A quarter of an hour later.
Cheng Xi and Nie Wenxun arrived outside the village at the same time.
Unexpectedly, the gate of the cottage was wide open, and the bandits were standing on both sides, as if they had been waiting for them here early.
When they saw someone, a bandit leader rushed out and knelt down in front of them!
"...."
The soldiers surrounded Cheng Xi and Nie Wenxun, forming a protective barrier.
Chen Dabang shouted: "Greetings to the Marquis!"
"what happened?"
Why is this copycat so weird?
Even Nie Wenxun changed his face: "Are you the bandit leader?"
When the thieves around saw Chen Dabang kneeling down, they all knelt aside.
Basically, this village can be taken down without spending a single soldier.
Cheng Xi said in a deep voice: "Are you Chen Dabang?"
"Yes!" Chen Dabang said hurriedly: "The younger one is Chen Dabang. The princess said that the Marquis's army happened to be recruiting troops. The younger one has four or five hundred brothers on the mountain. He is at the disposal of the Marquis!"
Cheng Jingyu said?
Even Nie Wenxun found this strange: "Where is the princess?"
Chen Dabang didn't know who this was, he just thought he was Cheng Jingyu's brother, the Major General of the Hou family.
There was cold sweat on his temples, and he hesitated for a long time and was speechless.
Who would have known that when things were about to happen, a big thunderstorm would come to him and turn things into such a mess!
And that one-eyed man is not from the village at all!
How could his men be so strong in kung fu? He could jump up while grabbing someone and disappear immediately!
This man must have made up his mind to kidnap people!
But in this case, would he be dead?
If something happened to Cheng Houke, his legitimate daughter, he would definitely not be able to escape the involvement.
But now he had no choice but to say in frustration: "The princess was taken away."
Cheng Xi's expression changed: "What did you say?!"
Aren't the people who took Cheng Jingyu away the same group of bandits? Where else can I be taken?
He drew his long knife and put it directly against Chen Dabang's neck: "Stop playing tricks and hand over Cheng Jingyu. I will leave a whole body for you!"
"Master Hou, please spare your life!" Chen Dabang shouted and begged for mercy: "It's really not a small trick, it's a man who sneaked into the village. The princess wanted to skin him, so he took him away."
The more he spoke, the quieter he became, because he found that Cheng Xi's face was getting uglier.
The knife placed on his neck was inserted an inch deeper and blood was already visible.
Chen Dabang complained endlessly, although he also felt that what he said was a bit outrageous, and a normal person would not believe it.
But he is telling the truth!
Chen Dabang was afraid that Cheng Xi would really chop him on the neck, and he was so frightened that his whole body was shaking: "But, but he said, the Marquis does not need to worry, he does not want the princess's life."
He was also confused, but this was indeed what One Eye said to him before leaving.
But he didn't know that these words stepped on Cheng Xi's painful foot even more.
Cheng Jingyu is a girl, so what does that person want if he doesn't want Cheng Jingyu's life? ?
The reputation of a daughter's family is the most important thing. If something happens to Cheng Jingyu...
"Master Hou! Master Hou, calm down. I will definitely send people to assist in the search. He ran to the southeast!"
At this time, Nie Wenxun, who had not spoken for a long time, said: "Southeast?"
Looking to the southeast is the direction back to the city.
He suddenly...had an incredible idea.
Waving to his confidants to come forward, Nie Wenxun whispered a few words.
The confidant obeyed the order and quickly disappeared on the mountain road.
But Cheng Xi loves her daughter so much that she doesn't notice this at all.
Of course he still didn't believe Chen Dabang: "Why should I trust you? What is your purpose of kidnapping the princess?"
"I, I was wronged!" Chen Dabang dared to hide: "It was the princess who hired me to kidnap her!"
What?
Cheng Xi's grip on the knife was almost unstable, and she shouted coldly: "What did you say?!"
"County, the princess sent someone to find me half a month ago, saying that if anyone asks me to kidnap her, she will agree to it, on the condition that she will introduce the Marquis to me."
Cheng Jingyu!
Cheng Xi said calmly: "What happens next?"
"And it turned out to be like this. Miss Cheng Er, she sent someone to deliver a secret message, revealing the whereabouts of the princess to me and asking me to go to Nanputuo Temple to intercept her. After the incident is completed, the prince will also give me benefits."
Cheng Xi's hand holding the knife trembled. It was Cheng Jiaojiao who ordered it?
In the past, he met his well-behaved and sensible Cheng Jiaojiao at the Hou Mansion.
She actually hired bandits to attack Cheng Jingyu?
What kind of hatred could make a young girl do such a vicious thing?
And it also involves the prince. Is the prince also involved in this matter?
But when I thought about it, the prince had always wanted to marry Jingyu, but he didn't agree.
But he actually got involved with Cheng Jiaojiao!
Cheng Xi has experienced a big change today, and the ups and downs are not enough to describe his current mood.
"You, Lord Marquis, have also seen what happened next. When the princess came to the village, I was happy to entertain her, but I didn't know how the one-eyed man sneaked in -"
"One eye?" Nie Wenxun grasped the key information: "That person is missing an eye?"
No matter what he thought, since he came to Xichu, there has never been a one-eyed person around him.
But someone who can personally sneak into the village and has strong military strength is obviously not an ordinary person.
It's hard to say whether it's a disguise or not.
He asked Chen Dabang: "How tall is this person?"
"Eight, more than eight feet." Chen Dabang wondered why the man was so tall when he asked.
But that guy just now was really tall.
He should have been suspicious a long time ago. When did those crooked melons and cracked dates in the village have such superior figures?
It's all because of that one eye that confused him!
"What does he look like?"
"If he hadn't been blind in one eye, he would have been elegant and handsome, with outstanding facial features and a man of few words... Why is the Major General asking this?"
Does he know that person?
Nie Wenxun didn't mind if he recognized himself as Cheng Jinghe and said, "It's nothing."
Cheng Xi asked Chen Dabang's question: "Do you know him?"
"I don't know him." Nie Wenxun said.
"...."
Nie Wenxun opened the folding fan and fanned himself.
Anyone who is familiar with him will find that he was slightly nervous just now, but after asking the question, this nervousness has disappeared without a trace.
There is no need for an answer to what I just sent my confidant to inquire about.
He is familiar with this 'one-eyed' person, so Cheng Jingyu will not have any big problems.
"Master Marquis, I asked my people to quickly go to the southeast to investigate. Since this man said he would not kill the princess, he must have other motives. Let's just wait for him to take the initiative to provoke him."
"Why wait?" Cheng Xi's eyes widened: "Cheng Jingyu is from a girl's family. You have never given birth to a daughter, so you won't understand my feelings!"
When he thought about Cheng Jingyu's possible accident, he felt uneasy.
Nie Wenxun raised his eyebrows and said softly: "It is true that I will not have a daughter."
But Cheng Xi stopped listening to him and ordered his men: "Tie up these bandits and get down from the mountain!"
If we delay here any longer, it will get dark.
And at night, it will only become more dangerous.
