The proprietress, who was extremely stingy, heard that there was still a chance for the matter to turn around, so she immediately grabbed her tools and prepared to chase after them. Before leaving, she didn't forget to call on the female workers in her shop.
"What are you all standing there for? Get up and chase after them! If you don't catch them, I'll kill you all today!"
After saying that, he hurriedly followed Boss Zou out.
Song He'er was grateful to the girl who had tipped them off. Seeing that Boss Zou and his companion had disappeared into the courtyard, she walked up to the girl and whispered a reminder: "Go quickly, go as far away as possible, and never come back to Shanyang City!"
Lu'er's eyes reddened slightly, and she knelt down on the ground with a thud. "Although I don't know who you are, we sisters are extremely grateful to you for saving us from dire straits! If we ever meet again, we will repay your kindness tenfold."
Song He'er pulled her up: "Hurry up, if we don't leave now and that woman comes back, none of you will be able to leave. Hurry! Everyone, quickly take off these clothes and take the back path to leave Shanyang City!"
Upon hearing the commotion, the seven or eight women present quickly removed their aprons and fled in the chaos.
Song He'er didn't have time to lead them out of Shanyang City. Right now, she had to find Zhang Xiu'e and get back to everyone before dark.
As for these girls, she had already given them a chance; life and death are preordained, and wealth and status are determined by fate.
Thinking of this, Song He'er immediately left the silk shop and headed towards another street.
Zhang Xiue spent a string of cash to buy chickens. Luckily, she brought a cart with her before she left, otherwise the chicken coop would have been too big to carry.
"Third Aunt!"
As soon as Zhang Xiue stepped out of the shop, she bumped into Song He'er.
"He'er! You've finished buying the fabric? Oh? Where's the fabric?"
Song He'er coughed twice and explained, "I hid somewhere. The owner of that shop is a heartless person, and I was afraid she would follow me... so I didn't carry it with me."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiue immediately tensed up: "He's following you? What happened? Did he bully you? Take me there to see!"
Song He'er stopped the hot-tempered Zhang Xiu'e, "No, I just hid the fabric somewhere. Let's go get it together and leave. Don't make a fuss!"
Zhang Xiu'e was afraid that Song He'er would suffer from outsiders, but seeing that Song He'er was repeatedly obstructing her, she had no choice but to agree without asking any further questions.
Song He'er just wanted to find a secluded place as soon as possible so she could take out some of the fabric from her space to hand over, but before the two of them could even leave the long street, they were blocked by several burly men.
Upon closer inspection, Song He'er realized that the man at the head of the group was none other than Mr. Zou, the owner of the silk shop.
"You little thief! You colluded with your accomplices to steal my fabric and abduct my female worker. What? Now you think you can just walk away?"
Song He'er sneered and calmly raised her head: "Boss Zou, I don't understand what you're talking about. It's not like I can control the fact that all your female workers have run away. Do you think I have the magic to teleport all seven or eight of your female workers away at once?"
Having lost so much, Boss Zou is now ready to give up and doesn't care about day or night anymore.
"Guards! Kill this witch!"
After saying that, the burly man behind him raised his stick and started hitting them.
Zhang Xiue put down the car, raised her leg and kicked the man in the crotch, yelling, "You little bastard! I'll cripple you!"
"Ouch... Ouch!"
One of them clutched his crotch and collapsed...
Song He'er guessed that these people were skilled in martial arts. If they were to fight head-on, unless they used weapons from their spatial storage, the two of them would have no chance of defeating these bullies!
"Wait a moment!"
Boss Zou sneered, "What's wrong? You know how powerful I am now? Afraid of dying?"
Song He'er looked around calmly and took out a glittering golden object from her sleeve.
Boss Zou was a man of the underworld, so he naturally recognized the object. He stared at it for a moment, and his face turned deathly pale.
"So, Mr. Zou? Do you know him?"
Who exactly are you?
"You don't need to know who I am. You should know that this item is only possessed by those who frequently visit the palace. If you hurt me today, you won't have many good days left!"
Boss Zou was very shrewd. Fearing that Song He'er might try to deceive him, he had no choice but to go closer and take a closer look.
Instantly, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Someone from the palace?"
Song He'er naturally couldn't reveal her true identity. If he knew she was a fugitive, he would definitely report it to the local magistrate, and then the imperial court would send people to escort them away again!
Fortunately, this waist tag was taken out when leaving the general's mansion. There were no words engraved on it; it was just a waist tag that officials often used to enter and leave the palace. Unexpectedly, it helped them a lot here.
“You don’t need to know who we are, but you should know that we came to Shanyang City in disguise to patrol. If we die here, my guards will find out soon, and then you probably won’t even know how you died.”
Upon hearing this, Boss Zou was indeed having second thoughts. After all, no matter how arrogant he was, his backer was just a county magistrate from Shanyang.
But if he really offends someone in the imperial court, then he might not be able to keep his head!
"Release them!"
The burly man behind him was just an ordinary man. When he heard that Boss Zou was going to release the man, he immediately felt somewhat unwilling.
"Boss, are we just going to let this young woman go like this?"
"Yes, boss! She let Lu'er and Xiangcui go, and you even promised to give Xiangcui to me as my wife! Now that they've all run away, what am I going to do!"
Mr. Zou instantly became impatient. He was just looking for a place to vent his anger, and this little brat delivered himself right to his doorstep. Thinking of this, he slapped the man without hesitation.
"Can't you understand what I'm saying?"
"boss!"
The perceptive young man next to them immediately stepped forward to smooth things over, "It was all a misunderstanding! Please leave, young lady!"
Song He'er snorted coldly, turned to Zhang Xiu'e and said, "Third Aunt, we can go now."
Zhang Xiu'e was still in a daze, but she didn't say anything. She picked up the cart and left with Song He'er.
As they entered an alley, Song He'er used her mind to place some of the fabric in the space into a hidden corner, which she was now leading Zhang Xiu'e to find.
Zhang Xiu'e couldn't hold back any longer and had to ask, "He'er, what was that thing you just took out? It wasn't your father's waist token, was it?"
Song He'er smiled and said, "Yes!"
"Huh? You actually brought this out!"
"Third Aunt, it's alright. Our General's family name isn't written on it, so they won't notice!"
Zhang Xiu'e breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I really didn't realize you were such a good looter. How come such a large item wasn't discovered by the soldiers?"
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