Li Lanzhen carried a basket on her back and went directly to Sifang Restaurant.
I went in and sat down in a seat by the window.
I ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodles, slowly slurping them while keeping an eye on the people around me.
Soon, more than a dozen people came in one after another.
After finding a seat, we started gossiping.
"Wow, today was really great!"
Do you know what? I saw it with my own eyes. That ugly woman from the Jia family got slapped twice in the street by a heroine!
It was so enjoyable to watch!!
"Yes, yes, I was fortunate enough to see her too! That heroine was eight feet tall, with broad shoulders, a thick waist, sword-like eyebrows, and bright eyes."
Seeing the ugly man bullying a weak scholar, she bravely intervened, sending the ugly man flying ten feet away with a single palm strike.
"Yes, that scholar was quite handsome, even more dashing than Pan An. Luckily, he met a heroine, otherwise he would have been captured and imprisoned in Master Jia's mansion, where he would have suffered a fate worse than death!"
"I saw it too," the heroine shouted, head held high and chest puffed out, her voice righteous and stern. "Hey! You shrew! You want to seduce that scholar?! Where's your face?!"
...
Li Lanzhen almost spat out her mouthful of noodles!
If I hadn't done it myself, I would have believed their confident, nonsensical, oh no, truthful words!
Yes! That's exactly right, a female hero who stands eight feet tall!
Li Lanzhen laughed inwardly; she was famous again!
However, no one would equate themselves with a skinny, dark-skinned old woman who is only about 1.5 meters tall.
That's great!
And how come they described Han Mingxiang so poorly? What, "as handsome as Pan An? Am I dashing and debonair?"
Tsk tsk tsk!
Never mind! Anyway, it wasn't those two who did this today!
"After the departure of the treacherous imperial brother-in-law from Youzhou Prefecture, it felt like the sky had turned blue again. But unexpectedly, another wealthy man named Jia has arrived."
"What a scoundrel in this prefecture!"
"That's right! Master Jia has a lot of wives and concubines, with ten concubines in his mansion. After coming to Youzhou, he bullies men and women, and has taken five women into his mansion."
"That Master Jia is a womanizer! He's a scoundrel!"
"His son isn't doing much better, I heard..."
As Li Lanzhen ate and listened, she finally understood the affairs of the Jia family mansion.
Now that I understand, I'm absolutely furious!!
This whole family are heinous criminals!!
I absolutely have to go to Master Jia's mansion tonight!
Looking up again, they saw Han Shunde and his group standing outside the Sifang Restaurant, looking around anxiously.
Li Lanzhen thought that they must have heard about what happened at the bookstore and were afraid that something had happened to Han Mingxiang.
She paid the money and stood next to Han Shunde.
She whispered, "Han Shunde, I am Li Lanzhen. Don't panic, listen carefully."
Han Shunde didn't seem to care that there was an old man standing next to him.
Unexpectedly, he called her name, and upon closer inspection, she realized it was Li Lanzhen.
He glanced at Li Lanzhen and nodded to indicate that he understood.
"Something unexpected happened, so I hid Han Mingxiang, Han Minghai, Xue Bao, and Li Xishui in a safe place."
They can't come out now. We'll stay in the city tonight, and you all should hurry out of the city and go home.
Don't tell anyone else. And don't mention this incident when you get home.
After saying that, he picked up his basket and left.
Han Shunde urged everyone to leave the city and go home.
Without asking why, the group followed him out of the city.
Li Lanzhen wandered around the city, stopping at a bookstore. She was afraid that the ugly woman wouldn't be able to find them and would turn back to wreak havoc on the bookstore.
When she arrived at the bookstore, her fears did not come true.
At the entrance of the bookstore stood a row of yamen runners holding knives.
The man at the front was probably the leader, looking sternly at the noisy ugly man and the servants from Master Jia's mansion.
"Get out of here right now! If you dare to cause trouble at the bookstore again, our knives are not to be trifled with!"
Get out of here!
After a brief standoff, a maid-like girl whispered something in the ugly man's ear, and they turned back.
The constables dispersed the crowd, and the bookstore owner stood at the door, thanking the constables.
Li Lanzhen overheard the people around her talking.
"This bookstore was opened by the prefect's brother-in-law, who was very kind to poor scholars and often helped them financially."
"She doesn't even deserve to cause trouble! A few days in jail will teach her a lesson!"
Li Lanzhen felt relieved and thought that she would visit the bookstore after visiting Master Jia's mansion that evening.
Give the shopkeeper some silver and leave a note explaining that the silver is to help a poor but virtuous scholar.
Li Lanzhen slowly walked into the Xicheng District.
She wanted to see if the dog hole in the city wall was still there.
If absolutely necessary, leave the city overnight through the dog hole.
Xicheng District has changed a lot!
The dirty and chaotic conditions here have completely disappeared.
Instead, there are individual courtyards.
The road was smooth, children were playing on it, and women were chatting and laughing while holding even smaller children.
She walked all the way to the dog hole, pretended to be tired, and sat down to rest for a while.
The dog hole is still there, not far away!
She slowly moved over, lifted a bundle of thatch, and revealed a hole.
He quickly put down the thatch to cover it up properly, clapped his hands, and turned around to walk back to Dongcheng District through another alley.
When they arrived at the shop selling sesame seed cakes, Li Lanzhen ordered ten sesame seed cakes and put them in her basket.
I ordered two freshly made pancakes and ate them as I walked.
The sesame seed cake was half a copper coin cheaper than last time.
It seems the imperial court is also trying to gradually improve the lives of the people.
To stabilize prices and bring them back to normal.
While listening to people's discussions at the Sifang Restaurant, Li Lanzhen learned that the Jia family mansion was located in the Dongcheng District, near the edge of the city.
It's a large, grand estate.
It is said to have been built by an official from the previous dynasty who had retired from the military and returned to his hometown.
I don't know why it was abandoned. After changing hands several times, it ended up in the hands of Master Jia. It then left the bustling eastern part of the city.
As the number of people and vehicles dwindled, Li Lanzhen was delighted.
It's good to have fewer people; we can work more freely without hurting innocent people!
Anyway, this family is no good people, they're rotten to the core!
From afar, I could see a cluster of buildings with very high walls, covering an area of more than ten acres. How extravagant!
There were no other houses around!
This must be the mansion of Master Jia.
The courtyard wall is too high. How can we get in? We'll have to walk around and see if there's a suitable place to go in.
After turning halfway around, it was getting dark.
Li Lanzhen stopped searching and took out a ladder from her spatial storage to enter.
Entry is not permitted from the front yard, which is heavily guarded; the back yard should be less guarded.
Li Lanzhen went behind the courtyard wall, set up a ladder on it, and slowly climbed up.
When she reached the top of the wall, she slowed down and peeked out to see what was inside the courtyard.
Looking into the distance, it was a desolate wasteland.
These are the fields on the estate, all abandoned. This family is so lazy!
He flipped himself onto the top of the wall, lifted the ladder, put it inside the wall, and successfully climbed down. After that, he put the ladder away and sat on the ground to rest for a while.
It's still early; they're probably still eating right now.
Around midnight, Li Lanzhen ran towards the front yard.
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