They had run this section of road before and were more familiar with the road conditions, so it was natural for them to lead the way.

Because Qinghe County is remote, there is only one official road leading to the provincial capital. The road has been in disrepair for many years, and after suffering so many disasters, it has become bumpy.

If the caravan had not previously visited the provincial capital and cleared some weeds along the way, their journey would have been much more difficult.

Despite this, it still took them more than a month to get from Qinghe County to the provincial capital.

The journey was boring and there was not much scenery around. Although Shi Anan had the assistance of the system and tried her best to live more comfortably on the road than others, she still felt a little listless after ten days.

"Feeling uncomfortable?" It was another day on the road. Xiao Yi saw Shi Anan, sitting dejectedly on the horse's back, and asked with concern.

After hearing what he said, Shi Anan shook her head: "No, I'm just a little tired."

Although this was not her first time traveling so far away, she had been drifting outside for a longer time when she was fleeing before, but at that time she was only thinking about how to survive, and she encountered many situations along the way, so she had no time to think too much.

But it’s different now, they have a clear destination, which makes this road seem so long. It would be fine if there were different scenery along the way, but here there are nothing but barren mountains.

Maybe it’s because of the drought, the trees that have already experienced many destructions now look very withered, and there is no beautiful scenery at all.

Moreover, apart from this group of people going out, there were no other people on the road. It was so desolate and quiet that Shi Anan wanted to turn back to Qinghe County.

Qinghe County is bustling every day, everyone is full of energy, and the environment is well built, unlike this desolate wilderness.

After hearing what she said, Xiao Yi could only suggest: "Why don't you go to the carriage behind to rest?"

"No, no! I'd rather ride a horse than take a carriage!" Shi Anan quickly refused when she heard it.

Although a carriage was prepared for them to rest, the road conditions were such that they would be shaken all over if they rode in it. Moreover, the air in the carriage was not good, so it was not as comfortable as riding a horse.

At this time, Chen Huairen also rode near them, looked at Shi Anan and said with a smile: "Miss Shi, bear with it for a while, we will soon be out of this forest, the terrain is more open and the road is flatter."

Shi Anan was immediately excited when he heard this: "Then let's move forward with all our strength and try to leave this forest today. I'm almost sick of this forest!"

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