Early the next morning, Bai Di got up and found an excuse to drive Qingyu and Qingling away.
After breakfast, she got on the carriage and went to the place agreed with Xu Guangxian to meet.
Xu Guangxian didn't know whether he was frozen or something. His face and lips were white, and his voice was very low and weak: "Do we really want to do that?"
"What are you afraid of?" Bai Di glanced at her strangely, "We paid people to pretend that the bandits are just for climbing mountains - could it be that you got a few real bandits to deal with me?"
Xu Guangxian wanted to roll his eyes, "What kind of brain do you have? Banditry is not the point. The point is that this is deception. Do you know who Prince Yun is? If you lie to him, you--"
"Didn't you teach me how to create accidents?" Bai Di rolled his eyes at her, "If I don't make a big fuss, he won't believe it and won't come. As long as he comes today, I will rely on him until death!"
Xu Guangxian felt a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart.
"Let's go quickly, don't wait any longer." Bai Di dragged Xu Guangxian onto the carriage, "It will get dark if we wait any longer."
After sitting in the car, Bai Di asked: "Have you taken care of the robber?"
"Yes." Xu Guangxian nodded, "It cost me two hundred taels of silver. When the matter comes to pass, you have to pay me back!"
"How stingy." Bai Di curled his lips and started counting on his fingers how long it would take to climb to the back hill of Honolulu, and how long it would take for the maid to go find Yun Ziheng.
But when leaving the maid, Yun Ziheng had already returned from the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing, so all the efforts were in vain.
The snow had just melted and the road was a bit muddy, so we walked slowly. It was almost noon when we reached the foot of Honolulu.
Fortunately, Bai Di had been here last time and knew that this place was far away and cold, and he would get hungry if he stayed there for a long time, so he asked Xiaozhu to prepare pastries.
Bai Di and Xu Guangxian ate some and told Xiaozhu, "You wait an hour to find him. Don't be too late. Xu Guangxian and I will climb the mountain first."
Xiaozhu nodded vigorously: "I understand, Miss!"
"Let's go." Bai Di grabbed Xu Guangxian's sleeve, walked around the Guanyin Temple, and climbed up the mountain path.
Both of them were delicate young ladies, and they were out of breath after taking only two steps.
Bai Di gritted her teeth and continued to move forward. It was no good if Xu Guangxian couldn't climb up, so she dragged her up.
When they arrived at the pavilion halfway up the mountain, Bai Di saw four people dressed as robbers and said to Xu Guangxian: "Things were done well, quite decent."
Xu Guangxian just wanted to roll his eyes and didn't want to speak.
The four "robbers" went up the mountain with the three weak women.
An hour later, Bai Di finally ran out of energy and threw himself on the ground, gasping for air.
Xu Guangxian and the maid were not much better.
The three of them panted for a long time, and after returning with some strength, Bai Di asked: "What time is it..."
"I didn't know..." Xu Guangxian lowered his voice and glanced at the sun, "It's going to get dark soon."
Bai Di also took a look.
She immediately cheered up and called to the four bandits: "Someone will come to rescue us later. Please be more realistic. If you are injured, I will double your money!"
The four robbers responded quickly.
Bai Di also told the robbers how to coerce and scare them, trying to be realistic.
Xu Guangxian saw this, and she suddenly sympathized with Prince Yun. It was not good to be favored by what kind of woman, and by such a little lunatic.
What are you thinking about?
…
Shenji camp
Yun Ziheng came to the camp today on some official business.
Before the matter was finished, I heard noises coming from the gate of the camp. A woman kept shouting: "Your Majesty, please go and save my young lady, Your Majesty!"
Yun Ziheng frowned and gestured to Qingyun.
Qingyun left quickly, and soon brought in a girl who was in a mess and dressed as a maid.
"Prince Yun..." She fluttered and knelt on the ground, with tears on her face, "Please save my young lady quickly. My young lady encountered robbers in Honolulu and was kidnapped by them!"
Yun Ziheng recognized her, "Oh? Why did the robbers only arrest your lady and not you?"
Xiaozhu was stunned, he didn't expect him to be so calm.
But Bai Di had taught her many times last night, and she immediately said with tears in her eyes: "I'm just a servant, how could the robbers do anything to me... They saw that the lady was well-dressed, so they took her away.
Yeah, woo woo woo..."
Yun Ziheng looked calm and said indifferently: "There have been no robbers near the capital for decades. Your lady is very lucky."
Xiaozhu bit his lip, not knowing whether he should answer or not.
Yun Ziheng added: "But think about it, with your young lady's ability, no robber can do anything to her. Those people robbed her, and the robbers are the unlucky ones."
"Go back the way you came and wait for her where she was robbed. I guarantee that the robbers will obediently send your lady back before tonight."
Xiaozhu was stunned.
Is this disbelief?
Yun Ziheng stood up and said to Qingyun: "You handle it."
Qingyun said "yes", and after Yun Ziheng left, he couldn't refuse and said: "Girl, please!"
The men in the military camp were too intimidating. Xiaozhu trembled and stood up without daring to talk nonsense.
She didn't react until she was outside the military camp. Prince Yun didn't believe it. Wasn't the young lady's work in vain?
…
The days are short in spring, and after the sun sets in the west, it sets in the blink of an eye.
Bai Di and Xu Guangxian waited and waited until Yun Ziheng came.
It's still very cold in the mountains at night.
The "robbers" got impatient and asked cursingly: "Are you playing with us? How can anyone come to rescue you?! Look at you ladies, you just eat too much and have nothing to do. You are free!"
"I'm freezing to death. I'm going down the mountain."
"I want to go down the mountain too."
"No!" Bai Di stamped his feet and said, "How can you go down the mountain halfway after you accepted our money?"
"The worst I can do is refund your money!" The boss-looking "robber" took out a silver bag and threw a few silver ingots at the feet of Bai Di and Xu Guangxian. "We've been climbing the mountain with you for most of the day, and we'll just take it away.
One hundred taels, the remaining one hundred taels will be returned to you!"
After finishing speaking, he turned around and greeted: "Brothers, you are back!"
The other three immediately followed.
Bai Di was furious and shouted to them to "stop" but no one ignored her.
Xu Guangxian got up and shouted: "Wait for me, wait for me to come down, you escort me down the mountain, I will give you more money——"
Bai Di grabbed her and said, "You're not allowed to leave! How can you leave when you're already here? You're not allowed to leave!"
"You want to keep it to yourself, I have to leave!" Xu Guangxian had been tormented all day and couldn't bear it anymore. Now he broke away from Bai Di and hurriedly chased after him with his maid who was half dead from exhaustion.
Bai Di stared at the group of people going down the mountain, looking at the darkness around them, enduring the cold wind blowing into his collar, gritting his teeth and saying bitterly: "You go ahead, I won't leave anyway!"