Chapter 743: Friendship in Women's Clothing
After Daohua and the other two ran into the mountain, the young and middle-aged villagers also followed them into the mountain. As it was getting dark, they did not dare to go deep. After searching for a while, they retreated one after another when they did not find anyone.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, when Daohua no longer heard any sound, he slowly climbed down from the tree.
As soon as she landed, the master and servant who were captured with her emerged from the ravine next to them.
"Young Master, you were hiding in the tree!"
Huai En looked up at the giant tree that was more than ten meters tall, and gave Daohua a thumbs up with admiration.
Prince Ping was also looking at Daohua and thought to himself, this boy looks thin and small, but I never thought he is so agile.
Daohua glanced at the somewhat embarrassed master and servant, ignored them, turned around and walked out of the mountain.
Prince Ping and Huai En hurried to follow.
Huai En smiled and said to Dao Hua, "Young Master, thank you so much just now. If you hadn't rescued me, my master and I would have been caught by those cunning people again."
Prince Ping snorted at the right moment: "Boy, you saved me, so I can help you fulfill a wish."
Daohua didn't want to pay attention to the two of them, but since they were following her, she couldn't help but frown.
It's about to get dark, and these two people are following her. What if she wants to enter the space?
Daohua stopped, turned around and looked at the two of them, frowning and asking, "Why are you following me?"
Huai En looked at his master, then smiled ingratiatingly: "Young Master, my master and I are not very familiar with the roads in the mountains."
Daohua said unhappily, "I'm not familiar with this either. Don't follow me."
Prince Ping saw Daohua looking at them as if they were a burden and said unhappily, "Boy, more people means more strength. Don't underestimate others."
Daohua looked up at him and said, "Then tell me, what can you do?"
Prince Ping choked, then raised his chin and said, "I've been away for so long, my men will definitely come looking for me. By then, those villagers outside won't be anything to fear."
Daohua made a "tsk" sound, not wanting to waste time talking to them, and continued walking out.
Huai En quickly helped his master to catch up, and smiled flatteringly, "Young Master, it's almost dark, and it's pitch black everywhere. You must be scared to be alone, right? With me and my master by your side, we can keep each other company."
Daohua did not respond, but just lowered her head and looked forward. When she was about to leave the mountain, she suddenly stopped, put her index finger to her mouth, and made a gesture to keep quiet.
Huai En immediately stopped chattering and looked outside following Daohua's gaze, and found that the villagers who had chased them before were blocking the exit.
"They won't stop until they catch us!" Huai En was furious, and then he looked at Daohua, "Young Master, what should we do now?"
Daohua rolled her eyes at him, looked around in the dim light, then walked to the left, preparing to take a detour out of the mountain.
Prince Ping and his servant, who couldn't even tell the direction, naturally hurried to catch up.
Originally, the place where the rice flowers chose to come out of the mountain was dozens of meters away from the group of villagers and would not alarm them at all. However, the pampered Prince Ping did not step on it and fell to the ground, which immediately alarmed the villagers.
"Hurry, they're over there!"
Looking at dozens of villagers running towards them with torches in their hands, Daohua ran forward without saying a word.
"Young Master, wait for us!"
Huai En quickly helped his master up and quickly caught up with Daohua in front.
Seeing the villagers getting closer, Huai En shouted to Daohua again, "Young Master, help! We're about to be caught!"
"Young Master~"
Urgent cries for help kept coming into her ears from behind. Thinking of the murderous intent in the eyes of the white-haired old man she had seen before, and the angry villagers, Daohua couldn't bear to watch them die. She gritted her teeth, took out her slingshot, and shot muscle-softening pills at the group of villagers again.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
As the villagers continued to fall, Prince Ping and his servant gradually distanced themselves from them.
“Huh, huh, huh~”
After running at high speed for more than half an hour, Daohua and the other two finally left the group of villagers behind.
Looking at the master and servant lying on the ground as tired as dead fish, Daohua said fiercely: "Don't follow me anymore." Then he was about to leave.
However, seeing the darkness all around her, she couldn't even tell the direction.
Huai En noticed Daohua's movements and immediately said, "Young Master, are you unable to find the way?"
Daohua asked back, "Can you find it?"
After resting for a while, Huai En had recovered some strength. He stood up and said with a smile: "Young Master, you may not know this, but I remember all the roads I want to take. It's impossible to enter the county town tonight, but it's okay to stay in the town for one night."
Daohua was anxious to return to Beijing and asked, "How do I get there?"
Huai En immediately smiled and said, "Young Master, wait for my master to rest for a while, and we will go to town immediately."
Daohua glanced at Prince Ping, who was still lying on the ground gasping for breath, and urged, "Hurry up."
Prince Ping said angrily, "Why are you so anxious? Didn't those people catch up with us?"
Daohua waited for a while, and seeing that Prince Ping still didn't move, she couldn't help but urge him again: "Sir, don't think we're safe now. The villagers might catch up with us again. I'm out of pills, so you can just wait to be caught and drowned in the pond."
After hearing this, Prince Ping reluctantly stretched out his hand and let Huai En help him up. After getting up, he said angrily: "I have never been so tired before!"
Daohua didn't bother to pay attention and said directly: "Lead the way!"
Huai En supported King Ping and walked towards the town.
On the way, Daohua asked, "Um, can we go back to the capital directly?"
Huai'en was grateful to Daohua for rescuing him before. Although this man was fierce, he was not a bad person. He helped them twice. Otherwise, he and his master would have been caught by that group of villains and drowned in the pond.
Therefore, the attitude is pretty good.
"Young Master, my name is Huai En, you can call me Huai En."
Daohua called out, "Huai En, can we go directly to the county town?"
Huai En smiled and said, "Young Master, this is Lin County in the suburbs of Beijing. It's too far from the capital. It will take several days to walk here. Let's go to a nearby town first and rent a carriage there to return to the capital."
Daohua didn't expect that she would be swept so far by the river. After thinking for a while, she asked again, "It's so late, can we rent a carriage?"
Wynn shook his head: "I don't know about that."
After walking for about quarter of an hour, Daohua and the other two saw dots of lights and vague house structures.
Huai En smiled and said, "We're in town! There's only one inn in this town. Can you come with us, young master?"
Rice Flower nodded.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the inn.
There was no way to rent a carriage at night, so Daohua had to ask for a room like Huai En and his servant, and prepare to rest for the night before setting off tomorrow morning.
After being frightened by being chased by the kidnappers and then being washed so far away by the river, Daohua was now physically and mentally exhausted. After lying down on the bed, her eyelids closed involuntarily.
However, being alone outside, she didn't dare sleep too deeply. She just closed her eyes to rest her mind and relax her body.
“Boom boom boom!”
The next morning, just after dawn, Daohua heard a low knock on the door. She sat up suddenly and looked towards the door vigilantly: "Who?"
Outside the house, Huai En lowered his voice and said, "It's me, young master. We have to leave quickly. The group of villagers from yesterday actually found the town and are now searching the inn."
After hearing this, Daohua quickly walked to the door and opened it a crack. When she saw Huai'en dressed as a woman outside the house, her eyes widened in surprise.
"Young Master, open the door quickly!"
Daohua came back to her senses and opened the door.
Huai En did not enter the house, but quickly stuffed a bundle into Daohua's hand: "Young Master, in an emergency, there is a set of women's clothes in the bundle, you should change into it quickly."
Daohua looked at the bag in her hand, then walked out of the room and took a look at the situation in the inn.
Because it is close to the outskirts of Beijing, even though it is just a small town, there are still a lot of people coming and going. They arrived late last night and could only stay in a second-rate room in the backyard.
At this moment, the group of villagers I met yesterday had entered the backyard and were checking each room one by one.
Seeing this, Daohua frowned tightly and asked, "Who are those villagers? What qualifications do they have to search the inn?"
Huai En urged, "Oh, young master, don't ask so many questions. I've already found a carriage, and it's parked outside the inn. Hurry up and change your clothes. I'll go down first. My master and I will wait for you for a quarter of an hour. If you don't come, we will leave."
Having said that, he lowered his head and went downstairs.
Daohua pondered for a moment, turned back to her room to change her clothes, then made a face mask with a handkerchief, put it on, and walked out of the room.
When I was going downstairs, I happened to meet that group of villagers.
Daohua looked indifferent. The villagers glanced at her and quickly moved away.
"Master, it's already been a quarter of an hour. Should we wait any longer?"
"That guy saved us twice yesterday. Let's wait for him a little longer. We don't want him to be caught and drowned in the pond!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the car was lifted.
Prince Ping and Huai'en looked at Daohua, who was dressed as a woman, with surprise on their faces.
Daohua's eyelids twitched when she saw Prince Ping and Huai'en dressed as women. It wasn't ugly, but it just felt awkward no matter how she looked at it.
After Daohua got on the carriage, Huai En signaled the driver to leave, and then said with a smile: "Young Master, you look more like a woman than us when you are dressed like this."
Daohua glanced at the two of them and saw that there was no strange expression on their faces. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Which opera troupe are you from?" If they were not actors, a man would not be so calm when dressing up as a woman.
Prince Ping frowned. He enjoyed listening to operas and would occasionally sing a few lines, but he didn't like being called an actor. He looked displeased at Daohua, who was still wearing a veil as she sat in the carriage. "Which opera troupe are you from? You're quite stunning in the role of a Hua Dan." After a pause, he added, "You have a good voice, too."
Daohua thought of Anxi and said casually, "I'm from Qingyuan."
Prince Ping frowned and glanced at Daohua: "Why haven't I seen you before?"
Daohua was slightly stunned: "Are you from Qingyuan too?"
Prince Ping snorted, "I'm not, but I know all the characters in Qingyuan, but I've never seen anyone like you."
Daohua remained calm: "I'm new here."
Prince Ping looked at Daohua and didn't ask any more questions. If this man hadn't saved him, he wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to him. Now that he was unwilling to introduce himself, he saved himself a lot of trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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