Chapter 45: Just to Escape
The weather was still a little cold in the morning, so the moment Zhou Yunshu came out of the carriage, Chunque took a gray cloak and put it on her.
"What's going on?"
Manager Liang and his family were not far from Zhou Yunshu's car. When Zhou Yunshu came out, Manager Liang immediately came forward and just heard Zhou Yunshu's question.
"I heard that someone is missing from the Red Lotus Envoys, and they suspect we've hidden them." Shopkeeper Liang didn't have a good impression of the Red Lotus Envoys, so he said, "I think they have ulterior motives!"
Zhou Yunshu gathered her cloak and walked towards the direction where the two gangs were confronting each other while listening to what Manager Liang said. Hu Zi, Lie Gou and the other two followed her very consciously.
The sound of quarreling grew louder as Zhou Yunshu got closer.
"If you say so, then it is. Are the people in our patrol team blind? Can't they notice it with two more people?" Du Laoer pointed at the nose of the Red Lotus Envoy opposite and shouted.
"If it's not you, then who else could it be? We're the only ones here. If we didn't run to you, could we have run to the mountain? We're at the foot of a cliff!"
How can they go up the mountain if there is no road up the mountain!
"Can't we just run forward and backward?" Du Laoer pointed the way they came from. Several figures appeared over there. Judging from their staggering appearance, they must have been chasing us all the way.
The newcomer silenced Du Lao Er and the Red Lotus Envoy for a moment. After seeing clearly that those people were not the ones who escaped last night, the Red Lotus Envoy said again, "They disappeared here. We need to search for them!"
Wei Zhong sneered, took a step forward with the knife in hand, and said to the Red Lotus Envoy, "Who the hell do you think you are? If you want to search someone, first ask if this knife in my hand agrees!"
The Red Lotus Envoy was frightened by the murderous aura of Wei Zhong and the people around him. He took a step back and continued, "We are the Red Lotus Envoys. You, you..."
"I don't care if you're Red Lotus or White Lotus. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll slap you in the face! Get out!"
"roll!"
The deafening sound of "get out" made the Red Lotus Envoy clench the long sword in his hand. He looked at the refugees in front of him with resentment. Since he came north, he had never suffered such injustice.
He stared at the faces of these people with hatred. If they had the guts, they should not go south!
If he encountered this group of people in the Red Lotus's territory, he would definitely capture them all, beat them up, and then throw them into the quarry!
The patrol team stared at the group of strangely dressed Red Lotus Envoys opposite them, and only put away their swords after they finished their discussion and drove away in their carriages.
Zhou Yunshu stood by without saying a word during the whole process. It was impossible for her to take the lead in everything.
After Wei Zhong and Du Lao Er finished their work, they came to Zhou Yunshu's side. Looking at the two families crying and hugging each other not far away, Du Lao Er said, "The people who caught up are ours."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, then asked, "Who's missing over there?"
"It seems to be an actor and a woman."
When Zhou Yunshu heard the word "opera", she thought of Liu Fuyi, and that woman...could it be such a coincidence that she is the daughter of the Anshan County magistrate?
After all, that's how it's performed in operas and TV dramas.
Facts proved that Zhou Yunshu's reading of plays and watching TV dramas was not in vain, as the one who ran away was indeed Liu Fuyi and the daughter of the Anshan County magistrate.
As for why they knew it, it was because Liu Fuyi took the initiative to appear in front of them with Wan Liqing, the daughter of the Anshan County magistrate.
Therefore, the Red Lotus Envoy did not wrongly accuse them before. Liu Fuyi and Wan Liqing were indeed hiding in their team.
Logically speaking, this kind of thing shouldn't happen in their team. After all, they always have patrols on patrol and night watch. However, no matter how much they patrol, it can't stop someone in their team from taking the initiative to cover up for Liu Fuyi and the others.
Du Mazi stood opposite Zhou Yunshu like a child who had done something wrong, holding a gold bar in both hands and handing it to Zhou Yunshu, "Sir, this is a benefit he gave me."
Zhou Yunshu glanced at Liu Fuyi, who was standing next to Du Mazi with his head lowered and a submissive look, and Wan Liqing, who was looking terrified, and finally looked at Du Mazi.
"You've really made it."
Du Mazi's face lit up with joy. Is Mr. Zhou praising him?
"It's all thanks to Mr. Zhou's good teaching!"
Zhou Yunshu: “…”
Hu Zi looked at Du Mazi speechlessly. Even he, who had no brains, could hear that Mr. Zhou was mocking him, so he wondered if his brain had been kicked by a donkey.
"Since you're so free, why don't you just follow the patrol team for the time being?"
Zhou Yunshu took the gold bar from Du Mazi and casually threw it to Chunque next to him. "As for your rations and water, since you are so kind, just share them between the two of them."
Du Mazi's face turned green when he heard this, "Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Yunshu gave a polite smile, "Any objections?"
Du Mazi looked into Zhou Yunshu's eyes, and inexplicably thought of the knife that fell on his neck that day. He swallowed and shook his head, saying, "No."
Just as Du Mazi turned around with a dejected look and was about to report to the patrol team, Zhou Yunshu's voice came again from behind Du Mazi.
"Du Mazi."
Du Mazi turned around attentively and looked at Zhou Yunshu with a flattering smile.
Zhou Yunshu looked at him expressionlessly and said, "If you do it again, I will kick you out of the team."
The smile on Du Mazi's face froze, and a hint of fear appeared in his eyes. He knew that Zhou Yunshu was not joking with him. She really thought so and would really do so.
Du Mazi immediately bent down deeply and said to Zhou Yunshu, "I understand, Mr. Zhou. I won't dare to do it again!"
"Um."
After hearing Zhou Yunshu's response, Du Mazi realized that the knife on his neck had been moved away. He immediately staggered towards the patrol team. He never dared to take advantage of others again!
After Du Mazi left, Zhou Yunshu looked at Liu Fuyi and the other man, who had remained silent since they arrived, and said, "Mr. Liu has good eyesight."
He immediately found the person in their team who loved money the most and was the easiest to be attacked.
Liu Fuyi looked at Zhou Yunshu and said seriously, "It's just to escape."
"Could it be possible that the Red Lotus Cult would want to kill you?"
"Although it won't kill us, it will make us want to live but not be able to die."
Liu Fuyi did not grow up in a drama troupe. His family used to be a scholarly family. If his family had not fallen into poverty and encountered bandits, he would not have ended up in the opera troupe and became an actor for people's entertainment.
Even if he becomes an actor, he still has his own bottom line.
"We have no other requests, we just hope Mr. Zhou can give us a ride for a while. Once we leave Luzhou, we will give you a generous reward."
When Liu Fuyi and Zhou Yunshu were negotiating the terms, Wan Liqing kept pinching Liu Fuyi's clothes and looking at Zhou Yunshu timidly, as if she trusted Liu Fuyi very much.
Zhou Yunshu stood up and said to Liu Fuyi, who was half a head taller than her, "I have no objection."
"As for whether you can stay, you can ask the leader of this team, Uncle Du."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, she took Chunque and Huzi away, leaving behind Liu Fuyi who was relieved and Wan Liqing who was full of confusion.
"Liu Lang, can we stay?"
Liu Fuyi held Wan Liqing's hand and said with a smile, "Okay."
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