The streets of Yicheng are still bustling with people, and many pedestrians dressed in ethnic clothes are coming and going.
However, the two best friends no longer had the same curiosity and interest to pay attention to these things as before.
With a heavy heart, Li Nian went directly to find Xiao Yunchen.
Li Sisi felt that what Li Nian was doing was too dangerous: "Didn't Xiao Yunyu say there was a contact point? Should we go there first to find someone to notify Chenchen and ask about the situation in the city?"
Li Nian shook his head. "With so many of us entering the city, we probably know everything we should and shouldn't know. If we go to the contact point now, we might expose their security there."
Li Sisi listened to her and nodded: "Okay." Nian Nian was more serious in her thinking, so she just had to be obedient and do her job.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the house next to the government office. The group got off the carriage and went to the yard where they had lived before.
Li Nian asked the servants in the courtyard, "Is the Second Young Master here?"
"Madam, the second young master went out early this morning to do some work and has not returned yet."
Hearing this, Li Nian nodded.
Returning to his room, Li Nian was thinking about how he could meet the prefect and plant the puppet Gu in him?
She was also annoyed. She should have used the puppet poison from the beginning, so that her daughter would not have been put in danger.
It's all her fault! She was careless!
Since those people captured Jinhe, they must have done so to achieve some purpose. They would not easily attack Jinhe!
Li Nian waited and waited in the room, but Xiao Yunchen never showed up. She was so anxious that she sent someone to look for him.
At the hour of You, Xiao Yunchen finally came back.
He looked hurried, and when he saw Li Sisi, he asked, "Madam, why are you back?"
Li Sisi said bluntly, "Jinhe is missing. Last night, the village was suddenly attacked by a pack of wolves. It was very late at night, and Jinhe was sleeping soundly in her bed..."
Li Sisi gave a detailed explanation.
Xiao Yunchen frowned and asked, "Do you suspect this matter is related to the Yicheng bandits?"
Li Nian nodded. "That should be the case. Otherwise, I can't think of anyone else who would take Jin He away. And I think the prefect might already know that you and A Yu suspect him."
Xiao Yunchen frowned in thought, "According to what you said, the peddler has been hiding his identity in the village for a long time. If it was really the prefect who did it, what was his purpose in placing such a person in an ordinary village?"
"If not, who else could it be?" Li Nian's heart suddenly tightened. "It can't be a wolf. The quilt was opened. A wolf couldn't have taken Jin He away under the noses of the secret guards. And there's no blood in the room..."
Li Nian kept talking with a panicked look in his eyes. What he said didn't sound like analysis, but more like comforting himself.
Li Sisi quickly agreed: "Niannian is right. The wolves' main target was the peddler's family. No one else was attacked. It doesn't make sense that Jinhe was targeted by the wolves. It must be someone's doing. They want to use Jinhe to threaten us!"
She held Li Nian's hand and looked at Xiao Yunchen: "Chenchen, please help me think of a solution. We must find Jinhe as soon as possible!"
Li Nian stated her decision.
"Can you find a way for me to meet the Yicheng prefect? I can control him with the puppet Gu!"
Xiao Yunchen's eyes were deep: "Okay, I'll find a way to get you to meet him."
"Thank you!"
Until late at night, Xiao Yunchen still hadn't returned.
Li Nian sat by the window of the wooden house. The cool breeze blew over her, making her head feel dizzy.
She hasn't slept since she woke up last night.
Another night is coming, and I can't bear the night wind anymore.
"Bang!" The sound of something piercing into wood.
Li Nian woke up instantly and looked sideways. A pitch-black dart was inserted straight into the wood of the window frame, with a white piece of paper-like object tied to the end.
Xiaohong also suddenly appeared: "Madam, an assassin just passed by, and Xiaolu went after him."
"I understand." Li Nian reached out and pulled out the dart with great effort, then opened the note at the end to check.
"If you want to see your daughter, go to the bamboo forest in the backyard. Don't bring anyone with you, or you will suffer the consequences."
Li Nian stood up, placed the note and dart on the table, and instructed Xiaohong: "I'm going out for a walk, don't follow me."
"But..." Xiaohong hesitated to speak.
Li Nian said coldly, "Just follow orders. If anything unexpected happens, listen to Sisi's instructions."
Xiaohong nodded helplessly.
Li Nian came to the bamboo forest in the backyard alone. The night wind made the bamboo leaves make a humming sound, as if someone was crying. The branches danced like ghosts under the moonlight.
The fallen leaves on the bamboo forest floor made a rustling sound as my feet stepped on them.
No! She was already standing still, not moving at all!
Li Nian suddenly looked towards the place where the sound came from, and suddenly his eyes went dark.
When I woke up again, it was bright outside and the dazzling sunlight shone into the house through the dilapidated windows without wooden boards.
She was lying on a pile of hay, raising her hands to block the glaring sunlight, and Li Nian sat up.
[System, report to Sisi that I'm safe. Just tell her that I seem to have been arrested, but I'm not in danger for the time being.]
System: […That’s incredibly safe!]
Li Nian didn't have time to talk nonsense with it, and frowned, "Just say what I said."
【Okay, host.】
Li Nian stood up and stood on tiptoe to look out the window.
Because the window was too high, she couldn't see what was happening nearby and could only see the scenery of the distant mountains.
The window was like a picture frame, reflecting the beautiful scenery of the mountains outside, but she had no time to appreciate it now.
She couldn't leave now. These people must have kidnapped Jinhe. She had to stay and find out what was going on. Maybe she could find out Jinhe's location.
When the girl who came to deliver the food opened the door, she saw such a strange scene.
A beautiful woman, dressed in gorgeous clothes but looking a little disheveled, was sitting quietly on the haystack in the house. When she heard the door open, she looked up.
"Who are you? Why did you capture me? We have no grudges against each other, right?" The beautiful woman asked calmly, remaining calm in the face of danger.
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