Chapter 6: The Hundred-Mile Escape The next morning, Ling'er bid farewell to her master and left with Manxiu.

  At this time, she had changed into coarse cloth clothes to avoid attention, and she had to hurry as much as possible. She had thought about the route from the moment she left home, going to find her husband's sister in Nanjing Jiangning Prefecture! However, Jinhua Prefecture was over a thousand miles away from Jiangning Prefecture, and with just her, a weak and small woman, carrying a child who was not yet one year old, when would she be able to arrive?

  The silver on her body was not much, and she could only afford a few months' expenses for them.

  How she would survive and how to keep the young master alive had become a problem

  But she has to go

  As for the whole case, she is not very well-informed. Now she only knows that Liu Xi and Lan Er designed to trap the old master and mistress to death, and Wang Song was killed by two other people.

  And what's the connection between this golden hairpin and the one in her hand? Why did Master give it to Madam at that time? Ling'er couldn't figure it out.

  Rushed for another day, arrived at dusk, Ling'er looked back, but was already exhausted in body and mind.

  It's been a whole day, will Liu Xi really believe that Manxiu fell into the lotus pond? Ling'er is still on guard, after being in the Su Mansion for so many years, she has a good understanding of Liu Xi's character. There's nothing Liu Xi wants to do that can't be done, because he has plenty of money.

  In the past, we had to watch the old master's face, now it's our own, isn't it more convenient? Ling'er thought, a cold war.

  Most of the people here are doing business, but there are no residents. Ling'er had to stay at an inn. She carefully looked around, and the guests who came to the inn were mostly merchants, none of whom seemed suspicious or stared at her fixedly. Occasionally, she saw a few armed men, but they were all talking to each other and didn't seem to have anything to do with her. Ling'er felt slightly relieved.

  But little did they know, soon after Ling'er settled in, two more people arrived at the inn seeking lodging. The two men were dressed elegantly and rode tall horses, each carrying a wooden sword, but their faces looked somewhat unsavory.

  Who are these two? They were indeed Qian Gouer and Zhu Blian, who would ultimately determine the fate of Ling'er and Man Xiu's lives.

  After they arrived, they ordered food and drinks first, a table of good wine and meat, obviously they had received no small amount of silver from Liu Xi.

  Here is the translation:

  "After eating and drinking enough, Money Dog took out a portrait and asked the boss if he had ever seen it. Yiwu City has many merchants coming and going every day, and the people staying in the hotel are constantly changing. The boss doesn't remember so many of them, but Xiao Er happens to be someone who never forgets his customers, especially female ones. He immediately chimed in, "Oh, there's a resemblance!" "Really? Did she stay here?" "Yes, there was a female customer who looked like the person in the painting." "Was she carrying a basket?" "No basket!" "Did she have a child with her?" "Ah, yes, she had a child in her arms." "Where is she staying now?" "Oh, just in Tianzi House No. 2. A guest just checked out and she moved in."

  The two of them heard the relative's sneering and immediately asked the boss for rooms Tianzi No. 1 and No. 3. When the boss said that these two rooms were already occupied, Qian Gou'er immediately put out fifty taels of silver on the counter and slammed his hatchet on the counter, "Get them to leave!" This move caught the attention of a big man beside him.

  Ling'er's cautious behavior when she entered the store had already caught his attention, and now these two people were showing her a portrait, clearly not acquaintances but rather trying to capture her.

  Could it be that the little girl had run away? And how did she end up carrying a baby in her arms? It turned out that Ling'er had often not been able to drink milk on their journey, and would frequently cry. Afraid that putting him back in the basket would arouse even more suspicion, she simply threw away the basket and carried him herself as they hurried along.

  Since the two of you have come to catch the runaway girl, why must you force others to move out and live in the rooms around her? Obviously, there is something going on.

  The big man quietly went upstairs, and only heard the little servant downstairs making excuses, saying, "Sir, please wait a moment, I'll go up and discuss with those two gentlemen to let them vacate the room."

  "Good! Hurry up!" The big man went upstairs and directly entered room Tianzi No. 3, it turned out that he was the guest staying in this room.

  Before Da Han moved in and looked at the house, he noticed that the windows of Room 3 and Room 2 were connected.

  He quickly jumped from window No. 3 into window No. 2, and just as Ling was about to shout loudly, he covered her mouth.

  Ling Er was shocked, but unexpectedly the big man said in a low voice: "There are two people outside looking for you, I'm here to help you, don't shout, follow me."

  Ling'er heard this and at the same time heard Xiao Er knocking on the door of room number one, saying "I'm really sorry, but there's a guest downstairs who insists on staying in this room. Can you please give up the room?" The guest was just about to get angry when Xiao Er whispered, "They have knives!" and made a slashing motion, as if they could kill someone at any moment.

  The guest hastily said, "I'll move right away, I'll move right away"

  Ling'er believed this person's words even more.

  She quietly carried the child and jumped into room three from window two with Da Han.

  Perhaps having traveled a long way, Manxiu was already fast asleep, without making any sound.

  The little second knocked on the door, and the big man opened it. The little second repeated what he had just said, and the big man showed a hint of dissatisfaction, saying, "Just leave, there are many inns, can't you just stay in this one?" The little second kept apologizing, offering to change rooms for him, but the big man refused, so he had to go downstairs to refund the room fee.

  The big man came upstairs again, packed his luggage, and at this time Ling'er had wrapped himself tightly, pretending to be wind-chilled, and even covered his face. The child also rewrapped himself with a coarse cloth, and the three of them pretended to be a family of three going downstairs and leaving the inn.

  When leaving, Qian Gouer took a look at Ling'er again, but he only had a portrait and hadn't seen the real person. The portrait was painted hastily and didn't quite resemble her.

  Moreover, Ling'er covered her face at this time and kept coughing. She was also wearing coarse linen clothes like a rural woman. Qian Gou'er didn't think much about it, and his mind was set on ambushing that girl and child tonight, so he could get a large sum of money to live a carefree life.

  Ling'er followed Da Han out of the inn and hurried for a while before checking into another hotel, but there was only one room left.

  When away from home, one has no choice but to make do.

  It happened to be the beginning of winter, and after a night's journey, he felt particularly cold. The big man asked Xiao Er to prepare a brazier to warm his hands, and gave up the bed to Ling'er and the child, while he himself wrapped in his coat spent the night by the table.

  Ling'er owes her escape from disaster to the great kindness of Da Han, and she is infinitely grateful to him. However, at the same time, she still has lingering fears in her heart that those two men who tried to kill her will not give up easily, and if they find out where she is, what should she do?

  He still thanked Da Han for saving his life in his heart, and when he asked Da Han's name to repay him in the future, Da Han politely declined with a chance encounter.

  The next night was silent

  Ling'er had wanted to leave the inn and escape that very night, but she was afraid that Young Master's body couldn't withstand the cold wind at night, so she could only wait until the next morning to leave.

  How to get away, how to avoid those two people, thinking and thinking, unexpectedly fell asleep unknowingly.

  These days have been really exhausting

  When she woke up, it was already high noon, and Ling'er couldn't help but blame herself repeatedly.

  Waking up but didn't see the Great Han

  Ling'er didn't dare stay here for long either. She looked out through the window gap and observed for a while, making sure everything was okay before carrying Manxiu away.

  Open the door and go downstairs, but see several military officers dressed in uniforms checking and asking questions one by one downstairs.

  There is also an image in hand, but it can't be seen clearly from a distance

  Ling'er came downstairs carrying Manxiu and walked straight out. The military officer saw that she was a rural woman, still holding the child, but didn't inspect her.

  Ling'er was about to leave when a man dressed as a merchant next to her was stopped by the military officer. After looking around, the officer asked, "Have you ever seen this person?" The merchant looked at the wanted poster and said, "I haven't seen him."

  The officer let him go

  Ling'er also caught a glimpse of the portrait with her peripheral vision, saw Hai's letter, and without saying another word, she immediately left the inn. She ran for several streets without looking back, before finally hiding in an alleyway to catch her breath.

  The person in the picture, she had seen him before, and it was just last night that she saw him again. It was him! On top of that, it said "Wanted: Qin Wei". Ling'er didn't dare to think too much about it, nor did she have time to think about it, because she knew that the two people who wanted to kill her and Manxiu were lurking around, and could come out at any moment to take their lives.

  Her death is a small matter, what about Man Shu? Therefore, he hastily rushed towards the city gate and wanted to leave quickly.

  And so Qian Gou'er and Zhu Bu Zha, the two of them settled in, planning to make their move under the cover of deep night.

  Zhu didn't blink as he waited until the second watch of the night, then went to room number two and blew in a puff of smoke. After slightly entering, he raised his knife and chopped at the bed, instantly splashing blood everywhere.

  Zhu didn't blink, secretly pleased with himself, and searched for the infant again. However, he couldn't find it anywhere, assuming it was under the bed. When he lifted up the bedding to take something back and make a quick escape, he felt that this servant girl's body had grown surprisingly sturdy. Under the moonlight, he took a closer look and silently cried out in surprise - it turned out that the one he had killed was actually Qian Gou'er, who had come with him.

  What a big boy! It turned out that the big man who helped Ling'er escape had leaned against the table for a while, and in the middle of the night, he got up suddenly. At that time, Ling'er and Manxiu were sleeping soundly.

  The big man lightly jumped down from the window on the second floor and returned to the previous inn, and easily entered room 2 by climbing over the wall.

  At this time, Room 2 was empty and uninhabited.

  Da Han climbed from the window of room 2 to the window of room 3, blew in some anesthetic smoke through the window, waited for a while, then opened the window and entered. He moved Qian Gou'er, who had fallen asleep, to the bed in room 2 and covered him with a quilt.

  Then leave

  The poor money dog didn't even let out a single bark and was killed in his sleep.

  Zhu was shocked and thought he had mistakenly entered the wrong room in the dark of night and killed the wrong person.

  Just as he was about to go out and kill the spirit, a guest in the house got up at night, and in his daze, he accidentally fell down several flights of stairs, shouting and causing chaos among his friends and the innkeeper. Zhu didn't dare make another move, taking advantage of the commotion to return to his own room. Afraid that he would be implicated in a murder case the next day, he used his lightness skill to sneak out of the inn quietly under the cover of night.

  At this point, Da Han had already understood a bit.

  At first helping Ling'er leave was just a subconscious feeling that she should help, but didn't know what kind of people the two who came to find her were, so she moved Qian Gou'er into Ling'er's room and waited to see what would happen.

  Wait until Zhubu blinked first used smoke bombs, then raised his knife to kill the two men, and quietly left afterwards. It was only later that he realized these two were not good people.

  Unfortunately, it was that tenant who was hit by stones and fell down several flights of stairs, fortunately the injury is not serious.

  Dahan saw Zhu and left without blinking, he also wanted to return to his lodging house

  He didn't want to pass by the horse stable and saw several war horses he was familiar with, so he was shocked at heart, left overnight, and didn't say goodbye to Ling'er.