024: People should not be judged by their appearance
Zhenliang opened the bag, took out a set of men's clothes that had been prepared inside, quickly took off the women's clothes and put on the men's clothes.
Facing the bronze mirror, Zhenliang took off all the jewelry on her head, loosened her hair, and tied a small braid loosely at the back. She deliberately let the hair on both sides of her face hang down to more or less cover her face.
Brown spots on face.
Looking at her new look in the bronze mirror, Zhenliang stuck out her tongue playfully. If the brown spots on her face could be ignored, she would be a handsome young man at this moment. Oh no, because her long hair is quite chivalrous. She
I feel more like a handsome and pleasant young knight.
Her brown spots are not only distributed on the sides of her cheeks near her ears, but occupy her entire cheek, so even if she is covered by her disheveled hair, others can still see her general ugly appearance at a glance under the night light.
Zhenliang is not worried that others seeing her ugly appearance will cause her inferiority and sadness, but she is worried that her ugly appearance is too distinctive. When the time comes, Aunt Zhenliang and the others will quickly grasp her traces by grabbing anyone and questioning them. Therefore,
She must continue to cover her face.
Picking up the white gauze mask that she used to cover her face during the day, she put it on, looked at it in the bronze mirror, and Zhenliang shook her head helplessly. She was now wearing men's clothing, how could she be wearing a woman's white gauze mask to show off to others? This was not the case.
There are no three hundred taels of silver here. Tell others that she is a woman disguised as a man? Even if no one can guess that she is a woman, a man wearing a woman's veil can easily attract others' attention, which is definitely not a good thing.
Taking off the white gauze mask, Zhenliang found a piece of black cloth from the bag, folded it into a triangular shape and covered her face. This time, although her overall image looked like a man, she looked like the kind of person who specializes in sleeping in the dark.
She is a bad person who has done bad things. With this image, others will probably treat her as a bad person. Maybe before the real aunt and the others catch her, she will have been arrested by the government and put in jail.
Tapping her head, Zhenliang thought for a while, and suddenly came up with an idea. She unfolded the black cloth in her hand, folded it into a circle, and then tied a knot at the junction. In this way, a modern scarf was made.
Already.
Zhenliang put the scarf from the top of her head and circled it around her neck, and then pulled it upwards. The elastic black cloth was able to cover half of her face, and the two ugly black spots were successfully covered.
It's not a cold winter day. If a man wears a scarf in broad daylight, it will easily arouse others' suspicion. But if he goes out at night, such an outfit is understandable and will not appear unusual.
Zhenliang packed up her baggage and called to the husky who had been accompanying her, "Zhenqi, we are on our way."
Zhenqi wagged its tail to express its support and joy.
Zhenliang opened the door carefully, and the servant guarding the door was sleeping soundly, leaning against the wall.
Sticking out his tongue at the servant apologetically, Zhenliang turned around and made a silent gesture to Zhenqi, crept downstairs, and soon left the inn.
While Zhenliang was visiting Rongcheng during the day, he also inquired about the general situation of Rongcheng. For example, the most important question is, if you are traveling at night, where can you hire a carriage?
When Zhenliang and Zhenqi arrived at the only car rental shop in Rongcheng late at night, the boss who was busy counting money told her with a smile, "Business is very good tonight. All the carriages have been hired. If you want to hire a car,
, at least have to wait until dawn."
Zhenliang didn't come here to have fun, but wanted to escape from marriage, so she couldn't wait until dawn before leaving Rongcheng.
Not to mention when the servant sleeping at the door of her guest room will wake up. After a few hours, the servant who went to bed first will definitely go back to change shifts. Once he finds that the other servant is sleeping, he will probably find out that something is fishy.
By then, even if she has ten carriages, they may have to get them back.
Seeing Zhenliang's anxious look, the owner of the car shop couldn't help but ask, "Where does this guy want to go?"
Zhenliang replied, "Leave the city."
"Let's go out of the city. If I have to hurry, I can try to rush to the city gate. Business in Rongcheng is prosperous, and there are still many carriages traveling all night. If I'm lucky, I may be able to stop a carriage and give you a ride.
"The boss kindly suggested.
This is not a bad idea!
After Zhenliang thanked the boss, he immediately rushed to the city gate.
Fortunately, Rongcheng was not very big. After more than half an hour, Zhenliang and Zhenqi arrived at the gate of the city. They didn't stand for long before the sound of horse hooves could be heard behind them.
Zhenliang took a closer look and saw that it was a carriage.
As the carriage approached, Zhenliang saw clearly that the person driving the carriage was a middle-aged man with a kind face, so he raised his hand to stop the carriage with confidence.
"Uncle, where are you going?"
The middle-aged man stopped the carriage and replied, "Ai County."
Zhenliang heard about Aixian County from Jinye Yinye. It is said that Aixian County is a place that produces beauties. Most of the beauties in the capital, including the emperor's women, come from Aixian County.
At this moment, Zhenliang just wanted to leave Rongcheng first, but no matter where he went next, he pretended to be surprised and said to the middle-aged man, "Oh, what a coincidence, I am going to Ai County, uncle, can you give me a ride?"
?I can give you ten taels of silver as travel expenses."
"If you don't mind that the carriage is crowded, then come up and I'll charge you five taels of silver."
"Thank you, uncle." Zhenliang was very happy, and she was even more convinced that this was a charitable uncle.
The middle-aged man's carriage was filled with goods and there was no one else around. The empty space was just big enough for Zhenliang and Zhenqi to squeeze in.
After the carriage started, Zhenliang looked at Zhenqi who was lying beside her legs without saying a word. He opened the door curtain and asked the middle-aged man, "Uncle, why aren't you afraid of this wolf next to me?"
It was those two strong servants. Whenever Zhenqi approached them, they would show guarded expressions, obviously extremely frightened. However, this middle-aged man, who had clearly seen Zhenqi, looked like he was seeing a dog.
There is nothing strange or fearful about him.
The middle-aged man immediately replied loudly, "Since it can follow you, it must have been tamed by you. You are not afraid even at your age. What should I, a middle-aged man, be afraid of? Besides, I used to be a hunter and I have killed wolves older than you."
There are more. To me, wolves are as simple as prey, so there is nothing to fear."
So it turned out that Zhenliang just understood the reason why the middle-aged man was not afraid of Zhenqi, but he didn't hear the cruelty and danger contained in his words.
Zhenliang chatted casually with the middle-aged man for a few more words before feeling sleepy. The middle-aged man heard Zhenliang yawning and said, "You should take a nap. By the time you wake up, we should have arrived at Ai
County."
This middle-aged man not only looked kind, but also had a loud voice and a friendly attitude. Zhenliang couldn't help but have a better and better impression of this uncle, and with Zhenqi guarding her by her side, she fell asleep with peace of mind.
When she opened her eyes, the carriage had stopped, and Zhenqi kept her company silently with her eyes open.
Neither Zhenliang nor Zhenqi knew that although they had arrived in Ai County, they were already in a dangerous situation like a wolf's den, and they didn't know that what would happen after being in the situation was that people should not be judged by their appearance.