"Little girl, where did you come from?" The old man driving the car was a little puzzled when he saw a strange girl suddenly appear.

It's so early in the morning, it couldn't be the fox on the mountain, right?

"Uncle, I'm lost. Can you take me to the nearest town? Is five cents enough?"

The old man looked at her carefully: "Ten cents!"

It takes half a day to go to town, and a whole day to get back and forth. I'll only charge you five cents to send you alone? What a big loss!

Yun Xi's mouth twitched.

Can she say that the villagers are simple?

Don’t bargain for a high price!

Nodding hurriedly, she took out another five cents and handed over an egg: "This is what I brought with me when I went out. You can eat it, old man."

Anyone who charges exorbitant amounts of money is not an honest person. Yun Xi planned to observe first.

Rural people had nothing to eat. When he saw the eggs, the old man swallowed, took them and stuffed them into his sleeve pocket: "I'm not hungry, give them to my grandson."

"An egg a day can help you live longer!" Yun Xi said with a smile.

At the same time, he took out an egg, knocked it hard, and rolled it on the cart. The egg shell was successfully peeled off.

With a slurp, he swallowed a whole egg into his house.

The old man swallowed hard: No, she must be talking nonsense! It is true that you will grow taller after eating eggs. I'd rather give it to my little grandson.

They didn't want to eat, and Yun Xi didn't bother to urge them.

But he was staring at himself, unable to do anything, and that wasn't okay.

"Old man, do you want to leave now?"

The old man looked around and said, "Let's wait another hour."

Yun Xi didn't want to wait.

He simply took out a tael of silver and said, "Old man, I can't walk anymore. Can you take me to a relative's house in the town?"

There is nothing else in the town, there should be officials and yamen. If not, go to the county.

The old man's eyes lit up, he grabbed the silver, put it in his mouth and took a big bite.

"Okay! Deal!" He agreed immediately!

This ingot of silver is enough for their family for a year.

The oxcart can move much faster than two legs, but it is already noon when we reach the town.

Yunxi's buttocks were numb.

The town is unexpectedly prosperous.

People are coming and going on the road, there are many shops open, and from time to time someone is selling steaming food.

Yun Xi bid farewell to her old man and found an inn.

I booked a room and planned to have a warm meal first and then hide in the space to wash my hair and take a shower.

For the past ten days, she was afraid of being exposed, so she didn't dare to take a shower, and her body smelled bad.

There was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the window, mixed with the sounds of pedestrians fleeing in panic, women's frightened screams, and men's rude curses.

Yun Xi lay in the crack of the window and looked out. She saw a few soldiers on the street, armed with swords and riding tall horses. When they saw a little girl, they grabbed her and looked at her.

Yun Xi frowned: Is he an accomplice of Amao's father? So fast?

Soon, the waiter's voice came from outside the door: "Girl, the Yamen is here to check the ward."

Yun Xi frowned and simply hid in the space.

The people who came to search searched around and found no one, so they left quickly.

The waiter was the last to leave. When he closed the door, he let out a surprised sound: "Where is the person? When did he go out?"

Yun Xi originally wanted to go to the Yamen to have someone deliver a letter to the prince, but now she had to be cautious.

I don’t know what the situation is in this small town. What if the prince doesn’t receive the letter and registers himself?

Just keep hiding!

After closing the door, Yun Xi, who had eaten and drank enough, hid in the space and slept soundly.

In the small town's yamen, the county magistrate was frowning.

The superiors asked him to find someone, and said that the person was basically in his territory, which was really embarrassing for him.

There are so many people there, how can I find them with just a portrait?

He has dispatched everyone in the yamen to search for it for seven days. In the past few days, it has been almost a blanket search, but nothing has been found!

"Master, who is looking for someone? Isn't this noise too big? Several girls at home don't dare to go out!" A rich woman twisted her waist and said bitterly.

"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone!" The county magistrate looked around and whispered a few words into her ear.

"What?" the woman exclaimed.

"Hush! Hush! Hush!" The county magistrate hissed very hard, "Don't spread it outside!"

"Oh oh oh! I know!" The woman covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes flashing with surprise.

"Master, why have you kept hiding such a good thing from me?"

"What's good?" The county magistrate rolled his eyes at her, "Didn't you see that your master is so busy?"

Nothing can be done, and everyone is looking for a yellow-haired girl. Do you think it's aggrieved or not?

As a result, his extra income has been reduced a lot.

"No, sir, think about it from another perspective!" the woman came up to him and said softly.

"He is so eager to find the girl, but he only has a portrait. Does it mean that the girl is kind to him? And he doesn't know who she is or where she is?"

The county magistrate nodded suspiciously: "It's possible..."

"Master, think about it, we have three daughters in our family, two of them are about the same age as the girl in the portrait. When the time comes... you can send these two girls over and say you don't know which one. If the person above sees it, If one of our girls is hit, our family will be in serious trouble!"

The woman giggled and slapped the magistrate on the shoulder hard.

A surprise smile appeared on the county magistrate's face: "Yes! Why didn't I think of it?"

"Who told you to be stupid!" The woman pinched the county magistrate's cheek with a smile, "There is no need to look for anyone anymore, just the two of them."

The county magistrate nodded slowly, with a sinister smile on his face: "Madam, you are so clever! Now that the person has been found, I can be busy with other things."

"Yes, I took a fancy to a piece of jewelry yesterday. It's very beautiful. Master, go and get it for me."

"Okay, of course I will get whatever Madam likes." The magistrate laughed.

Thinking that his daughter might be a princess, or even a queen, or a queen mother, his hands and feet were trembling with excitement.

"Quick, go talk to your daughters and ask them to dress up like the woman in the portrait."

"No problem." The woman smiled and waved the handkerchief, "Wrap it around me!"

Yunxi stayed another night.

The next day, finally no one was arresting people on horseback on the street anymore.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

I changed into men's clothes and went downstairs to eat.

There is food in the space, but it is not as hot and delicious as the freshly cooked food outside.

It was noon, and many people were eating on the first floor of the inn.

Yun Xi found a seat in a corner and ordered a basket of steamed buns and chicken soup. Eat and listen.

She wanted to know what those people were doing yesterday.

It didn't take long for someone to start talking: "Did you know? I searched everywhere the past few days, and it turned out that I was looking for the prince's sweetheart!"

"Really? The prince really puts that woman at ease."

"But why does the woman the prince likes run away?"

Yun Xi's ears were perked up, for fear of missing the news.

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