The two of them chatted for a while while eating fruits.
Xu Nuo casually asked about the selling price of Xu Pingyi's carved jade in the market.
Lu Jiuniang finished chewing the fruit in her mouth leisurely, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said: "Since my cousin was appointed and everyone knew that he was going to take office in Longzhou, the price of carved jade has doubled. Now I'm afraid it's It’s higher, I’ll have to ask you how much more specific it is before I can tell you.”
"Sister Jiu, I'm just asking casually. There's no need to ask for help. It's time for me to go back. If I'm out later, I'll be roasted into dried meat." Xunuo pressed Lu Jiuniang's hand and stood up.
Lu Jiuniang didn't hesitate, stood up and walked to the door.
After coming out of Lu's Mansion, he promised to send someone to Wang's house immediately to search for Miss Xin'er's whereabouts. It was not until evening that she was found in an extremely remote woodshed of Wang's house.
Xu Nuo rushed over immediately after getting the news.
The number of guards at the Privy Council Palace doubled compared to before, and it took a lot of effort for Xu Nuo to get in.
The woodshed is very remote. There are no houses around it, and there are not many people around it. But next to it is a garbage dump. You can smell the stench from a distance, and you can see flies flying around when you get closer.
As the promise came closer, the flies buzzed apart and then came together again.
The woodshed was unattended and had no windows.
A large lock with a bright head was hung on a narrow door. This was probably the place where servants of the Wang family who had made mistakes were locked up.
Presumably, it was believed that the people inside could not escape, so there was no one to guard them.
Xu Nuo suppressed the nausea caused by the sour smell and quickly opened the lock with the wire.
Before the door was opened, the sound of iron chains in the house was heard.
She pushed the door open a foot, and the light from outside filtered into the dark woodshed. Inside, she could see a man struggling to stand up, and then fell, followed by the sound of iron chains.
The door opened further, and the afterglow of the evening rushed into the woodshed. She could clearly see that the person who fell to the ground and blocked her eyes was none other than Miss Xin'er.
At this moment, Miss Xin'er's hair was disheveled, her lips were chapped, and there were blood stains on her torn clothes.
Seeing Miss Xin'er's appearance, Xu Nuo knew that she was beaten and thrown here without any water.
Xu Nuo shook his head gently and sighed to himself: The Wang family is so cruel. They didn't even give them a sip of water on such a hot day. It was obvious that they wanted Miss Xin'er to die.
After Miss Xin'er's eyes adjusted to the light, she saw a slender figure slowly walking towards her. She thought it was Lord Jiaren County who was coming to kill her, so she immediately backed away and screamed, holding her hands.
Xunuo was afraid that the shouting and the sound of the chains would attract the Wang family, so she hurriedly said: "It's me!"
Miss Xin'er heard that the voice was not that of Jiaren County Lord, so she calmed down and stared at the figure squatting down in front of her.
Finally, she saw clearly that the person in front of her was Xu Nuo.
The moment she saw the promise, she was anxious, angry and embarrassed, and said in a hoarse voice: "Xu Liu Niang! Why are you here? Are you here to see my joke?"
Xu Nuo didn't say anything, but took the water bag from behind and handed it to her.
Miss Xin'er's eyes suddenly brightened up, and she ignored the questions and promises. She grabbed the water bag, hurriedly pulled out the stopper, and drank it all in two gulps.
Xu Nuo gave her another pack of snacks and said: "According to the news I heard, someone will come back to see you tomorrow. It is your chance to get out of here. You must seize this opportunity, otherwise you will die in this dark and shabby place." This is my place. Remember, you are not allowed to tell others that I am here after you leave."
"I stole the person you like, and you still treat me like this?" Miss Xin'er stuffed two snacks into her mouth and asked while eating, completely losing her previous aloofness.
Xunuo was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that the person she liked in Miss Xin'er's eyes was Wang Jiulang.
She laughed softly and said: "If I hate, I should hate the person who married him, why should I hate you? I'm here just because I don't want the person I spent a lot of money to photograph end up like this. You should know how to protect yourself after walking out of this door, do you need me to teach you any more?"
Miss Xin'er brushed the hair beside her ear, and the sound of the iron chain sounded again. She looked sideways at Xu Nuo and said in a thin voice: "As long as I can get out of this door, I can naturally protect myself. You don't need to talk."
She has been in the brothel for many years. Although she is aloof, she still has the ability to talk to people and ghosts. If she hadn't been able to talk and coax the officials to reward them with large sums of money, she wouldn't have been promoted to such a high position by the madam. Location.
The next day, the sound of unlocking was heard again outside the woodshed.
Miss Xin'er hurriedly put the snack paper into her sleeves, then gently fell to the ground and closed her eyes.
Hearing in the dark is sharper than usual.
The lock hit the ground with a thud.
Rapid and panicked footsteps.
Someone knelt down beside her.
A low sob.
Wang Jiulang!
Miss Xin'er was extremely angry. Why was this fat man crying? Did he think she was dead?
She gasped helplessly.
Wang Jiulang heard the noise and immediately shook Miss Xin'er: "Xin'er, Xin'er, are you still there?"
Miss Xin'er twitched the corner of her mouth helplessly, and then said in a hoarse tone: "Jiulang, is it you? Have you come to save me? I thought I was going to..." There was a cry in her voice.
Wang Jiulang was overjoyed and hurriedly helped Xin'er up and said: "Xin'er, I have been locked up in the ancestral hall these days. I can't get out and I don't know where you are. This morning, Banniang came to me in a panic and told me that you were here. Maybe I was about to die, so I thought that I would come to see you no matter what, so I asked Banniang to help me hold off the caretaker, and then I ran out."
Miss Xin'er nodded impatiently and said weakly: "Jiulang, take me away. I shouldn't enter the Wang family. A dirty person like me is only worthy of going..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Jiulang covered his mouth and said, "Bah, bah, bah, how can our Xin'er be such a dirty person? A good person like you deserves the best life."
"I'll take you out first, and then I'll bring you back after my father's anger subsides." Wang Jiulang looked back as he spoke, fearing that his visit to see Xin'er would be discovered.
"I will either go out and never see you again, or I will stay in your Wang family and die here even if I die." Miss Xin'er knew very well that in such a situation, if she was taken out by Wang Jiulang, she might not survive the night.
The only way to survive now is to stay in the Wang family.
She had made up her mind last night and was slowly luring Wang Jiulang into her trap.
Wang Jiulang immediately shook his head. He couldn't let go of Xin'er, and he would never see her again in the future. But leaving her at home now, he couldn't protect her. After all, it was his father who had the final say at home, and his father would definitely not tolerate her if he treated Xin'er so cruelly.
After thinking for a long time, I couldn't think of a perfect solution, so I could only say in an extremely firm tone: "I will never allow you to leave me."
"Jiulang, I don't want to leave you, but I also want to live. Why don't you go and beg the Lord Jiaren for me? Only she can save me."
In the entire Bianjing, only if the Lord Jiaren pleads for her will the scene be good and she will have a chance to survive.
