Jiang Bai pressed down on Song Shi, who turned her head away in reluctance.
The man in black beside him held a bamboo flute and played it silently.
Soon, Song's struggling movements stopped, her expression relaxed, and her eyes slowly closed.
Jiang Bai breathed a sigh of relief and placed the person on the bed.
"Once the lady wakes up, we'll know whether it will work or not."
Sweating profusely, Xuan Yi put away his bamboo flute. This was the first time he had ever used another Gu worm to suppress the Chaotic Soul Gu.
He couldn't say for sure whether it would work or not.
Now everything can only be determined after Mrs. Song wakes up.
After all that, Song was covered in sweat and looked exhausted.
Jiang Bai brought some water over to wash her.
“My lord, I have been out for some time now. If I don’t go back soon, I’m afraid it will arouse suspicion.”
Xuan Yi glanced at the sky, a look of worry appearing on his face.
"You go back first."
Xuan Yi nodded and left the house.
The waiting time was extremely long.
The night passed in the blink of an eye.
Song Shi on the bed slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was the pitch-black roof beams.
Her eyes slowly focused, all her memories gradually returned, her pupils widened, and then suddenly contracted.
"Mother, you're awake?"
Jiang Bai pushed the door open and came in, only to find her eyes wide open, and his heart, which had been pounding, relaxed.
Song slowly turned her head and stared at Jiang Bai for a while, her eyes filled with some hesitation.
"You are...Da Ya?"
Her eyes held a hint of uncertainty, as well as a trace of wariness and suspicion.
After all, she had been imprisoned for so long, and when she woke up, she saw her daughter. Rather than believing it was real, it was more like another conspiracy by those people.
“It’s me, Mother.”
Jiang Bai sat down on the stool next to her and nodded reassuringly.
Where am I?
Song turned her head away, unsure whether she had received the letter or not.
"Mother, please eat something first. Once you feel better, we'll go out of the city."
Song didn't say much. She got up, ate her porridge, and then let Jiang Bai and the others dress her up in a different way.
Looking at her unfamiliar face in the mirror, Song touched her face, her expression blank.
It wasn't until Jiang Bai and the others brought her to the city gate that she suddenly came to her senses.
This time it might be for real, and the girl in front of me might be real too.
Her thoughts were complicated, and she wore a flattering smile as she recited the lines Jiang Bai had given her.
"Sir, my daughter is getting on in years and is in a hurry to leave the city to find a good family for her maternal grandparents. Please make an exception and let us go!"
She dressed as a forty-year-old and skillfully slipped a silver ingot into the officer's hand.
"Come over there, let them check it out. If there are no problems, you can go."
The official softened his tone and pointed to a place covered by a curtain.
Madam Song nodded repeatedly and walked over with Jiang Bai, who was dressed in a charming manner.
"Roll up your right sleeve."
There were quite a few people lined up here, and an old woman was sitting in front of them. As soon as Song arrived, she heard the old woman's voice.
The people at the front of the line consciously rolled up their sleeves, revealing their wrists.
The old woman carefully examined her, even touching her to make sure there was nothing wrong, before handing her a pass and letting her leave.
"Mother, do you think Grandpa might not like me?"
Just as Song instinctively reached out to press her right hand, Jiang Bai grabbed her hand beforehand, his brows furrowing slightly as he acted coquettishly.
Song then came to her senses. Her scars had been covered up by Jiang Bai and the others, so no one would notice anything unusual, whether they looked at them or touched them.
"Silly girl, your maternal grandfather loves you the most. If he hears you say that, he'll definitely be angry with you."
Song smiled and poked her forehead; the two of them had already come close.
Following the old woman's instructions, he rolled up his sleeves and saw that Song's wrist was fair and white.
"How did you get this on your hand?"
The old woman had checked Song's wrist and was about to hand the token to them to let them pass when she suddenly grabbed Song's wrist, her gloomy old eyes fixed on Song's fingers.
Compared to the scars, the broken and healed bones in her hands were much harder to hide.
Even though he had disguised himself, the old woman still discovered him.
"Auntie, please be gentle, you're hurting my mother."
Jiang Bai was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, grabbed the old woman's hand, and twisted it to free Song's wrist.
Before the old woman could react, he grabbed Song Shi and rushed toward the city gate.
"Close the city gates immediately."
The mother and daughter were already being watched, and their unusual behavior was quickly noticed.
Archers on the city wall drew their bows and aimed at the mother and daughter.
Jiang Bai's expression was serious.
"Mother, hold on tight."
Jiang Bai said something to Song Shi on his back, pulled out a rope he had prepared beforehand, carried Song Shi on his back, and then snatched a long gun from a soldier and fired it outside.
"Quickly, close the city gates!"
The soldiers roared, the people cried out in alarm, and chaos reigned at the city gate.
The Black-Clad Guards, who were hiding their identities in the city, also joined the chaotic crowds, creating chaos everywhere.
The city gate was quickly closed, leaving only a crack.
At this moment, Jiang Bai had already reached the city gate.
Seeing that the city gate in front of her was too large for two people to pass through, she kicked it.
"boom."
A loud bang echoed from the city gate, and she kicked the heavy gate open with one foot. She carried Song Shi on her back and disappeared through the city gate.
The officers and soldiers stood frozen in shock.
Is that even human?
The city gates of the capital were kicked open with a single kick.
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