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Chapter 496 Women's Clothing
Early the next morning, Kou Jing took Zhong Liyu into the city, while Chu Ci and the others stayed on the boat waiting for news.
After a while, the two came back.Kou Jing had a serious face, presumably she had discovered something.After sending these children away, the three gathered around the table to discuss.
"Although I don't know what their purpose is, they did inspect boys of this age group very carefully. For a cute Yuxue like Yu'er, they inspected them from head to toe. There are a few older boys , and was asked to pull up the sleeves and look at the arm, I guess, there should be some birthmark there."
Kou Jing observed very carefully, and she kept in mind the places they focused on checking.
Chu Ci said: "It's not like they're looking for a kidnapper, it's more like they're looking for a prisoner."
Mrs. Wen beside him was thoughtful, but he knew that there was a mark on his arm, and that was the third prince, Yu Ren.It's just that it's not a birthmark, but a circular scar.It was burnt out with a pipe, and it was only after that time that Taifu Wen discussed with Emperor Tianhe who still respected the king, saying that he would let Yu Ren study with him.Emperor Tianhe didn't like Concubine Liu, and didn't care about the child who was born on the same day as his fourth brother, so he agreed to him.
Speaking of which, Yu Ren has been by his side for some years. For this child who he watched and grew up, Mrs. Wen loves him very much, and his affection is no less than that of his own grandson.
Inexplicably, Mrs. Wen had a feeling that this matter might be aimed at them.In order to verify whether his idea was correct, Mrs. Wen personally took Chang Xiao, who was about the same age as Yu Ren, to the city gate.
"Wait, old man, bring your grandson over here!" When they were still queuing up, they were spotted by the clerk at the front and pointed them out to the other side.
Mrs. Wen pretended to be terrified, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I don't know what's wrong with the officer, but the little old man and my grandson are both responsible!"
"Come here as soon as I tell you, why are you talking so much nonsense?" The one with the vicious look was indeed very irritable.
The other one is a little more polite: "Don't be afraid, old man, we just check at random, and we can leave in a while."
Mrs. Wen walked over with Chang Xiao tremblingly, the officer only glanced at him casually, then began to examine Chang Xiao carefully, and asked him to roll up his sleeves when he was done.
As soon as Chang Xiao raised his left arm, the man shouted impatiently: "The one on the right, lift it up."
Chang Xiao raised his right arm and rolled up his sleeves as he said, and a dark birthmark the size of a lentil appeared in front of their eyes.The man was a little happy at first, but his face drooped when he saw it clearly.
"Let's go!" The man waved them away, then turned his head and complained to his companion, "I don't know what the superiors want to do. I have been searching for two or three days, but I still haven't found the one with the scar on his hand. Listen to me Brother said, it’s not just our side, the more you look inside, the more careful you are, what do you think they want to do?”
"It's easier to find the ones with scars on their hands, but it's difficult to find those two little ones! Forget it, don't complain, anyway, let's do what the boss says." After finishing speaking, he walked back to the gate of the city, Continue to check whether there are any qualified children in the team.
Taking advantage of them not paying attention, Mrs. Wen led Chang Xiao out.After returning to the boat, he immediately told Chu Ci and Kou Jing about it.
"It seems that this matter is really aimed at them. The old man guesses that something must have happened in the capital. This order must not be from the Holy Spirit!"
Chu Ci thought for a while and said: "The visitors want to find the three of them. I don't know if they want to use them as chips in their hands or something else. At present, I only know that they are looking for someone, but I don't know what they will do after they find someone. For now As a plan, we still have to return to the capital as soon as possible, and then make plans."
They were on the ship all the way, and they couldn't receive letters at all, so there was no news from the court during this period, otherwise they wouldn't be as passive as they are now.
"But the most difficult thing now is how to get back to the capital?" Mrs. Wen sighed, "I heard from that person that they haven't checked carefully here, and the further they go in, the harder it is to get out. Be careful if you reveal a flaw, it may cause a catastrophe."
Chu Ci was also in a bit of a dilemma. Under normal circumstances, the disguise medicine powder might be able to start working.But now that they are inspecting so carefully, they will definitely show their feet, and it will be even more dangerous by then.
Kou Jing thought for a while and said, "How about we take a detour from outside the city and go directly by sea. Although there is a section of unexplored waters in the middle, I am confident that we can pass through safely."
Chu Ci was overjoyed at first, and then shook his head: "Even if we go by sea, we still have to disembark at Haiping Mansion and then transfer to a carriage. This problem still needs to be resolved."
How on earth can we prevent them from checking?Showing their identities might be okay, but it would expose them much faster.Pretending to be sick so that they dare not come forward?It doesn't work, maybe they will be kicked out directly and not allowed to enter the city.
The three of them were thinking hard when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.Opening the door, it was Lu Jingshu standing outside, she said: "Grandpa Wen, Uncle Kou, Daddy, Uncle Dahu has cooked dinner, I'm here to invite you to eat."
Chu Ci's heart warmed, he bent down and touched her sensible face, and praised: "Jing Shu is so good, you go and eat first, we still have something to talk about, we will eat later."
Lu Jingshu looked at them with some concern. Although she was small, she also knew that since she met those two bad guys last night, these adults seemed to have something on their minds, and they were frowning all day long.
"It's okay, you go first." Chu Ci patted her on the head, watching the little girl walk away step by step.
The pale pink skirt fluttered gently with her movements, and Chu Ci suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and an idea came to his mind.
At the dinner table, the boys were a little restless, and they didn't know why, they always felt that something bad was going to happen.
……
A group of people rode a horse-drawn carriage to the gate of the city in a mighty way. Seeing this situation, the people on the road all avoided them, fearing that they would accidentally offend them.
Soon, the group arrived at the gate of the city.After scanning the accompanying guards, Ya Cha shifted his gaze to several carriages.
"Everyone in the car, get down quickly. The government has an order that anyone who enters the city must be checked one by one before entering."
In the first carriage, a tall man opened the curtain and came down: "Several officials, this carriage is for my father and my pregnant wife, and the other two are for my daughters and maidservants." They are mixed with dragons and snakes at the gate of the city, it is really inconvenient for them to come down, please hold up your hands and take a look under the car, Kou is very grateful."
The butler at the side took out a bulging bag while no one was paying attention, and handed it to the head servant.The man took it and weighed it, with a smile on his face.
"If it's inconvenient, forget it. Brothers are not unreasonable. You guys, go over and check carefully, do you hear me?" The voice was obviously raised, and the purpose was naturally to let the surrounding people know that they were not playing favoritism. .
His subordinates naturally understood, and thinking about the benefits they could get today, they lifted the curtain lightly.After checking several cars, they didn't find the person above who asked them to pay special attention.
"Boss, there are none in any of the cars."
"Alright then, you guys go." The man waved his hand and let them enter the city.
"This old man is really generous, but it's a pity that the babies are all girls. According to my opinion, the one his wife is pregnant with is probably still a girl!" It's like stuffing a melon, it's guaranteed to be a girl.
The leader gave him a blank look: "It's over, don't curse others, you should care about yourself! Spread out, keep watching, stop and check when you meet boys and teenagers."
On the other side, after entering the city, Chu Ci took out the dirty things from his clothes.Dressing up as a woman is embarrassing enough, but dressing up as a pregnant woman is pretty damning.
But there's no way around it, it's not normal for a few men to take a group of little girls out alone.In the script discussed by everyone, Mrs. Wen will pretend to be a rich old man and take his son, daughter-in-law and several granddaughters out to visit relatives.In order to look more convincing, Steward Xu also arranged for people from his own caravan to become guards.
Compared with Kou Jing, Chu Ci is naturally suitable to play the role of daughter-in-law, but compared with the woman, his height is too tall. In order not to attract people's attention to this point, he had to show a more attention-grabbing side.
In order not to make Chu Ci angry, Kou Jing and Mrs. Wen averted their eyes at the same time, covered their mouths and coughed dryly, suppressing the laughter that was about to overflow.
In fact, Chu Ci's appearance is not ugly, and even a little bit good-looking.It's just that his expression was too discordant, he looked like someone who went to the execution ground to be stabbed, not a woman who went out to visit relatives.
According to Chu Ci's sensitivity, he still noticed the movements of the two of them.Chu Ci narrowed his eyes, and said: "Anyway, you don't need to go down in the car. It doesn't matter if the lady is taller than the husband. You can pretend to be the lady at the next city gate."
Kou Jing was embarrassed immediately, he wanted to be the wife of his younger brother, but there was no shop that made women's clothes that he could wear.
After a while, the two came back.Kou Jing had a serious face, presumably she had discovered something.After sending these children away, the three gathered around the table to discuss.
"Although I don't know what their purpose is, they did inspect boys of this age group very carefully. For a cute Yuxue like Yu'er, they inspected them from head to toe. There are a few older boys , and was asked to pull up the sleeves and look at the arm, I guess, there should be some birthmark there."
Kou Jing observed very carefully, and she kept in mind the places they focused on checking.
Chu Ci said: "It's not like they're looking for a kidnapper, it's more like they're looking for a prisoner."
Mrs. Wen beside him was thoughtful, but he knew that there was a mark on his arm, and that was the third prince, Yu Ren.It's just that it's not a birthmark, but a circular scar.It was burnt out with a pipe, and it was only after that time that Taifu Wen discussed with Emperor Tianhe who still respected the king, saying that he would let Yu Ren study with him.Emperor Tianhe didn't like Concubine Liu, and didn't care about the child who was born on the same day as his fourth brother, so he agreed to him.
Speaking of which, Yu Ren has been by his side for some years. For this child who he watched and grew up, Mrs. Wen loves him very much, and his affection is no less than that of his own grandson.
Inexplicably, Mrs. Wen had a feeling that this matter might be aimed at them.In order to verify whether his idea was correct, Mrs. Wen personally took Chang Xiao, who was about the same age as Yu Ren, to the city gate.
"Wait, old man, bring your grandson over here!" When they were still queuing up, they were spotted by the clerk at the front and pointed them out to the other side.
Mrs. Wen pretended to be terrified, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I don't know what's wrong with the officer, but the little old man and my grandson are both responsible!"
"Come here as soon as I tell you, why are you talking so much nonsense?" The one with the vicious look was indeed very irritable.
The other one is a little more polite: "Don't be afraid, old man, we just check at random, and we can leave in a while."
Mrs. Wen walked over with Chang Xiao tremblingly, the officer only glanced at him casually, then began to examine Chang Xiao carefully, and asked him to roll up his sleeves when he was done.
As soon as Chang Xiao raised his left arm, the man shouted impatiently: "The one on the right, lift it up."
Chang Xiao raised his right arm and rolled up his sleeves as he said, and a dark birthmark the size of a lentil appeared in front of their eyes.The man was a little happy at first, but his face drooped when he saw it clearly.
"Let's go!" The man waved them away, then turned his head and complained to his companion, "I don't know what the superiors want to do. I have been searching for two or three days, but I still haven't found the one with the scar on his hand. Listen to me Brother said, it’s not just our side, the more you look inside, the more careful you are, what do you think they want to do?”
"It's easier to find the ones with scars on their hands, but it's difficult to find those two little ones! Forget it, don't complain, anyway, let's do what the boss says." After finishing speaking, he walked back to the gate of the city, Continue to check whether there are any qualified children in the team.
Taking advantage of them not paying attention, Mrs. Wen led Chang Xiao out.After returning to the boat, he immediately told Chu Ci and Kou Jing about it.
"It seems that this matter is really aimed at them. The old man guesses that something must have happened in the capital. This order must not be from the Holy Spirit!"
Chu Ci thought for a while and said: "The visitors want to find the three of them. I don't know if they want to use them as chips in their hands or something else. At present, I only know that they are looking for someone, but I don't know what they will do after they find someone. For now As a plan, we still have to return to the capital as soon as possible, and then make plans."
They were on the ship all the way, and they couldn't receive letters at all, so there was no news from the court during this period, otherwise they wouldn't be as passive as they are now.
"But the most difficult thing now is how to get back to the capital?" Mrs. Wen sighed, "I heard from that person that they haven't checked carefully here, and the further they go in, the harder it is to get out. Be careful if you reveal a flaw, it may cause a catastrophe."
Chu Ci was also in a bit of a dilemma. Under normal circumstances, the disguise medicine powder might be able to start working.But now that they are inspecting so carefully, they will definitely show their feet, and it will be even more dangerous by then.
Kou Jing thought for a while and said, "How about we take a detour from outside the city and go directly by sea. Although there is a section of unexplored waters in the middle, I am confident that we can pass through safely."
Chu Ci was overjoyed at first, and then shook his head: "Even if we go by sea, we still have to disembark at Haiping Mansion and then transfer to a carriage. This problem still needs to be resolved."
How on earth can we prevent them from checking?Showing their identities might be okay, but it would expose them much faster.Pretending to be sick so that they dare not come forward?It doesn't work, maybe they will be kicked out directly and not allowed to enter the city.
The three of them were thinking hard when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.Opening the door, it was Lu Jingshu standing outside, she said: "Grandpa Wen, Uncle Kou, Daddy, Uncle Dahu has cooked dinner, I'm here to invite you to eat."
Chu Ci's heart warmed, he bent down and touched her sensible face, and praised: "Jing Shu is so good, you go and eat first, we still have something to talk about, we will eat later."
Lu Jingshu looked at them with some concern. Although she was small, she also knew that since she met those two bad guys last night, these adults seemed to have something on their minds, and they were frowning all day long.
"It's okay, you go first." Chu Ci patted her on the head, watching the little girl walk away step by step.
The pale pink skirt fluttered gently with her movements, and Chu Ci suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and an idea came to his mind.
At the dinner table, the boys were a little restless, and they didn't know why, they always felt that something bad was going to happen.
……
A group of people rode a horse-drawn carriage to the gate of the city in a mighty way. Seeing this situation, the people on the road all avoided them, fearing that they would accidentally offend them.
Soon, the group arrived at the gate of the city.After scanning the accompanying guards, Ya Cha shifted his gaze to several carriages.
"Everyone in the car, get down quickly. The government has an order that anyone who enters the city must be checked one by one before entering."
In the first carriage, a tall man opened the curtain and came down: "Several officials, this carriage is for my father and my pregnant wife, and the other two are for my daughters and maidservants." They are mixed with dragons and snakes at the gate of the city, it is really inconvenient for them to come down, please hold up your hands and take a look under the car, Kou is very grateful."
The butler at the side took out a bulging bag while no one was paying attention, and handed it to the head servant.The man took it and weighed it, with a smile on his face.
"If it's inconvenient, forget it. Brothers are not unreasonable. You guys, go over and check carefully, do you hear me?" The voice was obviously raised, and the purpose was naturally to let the surrounding people know that they were not playing favoritism. .
His subordinates naturally understood, and thinking about the benefits they could get today, they lifted the curtain lightly.After checking several cars, they didn't find the person above who asked them to pay special attention.
"Boss, there are none in any of the cars."
"Alright then, you guys go." The man waved his hand and let them enter the city.
"This old man is really generous, but it's a pity that the babies are all girls. According to my opinion, the one his wife is pregnant with is probably still a girl!" It's like stuffing a melon, it's guaranteed to be a girl.
The leader gave him a blank look: "It's over, don't curse others, you should care about yourself! Spread out, keep watching, stop and check when you meet boys and teenagers."
On the other side, after entering the city, Chu Ci took out the dirty things from his clothes.Dressing up as a woman is embarrassing enough, but dressing up as a pregnant woman is pretty damning.
But there's no way around it, it's not normal for a few men to take a group of little girls out alone.In the script discussed by everyone, Mrs. Wen will pretend to be a rich old man and take his son, daughter-in-law and several granddaughters out to visit relatives.In order to look more convincing, Steward Xu also arranged for people from his own caravan to become guards.
Compared with Kou Jing, Chu Ci is naturally suitable to play the role of daughter-in-law, but compared with the woman, his height is too tall. In order not to attract people's attention to this point, he had to show a more attention-grabbing side.
In order not to make Chu Ci angry, Kou Jing and Mrs. Wen averted their eyes at the same time, covered their mouths and coughed dryly, suppressing the laughter that was about to overflow.
In fact, Chu Ci's appearance is not ugly, and even a little bit good-looking.It's just that his expression was too discordant, he looked like someone who went to the execution ground to be stabbed, not a woman who went out to visit relatives.
According to Chu Ci's sensitivity, he still noticed the movements of the two of them.Chu Ci narrowed his eyes, and said: "Anyway, you don't need to go down in the car. It doesn't matter if the lady is taller than the husband. You can pretend to be the lady at the next city gate."
Kou Jing was embarrassed immediately, he wanted to be the wife of his younger brother, but there was no shop that made women's clothes that he could wear.
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