Wang Liu raised the corners of his mouth and slowly walked out.

A maidservant stepped forward to help her change her clothes, but Shi Lan waved her away and changed into her own clothes.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Wang Liu standing in the courtyard, still there.

Shi Lan took a deep breath and strode forward.

Wang Liu looked him up and down, then turned and strode forward.

Shi Lan was taken aback, then quickly followed.

While changing her clothes, she had already decided that if Wang Liu asked her if she wanted to be with him, she would righteously say that a servant cannot serve two masters. If Wang Liu really wanted to keep her, he would have to make her stop being a servant. Apart from becoming a retainer, Shi Lan had not thought of any other possibility. And retainers are required to be free, so he could only redeem himself.

Who knew Wang Liu would act so unpredictably, leaving without saying a word? What was he up to?

Shi Lan was completely baffled.

Wang Liu led Shi Lan straight up the city wall. The siege crisis was over, and the streets were bustling again.

Looking at the smiling faces of the common people who looked like they had just survived a disaster, Shi Lan thought to herself that the original owner's ideas were too simple. She had lived in the Xun family where she had no worries about food and clothing since she was a child. If she left there, how could she, a woman who only knew swordsmanship and how to serve others, survive in a place where she could be destroyed at any moment?

However, all she needed to do on this trip was obtain the emancipation certificate; she didn't need to consider anything else.

Seeing her deep expression, Wang Liu asked in a low voice, "What are you thinking about, A-Lan, after seeing all this?"

Shi Lan said, "I'm wondering what would have happened to these people if we had failed last night?"

Wang Liu was silent for a moment before saying, "A-Lan should know what dried meat is, which is roasted and then hung up to air dry, right?"

Shi Lan nodded.

Wang Liu said, "If we fail, then even you and I will perish. Our fate is the same as that of dried meat; the only difference is sooner or later."

Shi Lan: ""