Penglai Inn is a ten-year-old shop in the east of the city.
Because of its fair price and clean environment, it is favored by many traveling merchants who travel to and from Qiongcheng.
Early this morning, a sallow-colored peasant came to the store with a flatbed truck, and in the car sat a young woman who was pregnant. The woman was pale, wearing a thick turban and a quilt over her body, apparently ill.
The shop assistant stepped forward to greet him.
That Zhuang Han said: "This kid is originally from Niujia Village, a hundred miles east of the city. Because my mother-in-law was pregnant with a baby, she was a little uncomfortable. Yesterday, I came to find a doctor from Xingxingtang to prescribe medicine. I wanted to go back to the village this morning, why? Zhi Fang just arrived at the gate of the city and said that Mr. Futai had issued a ban, blocked the four cities, arrested the criminals, and only allowed entry but not exit.
The shop assistant said: "The guest officer came just right. There is a warm upper room on the second floor of the small shop. It is good to teach the lady's self-cultivation. It only costs twenty cents a day."
Zhuang Han took out a piece of money and handed it to Xiao Er, and said with a smile, "I'm still bothering my brother to find a quiet and tidy room."
Xiao Er said diligently: "The guest officer, come with the younger one. You and the lady can rest easy. The villain will go to the city gate later to find out why the city gate was closed and when the ban will be lifted, so that the guest officer will know early."
The Zhuang Han picked up the woman and entered the store with Xiao Er.
The younger brother caught a glimpse of the woman revealing half of the hibiscus face that was looming, holding it so beautifully, that his heart beat faster, and thought to himself: "This rough guy married such a beautiful girl, no wonder he treats him like a jewel like a jewel. If I could marry such a beautiful wife one day, I would be willing to give her twenty cents a day in the upper house."
Entering the room, screened back and closed the door, the sallow-faced farmer turned around and said with a smile to the lady on the bed, "How? It's almost impossible to walk."
The woman's face turned slightly red, but she turned her head away, but the man's low voice said, "Don't make fun of it."
It turned out that the farmer was disguised by Zhou Xiaoxiao, while the woman who was pregnant with Liujia was disguised by Yu Xingzhi.
This time is about life, Zhou Xiaoxiao really thought about it beforehand and prepared carefully.
It is said that she picked up Yu Xingzhi from Chenghuang Temple, and dressed him as a woman's clothes. Zhou Xiaoxiao was a woman who liked to study makeup in her previous life. Yu Xingzhi also had a handsome appearance. After her skillful modification, she also covered Yu Xingzhi's male figure with quilts and clothes, but Yu Xingzhi was dressed in a vivid way.
At this moment, there is no one in the house. Zhou Xiaoxiao unpacks and puts out all kinds of cosmetic products with a clatter. Ancient cosmetics are limited, so she spends a lot of time trying to find alternatives.
"While it's settled down now, let's clean up carefully and be sure to be foolproof."
Zhou Xiaoxiao took out a cotton thread and twisted Yu Xingzhi to remove the hair on his face and the fine beard. She bit the end of the cotton thread with her mouth and leaned closer.
Yu Xingzhi felt the slight heat from her breath blowing onto her face from time to time, and her cheeks slowly turned red. Zhou Xiaoxiao twisted her face and found that Yu Xingzhi's face was full of peach blossoms, and couldn't help laughing.
"I know you're embarrassed to ask you to pretend to be a woman. But isn't that escaping for your life? Is face more important or life? You say so."
While talking, Zhou Xiaoxiao kept her hands on her hands, twisted her face, cleaned her face, and put a thin layer of fragrance powder on him.
"The only thing that can be changed by makeup is your appearance, which is still due to your good foundation. But there is no way to do it. Your feet, hands, and neck cannot be exposed. In particular, your hands must be hidden in your sleeves. There is a big difference between the hands of men and women, so remember to wear them as soon as they are exposed. Also, you can't open your mouth to talk. If someone talks to you, you pretend to be shy. Do you know how women are shy? Look at me, look at me. "
Zhou Xiaoxiao used a face that was deliberately sloppy and sallow, winked at Yu Xingzhi, and lowered his head "shyly", making Yu Xingzhi laugh.
"A person's eyebrow shape changes, and the whole person's face changes. So I have to apologise to you. When we are safe, I will help you draw it back."
Without waiting for Yu Xingzhi to protest, he had trimmed his long and sparse eyebrows, flipped his hands, and decorated his male broad jaw and high nose bridge with different shades of powder, and then drew two curved willow-leaf eyebrows to outline the charming eyeliner, Finally, a little bit of red lips, and you're done.
Zhou Xiaoxiao moved the bronze mirror, and there was no man in the mirror, only the slender crescent eyebrows were affectionate, and the eyes were full of autumn water.
Zhou Xiaoxiao slapped his hand aside, "Oh, it's not good that this is too beautiful, don't make any trouble." He pulled out two pieces of dog skin plaster and put them on Yu Xingzhi's temples, put his hair into a bun, and took A piece of floral cloth was wrapped around the forehead, and a large wool scarf was used to surround the neck and half of the chin. After looking around for a while, I was satisfied.
After Zhou Xiaoxiao tossed Yu Xingzhi, he started to organize himself. I saw that she took fresh orange peel, smashed the juice, added a little ink, and spread it on her face, dyeing her face sallow. I carefully glued a few hairs on the eyebrows, and swiped with the eyebrow pencil skillfully, forming a pair of thick broom eyebrows. Wearing a dog-skin hood on his head, a worn scarf around his neck, and a large cotton-padded jacket often worn by farmers in the fields, he is completely a common farmer in the countryside.
After a while, there was a loud noise from outside the inn. The sound started downstairs, and someone searched from room to room.
Not long after, a few soldiers knocked on the door randomly and broke in. I saw an ordinary-looking peasant man in the house, holding a bowl of medicine, feeding the little lady lying on the bed.
The little lady had a beautiful appearance, and she suddenly raised her sleeves to cover half of her face when she saw someone broke in. But it was You holding the pipa half covering his face, sick as if Xizi won by three points, and the young soldiers who bowed their heads tenderly saw their faces turn red, and their demeanor couldn't help being a little less rude.
The peasant man kept making donations and bowing, all he said was that his mother-in-law was pregnant with Liujia and was sick. The leading non-commissioned officer carefully searched the room, and there was nothing suspicious, so he stopped embarrassing them and exited the room.
There were several waves of inspectors in one day, but neither Zhou Xiaoxiao showed any flaws. At night, the outside gradually quieted down, and Zhou Xiaoxiao just untied Yu Xingzhi's clothes to check the injury. After some tossing, his injury became more serious. However, at this turbulent moment, there was nowhere to find a doctor. Medication barely healed.
Zhou Xiaoxiao bandaged the wound for him, put all the clothes with blood on them and slowly burned them in the brazier, packed a small bag of valuables and some clothes into his abdomen to pretend to be a pregnant woman, and pressed a sharp knife under the pillow. Get into bed. One person sleeps side by side with a quilt.
Because of the danger, Zhou Xiaoxiao, although tired, only fell asleep and did not dare to sleep deeply.
Yu Xingzhi was seriously injured and had nightmares in a daze. He was chased and killed by hungry ghosts for a while, and was driven to a desperate situation by wicked people.
However, every time when she was on the verge of death, Zhou Xiaoxiao's face suddenly appeared from behind the murderous villain. Like the moonlight that penetrated into the abyss, she said softly, "Don't be afraid." A pair of white plain hands broke open. Thick darkness pulled him back from the brink of hell.
"Wake up, wake up."
Yu Xingzhi felt someone pat him lightly, he woke up in a trance in the dream and reality.
"Have a nightmare." A soft voice whispered in his ear, "Don't be afraid. It's alright."
He opened his eyes and saw that the face that appeared repeatedly in the dream was really leaning against his pillow, and a pair of bright eyes looked at him with concern in the dark.
A soft hand reached out from under the quilt and clasped his hand.
Zhou Xiaoxiao comforted him softly: "It's okay, you are just dreaming, we have escaped."
God still favors me, after such suffering, I was fortunate enough to meet her. Yu Xingzhi closed his eyes and said to himself.
For several days, people in and out of the city turned their backs on their horses, and Lin Bingren, the eldest son of the Lin family, went out in person to search for his brother’s nemesis, but he didn’t know that the two lived in the inn under his nose.
Zhou Xiaoxiao just took care of Yu Xingzhi every day, delivered soup and medicine, and adjusted his body for him. After a few days, the wind gradually loosened, and the younger brother came to tell them that the city gate was lifted. Zhou Xiaoxiao was overjoyed, she just settled the rent and left without haste.
On the way, Zhou Xiaoxiao purchased an inconspicuous ox cart. The two of them sat and slept, chasing the ox leisurely, and went out to the gate of the city. The guards guarding the city glanced at the faces of the two and the empty ox cart. Lightly let the two go.
There were dangers in the past, but at this moment, they escaped and walked on the trail outside the city. Even in the barren wilderness, there is a sense of relief. The two smiled at each other and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
I just feel that the twilight is dark and the sky is wide, and the world is wide and I can do it.
The only problem at the moment is Yu Xingzhi's injury, which is still in the Lin family's sphere of influence. Due to the lessons learned from the past, Zhou Xiaoxiao no longer dares to seek medical advice, and can only use the medicine prescribed by the doctor in Lijiatun for random treatment.
Yu Xingzhi's character is very firm, no matter how painful it is, he will not say a word, at most he just closes his eyes and frowns slightly.
It was night, and the two of them were sleeping in the wilderness. Although the bottom of the mountain was not as cold as the snow-capped mountains, it was still chilly.
Zhou Xiaoxiao curled up on the ox cart, silently listening to the sounds of silence in the wild late at night.
She felt that the person around her moved her body very slightly, and then moved slightly again after a while.
Zhou Xiaoxiao turned over, and sure enough, through the light of the bonfire, she saw Yu Xingzhi frowning tightly, so painful that she even broke out in a cold sweat.
"Is it so painful that you can't sleep?" Zhou Xiaoxiao asked.
In the uncertain firelight, she saw Yu Xingzhi quickly adjust his expression, exhaled slowly, and then answered her gently: "It's not in the way. It disturbs your rest."
"Let me tell you a story, maybe you can get distracted by listening to it?" Zhou Xiaoxiao held her head halfway, turned around the various small talk books she had read in her stomach, and picked a familiar one that was more in line with the ancients. Three-view story.