When Wu Sankui and others arrived at the locust forest on the south hillside outside the city, it was around the fourth watch. There was a light mist in the forest, and it was so scary that you couldn't see your fingers.
Wu Sankui was also a little frightened. He raised his head and glanced at the waning moon in the sky. The white and dizzy crescent moon made the entire forest even more eerie.
He hesitated for a while before letting his men drive the carriage into the forest path. He ran all the way to the depths of the locust forest before stopping. Then he jumped out of the carriage himself, and then directed a group of bodyguards and servants to lift the wooden box out of the carriage and hide it behind a dense locust tree.
After doing all this, he asked the bodyguards Zhao San and You Wu to look at the wooden box, while he used Qinggong to rush back to the Wusheng Escort Bureau to complete the letter delivery task assigned by his godmother.
Around Yinshi, a commotion suddenly broke out in Weiyuan Escort Agency. Nangong Qin, Qin Hannian, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan and others stood up in their clothes. When they walked to the corridor, they saw the housekeeper and several servants running over in panic.
"Master, someone threw a letter into the yard. Zhang Xiaomao, who was feeding the horses, found it..." the housekeeper said, handing Nangong Qin a letter.
Nangong Qin opened it and looked at it for a few times, then his expression changed, and then handed the letter to Qin Hannian who was following him.
"In the locust forest outside the city? Mrs. Wu took the initiative to ask us to meet, and wanted to exchange the antidote for hostages? Is there any fraud involved?" Qin Hannian took a breath of air after reading the letter, and said with some confusion.
"Well, with her usual style, this possibility cannot be ruled out..." Nangong Qin frowned and sighed.
"Dad, I think she must have set up an ambush in the locust forest..." Su Qiqi clenched her fists and said angrily. Qin Chuan also nodded in agreement: "This woman may be holding back some bad tricks... We can't fall into her trap easily..."
"Well... But for Ke'er, we can only take the risk..." Nangong Qin said, twisting his beard, with a sharp light shining in his eyes.
"We have to think of a foolproof plan..." Granny Cui pondered for a while and said, "We can send a team of people to escort the hostages to the appointment openly, and a few others to covertly meet them. This is safer..."
"Grandma Cui is a good idea... Chief Escort, you and I will take a few escorts on the road to the appointment, and let Grandma Cui of Chuan'er Su'er take care of it secretly. This will ensure that nothing goes wrong..." Qin Hannian listened to Grandma Cui's suggestion. , his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Nangong Qin to adopt Granny Cui’s suggestion.
Nangong Qin thought for a moment and expressed his approval. So everyone went back to their rooms to prepare and wait for the appointment at the right time.
In the locust tree forest, there were a few more figures at the moment. Mrs. Wu also rushed to the woods with her two female bodyguards. Manpower is being arranged to lay traps.
Wu Sankui carefully held the wooden box, placed it on the branch of a slightly thicker locust tree, and fixed an iron ring and a pull rope on the top of the wooden box. Then he pulled the rope and hid. On another locust tree not far away. Several other bodyguards also hid in the nearby locust trees with their own weapons, waiting for Mrs. Wu's signal.
Seeing that everything was ready, Mrs. Wu returned to the carriage with the two female escorts and closed her eyes to rest.
Time flew by, and there was still a quarter of an hour before Mao hour. The sound of horse hooves came from outside the locust tree forest.
Mrs. Wu regained her energy, opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, looking with sharp eyes at the only path through the forest. After a while, Nangong Qin and Qin Hannian appeared in her sight driving a carriage. She smiled brilliantly, cupped her hands and said, "Chief Bodyguard Nangong is indeed a man of his word!"
Nangong Qin also clasped his fists and said, "Mrs. Wu, you're welcome! I have brought the hostages. I wonder if Mrs. Wu can bring the antidote?"
Mrs. Wu half-squinted her eyes and responded with a smile: "Mr. Nangong, how can I break my promise since I took the initiative to invite you? The antidote is with me, but I have to test the hostage before I can give it to you. …”
"Bring the hostages here..." Nangong Qin pondered for a moment and then ordered the bodyguard behind him. Two of the bodyguards walked toward the carriage in tacit agreement. One of them opened the curtain, and the other stepped forward and pulled down the tied little leader of the Yeyou League. The two of them walked to Nangong Qin with the hostages on the left and the right.
Nangong Qin took off the mask on the hostage's head and said to Mrs. Wu: "Mrs. Wu, see clearly! If there is no problem, please hand over the antidote..." After saying that, he cupped his hands and asked the two of them to The escort brought the hostage to a place not far from Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu carefully looked at the hostage and confirmed that it was the leader of the Beast Soul Hall of the Yeyou Alliance whom she sent to sneak attack the Weiyuan Escort Agency a few days ago. The corner of his mouth raised slightly, but he said insincerely: "General Guard Nangong, why did you get a fake hostage to fool us?"
"You -" Nangong Qin was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He pointed at Mrs. Wu angrily and said, "I am not like some people who use the trick of changing the contract! If you don't believe it, I will take the person back and the dog will be poisoned." I will think of another way..." After saying that, he asked the bodyguard to take the hostage back to the carriage.
When Qin and Han saw this posture, they already understood it in their hearts. Mrs. Wu had no sincerity in the exchange and just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. He was too lazy to waste words with the other party, so he and Nangong Qin turned around and walked towards the carriage. The two bodyguards also escorted the hostage towards the carriage.
"Wait a minute!" Mrs. Wu's voice came from behind, and her voice was obviously a little more anxious.
Nangong Qin and Qin Hannian stopped and turned to look at Mrs. Wu. Her face now lost the relaxation and complacency before, and became a little more solemn.
"I wonder if Mrs. Wu has any other advice?" Nangong Qin snorted coldly.
"Chief Bodyguard Nangong, please stay! I have gone too far just now, and I apologize to Chief Bodyguard for the rudeness... Now back to the subject, I have brought the antidote. We will hand over the person with one hand and the medicine with the other..." Mrs. Wu said, He took out a small medicine bottle from his waist, raised it and threw it towards Nangong Qin.
Nangong Qin quickly reached out to catch the medicine bottle, opened the cap, poured out a pill, put it on the tip of his nose, smelled it, and handed it to Qin Hannian. Qin Hannian took the pill and observed it carefully, and asked doubtfully: "This...how can you prove that it is the antidote to the poison that Ke'er was poisoned by?"
Seeing the hesitation on their faces, Mrs. Wu smiled contemptuously, stepped forward slowly, and in front of the two of them, took out another green medicine ball from her waist and asked a female escort beside her to swallow it. Clothes.
The female escort took the medicine ball expressionlessly and swallowed it. After a while, she fell unconscious and fell to the ground with the same symptoms as Nangong Ke. Mrs. Wu asked Nangong Qin to give the pills in his hand to the female escort. Soon, the female escort regained consciousness.
Nangong Qin was slightly startled and put away the medicine bottle with hesitation, then quickly walked to a carriage behind him and handed the medicine bottle to Su Qiqi who was hiding in the car.
Su Qiqi hurriedly took off the water bag from her waist, poured out the pills, and gave them to Nangong Ke. After a while, Nangong Ke's eyelashes moved, and there seemed to be signs of waking up. Su Qiqi stared at her elder brother's face nervously, expecting a miracle to happen.
"Dad, brother is awake!" Su Qiqi's surprised voice came from the carriage. Nangong Qin, who was standing next to the carriage, breathed a sigh of relief and personally accompanied the two bodyguards to deliver the hostages to Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu untied the hostages and asked a bodyguard behind her to escort the hostages back to the carriage. Then she led two female bodyguards and turned around and walked towards the carriage parked deep in the woods.
When Nangong Qin saw that Mrs. Wu and others seemed to be leaving, he didn't think much and was about to return to his carriage.
Suddenly a call of a night bird rang out, and a few green lights suddenly appeared in the trees. In the bright light, a dense group of black shadows rose into the sky and floated towards where Nangong Qin and others were.
"What... what is this?" Several bodyguards behind Nangong Qin screamed in horror.
Nangong Qin and Qin Hannian were also stunned on the spot, looking at the dense black shadow in confusion, cursing in their hearts: What is this woman doing again?
