"..." Leng Linjiang said seriously: "What you said makes sense."
Xie Mengxia touched his face: "I also feel that I have become smarter."
Leng Linjiang glanced at Xie Mengxia: "I think your face has become thicker."
Xie Mengxia smiled bitterly and rested his head on Leng Linjiang's shoulder, as if he had no bones and was so soft that he couldn't lift it up: "Tell me, is that magic teller the same scholar that Bao Heitan saw?"
Leng Linjiang thought to himself: "Such a precious kid who can pinch and calculate, if it were you, would you be willing to let him go?"
Xie Mengxia said seriously: "It depends on whether he is good-looking or not."
Leng Linjiang slowly let out a breath: "If you don't look good, you won't bring it into the house."
Xie Mengxia suddenly felt like he had met Leng Linjiang too late, and he patted Leng Linjiang twice on the shoulder: "A close friend, a close friend."
His movements were too big. Just after he finished sighing, one of the strips of cloth that blocked his nostrils fell off. He took a deep breath unconsciously and was immediately dizzy. He quickly turned his head away, picked up the strip of cloth and blocked his nostrils. After stuffing it again, he asked angrily: "Yungui, the yellow bone fish in the Jialing River is very delicious. How about we take a boat back?"
Leng Linjiang raised his eyebrows: "Where is the ship?"
Cheng Chaoyan, who had been looking around with vigilance and scrutiny, but had never said a word, suddenly turned his head and stepped on the ship's plank twice: "This ship is good, it has a lot of fish."
Xie Mengxia was so happy that he almost jumped up: "Okay, you are responsible for building a boat to catch fish. If you catch fish, I will give you half of the boat."
Cheng Chaoyan curled his lips twice and said nothing, but secretly cursed in his heart. She built the boat and caught the fish. In the end, she could only divide the boat into half. Does she look like such a fool?
Leng Linjiang didn't care what Xie Mengxia and Cheng Chaoyan were saying, but his eyes were constantly looking at the many girls sitting on the ground.
Among the two distinct groups of people, the girls with gorgeous clothes all had swollen eyes and red noses, as if they had cried hard. Some were leaning against the wall, while others were hugging their knees, and they were all silent. Hey, it seems that he already knew the tragic fate waiting on the road ahead.
The girls in simple clothes all had happy faces, and they seemed to know each other well. After sitting on the ground bored for a while, they started chatting around. At first they were whispering, but later they became noisy. The conversation was very lively, and there was no sense of sadness at all about entering the wolf's den.
As he watched, Leng Linjiang had some misconceptions. The three of them were bought by water bandits in Miaoyu Village along with these simple-dressed girls. When the water bandits bought them, it was as Han Changmu expected. Just like that, they neither searched him nor carefully verified his identity, so they hurriedly took him on board the ship. Of course, the ringing arrows hidden in his and Cheng Chaoyan's sleeves were not found.
After getting on the boat, Leng Linjiang discovered that there were more than a hundred girls crowded in the bottom cabin. He subconsciously felt that these more than a hundred girls were also bought by the water bandits.
But now that I think about it more carefully, something seems wrong. These girls are all very well dressed. Although their buns are messy, their faces are dirty, and they look like refugees, they are all wearing gold and silver. .
Since you are wearing gold and silver, why sell yourself into slavery? It would be better to just pawn your valuables.
His heart skipped a beat and he felt vaguely
It seems that these girls were not bought, but snatched.
Such a sudden change made these girls tired of crying and frightened. They were probably very confused at this moment.
I wonder if these girls will think about something and do something after they calm down.
But now, he rubbed his forehead. He had a headache, felt uncomfortable, and was sleepy. He needed to sleep.
Miaoyu Village and several other villages suffered from banditry today. The villagers in these villages were originally vigilant and gave away all their girls half a month ago. Later, they saw the place where they were approaching to worship the river god. Time has passed, and the water bandits should have tried their best to collect the girls used for sacrifices, so they will no longer harm the village. The villagers relaxed their vigilance and picked up their own girls one after another. Even the county government officials were evacuated. .
Unexpectedly, today the water bandits came back and caught the villagers off guard. They took away more than a hundred girls at once. Several villages were almost empty. Every household had sleepless nights, and the sound of regretful and painful cries could be heard. Over the entire village.
There are bound to be many people who can't sleep tonight. Among the people who can't sleep are not only the villagers who have been separated from each other, but also Han Changmu and many busy internal guards.
Hundreds of internal guards rushed into Miaoyu Village. Only Li Zheng's house was big enough to accommodate so many people, so he had to vacate his own house.
After Leng Linjiang and the others were bought, Han Changmu was afraid of alerting others. Although he did not dare to order people to follow him too closely, he used many foolproof tracking methods and sent out a large number of internal guards to track Leng Linjiang and others. There were no traces left, and he himself stayed in Miaoyu Village, waiting for the news from the internal guards all night long.
The main room was brightly lit, and the inside and outside of the house were heavily guarded. Although no one could be seen, no one could easily approach the house.
After using Mu Shi, Han Changmu was just about to write something when Jin Yu hurriedly opened the door and walked in, the beads of sweat on his forehead shimmering under the light.
He said hastily: "Your Majesty, something happened."
Han Changmu slowly raised his head, frowned and said, "What's wrong? Are you so panicked?"
Jin Yu panicked and said, "Your Majesty, the internal guards discovered the body in Kuantan Ditch, twenty miles west of Miaoyu Village."
"Corpse, what corpse?" Han Changmu stood up suddenly, his heart sinking: "Let's go, talk as we go."
In the gloomy sky, the Kuantan Gorge was eerie and deep, with flickering waves flashing on the shallow water.
The rapid sound of horse hooves approached the Kuantan ditch, and a thick smell of blood almost knocked people to the ground.
Han Changmu got off his horse and rushed to the place where the smell of blood was the strongest. He saw people lying on the ground, covered in blood, some alive and some dead.
Jin Yu followed closely behind and continued what he had just said on horseback before he could finish: "A total of twenty-four people were killed, all of them were guards of the Han family, and there were no women; six people were seriously injured, two of whom were seven-year-olds. The young master's personal servant Yuanbao and silver ingots; three people were slightly injured." At this point, he paused, glanced at Han Changmu in embarrassment, and stopped talking.
Han Changmu was puzzled and said impatiently: "Tell me, is there anything you can't say?"
Jin Yu looked troubled: "The three people who were slightly injured are all girls. They are the three Ruan Jun who changed their names and escaped from the capital. Qing Qian's whereabouts are unknown."
Han Changmu's expression changed and he asked eagerly: "Where is he? Has he been interrogated?"
Jin Yu shook his head: "No, I didn't ask no matter what."
Han Changmu's eyes were cold and stern, and he suppressed his anger and said: "Let the inner guards take them all back and interrogate them rigorously. They must find out what happened and the whereabouts of Lao Qi." After that, he got on his horse and shook it hard. He whipped his horse whip twice to vent his anger and left.
Jin Yu responded yes and sighed secretly. It was like a wave of ups and downs.
After Han Changmu returned to Miaoyu Village, he drank several cups of tea before calming down.
But when he saw Ruan Jun and the other three people kneeling on the ground in embarrassment, his anger that had been extinguished so easily started to burn again.
Chen Ayuan and the other three were kneeling on the ground. Although they were not trembling with fear, they still did not dare to raise their heads.
All three of them were injured, but the wounds had been simply treated and bandaged. However, Han Changmu did not have girls' clothes for the three of them to change into, so they could only wear clothes that were stained with blood.
The blood on the clothes had dried completely, and the blood-stained areas were hard, and the slightest movement would make a friction sound.
Han Changmu took a few more sips of cold tea before suppressing his anger. He raised his head and stared at Ruan Jun. He asked calmly with no expression on his face: "Should I call you Ruan Jun, or should I call you Qi——Ming——Hui?" Woolen cloth?"
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
Qi Minghui trembled and looked up at Han Changmu in astonishment.
Under the shadow of the lamp, Han Changmu had a stern expression and cold eyes, like a fierce god filled with murderous intent.
Han Changmu did not continue to ask Qi Minghui, but moved his eyes to the Shen family's wife, and continued to ask expressionlessly: "The name on your wedding sticker is not Chen Ayuan, right?"
Falling into Han Changmu's hands, Chen Ayuan had given up struggling, suddenly raised his head, and stared back coldly with resentment.
Han Changmu turned a blind eye and turned to look at the weak and panting woman, whose face was covered with hideous scars after being burned by fire, and his tone became colder: "Rong Sulan is your real name, right? "
Rong Sulan raised her head and sneered in a hoarse voice: "Pretend to be a ghost."
Han Changmu was neither fussy nor angry. He leaned relaxedly on the bed and tapped the table casually with his fingers: "Tell me, you worked so hard to get out of Beijing, why did you end up here in such a mess and almost be killed?" Already?"
The three of them, Chen Ayuan, looked at each other in confusion and didn't speak for a long time.
Firstly, I don’t know where to start. Secondly, I don’t know who should say it. Thirdly, I am really on guard and don’t want to say it from the bottom of my heart.
Han Changmu was worried. The people who died outside were all the guards of the Han family. They were escorting Han Changyun to Beijing. At this time, the guards were all dead. Han Changyun's personal servant was seriously injured and unconscious. These three people might know The whereabouts of Han Changyun.
Faced with these three mouths that could not be pried open, Han Changmu also wanted to torture them, but seeing how weak the three of them were, he was afraid that they would not be able to bear it even with a whip, let alone torture.
He thought of the missing Qing Qian, gritted his teeth, and said lightly: "Where's Qing Qian, oh no, where's Chen A'ao." He saw the expressions of the three people changed drastically, and knew that this was a place where they could break through, and his voice became louder and louder. He was as cold as ice: "It seems that you don't want to care about her anymore. It's true that women have the most poisonous hearts. It's human nature to go their separate ways when disaster strikes."
