After being expelled from the palace, she returned with her cub and amazed the whole city

The mule retreated in fear, almost knocking the mule cart over.

Jiang Shuyue quickly grabbed the door, stuck her head out and asked, "What happened?"

Looking at the black shadow that passed by, Qiuju patted her chest in shock.

"It seems like a wild rabbit ran by, and it scared me to death."

Looking at the black shadow that disappeared in the grass, Jiang Shuyue looked at the dark woods and comforted Qiuju, "Don't be afraid, what we should be afraid of now is people, people who have lost their humanity and are desperate."

"Miss is right, I think so too." Qiuju wanted to say that she was afraid of ghosts, but she was afraid that she would scare Miss if she said it out loud.

No! Miss seemed to be bolder than before.

Qiuju calmed down, raised the whip, and the mule continued to move forward.

When the sky in the east turned pale, the mule cart entered the second town.

Seeing that the breakfast shop was not open yet, Jiang Shuyue said to Qiuju, "Lean on the side of the road to rest for a while. When the breakfast shop opens, we can go in and buy some hot food."

There were so many hot buns in the space, she couldn't take them out of thin air, lest Qiuju think she was a monster.

There was still some change in her makeup box, which could last until the next county.

"Miss, let's not wait any longer. It's important to hurry on." Qiuju took the water bag and drank a sip.

The water bag was also taken from the kitchen on the farm, and it was filled with spiritual spring water.

Jiang Shuyue asked Qiuju to sit in the carriage, and she said firmly, "We can't leave. We must wait for the shop in the town to open and buy two sets of men's clothes before leaving."

The two of them dozed off in the carriage. After an unknown period of time, they heard footsteps passing by. Jiang Shuyue lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw that there were pedestrians on the street.

The master and servant found a shop selling buns and soy milk at the corner of the street.

A tray of steamed buns costs thirty wen, and there are six in a tray. A bowl of soy milk costs one wen, and it’s the kind without sugar.

Jiang Shuyue ordered two trays of steamed buns and two bowls of soy milk.

“These steamed buns are too expensive!” Qiuju couldn’t help but mutter.

The waiter came over with soy milk and happened to hear it. He said with a bitter face: “Ladies, you just came out of the capital, right?”

“This year, some places are dry and there is no harvest. The price of rice and flour changes every day. It’s good to have something to eat.”

The waiter pointed to the pedestrians on the street and said: “Look at those people with sacks on their shoulders. They are refugees going to the capital. They must return the same way in two days.”

Jiang Shuyue saw that there were no other customers in the shop, so she stopped the waiter and asked: “Brother, do you know where the disaster happened?”

“Lu County, I heard that there are robbers along the way. Girls, don’t go there.” The waiter kindly reminded.

“Thank you.”

After breakfast, the two went to the clothing shop and bought two sets of the cheapest men’s clothes.

After leaving the town, we saw a wooden sign at the crossroads with the place name on it.

Jiang Shuyue saw a wooden sign with the words Zhuxi County written on it.

"Qiuju, let's go to Zhuxi County." Jiang Shuyue pointed in the direction of Zhuxi County.

After walking for a while, the two put on men's clothes in the carriage, tied their hair up high, and wrapped the gray scarf around their necks twice, revealing only a pair of eyes.

At first glance, they were just two weak scholars.

The master and servant took turns driving the carriage, and at noon, they passed a village.

Jiang Shuyue asked Qiuju to sit in the mule cart, and she went to ask the villagers for water and heated up the steamed buns by the way.

When they walked to a deserted place, Jiang Shuyue flashed into the space.

Jiang Shuyue looked at the items in the space, and she didn't have time to sort them out. She quickly lit the stove and took ten eggs to cook.

The steamed buns were still steaming, and she was ecstatic. It was great that the space actually had an automatic heat preservation function.

After a while, the eggs were cooked. Seeing that the firewood was not completely burned, Jiang Shuyue put ten more eggs in to cook, waiting for the next opportunity to take them out to eat.

"Miss, you are too fast."

Seeing Jiang Shuyue coming back with a water bag in one hand and a cloth bag in the other, Qiuju hurriedly went to take the cloth bag.

"Hey! Miss, there are hot eggs in it."

"It happened that the villagers had boiled eggs, so I bought ten. Go to the carriage and eat them. It's windy outside and it will be cold once it blows."

The master and servant ate and drank enough and continued on their way.

The two originally thought that they could reach Zhuxi County before dark. At dusk, Jiang Shuyue asked a woman and learned that they had only walked half the way.

They had already passed a small town, and it was impossible to find an inn to stay in. Jiang Shuyue was also afraid that the village head would bring people to catch up and search for the inn.

She decided to find a villager to stay overnight.

Perhaps there were too many refugees passing by, and no family was willing to stay overnight.

Some villagers asked them to spend the night in the land temple on the mountain in front.

Jiang Shuyue had no choice but to go to the land temple with Qiuju.

The land temple was not big, with only one room, mottled doors and window frames, and spider webs under the eaves, which showed that no one had come to burn incense for a long time.

Qiuju walked up and opened the door: "Miss, you sit in the carriage and rest, I will clean the room."

"I'll go feed the mule." Jiang Shuyue unloaded the mule cart and walked towards the mountain with the mule.

She saw that there was no one around, and with a thought, a basin of spiritual spring water appeared in front of the mule.

Then she took out feed from the space.

The mule was full and drunk. When Jiang Shuyue returned to the land temple, Qiuju was walking out with the incense burner.

"Wait, what are you doing?"

"Miss, we haven't washed our faces for a day and a night. I borrowed the incense burner of the land bodhisattva to find some water."

"He won't blame us. I have already kowtowed to him."

Seeing Qiuju's pious look, Jiang Shuyue suppressed her laughter and waved her hand: "We don't need to wash our faces, it's safe like this."

Qiuju looked at her young lady's beautiful face and suddenly realized: "Young lady is still smart. When we set off tomorrow, you'd better put some incense ash on your face."

Qiuju turned around with the incense burner and put it back.

There were straw mats in the temple, and Qiuju went out to find some clean dry grass.

Some dry grass was used to block the wind at night, and some was used to bake steamed buns and eggs.

The mule, which had walked for a day and a night, was already tired, and it lay under the eaves and slept soundly.

That night, there was no moon in the sky, and it was pitch dark outside.

There were plenty of candles in Jiang Shuyue's space, which she collected in the main courtyard of the manor.

Unable to find a reason to use them, the master and servant went to sleep in the dark.

Fortunately, there were enough straw mats. The two of them spread out the straw mats and used the package as pillows. Qiuju surrounded the two with dry grass, and she fell asleep quickly.

Seeing Qiuju snoring lightly, Jiang Shuyue had an idea and a quilt appeared in her hand.

She gently covered Qiuju, then stood up and walked to the door.

With a wave of her sleeve, the mule and the mule cart disappeared out of thin air.

She turned around, bolted the door, took out another quilt and went to sleep.

It was midnight.

A flickering light approached the land temple.

Two sneaky figures moved outside the land temple.