Chapter 21: Plan to Escape
After eating the six signature dishes at Tianxia Yipin, Wen Yingxue felt that they were delicious, and then she packed up another portion to take back to Aunt Lian.
Nie Chubai didn't say anything and just paid the money obediently.
After returning home, Wen Yingxue closed the door and looked at her private money. She exchanged the silver given by her aunt and some of her own things for silver notes, totaling more than 13,000 taels of silver.
This was enough for her and Aunt Lian to find a place to live a good life.
After what happened today, Wen Yingxue felt that she could no longer stay in the capital. She had offended many people, both openly and secretly, and any of them could easily take her life.
It’s better to run away quickly.
"Miss?" Ai Ye called out as he looked at the dazed Wen Yingxue.
Wen Yingxue came back to her senses, and then said to Ai Ye, "Go tell Aunt Yang that in a few days, I want to go to Baiyun Temple with Aunt Lian to burn incense. Ask her to help prepare."
"Yes." Ai Ye nodded and left.
Baiyun Temple is a very popular Taoist temple, but it is a bit far away, which makes it a perfect place for escape.
Ai Ye came back quickly and said that Aunt Yang agreed, and she would go and talk to Old Man Wen.
In the evening, Wen Yingxue went to Aunt Lian's room.
"Aunt, do you want to leave here?" Wen Yingxue asked.
"Why are you asking this?" Aunt Lian's hands trembled slightly as she embroidered. She raised her head and asked with a forced smile.
Wen Yingxue felt very sad. Aunt Lian was forced to be sold into the Wen family. At that time, she was already engaged.
Being sold into the Wen family and raised as a concubine was never what Aunt Lian wanted, but she had no choice.
"Auntie, I exchanged something for General Nie's marriage. This was so that I wouldn't become Ye Shizi's concubine."
The embroidery needle in Aunt Lian's hand pierced her finger fiercely, but she paid no attention to it. She anxiously asked Wen Yingxue: "What? What happened?"
"It was Zhang. She wanted me to win over Master Ye and convince him to let Wen Rouqing marry him. I didn't want to be a concubine, so I made this deal with General Nie."
Aunt Lian looked at Wen Yingxue with an apologetic look. She already knew that it was because she was weak and incompetent and not favored by the master, so Zhang was fearless and openly set her sights on Wen Yingxue.
"It's my fault. It's all because of my incompetence. Xue'er, I'm sorry for you!" Aunt Lian held Wen Yingxue's hand, tears falling from her eyes.
Wen Yingxue gently wiped away Aunt Lian's tears and said to her, "Aunt, don't say that. I am already very grateful to you for bringing me into this world."
"I've made all the preparations, and General Nie has agreed. In two days, we'll go to Baiyun Temple to burn incense, and then we'll leave. We'll go to a place where no one can find us and live a good life."
Aunt Lian thought about it for a long time, and was finally moved by Wen Yingxue's words. She didn't want to stay here. If possible, she wanted to leave.
"Okay, Auntie will listen to you." Auntie Lian said to Wen Yingxue.
The next morning, Aunt Yang sent someone to tell her that the master had agreed and the carriage was ready.
Wen Yingxue sewed all the banknotes into her clothes, took all her assets, along with mugwort, perilla and Aunt Lian, and set off for Baiyun Temple.
"Zi Su, I suddenly remembered something I want to tell Nie Chubai. Go and ask Nie Chubai to come over." The carriage had been driving towards the outskirts of Beijing for some distance when Wen Yingxue suddenly seemed to remember something and said to Zi Su.
Zi Su is Nie Chubai's person, and Nie Chubai's attitude towards her is somewhat unclear. If he wants to escape, he must avoid Zi Su.
"Yes." Zi Su did not doubt Wen Yingxue's words. She got off the carriage, used her lightness skills, and immediately returned to the capital.
"Ai Ye, Aunt Lian and I have no plans to return to the Wen Mansion this time. Will you come with us, or leave on your own? If you still have family members who want to leave, here is your indenture and one hundred taels of silver."
Ai Ye had already vaguely guessed that Wen Yingxue was leaving, so she said to Wen Yingxue and Aunt Lian, "Miss, Aunt, I'm not leaving. Please take me with you.
My parents are long gone, and I don't even remember my brothers and sisters. My aunt and my young lady are very kind to me, and I don't want to leave. I want to stay with my young lady forever."
As he spoke, Ai Ye knelt down in front of Wen Yingxue.
Wen Yingxue helped Ai Ye up and said, "Okay, since you are willing to follow, then we will go together."
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" Three sounds of breaking through the air were suddenly heard outside the carriage, followed by the neighing of horses.
The carriage suddenly stopped, and Wen Yingxue, her aunt, and Ai Ye fell into a heap.
"What's going on?" Aunt Lian asked in horror, fearing that the Wen family had gotten the news and were coming after them.
Wen Yingxue frowned, covered the mouths of Aunt Lian and Ai Ye, and listened carefully to the movements outside.
"Come out!" A man's voice came, and Wen Yingxue's eyelids jumped immediately. It should be directed at her.
"Aunt, both of you stay quiet. I'll go out and take a look." Wen Yingxue said.
Aunt Lian held Wen Yingxue's hand tightly. Wen Yingxue smiled at her comfortingly and then handed her to Ai Ye.
Taking a deep breath, Wen Yingxue lifted the car curtain and walked out.
Outside, the groom had been shot dead, and the horse was lying on the ground with an arrow in its neck, breathing more than it was breathing.
Around the carriage, there were seven or eight mysterious men in black riding horses.
"Who sent you here? What do you want to do?" Wen Yingxue was now beginning to regret having sent Zi Su away.
The leading black-clad man saw Wen Yingxue, waved his hand, and said, "Take her away and kill the people in the car."
In a flash, Wen Yingxue had only one thought in her mind: she must not let them hurt Aunt Lian and Ai Ye.
Wen Yingxue took out a small dagger from her sleeve, which she carried with her for self-defense.
"Don't come over here, or I'll kill myself!" Wen Yingxue put the dagger to her neck.
Although I don’t know who wants to kidnap her, the fact that they want to take her away means they want to live.
Sure enough, as soon as she said this, the leading man in black immediately stopped his men.
Wen Yingxue said, "I can go with you, but you have to let the people in the car go."
The man in black frowned, and after a moment, he said, "Okay, come here, and I'll let the people in the car go."
"Give me a horse and I will follow you." Wen Yingxue said. He didn't believe what these people said, so it would be better to drag them all away first.
"Okay!" The man in black nodded, and one of them immediately dismounted, moved the horse to Wen Yingxue's side, and then retreated.
Wen Yingxue breathed a sigh of relief, but when she saw the horse that was taller than her, she was suddenly stunned.
The horse was coming over, but she didn't know how to ride it! What should she do?
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