It's clearly a crossover game, but the system insists it's a pirate game.

Feng is back, and Zhou Ye's confidence has returned.

He wasn't the oldest in the family, but as the first mate, he had the highest prestige. Even those unreliable women trusted him. Even a woman with a bad temper like Yaoyue would listen carefully to what First mate Xiao said.

After packing up, the two of them and the bear rode on Fatty and headed into the mountains. Zhou Ye didn't understand how to navigate this formation, but Xiao Feng did.

The young heroes and heroines gathered at the foot of the mountain were dumbfounded. They didn't recognize Xiao Feng at all, so they assumed that Zhou Ye, the stall owner, had finally arrived as the helper he had been waiting for. The two of them had come up the mountain to challenge the Lord of Zhou Mountain.

Halfway there, upon hearing Zhou Ye's words, Xiao Feng laughed until tears almost streamed down his face. However, when he heard that the Great Joyful Bodhisattva had died outside the manor gate, his expression turned sour: "That's not right, Ye. This protective formation was created by Rong. How come it could hold off so many people but not the Great Joyful Bodhisattva?"

Zhou Ye chuckled: "Of course, Rong'er intentionally let them in. That fat woman is incredibly destructive. If we really trapped her in the formation, part of the formation we worked so hard to create would be destroyed."

Xiao Feng's expression improved considerably: "I see. Then aren't you afraid that those people down the mountain might also try to sabotage the formation?"

"No way!" Zhou Ye laughed. "Those are young people who have just entered the martial world. Their minds are not complicated enough yet. Besides, they are quite fun. If we keep them here for one more day, the people down the mountain can earn one more day's money."

In the world of martial arts, the highest spenders are not the seasoned veterans of the underworld; those people have been around for too long and have developed their own consumption patterns.

But the young heroes who are new to the martial arts world are different. How do they express their soaring spirit? First, by upholding justice and righteousness, and second, by being generous with their wealth, treating money as dirt.

Therefore, these young people are the real main consumers. They may not spend money like water, but they will spend more to save face. The Zhou family members look down on this real income. However, the villagers down the mountain are different. In order to unify the standards, Wang Yuyan, Huang Rong and others went down the mountain to help them unify the standards and avoid malicious competition.

Xiao Feng nodded: "Ah Rong is indeed clever. If I had met her sooner, I would have made sure to push her to the position of Beggar Clan leader!"

Zhou Ye chuckled, but after a short while, he suddenly spoke up, "Brother Feng, have we taken the wrong road? Why haven't we arrived yet?"

Xiao Feng took a deep breath and looked at him with disbelief, saying, "I... I followed you..."

Zhou Ye was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Then we're doomed. Are we going to be trapped in our own formation? Hahaha, if word gets out, we'll be so embarrassed."

Even with his good temper, Xiao Feng was trembling with anger: "It's been so long, and you still haven't memorized the route?"

"I didn't memorize it at all..."

What should I do?

Did they destroy their own formation?

Of course, that wouldn't work. Fortunately, Zhou Ye was strong enough. He carried Fatty in one hand and Xiao Feng in the other, and used Moon Step to return to the manor. The manor was bustling with activity at the moment, and a banquet had been prepared.

Upon seeing Xiao Feng, Huang Rong and the others were overjoyed: "Brother Xiao, why were you so slow? We've been waiting for you for ages!"

Xiao Feng forced himself not to look at Zhou Ye, gave a dry laugh, and said nothing... He was indeed too embarrassed to say anything... But Zhou Ye didn't have that awareness. He laughed as he recounted how the two of them were trapped in the formation. The whole family was silent for a full three seconds before bursting into laughter.

It's okay to embarrass yourself a little in front of your family; it can even bring a laugh and liven up the atmosphere.

Xiao Feng himself laughed; the banquet that day was extremely joyous!

Nothing much is happening lately. If anything happens, it will have to wait until Qi Fang and A Zhu have given birth. Then the whole family will board a large boat, sail down the river to the sea, then along the coast to the canal, and finally stop at a large dock less than a hundred miles from Chang'an. Then everyone will change to carriages and head to Chang'an.

This route was personally planned by Captain Zhou Ye. After he finished speaking, the whole family fell silent. Even the two Jiang Xiaobaos, who knew nothing about the world, stopped crying and making a fuss.

"Ah Ye..." Xiao Feng looked at the map: "Why don't we just take a carriage? It's only a little over a thousand miles from Jiangling to Chang'an, but if we take a boat, it'll be a long detour of tens of thousands of miles."

Yes, traveling by water would indeed be much safer and more comfortable, but to be comfortable would mean traveling nearly ten times the distance. Isn't that a bit unnecessary?

"Hey! You can't say that!"

Zhou Ye waved his hand dismissively: "Let's keep business to ourselves, but we can't ignore the scenery along the way!"

Huang Rong couldn't stand it any longer. She pushed Zhou Ye aside and pointed to the map, saying, "Let's take a carriage and travel overland to Chang'an!"

The whole family agreed to the suggestion. It wasn't that they didn't want to play with Zhou Ye, but rather that such a troublesome way of playing was really unnecessary.

Putting aside the expenses along the way, the time spent was indeed too long. Wouldn't it be better to save that money and go shopping in Chang'an?

What kind of scenery is on the road? Is it as pretty as rouge? Or does it serve the function of a sachet? Or can it replace those new ready-to-wear clothes, or the latest hairstyles?

Zhou Ye was speechless after being rebuked, and kept trying to wink at Xiao Feng, but the latter ignored him completely, his eyes fixed on his wife and her increasingly large belly.

Righteous... Ha!

Zhou Ye went back to his room to be angry, but his anger dissipated completely the next day because Yao Yue and Lian Xing entered his room just as he was about to fall asleep. The two sisters didn't appear until lunchtime...

Huang Rong rolled her eyes at the sight of that scoundrel, but there was nothing she could do but find him something to do.

Do you know about the Overlord Spear?

"I know, what's wrong?"

"Their entire family was wiped out. There's something strange about this, so the Divine Marquis's Mansion sent a message to Ayu via carrier pigeon, asking her to investigate. You'll go with her."

"Oh, so that's what it is." Zhou Ye nodded, "Okay!"

Wuqing is one of the Four Great Constables. Although she has submitted to Zhou Ye, her title still stands, and she still works in the Divine Constable's Mansion. The other three are currently dealing with cases, and Zhuge Zhengzheng is entangled with his political enemies in the court. The only one they can touch is Wuqing, the Divine Constable who has married far away.

Wuqing still had a lot of feelings for the Divine Marquis's Mansion, so she couldn't refuse. However, her legs had only recently recovered, and her own strength had only just entered the second-rate realm. No one was at ease letting her go alone. After thinking it over, Huang Rong decided to send that scoundrel of a man.

At least with him around, Wu Qing's safety can still be guaranteed.

Because it was official business, they could no longer travel by carriage along the way, but instead rode horses. The two of them led six horses, changing horses along the way but not changing riders, and arrived at the Great King Escort Agency in less than five days.