Chapter 424: Escape from the City

If Xu Zhichun wanted to return to her own farm, to Liangjia Village, she should have gone through the South City Gate. But she didn't dare, for she was afraid Zeng Mingzhu would discover she was missing and send people out of the South City Gate to chase her.

She can only randomly choose one of the other three city gates.

Wait until you are far away from Xijiang City, then slowly ask for directions and go back.

There is no shortage of food and supplies in the space warehouse. Even if you spend the night in the mountains, there is a tent, so you don’t have to worry about getting sick.

No worries at all.

To her, nothing is more terrifying than Zeng Mingzhu now.

She didn't dare to stay in Xijiang Prefecture. Zeng Mingzhu was the woman of the prefect of Xiangzhou Prefecture. She said she was the prefect's wife, but Xu Zhichun didn't quite believe it. How could it be so easy for her to become the prefect's wife when she was living in exile?

Besides, if she was really the wife of the prefect, she would not have gone out so easily and traveled all the way to Xijiang Prefecture.

As the prefect of Xiangzhou Prefecture, she came to Xijiang Prefecture. Who knew what the relationship between the prefect of Xiangzhou and the prefect of Xijiang Prefecture, Yang, was? Were the two of them colluding with each other?

What if there is collusion?

Then Zeng Mingzhu only needs to ask Governor Yang to send someone to look for her. It will be difficult for her to hide in this city, and the longer she stays, the more dangerous it will be.

Besides, there are Mr. Fan and his wife, Mrs. Fan, who may hate me. If Mrs. Fan gets involved, it will be even more disadvantageous to me.

If he fell into Zeng Mingzhu's hands again, Xu Zhichun didn't dare to think that he would have a chance to escape.

She couldn't afford to gamble anything, so she could only leave Xijiang City first, the farther away the better.

"Asshole!"

Zeng Mingzhu was so furious that she grabbed the teacup and smashed it against the servant, looking ferocious and furious: "How did you do this? A few grown men couldn't even keep an eye on a woman! How could you let her escape? You're trash, all trash!"

The servant lowered his head, feeling both afraid and depressed.

He felt that he deserved it when scolded by his master.

He himself was puzzled. How did the woman escape?

"How on earth did she escape?!"

The servant shuddered. How did he escape? Who knows?

"Madam, she definitely can't get it by herself. I think someone must have secretly rescued her."

"impossible!"

Zeng Mingzhu denied it without hesitation. This was the provincial capital of Xijiang Prefecture. Xu Zhichun was a country woman. Even if she had some farming skills and some luck and built up a family business, she could only make a living in the county town at best. She probably didn't even know which way the gate of the provincial capital faced. How could they be close friends so much that they were willing to take the risk to save her?

The servant didn't dare to say anything.

Zeng Mingzhu didn't say anything either.

If not, how did she escape?

Zeng Mingzhu now regrets not having just killed Xu Zhichun and been done with it.

She was upset and said, "Forget it. There's no point in talking about this now. Hurry up and take people to look for him."

The servant was stunned. "This..."

In such a big city, they don't have many people, and it is impossible to use all of them on this. Finding one person is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Zeng Mingzhu became even more annoyed. "Ask around the inns. Don't be afraid to spend money to see if anyone has seen her. She's a single woman with limited abilities, so it shouldn't be difficult to find her."

"Spend some money to hire some ruffians to help."

"yes."

"Wait! Take a few people with you and go out of the South City Gate to give chase. After that bitch escapes, she'll definitely want to hurry home. Maybe we can actually catch up with her. Yeah, go!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

The boy left in a hurry.

Zeng Mingzhu was in a state of panic. If she caught her this time, she would definitely kill her. She would just beat her to death with sticks. She wouldn't let her die easily.

Thinking about her own arrangements, which were perfect and thorough, Zeng Mingzhu sneered complacently.

There was no way Xu Zhichun could escape easily.

Xu Zhichun clumsily drove the mule cart out of the city gate and ran all the way. He ran for more than twenty miles in one breath before he slowed down a little.

Xu Zhichun asked the farmers he met on the road and was relieved to learn that there was a town more than ten miles away.

Once she reaches the town, she can find an inn to stay in temporarily. As long as she can afford the price, she won't have to worry about not being able to find someone to report back.

Hire someone to deliver a letter to Captain Yu.

Even if the hired person originally had some ulterior motives, he would restrain himself once he heard that the person she was delivering the letter to was a government official.

A gust of wind blew up from the ground, raising dust and ruffling grass leaves. Xu Zhichun suddenly realized that the sky had become gloomy without him noticing.

“Boom!”

A loud thunder rolled across the sky, and raindrops as big as beans fell down, making sparse dots on the yellow earth.

Xu Zhichun frowned. Why did it start raining at this time? It looked like the rain would not stop.

However, it is comforting that the weather conditions have the same impact on everyone. She will not be able to get any good results, and Zeng Mingzhu will not be able to get any good results either.

Or maybe she was just luckier, as Zeng Mingzhu's men hadn't even found the direction to chase her.

Xu Zhichun did not dare to delay. He raised the whip and gently hit the mule, then drove forward.

However, soon, the raindrops as big as beans turned into a torrential downpour, which occupied the sky and the earth in almost an instant. The distant mountains were shrouded in fog, and the rain splashed up steam. The vision was blocked, and the footing was also blocked. Xu Zhichun had to slow down his pace.

The water on the ground quickly gathered into a stream, flowing like a brook. I raised my head and looked forward through the rain curtain with difficulty. The ground seemed like a vast ocean.

The road conditions were not good at that time, so it was not a good time to rush. If the wheels got stuck in a pothole, there would be no way to cry. Moreover, the mule pulling the cart was obviously impatient. If it lost control, the consequences would be even more disastrous.

Xu Zhichun looked around and vaguely saw a shed for sheltering from the rain on a high place beside a fork in the road not far away. He hurriedly drove the mule cart over, tied the cart to a pillar, and went into the shed to take shelter from the rain.

The rain was so heavy that Xu Zhichun, wearing a straw hat taken out from the space warehouse, ran into the shed with his head lowered, only to find two people inside also taking shelter from the rain.

Both sides were startled when they saw someone other than themselves.

Xu Zhichun slowly relaxed his breath, glanced at the two men, and found a dry place to sit on a rock.

This shed must have been a regular resting place for travelers, and there were many large stones inside for people to sit on.

One of the two people was a woman around fifty years old, and the other was a little girl of about seven or eight years old. Both were wearing old cotton clothes. The woman had gray hair and a haggard look. There was a scar about the length of a finger running diagonally across the left side of her face. She had deliberately let her hair down loosely to cover most of the scar.

Xu Zhichun didn't show any strange expression. After making sure that they would not pose a threat to him, he withdrew his gaze and stared blankly at the rain curtain covering the sky and the earth, hoping that the rain would stop soon.