"It was my fault!" Mrs. Sun's face turned pale. "Sister-in-law has long said that she should find someone, but I have been stopping her. If anything happens to Donghua, I won't be able to survive!"
Chunhua quickly helped Sun and said, "Donghua is always smart and nothing will happen to her..."
"I'll report it to the official!" Old Man Zhao muttered, "Who would have thought that something like this would happen in the capital. No one should blame themselves. It's only right to find someone as soon as possible."
Cheng Wanwan said with a serious expression: "At the foot of the Emperor's Imperial City, in public, those people dared to arrest people on the street. They must be relying on something... His second uncle and third uncle, you and dad go to report to the official, I will go A trip to General Ruan's house, Dashan Ergou, you continue to arrange people to inquire about the news..."
After she arranged things, she rode directly to Ruan Mansion instead of taking a carriage.
It was almost midnight, and there were only a few people on the street. The entire imperial city was asleep, and the sound of horse hooves was particularly noticeable.
Cheng Wanwan couldn't care less and speeded up to Ruan Mansion. Cheng Jia got off his horse and walked up the steps and knocked on the door.
A servant yawned and came to open the door. When he saw Mrs. Sui, he immediately saluted and then hurried in to report.
The Ruan family is a family of military generals, and General Ruan Jingwei has military power. A person with actual power is much stronger than a woman like her who has an empty title.
The Ruan family sent troops to help search, and the entire capital was almost turned upside down.
It was almost dawn, but the whereabouts of the winter flowers had not yet been found.
"Mrs. Sui, don't worry." General Ruan comforted her, "I have sealed off the capital in the name of patrolling the rebels. I will search every house. I will definitely help find Mrs. Sui's niece."
Cheng Wanwan looked tired: "General Ruan may offend a lot of people."
Last night, we mainly searched in streets and alleys, ordinary people's homes, restaurants, brothels, teahouses, etc.
Next, we may have to search the houses of powerful people, which will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the powerful people.
But Cheng Wanwan has no choice. The longer time passes, the more dangerous Donghua will be.
When she first came to this world five years ago, she really didn't like Donghua, but after five years of being together, who could not have feelings for him?
While the two were talking, a servant hurriedly came to report: "Ming's father-in-law is here."
Eunuch Ming came in a hurry, and after saluting, he said: "When the emperor came today, he heard about Mrs. Sui's niece, and immediately issued an oral order, ordering General Ruan to find Mrs. Sui's niece. If necessary, Praetorian Guards to assist, the Emperor will send the Praetorian Guards immediately.”
Cheng Wanwan was moved in her heart: "I would like to ask Eunuch Ming to thank the Holy Grace on behalf of my wife. After my niece returns safely, I will definitely go to the palace to express my gratitude."
With the emperor's oral instructions, General Ruan no longer cared about the mood of those powerful people. He led his troops to knock on the door and search every house.
The sky is getting brighter, and the sun shines in through the tall windows.
Donghua rubbed her eyes and sat up. It took her a while to react, but her face immediately drooped.
Through the sunlight, she could clearly see the boy who had been chatting with her for a long time last night. He was about thirteen or fourteen years old. His face was very pale. He must have been hungry for a long time.
He looks pretty good, he probably looks like the white-faced young boy written in the book.
She pushed the boy and said, "Hey, Li Haoyang, stop sleeping and get up quickly to help."
Li Haoyang didn't sleep. He just closed his eyes to rest. He opened his eyes and asked, "What can I do for you?"
"Have you seen the window pane above your head? If you can break the wooden lattice, I'm relatively small and I should be able to get out." Donghua stood up, raised her head and said, "I'm sitting on your shoulders, you push me up , after I get out, I will bring someone to rescue you. Don’t worry, I have an extraordinary status. If I say I will come back to save you, I will definitely come to save you.”
Li Haoyang: "..."
Last night, the girl said she was from the village. How unusual could a girl who grew up in the village have an unusual identity?
Before he could speak, Donghua pulled him over: "You squat down first, and I'll ride up..."
"Men and women cannot be intimate." Li Haoyang hurriedly ran away from her touch, "No, you are wearing a skirt. This will harm your reputation..."
Even if she is wearing pants, it is unreasonable for a woman to sit on a man's shoulders...
"It's a shame for you." Donghua rolled her eyes angrily, "Tell yourself, which one is more important, escape or reputation? Anyway, I have never heard of the word reputation in the village. People in our village don't pay attention to this, and neither should you." You're so pedantic. If you keep grinding, those people will come. If I die here, I will never let you go."
She forced Li Haoyang down and sat across his shoulders, "I'm sitting firmly, you can stand up."
Li Haoyang's face turned dark.
But now that the matter has come to this, what else can he do?
At worst, he will be responsible after he gets out...
He held on to the wall and stood up with difficulty, but he was so weak that he couldn't stand up even after trying for a long time.
"Are you still a man?" Donghua was shocked, "A boy like you will definitely not be able to get a wife in our village. Forget it, I'll squat, you ride on my shoulders, I I'll help you go up, you can escape first, remember to find my aunt, my aunt lives here..."
She moved around on Li Haoyang's shoulders and tried to jump off. Li Haoyang was already unsteady on his feet, but after being tossed like this by her, they both fell to the ground with a loud bang.
At this time, the attic door was kicked open.
"You stinky girl, you actually want to escape!" The sturdy man rushed in, picked up Donghua, "Tie her up and take her away."
Donghua's face turned pale with fright, and she struggled desperately: "Wherever you want to take me, I won't go anywhere..."
Although she doesn't understand the difference between men and women, and she doesn't talk about her reputation as a good friend, she also knows that being sold to a brothel is definitely not a good thing, and she really won't be able to get married in the future!
She hugged Li Haoyang's thigh: "Help, help me -"
The sturdy man pulled her hard, and she also pulled Li Haoyang's hand. The clothes were torn by her, exposing the boy's white thighs.
Li Haoyang didn't care anymore and stepped forward to grab Donghua's hand in an attempt to save her.
"I even forgot that you, a brat like you, was here!" The burly man kicked Li Haoyang on the shoulder, "I originally planned to spare your life, but now the wind is too loud outside, so I'll kill you! Come on! Man, just put this stinky girl into the carriage and hang this stinky boy from the rafters!"
"yes!"
Four or five big men rushed in immediately outside the door.
Just now, Donghua was still frightened that she was about to be sold to a brothel. When she heard the big man's words, she immediately turned to look at Li Haoyang.
Although it was their first acquaintance, they spent the whole night together. If he died in front of her like this, she would be particularly sad when she thinks about it in the future.
But now she can't protect herself, what should she do...
Donghua's brain started spinning rapidly.
Suddenly, she thought that she seemed to have brought something...
While the big men were preparing to deal with Li Haoyang, she quickly reached into her pocket, took out a money bag, and took out a paper bag from the money bag.
She shouted loudly: "Li Haoyang, close your eyes!"
Li Haoyang didn't know what she was going to do, so he closed his eyes subconsciously.
Donghua opened the paper bag and blew hard in the direction of the sturdy man.
This is Dahe Town's unique chili powder. It is made by a secret recipe and is super spicy. She heard that the food in Beijing is sweet, so she specially prepared a lot of it and brought it over. She didn't expect that it would come in handy at a time like this.
She grabbed Li Haoyang's hand: "Don't stay still, run away!"
