Yu Wan went right. Unfortunately, he also went right. This process was repeated a few times, but they could not avoid it. The two of them paused at the same time.

This time, no one moved. Yu Wan waited for him to move, and he was also waiting for Yu Wan to move.

Yu Wan took a deep breath. Finally, he spoke first. “After you, Madam.” From the voice, he sounded very young.

Yu Wan nodded indifferently and took a step to the left to brush past him. Then, he entered the guest room between them.

The small episode did not affect Yu Wan’s mood. After Yu Wan left the inn, she smelled the fragrance that made people eat heartily. Yu Wan bought thirty scallion pancakes and three pounds of pork knuckle meat. In the Capital, one scallion pancake was as big as two here, and one serving of pork knuckle meat in the Capital was more than five bowls here. She also bought five baskets of white steamed buns and ten boxes of the town’s special snacks.

“Send it to the Yuelai Inn.” Yu Wan paid half the copper coins. “I’ll pay the rest after you deliver.” Then, Yu Wan went to buy some fresh fruits. When she returned to the inn, the things from before had already been sent to Yu Wan and Yan Jiuchao’s guest room. Zi Su paid the remaining bill.

The taste was still good. But the scallion pancake was a little greasy. The pork knuckle meat was very fragrant, and the steamed bun was standard, but it was still considered delicious when dipped in the pickled vegetables that Uncle had personally made.

After everyone had dinner, Zi Su and Fu Ling removed the bowls, chopsticks and the steamer and brewed a pot of tea for everyone.

The old man slowly took a sip of tea and said, “Qing Yan, bring me the map.”

Qing Yan took out a sheepskin scroll from his bag. It was a map of Southern Xinjiang. However, this map was different from the official map. There were some things that were not marked on the official map, such as important military lands or undeveloped lands. However, this sheepskin scroll had everything on it.

Yu Wan was curious about their identities again. But she didn’t ask. She would know when it was time for her to know. Otherwise, she would not know if others lied.

Yan Jiuchao sat casually on the yokeback armchair covered in tiger skin and rubbed the lazy little snow fox. The old chair that had lost its paint actually made him look domineering.

The old man pointed at a spot on the map. “We’re going to West City next. We’ll arrange a travel pass for you guys there. After that, we’ll officially enter Nanzhao.”

Southern Xinjiang was vast, and the largest country was Nanzhao. However, there were also many scattered small clans and tribes. For example, the Qinghe Town they were in belonged to a small clan called Guatian. But because it had long been submitted to Nanzhao, it was actually considered the territory of Nanzhao. Yet, they could not get a travel pass to Nanzhao here, so many people still regarded the West City as the true border of Nanzhao.

“Are the four things we need in Nanzhao?” Yu Wan asked.

“The Fire Lingzhi and the Snow Toad are in Nanzhao.”

This was the truth.

“The blood of the Saintess and the tears of the Sorcerer King are unknown for the time being.”

This was also the truth. However, they would soon say that the last two items are in the Ghost Clan. Of course, that was after obtaining the Fire Lingzhi and the Snow Toad. In order to gain Yu Wan’s trust, the old man would spare no effort to find medicinal herbs for Yan Jiuchao.

The old man continued, “The West City is a hundred miles away from Qinghe Town. It’s best if we can arrive before dark. Don’t work tonight. Rest early and set off early tomorrow.”

Crack!

The sound of dead leaves being crushed came from outside the corridor. Ordinary people could not tell, but the room was filled with experts. Jiang Hai and Qing Yan exchanged glances and smiled in disdain. How dare you small fries touch the tiger’s whiskers.

At night, the few of them rested in their respective rooms.

“The blanket is ours. It’s clean,” Yu Wan whispered. She covered Yan Jiuchao with the blanket and placed her arm on his waist.

Yan Jiuchao took a deep breath. “Yu Ah Wan!”

Yu Wan: “Go to sleep.”

Yan Jiuchao looked at the arm that was hugging him tightly and closed his eyes helplessly to sleep.

Zi Su and Fu Ling slept on the floor. The little snow fox covered itself with its little tail and curled up on Yan Jiuchao’s pillow.

In the middle of the night, faint footsteps could be heard. The little snow fox pricked up its ears and widened its sparkling eyes.

Two figures appeared on the window paper. The little snow fox slipped over and stopped on the table in front of the window. A hole was poked in the window paper and a small bamboo tube reached in. The little snow fox looked at the bamboo tube strangely and blocked it with its little claws. The waiter, who was blowing at the bamboo tube, could not blow it. He subconsciously gasped and hit the window!

The commotion was too big, so it was impossible to fool people. The two of them simply gave up and pushed open the window, intending to jump in from the windowsill.

They had long figured it out. The person in charge of the group was this young couple. There were four people in the room, and three of them were women. There was nothing to be afraid of. The only male owner was still an invalid and was not their match. As long as they controlled them, they would control everyone in the other guest room.

The ideal was beautiful, but unfortunately, they had underestimated the strength of the people in the room. The little snow fox scratched with its claws and sent one of the waiters flying.

Fu Ling also woke up. She walked over, grabbed the collar of another waiter, and slammed him against the wall!

“Ah!” Zi Su screamed in fear.

The huge commotion woke up all the guests, but no one dared to come out to watch the commotion. The thugs of the inn rushed over with wooden sticks. There were more than twenty people.

Jiang Hai and Qing Yan rushed out of the door. They had already known that someone was eavesdropping on their plans when they were discussing tomorrow’s plan. They did not keep a low profile along the way and had long attracted countless waves of thieves with ill intentions. They did not take a mere shady shop seriously.

As expected, in the blink of an eye, the thugs were taught a lesson. They knelt on the ground covered in injuries and begged for mercy.

“Hero, please spare my life… Hero, please spare my life… I didn’t recognize you… I was blinded by lard… I hope the two of you can be magnanimous… Please forgive me this once… I won’t dare to do it again…”

The leader of the thugs kowtowed heavily. His subordinates imitated him and kowtowed one after another.

As the saying goes, one’s shoes will get wet if they walk by the river often. They had been running an illegal shop for so many years and had already done countless things. In the end, they fell into the hands of a group of people without a travel pass.

The guests now had the guts to come out and watch the commotion.

Actually, they did not think much of black shops. At most, they would only ask for some money. It was only when Yan Jiuchao and the others looked like suckers that they had the thought of robbing them. However, they did not expect the other party to be such tough people. Even a burly maidservant was so good at fighting.

“Young Master, Madam.” Jiang Hai asked the two masters to instruct him.

Yan Jiuchao snorted. Yu Wan said, “Tell them to hand over the silver. Don’t leave a single copper coin. If they do, chop off one of their hands!”