Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Since she is going on a long journey, she must have some extra people around her.

Gu Li is not short of money now.

After explaining the matter, Gu Li left. However, Gu Li did not go home directly, but asked the carriage to turn to Huaihua Street and inquire about some things before returning.

Osmanthus Street, Tang Guli inevitably recalled the funny wedding ceremony of her first marriage. It seemed like yesterday, but she was already a wife of the Jiang family.

Seeing Cai Qing again really scared Gu Li.

She was clearly not yet 20 years old, but she looked like an old woman after just one year of not seeing her. Her hair was all messy and tied up behind her head. Her face, which was once fair, was covered with red spots, as if the flesh under the skin was rotting. She was wearing a gray dress and standing outside the courtyard gate with her back hunched. Gu Li almost didn't recognize her.

"Cai Qing?"

Hearing someone calling her name, Cai Qing shrank back reflexively, but quickly remembered where she was. She slowly raised her head again, but dared only look at the lady's skirt embroidered with cloud patterns.

"Miss!" she called humbly and respectfully.

"Cai Qing, I once promised you that I would let you go find Fan Xiliang after you have redeemed your sins. Do you remember?"

Cai Qing nodded. The young lady really still remembered this. She was right!

"Now you can go!"

Cai Qing was delighted, and halfway through raising her eyes, she quickly lowered her head and knelt on the bluestone floor with a thump. The sound was so loud that Gu Li felt her knees were about to break.

"Young lady, are you really willing to let me go?"

Huaping frowned, "You should call the young lady Madam Jiang now! Also, when did the young lady break her promise?"

The man who used to only beg for favors in front of her was now able to stand in front of her and bully others. Cai Qing licked her dry and cracked lips bitterly and called out obediently, "Mrs. Jiang!"

Gu Li's embroidered shoes did not stay on the bluestone slab in front of Cai Qing for long. She only said, "Leave in five days!"

Cai Qing clenched her hands tightly, tightly grasping the hem of her linen skirt that had fallen to the ground. Seeing that Gu Li was about to enter the yard, she quickly asked, "Madam, what about my indenture contract-----"

Gu Li paused. Who said Cai Qing was crazy? This is not smart.

"Don't worry, when you find Fan Xiliang, I will have someone deliver your indenture contract as a gift for your marriage!" Gu Li said without looking back, and walked into the courtyard.

Huaping followed behind and closed the gate.

During the day, the young lady's courtyard door never needs to be closed, and all the servants who have served Gu Li know this.

The painted screen was intentional.

Cai Qing looked at the tightly closed gate, smiled bitterly, and slowly stood up, supporting her numb knees.

She will never be able to go back there.

However, she finally got her wish and could go find Fan Lang.

Cai Qing worked in the Meng residence without stopping until the last day. On the day of departure, she packed a small bag and slung it over her back, then left the Meng residence alone through the back door.

"Miss, Cai Qing has left!" Huaping received the news from the maid at the back door and told Gu Li immediately.

"Well, let Hongshi follow her quietly. If you find that she didn't go to find Fan Xiliang, call her back!"

"Yes, Miss." Although she didn't quite understand why her young lady cared so much about Cai Qing and even asked someone to supervise Cai Qing to find the ungrateful Fan Xiliang, Huaping still obediently followed Gu Li's instructions.

"Her indenture is still in the hands of the young lady. She dare not go anywhere else!"

As long as you are a runaway slave, once you are caught, you have no control over your own actions.

Gu Li didn't comment, only said: "We will also set off in three days, check if there is anything that is not ready and prepare it quickly!"

"Yes." Huaping, who often went out with Gu Li, is now capable of acting independently. She responded and went back to arrange the travel arrangements.

Cai Qing successfully walked out of the Meng Mansion, pawned a silver hairpin that she had hidden, and asked her way to the alleys of Huaihua Street, and found the door of the house of the yamen runner who had arrested Fan Xiliang.

It just so happened that the bailiff in charge of arresting civilians was at home on leave today, but he refused to ask for money. Cai Qing spent almost all the money he had pawned before he found out where Fan Xiliang was sent to serve.

When Cai Qing learned where Fan Lang had gone, she cried and laughed, as if she could already see the scene of her reunion with Fan Xiliang.

Cai Qing, who had a goal to achieve, wiped the tears from her face, hugged her bag tightly, and stumbled out of the city.

The yamen runner who sent Cai Qing away smiled as if it was just what he expected. "I didn't expect that what the nobleman said would come true. As long as I wait at home, someone will come to deliver silver to me! Hehe." Although this small amount of silver was not as much as what the nobleman gave, it was still silver no matter how small it was. He bit the small amount of silver in his hand with his teeth and turned back into the yard with satisfaction.

Cai Qing cried all the way to the city gate and stood at the end of the team leaving the city.

The lady in front of her felt sorry for her crying so she handed her a handkerchief and asked, "Young lady, why are you crying so sadly?"

Cai Qing did not take the handkerchief from the old lady. She raised her sleeve to wipe away her tears and sobbed, "My husband was taken away to do corvée labor. It has been a year and he has not returned. I am so worried about him."

The old lady asked: "Where are you going?"

"I, I want to marry my husband!"

"Do you know where he went?"

Cai Qing nodded, her swollen eyes made her look pitiful, "My husband has been sent to Shanhaiguan to build the Great Wall. I want to go find him!"

The woman exclaimed, "That place is not close to us!"

Cai Qing smiled shyly, "I'm not afraid. By the time I get to Shanhaiguan, it will be almost winter. I can just sew a thick cotton coat for my husband!"

The woman curled her lips, but seeing that she was alone and a woman, she didn't say anything else.

After passing the inspection of the city gate guards, Cai Qing finally left the city. When she parted with the woman, she couldn't help but sigh: "Your husband is so lucky to have a considerate woman like you!"

Cai Qing smiled so hard that her swollen eyelids narrowed into slits, "My Fan Lang deserves it."

"Your husband's surname is Fan? This surname is not very common!"

"Well, my husband's name is Fan Xiliang!"

"Oh, Madam Fan, have a safe journey!"

Everyone in the team leaving the city heard all about Cai Qing's story of looking for her husband, so within two days, an inconspicuous piece of gossip spread at the city gate.

Fan Xiliang's wife, who had just gotten married a few days ago, traveled thousands of miles to Shanhaiguan to find her husband and make winter clothes for him.