The two of them were laughing and joking along the way, and they didn't look like they were being hunted.
The man in rich clothes tossed his hair and said calmly: "Those who don't know are not guilty. It's all my fault that I have a good mentality and don't panic in the face of danger."
Hearing that he called himself the king, and just now he heard the woman call him His Highness, she thought he was a royal child of Jinling City, Hua Rujin hurriedly put away the dagger.
While he was hesitating, he saw a sharp arrow shot from a distance.
Yan Huaqing, with his quick eyesight and quick hands, used a folding fan to force the sharp arrow away. Only then did he believe what they said and said in silence: "There is really an assassin."
"Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you run away quickly."
Hua Rujin ran away.
Upon seeing this, the other three people followed her and ran away in a hurry.
Hua Rujin asked while running: "How many assassins are there?"
"It's not that many, there should be about a hundred or so."
The man replied calmly.
"That's not much."
Hua Rujin ran even harder.
She didn't know how long she ran, but when she saw a thatched hut, she ran in first.
Time was running out. When she arrived at the house, Hua Rujin looked around and saw that the thatched house was very dilapidated and no one lived in it. She quickly opened the window on the left, stood on the window sill and jumped down, carving a messy path in the forest.
He came, then turned back to the thatched house and ordered several people to hide together.
The man in fine clothes obviously didn't understand her intention, and was about to ask, when Hua Rujin hissed at him, and then heard a dense sound of footsteps rushing in.
"These people are like rabbits, they run very fast."
"You are really a bunch of losers. You haven't killed any of them. How can you report to the adults when you go back?"
"This way, they should have escaped from this way."
After a few words of dialogue, there was a stampede, and then footsteps quickly followed in the left direction.
After confirming that the footsteps were completely gone, Hua Rujin hurriedly came out of the hidden corner, took a peek at the open window, and then quickly urged the three of them: "Run quickly."
The woman was out of breath from exhaustion after escaping all the way, and complained dissatisfiedly: "They have gone far, let's take a rest first."
"They will come back."
Hua Rujin said firmly: "The road outside the window is just a trick I made. If they chase us and don't notice our traces, they will surely react and go back to search for the thatched cottage."
The man in rich clothes deeply admired the woman's wisdom, and pulled her out: "Wu Suan Tou, listen to this silly girl."
"You are stupid."
Hua Rujin glared at the "His Highness" angrily, walked out of the thatched house, looked at the road in the mountain, and then discovered that there were two mountain roads in the forest.
"Let's go back the way we came."
Hua Rujin pointed at the mountain road she had walked.
"That's not asking for death."
The woman said unhappily: "What if there are assassins waiting there?"
"Look at these dense footprints, it means there are many people chasing you."
Hua Rujin pointed to the footprints in front of her: "If we go back the same way, we can use their footprints to cover our tracks. But if we escape from other places, they can directly look for fresh footprints to search for our traces."
"You are such a genius."
The man in rich clothes looked at another mountain road in the distance and suddenly had an idea: "Although there are some sparse footprints on that road, it is not enough to cover up our traces. If they pursue that road, we will have no way to escape."
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"Then don't run away."
This time, Yan Huaqing took the lead in running without hesitation.
From the analysis of the dialogue between those assassins, I am afraid that it has something to do with the government.
Yan Huaqing did not go back to get the carriage, but ran out of the forest and followed the forest path into the city. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It was already dusk, and several of them were tired and hungry. From a long distance away, Hua Rujin saw the banners of her inn. She quickened her pace like a man looking for rain in a severe drought, and ran over with a meteoric stride.
When I arrived at the inn, I found that Uncle Fu was very busy.
"Is there still room?"
Hua Rujin thought that these two people might know Ye Chengguan, and happened to get information about the number one scholar from them, so she made plans to take them in.
When Uncle Fu saw that the shopkeeper had returned, he came forward with a smile and reported: "Five guest rooms were rented out today, and there are three left."
Glancing at the sky outside, and then at the embarrassed three people in front of her, Hua Rujin frowned and said, "Then I will feel aggrieved and spend the night with this young lady."
"I'm not going to make do with you. I'll pay five taels of silver to get another room alone."
The woman glanced at Hua Rujin with disdain.
Hua Rujin felt depressed when she heard this: "I'll pay ten liang."
My aunt is still very picky in her territory.
The woman waved her hand: "I'll pay fifty taels."
Hua Rujin showed no sign of weakness: "I will pay one hundred taels."
"Two hundred taels."
The woman gestured with two fingers gracefully.
"Deal, I'll give it to you."
Hua Rujin counted on her fingers and found that she could easily earn two hundred taels of silver. It was not a loss if she had to walk a few extra steps home.
The woman looked puzzled: "Why don't you scream up?"
“It’s too expensive to live here.”
Hua Rujin casually told Uncle Fu: "Uncle Fu, I'm going home to sleep tonight. This Miss Wu has paid two hundred taels of silver. You and Aunt Fu have to entertain several distinguished guests."
After finishing his words, he glanced meaningfully at the foolish and wealthy young lady from Jingzhong, and deliberately emphasized: "Oh, remember to collect the cash first and then check in, so don't break the rules."
After explaining, he walked away, leaving Miss Wu who was still in a mess.
"She knows the innkeeper?"
Wu Muning blinked at Yan Huaqing with confused eyes.
Yan Huaqing looked around, smelled the familiar smell, and nodded: "If I remember correctly, she is the manager of this inn."
"A black shop, this is simply a black shop."
Wu Muning was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
"Miss, do you want to give me money or a banknote?"
Uncle Fu was very dissatisfied with this young lady's attitude and asked with a frown.
"Of course it's a bank note."
Wu Muning felt distressed and took out two hundred taels of silver notes and handed them to Uncle Fu.
At this time, the man in the rich clothes could only think of the silly girl's voice and smile. He looked at the direction she was leaving and reluctantly asked: "Store, where does that silly girl live?"
"Silly girl?"
Uncle Fu was even more dissatisfied with the man's words: "Guest, please don't talk nonsense. My shopkeeper is not stupid. He has helped the county handle many major cases these days. Even the innocent souls in Paektu Mountain rely on my shopkeeper."
Only the clever ones found it for Magistrate Ye."
"Oh, could it be that little widow from Jiangling City, Hua Rujin?"
The man in rich clothes asked curiously.
"Who are you calling a widow?"
Aunt Fu was also displeased when she heard this, and scolded from the side: "My shopkeeper was tricked by the Dou family. She is pure and innocent. She is not a little widow. Even the magistrate and Magistrate Ye have certified her name. She is a yellow flower."
Big girl."
"I see."
The man in rich clothes smiled knowingly, and immediately took out a thousand taels of silver notes from his pocket and handed it to Uncle Fu: "I have booked this inn, and we will stay here for the next month."
After saying that, he took out a jade plaque and gave it to Uncle Fu: "Can you please go to Jingzhou Prefecture for me, and ask the old governor of the prefecture to immediately tell the people from the Inspection Department to come to the inn to meet me."
Uncle Fu didn't know the jade cards, so he was at a loss as to what to do.
Yan Huaqing immediately realized that the person in front of him was probably a certain prince in the palace, so he did not dare to neglect him, and quickly told Uncle Fu: "Go quickly, otherwise your innkeeper will have to have the inn demolished tonight."
Hearing Mr. Yan's words, Uncle Fu did not dare to delay any longer and hurriedly left.