Not long after they fell asleep, they heard two people talking outside the door.

"Two more 'pigs' have arrived. The girl is quite pretty. If we hand her over to the adults, I'm afraid we can get a lot of reward."

"Hehe, before sending her away, we can have some fun." The excited sound of rubbing hands along with the obscene laughter reached the ears of Shen Yuhan and Fang Qingyue.

Shen Yuhan clenched his hands tightly and didn't let go for a long time, pretending to be completely unaware.

Soon, smoke was blown into the house.

Shen Yuhan and Fang Qingyue had long known that the shopkeeper had ill intentions and had taken drugs to dispel the drug in advance. But they still pretended to be drugged.

The shopkeeper came in from outside with a hemp rope two fingers thick and laughed three times: "What a pair of idiots, they didn't even suspect anything."

As he said that, he walked to the bed, pushed Shen Yuhan away, and reached out to tie up Fang Qingyue.

The next moment, a whistle sounded beside him.

Before the shopkeeper could react, Shen Yuhan had already jumped up. The hemp rope he had been holding was snatched away and tightened directly around his neck.

Chi Feng appeared with a group of guards and surrounded the entire store.

These guards were originally about ten miles away from Shen Yuhan and Fang Qingyue's carriage, providing protection so that no one would discover Shen Yuhan's identity.

When Shen Yuhan decided to take advantage of the situation, he asked Chi Feng to notify the guards to come faster.

The shopkeeper's neck was strangled and there was panic in his eyes.

Fang Qingyue also sat up from the bed and said coldly, "How dare you tie me up? Tell the truth, or I will kill you here."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Yuhan tightened the rope around her neck, making the shopkeeper roll his eyes.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you..." he said in a panic, "I didn't want to do this either. My wife and children were all kidnapped by the local tyrants. They asked me to kidnap the women and hand them over to the local officials in exchange for sparing their lives."

"I really can't do this, so I do this."

The force on his neck loosened slightly, and the shopkeeper immediately knelt on the ground, banging his head against the ground.

"Please, spare my life. If the local tyrants find out that I've failed, my wife and children will be in danger."

Hearing this, Fang Qingyue's dangling feet swayed slightly.

She didn't think the store owner was telling the truth.

The shopkeeper's wife and children were lives, but weren't the lives of the kidnapped women also lives? She felt very disgusted that someone would sacrifice the lives of others for the safety of his wife and children.

If the shop owner really had some courage, he could have gone to rescue his wife and children himself, but he chose to attack the weak.

After a moment, she seemed to be hesitant and said to Shen Yuhan: "Husband...if I were kidnapped, would you do this for me?"

There was a hint of coquettishness in her tone, yet a hint of hesitation.

"Of course." Shen Yuhan sensed Fang Qingyue's thoughts and said naturally, "I will never let anything happen to you."

"Why don't we just let him go?" She lowered her eyes, her voice full of sympathy. "You're skilled in martial arts, so why don't you help him and find a way to rescue his wife and children?"

Shen Yuhan kissed Fang Qingyue lightly on the lips and said, "I'll do as you say."

He threw the hemp rope on the ground and said to the shopkeeper, "When will those people come to collect the goods?"

"It's midnight." The shopkeeper said tremblingly.

"In that case, then you should hand me over when the time comes." Shen Yuhan said bluntly.

"No, my husband, I can't bear to see you suffer like this." Fang Qingyue shook her feet again, a little excitedly saying, "Besides, the shopkeeper wants to kidnap me. Those people must be after women. Why not kidnap me and gain their trust? I believe you can save me."

Shen Yuhan pondered for a while, then nodded with difficulty: "Then let it be."

As he spoke, he said coldly to the shopkeeper, "Go out first and come back in an hour. I will tie up my wife in advance."

The shopkeeper nodded in agreement, then stood up and left the room.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, his expression suddenly changed.

The waiter guarding the door naturally heard the noise inside and asked carefully, "Boss?"

"Go, tell Brother Hu the news and ask him to bring more people over." The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said coldly, "The other party is very skilled. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to resist with only a few of us. But Brother Hu has other experts."

After saying this, a sarcastic smile appeared on his face.

When they were discovered before, he thought the couple had some abilities, but he didn't expect that they were both stupid.

What about his wife and children being arrested? That was all just nonsense he made up.

As the local tyrant of this generation, people who follow Brother Hu have always been well-off. For money and Brother Hu's trust, he personally sent his wife to Brother Hu's bed, and dug out his son's heart to make boy's wine for Brother Hu to drink.

Only then did he gain Brother Hu's trust in him.

Over the years, he has killed dozens of people, if not hundreds. He can earn a huge amount of money from each one. How can he really betray Brother Hu?

In the room, Shen Yuhan listened to the footsteps of several people. After making sure they were far away, he said, "I'm afraid that person is lying."

He had just checked and found that some of the bloodstains on the hemp rope were quite old, probably not from the past two years.

If the local tyrant really threatened the other party's wife and children, after so many years, I'm afraid his wife and children's safety cannot be guaranteed. The other party still wanted to harm the guest, so the claim of being forced must be fake.

"Then we..." Fang Qingyue also guessed and said.

"I'll tie a slipknot for you later, and also this." As he said that, Shen Yuhan put a bracelet on Fang Qingyue's wrist.

The bracelet was simple in craftsmanship, yet incredibly heavy. A red gemstone was embedded in the center, making it look incredibly beautiful. "Try pressing it."

Fang Qingyue lowered her head and took off the ruby, and a dagger popped out from the bracelet, extremely sharp.

"This is a little gadget I asked someone to make for you. I originally wanted it to be your birthday gift." Shen Yuhan lowered his eyes and helped put the sharp dagger into the bracelet. "But you are often in danger, so I gave it to you in advance."

"Be extra cautious later, got it?"

Fang Qingyue lowered her head and looked at the bracelet carefully, then nodded.

Soon, the agreed time arrived.

Shen Yuhan handed Fang Qingyue over to the store owner, and he took his men to ambush nearby.

Soon, several people walked into the store.

Those people were tall and strong, with well-defined muscles, and it was obvious that they were martial artists.

When the shopkeeper was about to hand Fang Qingyue over to the other party, he suddenly grabbed Fang Qingyue tightly, preparing to hold Fang Qingyue hostage as a threat.

The next moment, Fang Qingyue pressed hard on the ruby ​​on the bracelet, and the dagger popped out and directly inserted into the shopkeeper's waist.

Suddenly, the shopkeeper felt a numbness in his waist and could not stand up, almost falling to the ground.

Fang Qingyue grabbed the cloth on the shopkeeper's shoulders and put the dagger to his throat: "Get out, or I will kill him!"