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Murong Yan and Chu Yu both left the room. Qu Ling followed them out.

It was still raining outside, so Qu Ling borrowed an umbrella from the shopkeeper and asked him where there was a clothing shop nearby.

His clothes, which had been wet from the rain last night, were almost completely dry from the fire, but he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Most of the shops on the street were still closed, and the surroundings were completely deserted. Qu Ling braved the storm and searched for a long time before finally finding one that was open.

Standing behind the counter was a woman in her thirties. She had no business in the shop and was waving a feather duster in a bored manner.

Qu Ling kept his umbrella and shook off the rain on it, then placed it by the door and walked over to the counter.

At the sound of footsteps, the woman looked up from her feather duster.

Qu Ling took out a crumpled silver note from his sleeve, and said: "Find me a set of clothes that fit perfectly, don't need to look good, just wear it warm."

Ever since she shaved her head, whether she looked good or not had nothing to do with her.

This was because a bald woman could not be good-looking no matter how hard she tried.

The female boss glanced at the crumpled silver banknotes on the counter. A smile appeared on her exquisite face. "Okay, please wait a moment young lady."

There were many new clothes in the shop, especially for women.

Very quickly, the female boss gathered a set and gave it to Qu Ling.

Qu Ling took the clothes and asked: Is there any place for me to change into them?

"Yes." The female boss smiled and gestured with a "please" gesture. "Lady, follow me."

Qu Ling followed her to the inner room and changed his clothes in an empty room. He then wrapped up his clothes and carried them in his arms before returning back to the shop.

The female owner who was waiting for Qu Ling came out from the counter. She looked at her for a moment, then clapped her hands and laughed: "I knew it. The young lady is born with an exquisite body, and has a beautiful figure.

Qu Ling laughed, and then praised: "Elder sister is also very good-looking."

No one disliked listening to nice words, even though they knew they were just being polite. The female boss laughed and squinted, her gaze towards Qu Ling became more friendly, and asked: "Hearing the voice of the lady, she doesn't seem to be from here, but because of the city seal, she is also trapped here?"

"Elder sister has great eyesight, I am indeed not from Tong Huai Palace." Qu Ling generously praised the female boss a few more times, as if he suddenly thought of something, and changed the topic, lowering his voice and asking, "Just now, big sister said 'also', did you know of any foreign people that were also trapped in Tong Huai Palace?"

Just as he asked, Qu Ling noticed that there was something wrong with the female boss's gaze.

In a split-second, Qu Ling thought of a countermeasure. Revealing an embarrassed smile, he explained: "To be honest, big sister, I'm from Qi Jing, and I came to visit relatives this time, but my body didn't work. I was just able to get to TongHuai Palace when I fell ill, and I was only able to leave during these two days."

After she finished speaking, Qu Ling blinked her eyes playfully, went close to the female owner's ear and whispered: "She sneaked out, and didn't she buy clothes to change into?"

The female boss sized Qu Ling up from head to toe. Seeing that Qu Ling was indeed a little sickly, the suspicion in her eyes faded as she said: "All the outsiders that were staying in the city when the riverbank collapsed were all trapped in the city. Those that went to find a place to stay themselves, and those that did not, will be arranged by the authorities to stay for the time being.

After pausing for a moment, the female boss continued, "Speaking of which, I can tell that you don't look too good, but if you go back now, it will start to rain again and the water will rise again. The riverbank might collapse again sometime, and the river might flood into the city, which isn't a joke."

Qu Ling asked suspiciously: "Are you not afraid, big sister?"

The female boss self-deprecatingly laughed, "So what if I'm afraid? Since we can't leave the city now, and this shop was an estate left behind by my father when he was still alive, I can't bear to leave even if I could. "Day after day, no matter how much you think about it, it's still useless."

Since the words had come to this, Qu Ling could not ask any further.

He thanked her and left the clothing store with his old clothes and umbrella.

Within the city, the citizens of the city were trapped with the outsiders, entertaining them with good food and wine.

Outside the city, if they stopped the refugees from entering the city, they would also be given materials to save their lives.

The people outside the city were safe. No wonder there had been no riots for so long.

Just now when she came out of the inn, she heard the shopkeeper and the waiter talking about how it was raining early in the morning in Magistrate Zeng as they brought their workers to the riverbank.

Greed and the arrest of the imperial court officials, doing such an outrageous thing, and then ignoring his own safety to worry about the river bank in the blink of an eye.

What exactly does this Magistrate Zeng want to do?

Qu Ling paused his steps, and slapped his forehead: "I forgot to ask where there's a medicine store!"

Thinking about how much suffering she would have to endure in the next few days, she decided to prepare some healing drugs in advance in case she needed them.

Qu Ling pondered for a moment in place, but in the end, he gave up on the idea. Holding his oil-paper umbrella, he walked all over the streets to look for a medicine store.

Logically speaking, this kind of weather should be better than business at a clothing shop, but Qu Ling had searched through two streets and had not found a single medicine shop that was open for business.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Qu Ling was tired and he found a place to hide from the rain. He casually took out a hard steamed bun he brought from the inn and took a bite.

Before she could swallow it down, a familiar figure suddenly ran in front of her.

Qu Ling's eyes widened, almost choking on the steamed bun in his mouth.

Seeing that the person was running far away, Qu Ling did not bother to swallow the food in his mouth. He quickly stood up, held onto his umbrella and chased after him.

But the man was running fast, as if he were being chased by something and was running for his life.

Qu Ling's body wasn't well, after chasing for a short distance, he was already out of breath, and there was even a half-chewed piece of dry steamed bun in his mouth, unable to make a sound.

When she realized that she should stop and swallow the food in her mouth, she was unlucky to find that the steamed bun had stuck in her throat.

Without water, she could not swallow.

Anxious, his face turned green.

"Ah Ling!" A warm and familiar voice sounded.

Qu Ling turned his head, only to see Murong Yan running towards him.

She hurriedly pointed to her own throat, then pointed to the direction in which the figure had left.

Murong Yan looked at Qu Ling, then went behind her and struck her back with his palm.

Qu Ling staggered from the slap, bent over and spat out the thing that was stuck in his throat.

After calming down, Qu Ling felt that he had survived a great calamity.

After resting for a while, he suddenly thought of something and anxiously turned around to look at Murong Yan: "Murong, I just saw you …"

Murong Yan answered it for her: "I know. "Jinyi."

"Why is she here?"

"It was brought by Rong Xi."

After that, Murong Yan told Qu Ling about how he and Chu Yu went to the infirmary to look for Rong Xi, and how they accidentally met Jin Yi.

Originally, he had locked up his silk clothes, planning to go and interrogate Rong Xi after seeing her injuries.

He followed the clues to find this place, and in the end, he found Qu Ling.

Qu Ling pondered for a moment, then said: "We'll talk after we catch him."

Murong Yan nodded lightly. He embraced Qu Ling's waist and brought her along to chase after Jin Yi.

Sometimes, when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water would cause them to clench their teeth.

This sentence was very well verified on Jin Yi.

It wasn't easy for Jin Yi to hide from Murong Yan, and before he could even catch his breath, he had met Xiao Jingyue.