Chapter 228 Arrival at the Moon Kingdom Capital
Finally, Du Shiniang decided to temporarily close the inn and entrusted the two children to the care of a neighbor grandmother whom she knew and trusted, and she herself acted as a guide to take them to the capital of the Yue Kingdom.
Otherwise, she would not feel at ease inviting anyone familiar with Yueguo.
As it turned out, it was fortunate that we had Du Shiniang as our guide, otherwise the journey would have been really unsafe.
In addition to the Moon Kingdom, there are many various tribes with a primitive atmosphere, and also because the terrain here is too complicated.
The endless grassland and desert are adjacent to each other. If you accidentally enter the Gobi Desert, you may get lost in the vast sand and wind, unable to find water, without sleep or food, and eventually die.
And because the people here can only survive by being very united among their own people, they are very wary of outsiders.
In addition, they have their own set of rules and customs. If outsiders meet them and violate some rules due to language barriers and different customs, they may die faster.
So even though supplies are very scarce in many places in the Moon Kingdom, they have herds of cattle and sheep that can be traded for money, and they can make a fortune by coming here. However, if they do not have a reliable and familiar local guide and extraordinary skills, not everyone can make this money.
Fortunately, Du Shiniang led the way this time. It took eight days in total, and they rode at full speed all the way, and finally arrived at the capital smoothly.
After arriving in the capital, Du Shiniang could no longer accompany him.
One reason was that there were relatives in the capital of Yue Kingdom who were like her enemies and who had almost sold her out, and she really didn't want to meet them.
In Yue Kingdom, women's status is even lower, as if they were belonging to the family. If Du Shiniang, who changed her name, was discovered by her family members, she might be captured and married off.
It was because she was almost forced to marry her mother's second stepfather from the Yue Kingdom when she was thirteen years old that her mother risked her life to send her to Dayong, to be back with her father.
Later, because of this, her mother was beaten to death by her second husband after returning to Yue Kingdom.
Therefore, Du Shiniang always had a fear and deep disgust towards the capital city. If she was discovered for too long, she would definitely be in trouble.
The second reason was that she couldn't leave for too long as she was worried about her two sons who were left at her neighbors' house.
It was not convenient for Wen Ling and Gu Chenran to tell Du Shiniang what they were going to do next.
Everyone said goodbye to each other the day after arriving in the capital.
Gu Chenran gave Du Shiniang a silver note of one hundred taels as a thank you. With this money, as long as she didn't squander it, it would be enough for Du Shiniang to raise her two sons into successful people and live a stable and happy life for half her life.
Of course Du Shiniang refused at first. She said that this was the reward for Wen Ling's guidance which allowed her to discover the truth about Wang Bin. How could she go back on her word at the last minute when something had been agreed upon? What kind of person would she be if she did that?
In the end, it was Wen Ling who made the final decision and let her take it, saying that her two sons would become great talents if they were trained well. It would take a lot of money to train two children, and even if she didn't think about herself, she would think about the two children.
Du Shiniang was not the kind of person who would hesitate, so she readily accepted the silver.
"I hope you can successfully find the medicine to cure the disease, and Madam can recover her health soon. When you return to Dayong, come to my inn to drink and eat meat!" Du Shiniang said cheerfully.
Wen Ling and Gu Chenran smiled at each other: "Sure."
After saying goodbye to Du Shiniang, they found their contact person in Yue Kingdom.
This is also a spy planted by Dayong in Yue Kingdom. If Yue Kingdom can plant spies in Dayong, then Dayong can certainly do the same.
However, this contact person has a special identity and must stay in this position and cannot leave at will, so he cannot leave Yue Country to pick up the person.
This contact person is the deputy garrison commander of the city gates of the Yue Kingdom’s capital, and is responsible for managing the military defense arrangements at all the city gates in the capital.
Therefore, he was familiar with the terrain of the Moon Kingdom's capital.
His name in the Moon Country is Alado. He has a square face and a very burly figure.
Compared to his rough appearance, his character is quite shrewd.
Alado met Wen Ling and Gu Chenran outside the city, and gave them new identities prepared in advance. Lu Jian also had a new identity, that is, a servant of Wen Ling and Gu Chenran.
Wen Ling and Gu Chenran are small traders from a faraway tribe who come to the capital to do business. This identity is very flexible and easy to adapt, and will not arouse suspicion.
To Wen Ling's surprise, Gu Chenran not only could understand the language of Yue Country, but could also speak it fluently, and would not arouse suspicion when walking outside.
Wen Ling couldn't speak and couldn't understand, and in a very xenophobic place like Yue Kingdom, especially the capital, she couldn't show it, otherwise their identities would easily attract attention and suspicion.
So Wen Ling could only pretend to be deaf-mute and could only rely on her husband to live, and could not leave her husband even for a moment.
Wen Ling, who had to pretend to be deaf and dumb: "..."
She asked Gu Chenran sincerely: "Why do you speak Yueguo?"
Gu Chenran smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that my mother was once the goddess of the Moon Country, and I grew up with her until I was four years old. It's not surprising that I learned the Moon Country language, right?"
Wen Ling was surprised: "You can master a language fluently at the age of four, and you still remember it now? That's amazing."
Gu Chenran just smiled and leaned close to Wen Ling's ear and said, "I'm amazing in so many ways, otherwise how could I be worthy of someone as amazing as you?"
Wen Ling was a little disgusted: "Is it my illusion? Why do I feel that you are becoming more and more slick?"
Gu Chenran: "No, I am expressing my true feelings more and more."
The expression on Wen Ling's face became even more disgusted, but Gu Chenran smiled even more happily.
He now felt that he was sick. If Wen Ling didn't dislike him for a day, he would feel uncomfortable all over. Only after Wen Ling said a few words like this did he feel better.
Green Sword didn't even bother to watch.
Oh yes, also in order to avoid arousing suspicion, Green Sword is now also a mute.
The capital of the Moon Kingdom is heavily guarded. They have a curfew, and the curfew time is very early, basically at 7 o'clock in the evening. As soon as it starts to get dark, the street vendors will close their stalls. In such a big capital, the streets are deserted. Except for the patrollers, there is no one.
After Gu Chenran gave a lot of tips to a nice high-end inn in the capital because of his "money ability", the innkeeper, seeing that he was from another place, was kind enough to explain the rules of the capital to him in detail.
For example, in the morning, everyone in the capital, regardless of whether they are nobles or common people, must go to the large square in the center of the capital to perform a blessing ceremony.
Moreover, the people here are clearly divided into different classes. People without surnames stand in different positions in the square.
You must not stand in the wrong position, and you must not fail to go to the center of the square to pray.
Otherwise, if discovered, the worst punishment would be exile from the capital, or flogging in the middle of the square.
Anyway, the regulations in the capital of Moon Kingdom are very strict. If you don't comply with them, the consequences will be very serious.
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