The Transmigration Routine of Always Being Captured by ML

Chapter 25: 'The Wild Dragon Proud Days' 1.25

"Bengong" — I, used by the females of the imperial family

After Jing Chun Empress Dowager finished listening to the Commander of the Imperial Guards' report, her lips tightened and started to tremble. She gazed sharply at the Commander of the Imperial Guards. Unable to restrain her anger, Jing Chun Empress Dowager grabbed a teacup by her side and threw it at the side of the Commander of the Imperial Guards' face, almost hitting him, "What did you say?"

"Empress Dowager, please calm down your anger...last night this subordinate really didn't see anyone go out of that room where Su Mucheng was being held at, except for the palace maid on duty. But, that person had the same face as the palace maid that was found lying on the bed this morning. The figure and facial features were very similar as if carved out from the same root." The Commander of the Imperial Guards said as he lowered his head to kowtow on the ground. Really, he also had unspeakable bitterness. Who would have thought that Su Mucheng would have this kind of miraculous method where he could disguise as someone perfectly, it simply made people not be able to see the slightest wrong with it, "After this subordinate found something was wrong, this subordinate dispatched people right away to search the imperial palace."

Jing Chun Empress Dowager fingers were trembling as she released her grip on the small table, her upper body slightly raised. She pressed the anger in her heart for a while, only when she managed to force down this anger, with an ashen face, she looked at the Commander of the Imperial Guards that was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Then what are you waiting for, quickly spread Bengong's order and find that person! Inside the imperial palace, as well as inside Bian Capital City, even if you have to turn all of places upside down, you have to get him back to me!" Jing Chun Empress Dowager closed her eyes, and say through gritted teeth: "Drag those two palace maids out, and beat them to death with rod. Don't ever let Bengong see their face again."

"Yes, this subordinate will immediately dispatch people to seal off the city gates. Presumably, it is impossible for Su Mucheng to find a way to leave the imperial palace so quickly." The Commander of the Imperial Guards didn't dare to put on air, he understood that the last sentence of Jing Chun Empress Dowager, was in fact, for him to hear. Those two palace maids were only the innocent victims to warn everyone. If he and the rest of the imperial guards under him could not successfully capture Su Mucheng, then those two palace maid's end would be their end in the future.

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After Li Luo left the imperial palace, he immediately snuck inside the house of common people and stole a set of short garments that the common people usually wear. He then quickly transformed his appearance, from the original palace maid appearance, into a man.

Universal Disguise Pill was effective for twenty-four hours, which meant that you could easily disguise as anyone in these twenty-four hours, for an unlimited number of times. His appearance at this moment was a rough man with a beard on his chin.

Li Luo touched the beard on the chin, nodded with satisfaction. Even if Qin Yu stood in front of him now, he too would not recognize that this person was Li Luo.

He reckoned when another palace maid who served in the morning ablutions came in, she would immediately find out that he had run away, but they certainly would not believe that he was already out of the imperial palace now.

Even so, he could not lower his guard. He had to go out of the city gate with the earliest wave of people leaving. Only when he was outside of the city gate would he really be safe.

Although he didn't sleep for the whole night, Li Luo didn't have the slightest drowsiness. He headed straight into a small alley not far away from the city gate, and quietly waited for the moment the city gate opened.

The white light started to slowly emerge in the sky. Inside Bian Capital City, the voice of people also started to gradually sound. Many silhouettes of people also gradually appeared inside the city gate. Some were going into the city to do business or purchase necessities for home. But because last night couldn't catch up with the city gate's closed time, they had to stay for a night inside Bian Capital City.

Li Luo mixed into these ordinary people, and waited with them for the opening of the city gate.

As he along with those people walked out of the tall city gate with thousands of meters height, Xiao Qi suddenly come out and shouted in his mind, 【Great Host, please be careful. At this moment, more than 600 meters behind you, there are more than a dozen horses are rushing over to this place. The people riding them are dressed exactly like the imperial guards who were standing outside of your room. 】

Li Luo immediately went on guard, he looked at the people in the surroundings that grouped into twos and threes as they walked. He didn't immediately have a drastic reaction but instead slowly approached the hillside beside him. Taking advantage of all the people who did not notice him, he quickly fled into tall bushes that were as tall as half a person's height that had grown there.

Not long after Li Luo hid in the bushes, the official that not far away from the road immediately saw a burst of dust swirl in the air, and then in split second more than a dozen horses appeared in his eyes.

Almost in just the blink of an eye, those more than a dozen horses were surrounding the people who were still walking.

When he saw this scene, Li Luo's forehead immediately let out a layer of cold sweat. If it was not for Xiao Qi's warning, all of his efforts to finally run away would be wasted and at this moment he may once again have to go back into that place.

Li Luo waited until the more than a dozen of imperial guards that surrounded the common people, drove them back inside the city, and only after all of them finally disappeared from his sight, Li Luo who was squatting inside the bushes for a long time came out from his hiding place, and continued his journey.

He had to go to the next city that Qin Yu would attack, Su Shui City. If he was riding a horse it would take a month to arrive, not to mention that he was walking with two feet.

It seems that he really should buy a tool for the transportation. At least it would make him travel a bit faster. To buy a horse, at least he would needs four hundred fifty two taels of silver. He didn't know exactly how many taels he could get if he exchanged the gold threads that he collected. It was not clear if it would be enough to buy a horse if he sold all of it. Moreover, those gold threads was all that he had, he must not completely exchange all of it for money in one go. He couldn't afford to buy a horse, so he should just buy a mule to ride.

Li Luo made up his mind, as soon as he arrived at a slightly more prosperous town, he would exchanged a portion of his gold threads with silver and buy a mule as transportation.

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Li Luo was riding a white mule, as he rushed toward Su Shui City. Nowadays, he would immediately choose to sleep in the wild as long as he had recovered his original appearance.

Only when he was able to disguise as other people, did he find a place to stay, he would stay one night, buy some dry food the next day, and then continue his journey.

Due to the increased number of times it was used, now Universal Disguise Pill's cooling time had gradually become seven days of time.

The mule's speed was a little slower than the horse, so it took one and a half months for Li Luo to travel ninety-five percent of the road.

Now as long as he traveled another two more days, he would right away arrive at Su Shui City.

At this moment, Li Luo still didn't know, because Jing Chun Empress Dowager captured him, it caused Qin Yu's heart full of anger and he has nowhere to vent it, so he release all of his anger on the battlefield, which made what originally took more than a month to completely capture the city, now in the face of Qin Yu's furious attack, it was unable to hold on for a long time and fell within ten days ago. So, at this moment, Qin Yu has been long ago already reorganized the army and headed toward the direction of Bian Capital City.

Even if Li Luo arrived at Su Shui City now, he was doomed to be unable to join with Qin Yu.