An old man selling sesame cakes by the roadside looked up at the sky and saw a dozen or so sesame cakes left in his basket. He sighed sadly, "I can't sell them all."
Mu Run was driving his carriage by when he overheard this, so he called out to the old man selling sesame cakes, "Grandpa, how many sesame cakes do you have left? I'll take them all."
"You want them all, young lady?"
"Yes, give them all to me."
"Oh, thank you, miss. There are sixteen sesame cakes in total, two coins each, that's thirty-two coins in total. You can just give me thirty coins."
Mu Run lifted the carriage curtain, and before even looking inside, asked, "Old Liu, do you have any copper coins?"
Fu Yunchen was the only person in the carriage.
"...Where's Lao Liu?"
He got out of the car to do some work.
"Why did you leave without even saying goodbye?"
Fu Yunchen took out a plain purse from his sleeve and tossed it to her, saying, "Take this."
"What?" Mu Run took it; it was heavy. When she opened it, she found it contained beautifully crafted gold leaves.
“That works too.” Mu Run took out a gold leaf.
Gold was scarce in the Northern Jin Dynasty. Even if this gold leaf were sold by weight, it would be equivalent to ten taels of silver. With its exquisite patterns, it could be used as an ornament, making it even more valuable.
Mu Run offered the old man gold leaves, but he waved his hand repeatedly, saying, "This is too much. I don't have that much money to repay the girl."
"No need, you can keep it." Mu Run tossed the gold leaf into the old man's earthenware jar that held copper coins. Then her gaze shifted and she noticed some pickled vegetables and a basket of fresh eggs.
Seeing her looking at these things, the old man quickly handed the eggs and pickled vegetables, basket and basin included, to Mu Run, saying, "Take them all if you need them, young lady."
"good."
Mu Run packed everything up and loaded it onto the carriage.
Fu Yunchen looked at the things Mu Run had bought and asked, "Can you finish all of this?"
"Isn't there you? Are you a god who can live on air alone?"
"How do you know that immortals don't eat and live on air?"
"That's just arguing for the sake of arguing."
Mu Run waved goodbye to the old man and drove the carriage further out of the city.
Fu Yunchen got out of the carriage and sat next to her, looking at her wearing a raincoat and a straw hat. "It hasn't even rained yet, and you're already wearing this. Isn't it heavy?"
"In case..." 'Plop~' A raindrop the size of a bean hit Mu Run's hand.
Mu Run smiled smugly and said, "Look, it's raining."
Fu Yunchen looked at her smug eyes and smiled as well.
Seeing that he was unprotected, Mu Run took off her straw hat and put it on his head. Then she turned around and picked up the veil that Liu Lao Er had prepared for her from the corner of the carriage door. She tore off the white veil, leaving only the hat, which was the same as a straw hat, but with a larger brim for better rain protection.
Fu Yunchen asked, "What kind of man do you like?"
Mu Run was surprised that he would ask this, but one thing was certain, "Anyway, it's not like you."
"Hehe." Fu Yunchen chuckled softly.
Mu Run suddenly felt an unusually cold air pressure around him... Looking up at the sky, the dark clouds seemed to have sunk even lower.
"It looks like it's going to rain heavily, should we take shelter first?"
"We're about to leave the city. We'll see how things go once we're out of the city."
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave the city?"
"A long night can lead to many unforeseen events."
At the same time, the Prime Minister's wife returned from the palace and learned that Mu Run had secretly run away from the Prime Minister's residence. She immediately went to find the Prime Minister.
Not long after, the prime minister rode away from the mansion and went to the palace to meet Emperor Xiaozhi.
The capital city was sealed off, a curfew was imposed, and people were checked.
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