Princess Promotion

Chapter 147: Pseudonym

Lin'er sat in the shadowed corner of the alley with a wooden face. The dark circles under her eyes from learning to drive a horse-drawn carriage all night almost blended into the shadows.

Now that she has calmed down, Lin'er is beginning to doubt her life.

A day ago, she was still a lady from a wealthy family. Although she could not be said to be beautiful and intelligent, at least she had dignified manners.

How did I end up like this, staying up late at night wearing coarse linen clothes and dressed like a maid, squatting in a corner stealthily.

Bai Da said that no young lady would drive a carriage outside, and she and Xiao Liu were dressed too well, so he specially brought two sets of farm girl clothes for them.

Ha! He actually knew that I was a rich lady. Lin'er sneered in her heart.

After Xiao Liu hid the carriage, he came back to look for Lin'er. He walked back and forth several times but couldn't find her. It was only when Lin'er spoke that he discovered her.

Xiao Liu patted his heart and walked over to Lin'er, squatting down and saying, "Miss, you scared me to death. It's such a dark corner. If you weren't here, I wouldn't dare stay here."

Lin'er thought to herself: You may not believe it if I tell you this, but I, your young lady, used to be afraid of the dark, but now I am even more afraid of being seen. If people knew that she, a rich lady, was squatting behind the wall of a brothel in the middle of the night, her reputation would be ruined.

Xiao Liu muttered softly, "Miss, are we stealing someone like this?"

Lin'er was crying in her heart: for one thousand and two taels of silver, she actually committed adultery. She was simply obsessed with money.

Seeing that Lin'er ignored her for a long time, Xiao Liu thought that Lin'er had fallen asleep. The corner was too dark and they couldn't see each other's faces even when squatting side by side.

Xiao Liu patted Lin'er's shoulder and asked, "Miss, are you asleep?"

Lin'er asked with a dull expression, "Where's Xiao Er?"

Xiao Liu: "I went to check inside the carriage before I came here, and she had fainted."

Lin'er thought her cousin's wife was good in every way, except that her judgment of men was not very good.

Suddenly, a slight and rapid sound broke the silence.

Immediately afterwards, a figure appeared on the top of the wall. He gently supported his body on the wall, then lightly flipped over and landed on the street.

The landing was graceful and elegant, and Lin'er recognized that the masked man was Li San.

At this time, a wooden door creaked from not far away, and another masked man pushed the door open holding a young girl.

Bai Da rolled his eyes and said, "The back door of the brothel is not locked!"

Li San blurted out, "Why?"

As Bai Da walked, he said, "Of course, it's to make it easier for the patron to have an affair, or to escape if the lady catches him in an affair!"

Lin'er: Is it appropriate for these two people to discuss a brothel in front of her, a lady from a noble family?

But now is not the time to talk about this. After Bai Da stuffed Miss Xiaoyun into the carriage, he mounted his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

Li San also mounted his horse and followed closely behind, leading Xiao Er's horse.

Although Xiao Liu was not very skilled in driving a carriage, with Lin'er's help, he was able to drive the carriage to the city gate smoothly.

The city gate was just opened, and the soldiers guarding the city came forward to question them.

Bai Da took out the almighty silver and secretly stuffed it into the officer's hand, saying, "Sir, we are rushing to Niutou Village ahead. We received a letter last night saying that the old lady is dying, and we need to hurry to see her for the last time."

The officers and soldiers lifted the curtain and saw a richly dressed young man sleeping inside. They asked, "What happened to him?"

Bai Da stepped forward to answer, "Sir, this is my son. He was grieving all night after hearing the tragic news and just fell asleep."

The officer weighed the silver in his hand and nodded to his companion.

After walking out of the city gate and away, Lin'er breathed a sigh of relief, only then she realized that a layer of cold sweat had appeared on her back.

Looking down at my miserable appearance, I realized that money is really hard to make!

At this time, there was a movement behind the carriage, and Xiao Er finally woke up.

Lin'er and Xiao Liu hurriedly stopped the carriage. They were in a hurry and didn't have time to change Xiaoyun's clothes, so they stuffed her into the big box at the back of the carriage.

When the box was opened, a bloody smell hit Lin'er's nose and her face turned pale instantly.

Carefully carry Miss Xiaoyun out of the box and lay her flat on the carriage to avoid aggravating her wounds.

Since Xiao Er was awake, he naturally wanted to go out for a ride, and Bai Da drove the carriage.

Lin'er and Xiaoliu carefully helped Xiaoyun take off his coat, and the shocking whip marks came into view.

Even Lin'er couldn't help but curse. Those people were simply beasts. Even though Lin'er was naive, she knew that women who were bought into brothels would be subjected to inhuman torture if they did not obey.

He would use every possible means to force the girls to do it willingly.

Lin'er gently cleaned Xiaoyun's wound. Although her hands were shaking a little, Xiaoliu helped apply medicine on the wound. Both of them tried to be gentle as not to cause more pain to Xiaoyun.

Although Miss Xiaoyun regained consciousness for a moment while her wound was being treated, she soon fainted again.

Although Lin'er was not valued in the mansion, she was a rich lady who was well-fed and well-off, so naturally she didn't know how to take care of others.

Xiao Liu was left in the carriage to take care of Xiao Yun, while she, a lady from a wealthy family, was outside wearing coarse linen clothes, driving the carriage in the scorching sun and wind.

Lin'er thought with a dull face, actually, it's nothing to hear a few sour words in the mansion!

If her sisters saw her now, they would laugh their heads off.

You asked Bai Da why he didn't come to drive the car, because he threw away all the dry food and cookware he bought yesterday in order to hide Miss Xiaoyun.

Bai Da is now going to the nearby village to purchase enough dry food to get to the next town, otherwise at the current speed they are going, they might starve to death on the road before reaching the next town.

So Bai Da took away another fifty taels of silver from Lin'er to buy dry food. What a waste!

The carriage swayed along like this, and Li San tied a bundle of branches behind the horse's tail and followed behind the carriage to sweep the marks left by the wheels.

Seeing this, Lin'er asked curiously, "Why did you tie a branch to the horse's tail? It can't cover up the tire tracks, so what's the point?"

Li San raised his eyelids and said, "It's too much effort to cover it up. What I'm doing is just to distract those who are looking for me."

Lin'er thought about it and it made sense. Yesterday, Li San and Xiao Er were hanged for standing up for Miss Xiaoyun. Today, someone let the two of them go, and Miss Xiaoyun was also kidnapped.

It's impossible not to regard these three people as accomplices.

Lin'er thought of Li San's familiar movements of climbing over the wall and his sophisticated method of eliminating his whereabouts.

Lin'er subconsciously tightened her grip on the reins and asked nonchalantly, "Li San, why did you give yourself this name? Is it because you're the third child in the family?"

Li San's mouth twitched as he gritted his teeth and said, "You should ask Lin Wan why she gave me this name."

Lin'er recalled and found that it was not the name they told her.

Instead, my cousin pointed at the first one who came and said, "This is Bai Da."

The second person who came told Lin'er, "This is Xiao Er."

Finally, the one that came late became "Li San."

Lin Wan: "Bai Da, Xiao Er, and Li San are the guards I found for you. You are a weak woman, so you should bring some help when you go out."

This sounded like a very perfunctory pseudonym, so Lin'er had that unrealistic fantasy at the beginning.

Now that I think about it, they should be Lin Wan's guards, temporarily transferred here to protect her safety.

Is it because my cousin’s wife has too many people under her and can’t remember all their names that she uses numbers for easier memorization?

When I think about it, oh my god!

Lin'er's eyes were full of stars. Her cousin's wife was so strong!