On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 56 Escape 5
  The accountant was heartbroken and stretched out two fingers: "If you want to go out, you need at least two hundred taels of silver!"

When trying to rip off someone, he has to be more ruthless. Why is he planning to give others room for bargaining?
  Xiao Xiao muttered to the side: "My young master brought a thousand taels of silver with him. Now that his wallet is lost, the money for staying in the hotel was pawned as jewelry for Aunt Liu and I?"

As a maid, she talks about huge sums of money in a relaxed tone. It seems that losing a thousand taels of silver is not a big deal, which makes the accountant believe that the He family is really wealthy.

Xiao Xiu, who is now Aunt Liu, also said sternly: "Just go to the Yamen directly. Young Master can go to the adults to clarify."

"If we hadn't stayed for a few more days, the inspection at the city gate wouldn't have been so strict."

"That won't work. If I alert the government, my father will definitely know about it. I will be beaten to death by then." Xiao Lian played the role of the playboy to the extreme: "Isn't it just two hundred taels of silver? I'll write you an IOU, or Just ask someone to go back and get it for me."

The accountant on the side listened anxiously.

As soon as something happened in Sheng Mansion last night, a strict investigation began.

The city gate on their side was only opened at the beginning of the Mao period and closed at the Xu period. Now the whole city is under martial law. Those without household registration are either not allowed to enter or exit, or they have to go through more trouble and must be carefully interrogated before they can enter or exit.

But the three sisters of the Xiao family cannot withstand interrogation.

But the accountant didn't know. He didn't want the big fish to run away, so he immediately said: "How about you just put the thumb on me, and then get the money and come back to redeem the thumb."

Anyway, he really didn't want them to go to the Yamen, which would hurt him. After all, when the police officer came to inquire last night, he categorically said that he had carefully registered all the names of the guests staying at the inn. .

If they go to the Yamen, wouldn't it be exposed that they lied?
  Xiao Xiao hesitated: "But the young master spent more than five hundred taels of silver to buy this ring? And it was a birthday gift from the master..."

She must have said something expensive to convince him that the ring was valuable.

Xiao Lian had already put the ring on the counter: "Keep it safe for me. In ten days at the latest, let the guards accompany them to exchange the ring for the ring."

The accountant also quickly took out the handkerchief and carefully wrapped the ring finger: "Yes, yes, I will keep it carefully. You guys are coming with me."

This is really a huge sum of money, almost his monthly salary for five years.

Xiao Lian snorted again: "Hurry and rent a carriage to take us back."

"Okay, okay," he immediately went to the kitchen and found a waiter to keep an eye on the situation. He quickly ran out, rented a carriage, and asked the driver to hurry to the city gate.

He was worried that the duck that was about to be cooked would fly away.

The three sisters sitting in the carriage were also frightened. This was simply risking their lives. If they were found out, they would have nowhere to escape and the entire army would definitely be annihilated.

Rats have their own way, and ordinary little people know the gatekeepers of ordinary passages.

The accountant gave ten taels of silver to the niece-in-law of my aunt's cousin: "Brother, do me a favor. Mr. He who often comes to our inn is from Chun'an County. When he came, he was in a hurry to discuss business and didn't bring his household registration. Can it be convenient?"

After the servant pretended to decline, he quickly stuffed the money into his arms, and then said with a smile: "Since I am an acquaintance of eldest brother, I will go and talk to you."

Then he asked cautiously: "How many people are there?"

The accountant pointed to the carriage parked not far away: "Master He is here with a servant girl and a boy."

The officer was relieved when he heard this: "Okay, you wait here."

The officer used to feel that guarding the city gate was exposed to wind and rain, and he only had two taels of silver. It was really a hard job.

But after the conflict between Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Yuzhang, the city gates will be tightened. Although the monthly silver is small, the additional income is three or four times that of the monthly silver. Last night I heard that the three female assassins were going to be investigated strictly. They didn’t know whether the patrolling officer was happy or not, but they were very happy anyway.

This means that they can receive some extra filial piety in private.

He gritted his teeth, took out the twenty-two months of silver he had just received today and gave it to his boss, and whispered a few words.

The leader nodded.

It happened to be noon, and there weren't many people coming and going.

After the carriage arrived, the leader also opened the curtain with his scabbard and took a look. The young man inside looked impatient, and the middle-aged servants, wives and servants also looked down upon him.

The carriage was not big, so it was impossible to hide three female assassins.

This combination is also very common. The leader quickly lowered the car curtain and signaled to the brothers below to let them go.

After waiting for the carriage to drive out for a while, Xiao Lian whispered in disbelief: "Are we really leaving?"

Fortunately, she was restless earlier and thought of the worst outcome.

If they were to discover him, how could he quickly kick out the driver and break through the encirclement with the carriage?

There were eight guards guarding the city gate, and they would definitely take action. Driving the carriage, there was a high probability that his life would be in danger, and he might even be chopped off with a knife.

But in order to protect my elder sister and younger sister, that was the only chance.

Thanks to her tragic mood to die, what was the result?
  "I left." Xiao Xiu and Xiao Lian had the same idea, and they were also exhausted now: "We are so lucky!"

Seeing that they were all nervous and sweating profusely, Xiao Xiao pretended to be relaxed and said: "None of us had nightmares last night. I thought you were all relieved?"

Xiao Lian gave her a roll of his eyes: "That's because I was tired and overly nervous. I thought the bastard was dead and no one would hold him accountable. Of course I slept soundly."

Xiao Xiu was also very sorry: "The explosion was so loud at the time, who would have thought that he could still be alive?"

"Did he have bad luck?" Xiao Xiao sighed: "They say that good people don't live long, but disasters last for thousands of years. It seems that there is some truth in the old saying."

"You're the only one who talks so much!" Xiao Xiu finally showed a smile and asked in a low voice, "What should we do now? We can't really let him be sent to Chun'an County, right?"

Xiao Xiao opened the curtains: "I think dad and the others will not be too far away. Let's keep an eye out along the way. Maybe we can catch up with dad and mom for dinner?"

Hearing her words, Xiao Lian touched her belly and began to regret: "If I had known earlier, I would have eaten more in the morning, but now we don't even have lunch?"

Xiao Xiao also regretted: "The meat buns in the inn are so delicious, but I thought, since we are playing the role of a wealthy family, we must not take too much food, for fear of being noticed by others."

"It's okay now. My stomach is almost empty."

And now it's past noon. The three of them were extremely tense before, but they didn't feel hungry. Now they are relaxed, and they are all rubbing their stomachs and worrying about what to do at noon.
  More than half an hour later, Xiao Lian saw a food stall on the roadside from a distance, and quickly pushed Xiao Xiao, who was trying to sleep to avoid hunger: "Ask the driver to rest in front."

Fortunately, she hadn't forgotten that she was a young master and hadn't robbed her of her job.

(End of this chapter)