Chapter 336 The Escaped Princess
When Ning An left Chang'an, he anticipated a period of wandering.
After all, as a princess who escaped from marriage, she had to hide her whereabouts and avoid the limelight, and had to hide outside for some time.
But when this period of wandering really came, Ning An found that it was much more terrifying than he had imagined.
Ning An originally heard that the plan was that after the marriage team went north and entered the Guannei Road, a group of "thieves" would break into the team and disrupt order.
She wanted to take advantage of this chaotic moment, wear the clothes of a maid and meet the other party, pretending to be a maid who was kidnapped by thieves.
When the marriage team really entered the Guannei Road, before they saw the thieves appear, the Tiele Khan who had changed his mind came over first and robbed the treasures and slaves transported by the team.
Ning An saw that the marriage team was in chaos, and she was afraid that she would die if she stayed.
So Ning An put on the maid's clothes that had been prepared in advance, picked up the silver spear hidden under the carriage, and ran out in a hurry.
The number of Hu soldiers and horses far exceeded the two thousand elite soldiers in the marriage team.
Ning An was protected by several confidants planted by the Qin family and tried to escape, but he was outnumbered and almost failed to escape.
Ning An was injured by the Hu people during the fight, and his left cheek and right forearm were cut by the sharp blade.
The situation was urgent and there was no time for hesitation. Ning An mounted a horse and broke through the encirclement.
The cut on her face was bleeding profusely, and half of her face was blood red.
In the end, only she and two injured Qin family confidants escaped.
The war had left the Guannei Road in chaos, and they were hunted down by the barbarians several times, forcing them to hide for a long time.
Later, the three people who were already injured were separated by the rebellion of bandits, leaving Ning An alone outside.
On the way, she heard the news that an evil monk was causing chaos in Chang'an City and the emperor, empress dowager and prince were all killed in the fire.
She heard that the Hu army was at the gates of the city, and the people in Chang'an had already fled, even those in the palace were running out.
When Ning An heard the news of Murong Yu's death, even though she hated her father because of the marriage, she couldn't help but tear up and cried for several days.
But later she heard that people in the Chang'an Palace were also fleeing, and she felt a little comforted, at least her mother was able to escape.
Ning An had already fled to Danzhou at this time. She wanted to go south from Danzhou, bypass the Hu army, and enter Gyeonggi Province from the south.
After leaving Danzhou, Ning An headed south alone and fled to a small town.
There is no sign of the Hu people here yet.
When Ning An was exhausted, he found a dilapidated inn in the small town.
The shop owner is a middle-aged couple with smiling faces.
She had no small change on her, so she could only take out a silver note of 100 taels and give it to the store owner, asking him to prepare a room for her, hot water, meals, and find a doctor.
This was her first time wandering outside the palace alone. She had only left the palace a limited number of times before, and the farthest she had been was the royal hunting grounds outside Beijing.
Ning An's understanding of the people is somewhat vague.
Even when they were escaping with their two confidants, they never mentioned to Ning An how much the bowl of noodles they had eaten today cost.
She knew that she had to pay for things she bought outside, but she didn't know how much a bowl of porridge, a bun, or a piece of cake cost.
She knew that ordinary people would not easily use a hundred-liang silver note, but she didn't know where to exchange the silver note for small change of equivalent value.
She had no idea how much greed would be aroused by a silver note she casually gave out at this time.
The shopkeeper took the money quickly and said yes repeatedly.
Ning An ate his meal and then clumsily took a bath.
Her wounds had not healed due to the bumpy journey and lack of time to rest, and they kept breaking open again.
The doctor came and applied some medicine to her wound.
After that, Ning An fell asleep and slept soundly until noon.
When she got up the next day, she felt much better and the wounds on her face and arms stopped bleeding. But when she looked in the mirror, the wounds were horrible and the slightest movement made her grimace in pain.
Ning An asked the shop owner to bring her breakfast. At this time, the shop owner spread her hands and said:
"Miss, please pay today's room fee first."
Ning An was puzzled: "Didn't I give you a banknote yesterday? Let alone two days, even if you stay for a month, you will still make a profit."
In this small inn in a remote village, you wouldn't spend a hundred taels of silver even if you stayed there for a year, let alone a month.
The proprietress put her hands on her hips and sneered, "What nonsense is this girl talking about? She only gave me a few cents yesterday. Even the doctor's bill and the medicine were paid by my wife and me."
Ning An slammed the table and angrily shouted, "You are lying with your eyes open! I gave it to you last night when I dismounted at the door of the inn and you came out to help me get my horse."
The proprietress sneered again, "You're so young, yet you're such a liar. Where did you get the horse last night? You walked."
"My horse is right here—" Ning An pointed to the yard outside the window.
Her voice stopped abruptly.
The empty backyard was overgrown with weeds, and there was no sign of a horse in the moldy stable.
Ning An suddenly realized something.
She hurried back to the bed to look for her spear, but found that it was also missing.
Ning An turned around and saw a flash of sarcasm and pride in the proprietress's eyes.
"Give me back my things!" Ning An was so angry that the wound on his face was torn and hurt.
Lady Boss: “We didn’t…”
Bang!
Ning An picked up the broom in the room and swept it towards the proprietress:
"Scam! They're planning to target me... me!"
The proprietress retreated repeatedly, but there was no fear on her face:
"Oh, he really knows some kung fu."
"Boss—someone smashed the store!"
When the lady boss shouted, the boss rushed in with a dagger:
"Who dares to smash our store?"
"I think you're not a serious girl. You're wandering around alone at night. You might be a thief who stole something from your master and ran away!"
The shop owner couple also had some martial arts skills, and they joined forces to fight Ning An.
After a few moves, Ning An kicked the boss out of the door with a roundhouse kick, and he rolled down the stairs.
The boss got up in a panic and shouted outside:
"Third and fourth brother, come out quickly! Someone's eating and drinking for free and even destroying the store!"
After the boss finished shouting, two men with daggers came in from outside and rushed towards Ning An.
The place where Ning An was injured yesterday started bleeding again, and her right hand was numb, so she had no choice but to run outside.
"Catch her!"
"From her accent, I knew she was from out of town. She was so young, and she got all those things from nowhere. She was also injured."
"Maybe she escaped from Mr. Zhang's house. Catch her and bring her back!"
Ning An ran all the way, and someone was chasing him all the way.
When she ran to the woods to hide at night, she finally got rid of those people.
But she also fell asleep exhausted.
I don’t know how long I slept, but it was already dawn.
The shadows of the leaves swayed on her face.
Ning An rubbed his eyes and looked at the surrounding scene.
She had been running in such a hurry that she didn't even look at where she was going.
Now take a closer look during the day——
Well, I still don’t know where I am.
There was no one around, but fortunately there were some wild fruit trees in the woods with fruits hanging on them, so Ning An picked some to satisfy his hunger.
She ate the fruit while groping her way to the forest.
But the forest was too big and she couldn't get out after walking for three days.
Just when Ning An thought she would have to live as a savage in the woods for the rest of her life, she came out.
Walking out of the forest, she saw a large lake, much larger than the Qianlong Lake in the imperial palace, which appeared colorful in the sunlight.
Ning An smiled relaxedly, then his body softened and he rolled down the hillside...
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