C25 So the General Is a Playwright
Noon, Yun Lai Inn.
After Zheng Guansan and Yun Shu arrived at the inn, they left. Yun Shu sat in the corner of the lobby on the first floor and waited for a while. Only then did Pei Hongqing walk in with two bags. She quickly got up and ran over.
Pei Hongqing glanced at her for a moment before turning his head to have the shopkeeper open a room. He put down the silver before bringing Yun Shu upstairs with him. The waiter led them to their room and was about to leave when Pei Hongqing called out to them. "Please prepare some more food. It's enough for them to eat." As he spoke, he handed him a silver ingot.
"Alright, I'll definitely bring the best dishes from our restaurant to you." The waiter put the silver away, pulled the door shut with a smile, and left.
Only then did Pei Hongqing turn to look at Yun Shu, and threw one of the bags in his hands to her, "This is yours, you can change it after lunch."
"Oh, okay." She opened the package and took a look. She was dumbfounded. The inside of the bag was actually made up of the woman's clothes and hair ornaments. Could it be that Pei Hongqing had already seen through her identity?
"Will …"
Just as she opened her mouth to speak, she saw Pei Hongqing shaking his head at her. She immediately understood and changed her form of address, "Young Master, what about the clothes?"
"Clothes are right." Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. "Sir, the food is here."
Pei Hongqing gestured for Yun Shu to cover up the bundle before turning to look at the door. "Come in."
After the waiter cleaned up the dishes, Pei Hongqing told him to bring another hot pot of water. After the waiter put the copper pot filled with hot water on the table and left, Pei Hongqing replaced the latch and placed the copper pot on the dressing table behind the screen. "You can come here and change. There's also a dressing table here, so you can tie up your hair in a bun while looking at the mirror. "I'll change it outside the screen. If you need help, just let me know."
"No problem, it's just that Young Master …" You want to change your clothes too? "
Pei Hongqing: "Of course, I can't possibly go into the city like this, can I? I have to disguise myself. "
Yun Shu nodded and carried her bundle to the back of the screen. Although they were in the same room, the other party had already told her to change clothes behind the screen, so she couldn't hesitate anymore.
Quickly changing her clothes, she tied a simple bun around her head and painted a simple makeup on her face. Just as she was about to leave the screen, Pei Hongqing's voice rang out, "Are you done? "If you don't know how to tie a woman's hair bun, I can help you tie it …" He stared at Yun Shu who was walking out from behind the screen, stunned for a moment before continuing, "I thought you wouldn't do something like this to a girl, but I didn't expect you to not only look like a girl, with a face like a girl, but also look like a girl with her hair in a bun. Yin Yun, you can't really be a woman, right?
Yun Shu quickly interrupted him and said in her usual hoarse voice, "Young master, what nonsense are you spouting? It's just that my mother said that when you want to marry your wife in the future, you have to learn to draw your wife's hair, so that's all a little. But I never thought that I would have to use all of this on myself one day."
At this point, she fixed her gaze on Pei Hongqing's feminine attire and the grey wig he wore. "Young Master, why are you doing this?"
Pei Hongqing smiled and rubbed her chin a few times, "It's easier to disguise as a girl and an old lady to enter the enemy city. It's also not easy to be targeted. But strictly speaking, I'm not done yet. I forgot something very important … However, since you can draw the makeup of a young woman, you should be able to help me draw some wrinkles on my face, the kind that old people often have. "
She had changed into a woman's outfit because she wanted to bring her into the city with her. She suddenly felt that Pei Hongqing's smile was a bit crafty …
"You can …"
"Then it'll be easy." Before she could finish her sentence, Pei Hongqing had already pulled her by the hand to the dressing table behind the screen and sat down. "Hurry and paint."
As Yun Shu looked at the handsome face before her, her mind suddenly recalled the morning outside the cave. The hand holding the eyebrow pencil tightened, and she lowered her eyes to clear away the distracting thoughts. When she raised her eyes again, the expression on the other face had already begun to reveal a trace of doubt: "What's wrong?"
She smiled and shook her head. "I'm thinking about how to draw it." After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and began to draw the first line of wrinkles on his forehead.
After she had finally finished drawing the wrinkles, Yun Shu immediately put down the brush in her hand, stood up and took a step to the side before letting out a sigh of relief. Pei Hongqing looked at his reflection in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction. "Apart from your archery skills and the fact that you can draw a woman's makeup, what else do you have that I don't know?"
Yun Shu smiled awkwardly, "If I remember correctly, Young Master said earlier that you can help me tie up my hair. This is nothing much, right?"
Pei Hongqing tapped her forehead and said, "From now on, I'm your Grandma. After we leave this place, you will be called Sang Wan." The mulberry tree. The hair of the mulberry tree. Our grandma and granddaughter are relatives of the boss of a medicine store in Tiger Fury City named Sang. Also, remember to lower your voice a bit. "
"Yes, I understand." Yun Shu smiled at him for a bit before turning around to put her clothes back into her backpack. It was a piece of cake for her to keep her voice low.
As soon as Pei Hongqing brought her to the pier on the east side, the letter of exhibition standing on a small boat jumped onto the shore and walked towards them. After glancing at her for a moment, he then turned to Pei Hongqing and nodded his head, "The items that you requested are all on the boat."
"Alright, then I'll depend on you on this side."
Zhan Xin slightly frowned and nodded. "Be careful."
After bidding farewell to the exhibition letter, Pei Hongqing brought Yunshu to the boat. The boat's owner moved the boat further and further away. The letter gradually turned into a black dot as he stood on the shore and watched them.
Pei Hongqing threw the letter on the boat's luggage onto her lap, "Young... Grandma, what is this? "
Pei Hongqing glanced at the boatsman rowing at the bow of the boat before turning to look at Yun Shu sitting opposite of him, "Coiled around, you're so grown-up, you don't even know that you'll need money to travel far away. How could our poor little lady be so stupid? It really makes one's heart ache. What if someone swindles her out in the future?" With that, he acted as if he was grieving and even shook his head and sighed.
Yun Shu, "…" General Pei seemed to be interested in acting, as there was only the boatsman here, and even the general was enjoying the show. People who didn't like acting wouldn't do that, right?
In order to let the people who might be following them take a detour, Pei Hongqing had the boatmen circle around the sea area to the vicinity of Little Leaf City before going on a rampage.
Just as the sun was about to set over the mountains in the distance, the boat finally reached the shore. After Yun Shu stepped back onto the land, she immediately felt her stomach calm down as the food on the boat swayed about.
She supported herself on a tree trunk for a while. Pei Hongqing picked up the cane that was prepared for him and slowly got onto the shore. He took out a water bag from his backpack and slowly walked towards her while half-bending his body.
He helped her smooth her back, then handed her the water pouch. "Xiao Wan, come and drink some water to rinse your mouth."
"Thank you, Grandma." After Yun Shu received it, she opened the water bag and poured some water into it. After washing her mouth, she immediately felt much better.
When they arrived at the nearest east gate, Pei Hongqing saw that there were indeed soldiers investigating the people who were entering and leaving the city. He turned to Yun Shu and said, "Xiao Wan, when it's time to investigate us later, other than giving your surname and place of residence, you don't have to say anything else. I'll answer to the rest."
Yun Shu nodded.
The two of them walked to the back of the queue to enter the city. By the time they arrived, the distant sun had already blended with the crimson clouds. The soldiers who were sitting outside the city gate to register the entrance questioned them about some basic information and then logged in the address of the relative they were looking for.
However, just as Yun Shu was helping the hunchbacked Pei Hongqing take his first step into the city, the soldier who had questioned them earlier opened his mouth and said, "Wait a moment."