An Ruochen tightened her chest with a cloth strip and took a few deep breaths to make sure her breathing was smooth and unhindered. Then she put on the bellyband, the middle coat, and the newly bought plain coat. I looked in the mirror and everything looked fine. She is satisfied.
She picked up her bundle, tied it behind her back, and then put on a large cloak to wrap her body tightly. She didn't call her maid and attendants, but just pretended to be nonchalant and walked out of the house.
Someone seemed to be calling her loudly behind her, but she turned a deaf ear to her, and only quickened her pace, turned a corner and quickly hid herself in a dark alley. She heard footsteps chasing after her, and soon saw two servants chasing to the alley.
An Ruochen held his breath, and hid himself deeper into a shadowy corner deep in the alley.
The two domestic servants discussed: "What should I do? The eldest lady went out without anyone to follow, and the master knew that she would definitely be angry."
"I don't know how to stop that trash from the concierge."
"Maybe the eldest lady just went out to relax and will be back in a while?"
"Don't worry about it, report to the master quickly. If the young lady disappears, we will have to eat the whip."
After the two whispered, they hurried back and ran back.
An Ruochen waited until there was no movement outside, and hurriedly took a closer look at the alley. After confirming that no one was there, she took off her cloak, hugged the bundle in her arms, and walked out of the alley.
Walking to a girl walking on the street, An Ruochen handed over the cloak: "Girl, my family is going to have a happy event. The master of this cloak consecrated the light and prayed for blessings. He told me to spread the blessings so that there will be blessings. I Look at your figure is really good, this cloak is perfect for you, how about giving it to you?"
The girl beamed with joy when she heard that. An Ruochen helped her unfold the cloak for her to take a closer look at. The texture and color of the cloak were all top-grade, and the girl was so happy that she showed a surprise smile. An Ruochen took the initiative to help her put it on: "The girl will bring this blessing."
The girl touched the cloak fondly and thanked her. An Ruochen smiled, waved goodbye, carried her baggage, walked through a side alley, and rushed towards the city gate.
Not long after An Ruochen left, the servants and guards of An's mansion had already started sweeping the streets to search for her. After searching half the city, when the familiar cloak came into view, the servants spread their legs and chased after the girl wearing the cloak. At this time, An Ruochen was running towards the city gate.
At a remote corner of the city gate, there was a farm carriage that An Ruochen had ordered in advance, and there were bales of fodder on the carriage. An Ruochen paid the money and got into the car. After hiding the general, he suddenly heard two familiar voices passing by the carriage, it was An Ping, the general manager of An Mansion, and his personal servants.
An Ruochen's heart was about to jump out of her throat, and her palms were sweating from nervousness. Didn't the manager go out of town to handle errands? Why did he come back so soon
This Anping was the most loyal to her father, and he was also the accomplice who wanted to marry her to that obscene, cheap, poisonous, and disgusting old man in the neighboring city. Her father said he was going to sell her, so he helped sell her.
An Ruochen spent a lot of trouble planning this escape, she was determined to succeed.
The carriage transporting hay finally started to move, and it made An Ruochen's heart jolt along with the carriage. She peeked through the cracks in the haystack, and saw a servant running over, talking to Anping. An Ruochen felt that he was telling her about running away, maybe the girl in the cloak had been spotted. But her carriage is out of the city gates, and they will not find her.
Just thinking like this, suddenly the carriage seemed to hit a rock, and there was a violent jolt, An Ruochen was almost thrown off. She swayed and stabilized, but the hay pile in front of her rolled off the car, and people around screamed.
An Ruochen's eyes suddenly opened up, and when he raised his eyes, he met Anping's eyes. Both of them turned pale with shock, An Ruochen yelled: "Old man, run quickly." At the same time, Anping also yelled: "Missy is over there."
The old man driving the carriage swung his whip and drove the horse, causing the carriage to run quickly. An Ruochen stared at An Ping and the servants who were running towards her over there, and said in her heart: "I can't catch up, I can't catch up, I definitely can't catch up."
The carriage ran farther and farther, and Anping and the others gradually became smaller. Before An Ruochen could breathe a sigh of relief, Anping ran towards a carriage beside the city gate.
The car turned a corner, and An Ruochen could no longer see Anping and the others. But her heart flustered badly, they must be chasing after her, she couldn't sit still and wait for death.
An Ruochen piled up the hay on the car, and then asked the old man who was driving to stop at the turning forest road ahead. After she got off the car, he asked the old man to continue driving with all his strength.
The old man driving the car agreed, and after a while the car stopped, An Ruochen jumped down, and waved vigorously for the old man to leave. Then she hid in the woods and waited for a while, and sure enough, she saw Anping chasing after him in a carriage with his entourage and a servant, and they chased the old man's carriage all the way away. An Ruochen breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran towards the bottom of the woods.
She can't be completely relieved yet, her footsteps are not fast enough, and the old man driving the car may not be tight-lipped, and when Anping catches up with him, he may know that she got off the car here, and they will continue to chase. She had to run quickly, going down from the woods to another road down the mountain. If she was lucky, she might be able to get in another carriage and escape from this tiger's mouth.
An Ruochen has never been a pessimistic person.
When she was young, her father married Erniang, Sanniang, and even Siniang and Wuniang. Her mother shed tears and was on the verge of despair. Still should go on.
Later her mother died, and her younger brothers and sisters grew up one after another like grass growing in the field. Her nanny was sad every day and worried about her. But she felt that there was still a bowl of rice for her at home, so she could live on.
How do you say that? Well, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood.
Then she grew up, almost eighteen. Her father wanted to use her for a favor, marrying her to the sixty-eight Qian Pei from the neighboring city as a concubine in exchange for a business opportunity.
An Ruochen didn't know what shit was in her father's head.
Not to mention that Qian Pei has a lot of filthy money, but his reputation is not as bad as a rat in the gutter, but Qian Pei is old enough to be her father's father, and her father wants to let someone be his son-in-law.
When the news of the engagement came, the nannies and maidservants cried together, but An Ruochen didn't cry. She has no time to cry. She knew it was time for her to act. Since she was a child, she took every opportunity to learn about the terrain inside and outside the city, and she saved every copper coin she could.
Life is to go on, but it doesn't have to be in a mouse's nest.
An Ruochen felt that there is no unparalleled road in the sky. Although she never left home, she fled decisively.
An Ruochen ran all the way down. The forest is quite big, but the mountain is not too steep. There is a sloping grassland in front of her. She can go down the mountain by running across the grassland. When she gets to the bottom of the mountain, she will definitely find a good opportunity...
Before he finished thinking about the ideas in his head, An Ruochen tripped over a stone. This stumbling caused her to fall into the dog gnawing mud, not to mention the dog gnawing mud, she actually rolled and fell all the way down the mountain.
Dizzy and dizzy.
An Ruochen rolled down, with two thoughts in mind. One is why Shishi always disagrees with her? The other is fortunately wrapped in the chest. Big breasts were a mistake, thanks to her early preparations, otherwise the consequences of this breast would be really unimaginable.
Before she could finish her thinking, she finally stopped rolling.
When she stopped, her head hit the ground with a soft bang, and a sharp pain hit her, as if she had hit a rock again.
An Ruochen doesn't speak foul language, so she rubbed her forehead and raised her head while muttering: "Pigs, dogs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese."
"..."
It turned out that it was not a stone, but a foot. Wearing stiff, shiny boots.
"..."
Even combat boots can't be as hard as a rock.
An Ruochen looked up along the boots, thick thighs, strong narrow waist, and a strong chest that couldn't be concealed by armor, and further up, there was a resolute and cold face as hard as a stone.
That face was looking down at her at the moment, with no expression, no surprise, no doubt, or anger, as if a girl had rolled down out of thin air and lay at his feet, to him it was as if nothing had happened.
Wait a minute, not on your stomach.
It's kneeling!
An Ruochen suddenly realized that her posture was indecent, and quickly got up.
He acted as if nothing had happened, so could she.
She patted the dirt on her body, then lowered her head to find her bag, and was about to bend down to pick it up, when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye, she quickly turned her head to look, dumbstruck.
On the other side of the road, there was a large group of soldiers sitting or standing densely. The number of people was too large for An Ruochen to estimate at a glance. What's even more frightening is that although the big soldiers didn't speak at this time, they all looked at An Ruochen and the stone-faced man with amused expressions.
An Ruochen couldn't compose herself anymore.
What is it to be seen by a large group of men rolling down a hill and kneeling at the feet of a man
Zhonglan City is a border city, adjacent to the South Qin Kingdom.
Although the South Qin Kingdom has been very peaceful for many years, there have been several incidents this year. The matter is neither big nor small, it may not be said that it has the intention of attacking, but it has to be guarded against.
So Long Da received the emperor's order to lead troops to guard the Xiao Qin border, that is to say, to guard the Zhonglan City.
The army will be stationed in the south of Zhonglan City. Long Da led the soldiers on the road day and night, and let everyone rest when they approached the city. Long Da stood at the foot of a hill by himself, thinking about the military affairs arrangement after the army was stationed.
Suddenly there was a movement on the slope, and a person rolled down.
a girl.
With a good face, it looks like he is in his twenties or eight years. The eyes are bright, clear and bright. The breath is heavy, and he does not know martial arts.
Long Da quickly sized her up from head to toe, and made a judgment that this woman should be no threat. So he didn't draw the knife, he just looked at her.
An Ruochen was not in the mood to look around with this group of men. Pulling away from the initial shock and embarrassment, she thought that the most important thing for her right now was to run quickly.
Just as she was about to bend down to pick up her bag, she heard a loud shout from behind her: "Miss!"
The hairs all over An Ruochen's body stood on end.
She didn't look back, her mind was racing fast. She was wondering what she should do.
It is definitely impossible to run now. Moreover, she couldn't let them go back and report her for running away from home, then she would definitely have everything confiscated and be locked in the room until she got married. She couldn't fall into such a passive and miserable situation.
She didn't escape this time, so she had to leave a way out for herself to escape next time. But what can she do
An Ruochen heard An Ping's voice calling her behind her, and heard them rushing down the hillside. She turned her head slightly and saw a flag flying among the group of generals on the opposite side of the road. On the flag was a mighty "Dragon" character embroidered on it.
An Ruochen suddenly grasped the hand of the stone-chiseled man in front of him, and shouted: "General Long, I finally see you."
After she finished shouting this sentence, Anping and Pingding also stood in front of her. An Ruochen ignored them, and said: "I have heard of General Long's name, and my little girl has admired him for a long time, hoping to see the general's true face. Today I heard that the general came to Zhonglan City, and the little girl went through many twists and turns to come here. See the general everywhere. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I am really blessed by the Bodhisattva."
She said this in a mess, and she squeezed Long Da's palm with both hands. Long Dawan's unchanging expression finally cracked and became active.
He raised an eyebrow. Clearly, with a slight smile, he raised one eyebrow.
An Ruochen also wanted to imitate him in raising her eyebrows, but she found that her eyebrows were not as flexible as his. When she moved her eyebrows, both sides would rise, so she simply squeezed his hand again.
She didn't ask for anything else, just begging him not to tear her down.
Long Da didn't take her down, he didn't even speak. Because Anping rushed to speak.
An Pingyuan wanted to reprimand An Ruochen a few words, but seeing the posture in front of him, he quickly saluted Long Da: "Little Anping, the manager of the An family in Zhonglan City. I heard that the general will arrive tomorrow, and the little boss has already arranged to serve him in the city. The general celebrates the wind, I never expected the general to come today, I am far away to meet you, I hope the general will forgive me."
Long Da frowned, he was most annoyed by such bad things as "Ying Yuan" and "Facing the Wind". He doesn't know them, and there is no law that stipulates that he must be picked up wherever he goes, but someone always blames himself for something. What a sick mind!
Anping is the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Long Da's face is not good-looking, it is difficult to say flattery words after this. He hastily added some polite words, and said that An Ruochen was the eldest lady of his family, and today she ran out mischievously to see the general's demeanor, and bumped into the general, please don't blame the general.
An Ruochen's heart was half relieved when he heard what Anping said. She hurriedly climbed up the pole, earnestly paying for it. A group of people said a few words, took their leave and left.
An Ruochen quietly kicked the burden to Long Da's feet, taking advantage of Anping and the others turning around and walking away without paying attention, he lowered his voice and said softly to Long: "Please take care of it, the general, and I will find the general to get it later."
Long Da raised an eyebrow again after hearing this, but An Ruochen didn't have time to take a closer look, she turned around and followed An Ping's footsteps, and went back to the house.
Sneaking out of the mansion and bumping into the nobleman, An Ruochen was still punished after returning to the mansion.
But she is very satisfied, it's just a few family tricks, she can bear it. It would have been better if she hadn't been locked up like a prisoner. Although she guessed that her father and Anping had doubts about her motives for leaving home, she was empty-handed, as if she was planning to run away, and the argument of giving the cloak to someone else was also tenable, because she had really The most important thing is to go to the temple to pray for blessings, and no less than ten witnesses can be pulled out. In addition, General Long's excuse was reasonable, so although An Changfu had doubts in his heart, he couldn't say anything.
In the end, An Changfu had no choice but to reprimand his daughter, and scolded her for going to complain to a man when she was about to marry, which was shameless. He blamed her several big boards and asked her to reflect on herself.
An Ruochen reflected on herself, she seriously thought about the reason for her failure, it was because she was too anxious. She had no helpers, was alone, and her footsteps were not fast enough, so the chances of escaping like this were naturally slim. She should hide first, wait for the wind to pass, and then look for opportunities to leave the city.
Thinking like this, she began to prepare.
People in the house are unreliable. It's not all about loyalty. Like the nanny and her two maids are sincerely kind to her, but they panic and cry at every turn, and they can't get things done. Moreover, they were right under the eyes of the people in the house, and if any flaws were exposed, all her previous efforts would be wasted.
So An Ruochen wanted to find a helper outside the house.
That person can't know too much, so that he won't leak his words, and he must be able to handle things and be useful. In the end, An Ruochen chose the aunt who delivered food to An's mansion.
An Ruochen first wandered around the mansion when he had nothing to do, and then liked to find people to chat and complain about his grievances, making people feel that the eldest lady dare not go out now, and can only chat in the mansion when she is bored.
Then An Ruochen found an opportunity, and finally stopped the delivery lady to chat with her. Everyone was used to her liking to find someone to confide in, so no one cared. But An Ruochen used this method to get the food delivery lady to take advantage of her and rent a small house in the city for her.
An Ruochen told Mrs. Cai that she had a woman friend who married into a bad husband. Sometimes she would be beaten and scolded fiercely, so she dared not go back to her mother's house, so she thought of a hut where she could hide occasionally. Hidden from the fist of the husband. But since he is hiding, it is not easy to show his face, so he has to ask the aunt to bring some food to the house every day. They made an agreement that if someone lived in that house, a bamboo basket would be placed at the door, and the aunt would put food into the basket every day.
The aunt who delivered the food was convinced of this matter, and promised to keep her mouth shut. Anyway, for her, this is something that can be done by hand, and there is money to be collected, so why not do it.
Within two days, the vegetable delivery lady came to report that the house was rented and the bamboo baskets were put in the house. She handed the key to An Ruochen, saying that after her friend went to live in that house, she would just release the basket. She would pass by that house every day, never delaying delivery of food.
An Ruochen thanked her, and began to wait for the second opportunity to run away from home.
After a few days, the opportunity came.
On that day, there was a distinguished visitor from Anfu. An Changfu was excited and nervous at the same time, so he started preparations one day in advance, and summoned his servants to give lectures, and called all the concubines and sons and daughters. Be courteous and dress appropriately. Especially the daughters. Well, to be precise, all the daughters except An Ruochen should put on good makeup, put on the most beautiful clothes, be able to talk, dare to accompany wine, in a word, they must make the distinguished guests return home satisfied.
The expression on An Ruochen's face was the same as that of other daughters, but she began to dislike her father again. You are not the procuress of Hualou, and your daughter is not a joke. Is this kind of order to put on good makeup, wear beautiful clothes, talk and dare to accompany wine, is this what a father should say
Returning with satisfaction, it’s really pigs, dogs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, bah!
At noon the next day, the distinguished guest came.
An Ruochen was extremely disgusted by the fact that the whole family had to line up to welcome them like a slave. She really wanted to take out the mirror in the room and take photos of them one by one, so that they could all take a good look at their own virtues.
But she dared not do it. Not only did she not dare to do this, she had to put on a virtuous behavior like theirs. She thought that although she bowed her head today, she could live on forever.
The distinguished guests have entered.
Before An Ruochen raised his head, he felt a chilling aura sweep over him. She couldn't help but secretly looked up, and it turned out to be him—that General Dragon.