Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 142

After reaching the river, she boarded a larger passenger ship. In order not to attract attention, she sat with many old and weak women.

We got off the boat at a seemingly prosperous pier and headed straight for Yuezhou. The hardships on the road are beyond the imagination of outsiders. We can only say that we arrived at our destination smoothly.

Yuezhou is located on the west side of Suzhou City and northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although it is located inland, it is not too far from the east. After leaving the river, it only takes a day to travel by carriage.

It is still far away from the real northwestern frontier and is relatively safe, which is most suitable for her. This is a thoughtful arrangement made by Pei Zhu for her.

The reason why Ye Xi knew about this place was because Pei Zhu told her about it. Pei Zhu had been to Yuezhou for business, and after he came back he often told her about the customs and culture of Yuezhou.

Ye Xi thought that when the rumors died down in the future, she could secretly go back to Hangzhou to visit her family. She guessed that she could just hide for three to five years, but she didn't think Wei Jue would have that kind of patience.

She actually had a lot of banknotes hidden on her body. Liusu only saw that she deposited a lot of silver, but she didn't know that she both deposited and withdrew money every time she went there.

She deposited more in the early stage and withdrew more in the later stage. Gradually, she had more and more banknotes.

The last time he deposited the money was just to paralyze Liusu, and the other party didn't expect that the person who went to deposit the money actually wanted to escape.

She had calculated that with the money she could buy a small house and live frugally for a few years without any problem.

Wei Jue looked at the trembling woman in front of him with sharp eyes, his gaze was like an eagle's and a tiger's, as if he would tear the person to pieces in the next moment.

"Tell me, where do your clothes come from?" Wei Jue asked in a coercive manner.

"Yes...I picked it up from the ground."

The woman in front of him answered tremblingly, and then recounted her experience of picking up clothes from the ground when she went to the street a few days ago.

She was wearing the red coat that Ye Xi had discarded. She was squeezed in the crowd and accidentally stepped on something.

When she looked down, she found it was a piece of clothing. She was confused at first, but she squeezed through others and picked it up. After looking at it carefully, she found that the clothing was very exquisite, so she took it home.

After washing it, I liked it more and more, so I wore it myself and showed it off on the street.

Unexpectedly, I was stopped on the way.

The one who intercepted her was Wei Jue's guard, who remembered that Ye Xi had worn such a piece of clothing.

But he was not sure whether it was the same thing or just similar, because the adults said that anyone who looked suspicious could be detained and investigated, so he boldly brought the person to Wei Jue and told him what happened.

Wei Jue actually couldn’t quite remember the specific style of the clothes he gave to Ye Xi. He only vaguely remembered that Ye Xi seemed to have a piece of clothing of the same color.

He called the servants in Ye Xi's yard to confirm, and after getting a positive answer, he guessed Ye Xi's trick.

He found Liusu again. Liusu was carried in front of him and told him that after they found Ye Xi missing that day, they all subconsciously looked for the color of Ye Xi's clothes in the crowd, focusing on blue and red, and almost didn't even look at the funeral procession.

After hearing this, Wei Jue had confirmed his guess. He sneered, "What a good plan! Did she leave the house and go near the funeral procession a few days before she left?"

After being reminded, Liusu finally remembered, "Yes, we seemed to be eating nearby, and some people around us were discussing that the old master of a certain mansion had passed away, and that the funeral would probably be held some day."

Liusu was confused at this point. It turned out that Ye Xi had mixed into the funeral procession and left. No wonder she couldn't find anyone. It was really dark under the lamp.