"Okay, stop thinking about falling into slavery." Bai Zhi stood up and picked up a large paper map from the table beside her, and spread it on Qiaoqiao's bed. "Now let's choose a place to go next."

Lin Chuqi followed Lin Ruogui to escape from Weizhou to the capital. They traveled 4,000 miles along the way, passing through many counties and cities, sleeping in the open air in various places, and were more or less familiar with these places. He pointed his finger on the map and talked about the customs and habits of each place from memory. Baizhi and Qiaoqiao listened attentively.

It was not until he reached the word "Pan Ying" that Lin Chuqi stopped, looking a little dejected: "No matter how good a place outside the Thirteen States is, it's not good enough."

Qiaoqiao: "Why not go to the Thirteen States? But is the Thirteen States still habitable now?"

"My mother said that the fighting has made it impossible for people to stay here, so everyone has left." Lin Chuqi circled the area around Weizhou with his fingers, and after a moment hesitantly said, "It seems that there are still some people in this place, but I'm not sure."

Bai Zhi looked as she was told. That was Qing County, the easternmost county in Weizhou, a border county among the Thirteen States. Just one step outside was the mainland of Dayan.

"Let's go here." Bai Zhi drew a line at the distance from the capital to Qing County. "Wow, it's really far."

"Madam, I don't know what this place looks like. Do we really want to go there?"

"Don't worry." Bai Zhi rolled up the map, "The Thirteen States will be revived sooner or later."

The two children looked at each other, as if they had heard a ghost story. Qiaoqiao blinked her big eyes and asked, "Miss, why?"

Bai Zhi said seriously: "The immortal told me in a dream."

A few days later, just as Bai Zhi had expected, people in the capital were tired of the rumors about her and Lu Jiliang, and turned their attention to the new young man and beautiful woman.

During this period, Lu Jiliang sent someone to deliver a long letter to her. Half of it was apology to her, and the other half was angry words to the people on the street. It was as if one could see Lu Jiliang's red and white face through the paper. Bai Zhi laughed out loud when she read it, and she picked up the pen and wrote back with only four big words - it doesn't matter.

At this time, Gu Yan came back exhausted. When Bai Zhi saw him, the old things that Lin Ruogui had said kept popping up in her mind. She felt very complicated for a moment, and her mouth opened and closed again, not knowing what to say. Seeing her like this, Gu Yan thought something had happened, and frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Zhi looked at him for a long while, then grinned: "Nothing. Brother Chu, you're back? Is everything okay?"

Gu Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this name, and smiled with curved eyebrows: "Brother Chu, what is this name? Why don't you call me Gu Yan?"

"Gu Yan's name doesn't sound good. Chu Yunchuan is more suitable for you." Bai Zhi was preparing for class while occupying Gu Yan's old seat where he was reading. She poured him a cup of tea and said, "You look very happy."

Gu Yan took the teacup and drank it all, playing with the empty cup back and forth, and said: "There will be a big happy event tonight, of course I am happy."

"What's going on? Is gold going to fall from the sky?"

"It's not gold that's dropped, it's a knife." Gu Yan said, "A group of thieves will come to the mansion to rob it at night, remember to take care of Qiaoqiao."

"Thief?" Bai Zhi raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "Did you arrange this?"

Gu Yan said slowly: "Guess."

"You wouldn't attack the Marquis' Mansion so easily. If it was really arranged by you, at least the direct descendants of the Marquis' Mansion would be safe." Bai Zhi put down the book, "I'd better go and take care of my Qiaoqiao and Chuqi."

The thieves robbed the mansion, and it sounded like they were going to kill someone, so Bai Zhi planned to send all four servants away. She put on a serious face and asked Qiaoqiao to take all the money and follow Lin Chuqi back to the Lin family, leaving after dinner and not to come back before noon tomorrow. She also gave Xu the cook a day off in the same tone. Finally, she found Mingxin and wanted to use the excuse to send him to the next town to buy silk, which would take at least two days to go there and back.

Unexpectedly, Ming Xin said, "Madam San, what kind of satin do you want to buy? I'll send someone to buy it."

"I don't trust other people's taste. Go buy it yourself and choose a good piece of satin."

Ming Xin looked embarrassed: "Third Madam, the Third Master ordered me to stay at Yishui Garden day and night. If I want to leave, I can't leave for more than an hour."

Bai Zhi had never known about such a thing, so she had no choice but to obey him in the end, thinking that it shouldn't be a problem to just protect Ming Xin.

After nightfall, everything is quiet.

Bai Zhi was urged by Gu Yan to take a nap in the afternoon, and she was not sleepy at all at night. However, Gu Yan said that she could not turn on the lights. Without moonlight, she could only sit cross-legged on the bed in the dark and practice those few boxing moves.

Bai Zhi never slacked off in her life-saving skills, and now she could faintly hear the sound of wind breaking through the air when she punched. Gu Yan said, "When you have practiced your punches and kicks well, I will teach you the inner strength skills."

Bai Zhi's eyes lit up: "Can I press acupoints like Chang Feng?"

"It takes a lot of time to practice like Chang Feng."

"What about you? Do you know how to press acupoints?"

Gu Yan patted the edge of the bed twice: "Come closer."

Bai Zhi thought Gu Yan was going to tell her some secret, so she moved over in two moves. Unexpectedly, just as she sat firmly on the bed, Gu Yan tapped three major acupuncture points on her body at an extremely fast speed. The next moment, she lost all her strength, fell straight back, and landed steadily in the embrace of a soothing fragrance.

Gu Yan whispered in the darkness: "How do you feel?"

This feeling is so fucking bad. Bai Zhi couldn't move her mouth, she could only curse in her heart. This feeling was so strange, if I had to describe it, it was like a thin thread started to grow wildly from those three acupuncture points, instantly taking over her whole body, she couldn't tell whether it was sore or numb in the joints of her bones, anyway, she couldn't move at all.

I wonder if people in a vegetative state feel the same way.

Fortunately, Gu Yan immediately unblocked her acupuncture points. After about half an incense stick of time, her strength slowly returned. Bai Zhi moved her mouth and cursed: "Chu Yunchuan, are you a human being? If you want something, you should let me know in advance!"

Gu Yan's smiling voice came from the side: "I will definitely inform you in advance next time."

"Want to have another chance?" Bai Zhi raised herself up crookedly, "Next time I'll be the one to pick you!"

Suddenly there was a knock on the window next to the desk: "Your Highness, we are entering the city."

Gu Yan responded: "Okay, follow me closely."

Bai Zhi heard this and started to move her arms and legs: "What a short time! You're still picking me up! Aren't you afraid that you'll carry me away?"

"I can carry you." Gu Yan said, "Can you stand up?"

"Who are you looking down on?" Bai Zhi put on her shoes and stomped her feet on the ground, "Let's go, run for our lives."

At one o'clock in the morning, everyone in the mansion gathered at the door of the treasury. After everyone was gathered, Qiao Wanwan took out the key hanging around her neck and opened the first door of the treasury.

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