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The next day, Zhou Chang got up early, dressed neatly, carried a guqin on his back, put a copper kettle filled with water on his waist, and left the Jiaofang Office.

The reason given to the Grand Master of Music and his men was that they had to leave the city and go to the Chaotian Temple in the western suburbs to meditate and cultivate themselves.

Since Xiao Lan had always liked quietness and rarely met outsiders, no one found it strange that she wanted to go to the Taoist temple to meditate.

Afterwards, Zhou Chang first went to a clothing store and bought a set of clothes, then went to a carriage company and rented a carriage, and went out of the city and headed west to Chaotian Temple.

It was almost noon when he arrived at Chaotian Temple. He burned incense in the main hall, paid a visit to the abbot, rested for a long time, and then turned around, carrying his zither and going down the mountain.

Zhou Chang had sent the carriage back early, saying that they would stay at the Taoist temple for the night. She later told the abbot that she suddenly remembered something and had to return.

On the way back from Chaotian Temple, there is a steep slope that must be passed. Below the slope is a turbulent river that leads to the Qinglong River, the canal that goes around the city of Jindu.

At this time, the sun was setting on the steep slope.

There were fewer and fewer vehicles and horses on the mountain road, and there was no pedestrian at all.

After waiting for two minutes and making sure that there was no one around, Zhou Chang took off the guqin on his back and the water bottle on his waist and prepared to take off his outer men's clothes.

The night before, after returning to the Jiaofang Office, Zhou Chang fell headfirst onto the bed.

She finally accomplished a big thing, but she felt uncomfortable.

The performance at the palace banquet the day before was very successful. Xiao Lan was highly praised and even received a reward from the Imperial Concubine. However, Zhou Chang could clearly feel that Xiao Lan was not happy.

It seemed that nothing could move her. Except for the brief moment when she played the piano, her heart was open. The rest of the time, her whole body was tense and she could not relax at any moment.

This is the price she pays for dressing as a man.

The appearance of Xiao Bing is like a shadow and a knife in Xiao Lan's life, following him until his death.

In Xiao Lan's memory, she had no way to deal with a man like Xiao Bing. She had only two choices: either obey and give him money until Xiao Bing squeezed her dry, or take the risk and be reported by Xiao Bing.

And if it came to that, given Xiao Lan's personality, he would not wait until the public trial and would end his life early.

There seem to be two roads, but in fact there is only one, and that is a dead end.

In her previous life, Zhou Chang had heard that mathematics and music are the same kind of talent, but she was not only a math idiot, but she also had no musical talent.

Although she had only been in Xiao Lan's position for two days, she had already developed a deep admiration and sympathy for her.

As a woman, she has to help her.

Yesterday, Zhou Chang packed up Xiao Lan's important belongings and rehearsed it over and over in his mind.

This morning, I pretended to go out as usual and started to implement the action.

Her method was nothing surprising. She just wanted to help Xiao Lan escape, change her appearance, and become a woman again.

Xiao Lan's current status is indeed hard-earned, but if she is willing to let go, at least she can save her life, and she doesn't have to give up the guqin she loves all her life, and she doesn't have to worry anymore. Everything is good, but it is indeed difficult to operate.

It is difficult, but the most difficult part is to break through your cognition and make up your mind.

It’s not that Xiao Lan doesn’t understand these principles, but she just can’t make up her mind and doesn’t know what to do in the future.

Then the decision will be made by Zhou Chang and she will be the one to do the work.

Zhou Chang had changed into the women's clothing that he had bought in a clothing store while he was in Chaotian Temple, taking the opportunity to change clothes and go to the toilet.

Now, she could easily change back into women's clothes by taking off the outer two layers of clothes.

Just as Zhou Chang was taking off the outermost layer of his robe, a figure flashed out from the side and shouted, "What do you want to do? Are you trying to escape?"

Zhou Chang was so scared that his heart skipped a beat. He turned around and saw Xiao Bing, followed by two guys who looked like thugs.

"Nothing, I just need to go to the bathroom." Zhou Chang was surprised at himself for being able to say such words at this time.

"Who are you trying to fool?" Xiao Bing was not so easy to fool. "I have been following you these past two days. You entered the palace the day before yesterday, and you didn't come out of the Jiaofang Office the whole day yesterday. As soon as you came out today, you carried your bag and left the city. Hehe, even a fool knows what you are going to do."

Zhou Chang's heart sank.

She originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one was around and throw the men's clothes and personal belongings she had taken off down the steep slope, creating the illusion that she had slipped and rolled down the slope and finally fell into the water.

Afterwards, she dressed as a woman, took a guqin, and went to a nunnery outside Jindu City in Xiao Lan's memory to take shelter temporarily.

After that, Zhou Chang will change his identity to that of an official's wife at the palace banquet the day before, and then find a way to leave the city to help Xiao Lan change her identity.

Xiao Lan has the skill of playing the piano, so she can still find a music school to continue teaching the art. She just needs to change her identity, or even present herself as a girl. She can find a way to become a female musician in the music school who has left the musician industry, and she can make a living in brothels for the rest of her life.

This is not the best result, but it is much better than living in fear all day, afraid of being discovered and ruined, and being threatened by Xiao Bing, making it difficult to sleep or eat.

However, he did not expect that Xiao Bing would come to him before the first step of the plan was implemented.

"I have no more silver, so these are all yours." Zhou Chang took out from his arms two pieces of jade stones that Concubine Yi had given him at the palace banquet the day before. They could be used to carve seals.

Xiao Bing took it in his hand and weighed it twice. It was not enough at all. He glanced at Zhou Chang again and sneered. He guessed her plan to some extent, but did not expose it.

"Since you really have no money, you might as well sell this zither. I heard from someone yesterday that the zithers in the hands of most great zither players are very valuable and worth a lot of silver." Xiao Bing's eyes turned and he set his sights on the zither on the ground, and reached out to grab it while speaking.

"Impossible." Zhou Chang flatly refused and tried to grab it with both hands.

Originally, carrying this ancient zither with him would easily expose Xiao Lan's identity.

But yesterday, when Xiao Lan thought about giving up the guqin to avoid exposing her identity in the future, her heart was uncontrollably tightened.

Last night Zhou Chang tossed and turned, bargaining with the viewpoint system.

The ideal situation would be to change her status to that of a palace concubine, but the status of a palace concubine is either too expensive, with a commission of more than 50,000 taels being too far from affordable. Or she could change to a low-ranking palace maid, but in that case she would not be able to see the emperor at all and would just be a servant.

Then the second option is to change to the wife of an official. The ideal one would be the wife of the Minister of Justice. However, the wife of the Minister of Justice is worth 60,000 taels in commission, and she is still more than 2,000 taels short.

After failing to bargain with the prominent system, Zhou Chang hesitated whether to sell the guqin.

As a result, as soon as I had the slightest thought about it, my heart felt like it was being stabbed with needles.

No matter how much I tried to reason with him, my heart still ached.

Zhou Chang was sharing the same body with Xiao Lan, and his feelings were extremely clear. He also understood that this was something Xiao Lan would never want to do, so he gave up the idea and carried it on his back no matter how troublesome it was. "I'm tired of this life of not being a billionaire;

Collect them at will and achieve common prosperity. "