Princess Promotion

Lin'er thought for a moment and asked cautiously, "Is there any way to rescue Miss Xiaoyun without spending any money?"

Bai Daqing raised his eyes and smiled, "Of course there is."

Lin'er felt relieved instantly. She said that her cousin's wife was such a smart and capable person that she would not have made a mistake. Now there was still someone who was reliable.

Bai Da took the two 100-liang silver notes and said with a smile, "Wait here, I'll be back soon."

Lin'er nodded and waved her hand, saying, "Go!"

We waited until night fell and no one showed up.

Xiao Liu rubbed his legs, which were numb from sitting, and looked at Lin'er uncertainly and asked, "Miss, could it be that Guard Bai ran away with the money?"

Lin'er looked at the two people who had been hanging for a whole day without a drop of water. If they were hung any longer, they would become dried bacon.

Gritting her teeth, Lin'er said to Xiao Liu, "Let's go and put him down."

Now that the guards guarding those two people have left, let's put them down first no matter what.

But this was the first time Lin'er had done this, and she was terrified. She took a small knife for self-defense and prepared to cut the rope.

Lin'er approached cautiously, stretched out a finger and placed it under Li San's nose to see if he was still breathing.

Li Sanyi remained motionless but suddenly said, "Not dead yet."

Lin'er was startled, but fortunately Xiao Liu supported her from behind and prevented her from falling.

At this time, Xiao Er, who was standing beside him, said in a hoarse voice: "If you don't let it go, you will probably die soon."

Li San: "From the sound, I know he won't die soon. Let's hang him for a while longer so you can mind your own business."

Lin'er looked at Xiao Er in shock. She had always thought that it was Li San, who seemed to have an impulsive temper, who roared when he saw injustice.

Unexpectedly, it was the seemingly gentle Xiao Er who would be the hero to save the beauty.

Xiao Er coughed a few times to catch his breath and said, "You are not a martial arts expert. I didn't expect you to be defeated."

Li San was speechless and said, "Brother, there are more than a dozen of them. How can I defeat them alone?"

Lin'er looked at the two of them and saw that they were still in the mood to bicker with each other. It seemed that nothing serious was happening.

After cutting the rope, the two men fell to the ground and it seemed that they would not be able to get up for a while.

Lin'er could only ask Xiao Liu to pull the carriage over. As for the coachman, he had already run away when the two men were hung up.

After much difficulty, they helped the two men onto the carriage and gave them some water and food.

A new problem arose. Neither the master nor the servant knew how to drive a cart. Although Xiao Liu had watched the coachman drive a cart these days, she could learn it with her eyes but not with her hands!

Lin'er and Xiao Liu looked at each other, dumbfounded!

In the end, they had no choice but to pull the carriage. The carriage was not big to begin with, and with a bunch of things and two big men in it, there was no room for Lin'er to sit.

So the guards sat in the carriage, while Lin'er and Xiao Liu walked outside leading the horses. Lin'er felt that these were not guards at all, she was more like their maids.

Lin'er didn't know where to go, so she thought about waiting near the city gate and leaving the city as soon as it opened tomorrow. Then she would write a letter to her cousin's wife to complain.

Although Lin'er didn't know Lin Wan's true identity, she could sense something amiss.

Lin Wan was the empress's study partner, but she suddenly lowered her status and married into the Wang family, breaking with the empress who was still a princess at the time.

Back then, Lin'er had guessed that Lin Wan had sensed something was wrong and severed ties with the empress in advance to avoid disaster.

But since the empress ascended the throne, Lin Wan rarely appeared in public. Outsiders rumored that Lin Wan was hiding because he was afraid of being liquidated by the empress.

But Lin'er knew very well that Lin Wan was definitely not that kind of person. The time when her cousin closed the door to visitors and the time when he appeared happened to be the time when the empress took over the Western Zhou Dynasty.

I heard that the empress was able to conquer the Western Zhou Dynasty in one fell swoop because she developed a highly lethal weapon called "explosives".

And my cousin is the backbone of the Ministry of Industry, so the truth is obvious.

Lin Wan and the empress must have only had a superficial break, and they have a very good relationship in private. When the time comes, let my cousin-in-law tell the empress to deal with this corrupt official.

Just as Lin'er began to imagine the classic scene in the play about outsmarting corrupt officials, she wondered whether this story of eliminating harm for the people would be known to the world in the future.

Just when Lin'er and Xiao Liu were wandering around the city gate, looking for a place to stay for the night.

"Finally found you!" A deep male voice came from behind.

Lin'er turned around and saw Bai Da standing not far away with a package in his hand, looking at them helplessly with his hands on his hips.

Lin Er said, "I thought you took the money and ran away."

Bai Da said helplessly: "After all, I have worked for your cousin's wife. How can you be so short-sighted as to take two hundred taels of silver and run away!"

Lin'er was actually persuaded by the thought of her cousin's wife's generosity in giving out 30,000 taels of silver notes.

Lin Er asked doubtfully, "Then why did you take so long?"

Bai Da said helplessly, "Miss, although the brothel is open during the day, the courtesan only comes out to receive customers at night."

Lin'er was speechless for a moment. She really didn't know this.

The situation was a little awkward for a moment, so Lin'er could only change the subject and ask, "So, did you rescue Miss Xiaoyun?"

Bai Da: "Not so fast, but I have a plan. If it goes well, we can take Miss Xiaoyun out of the city tomorrow morning."

Lin'er: "What method?"

Bai Da cleared his throat and said, "I've already found out which room Miss Xiaoyun is imprisoned in. When daybreak comes, Li San and I will climb over the wall and sneak her out."

Bai Da pointed to the carriage road and said, "You guys wait and meet us outside with the carriage and horses. We will head straight to the city gate at around noon, which will be the perfect time for the gate to open. By the time those people find us, we will have already run away."

Lin'er's eyes widened and she blurted out, "But Li San is still lying..."

Before he finished speaking, Li San swiftly turned over and got off the carriage road: "I'm fully recovered and can move anytime."

Lin'er stared at Li San's back, wishing she could make two holes in it, so the bastard lay comfortably in the carriage to rest, while she walked outside leading the horse.

Who is the guard and who is the lady?

At this time, Xiao Liu asked weakly: "But neither the young lady nor I know how to drive a carriage..."

On the deserted street, a carriage appeared, rushing around like a drunk, and was swaying on the street.

When he met patrolling soldiers, Bai Da went up to them and bribed them with silver, saying that he had taken the wrong road and wanted to go back to the East Street Inn.

The officers and soldiers looked at Lin'er and Xiao Liu driving the carriage and asked in confusion, "Why are there two girls driving the carriage?"

Bai Da sighed helplessly and said, "I don't know where my young lady got the mood from. She insisted on driving the carriage herself. Otherwise, we wouldn't be strolling around the streets in the middle of the night."

After checking the passes of several people, the officers and soldiers found no problems.

Seeing Lin'er screaming from time to time and the carriage driving at a frenzy, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but look at Bai Dadao with sympathy: "It's not easy for you either!"