Transmigrated into a farmer's lucky charm, all the villains in the family panicked.

Princess Yongjia was taken aback when she heard Yun Shengsheng say this, and the hand holding her sleeve loosened slightly.

Linlang and Muyu looked at each other, speechless.

Princess Yongjia was only seven years old. Although she had grown up in the royal family and was used to intrigue, she had never experienced a real life-or-death situation.

Linlang and Muyu are both nine years old this year. They are pampered little princes at home and raised in luxury. They have never encountered such a complicated situation before.

Yun Shengsheng continued, her voice soft but steady: "You all have rather distinguished statuses. Only I come from a farming family; my parents are just ordinary people. If something really happens to me, they won't do anything to me."

"You are different; you have a noble status. If someone uses you to blackmail your parents, we'll be finished."

Yun Shengsheng was mainly worried that if they were arrested, they could be used to blackmail Yan Shijin, which would be very troublesome.

Princess Yongjia and the other two were all stunned, and instantly dared not move.

Yun Shengsheng continued, "So I'll go out and take a look first. If everything's alright, I'll come back to you. You must wait for me here and not go anywhere else. If I don't return within two hours, then you'll have to figure out what to do yourselves."

Princess Yongjia's eyes suddenly reddened, and she grabbed her hand tightly: "No, I have to go with you. I can't let you risk your life alone."

After spending this time together, she had come to regard Yun Shengsheng as her own sister, so how could she bear to let her face danger alone at this moment?

Yun Shengsheng smiled and shook her head, pointing to her face with her finger: "No, you're too beautiful, too eye-catching, and easily recognized."

Princess Yongjia's tears were about to well up, but these words left her speechless, unsure whether to laugh or cry, her face displaying a complex mix of emotions.

Linlang and Muyu also expressed their desire to go with Yun Shengsheng, but Yun Shengsheng dismissed them equally: "You two stay here to take care of the princess; I'm worried about her being alone."

Despite being the youngest, Yun Shengsheng has become unusually assertive and is considered very reliable.

Princess Yongjia and the other two trusted her for no apparent reason.

Linlang and Muyu had no choice but to stay behind, their expressions filled with worry.

Yun Shengsheng squatted down on the ground, grabbed a handful of dirt from the corner of the wall and smeared it on her face and neck. She then took off her coat and rubbed it on the ground to remove the dirt, her hair becoming a mess. She squatted on the ground for a while, and when she stood up, she had transformed from a clean little girl into a dusty little beggar.

Princess Yongjia looked at her appearance, feeling both like crying and laughing, and finally managed to force a smile that was even uglier than crying: "You...you be careful."

Yun Shengsheng gave her a "don't worry" gesture, then slipped out the door.

She is already over four years old and has been in this world for more than a year. She has also practiced martial arts on the mountain for so long. Although she is still only practicing horse stance and basic boxing, she walks much more lightly than other children her age.

She retraced her steps, following the route she remembered, wandering through the winding alleys without getting lost.

When she finally found her way back to that street, she froze at the foot of the wall at the alley entrance.

The restaurant where they stayed the night before last had its doors wide open, with several deep cuts slashed into the door panels.

The tables, chairs, and benches inside were overturned, and there was a lot of blood on them.

There's no one inside now; the whole building is as quiet as a graveyard.

A few pedestrians walked by in the distance, pointing and whispering, their faces showing an expression of wanting to avoid the area.

Yun Shengsheng pricked up her ears to listen.

"Hey, have you heard? The night before last, a group of people came here and killed the restaurant owner and all the staff."

"Not only that, I heard there were quite a few guests staying upstairs, and not a single one of them escaped."

"That's terrible, I wonder who they offended..."

Yun Shengsheng frowned.

Something's not right. Where's Yan Shijin?

What about their guards?

Does Mr. Wen know about what's going on here?

Yun Shengsheng squatted around for a while longer, trying to memorize every detail she could observe, but she still couldn't figure it out.

Finally, she gritted her teeth and, taking advantage of her short stature making her less noticeable, sneaked into the backyard of a house with the door open. She grabbed a few pieces of coarse cloth from the clothesline, slipped into the kitchen, grabbed some dry food, stuffed it into her clothes, and ran away.

She dared not take the main road, and instead wandered through the alleys, eventually finding her way back to the small courtyard.

When she pushed open the door and entered, Princess Yongjia stood up the moment she saw her, her eyes still red.

"How is it?"

Yun Shengsheng shook her head, first giving the stolen clothes to Linlang and Muyu, and then distributing the dry rations to the three of them.

The dry rations were just ordinary coarse grain biscuits, hard and rough. Princess Yongjia and the others had never eaten such things before, but now no one was picky. They wolfed them down, not caring that they were choking and their eyes were rolling back in their heads.

While munching on a dry biscuit, Yun Shengsheng explained the situation at the restaurant.

After he finished speaking, the room was quiet for a while, with only the sound of chewing dry food.

Princess Yongjia swallowed the last bite of her cake with difficulty, grabbed some snow from under the eaves to drink as water, and then asked, "So... shouldn't we try to get back up the mountain? We'll only find out what happened once we get there."

Yun Shengsheng thought so too.

It took them an hour and a half to get down the mountain by carriage. If they were walking, it would have taken the four children at least a whole day.

Moreover, it's a mountain road, and the higher you go, the steeper it gets. It's not like walking on flat ground all day; it's like climbing a mountain all day.

And more dry rations are needed.

Yun Shengsheng was worried that Princess Yongjia and the others would not be able to walk. They had been pampered since childhood. When had they ever walked such a long mountain road?

Yun Shengsheng expressed her concerns.

Princess Yongjia was unusually stubborn this time, standing ramrod straight: "It's alright, I'm sure I can walk. If I can't walk anymore, I'll crawl."

Linlang and Muyu nodded in agreement, "Yes, we can walk, and we can crawl back."

Yun Shengsheng gave a thumbs up, "You have backbone."

She then squatted down by the wall and used her fingernail to carve a few crooked little words in an inconspicuous corner.

It's neither seal script nor clerical script; it's simplified Chinese characters.

It was a simplified Chinese character that she had secretly taught Yan Shijin to write when they were studying together.

Even if others saw it, they wouldn't recognize it; only Yan Shijin could understand it.

Brother Shijin, let's go back up the mountain.

After preparing, Yun Shengsheng touched the few copper coins she had left and exchanged them for a few flatbreads with an old woman selling flatbreads at the city gate.

The old woman saw that the four of them were dressed in tattered clothes, so she gave them an extra bill.

"Let's go," Yun Shengsheng said, glancing up at the distant, mist-shrouded mountaintop. "Back up the mountain."

Princess Yongjia, Linlang, and Muyu nodded in unison and followed her out of the city gate...