Transmigrating with a Five Million Dollar Retirement Life

Chapter 221 The Cicada Sheds Its Shell

There happened to be a village not far away, so Song Jiaojiao sent someone to buy a few sets of old clothes.

The old man looked at the ten taels of silver in his hand and smiled so much that his face became more wrinkled. He wished such good things could come every day.

Zhang Li returned with a dark face, handing the old clothes to Song Jiaojiao. He felt a chill run down his spine thinking about how that person had looked at him like he was an idiot. He really didn't know why Song Jiaojiao had bought these clothes.

Looking at the clothes in front of her, which had been washed and were fairly clean, Song Jiaojiao was very happy. This was an essential part of the event later.

Soon, the group arrived in the county town. It was almost noon. Song Jiaojiao went to Sifanglou first. Wang Chi was there. Song Jiaojiao and the others went directly to the top floor room, which was not open to the public and was used for emergencies.

Before long, Shang Xiaoxiao, Zhang Li, and Wang Chi's subordinates left the restaurant. When they returned, each of them was in a carriage, which puzzled the people who were watching from the shadows. They didn't know why they had suddenly bought so many carriages, and that one carriage would leave Sifanglou every now and then.

Because it was past lunchtime and time to leave, he only realized he had been tricked when a familiar face appeared at the end.

We don't know how many cars have passed by, and it's also unknown which car Song Jiaojiao and the others are on.

He immediately contacted his superiors and truthfully explained the current situation.

What he didn't expect was that Song Jiaojiao and the others were still at Sifanglou and hadn't left.

"Mother, aren't we leaving?" Mu Xue looked at Song Jiaojiao and saw that she had sent everyone away, including Xiaoxiao. She didn't understand why she did this.

“We’re not leaving. We’ll stay here for a couple of days,” Song Jiaojiao said calmly.

"Why? Aren't we going to the capital?" Mu Xue asked, puzzled.

“I think I understand what Mother means,” Wang Hefan said.

Everyone who heard the sound looked at Wang Hefan, waiting for him to explain.

"My master told me about similar cases when I was on a delivery mission. If I'm not mistaken, Mother's trick is probably a clever escape!"

“That’s right!” Song Jiaojiao looked at Wang Hefan with satisfaction. Sure enough, people who have been out in the world are different.

"It's a classic case of 'the cicada shedding its shell.' We were definitely being monitored, so we sent out a lot of carriages in different directions to Shangjing to disrupt the enemy's plans and make them think we were in one of the carriages, when in fact we didn't get on at all. By the time they found all the carriages, we wouldn't even know where we were."

"That's a good idea. This way we won't have to live in fear anymore," Mu Qing nodded and said.

Seeing that everyone seemed to agree, Mu Xue nodded in agreement, even though she still didn't quite understand.

Looking at the family chatting and laughing in front of him, Wang Chi realized this was the life he wanted. He didn't comment on the matter. He understood Song Jiaojiao's plan when she said she was going to the county town to buy horses. He also knew that Song Jiaojiao would make them pretend to be ordinary people, as the common folk were the hardest to find.

In the capital, in that same luxurious mansion, a woman's furious shout rang out, "Escaped? Useless trash! You can't even handle a few weak women, what use are you? Go after them now!"

As soon as the woman finished speaking, the man kneeling in front of her vanished in a flash.

"Song Qinghuan, I will not let you come back."

……

Three days later, in the early morning, Song Jiaojiao and her group disguised themselves as villagers delivering vegetables and came out from the back door of Sifanglou.

At this moment, they were wearing the old clothes they had bought from the village last time. The whole family was dressed in coarse linen clothes of the same color. Wang Hefan and Wang Chi's clothes were torn, and they looked like they had stolen other people's clothes, especially their undergarments which were showing on the outside.

Having no other choice, Song Jiaojiao took them to a cloth shop and spent a tael of silver to have an embroiderer mend a piece of cloth. Two pieces of blue cloth were patched on the sleeves of their gray trousers, which made them look quite fashionable. By messing up their hair, they could be compared to the beggars outside.

Wang Hefan and his companion exchanged a glance, then looked helplessly at the crowd in front of them who were trying not to laugh.

It was a bit funny, but Wang Chi could clearly feel that the faint gaze had disappeared, so it seemed that the method had worked.

"Alright, it's time to set off now. What mode of transportation should we use?" Wang Chi asked.

"A horse is definitely out of the question, and an ox is too slow. Ah, I've got it! Let's buy a mule. It's fast and inexpensive." A mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey, combining the horse's size with the donkey's stamina. It was an essential item for poor families when traveling. Its only drawback was that it had no reproductive organs and could not reproduce.

“Okay, let’s go to the livestock market!” Wang Chi agreed. As for the merchants’ problems, they could be solved by giving them more money. Money was the last thing Song Jiaojiao needed right now.

Not to mention that the space has reached level nine and all five million can be withdrawn, in addition, the hot pot restaurant she partnered with Wang Ziyi and the half-day leisure restaurant she partnered with Liu Xuewen have both yielded good profits in the past year. In addition, the 20% of the money from the pastry shop is enough to support Song Jiaojiao's extravagant spending. As for the money from the workshop, let's not even mention it.

After buying a mule and a slightly used cart shed from the shopkeeper, the group set off.

Unexpectedly, they were stopped halfway there. The people insisted that their mule was stolen and wanted to take them to the authorities. She didn't believe that these ragged people could afford a mule.

"Young...Young Master, that's their business. Let's hurry on our way!" the maid said anxiously. Two of the men opposite them were tall and strong, and they looked like they were not to be trifled with. The young lady insisted that they were thieves. Besides, how could the three of them possibly defeat five men?

“No, these people don’t look like good people at all. Look at their clothes, they don’t look like people who can afford a mule. They must have stolen it,” said the man in the brocade robe.

Song Jiaojiao immediately realized that the person opposite her was a woman disguised as a man. Putting everything else aside, anyone who wasn't stupid could tell from her undisguised voice.

"Young lady, you can't just spout nonsense without evidence, or I'll sue you for defamation," Song Jiaojiao said with amusement.

"You... how did you know I was a woman?!" Princess Ling'an asked in surprise, wondering how this person knew she was a woman.

"Girl, anyone can tell from your undisguised voice!" Song Jiaojiao said speechlessly. At least change your voice a little. Using your natural voice is just fooling idiots.

"Tingyu, is it really that obvious?" Princess Ling'an asked the maid beside her, still unwilling to give up.

"Yes...yes a little," Tingyu answered cautiously. She had said this wouldn't work when she left, but the princess wouldn't listen to her.

"So what... I'm a woman, and that doesn't change the fact that you stole a mule. Look at your clothes, you can't possibly afford a mule." Princess Ling'an said guiltily, still angry as she thought about the purse that had been stolen from her earlier.