The Rouran man sneered, "What's the hurry? Once we capture Muzhou City, your brother will naturally be returned to you."
Liu Jianyue's face suddenly turned pale, "You promised me!"
She clutched his arm and refused to let go, "You said that as long as I helped you get General Yuan's wife out of here, you would return my brother to me. How can you be so insincere?"
The defense of the Imperial Censorate is strict, and ordinary people cannot easily sneak in.
She first met this gentle person at the market on East Street.
At that time she was following the procurement of the government office to purchase some daily necessities for young women.
That man threatened her with her brother, and after unknowingly struggling in her mind for a long time, she finally chose to do this thing that would not end well and was against her conscience.
She stole a set of guard clothes from the laundry room that were roughly the same size as the man's.
Tell him about the terrain inside the mansion.
He even specially widened a dog hole in the west wall so that he could come in smoothly.
Just now, while watching the fire, he also mixed the anesthetic that could knock people out into the beef soup...
She even personally tied up Yuan Wuniang with five flowers, but now this person tells her that she will only return her brother after Rouran breaks through Muzhou City.
Isn't this just playing with her in the midst of applause?
Liu Jianyue looked at this person and thought he didn't seem like someone who wanted to keep his promise, maybe even the fact that her brother was still alive was a lie, just an excuse to deceive her into helping them rob Yuan Wuniang. Her heart was both anxious and angry.
She harmed the wife of her benefactor for the sake of her own brother, which is already intolerable by heavenly principles.
It wasn't until now that I suddenly realized, what a big fool I am, to be led by the nose by the villain who killed my father and destroyed my family with just a few words!
She was momentarily enraged and had a few points of determination in her heart.
He glanced at the kitchen knife hanging beside him, picked it up and hacked at Rong Yan with all his might.
The Rouran people were incredibly powerful. They didn't even consider such a minor scuffle worth their attention, and simply reached out to slap Liuyue's shoulder with great force, sending the poor girl crashing to the ground.
The kitchen knife fell down. Unfortunately, it stabbed her leg. Blood gushed out at once.
He wiped his sweat and said, "You're overestimating yourself!"
He shouldered Cui Ying, who was lying unconscious on the table, and strode away.
The courtyard is quiet and peaceful, with no one passing by.
Because all the troops in the Lord's mansion are now concentrated in two places.
One of them was a Jiedang, and among the Rouran cavalrymen who ambushed Shi Xie's stone repair team, two were still alive.
Yuan Wulang is interrogating the two men. He wants to know how the Rouran people knew that Shi Xiujian was escorting winter clothes at that time and from where they passed through.
Another place was a medical hall, where this time the Rouran cavalry's ambush, although successfully repelled by the escort team that followed, won a beautiful battle.
However, the Rouran cavalry was fierce and ferocious. The casualties were quite astonishing, and many soldiers in the guard squad were also injured.
At times like these, the hospital is always bustling with people.
The caregivers were overwhelmed with work and had to transfer some staff from the inner courtyard to help out.
The elegant and cozy little house is some distance away from the outer courtyard, whether it's the medical hall or the Buddhist hall. Both are quite far away.
So the Rouran people could easily evade the sparse guards, effortlessly carrying Cui Ying out, and familiarly found their way to the dog hole at the west wall.
"Lord Ji Du, did you succeed?" someone outside the dog hole asked.
Ji Du's Rouran people sneered, "That's natural, let's hurry up, don't let the people inside discover us, or our efforts will be wasted."
The people outside the dog hole were also very pleased, "This time we caught Yuan Shitao's daughter-in-law, if they come to fight again, we will strip the woman naked and hang her on the top of the car, let's see if the Yuan family army is still arrogant or not!"
Ji Du first sent Cui Ling out, then he himself crawled out of the dog hole.
He warned his companions, "How to deal with this woman is the leader's business. We should just follow orders and not speak out of turn. If something else goes wrong later on, you and I will be held responsible."
As soon as the words fell, it seemed like a patrolling guard passed by in the courtyard, asking, "Who's there?"
Jidi immediately reflected agility and learned a cat's cry in an instant.
The night watchman cocked his ear and listened for a moment, then muttered and went away, "On such a cold day, there are still cats here."
Ji Douchen held his breath until the footsteps faded away, then let out a low sigh, "Don't you hurry up and leave?"
In front of the kitchen door of Ya Qing Xiao Zhu's house, Huai Shu stared at the chaotic ground in shock.
As he walked closer, he saw Ryuuguu Tsukasa lying on the ground with blood flowing out profusely.
He was so frightened that his hands and feet were trembling, and he hastily went forward to check Miss Moon's breath. "Miss Moon, Miss Moon, wake up! Wake up!"
One side tore off his own collar, exerting great force to pull out the vegetable knife on her leg, and then helped her stop the bleeding.
"Come quickly, come quickly!" someone shouted loudly.
It wasn't until much later that Liu Jianyue slowly came to, her face filled with sorrow and regret as she looked at Huai Shu, "I... I'm sorry!"
She shed silent tears at the corners of her eyes, and said in a faint voice, "It's the Rouran people! The Rouran people have kidnapped Old Lady Yuan, towards...towards that direction! It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
Huai Shu's whole body shook, "What? Fifth Granny was taken away by the Rouran people?"
He found it somewhat unbelievable.
Muzhou City has a total of four city gates, as solid as gold soup.
The east gate and west gate have both been closed.
The South Gate was left for officials, merchants and civilians coming from the Central Plains. To enter or exit, they needed to present a pass, and after verification, they could be allowed in.
The north gate connects to the battlefield. The nearby civilians had already evacuated into the city, so they only opened the city gate for the northwest army's officers and men.
The Rouran people look different from those of the prosperous dynasty and can be distinguished at a glance.
The gatekeeper's eyes are like fire and gold, it is absolutely impossible to mistakenly let a Rouran person in.
Liu Jianyue stretched out her hand with great effort, opened her palm, and suddenly there was a golden button carved with exotic flower patterns.
"She trembled as she spoke, 'This is what I tore from that man's sleeve. Look, this pattern is the emblem of the Rouran people. That man...that man took Fifth Granny away, hurry, hurry and get someone to chase after them!'"
She paused for a moment, and suddenly thought of her brother Yu again.
He hastily pointed to a low cabinet in the kitchen, "I hid the young master there. Quick, quick, go see how he is!"
After saying this sentence, she lost all her strength and fell into a coma again.
Huai Shu hastily took Yu Ge out of the low cabinet, and fortunately, the child's face was slightly red, but his breathing was even.
Just then, Yuan Wulang and Jiu Wang both received the news and learned of the changes that had taken place at Ya Qing Xiao Zhu, so they rushed over.
Huai Shu repeated what he had learned from Liu Jianyue, "The young master is fine, just sleep for a while, but as for Wu Nainai..."
Yuan Wulang angrily clenched his fist and pounded it against the wall. "It's not easy for people to enter or leave the city, but if we chase after them now, we'll definitely make it in time!"
He rushed up to King Jiū and clasped his fists in a salute, "Your Majesty, I cannot just sit back and watch as my own wife is abducted. I entrust the city of Mùzhōu to you!"
Ji Wang's eyes also flashed with worry, he nodded, "A Zhuo, you can rest assured to go. I'm here."
He took Yu'er from Huai Shu's hands and gently held the child in his arms, "Yu'er has me too!"
Yuan Wulang hastily left with the Huai book, and Jiu Wang frowned as he looked at Liu Jianyue who had fainted.
Yuan Wulang was suddenly furious and his heart was occupied by his wife being taken away. He didn't have time to think.
Huai Shu only took what Liu Jianyue said, "Sorry" and "It's all my fault", as her helpless self-blame for being unable to do anything but watch as Yuan Wuniang was taken away.
However, Jiu Wang remained calm and composed, his mind clearer than both of them.
It happened that at the time, a battle with the Rouran iron cavalry had just passed, and most of the people in the mansion were concentrated in the Jie Hall and the Medical Hall. The night patrol team near the Yaqing Small Pavilion was fewer than before...
If this was a carefully planned conspiracy by the Rouran people, it was indeed well thought out.
But the Yín Fǔ guards were strict, even if the troops and manpower inside the mansion were dispersed, it would be difficult to come and go without alarming anyone without someone inside cooperating with them.
At this time, Ryūtsuki Tsukino, who was present at the scene of the incident, seemed particularly suspicious.
Jiǔ Wáng didn't think that Liu Jianyue's crime had already been determined; he just felt that this girl knew more than he imagined.
Zhuo Yu's current dazed appearance must be due to being drugged.
Although Xiao Ge'er was young, he had a good physique and could knock out the medicine that made him dizzy. He should also be able to knock out a weak woman like Liu Jianyue, but she didn't. She even had the strength to fight with Rou Ran.
But the biggest flaw in her words is not just this.
She said it was she who hid her brother in the closet.
If she had hidden Yuer before the Rouran people arrived, how did she know that the Rouran people were coming?
But if it was after the Rouran people's brutal suppression, then it is even more inexplicable.
She didn't even have the chance and time to hide her brother.
The nine kings' eyes were slightly dim, their gaze flickering with a radiant starlight.
He said in a low voice to his personal guard, "Wake up this Liu girl and tell her to speak the truth. What exactly did she do to Yuan Wuniang? Tell her to say it clearly word by word, otherwise..."
Compared to Yuan Wǔ, he was born with a face more beautiful and charming than a woman's, but his heart was much crueler.
In the midst of a huge jolt, Cui Rong slowly came to.
She felt her head was splitting, as if it were about to explode, the cold wind whistling past her ears like the howl of a hungry wolf, making one's heart panic at the sound.
Where is this?
She struggled to prop herself up with her elbow and found that she was currently in a completely sealed wooden box.
The box was very small, just enough for her to stretch out her arms.
There are gaps between the wooden boards. At this moment it is night, and looking out through those gaps still reveals a pitch-black scene.
There is no wind.
That must be another layer of cover outside the wooden box.
She was jolting along, and jolting severely; did that mean this was a moving carriage, traveling not on smooth highways?
After a moment of stunned confusion, Cui Ying finally realized what had happened to herself.
Is she... being kidnapped?
ps：
Because chapters 70 and 71 were revised earlier, students who haven't reviewed them yet, please take a look back, otherwise the plot will be disconnected. Sorry to hear that mobile phones can only view unrevised chapters, and you need to log in to the webpage to see the revised ones. I apologize for the trouble caused by my revision of the text. This afternoon there is another update, around 4 pm, I'll go eat and then continue writing offline!
