"The quilt is still warm..."
"He must not have gone far, go find him!"
Several Northern Barbarian guards split into two groups, half went to look for the whereabouts of the prince, and the other half rushed straight to the main courtyard to ask for an explanation from the people in Cao's mansion.
The person was invited by them and was lost in their house. If anything happens to him, everyone in the Cao mansion, from top to bottom, will be buried with the prince!
But just as they ran into the main courtyard, they saw two servants wearing wet quilts and covering their mouths and noses running out of the main room. They fell in front of the housekeeper in panic and said in fear: "The master is not in the room. We have been looking for him for a long time and can't find him!"
"What?" The steward and the Northern Barbarian guard exclaimed in surprise at the same time.
There were always people guarding the main courtyard, especially after the fire. Except for the girls who were waiting to be sent away, almost everyone in the mansion gathered in the main courtyard. From beginning to end, no one saw Master Cao come out of the house.
Is it possible that a living person could just disappear out of thin air?
The steward had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. "Did the master escape early? Send people to search for him in each courtyard..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the Northern Barbarian guards, "Your master and our prince are both missing."
"We suspect someone has kidnapped them." The Northern Barbarian guards looked grim, and spoke in a condescending tone of command: "Immediately send someone to find Lord Cao and Prefect Xu, and have them block the official road near Danyun and search for the whereabouts of our prince!"
"If something happens to the prince in your territory, we, the Chanyu, will never let you go!"
The Northern Barbarian Chanyu was a person that even the current emperor did not dare to provoke, let alone their small Cao Mansion?
The steward was so frightened that he kept saying, "Yes, yes... I will send someone to find Lord Cao right away, and we will find him as soon as possible..."
Behind the eaves of the main house, Qi Xu's face was covered with frost.
Beside him, Ying Wu, who had just arrived, was also full of indignation: "These barbarians are so arrogant. They are in the territory of Dayong, and they dare to order our Dayong officials around."
Is it more than just giving orders to the officials of Dayong?
This group of barbarians outside the pass also smuggled iron ore from Dayong and kidnapped women from Dayong. But in the final analysis, weren't these rights granted to those barbarians by the corrupt officials of Dayong themselves?
"Let those servants who reported the incident go, and keep a close eye on them. I want to see how many people in this desolate state have forgotten the blood of the Great Yong flowing in their veins and have defected to the barbarians."
Qi Xu's eyes became even colder, and there was an unquestionable determination in his cold eyes.
If his father, who was sitting on the throne, was determined to continue to be a coward in the face of the northern barbarians, then he would be the first to take the lead. He would never allow the country that his grandfather had worked so hard to build to be occupied by the barbarians, and he would not allow the people that his grandfather had been protecting with all his heart to be harmed by the barbarians!
"Even if the imperial court doesn't care about this matter, I will definitely take care of it."
"I want to kill all those who dare to collude with the Northern Barbarians in this desolate state. I also want those barbarians who dare to set foot in the territory of Dayong to stay here forever!"
In the dark, Qi Xu, dressed in black and with a stern face, still looked the same as before.
But beside him, Ying Wu, Feng Ping and others suddenly realized that the aura of their master had changed.
It seemed as if there was a kind of mighty and domineering aura that was not there before, and who else could do it but me. At this moment, the master was more like the previous emperor who had pacified the northern barbarians, destroyed Xiliang, and created the prosperous era of Dayong!
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The mansion was in chaos, and the girls living in the west courtyard were awakened by the noise outside.
When I ran out of the house, I saw thick smoke billowing from the direction of the main courtyard and a pungent burnt smell wafting towards me.
"A fire?"
"Will it burn to our side?"
The girls were worried and panic-stricken.
At this time, Nanny Song and Nanny Sun walked into the yard and scolded with a stern face: "What are you all doing outside? The house is so big, the fire over there can't burn here, don't watch the fun, go inside, don't come out without permission!"
Hearing this, the girls who had run out of the house hurried back in. After the training of the past few days, they had already become obedient. If they dared to resist, the nanny had plenty of ways to torture them. Although it would not hurt the flesh, it would be a hundred times more painful than the flesh!
"Sister Sun, you stay here and watch them. I'll go to the front to see what happened." Nanny Song gave instructions and left in a hurry.
In the west courtyard, the only one left was Nanny Sun, who stood on tiptoe from time to time to look towards the main courtyard.
In the room, several girls standing near the door pulled their veils tightly together and peered out through the crack in the door. "Madame Song is not here, and the guards at the gate have gone to put out the fire. Only Madame Sun is left outside."
"The mansion is in such a mess, can we take this opportunity to..."
Inside the room, a girl who had already returned to lie down on the couch said expressionlessly, "Don't dream. Even if you can run out of this yard, you can't run out of this mansion!"
"Even if we manage to escape this mansion, where can we go?"
"Sister Liu, if you don't want to leave, don't throw cold water on us! We can go home if we leave here!"
"Go home?" The expressionless girl raised a sneer at the corner of her mouth, "Don't be naive. You have been kidnapped alone for so many days. Even if you go home, who will believe that you are innocent? Who will be willing to promise you a good marriage? The richer families may send you to a nunnery directly for fear of bringing trouble to other unmarried girls in the family. The poorer ones may just promise you to a paraplegic, a fool, or even sell you off!"
These words made all the girls in the room silent.
They were all locals in Huangzhou, most of them were from farmers or commoners, and their families were not wealthy. After they lost their virginity and returned home, they could not get married, so their families naturally could not support them unconditionally. Even if the fate waiting for them was not as horrific as Miss Lin said, it was probably not much better.
However, at this moment, a muffled "bang" suddenly sounded in the yard.
The girls standing at the door looked through the crack in the door, their eyes widened and they exclaimed in shock: "Madame Sun was knocked unconscious!"
"The girls who were locked up in the small courtyard at the side ran out!"
In the yard.
Wei Yunlan rubbed her slightly numb wrist and looked down at Nanny Sun who was lying at her feet.
It seems that the martial arts training during this period has achieved some results. Without Suihe's help, she can hit the right spot with one palm and knock someone out.
Behind him, Jiang Wu had already caught up with the girls who were limping and supporting each other, and said in a firm tone: "All nine of us will leave with you!"
These people had wounds on their bodies, but their eyes were filled with a desire to survive.
Wei Yunlan turned around and took a look, then nodded and said, "Okay, follow us. There are only two people guarding the gate now, let's leave quickly!"
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