Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

The two passers-by walked further and further away. Bai Zhi took a while to come back to her senses and scratched her eyebrows.

It had been so long she'd almost forgotten about Yang Jinlang. When she arrived, she'd heard he was serving as a local official in Wu County, but had left for the provincial capital. Bai Zhi immediately guessed this man who'd passed the Cinnabar exam had been locked up for a secret trial. So why was he back now?

After a moment, Bai Zhi shook her head again and took a deep breath - it was none of her business, there was no point in thinking too much, it was better to guess what was for dinner.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather becomes a little cooler. The air is clear and crisp, and there is a faint fragrance unique to the cool breeze in the air.

It wasn't the scent of flowers, as the vines had almost been cut down, but rather a scent similar to that of cooking fire, similar to that of dumpling soup. I took a deep breath and felt myself slowly coming back to life.

Just when Bai Zhi was halfway alive, a blind coachman drove up in a carriage and swiftly stepped forward to greet her: "Miss Bai, Master Wei invites you to come in and have a chat."

Tsk.

The weather was so nice that Baizhi didn't really want to talk about troublesome things.

But I have to go.

She took a last deep breath of the cooking air and got into the carriage without saying anything.

The driver's driving skills were extremely high, and they arrived at the Imperial Envoy's residence where Wei Fuguang was temporarily staying with almost no bumps. Bai Zhi sat up straight and was about to get off the carriage, but unexpectedly, with a flick of the whip, the carriage turned a corner and slid quietly into the alley next to the residence like a fish into water.

Bai Zhi asked suspiciously, "My dear, aren't we going to see Lord Wei?"

"Master Wei is waiting for Miss Bai somewhere else."

About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of an ordinary house. The woman inside came out with a broom in hand, looking quite aggressive. "What are you doing? Who told you to park in front of my house? How am I supposed to sweep it when it's all dusty?"

The driver pulled out a sign with the characters "Ningzhou Provincial Affairs Officer" and handed it to the woman. After verifying its authenticity, the woman's expression instantly calmed down. After carefully looking around to see if there was anyone around, she said, "Sir, please follow me."

The woman led the coachman and the confused Bai Zhi into the room, closed the door tightly, and knocked seven times on the wall and the foot of the bed. With a rumbling sound, the whole bed flipped up and pressed against the wall. The brick floor under the bed opened up, revealing a two-person-wide step leading down. A crooked little moon was carved on the first step.

Knock, knock, knock, and the door opens, just like the Lou family's secret mechanism. Bai Zhi thought to herself, could it be that Chu Yunchuan built this place himself? The White Tiger Army has been so busy lately, when would he have the time to build a mechanism...

The woman descended the stairs first, leading the way. It was pitch dark below, yet the woman seemed to have night vision, moving with ease. Bai Zhi followed behind her, groping blindly, concentrating on listening to her footsteps and groping her way, stumbling along.

The narrow path became colder and colder as we walked along, as if there was an ice cellar below.

Wei Fuguang wanted to meet her in such a place? Could it be that she had a fever recently and preferred to stay in a cool place?

"arrive."

The woman pulled out two flower-branch hairpins from her hair, put them together at an extremely clever angle, twisted them left and right, and the front end of the flower branches became a key.

Mandarin duck key.

A brick suddenly popped up from a distant memory, and the dust it raised made Bai Zhi feel a little annoyed.

The door in front suddenly opened, revealing a huge dungeon. Against the wall of the dungeon was a pile of half-dead people, locked in chains and shackles, with messy hair and bloodstained prison uniforms.

The woman leading the way, having completed her mission, bowed her head and left. The driver made tea and knocked on the small door not far inside. "Miss, Miss Bai is here."

As soon as the words "Miss Bai" came out, the prisoner shuddered and his chains rattled. Bai Zhi looked over and saw that the prisoner had stopped moving again, curled up in the straw like a lifeless corpse.

What's going on, Bai Zhi thought, is there a cramp?

"Your humble servant greets Miss Bai. I have something important to discuss with you, so I chose this top-secret place. Please don't blame me, Miss Bai."

Wei Fuguang dressed neatly and came to greet Bai Zhi with a huge smile on his face. Bai Zhi couldn't help but teasing her: "Don't be surprised, don't be surprised. It's been a long time since we last met, Master Wei. You look so happy. Did you get rich?"

"Thank you, Miss Bai, for your kind words. This is as good as making a fortune." Wei Fuguang led Bai Zhi to sit down, and then lowered his voice and said, "The other day I intercepted a secret letter from the barbarian, and wrote..."

"Wait a moment." Bai Zhi interrupted her immediately, "Master Wei, the war is confidential, why don't you report it directly to King Jing?"

"I intercepted the letter and opened it immediately. In my humble opinion, this matter may be related to Miss Bai, so I did not report it to His Majesty first."

"related to me?"

Wei Fuguang raised his finger and pointed at the prisoner: "This letter is sent to the barbarian prisoner in front of you, the former Wu County Magistrate Yang Jinlang."

Bai Zhi was startled and looked at the prisoner with his head bowed in disbelief: "He is... but I heard from the villagers that the county magistrate has returned."

"I've heard that Lord Fang, the magistrate of Xizhou, is well-versed in ancient and modern knowledge and medicine. I've written to him as soon as possible, asking him to make some fake human skins for me." Wei Fuguang pointed to his face. "One of them will be made to resemble Yang Jinlang's face. One of my servants will stick it on his face, impersonating the county magistrate to reassure the people."

Bai Zhi asked, "What about the remaining fake skin?"

"Most of them were also pasted on the faces of my servants, pretending to be the adults who were secretly captured. But I still kept a few..." Wei Fuguang took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Bai Zhi, "The use of this secret letter starts with this. Please take a look, Miss Bai."

The envelope was ivory-colored, not the pure white of Dayan. The craftsmanship was crude, and it looked like something from the barbarians. Bai Zhi tore it open and examined it carefully—this letter was from Ge Zhen to Yang Jinlang, asking him to capture Gu Yan at all costs and bring him back to the barbarian land to hand it over to her personally.

The barbarians have been unable to capture the city for a long time. It seems that Ge Zhen is really anxious this time and wants to make efforts to attack Gu Yan.

Bai Zhi shook the letter paper and said, "Master Wei, how does this secret letter relate to me?"

Wei Fuguang did not answer, but stood up and bowed deeply to Bai Zhi: "This is related to the past events of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion. I dare not speculate. It is just that I happened to know about Miss Bai's past relationship, so I acted in this way."

Bai Zhi's only apparent past connection was with Gu Yan, the third master of the Xuanping Marquisate. The implication was that Wei Fuguang had heard from somewhere that Bai Zhi was once Gu Yan's wife, and because she was in a relationship with Prince Jing, he suspected there must be a deep secret. The past of the Xuanping Marquisate was no secret; anyone with a keen eye could uncover it.

It was Gu Yan and Ge Zhen again, so it wasn't difficult for Wei Fuguang to connect her to him.

As for why she came to her first, it was to acknowledge Gu Yan's whereabouts, which Bai Zhi knew better than King Jing.

Who do you think she is?

However, what she was thinking was definitely not related to the truth. Bai Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief, "Master Wei is so well-informed that he has even heard of Gu Yan."

"I am ashamed of myself."