"Yunshu, where shall we go next?"
Feng Yunshu turned to look in the direction of the imperial city gate. "The first step is, of course, to leave the city. Then we'll head west all the way to the border of the Dan Kingdom."
Hearing this, Qingzhu was a bit confused. "The border of the Dan Kingdom? Is the person you're looking for there?"
"I'm not quite sure if it's him. But we'll find out by going there. Anyway, I'm bored to death staying in the National Advisor's Mansion. It's better to find something to do for myself."
Qingzhu nodded. "Okay, then let's go."
Although they set off with a purpose, Feng Yunshu hadn't traveled far like this for a long time. Along the way, she ate and drank non - stop.
"Qingzhu, this glutinous rice cake is delicious!"
"Qingzhu, this clay - wrapped chicken is really amazing! It's just that there are too many people in the queue. You wait in the queue for me here. Ziyuan and I will go over there to see if there's anything else delicious..."
"Hey—" Qingzhu watched as Feng Yunshu dragged Ziyuan away and left. He was helpless but had to obediently stand in the queue.
What could he do? His little "kid" was greedy and playful. Qingzhu felt that he was experiencing the taste of being an old father in advance.
When Feng Yunshu and Ziyuan came back, they were each holding several kinds of snacks in their two hands, and there was even a bunch of candied haws in their mouths.
Seeing the clay - wrapped chicken in Qingzhu's hand, Feng Yunshu and Xiaoling were extremely excited. "Wow! Qingzhu, you're so nice!"
Then there was a sharing activity. Xiaoling got a chicken leg, which was her favorite! Feng Yunshu tore off the other chicken leg and handed it to Qingzhu. "Here, this is a reward for you, Qingzhu. Hehe... a big chicken leg!"
Seeing Feng Yunshu's silly look, Qingzhu couldn't help smiling and pushed the chicken leg back. "Have you ever seen a bamboo eating a chicken leg?"
"Um..." Only then did Feng Yunshu realize this, and then she handed the chicken leg to Ziyuan. "Ziyuan, you eat it."
"Miss, you eat it. Ziyuan doesn't need it."
"Why are you being so polite with me? I like chicken wings. You and Xiaoling can just have one chicken leg each."
So the four of them found a place to sit down. Except for Qingzhu, the other three sat in a row, grabbed the chicken, and started munching on it with a crunch.
Qingzhu looked at the two humans and one fox in front of him. After Feng Yunshu finished eating, he silently took out the handkerchief on his body and handed it over. "There's oil on the corner of your mouth. Wipe it off."
Feng Yunshu took the handkerchief, looked up at Qingzhu, and said gratefully, "Qingzhu, you're so nice. You're just as nice to me as my senior brothers."
Feng Yunshu thought that her decision to let Qingzhu come on the journey with her was really wise! Qingzhu was simply the best travel companion, wasn't he? He could endure hardships, was considerate, had a really good temper, and always gently cleaned up the mess for them.
The group walked and stopped, ate and strolled. It was a bit slow, but at least they were always heading west. Finally, Feng Yunshu saw that they were about to enter the territory of Tongcheng not far ahead.
"Qingzhu, after passing Tongcheng, it won't be long before we reach the border!"
Qingzhu nodded. "Okay, let's go."
Just as they were about to move forward, they suddenly heard a woman's scream from the nearby forest. "Help!"
Hearing the sound, Feng Yunshu immediately stopped and looked in the direction of the sound. "Qingzhu, is there someone calling for help over there?"
Qingzhu nodded. "Yes, there is indeed a woman's scream."
"Let's go over there and see what's going on. In this desolate place, if there really is a woman, she may be in danger."
Qingzhu nodded. "Okay, if you want to take a look, then let's go."
Since there was still a certain distance from the place where the scream came from, Feng Yunshu told Ziyuan, "You and Xiaoling wait here. Ziyuan and I will fly over directly to see what's going on."
"Xiaoling, you stay here with Ziyuan. If something happens, you can take care of each other."
Xiaoling nodded. "Okay, master, you should also be careful! If you can't handle it, call me immediately!"
"It's okay. Even if your master can't handle it, isn't there still Qingzhu?"
Feng Yunshu was about to release her spiritual power to gather clouds and fly over to take a look. Qingzhu walked over, grabbed Feng Yunshu's shoulder, and lifted her up. Without relying on any external force, he just jumped up directly and reached the forest in a few strokes.
As soon as they reached the forest, they heard a man's vulgar and lewd voice. "Little lady, you're really beautiful. Tsk tsk tsk. I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful woman in this mountain. Brothers, we're going to have a good time today. Hahaha..."
"Do you know who I am? If you dare to touch me, my son will tear you into pieces!"
"Oh, your son is some kind of king of heaven? Can he really tear us into pieces? We're so scared... But you'd better save these words for later. It's so annoying..."
"Don't come near me!" The veiled woman was a bit panicked. Facing the approaching bandits and hooligans, she could only step back step by step and then turned around to escape.
"Don't run away, little lady... Where can you run to?"
Feng Yunshu was angry when she saw these bandits and hooligans. Immediately, she gathered full spiritual power and a huge spiritual power ball appeared in her hand. She was about to throw it at the hooligans when Qingzhu reached out and stopped her action. "Leave it to me."
After saying that, Qingzhu spread out his hands and slightly gathered his strength. There happened to be a lush bamboo forest in the forest. A whirlwind began to surround Qingzhu's body. Then the bamboo leaves in the bamboo forest flew towards the bandits and hooligans like knives.
"Swish swish swish—"
"Ah! It hurts so much..."
"What the hell is this?!"
Countless bamboo leaves scratched across the bodies of these people. The leaves were extremely sharp. Soon, their clothes were torn, and there were many wounds on their skin.
"You guys like being hooligans so much. Then I'll let you experience what it means to be too ashamed to show your face!"
After saying that, Feng Yunshu asked Qingzhu to tear the clothes of these people to pieces. Except for the private parts, almost everything was exposed. And she controlled the bamboo leaves to scratch out a few big characters on their bodies, "I'm a hooligan!"
"Ah! Great hero, please spare our lives! We were blind and offended the great hero. We'll never dare to do it again! Please spare our lives!"
Feng Yunshu sneered. "I'd be a fool to believe you! If you dare to commit any more crimes, I'll make you impotent and childless!"
After saying that, Feng Yunshu turned to look at Qingzhu. "Qingzhu, send these people to the busiest place on the street. Hehe..."
Qingzhu smiled. "What's going on in that little head of yours every day? Where do you get so many tricks?"
"What do you mean by tricks? I'm clearly smart as a whip and naturally clever!"
With a wave of Qingzhu's sleeve robe, the people were wrapped up by the bamboo leaves into a ball, just like a silkworm chrysalis. After a moment, their figures disappeared in the forest, and everything in the forest gradually returned to calm.
At the same time, on the busiest Chang Street in Tongcheng, several half - naked men suddenly fell from the sky. All the passers - by were startled. After seeing the words "I'm a hooligan" written on these men, they immediately went to call the government officials to arrest them.
"These people obviously aren't good people. They're just an eyesore in broad daylight!"
So the passers - by on the street threw all the green vegetables, cabbages, and stinky eggs they had on their hands at the hooligans while scolding them.
...
In the forest.
The woman looked at Feng Yunshu and Qingzhu in surprise, as if she hadn't recovered yet.