Chapter 159 Hey, Don’t Die

Huo Zheng was not in the mansion. When Song Anlan heard that his sister was in trouble, he only wanted to rush to rescue her. He did not expect that Chunzhi already had such a great say in the Chang'an Palace that she could even bypass the Prince of Chang'an and directly call on the palace's generals and guards.

While Young Master Song was momentarily stunned, Chunzhi had already instructed Butler Cheng to summon several household guards on duty at the palace today, and selected two of them to lead the guards to follow Song Anlan out of the city to rescue Song Wan'er.

Chunzhi said to the other retainers, "Wan'er is my sister. Please do your utmost to bring her back safely."

The generals clasped their fists and saluted, "Yes, Princess!"

Song Anlan saw that everyone in the palace followed Chunzhi's orders and obviously regarded her as the princess as the master of the palace. This shows how much Prince Chang'an loves Chunzhi.

Chunzhi turned to Song Anlan and said, "Brother, these family generals are all capable men in the palace. With them going with you, you will definitely be able to rescue Wan'er."

"Thank you very much." Song Anlan didn't know what to say for a moment. After thanking Chunzhi, he immediately said to the family generals, "Thank you for your help."

The family generals hurriedly said, "Mr. Song, you are welcome."

"I will go and recruit the troops first!"

"Mr. Song, please follow me."

Song Anlan quickly left with the family guards.

"Young Master..." Jinshu still wanted to go with Song Anlan and others to rescue Song Wan'er, but unfortunately she was almost exhausted after swimming from the lake to the shore and running back from outside the city. After seeing someone going to rescue the young lady, she let out her last breath and fell forward suddenly.

"Jinshu!" Chunzhi saw Jinshu fall to the ground and quickly reached out to help him.

The maids nearby all helped and lifted the person up.

Qingye said, "Jinshu must be exhausted. We need to find a doctor to check it out."

Chunzhi said, "You two help her go to the side room to bathe and change clothes. Qingye, go get the doctor."

"Yes." Qingye and the two maids responded in unison and did as they were told immediately.

After Chunzhi arranged everything, she couldn't help but worry about Song Wan'er and felt uneasy.

On the other side, Song Anlan, along with several royal household servants and dozens of guards, rode out of the city and headed straight for the Lotus Lake in the south.

The sun moved westward and the sky gradually darkened.

When Song Anlan and his party arrived at the Lotus Lake, night had already fallen quietly. The family generals and a group of guards searched around and soon found several abandoned boats and the footprints of the criminals who had left.

The leading household officer, Tan Qi, turned to Song Anlan and said, "Judging from the number of footprints, there are at least thirty to fifty of them. May I ask, Young Master Song, have you offended anyone since the Song family moved to the capital?"

Song Anlan thought carefully, "I've only been in the capital for a short time. I've only recently purchased some properties and haven't made any major moves yet. I shouldn't be a threat to others. Those criminals who kidnapped my sister are probably more interested in wealth than revenge."

The Song family is the richest family in Dongzhou. Song Anlan has been plotted against several times, so he protects his sister very well.

But after coming to the capital, there are so many things to do every day. Moreover, when Song Wan'er was in Dongzhou, she stayed at home all day and never went out. But after coming to the capital, she became bolder and dared to go out of the city for a walk with only two maids.

Tan Qi said that there were at least thirty to fifty criminals. Lotus Lake is a place for entertainment, and there are rarely any bandits in the suburbs of Beijing. Song Wan'er should not be unlucky to encounter these criminals.

But these bad guys had already set their sights on Song Wan'er.

If we kidnap the sister of the richest man in Dongzhou, we can extort a large sum of money from her.

Tan Qi and the other guards thought Song Anlan's words made sense. They continued to judge the direction they were going based on the footprints, and then said, "After kidnapping Miss Song, these villains will definitely hide in the mountains and forests. Let's follow the traces and rescue them under the cover of night."

Song Anlan clasped his fists towards everyone and said, "Then I'll leave it to you all."

His sister was kidnapped by criminals. He was extremely anxious and rode his horse with everyone else to look for her in the mountains and forests.

However, before they could even get up the mountain, they saw someone staggering down the mountain path.

The night fills the mountains and forests, and the moonlight shines on the mountain path.

Song Wan'er's dress was dirty and her face was covered in dirt. She was half-supporting and half-carrying a man in black who was much taller than her.

The man seemed to be seriously injured, his legs were weak and he could not walk steadily.

"Hey, don't die!" Song Wan'er said as she supported him and walked, "We'll be going down the mountain soon. Someone will rescue us once we get down there! Just hold on a little longer!"

"Wan'er!" Song Anlan recognized the person on the mountain road as his sister at a glance, and immediately rushed forward.

When Song Wan'er heard the sound of horse hooves, her first reaction was to take the boy and hide behind a tree.

But she soon heard her brother's voice.

She was stunned for a moment, standing there, looking up in disbelief at her brother who was riding towards her.

"Wan'er—" Song Anlan rushed to Song Wan'er, immediately dismounted, and reached out to support his sister, "Wan'er, how are you?"

"Brother..." Song Wan'er couldn't help crying when she saw her brother.

She wanted to throw herself into her brother's arms and cry, but she was holding the seriously injured man in black. She could only stand there and look up at her brother, crying, "I'm fine. It was this hero who saved me. He rescued me from the crowd of villains and was seriously injured... Brother, please save him!"

When Song Anlan heard his sister say this, he immediately reached out and took the man in black.

As soon as he touched the black-clothed man's body, his hands were covered in blood and sticky.

Song Anlan hurriedly said: "Knight, Knight, how are you?"

"I..." The man in black fainted as soon as he said a word, leaning on Song Anlan.

At this time, Tan Qi and others also reined in their horses and stopped behind Song Anlan, "Mr. Song, have you found your sister?"

"Found him." Song Anlan supported the unconscious man in black and turned to Tan Qi and the others and said, "My sister said that this chivalrous man saved her from those villains. I will bring him back to the mansion immediately. I will leave the task of finding the whereabouts of those villains and bringing them to justice to you."

Tan Qi and the others immediately said, "We will definitely get this done."

Song Anlan thanked everyone and took Song Wan'er and the unconscious man in black back to the Song residence.

At this time, in the Chang'an Palace.

After the family guards and Song Anlan left the house, they did not send any news back, and Chunzhi was restless in the house.

When Huo Zheng came back, it was already late at night and everyone was asleep.

He was busy today and only came back at this time. He saw Chunzhi sitting alone in the room, without taking off her hairpins or changing into her nightgown. He could tell at a glance that she was worried.

"Chunzhi." Huo Zheng pushed the door open, lifted the curtain and walked into the inner room. "Why aren't you asleep yet?"