Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"Mmmm."

The shopkeeper immediately responded and let Jiang Lianzhu take him to the backyard.

Jiang Lianzhu took out the rope from the weapons arsenal, tied up the shopkeeper, and then released the hand that had been restraining her.

"Do you know that group of bandits?"

Jiang Lianzhu looked down at the shopkeeper sitting on the ground and asked while playing with the dagger.

The shopkeeper swallowed nervously, and then answered tremblingly: "Everyone in our town knows them... They will take people down the mountain to collect cash in a while, if we don't give them , the shop will be smashed down."

"so."

Jiang Lianzhu nodded slightly, knowing it in her heart.

She glanced sideways and saw the ancient well on the side, and a plan to escape immediately emerged in her mind.

"You go find me something you wear underneath."

"This... my body shape does not match the girl's. The clothes I usually wear may look too big for the girl."

The shopkeeper looked at Jiang Lianzhu, and then shook his head.

Although both of them are women, their statures are too different.

"It doesn't matter. If you don't want to be threatened by that group of bandits again, just do as I say."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up slightly, and then he responded: "Yes."

She quickly took a dress from the house and gave it to Jiang Lianzhu. She hid in the corner and put on the dress. She took a bite of a basin of water to wash away the dust on her face and styled her bun again. .

But in the blink of an eye, it was as if he had changed into a different person.

The shopkeeper saw that the person in front of him suddenly changed his appearance, and he couldn't say a word.

Jiang Lianzhu quickly threw the clothes she had changed into the ancient well, then tore off the rope of the wooden sign and stuffed it into the shopkeeper's hand.

"After a while, you rush out and tell the group of bandits outside that a person just committed suicide by throwing herself into the well. You pulled down this wooden sign to hold her back."

"Yes...the girl is planning to escape in the name of being dead?"

The shopkeeper immediately guessed what she was thinking and asked cautiously.

She did not dare to speak too loudly, not only because there was a dagger placed in front of her, but also because of what Jiang Lianzhu had just asked.

Regardless of whether she has the ability to make those bandits stop doing evil, she has already reached this situation, so she might as well give it a try and believe that she can do it.

"Yes, I need to go to the county next door now. The plague there is too severe. If I go later, I'm afraid more people will die."

Jiang Lianzhu responded, not shying away from her purpose this time.

"In a few days, someone will naturally surround and suppress that group of bandits. At that time, the money robbed by the bandits will be returned to you in full."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper's eyes immediately lit up: "Is what the girl said true?"

"I won't lie to you about this kind of thing. The capital has already sent troops. Although there is no large-scale attack, it is only a matter of time to encircle and suppress them."

Jiang Lianzhu then responded again, which was a reassurance for the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper didn't doubt that he was there, so he followed Jiang Lianzhu's words, holding the wooden sign in his hand, and ran outside in a hurry.

The shopkeeper shouted and grabbed a man on patrol.

"Sir, a woman suddenly rushed into my shop just now... Without saying a word, she jumped from the well in my backyard. I held her tightly, only by the hand. This brand!"

"what?"

The man raised his eyebrows fiercely, stared at the wooden sign in the shopkeeper's hand, and pulled it over to take a look.

It's the hair from their cottage.

This man named Lin Suji was very brave. Taking advantage of this trip, he actually committed suicide by throwing himself into a well!

"Where are the people?"

The man asked sharply with a dark face.

"Just, right in my backyard..."

The shopkeeper raised his hand and vaguely pointed in a direction, and the man rushed over without saying a word.

Jiang Lianzhu was hiding in the room in the backyard, watching what was going on outside through the thin crack in the door.

The man walked around the ancient well many times, and finally cursed something before throwing down the sign in his hand.

"Forget it, what a bad luck!"

"Sir, this matter has nothing to do with me. I don't even know that this girl is..."

"It doesn't matter, it's just that a blind woman died. At worst, we will catch a few from the group of people passing by."

The man spat and took the package of copper coins handed over by the shopkeeper with great enthusiasm, with a rare smile on his face.

"You are relatively sensible and know how to give me copper coins."

"I, my troublesome sir, have made a trip, shouldn't I give you some copper coins?"

The shopkeeper said immediately, and then sent the big man in front of him out with kind words.

Jiang Lianzhu waited for the big man to disappear before walking out of the house.

"Thank you just now."

"It's nothing, it's just a little effort. The girl told me before that in a few days someone will besieging the stronghold. If that's the case, why should we worry about fooling the bandits?"

The shopkeeper responded with a smile, already thinking about how those bandits were killed without leaving any trace of their armor.

Jiang Lianzhu curled her lips and didn't say much.

It was hard for her to explain this matter, and she didn't know what Liao Yunchuan would do next or when he would be able to completely surround and suppress the group of bandits.

But she was helpless, so she took this trick to temporarily calm the shopkeeper.

"I still have nearly a hundred miles to go to the next county town. I didn't know that the shop owner has a horse at home. I still have a piece of silver here that I can exchange with you."

"There are some."

The shopkeeper stared at the piece of silver held in Jiang Lianzhu's hand, responded neatly, and quickly led a horse out from the edge of his yard.

Although Jiang Lianzhu was not very good at reading, she could tell that the horse was already old and could probably carry him to the county town.

"This is the only horse I have. Although it is a bit older, it is still useful at this time. If you don't mind it, girl, you can use it."

"Of course not."

Jiang Lianzhu gave the silver in her hand to the shopkeeper.

She waited in the backyard for a while, waiting until the bandits on the street had almost dispersed, then rode her horse straight to the next county town.

It was already midnight when Jiang Lianzhu arrived in the next county town.

She looked at the tightly closed city gate, led the horse beside her and walked a few steps forward before being blocked by several soldiers.

"Who are you?"