Chapter 233 [Taking Advantage of the Night]

Jiang Lili took out a windproof towel from her backpack and handed one to Xin Che. They both put on the towel to cover their faces, leaving their eyes exposed.

There are a wide variety of small commodities on Qingyun Street. Jiang Lili, holding a lantern in her hand, looks left and right, and stuffs all the things she buys into her backpack.

She and Xin Che walked and stopped, and gradually, their hands holding each other became interlocked, and it was no longer her holding Xin Che's hand that became Xin Che holding her.

The handsome man and beautiful woman walking on the street are a sight to behold. Although both of them covered their faces with windproof towels, their body shape difference made them a good match, attracting a lot of people's attention.

But everyone looked at me in a friendly and teasing manner. There were too many people on the street, so everyone just glanced at me a few times before looking away.

The vendors at the stalls here were shouting enthusiastically at the two of them. Judging from their clothes and temperament, they looked like they were from wealthy families.

"Sir, buy your wife a velvet flower! Wearing wealth and splendor on your head is a good omen!"

Velvet flower?

This thing is not common in modern times. Jiang Lili was attracted by the shouting and looked in the direction of the sound. The person selling velvet flowers was a woman in purple clothes. The velvet flower products on her stall were lifelike, with iron wire as the skeleton and silk as the surface, as if they were blooming in real life.

The stall owner in purple was very skillful. She was braiding the hair of a young girl. In just a short while, the girl's hair became a flower bud in her hands. When she pinned it with velvet flowers, it looked very beautiful.

Seeing Jiang Lili's eyes lingering on the velvet flower stall for a long time, Xin Che pulled her over and said, "Stall owner, I want all the velvet flowers on your stall."

When the purple-clothed stall owner heard Xin Che's words, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face: "Sir, are you sure?"

Xin Che recalled the look in Jiang Lili's eyes just now. She liked every flower, so it would be a good idea to buy them all. He placed a bag of silver in front of the stall owner and asked, "Do you think this bag is enough?"

“Enough is enough!”

The purple-robed woman beamed. "My husband's blacksmith shop made a fortune thanks to a prestigious order from a wealthy man. I never thought I'd meet a distinguished person while selling velvet flowers!"

She had already finished braiding the young girl's hair. Now she just had to melt the package and hand it over to the young couple, and then she could go home.

The stall owner carefully packed up the melted food on his stall while talking: "We can have a good New Year this year!"

When Jiang Lili heard the woman's words, she asked casually, "Which blacksmith shop does your husband own?"

"It's the blacksmith shop at the entrance of Lotus Lane in the south of the city."

Jiang Lili thought to himself what a coincidence, this blacksmith shop was one of the ones he had sent his escort to produce fire poles.

The purple-robed woman glanced at Jiang Lili's messy hair and said, "Girl, let me braid your hair into a bun. You have a small face, beautiful eyes, and a full and smooth forehead. This hairstyle will definitely look good on you."

Jiang Lili's eyes were full of anticipation: "Okay!"

Everyone loves beauty. Jiang Lili calculated that it had been a long time since she had taken care of herself seriously since the day she was exiled. It was a rare opportunity for her to relax today.

The flower bud hairstyle has one on each side. The stall owner first did the hairstyle on the left side of Jiang Lili's hair. Seeing that Jiang Lili liked this hairstyle so much, Xin Che asked the stall owner if he could teach him.

The stall owner had a look of delight on his face after hearing this: "This is the first time I've met a man who wants to learn how to braid hair from me."

Her hair-braiding skills were not originally to be passed on to others, but since she saw that Xin Che would not use this skill to compete with her for business, she readily taught him.

She slowed down the pace of braiding Jiang Lili's hair: "You have to watch carefully, I'll only teach you once."

Xin Che is very dexterous and he can learn it just by watching.

Jiang Lili's black hair turned into a plump flower bud under his dexterous fingertips.

Holding the packed velvet flowers, the two of them strolled leisurely in the night market. The lights were on and the time was peaceful.

As fewer and fewer people came to the night market, the vendors began to pack up their things and prepare to leave.

People left one after another, yawning, but Jiang Lili became more energetic as she thought about what to do next.

At the beginning of the first hour of the lunar calendar, Jiang Lili and Xin Che sneaked to the back door of County Magistrate Huang's mansion.

“It’s right here!”

Jiang Lili first led Xin Che into a secluded alley and said, "Take off your clothes."

Although Xin Che was surprised to hear this, he still obediently untied his jeweled belt, his movements somewhat hesitant.

"Hurry up and take it off. Why are you so slow today? You're like a young wife."

Jiang Lili impatiently pulled off Xin Che's belt, then stuffed a set of night clothes into his hands, and then took off her coat and changed into the night clothes.

Xin Che held the clothes in his arms, his crimson ears hidden in the night.

Jiang Lili was about to change into her black nightgown. For convenience, she put the coat on from the head. She called Xin Che: "Help me stretch the clothes. I'm afraid it will mess up my hair."

Seeing that the little girl still cared about the hair he had braided for her, Xin Che's face showed a little more joy. He reached out and opened the collar of her nightgown.

At this time, Jiang Lili had already taken off her windproof face scarf. She was still thinking about the map of Huang Mansion. Her brows were slightly furrowed, and her cheeks were covered with the lingering drunkenness, like a peach blossom on a human face.

With the two flower buds on her head, she looks like a fairy from a painting without any makeup on.

Xin Che couldn't help but poke Jiang Lili's hair bag with his finger, and immediately received a roll of the eyes from the latter.

Xin Che smiled lightly: "The stall owner is right, it really looks good."

Xin Che changed into night clothes and put on a black mask. When he saw that he was wearing the same style of clothes as Jiang Lili, the corners of his mouth raised even more deeply.

Jiang Lili then spread out the map of the Huang Mansion and circled it while saying to Xin Che, "Huang Junshu's treasury is located right here. There's a mechanism between his study and his bedroom."

"You mean, we're here to steal something tonight?"

The black mask on Xin Che's face concealed the emotions on his face.

"Yeah! Without you, who's so skilled in Qinggong, I'd probably be discovered even if I climbed over the wall!"

Jiang Lili leaned in front of Xin Che and whispered her plan to him, "And I have to climb up to his roof, lift up the tiles and give him a surprise gift package."

Xin Che continued: "Is all I have to do to take you flying?"

Jiang Lili nodded and patted Xin Che's shoulder: "Now we are partners!"

"Set off!"

The little guy is quite good at ordering people around.

Xin Che took Jiang Lili and climbed over the wall of the Huang Mansion in two or three steps.

The two of them landed steadily in the northwest corner of the Huang Mansion.

Xin Che memorized the map of Huang Mansion at a glance, and then chose the fastest route, taking Jiang Lili straight to the small treasury of County Magistrate Huang.