Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 232 The Wooden Hairpin

Xiao Mo bit her lip and said, "I might have left the hairpin that Qi Minxiu bought for me at the inn."

"Hairpin, that wooden hairpin? Didn't I see you take it off your head and put it back on again today? Maybe it fell on the road."

In the morning, when they changed into their disguised clothes again, they also did their makeup again.

She did remember Xiao Mo taking off the hairpin, and she did see her put it back on.

After her reminder, Xiao Mo became more certain that the hairpin was in the inn.

Because when she put it on, it got caught on her hair, so she took it off and did a new hairstyle.

Her current hairstyle didn't require a hairpin, so she just forgot about it on the dressing table.

"No, it didn't fall on the road." Xiao Mo answered affirmatively.

Shen Yun frowned and looked at her, then pulled the reins and walked in front of her: "Miss, if you want to go back and look for it, then we have to speed up."

Xiao Mo called her: "Just wait here for me, I'll go there quickly and come back quickly."

"How can this be possible? If we are going, we must go together. Otherwise, what will we do if we get separated?"

In fact, she was not afraid of getting lost, she was afraid of what bad things would happen to her when she returned.

"In that case, let's go!"

Xiao Mo didn't want to waste time, so she said hello and left.

In the inn, Qi Minxiu put away his hairpin and was about to go out to change his clothes. As soon as he opened the door, he met the prefect and his men who came to greet him.

He was just wondering when he heard the voice of the proprietress downstairs: "Hey, sir, you just left this morning. Did you forget anything when you came back this time?"

Ever since Shen Yun started paying for everything she did, she has been much nicer to Xiao Mo and the others.

Qi Minxiu made a hushing gesture, interrupting the prefect's words.

Although the prefect didn't understand why, he immediately stopped talking.

Qi Minxiu pointed to the empty room next to them, signaling them to hide in there first, and then he followed them into the room.

Xiao Mo did not go into the house to look for the wooden hairpin herself, but described the location and style of the hairpin to the proprietress, and gave her one or two taels of silver and asked her to help her get it out.

Because she asked the proprietress Qi Minxiu whether she had left, and the answer she got was that it seemed not.

She didn't dare to take the risk. What if Qi Minxiu woke up but didn't leave? Wouldn't she just happen to see him when she went in?

The proprietress could go and retrieve the things and dispel his suspicion that he had discovered the wooden hairpin.

Hearing the footsteps in the corridor, Qi Minxiu was ready to move, until he heard the door of the room he had just come out of was opened, he finally couldn't help but rush out.

"Amo!"

He froze after calling out, because the person in front of him was not the one he wanted to see.

The proprietress turned around with a smile and said, "Sir, are you awake? I wonder if you have seen the wooden hairpin on the dressing table?"

Qi Minxiu narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, "Why are you asking about that hairpin?"

"Because, because that's me, the relic my mother left me, I treasure it so much..."

"If you lie again, I will... chop you down."

Qi Minxiu slammed his palm onto the wooden chair next to him, scaring the proprietress so much that she quickly knelt down.

"Please spare my life, this, this, this is not what my mother left for me, it is, it is a young man, he asked me to find it.

He's the one who brought you here a few days ago and treated your illness and injuries."

Qi Minxiu withdrew his hand doubtfully: "Are you saying that the person who saved me was a man?"

"Oh, no, no, it's two, two."

Although the proprietress accepted Xiao Mo's money, it was impossible for her to offend such an important person just for such a small amount of money.

Although she didn't know the prefect who just came in, she could tell from his clothes that he was definitely not an ordinary rich man.

Qi Minzheng was wondering who saved him, when he suddenly thought of a possibility.

He put away his stern gaze and his expression softened a lot.

"Where is that gentleman? He and I have been friends for many years. Let me return this hairpin to him personally."

Qi Minxiu took out a wooden hairpin and played with it in his hand. Although he was smiling, he still looked at the proprietress with an unfriendly look.

The proprietress swallowed her saliva and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "I'll take you there right away."

In a room on the first floor, Xiao Mo had her back to the door. When she heard the door open, she thought it was the boss's wife coming.

She turned around happily, and after seeing who was walking towards her, she quickly turned back.

Although she was now wearing a mask and her clothes had changed a lot, she was still afraid that he would recognize her.

Just by looking at this reaction, Qi Minxiu was certain that the masked person in front of him was Xiao Mo.

He chuckled wickedly, "What's wrong with this guest? Why are you so scared when you see me?"

Xiao Mo bit her lip and deliberately lowered her voice to reply, "Is this young master perhaps in the wrong room?"

"No, the landlady asked me to pass this wooden hairpin to the guest waiting in the wing of the Accord Hall. Isn't this the right place?"

When Xiao Mo heard the word "wooden hairpin", her heart skipped a beat.

"I don't know what a wooden hairpin is. You must have the wrong person. Goodbye."

After saying that, she wanted to break the window and get out, but as soon as her feet left the ground, Qi Minxiu blocked her way.

"Amo, since you can't let me go, why do you pretend to be heartless?"

He looked deeply into her eyes, and with just one glance, he was once again certain that she was his Amo.

Xiao Mo shook off his hand, stepped back two meters, turned sideways and didn't look at him: "I said, you recognized the wrong person."

Qi Minxiu wanted to say something to persuade her, but just as he was about to step forward, she escaped through the main gate as fast as she could.

"Amo!" Qi Minxiu chased after her, but he couldn't even see her figure.

Shen Yun, who was waiting outside the back wall, saw Xiao Mo coming out. Before he could open his mouth to comfort her, he saw her jump on the horse and gallop out.

She guessed that she had been discovered, so without saying a word, she followed him closely.

Qi Minxiu went back to find the prefect and asked him to close the city gates immediately. He also gave him the portraits of Xiao Mo and Shen Yun and asked him to send people to look for them.

As soon as the prefect saw the person in the portrait, he told him that Xiao Mo had come to him a few days ago to inquire about Qi Minxiu's situation.

He was so moved when he knew this that he immediately took his men into the city to look for Xiao Mo.

This time, he must find out what happened that made her change her attitude towards him so drastically.

Although she still loves him in her heart, she has to pretend to have broken off all ties with him.

Was she threatened by someone or did she have other motives for doing this?

When Xiao Mo and Shen Yun arrived at the city gate and learned that the gate was closed, they immediately understood what Qi Minxiu wanted to do.

She couldn't be found by him, otherwise all the efforts made before would be wasted.

Fortunately, the portrait had not been delivered in time, so the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop them.

After leaving the city gate, Xiao Mo took Shen Yun to a suburban area that was a combination of urban and rural areas.

"Yun, it looks like we have to take the small road."

Looking at the rugged mountain road in front of her, Shen Yun frowned: "If the young lady can walk, I can walk too."