Chapter 99: Two against the an Army

Jun Huang looked down at the dress she was wearing. With a chuckle, she said, “This is to prevent others from getting suspicious of us. If anyone asks, we are a married couple leaving Yangzhou to visit our family. Do not tell them our destination is the imperial city. Do you understand?”

“What?” Nan Xun could not believe his ears. Had he heard Jun Huang wrong? She looked perfectly serious though. It didn’t seem like she was joking with him.

Jun Huang knew that Nan Xun had heard her. She walked towards the front door without sparing another glance at him. After a brief pause, Nan Xun jogged up to her with a smile he could not suppress.

As they expected, there was a crowd waiting at the city gates. The doors were only half open in case someone decided to make a run for it. There were more guards stationed here than usual. Some of them were holding the portraits of Jun Huang and Nan Xun - made according to the description the clerk had given before he died. They used the portraits to screen through the crowds.

Jun Huang and Nan Xun exchanged a look. Jun Huang was now dressed in women’s clothes,...