Forced into Zhongnan Chapter 30: Outright Deception
Taiping County is about half a day's journey from Fenglindu. If you have a car, it will be faster.
At dawn, Yan Yun, a competent "guard", led a donkey cart with a black hood and escorted Zoe home.
He was wearing a very ill-fitting piece of clothing today. The county official had found it from a farmer. The clothes were too small, and half of his calves and half of his arms were exposed. As for his feet, he wore a pair of straw sandals.
Now that he had arrived at the border of Dayu, the Qiang military uniform could no longer be worn, so he threw it into the Yellow River, leaving only a pair of boots hanging on the shaft of the donkey cart.
As for the two sets of clothes that Li Zhen had worked hard to sew for him and the bottle of knife medicine that he had prepared for him, he originally put them in his luggage and tied them on his back, but they were thrown into the water when he crossed the river. Fortunately, Yu Zhenzi gave them to him as a parting gift.
He hung the talisman around his neck and placed it close to his body without falling off. The talisman looked yellow like a piece of paper, but it was not actually wet or damaged at all.
After the county officials led Yan Yun out of the water village last night, they had been treating him lukewarmly. They said that irrelevant personnel could not be accommodated in the military camp and there were no inns nearby, so they took him to a civilian husband.
The work shed was too small, and there were people lying all over the floor. Even in winter, it was full of sweat smell. This Yan Yun could bear it, but the problem was that he was so tall, and it was too difficult to make room for him to sleep.
As a last resort, he changed out of his wet clothes and sat by the fire outside the work shed and took a nap all night.
During this period, Zoe, who had changed into dry clothes, came once to bandage his arm injured by an arrow. During this process, she kept her head down and said nothing. Only when she left did she say in a low voice that the county official was not targeting him, she was.
She apologized to him, but she did not explain the reason.
Before setting off this morning, the county official came yawning and treated Yan Yun with a good look, just like scolding a prisoner, asking him to send Zoe home in a safe manner, until Yan Yun could not bear it anymore and clenched his fists.
When he glared at the other party, the county official felt guilty and hurried away.
Yan Yun and Zoe met by chance, and had nothing to do with each other before. Now that they have arrived at Dayu, it is reasonable for them to go their separate ways, but the experience of the two hugging each other tightly when crossing the river seems to be unspeakable.
The two of them could go their separate ways like passers-by without any involvement. Therefore, even though the county official made rude remarks, Yan Yun did not object to pretending to be Zoe's bodyguard.
In addition, he is now a refugee and has appeals to Zoe's father, the magistrate of Taiping County.
Of course, Zoe knew that Yan Yun's identity as a guard was fake, but she didn't reveal it in front of the county officials, as if she acquiesced.
"Where is the young master from?" Zoe asked, her voice trembling slightly due to the bumps of the donkey cart.
"Where is the young lady's husband's house?" Yan Yun asked in return.
In the carriage, Zoe was silent for a long time, and then answered: "Hejiazhuang, Huangyuan County."
"What's the relationship between the warrior named He Yidao and the lady?"
"I am the father of my deceased husband."
Zoe's answer is very interesting. It would have been better to just say father-in-law, but she also had to add the word "dead husband" in front of it.
However, judging from the fact that she ended up alone at the end of the escape team led by He Yidao and that He Yidao had no scruples in calling her a bitch, her status in the He family was very low. Not only did her father-in-law not care about her life or death, but her uncles also
She was not very close to her sister-in-law, so it was no wonder that she immediately asked Yan Yun, a stranger, for help when she was in a panic. Since the He family was not good to her, when He Yidao and several family members were shot and killed by the Qiang people, Zoe
It makes sense without showing how sad he is.
"I am from Hejiazhuang, Huangyuan County, and I work as a nurse in Hejiazhuang." Yan Yun suddenly spat out this sentence, which was regarded as a response to Zoe's previous inquiry. This was a real lie.
"Sir, you are not..." Zoe obviously did not approve of Yan Yun's answer.
"It is now!" Yan Yun said.
"Young master must come from a wealthy family. Why do you think so lowly of yourself and compare yourself to a person who looks after the house and the courtyard?"
"How do you know?" Yan Yun was shocked. He was not familiar with this woman. How could she be so sure that she was born into a rich family?
“The so-called poor scholar is rich in martial arts. The young master’s martial arts attainments are so amazing at such a young age. It must be due to his family background, and…” Zoe’s voice trailed off, “The young master moves like a dragon and a tiger steps, and is so majestic and majestic. It’s really rare to see him…
"
Well……
This is the first time that Yan Yun has been praised so much by a member of the opposite sex for his age. He feels embarrassed and weird at the same time, but at the same time he has to admire Zoe's eyesight.
A person's temperament and habits developed over the years cannot be changed. Although Yan Yun is dressed in rags, he looks like a down-and-out young man, which is fundamentally different from ordinary martial arts men. Zoe was born in an official family, and she has been influenced by it since she was a child.
He is very thoughtful, so it is not surprising that he can figure out the general details of Yan Yun.
"But now I am the nursing home of Hejiazhuang, do you agree?" Yan Yun was not discussing with her, but making a direct request.
"Young Master must be like this, so what can I say..."
"Since it is a nursing home, you have to take care of food and drink when you arrive in Taiping County..."
"Young master owes me a favor to survive, but please rest assured that I will do my best to satisfy you."
"Stop calling me Young Master, I'm afraid you won't be able to change your words."
"I obey my orders."
Yan Yun grinned. Not only did Zoe look soft, she also spoke softly, which made him feel very happy.
Along the way, the two of them chatted and chatted, sometimes stopping to take a break, and they got along very harmoniously.
Time passed quickly, and towards noon, a large market town appeared in front of us. On the spacious rammed earth road, there was an endless stream of vendors and people, but it was very prosperous. After a while, the county government of Taiping County had arrived.
When the gatekeeper saw the county prime minister's daughter coming home, he ran to inform the master faster than a rabbit. When Yan Yun drove the donkey cart into the back hall through the side door, the county prime minister Zuo Gao, his wife and two old ladies were already there to greet them. Except for
Zuo Gao could still suppress his emotions, but the women were already in tears. Zoe also cried for a while in her mother's arms, her flowers trembling.
Yan Yun could understand this scene, but he was a little uncomfortable with the crying look, so he stood aside and stared blankly.
"This strong man is..." Zuo Gao finally saw a driver next to him.
"I am Xia Yuantai, from Hejiazhuang, Huangyuan County." Yan Yun said.
As soon as he said this, the madam and several old ladies all looked at him very unkindly, but Zuo Gao nodded purely politely.
Zoe was afraid that her parents would neglect Yan Yun, so she quickly said: "If Yuan Tai hadn't risked his life to save her, my daughter would never see her father and mother again."
The relatives were overjoyed to see each other. Only when Zoe said this made the parents think of the hardships involved.
Zuo Gao asked suspiciously: "Daughter, did you cross over from Fenglin? The Qiang people are extremely vicious, and they didn't... didn't stop you?"
"How could you not stop me? The only way my daughter can see her father and mother is because Yuan Tai fights her way out..."
Before Zoe finished speaking, the lady's heart couldn't bear it. She clutched her chest and almost couldn't take a breath.
As a result, the conversation could only be temporarily terminated, and the group hurriedly helped the lady to the inner hall.
The master did not invite him, and Yan Yun, as a servant, could not follow him into the inner hall. After unhooking the cart, he tied the donkey to a tree on the side and let it graze.
After a while, Zuo Gao hurriedly stepped out. When he saw Yan Yun, he first clasped his fists in his hands and saluted, and said solemnly: "Strong man, you are so lazy, please come in!"
Yan Yun bowed his hand in return and took the lead to walk towards the inner hall. When he crossed the threshold, he suddenly woke up and realized that he had exposed himself. He was the leading general Guan San who was conferred by King Yu. If it were in the past, Zuo Gao would have met him.
He had to kowtow. As an officer, of course he had no reason to be polite to his subordinates. It was a habit. He accidentally walked in front of Zuo Gao. Didn't he reveal his secret?
Fortunately, Zuo Gao regarded Yan Yun as a rough man and didn't care.
Yan Yun saw Zoe reunited with her parents. It was inconvenient for him as an outsider to sit for a long time, so he stood up after saying a few words.
Zuo Gao gave him a plate of money and asked him to spend it first. He also gave him a token for entering and exiting the yamen, and temporarily arranged for him to live in a side room.
When Yan Yun arrived at his residence, he had just washed his face. The old woman who served at home came to measure Yan Yun's height again. She planned to hire someone to sew two pieces of clothes for a change of clothes. Yan Yun happily accepted. With his height and body, the clothes were ready-made.
It's really hard to find. As soon as the business here was finished, Zuo Gao came to invite someone, saying that the wine and food were ready.
