Chapter 329 The moon rises and sets, the sun sets and rises again.
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"Silence!"
The out-of-towner was startled by the man's harsh rebuke. "I just asked a question, and I get yelled at for that?"
The outsider, who was thinking this, didn't dare to say much. Suddenly, he saw the man reach out and grab his sleeve, pulling him three or four steps away. Then, the man leaned close to his ear and whispered, "That's the procession of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion when he marries off his daughter to the Turks!"
What is this matter for us to discuss?
We are both commoners; shouldn't we make way for the Prince of Zhenbei?
Upon hearing this, the outsider's eyes widened in surprise, realizing that he had misunderstood the person.
"Thank you, brother. I..."
"Don't say anything more, let's talk after we get into the city!"
The carriage carrying Yan Jiuniang was mixed in with the procession leaving the city. Yan Jiuniang was not sitting alone in the carriage, and the person sitting with her was not her sixth sister who was getting married at the same time.
Instead, she was a dowry maid arranged by the Prince of Zhenbei, a woman in her forties.
Yan Jiuniang was dressed in a peach-pink casual outfit. She lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. She saw the common people waiting to enter the city by the roadside in the opposite direction from her group.
"Fifth Sister, it would be better to lower the carriage curtain."
"Since you're getting married, it's not appropriate for you to show yourself in public like this..."
Yan Jiuniang felt the noise around her and ignored the words of the dowry maid. She kept her hand on the carriage window and looked out.
Even though she didn't want to listen to what the dowry maid said, each word still reached her ears, making her extremely irritated.
By the time Yan Jiuniang's carriage had completely left the prefectural city with the procession and headed towards Sanshan County, the out-of-towners who had been queuing at the city gate had already sat down in the Qu family tavern inside the city with the brother who had spoken up to him.
"Before we were outside the city, thanks to my brother, I didn't get into trouble because of my loose tongue!"
This cup is for my elder brother!
"Hey, I only offered a word of advice because you look kind. It's nothing."
I should be thanking you; this Apricot Blossom Spring is Old Qu's signature dish!
Haha, it's been ages since I've had a sip of this!
This man drank almost half a pot of Xinghua Chun tea, and through him, the outsider learned what was going on with the procession at the city gate that morning.
After finishing the entire pot of Xinghua Chun wine, the man collapsed drunk on the table.
After the out-of-towner settled the bill, he also put an ounce of silver in the man's pocket and greeted the owner of the Qu family. Knowing that the owner was an acquaintance of the man and would send his family to pick him up, the out-of-towner left a dozen or so copper coins before bowing to the owner and leaving the Qu family tavern.
The man walked briskly through a maze of turns into an inn, asked for a room, and checked in.
After entering the house, Li Qingyun sat down at the table and poured himself a glass of water. He had asked the man at the Qu family tavern quite a bit to get information from him, but he couldn't drink alcohol to quench his thirst, so he poured himself some water as soon as he got back.
Yes, this outsider is Li Qingyun!
She is Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng's master, and Yan Jiuniang's grandmaster!
After Li Shiyue told Yan Jiuniang to take people and run away, Yan Jiuniang actually discussed with Yan Xuefei and the others how to run, how to run, and how to arrange things.
But by the time they had planned how to escape and where to escape to, Yan's uncle had already been arrested.
However, Yan Xuefei and the others came up with another risky plan—to have Yan Jiuniang pretend to accept her fate and compromise for the sake of her uncle's family of five, and agree to marry into the Turkic tribe in accordance with the wishes of the Prince of Zhenbei.
But this is just a blatant lie to deceive people;
In fact, on the way to the Turks, Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng will snatch Yan Jiuniang back at the right time!
After all, who would want to marry a man who is about the same age as their father?
Even if this person is the Turkic Khan!
As for the Yan family, including the uncle's family, who were imprisoned in the dungeon of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion, they would have to rely on Li Qingyun to rescue them!
Therefore, Li Qingyun, who had not descended the mountain for many years, not only came down the mountain for his disciples and grand-disciples, but also disguised himself as a merchant and came to the prefectural city.
As evening fell, the wedding procession rested at a post station on the official road.
Yan Jiuniang, who was under strict surveillance, slept in the same room as the dowry maid. One slept in the bedroom, and the other slept on a low couch in the outer hall.
Just past midnight, Yan Jiuniang, who had been pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them in the darkness. She tiptoed off the ground, and after a faint, almost inaudible sound of a window opening, Li Shiyue, who had been sitting on the roof of the post station for more than an hour, suddenly appeared in front of Yan Jiuniang, lying on his back.
The sudden appearance of Li Shiyue startled Yan Jiuniang. Yan Jiuniang covered her mouth, not daring to utter a sound, but her eyes were filled with surprise.
By the moonlight streaming through the window, Yan Jiuniang saw Li Shiyue hand her a note.
They took the note, their eyes met, and everything was understood without a word.
Before the two could exchange a single word, Yan Jiuniang placed the small note into the inner pocket of her undergarment, which had been sewn in advance.
She closed the window, stood by it, and heard faint footsteps above her head. She knew that Li Shiyue had left.
Only then did she turn around.
As a result, she turned around and let out a loud "Ah!"
Who would have thought of that?
As soon as she turned around, she saw the face of the dowry maidservant illuminated by the firelight of the tinderbox!
This scene is comparable to a ghostly old woman revealing her true colors at night, sending chills down your spine and raising goosebumps all over your head.
"Fifth Sister, what are you doing in the middle of the night?"
"......"
Swallowing hard, Yan Jiuniang raised her hand to her chest. After catching her breath, she slowly said, "It was you, Granny!"
I was just urinating!
Since there were no lights on, I was trying to figure out which way to go back.
And then, this is what I saw of the nanny!
"It's only because I'm brave; if my sixth sister were here, she'd probably faint from fright."
"If Fifth Sister wants to get up, just call me. I'm on that couch outside."
As Yan Jiuniang spoke, she walked towards her own bed, "I'm not seventy or eighty years old and my eyesight is failing. I'm in the prime of my youth. Why would I need you, Granny, to pee at night?"
Meanwhile, Li Shiyue quietly descended from the roof of the post station. She unleashed her full inner strength and soon arrived at a small grove of trees about thirty feet away from the post station.
Li Shiyue meowed twice under a tree, and two people jumped down from the tree. These two people were Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng.
"How about October?"
“I saw Jiu Niang, and I gave her the note.”
She's smart; she should be able to find an opportunity to see it tomorrow. Then we can proceed according to plan.
The moon rises and sets, the sun sets and rises again.
The three of them slept for two hours in a tree in the wild, and before dawn they mounted their horses and headed towards Sanshan County.
Their plan was to dig a few holes along this stretch of road to slow down the wedding procession and find an opportunity to speak with Yan Jiuniang!
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