"What?" Song Yushu stood up immediately. She handed the tools in her hand to a soldier and asked them to continue.
When they returned to Lu Yanzhou's camp, they saw several guards armed with swords lying on the ground. The imperial physician was giving them emergency treatment. They must have been knocked unconscious.
"What's going on?" Song Yushu grabbed the soldier who reported the news and asked.
The soldier's face turned pale and he trembled as he said, "I was about to change shifts, but when I walked in, I saw several adults lying on the ground..."
The people around Lu Yanzhou were not bad, but they were too arrogant. Song Yushu had experienced this before. She shook her head and walked into Lu Yanzhou's tent.
The bedding on the bed was thrown on the ground, and there were traces of fighting on the ground. Who was so bold as to kidnap the prince?
Just when Song Yushu was still thinking, there was a commotion outside the tent. When she walked out and took a look, she was stunned.
She had never seen Lu Zhixing like this. His exquisite brocade clothes were replaced with dirt-resistant coarse cloth, his hair became a little messy due to the long journey, and even stubble grew around his delicate lips.
He was like a rough guy, something that had almost never happened in Lu Zhixing's life of more than ten or twenty years.
"Your servant greets the prince." Song Yushu suppressed the smile on his face and bowed to Lu Zhixing.
Lu Zhixing, who had jumped off his horse, couldn't help but personally help Song Yushu up and said seriously, "I heard that you did a great job fighting the flood. I heard it in the tent."
As soon as he entered the tent, Lu Zhixing didn't even care that Liu Bai was right next to him. He hugged Song Yushu with such strength that it seemed as if he wanted to rub her into his flesh.
Liu Bai coughed lightly, turned around and stood outside the tent.
Because this tent was Lu Yanzhou's tent, it was very large and divided into inner and outer tents. Song Yushu patted Lu Zhixing on the back, then broke free from his arms and pulled him to the inner tent.
"How did my Ah Xing become like this?" Song Yushu took a handkerchief from the basin beside him, held up Lu Zhixing's face and looked at it carefully.
Seeing Lu Zhixing, she felt a little embarrassed, "I, I look ugly like this?"
It was really ugly, but Lu Zhixing was busy fighting the flood and worried about Song Yushu's safety, so he had no time to tidy himself up. If he had known, he would have washed his face first.
"Not ugly." Song Yushu shook his head, the smile on his lips never faded. "My Ah Xing is always the best looking. Look at this stubble, so manly~"
Lu Zhixing was helpless as Song Yushu held his head in her hands and fiddled with it, "What's going on with the prince?"
He didn't really care about Lu Yanzhou's life or death. After all, they no longer had any brotherhood. But Song Yushu was now serving Lu Yanzhou. If the prince had any problems, she would not have a good ending.
"I just inspected the camp. The person who kidnapped Lu Yanzhou should be a gangster." Song Yushu took out a dart with a plum blossom mark engraved on it and a letter from his arms.
As soon as she entered the tent, she found the letter nailed to the pillar, but she didn't have time to open it.
Lu Zhixing took it and opened it under Song Yushu's gaze.
The imperial court is unkind and deserves to be destroyed, but we are seeking wealth. If we send ten thousand taels of gold to Yunan County, the prince's life will be safe, otherwise he will be killed without a complete body.
I don’t know whether to say these people are stupid or foolish.
No matter what, Lu Yanzhou is the crown prince, the heir apparent of a country. If the emperor knew that he was kidnapped, he would send troops to encircle and suppress them. Not only would their gang of bandits be spared, but all of their nine clans and the people of Hongbao County and Yunan County would be wiped out!
Song Yushu and Lu Zhixing looked at each other. It was easy for those people to ask for money, but they were asking for too much. Ten thousand taels of gold, such a huge sum of money, was a problem as to how to spend it.
"Let me shave you first." Song Yushu knew that the group of people wanted money, so she was not very nervous. She could let Lu Zhixing take a rest before going.
Lu Zhixing sat obediently, letting Song Yushu fiddle with him, his eyes never leaving her.
I heard on the way here that there was a gentle-looking father-in-law who was fighting the floods on the front line with the soldiers and civilians.
The face that had originally been somewhat round became thinner, which made Lu Zhixing feel distressed.
"You should have a good rest too. We will set off for Yunan County tomorrow." They also had to prepare the silver and money needed by the kidnappers, which could be considered a good thing done by the robbers.
The magistrate of Humboldt County was a royalist and a descendant of the prince. He had already presented many boxes when Lu Yanzhou first arrived.
Song Yushu couldn't see what was in the box, but she guessed it was either silver or jewelry. The flood was so serious, but these people were still able to plunder property and offer it as tribute. They were really bold.
"Okay." Song Yushu cleaned up Lu Zhixing's face, then nodded with satisfaction, and even gave Lu Zhixing a bite on a whim.
Lu Zhixing's face flushed instantly. He looked at the smiling Song Yushu and didn't know what to do. He could only hold her in his arms, "You devil."
A few days ago, someone said that she used her beauty to please men, and now Lu Zhixing said that she was a fairy. Song Yushu was actually quite happy. Her life was ordinary, except that her eyes were a little bigger and her skin was a little better.
She chuckled and hugged Lu Zhixing back. The two of them snuggled together and slowly fell asleep on the bed.
The two of them hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time, and now they were in each other's arms, their minds relaxed.
I don’t know how long it took, but Song Yushu woke up from his dream and found that Lu Zhixing was gone, and he was covered with a quilt.
Then Lu Zhixing's voice came from the outer tent, "Now that the Crown Prince is being held hostage, is this how you're trying to shirk responsibility? You didn't say you were so broke when you sent gifts to the Crown Prince's tent before."
Song Yushu secretly lifted the curtain and looked outside. The magistrate of Humboldt County and several surrounding magistrates were all kneeling below, looking helpless.
"County Magistrate Huang, the person was kidnapped in Hongbao County. If something really happened to the prince, who do you think would die first, me or you?" Lu Zhixing was almost amused by their pretending.
Do you really think that this is King Jing's business and has nothing to do with them?
The obese County Magistrate Huang then began to think seriously about it. He felt that it was indeed the case. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He kowtowed to Lu Zhixing sincerely and said, "Your Majesty, what do you say we should do?"
Just say that Lu Yanzhou's use of buying and selling official positions has had a huge impact on the court. This guy's IQ is not even as smart as the guard dog at Prince Jing's mansion.
Lu Zhixing didn't want to talk at all, so Liu Bai took over, "So I need you all to contribute generously. Forget about the disaster relief money. If you touch it, you'll die faster."
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