Chapter 408 Encountering a small town on the road
  Following Shen Zhuoxi's instructions, the group of people drove for almost half a day.
  Shen Xinyu was sitting in the carriage behind, feeling uncomfortable all over her body. Morning sickness almost left her with no time to think. It wasn't until her stomach was empty that she felt a little better.
  He couldn't help complaining to Luluo weakly: "Can't we stop and rest? It's really fatal, and we don't know what Shen Zhuoxi is thinking. It's just a short time?"
  The smell inside the carriage was terrible. The sour smell of spices mixed with vomiting made people feel nauseous.
  Luluo was impatient, frowned and handed over the water, saying: "The princess said she would arrive before the Medicine Market Conference. It will probably be non-stop these days, so you have to be prepared."
  "Besides, wasn't it your suggestion to me that you should follow the princess to Lizhou?"
  Shen Xinyu covered her heart and looked at Luluo with a strange expression: "You have been quite impatient with me recently. Is it because the child in my belly is useless?"
  Luluo lowered her head and said, "You misunderstood, I don't dare."
  "It's good to know that you are a slave." Shen Xinyu touched her belly, and the expression on her face gradually became fierce: "Keeping the child is a disaster. We must get rid of it during this trip to Lizhou."
  "However, don't look down on me because of this. Shen Xinjiao is still my sister after all. I have accomplished my great mission and my status will definitely not be low as I can assist you!"
  Luluo lowered her eyes and responded: "Yes, I don't dare, Madam, you can rest assured."
  "Hmph." Shen Xinyu snorted coldly and ignited some fighting spirit: "It would be even better if we can get rid of Shen Zhuoxi in this trip!"
  Hearing this, Luluo raised her head, with undisguised surprise on her face: "Madam, are you going to kill the princess?"
  "Is it weird?" Shen Xinyu took a deep breath to ease the discomfort in her heart: "Shen Zhuoxi killed my mother and caused me to fall from the noble daughter envied by everyone in Shengdu to what I am now."
  "I have long wanted to kill her to vent my anger, but it's a pity that King Yu is protecting her in Shengdu, so I didn't have the chance to do it. I see she only brought two people with her this time."
  "As long as you find the right opportunity, it's not impossible to kill him with one blow."
  Luluo looked at her ferocious look and frowned: "I didn't give the order to kill the princess. Don't make any arbitrary decisions. If I mess up my plan, I'm afraid you will suffer too."
  "What are you afraid of?" Shen Xinyu disagreed, and fighting spirit gradually ignited on her pale face: "I know that I hate King Yu, although I don't know why, and Shen Zhuoxi is the person that King Yu cares about most."
  "If you kill Shen Zhuoxi, won't you indirectly help me?"
  Luluo didn't dare to take action without Qi Zhi's permission, and advised: "Even if you are doing it for me, you must get my permission first."
  "Okay." Shen Xinyu interrupted her and said impatiently: "I already have an idea about this matter. If you are afraid, why don't you just repair the book yourself and give it to me?"
  After all, Luluo and Shen Xinyu had been together for many days and knew her temper. After thinking about it, she chose to shut up.
  Shen Zhuoxi's carriage was fully stocked with dry food, snacks, cakes, and water. Jing Muling even gave her a bottle of milk tea in a cowhide pot to take with her, so she didn't have to worry about eating and drinking in the carriage.
  Shen Xinyu was miserable. It was already uncomfortable to vomit, and all the contents in her stomach were gone. Not long after walking, her stomach growled with hunger, and she couldn't help but feel sour.
  "It won't work anymore." Shen Xinyu drank some water, but still felt uncomfortable, and told Luluo: "Go ahead and tell Shen Zhuoxi that you need to stop and rest."
  Luluo was reluctant to go: "Madam, the princess is in a hurry and doesn't like to take us with her in the first place. I'm afraid she won't stop."
  "Just say I'm not feeling well." Shen Xinyu pretended to hold her stomach and said, "Let her take a look for me."
  Luluo then went out, asked the horse Lin San was riding to catch up with the carriage in front, and knocked on the carriage window.
  "What are you doing?" Huizhi opened the curtain of the carriage and saw Luluo. He was surprised and said, "The carriage is running so fast. It's hard for you to catch up."
  "My slave has learned to ride a horse." Luluo didn't explain much. She looked into the carriage and said, "Princess, our wife is not feeling well. I'm afraid she may have fetal motility. The town is in front of me."
  "Why don't you stop and take a rest first, and ask you to check on Madam by the way? Is that okay?"
  After Shen Zhuoxi had eaten and drank enough, he took another nap, stretched out comfortably, and said, "I've been running for most of the day. It's time to rest. Let's rest in front."
  "Thank you, Princess." Lu Luo lowered the carriage curtain and quickly returned to Shen Xinyu's carriage.
  "This Lu Luo still has some skills in her body." Shen Zhuoxi opened the curtain of the carriage, looked out, and said: "It's so fast that he can change from a carriage to a horse."
  "It's not worth mentioning in front of the slaves and Liancheng, Princess, you can rest assured." Hui Zhi said quite proudly: "But, do we really want to rest in the town?"
  Her expression was hesitant. Shen Zhuoxi knew it was not simple, so she frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
  "My slave has seen it beforehand." Huizhi said, digging out the map from the bag, pointing to the location marked in red, and said: "There are endless mountains everywhere, and there are no other towns far away around."
  "This is the only town that is sunken into the mountains like a basin. Precisely because of the special terrain and lack of choices, it is the place where passing merchants settle."
  "Similarly, because of the above reasons, bandits are particularly recruited here. Although the government in charge of this place sends people to suppress bandits every now and then, they can't handle the large number of bandits."
  "My slave asked someone to inquire beforehand. At first, there were at least five or six groups of bandits with different styles near this town. In the past few years, these bandits were organized by someone unknown and formed a huge team."
  "Even the government did not dare to come to organize it. The officers and soldiers sent suffered heavy casualties. Over time, this place became a no-nonsense zone."
  The more Shen Zhuoxi listened, the tighter his brows furrowed: "The local government is helpless to deal with such a difficult gangster. It should be reported to the court and asked to send people to suppress the bandit. Why has it become a three-nothing zone?"
  Huizhi shook his head and said: "This slave doesn't know it either, and there is an abnormal phenomenon. The people who originally lived here actually get along very well with the gangsters."
  "Perhaps it is because of this that the imperial court is unwilling to send troops to waste time?"
  Shen Zhuoxi always felt that something was wrong: "So, the gangsters have a good relationship with the people and only rob passing merchants?"
  "Yes." Hui Zhi sighed: "What's even more annoying is that there is only one must-pass route around, and there is no way to hide. Otherwise, it will take at least five days of detour."
  Shen Zhuoxi looked at the mountains outside, then at the sky, and said, "It might rain heavily today and the mountain road will be difficult to travel. I'm afraid I have to stop."
  "Then we can only make preparations." Hui Zhi took out the box containing the banknotes and jewelry and said, "We have to take good care of this."
  They had come over the mountain, and from where they were they could already vaguely see the general outline of the town.
  It is indeed as Ezhi said, it is a basin, and the surrounding mountains are very high. It is difficult to escape from here.
  She took out a bottle of pills from the medicine box she carried with her, took one and handed it to Hui Zhi, and handed the rest to Liancheng: "These are pills that can cure hundreds of poisons."
  "Take it first just in case. The effect of the medicine will last for three to five days. If there is an emergency, I will use poison. Don't hurt your own people. Let the brothers in the dark take it too."
  After a while, the carriage arrived at the entrance of the town.
  Shen Zhuoxi was right. In just a short distance, the sky had already changed color.
  (End of this chapter)

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