Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

The woman with a wound on her face sneered at the situation: "Humph, you are also a fool. You are thinking about them. If they knew what happened to you, they would not even have time to hide from you. Women, you are born to be inferior to others."

Xiao Cui's eyes dimmed when she heard that. She leaned against the wall, hugged her knees, buried her head between her legs, and didn't move. Jiang Li felt uncomfortable and squatted down: "Hey, don't listen to her nonsense."

"You want to go back so that you can have a place to settle down. If I can let you live on your own, will you still despair? As for being put into a pig cage, Qiguo has a clear ban on this."

"There were indeed some before, but the imperial court also took action to punish those ignorant people. If there are still some who are strong enough, they can also have a taste of what it feels like to be put into a pig cage."

Xiao Cui slowly raised her head, her eyes dead silent: "But now you have been caught too, and you can't get out by yourself. How are you going to take me away and give me a chance to live?"

Jiang Li exerted force with his hands, moved the wooden stake of the cell a little, crawled through the gap, and squatted beside her in front of her stunned eyes.

He waved his hand in front of her eyes and said, "Xiao Cui, are you okay? I'm very powerful. If I said I could take you out, I would definitely take you out."

"...You, you just broke that thing apart. Am I seeing things? You have such terrible strength. If you are so powerful, how did you get caught here?"

The hedgehog girl looked over, her eyes were tangled and complicated, her face was full of sarcasm: "Who are you? You are not from the imperial court, are you? How could those officials care about our lives? It can't be them."

Jiang Li looked at her deeply and said meaningfully, "This sister looks different from others. She seems to be educated. Come over and chat with us. You are so bored alone."

"Shh, don't be like a hedgehog. I'm not a bad person. We are all women. We are the most passive here. We should unite and find a way to survive, right?"

The hedgehog girl struggled for a while, with resentment and unwillingness in her eyes, and suppressed her guard. She only had one life, and no matter what others wanted to do, she would be powerless to resist, so she might as well give it a try.

If she doesn't try, she will never be able to get out in this life. How can she take revenge? How can she find out the truth? Why doesn't her father come to find her? Do they all dislike her and don't want her anymore?

He came closer and lowered his head: "I came here earlier than Xiao Cui, and I know the situation here better. I can tell you anything you want to know, but I have one condition."

He raised his head, his eyes seemed to be burning with fire, and he gritted his teeth: "I want to get out alive. As long as you are willing to help me get revenge, my life will be yours from now on, and I can do anything you want."

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "That depends on your value. Let me tell you first, who are you?"

The hedgehog girl closed her eyes and spoke slowly.

After hearing her words, Jiang Li looked at her, his eyes full of surprise: "You are the daughter of Minister Su - Su Ning, but as far as I know, Minister Su's daughter is still in the mansion, and it has never been reported..."

Su Ning smiled bitterly, unable to hide the sadness on her face: "It has never been spread, isn't it normal? I was framed and forced to drift to the mountain village, and was abused by these bandits. My father would only think that I have ruined the family tradition."

"If others knew about this, he would be ashamed. Haha, of course, it would be best to fake it and pretend that nothing happened."

"But I won't give up. I want revenge on my stepmother. It was she who caused me to end up here and suffer all these injustices. Why am I so miserable while they live so well? It's not fair. I will never rest in peace even if I die."

Jiang Li met her eyes full of resentment and unwillingness, and sighed in his heart. Well, she was also a poor girl. No wonder she was so alert like a hedgehog.

"Okay, I'll help you. Since you're here, I'll definitely take you out. When the time comes, we'll have our grievances sorted out. You have the final say on how you want to settle the accounts."

"Now let's talk about something else. Since you came here early, can you draw a topographical map of this place? With this, we can capture this mountain stronghold in one fell swoop."

Su Ning exhaled, calmed down and nodded: "Okay, but I don't have paper, ink, pen and inkstone, I'm afraid there's no way..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard a click and the sound of the lock being opened. A man stood in front of the cell, handed over paper and charcoal, and said respectfully, "Master, here is the thing."

Jiang Li took it and spread it on the table, signaling her that she could start drawing. Looking at the dazed person, he shouted, "Su Ning, what are you thinking about? You can start drawing now. Get rid of them as soon as possible and go out for revenge as soon as possible."

When Su Ning heard the word revenge, her eyes lit up: "Okay, I get it. As long as there is a chance of revenge, I am willing to pay any price."

He quickly drew a route map and handed it over: "This is the place I've been to. I haven't been to these places, but I've heard of them, so I drew them out. I don't know what's there, so you can only go and see it yourself."

"Okay, hard work."

Jiang Li was about to say something when he heard footsteps outside. His expression froze, "Someone is coming. I'm going back first. You stay here quietly. Once those people outside are dealt with, I'll come back and rescue you."

Everyone said in unison: "Okay, we'll wait for you."

He crawled back through the gap, exerted force with his hands, moved the wooden stake back, and leaned it aside as if nothing had happened.

The bandit came in and took a look around, but didn't see anything wrong, so he warned: "Behave yourself, or you'll lose your heads. The boss will be here tomorrow, so dress up well. If he takes a fancy to you, you'll have a hard time."

Jiang Li stood up, lay on the wooden stake, and said foolishly: "Brother, your boss is good-looking, can I go with him tomorrow? I haven't seen the bandit leader yet, and I'm very curious."

"…Tsk, where did this idiot come from? Go away. There's nothing wrong with your looks, but forget about your brain."

Huh? She was humiliated.

His eyes were confused: "Brother, are you humiliating me?"

The bandit crossed his arms and sneered, "Tsk, what a fool! You can't even tell the difference between humiliating you and laughing at you. You are really a fool..."

A silver light flashed, and the bandit covered his neck, his throat making a gurgling sound, blood spurting out from between his fingers. His eyes were full of fear, and he wanted to shout for help but couldn't, so he could only wait to die.

Jiang Li touched his face and said calmly: "You can say that I am stupid, but you can't say that I am dumb. Although my IQ is only over 80, I am definitely not a fool. You are insulting me. Go to hell."

He turned his head to look at them and asked, "Am I stupid?"

Everyone swallowed unconsciously and shook their heads frantically: "No... Not stupid, quite, quite smart."