northernbook Chapter 76 Xiangzhou Prefecture City
Chapter 76 Xiangzhou Prefecture City
The next day, Wu You waited for Qiao Wanmian's arrival at the Lotus Pavilion early in the morning. The two had already agreed the day before that Qiao Wanmian would bring two horses to find Wu You, and the two of them would go to the prefectural city together.
Qiao Wanmian didn't tell Xiao Zijin that she was leaving. She only left a letter in the courtyard and quietly left early in the morning.
When Qiao Wanmian arrived at Lotus Pavilion, Wu You was having breakfast with Li Lianhua and a few others. Wu You had gotten up early to prepare this breakfast; normally, he would only get up after Li Lianhua had finished cooking.
"Sister A-Mian, have you had breakfast? If not, have some with us." Wu You tied the horse's reins for Qiao Wan-Mian and asked.
The morning dew was heavy, and Qiao Wanmian had just come down from the mountain. Her hair was covered with dewdrops, like tiny, sparkling pearls, adding to her unique charm.
"To save time, the main kitchen at Baichuanyuan has only just started cooking, so we haven't eaten yet."
"Come, come, let's eat something before you go." Wu You pulled Qiao Wanmian's hand and sat her down next to him, preparing bowls and chopsticks for her.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Qiao Wanmian took the bowl and chopsticks and smiled.
Everyone ate very quickly, and the meal was eaten in complete silence, except for the loud voice of the vixen next to them.
After breakfast, Wu You pulled Qiao Wanmian into her room: "Sister A-Mian, did you bring the clothes I asked you to bring?"
"I brought it with me. Are we going to wear this men's clothing out?" Qiao Wanmian rummaged through the bundle she had brought and found the clothes that Wu You had specially asked her to bring.
"Of course, this is to confuse Master Xiao. Otherwise, if we leave in the morning, he can catch up with us in the afternoon. What difference would it make?"
Wu You pushed Qiao Wanmian into the inner room to change clothes, and then fixed her own hair first.
Before Qiao Wanmian could say anything, Wu You pushed her into the inner room. Helplessly, she shook her head and changed her clothes first.
In front of the Lotus Pavilion, Li Lianhua and the other two were drinking tea, while Fang Duobing was somewhat curious.
"Li Lianhua, why isn't Wu You coming with us to Cailian Manor? Are you leaving already?"
“She has her things to do, and we have ours. I’ll go see her after I’ve finished what I’m doing here. I wasn’t comfortable with her alone before, but now that we’re together, it’s perfect.”
“We can see them off; that way they'll be safe, and we'll know where to look for them next time. We don't even know where they went after they left.”
"Fang Duobing, stop worrying about things unnecessarily. If Li Lianhua didn't know where they were going or how to contact them, do you think he wouldn't go with them?" Di Feisheng had no idea what was going on in Fang Duobing's head.
"You two, is there anything else you need to pack? Hurry up and get ready, we'll be leaving together when they come down." Li Lianhua didn't want to see these two eyesores.
"Are we leaving soon too? I'll go see if there's anything else I need to pack." Fang Duobing got up and went back to Lotus Pavilion for a walk. Seeing that there was nothing he needed to pack, he went back to his room and wrote a letter.
Li Lianhua saw Fang Duobing carrying a carrier pigeon, tying a letter to its leg as he came out.
"Are you delivering a message? Where to?"
"At Tianji Manor, Wu You asked me to give her the book I had read before about the drawbacks of the martial arts techniques of heroes in the Ten Thousand Man Book. I had forgotten about it. I will write back and ask Li'er to organize those books first, and then find someone to send them to Lotus Pavilion."
"Let me see those books first; I want to know too."
Although Li Lianhua already knew all that, why bother doing it when there was something readily available? She'd read it herself first, remove any mistakes, and then give it to Wu You.
"Okay, I'll show you first." Fang Duobing didn't refuse. It was better to know more about Li Lianhua, who was weak and had a heart condition.
Before long, two tall men wearing masks walked out of the Lotus Pavilion, making it impossible to tell who was who.
Fang Duobing circled the two of them twice, but couldn't tell them apart, which truly amazed him.
"Wu You, Miss Qiao, who's who? You both seem to have grown taller than before?"
You've never seen anything like this before, have you heard of a height-increasing device?
Wu You was secretly pleased with herself. In order to impress the others, she put a lot of effort into her makeup.
Wu You looked at Qiao Wanmian. Qiao Wanmian received Wu You's signal and wanted to ignore Wu You, but Wu You kept gently tapping her arm with his elbow, so she had no choice but to put her hands on the mask with Wu You.
The two gently removed their masks, revealing two extremely similar faces, which immediately shocked the three people present.
The two faces in front of me were extremely unfamiliar yet handsome. At first glance, I couldn't recognize them at all; they looked like twin brothers.
The three people present were extremely shocked. If they hadn't seen the two of them come down from the Lotus Pavilion and noticed a slight familiarity in their eyes, they really wouldn't have believed that the art of face-changing existed in the world.
It was getting late. After Li Lianhua and the others put the tables, chairs and benches back inside the Lotus Pavilion, Wu You and Qiao Wanmian mounted their horses.
In the morning sunlight, a small building slowly moves westward, while to the east, two masked men ride horses towards Xiangzhou City.
Xiangzhou Prefecture was the largest city in the Great Xi Dynasty besides the capital. The prefecture city covered a large area and had a large population.
As a result, there were so many people coming and going on the streets, with shouts and cries of vendors, and the streets were packed with people, making it a lively and bustling place.
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Lotus Tower Small Theater
(This was originally the part where Qiao Wanmian learned Li Lianhua's identity, but the author cut it out. I still thought I'd share it with everyone.)
When the masks were removed, the two people, each bearing a striking resemblance to Li Lianhua, startled everyone present.
Judging from the reactions of the others, Wu You knew that her makeup imitation was pretty good, and she had to thank the beauty blogger from her university for that.
Di Feisheng knew Li Lianhua; Fang Duobing had seen Li Lianhua remove her mask before, and Li Lianhua herself knew her.
The two people in front of me look about 70% alike, except for their eyes. If they were to deliberately imitate Li Lianhua's mannerisms, they could probably achieve an 80% or 90% similarity.
"Li Lianzi greets Second Brother." Wu You bowed slightly and clasped his hands in greeting.
"Li Lianye greets Second Brother." Qiao Wanmian and Wu Yi bowed together.
As for why he is the second brother, then of course there is also the eldest brother, Li Lianpeng.
"Greetings, Third Brother and Fourth Brother." Li Lianhua snapped out of her daze, clasped her hands in greeting, and joined the Lian family.
Fang Duobing watched in amazement, Di Feisheng was also watching this interesting scene, not to mention the fox spirit circling around the three of them.