Ruifeng County.

When Zhang Zeshan's two servants told him what happened in Heifengzhai, Zhang Zhen was shocked.

Although he has two other sons, Zhang Zeshan is his favorite.

He felt that Zhang Zeshan was very similar to him when he was young, with good eloquence, that is, he was good at making big promises.

You must show more love to a son who is like you.

Even Zhang Zhen had already designated Zhang Zeshan as the next heir to the position of the head of the family, but now his son has been captured by bandits.

He was also asked to pay 100,000 taels to redeem the person.

Damn it!

Where the hell can I get 100,000 taels? If the plague hadn't broken out, he could still get it in Taoyuan County.

But he had less than a thousand taels of silver on him now, where could he get the hundred thousand taels?

"Sir, you must think of a way to save my son."

Zhang Zhen found Xue Wenju, and now he could only hope that the county government could rescue Zhang Zeshan.

Xue Wenju was also shocked when he heard the news. "Isn't your son in the county? How could he be captured by bandits?"

"Sir, now is not the time to talk about this. You said before that the soldiers would go to encircle and suppress Yiyun Village. When will they come?"

Xue Wenju sighed, "I received a reply from the government office yesterday. Bandits are rampant near Qingyang City. We can't spare any manpower for the time being. I'm afraid we'll have to wait until after the New Year."

"What? There are still two months before the Chinese New Year. If those bandits don't see the ransom, they will kill the hostages."

"Master Xue, you can't just leave it alone. You also agreed to let Qianqian marry Zeshan. Zeshan is your son-in-law. Can you talk to the government office and ask them to suppress the bandits as soon as possible?"

After hearing what Zhang Zhen said, Xue Wenju was speechless and felt that Xue Qianqian's marriage was too bumpy.

The engagement was broken off by the Zhang family because of Yiyun Village.

Pei Feng finally agreed to marry Qianqian, but he was injured by an assassin and became incapacitated. Now he is seriously injured and lying in bed, and it is hard to say whether he can recover.

The assassin had not been caught yet, and Pei Li kept urging Xue Wenju to do the job every few days, which made Xue Wenju upset.

After the party at Liu's house, Zhang Zhen found him and expressed his sincere apologies, hoping that Xue Qianqian could still be married into the Zhang family.

Zhang Zhen's parents had died during the escape, so no one would object to Xue Qianqian entering the Zhang family.

Xue Wenju agreed, but his future son-in-law was captured by bandits.

Yiyun Village!

It’s Yiyun Village again!

Is this guy deliberately going against him? He kidnapped Xue Qianqian and then kidnapped Zhang Zeshan. He is deliberately trying to prevent his daughter from getting married.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry, I will send another divorce letter to the government office later."

"But the most urgent thing now is to stabilize the bandits. Why don't you go and borrow some money from Liu Jingzhi or Pei Li and have someone send it to the bandits first to stabilize them. You don't need to borrow too much, 10,000 or 20,000 will be enough. Just say that you are still collecting the subsequent money."

"This way, the bandits won't harm Master Zhang if they don't get all the money. Now we have to ensure Master Zhang's safety first."

"Yes, yes, you are right. I will go borrow the money now."

Zhang Zhen rushed to the gentry to borrow money. Xue Wenju wrote another letter. This time the gentry was involved. The government should send soldiers.

…

The backyard of the county government office.

Xue Qianqian was losing her temper. She had already learned from Shen Rumei that the Pei family had cancelled the engagement. She was originally happy, but then Shen Rumei told her that she would marry Zhang Zeshan.

This made Xue Qianqian very angry.

What does Dad mean? Are you so afraid that I won’t be able to get married?

The Zhang family broke off the engagement and proposed marriage again, making a fool of me, but my father actually agreed. They didn't consider my feelings at all.

Xue Qianqian also knew that it was mainly because of the rumors outside that she now had a bad reputation, and it was unlikely that anyone from the prominent family would be willing to marry her.

Now that the Zhang family has agreed again, Dad is so impatient.

"Miss, Sister Yiyi is here."

Xue Qianqian wiped her tears and saw Liu Yiyi walking in.

Seeing Xue Qianqian's red and swollen eyes, Liu Yiyi asked in surprise: "Qianqian, you know everything?"

"Know what?"

"Master Zhang was captured by bandits."

"ah?"

Seeing Xue Qianqian looking a little confused, Liu Yiyi asked, "You don't know?"

“I don’t know.”

"Then why are you crying? I thought you were sad because you knew your fiancé was arrested."

Xue Qianqian hurriedly asked: "Tell me, is it true?"

"Of course it's true. Zhang Zeshan's father came to my house to borrow money, saying that Zhang Zeshan was captured by the bandits of Yiyun Village and needed money to redeem him."

Xue Qianqian blinked her big eyes. Zhang Zeshan was captured by Yiyun Village? This is not right.

How could Zhang Zeshan be captured by the Yiyunzhai people when he was in the county town, unless...

Xue Qianqian's heart skipped a beat and she thought of a possibility.

Brother Pei Yun must have known that I was going to marry Zhang Zeshan, so he took him away.

Previously, Brother Pei Yun beat up Pei Feng, causing my engagement with Pei Feng to be cancelled. Now he has captured Zhang Zeshan. It is obvious that he doesn't want me to get married.

I knew that Brother Pei Yun had me in his heart.

It's a sincere act for me to take such a big risk to capture someone.

Xue Qianqian's heart was as sweet as honey at this moment. Pei Yun's handsome face appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but be a little dazed.

"Qianqian, Qianqian."

Seeing that Xue Qianqian was in a daze, Liu Yiyi waved her hand in front of her.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm fine."

Xue Qianqian smiled, feeling happy. "If Brother Pei Yun doesn't let me get married, I won't marry anyone else. If Dad forces me to get married again, I will die in front of him."

Xue Qianqian actually wanted to find Pei Yun, but Liu Yiyi's lecture before made her give up the idea.

After all, she still has to consider her parents and the Xue family. Thinking of this, Xue Qianqian's expression couldn't help but become a little gloomy.

The status of bandits in this era was even lower than that of ordinary people. Although the Xue family was not a noble family, her father was the county magistrate, which doomed the two of them to be impossible.

Unless one day his father is not the county magistrate, or Pei Yun is not a bandit, they may still be together.

Otherwise there will be an insurmountable mountain between the two of them.

In the storybooks, the rich ladies fall in love with the poor scholars and then elope with them regardless of everything, but it is too difficult to happen in reality.

At this time, Liu Yiyi saw the portrait of Pei Yun on Xue Qianqian's desk and was slightly stunned. How could Qianqian have the portrait of this wanted criminal? However, thinking that the other party was the county magistrate's daughter, she probably took it out of curiosity to have a look.

The scene of that night emerged in her mind. The thought of her whole body being seen by the other party and the unintentional touch made Liu Yiyi's heart beat faster.

These days she kept dreaming about him and what happened in the bucket. This made Liu Yiyi feel a little ashamed, but she couldn't help thinking about it.

She didn't know the other person's name, she only knew that he was an assassin.

Of course, she guessed that the other party's identity was not simple. After all, he could give away the glass mirror casually, so how could he have a simple identity?

I don’t know if there will be a day when we can meet again.

Pei Yun, who was being thought of by the two women, was already prepared at this time. He only took Li Kui, Zhugan and four others to Erlongzhai.