Li Deyou's statement is not at ease for the time being, Lu Tao didn't expect that after crossing the waterway, he and Peony would be washed so far away and go directly out of Wuyang City.

Peony tied him up with the middle-aged man's own clothes, and then dragged him deep into the reeds, so that even if someone found the missing middle-aged man the next day, it would take a lot of effort to find him.

"No, you have to look for a piece of clothing. Peony groaned for a moment, and looked at the invisible shadow behind the fire.

Lu Tao was a little puzzled: "Isn't it okay to wear such clothes into the city?"

Peony shook his head: "It's not impossible, but even if those people didn't see our faces clearly yesterday, they must have seen our outfits, if they appear in Wuyang City so swaggeringly, I estimate that someone will report our whereabouts in the next moment." The control of the royal family is not strong, but at least this is easy to do. ”

"So. Peony continued: "We must find another set of clothes that fit me, and it would be better if we could find women's clothes, and I believe that no one would associate a man and a woman with the two eunuchs who appeared last night." ”

Lu Tao nodded: "Then what should we do?" Go to the 'Furong Fang' that this person said to buy a dress?"

"Buy?" Peony laughed: "You can't buy clothes there, either grab or steal, let's go, let's hurry!"

Lu Tao was stunned for a moment, robbing and stealing? Sure enough, Peony's style didn't look like a princess at all.

......

Peony easily got on the boat, and the big ship stopped on the shore, and when he got close to the ship, Lu Tao found that it was so big that he couldn't see the position of the side of the ship from below, and could only vaguely see that above the hull, there was a protruding building, blocking half of the moonlight.

Since the shore is so close and not afraid of running aground, I think it should be the kind of flat-bottomed boat, which can't withstand too much wind and waves, and can only wander in the lake, just right in Fanning Lake.

Lu Tao was in charge of guarding at the bottom, although he really didn't know what was worth guarding against.

It didn't take long for Peony to jump down the side of the boat and land lightly on the ground, holding a slightly brightly colored dress in her hand.

glanced at Lu Tao, and the peony burrowed into the reeds next to him, and there was a rustling sound from the reeds, as if a cat was hidden inside.

The next moment, Peony came out again, and the slightly gaudy clothes were covered by her.

She walked over to the fire, pulled her clothes, and frowned: "I don't know how much perfume those guys sprinkled on their clothes, it's disgusting!"

As he spoke, Peony casually threw the clothes he took off into the fire, splashing a bunch of scattered fireworks, like fireflies.

Peony, who had changed her clothes, draped her long hair behind her, and the red and green clothes seemed to be a little frivolous alone, but with her face and long hair spread out, the frivolity seemed to be neutralized a lot.

This leaves some flaws in the peony's dress, but if you don't look carefully, these flaws can't be seen.

Lu Tao still has to look for the crown that he doesn't know where, and Peony is bound to find the other half of the remaining jade seal, so even if Lu Tao once thought about whether to leave here and avoid danger, such a thought is only fleeting, and he still has to return to Wuyang City.

After tidying up the clothes on his body again, Peony took out a steel needle from his arms and stuck it behind his head as a hairpin for binding his hair: "Okay, so we just have to wait for dawn, oh yes, we still need something." ”

......

The sky was already half-lit by the newborn rays, driving away the last darkness and depth before the day began.

Lu Tao carried a flat pole, and there was a basket on each side of the flat pole, and in the basket was black coal.

The stolen dan was stolen from a farmer's house, the coal was stolen from another farmer's house, and it was July, and I didn't know what the coal was doing in that house.

Peony walked in front, it seemed that it had nothing to do with Lu Tao who was carrying a flat burden, Lu Tao didn't know how he agreed to Peony's plan, he had to carry a flat burden and two baskets of coal into the city, Peony means that a person dressed like Lu Tao would be too strange if he didn't transport some goods into the city.

But in Lu Tao's opinion, there are some empty-handed people before and after, and some of them are even wearing clothes that are not as good as themselves, so they swaggered here to line up to enter the city, and they didn't see anything happening!

Soon, it was Peony's turn to enter the city, only to see the two knife-wielding soldiers guarding the city gate looking Peony up and down, and let her in without saying anything, and then, it was Lu Tao's turn.

According to Peony's instructions, Lu Tao took out three copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the soldiers guarding the city, this is the city entry tax, ordinary people do not need to pay these money when they enter the city, but those who want to pick up items to sell in Wuyang City must pay a part of the coins to be eligible to sell in Wuyang City.

The soldier accepted the coin handed over by Lu Tao, waved his hand and let him go, Lu Tao breathed a sigh of relief and carried the flat shoulder into the city gate.

"Wait a minute!"

A voice sounded from Lu Tao's side, Lu Tao paused, and saw a person dressed as an officer walking over.

He looked Lu Tao up and down and asked, "What are you going to do when you enter the city?"

"These coals...... Ahem, I'm here to sell coal in the city. Lu Tao deliberately lowered his voice, making his voice sound a little rougher, which was also the result of Peony's reminder, saying that with such a voice, he could make himself look more like a farmer from a village outside, thinking of this, he suddenly had the illusion that he was an actor in a movie.

"Selling coal?" The man dressed as an officer raised an eyebrow: "Do you know what month it is?"

Sure enough, this question was this question, Lu Tao secretly slandered in his heart, but he could only pretend to answer: "Seven...... July?"

"Since you know it's July, you still come here to sell coal?

The last sentence was shouted by the officer, and Lu Tao could even hear a certain feeling of pleasure from the words he shouted, as if he had drunk ice water in the summer.

"Wait a minute!"

Lu Tao was about to lose her shoulder and run away, but Peony, who had not left in front, turned back, she raised her head and glanced at the officer, and said softly: "This lord, this is the coal that our boss asked me to buy from outside the city, I don't know what the problem is?"

As he spoke, the sharp-eyed Lu Tao saw Peony take out a thumb-sized piece of broken silver from his arms and stuff it into the officer's hand.

The officer accepted the money, and the expression on his face seemed to loosen a little, but he only gently put the thumb-sized piece of broken silver in the palm of his hand, as if he didn't want to put it in his arms, and after a pause, he asked Peony, "Master, where are you?"

"Hibiscus Place. Peony lit up the wooden sign in his hand: "The big boss of the Furong Workshop needs to use coal to meet customers in the workshop." ”

The officer nodded and waved his hand at Lu Tao: "Since it's the business of Furong Fang, let's say it early, okay, hurry up and go in, don't block the people behind!"

Lu Tao bent down, nodded, and followed Peony into the city.

When he arrived at a remote alley, Lu Tao threw the flat burden on his shoulder to the ground: "These coals and flat shoulders are simply redundant! If there were no such things, they would not have been noticed by the leading officer." ”

Peony pouted: "I just want them to notice, so that no one will connect us with the two people from last night." ”

"Why?" Lu Tao was a little confused: "Wouldn't it be easier to be found if you are noticed?"

"Cut, leave clues so that you will not be suspected, and conversely, if you don't leave any clues, you will be suspected, believe it or not, those who have not taken anything through the city gates will either be familiar faces, or they will be carefully examined...... Hawkers, let's not talk about that, I'm not sure if there is someone behind us, grab the coal, let's go!"

"Why do you want all this coal?and, where are we going?!"

Peony continued to walk forward without looking back: "Of course it's Furong Fang! Let those people have a good document, and they won't suspect us." ”

Lu Tao: "???"

What kind of hibiscus are you really going to?

Shaking his head, Lu Tao picked up the flat pole from the ground again and followed behind Peony.

Diagonally inserted from the alley, and after two lively street corners, Lu Tao finally saw the Furong Fang mentioned by Peony, looking at some familiar atmosphere and buildings, Lu Tao realized that he had been here.

Before meeting Uncle Xu, Lu Tao accidentally ran into this area, and he couldn't find his way out, and when he met Uncle Xu, he took him out from here, and then rented a ......

Thinking of this, Lu Tao suddenly realized, he finally remembered what he had forgotten, he forgot about the eldest lady of the Black Tiger Hall of Wenyang Mansion, Hong Bingying, and the eldest lady.

Counting with his fingers, three days have passed, and I don't know if Miss Hong is still in Uncle Xu's own house, huh...... If you have the chance, go back and have a look.

Of course, it is impossible now, Lu Tao followed Peony, and has arrived in front of the largest building in this area, the four-story wooden building is a behemoth even in Wuyang, especially the glazed tiles that cover the roof, making the whole building look brilliant in the sun, shining with a bright light that no one can ignore.

A large plaque hangs under those glazed tiles, with three big characters on it, "Furong Fang", in front of the door are two groups of maids, light clothes are worn on them, pink and pale green are intertwined, it looks as if a style of early spring appeared out of thin air.