Zheng Xiao Mistake: The Mistake of Rebirth Provoked the Cold Master

Although Tatuo Town is not big, it is located in a fortress. Many caravans stop here, bringing prosperity to the town.

Wen Fenghan did not agree at first, but Zhu Zheng successfully convinced him with the words, "Once he leaves, the team will be full of people she doesn't know, and she will be very scared."

Wen Fenghan took the somewhat encumbered Zhu Zheng to the inn in the town, booked a room for her, and left her alone to do his business.

The sudden relaxation made Zhu Zheng nervous and excited.

She thought about it carefully last night.

Whether or not you can go back to Shengjing is actually not the most important thing.

What mattered was that she needed to let Rong Yan know that she was still alive.

Rong Yan is definitely not that easy to fool. It is impossible for him to be fooled by just a random corpse. With his temper, once he finds out that someone is cheating, he will definitely demand to see the person alive or dead, and he will not give up easily.

A day ago, the desperate Zhu Zheng thought about going to the post station to buy a horse and riding back to Shengjing alone.

Not to mention that the journey was long and she was penniless, so how could she possibly go back? Once she left the border guarding army in Chixi, she would be wandering around everywhere, and there was a high possibility that she and Rong Yan would miss each other on the way.

So, she could only stay with Wen Fenghan for the time being.

Zhu Zheng had been in a coma for more than a month. During this time, Rong Yan had probably searched all over Shengjing. If he had already set out to look for her, the letter sent to Shengjing would no longer be able to inform him.

The most urgent task was to find ways to leave clues and let Rong Yan know that she was in Chixi.

Zhu Zheng took off her blood amber bracelet from her wrist, pulled the gold string, and removed the blood amber beads.

There were twelve beads in total, which were put into twelve small cloth bags. Then a piece of paper was found and divided into small strips. Each strip was stamped with a small kite stamp and put together with the beads.

Zhu Zheng took the beads and found a caravan in Tatuo Town. He took them out to bargain with them. The people in the caravan had sharp eyes and could tell at a glance that this was blood amber of royal tribute quality.

Zhu Zheng pretended to be ignorant and only paid half the price. If it was less, others might not believe it was real, and if it was more, it would just be an ordinary transaction.

She wanted the people in the caravan to feel that they had gotten a good deal so that they would spread the news by word of mouth.

Following this method, Zhu Zheng found a total of twelve caravans, one from the east, west, south and north, and sold all twelve beads.

When she sold them, she told the caravan that she had many more blood amber beads, but she didn't have them with her now. She told others that as long as they were sure of the Chixi Tatuo Town, they could come back to trade with her.

After selling all the beads, Zhu Zheng felt empty inside. She didn't know if this method would work. If she and Rong Yan could never meet again in this life, then she would have lost something related to him.

There was no point in thinking too much. She had no time to feel sorry for herself right now. She had to be fully alert.

Zhu Zheng returned to the inn, washed off the blood and mud that were sticky on her body, and took some time to catch up on some sleep so that she could recover some strength as soon as possible.

Not long after, Wen Fenghan came back after finishing his work and saw Zhu Zheng still staying in the inn room. He knocked on the door and asked her to come for dinner.

They ordered two bowls of beef noodles. When the waiter saw Zhu Zheng, he looked at her with shining eyes and gave her an extra plate of pickles.

Zhu Zheng was just wondering what this black dish was when she heard Wen Feng say something in a cold voice.

"Relying on her beauty to seek favors, even a fox spirit in the mountains wouldn't act like this."

These words sounded unpleasant at first, and they were still unpleasant when you thought about them carefully, but they were mixed with a few pleasant words. Zhu Zheng rarely heard such straightforward praise in the words that scolded her, and she didn't know how to react for a moment.

When she was in Shengjing, she had flirted with Wen Boqiu, and her marriage had gone through many twists and turns. In addition, her grandmother always thought that the sisters were good-looking, so she caused many ridiculous scandals in Shengjing at that time.

In addition to the title of "unlucky star", many people also say that Zhu Si is a stupid girl who relies on her beauty.

She was too lazy to explain to irrelevant people and just smiled mockingly.

When Wen Fenglan saw her smiling like this, his eyes turned cold, as if he was even more annoyed by her shamelessness, and he said with finality, "Witch."

Zhu Zheng: “…”

This way of cursing is a bit weird.

Could it be that she became a witch just because she got a plate of pickles in Chixi? The threshold for becoming a witch is too low.

Zhu Zheng remained calm and didn't even bother to laugh.

Wen Feng had a deadpan look on his face and didn't bother to pay any attention to her.

However, his sarcastic words reminded Zhu Zheng that her snow-white face would be too conspicuous even with a hat, so she quickly went to buy some makeup powder and painted her face black and yellow. She also bought a set of underwear to tuck it into her cotton-padded robe to make herself stronger.

When preparing to return to the camp, Zhu Zheng had completely changed.

Wen Fenglan's eyes swept across her indifferently, as if he didn't notice anything different about her at all.

Zhu Zheng was afraid that her disguise was not good enough, so she asked him, "How about me dressing like this?"

Wen Fenglan glanced at it and said, "It's extremely ugly."

Zhu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you."

Wen Fenghan's team marched for a day and set up camp in a forest.

It was almost dusk when the two men caught up on horseback. The setting sun was as red as blood, piercing through the dense deciduous forest and casting long, thin shadows.

Zhu Zheng was a little tired after a busy day. As soon as she got off the horse, someone lifted her feet off the ground by the waist.

"Girl! When did you wake up?"

But no one in the team knew that she was a girl. Zhu Zheng was startled, but fortunately she heard the voice and knew that the person shouting this sentence was also a girl.

Zhu Zheng took a quick look and saw that the girl had a pair of thick black eyebrows, a pair of round, bright eyes, and a tall, strong body. She was so sturdy that she could easily lift Zhu Zheng up.

She seemed very familiar with Zhu Zheng, but Zhu Zheng didn't recognize her at all. She asked in confusion, "Who are you...?"

"Yes! You don't know me yet. My name is Ayibu Yinailia."

Zhu Zheng stuttered and learned with difficulty, "Ayi... Liya."

Ayibu Yina Yiliya smiled cheerfully, "In Chinese, it means wild geese fighting eagles. According to your Central Plains way of calling me, you all call me Yan Niang."

Zhu Zheng suddenly realized that she was Yan Niang.

"Niang Yan, thank you for saving me." Zhu Zheng said sincerely.

"It's just a piece of cake." Yan Niang patted Zhu Zheng, "Your injury is much easier to treat than those grown men."

Yan Niang took care of Zhu Zheng all the way. She was worried every day when she saw her sickly little body. She was very relieved to see that she recovered so well.

The military doctor had his own tent. Yan Niang took Zhu Zheng to change the medicine and took out a small bag and handed it to her.

In the bundle were the clothes that Zhu Zheng had taken off, a red wedding dress with holes in it, and a not-so-delicate mandarin duck purse.

Zhu Zheng never thought that she would see these things again.

She picked up the purse, opened it immediately with slightly trembling hands, and poured everything inside into her hands.

A round silver bell rolled down in the fragrant silk, making a clear sound.

It was the double crane bell that Rong Yan gave her during the apprenticeship ceremony.