Chapter 220 is not good.
Both men had their heads down, were dressed in guard uniforms, and moved quickly through the night.
Wen Weizhu felt that she was particularly lucky today. Although she encountered several patrol teams along the way, she and Lan Ying simply hid in the corner of the tent and stood quietly, thus getting away with it without anyone questioning them.
In fact, the clothes Lan Ying was wearing were far too small for his size. He was tall and the clothes were too small, and part of his calves were showing through the clothes of the Blue Feather Kingdom underneath.
Fortunately, it was too dark at the time, and she deliberately avoided the location of the campfire in the military camp, so she was not discovered.
Things were going too smoothly, so smoothly that Lan Ying felt something was off. He could have predicted that Wen Weizhu would come to rescue him, but he didn't think Wen Weizhu could handle such a big matter so perfectly.
The two were now quite close to the exit when a sharp shout suddenly came from behind them: "Who goes there?"
It turned out to be a sentry standing guard nearby.
The sudden crisis dispelled Lan Ying's doubts. He gripped his long sword tightly, ready to kill the sentry to silence him as soon as he got close.
Wen Weizhu lowered her voice and gave the explanation she had already prepared.
"My brother and I got food poisoning and wanted to go over there to relax."
The sentry glanced at them indifferently before looking away.
"Don't go too far, come back as soon as possible."
"yes."
Wen Weizhu and Lan Ying clutched their stomachs and quickly moved towards the exit.
This was a route that Wen Weizhu had scouted out, and it was indeed the route with the fewest sentries and patrols. When the two walked out of the camp, they saw a fine horse tied up not far away, and they were certain that they had really escaped.
Wen Weizhu stood beside the horse and bowed her head.
"I can only take you this far. Take care on your journey."
Lan Ying held her hand tightly, refusing to let go: "Aren't you coming with me?"
"Let's go together?" Wen Weizhu frowned; she really didn't have that idea.
She was waiting for Lan Ying to arrive with his troops so she could make a deal with Wen Zhiming. Then she would marry him in a grand ceremony.
"Weren't you going to come again? If I leave now, what will others think of me?"
If betrothed, she becomes a wife; if eloped, she becomes a concubine.
Although she is willful and impulsive, she still understands these basic rules.
Lan Ying said anxiously.
“Those two guards you drugged know you released me. Going back now is like walking into a trap. Your brother’s generals won’t let you go. I’m afraid you’ll be killed by them before I even bring my troops here.”
He certainly didn't care about Wen Weizhu's safety.
How could he possibly fall in love with the enemy general's sister in just a few days?
Not to mention his identity, stance, and emotions, which all prevent it, his physical condition alone makes it impossible.
Meng Lingge was right; Lan Ying was intersex.
To avoid being seen as a monster, he was forced to be a man from a young age, as his family had chosen. However, he was different from ordinary men; he possessed both male and female characteristics.
To look like a normal man, he put on a fake beard, developed a strong physique, and learned martial arts.
On the surface, he certainly seemed like a real man, but once he took off his clothes, his secrets were exposed.
So when the prostitute took off his pants, he slit her throat before she could scream; so when a colleague made a joke at the brothel, he jumped off the fourth floor to escape.
But these methods cannot completely solve the problem.
His marriage can no longer be delayed.
Lan Ying wants to take Wen Weizhu away for two reasons. First, the journey back to Lanyu Kingdom is still long and fraught with danger. Having Wen Weizhu in hand would provide a good hostage.
Secondly, if he could successfully bring Wen Weizhu back, he did indeed want to marry this woman.
If he marries a woman from his own country, and his secret is discovered and spread, his reputation will be ruined.
But after marrying Wen Weizhu, she, a weak woman in a foreign land, had no choice but to depend on him if she wanted to live a good life. Even if she discovered something was wrong, she dared not speak out.
Even if she made it public, others might not believe her.
Then we'll go elsewhere and bring back a child, raising it as our own.
Then he would be a normal man with a family.
Wen Weizhu was unaware of his wicked intentions. When she heard that Lan Ying was worried about her, she felt a little happy, but still shook her head.
"With my older brother here, they won't kill me. You should leave quickly; they should realize you've escaped soon and will catch up with you immediately."
Even if Wen Zhiming dislikes her, he certainly won't kill her out of consideration for their blood ties.
She was very confident in this, which is why she dared to let Lan Ying escape on her own.
"No! I'm worried about you! If we have to leave, we'll leave together; if we have to stay, we'll stay together!"
Lan Ying grabbed Wen Weizhu's arm, ignoring her resistance, and forcefully flung her onto the horse's back, holding her in his arms.
Wen Weizhu was anxious to jump off her horse, but Lan Ying had already spurred his horse into a gallop. He held Wen Weizhu with one hand while whipping her with the other, and it was all done effortlessly.
"Put me down! Stop right now! I don't want to go. We in the Golden Moon Kingdom value rules. You haven't given me the betrothal gifts yet. I can't just go with you like this..."
Wen Weizhu spoke until her throat was dry and she had exhausted all her strength, but Lan Ying ignored her and just kept running.
After running several miles, Wen Weizhu knew there was no way to salvage the situation and could only try to accept reality.
Remembering what Lan Ying said when she took her away, "If we're going to leave, we'll leave together; if we're going to stay, we'll stay together," a sweet feeling slowly welled up in her chest.
It's alright, the betrothal gifts can be made up later.
After her elder brother and Lan Ying cooperated, she became the general's wife, and no one dared to gossip about her anymore.
Wen Weizhu gave up struggling, sat obediently, and nestled in Lan Ying's arms, looking very close.
The two guard uniforms they were wearing were ill-fitting and made movement difficult. They had already been taken off and discarded by the roadside.
Under the cover of night, a squad of soldiers lay in ambush beneath the roadside bushes. After making out the two men on horseback through the faint moonlight, their expressions instantly turned serious. Once the two men were gone, they emerged from the bushes, crossed the mountain range, and quickly headed in another direction.
The group of soldiers marched quickly and soon stopped in front of a dilapidated temple. The lead soldier rushed in and shouted, "Deputy General Lin, something terrible has happened!"
Candles were immediately lit in the dilapidated temple, and a soldier with a gloomy face came forward to greet them.
What's the matter?
This man's name is Lin You, and he is a deputy general under General Leng of the Golden Moon Kingdom.
A few days earlier, upon hearing that Lan Ying, a general of the Lanyu Kingdom, had entered the Northern Frontier King's camp, General Leng was uneasy, fearing that the two armies might form an alliance. He specially ordered his most capable deputy general, Lin, to lead more than a hundred elite soldiers to guard the road between the two armies and keep an eye on their movements.
In order not to alert the enemy, the more than 100 people on duty would only send five people to hide in the only way to pass each time, while the rest would hide in this dilapidated temple.
They kept watch for six days, but there was no movement each day.
They were already considering whether to retreat when they unexpectedly made a new discovery.
The soldier said, "I saw Lan Ying. He was unharmed and is already on his way back to Lanyu Kingdom."
"What?" Lin You exclaimed in surprise, "The King of Northern Frontier actually released him? Was he alone?"
The soldier said anxiously.
"He was also holding a girl in his arms. The girl seemed to be Wen Weizhu, the sister of the King of the Northern Frontier. Lan Ying and she were very intimate, like husband and wife."
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