My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 22 Leave quickly

The two men made two trips with a small cart before finally carrying both boxes of gold into the villa gate.

Si Shaoheng also briefly told Cheng Ruoan about the several letters he found in the magistrate's study.

The content is that Yang Shoushan, the magistrate of Qingshan County, is helping a man named Baiyun Gongzi, who plans to use Qingshan County as a base to garrison troops and supplies, in order to assist Baiyun Gongzi in raising an army.

"Who is this Young Master Bai Yun?" Cheng Ruoan asked curiously.

As Si Shaoheng walked toward the electronic butler screen, he casually replied, "I don't know. It could be a prince, or it could be someone from the Southern Frontier or the Western Rong."

Cheng Ruoan was shocked: "Southern Frontier, Western Rong? Then isn't this Yang Shoushan a traitor?!"

Si Shaoheng had told her that the Great Xia Dynasty bordered the Western Rong Kingdom to the west, the Southern Frontier Kingdom to the south, and the Northern Qian Kingdom to the north.

Qingshan County, where they were located, was in Bachuan Prefecture, which was the southwesternmost part of the Great Xia Dynasty. To the west, up to the plateau, was the Western Rong Kingdom, and to the south, across the Ten Thousand Mountains, was the Southern Frontier Kingdom.

If Yang Shoushan were to help a prince vie for the throne, even if a war broke out, the common people wouldn't suffer too much. But if he were to help the Western Rong and the Southern Frontier...

Cheng Ruoan got goosebumps just thinking about it.

She held tightly to Si Shaoheng, "Why don't we leave the city right now and get out of here quickly? Even if the plague doesn't come, we can't stay in Qingshan County any longer."

Si Shaoheng: ? ? ?

"The city gates aren't open, how do we get out?"

"Aren't you a rock climbing expert? You lead us over the wall and out... Hey, don't go!"

Before Cheng Ruoan could finish speaking, Si Shaoheng left the space.

"How could you..." Cheng Ruoan came out of the space and found Si Shaoheng lying next to her as soon as she opened her eyes.

They were both lying on their sides, so they were facing each other. The distance between them was so close that Cheng Ruoan almost mistook him for a cross-eyed person when she looked at him.

Cheng Ruoan sprang back suddenly, unable to move her legs, and her body leaned back a long way.

In the darkness, Si Shaoheng's voice was deep and alluring: "What's wrong with me?"

"How could you go to someone's bed without saying a word? That's so rude," Cheng Ruoan muttered, subtly distancing herself from Si Shaoheng.

But before she could move more than a few centimeters, Si Shaoheng grabbed her head with his large hand and pulled her back.

"Get some sleep, we'll leave the city at dawn."

Cheng Ruoan felt uncomfortable being held down by Si Shaoheng, but she didn't struggle like a chaste and virtuous woman.

She simply said softly, "Si Shaoheng, I really don't want to be your husband anymore."

We're not divorcing for now, only because of the current situation, but we need to maintain a healthy distance in our relationship..."

Her voice was light and weak.

Or rather, it's a matter of helplessness.

Even after traveling back to ancient times and taking on a different identity, Cheng Ruoan could not forget that in modern times, their marriage was the result of Si Shaoheng weighing the pros and cons, and that their harmonious relationship in bed was merely a matter of male needs.

When she got divorced, Cheng Ruoan was already prepared to remove Si Shaoheng from her life.

Does a single time travel mean you have to change your mind?

No.

Cheng Ruoan couldn't do that kind of back-and-forth jumping.

"Si Shaoheng, please grant my wish to be alone with you. Let's just be comrades-in-arms and partners, okay?"

In the darkness, Si Shaoheng frowned, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but silently released Cheng Ruoan.

Turn around, leaving a gap about one person's width between the two.

His voice was low: "I'm too tired today. Due to the special circumstances, I won't be sleeping on the floor. Go to sleep."

Just as dawn was breaking, Cheng Ruoan was woken up by Si Shaoheng.

"Get up, let's get out of the city as soon as possible."

Cheng Ruoan looked out the window at the sky. "It's not time to open the city gates yet, is it?"

All the towns in Bachuan Prefecture had curfews, meaning the city gates wouldn't open until around 9 a.m. in modern time.

Si Shaoheng prepared water for her to wash her face: "Everyone in Qingshan County is greedy. As long as it's daylight, if merchants and travelers give them more money, the city guards will open the gates for them."

"Get up quickly, my name is Fourth Brother."

"Okay. Wait a minute." Cheng Ruoan took out a few French bread rolls and milk from her spatial storage. "This is for Lao Si's breakfast. You can come back to your room to eat it later. We'll eat and then leave."

"Ah."

After eating the breakfast given to him by his third brother and sister-in-law, Si Silang couldn't bear to throw away the oil paper used to wrap the noodles and the bamboo tube used to hold the milk. He carefully put them in his bundle and carried them on his chest.

This is a gift from the immortals!

It was a taste he had never had before!

The oil paper and bamboo tubes still have a faint milky aroma, so you can take them out and smell them when you're feeling peckish.

As dawn broke, the three of them had already paid one and a half taels of silver and slipped out through the crack in the city gate along with the other traveling merchants who were also easy targets.

At this moment, Yang Shoushan, the magistrate of Qingshan County, was still fast asleep in his ten-foot-wide canopy bed, embracing three beautiful singing girls, completely unaware that his private treasury had been ransacked.

And the thieves had already left the city gate.

The three of them left the city and headed straight for the inn on the outskirts of the city. They thought their family members were still asleep, but when they entered, they found a group of more than twenty people who had filled all the tables in the inn’s lobby.

"Sanlang, my son, you're finally back! Please save your second brother..." As soon as Zhao saw Si Shaoheng enter, she rushed over to him, crying.

Si Shaoheng was carrying Cheng Ruoan on his back. If it weren't for his stable stance, all three of them would have fallen.

Yesterday, Si Shaoheng told Cheng Ruoan that the second wife had gone to Li's house and was not coming back.

Upon hearing Zhao's wailing, Cheng Ruoan couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Another mistress, it never ends."

"Cheng! What's this any of your business?!" Zhao glared at her.

Si Shaoheng's face was as black as a shoe sole. While looking for an empty table for Cheng Ruoan, he said to Zhao Shi, "Mother, I said, we shouldn't get involved in Second Brother's affairs."

“No, listen to what your mother said…” Zhao Shi pulled Si Shaoheng to sit down aside and said.

As soon as Cheng Ruoan sat down, her two adorable children, Si Xin and Si Nian, quickly got off the stools next to their fourth aunt and ran over to Cheng Ruoan.

"Mommy, I miss you so much!"

"Mother, does your leg still hurt?"

Cheng Ruoan smiled gently, and as soon as she sat down, she picked up the two children and placed them on her bench, one on each side.

"Good boy, have you had breakfast yet?"

Si Nian pouted and looked at Cheng Ruoan with a wronged expression. "Grandma said she didn't have any money and told us to wait for Mom to come back so we could buy it from you... But I saw Grandma secretly giving steamed buns to Uncle, Brother Da Niu, and Brother Da Hu."

She said it was her aunt who bought it because she felt sorry for her child, and that she hated her aunt, saying it was clearly her aunt who was biased...

Si Xin quickly covered Si Nian's mouth: "Little sister, stop talking!"

He heard from his sister that nothing had happened yet, and that it was indeed what his grandmother had said.

But what follows is speaking ill of your mother behind her back, which is unfilial and unacceptable.

Cheng Ruoan's smile vanished instantly. She glanced at Si Shaoheng and Zhao Shi, and sneered inwardly.

Isn't this just trying to sow discord between her and her two children?

It seems she wasn't fierce enough to intimidate Zhao.

Then let's see how things go on our escape route.

"Alright, stop covering your sister's mouth. Tell your mother, what kind of trouble have your second uncle and aunt caused this time?"

"Sigh..." Si Xin's little face crumpled as she slowly recounted her story.