Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 206 No Household Registration

As they reached the intersection, the kind-hearted old man warmly invited Su Yue to visit his home.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir, but we need to get going. We'll definitely go another time if we have the chance."

Hearing this, the old man didn't insist, and smiled as he waved goodbye to Su Yue.

Then, he picked up the heavy basket on his back and hurriedly walked towards his home.

After saying goodbye to the old man, Su Yue and Dali continued along the road.

While on the cart, I asked the old man about the next city. He said that if we were to drive a mule, we might not reach the city gate until evening.

The old man's words were quite accurate; Su Yue and her companion did indeed arrive at the city gate after dark.

There were hardly any people at the entrance to Luming Town at this moment, making it seem rather deserted, with only one or two people queuing up to enter the town.

The ancient city walls and heavy city gates bear the marks of time.

Su Yue and Dali also drove their mules into the short procession and soon lined up in front of them.

However, when it was their turn to be examined, Su Yue was stunned.

A stern-faced city gate soldier stared sharply at Su Yue and shouted, "What are you looking at? Hand over your household registration or travel permit right now!"

Under normal circumstances, given Su Yue's fiery temper, she would have slapped this arrogant soldier away without hesitation.

But she really didn't want to cause any more trouble or waste any more time here.

So she suppressed her anger and quickly reached for the handbag at her waist.

While the person in front of her was taking out their household registration book and handing it to the soldier for inspection, Su Yue took the opportunity to take a closer look, and her heart sank.

It turns out that she didn't have this so-called household registration at all!

In desperation, Su Yue gritted her teeth and secretly took out a piece of silver from her bag.

He discreetly slipped the item into the soldier's hand and gave him a meaningful look, hoping the soldier would be lenient and let him in.

Su Yue thought the soldier was greedy and, after accepting the silver, not only showed no intention of making an exception, but his expression changed.

He glared fiercely at Su Yue and waved his hand to shoo her away: "Go, go, go! Don't try to get away with this. You can't get away without a household registration!"

The soldiers drove the two men all the way to the moat before stopping and saying, "You two have quite the nerve!"

They actually tried to bribe me, what a waste of their time!

It's not that I'm deliberately making things difficult for you and preventing you from entering the city; it's just that the town recently issued new regulations.

Anyone without local household registration or a travel permit is strictly prohibited from entering the city. Alas!

So, it's not that I don't want to let you in.

Alright, if you don't have your household registration documents with you, then hurry back and get them first!

Hearing this, Su Yue was stunned. She had never imagined that a household registration was required to enter the city.

But since I'm new here, where am I supposed to get a local household registration?

For a moment, Su Yue felt somewhat helpless.

Left with no other choice, Su Yue and Dali walked together into the woods outside the town.

The sky was gradually darkening, and it was about to get completely dark.

The two decided to rest in the woods for the night and figure out how to resolve the issues of household registration and travel permits after daybreak.

Just as the two of them unloaded the stove from the cart, intending to light it and cook dinner.

Suddenly, a faint sound of fighting reached Su Yue's ears.

The sound was initially faint, but in less than half a cup of tea's time, the fighting became clearer and louder, and it was obviously moving closer to their location.

Su Yue was startled, but she reacted quickly and made a decision in an instant.

She skillfully and quickly stored the stove and cart into the space.

However, since the mules that were a little further away had not been able to be put back into the space in time, the intense sound of clashing swords was already imminent, with only a little over twenty meters away.

In the emergency, Su Yue and Dali did not hesitate to lightly tap their toes and leap onto a large tree, then hide inside.

Su Yue gently parted the lush leaves that were obscuring her eyes and looked down at the people who were fighting fiercely.

She carefully observed the moves and techniques of those people, trying to determine which side in the fight was more skilled in martial arts.

Although it is difficult to make an accurate judgment at the moment, judging from the current situation, these people do seem to be superior to the martial artists commonly seen in Da'an Kingdom.

"Oh dear!" Su Yue couldn't help but exclaim softly, because she was shocked to find that there were more than twenty people below attacking the three of them.

This situation of being outnumbered and bullied made her mutter under her breath, "Isn't this blatant bullying?"

Upon closer inspection, Su Yue discovered that the person being attacked was actually the same person who had been eating at the next table at the Keyunlai Inn.

How could so many attacks happen in just one day? This is incredibly unlucky!

He was all so confident during dinner, but it turns out you can't just brag. He was proven wrong so quickly.

However, he said that there were two highly skilled guards!

But why is there only one person right now?

Judging from his condition, it seems unlikely that he can continue for long.

The only remaining guard looked grave and quickly placed his long sword horizontally in front of his chest.

He adopted a defensive stance, ready for battle, and resolutely strode forward, firmly protecting Gu Yuan and his page behind him.

"Young Marquis, they outnumber us! You two must leave immediately. I will fight to the death to hold off these assassins!" the guard shouted, his words revealing a resolute determination to die for his cause.

However, faced with this situation, the leader of the group of masked assassins in black opposite them let out an extremely arrogant laugh: "Hahahaha... Trying to escape? Don't be so naive as to think that you can stop so many of us by yourself?"

At this moment, Gu Yuan, who had been hiding behind the guards, suddenly asked, "Was this assassination attempt at her behest?"

Although he already knew the answer, Gu Yuan couldn't help but ask to confirm it.

It's obvious without much guessing that this was sent by that venomous woman.

Unexpectedly, she went to great lengths and spent a lot of money to send so many assassins to intercept him, clearly fearing that Gu Yuan would be able to return to Shangdu safely.

"Young Marquis, it doesn't matter who it is, what matters is that we can't let you return to Shangdu." The leader of the men in black on the other side didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill the person.

With a wave of his hand, several assassins carrying bows and arrows emerged from behind him, nocking their arrows and aiming at the three people opposite them.

"Young Marquis, we'll send you on your way now." The words had barely left his lips.