Chapter 116 Encountering Danger
They knew that it would not be easy for them to leave, but it would not be easy to find a reason to deceive the village chief.
At this moment, the village chief's wife came running to him in a panic, crying and saying to him, "Go back quickly. My daughter is not well. Don't be the village chief anymore. You are taking care of the trivial matters of the village every day. You don't even want my daughter's life."
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed. This was a good opportunity to leave. If the village chief focused on his daughter, he would have no time to take care of the trivial matters of the village. After all, the village chief's wife also valued this daughter very much.
However, they did not plan to go towards the village entrance. After all, if they were seen by too many people, they would tell the village chief, and the village chief would then send someone to stop them and they would not be able to leave. So they planned to run from the back mountain of their home, and then take a long detour to the main road, where no one would discover their traces.
They ran for half an hour and finally reached the main road, where Nan Qing saw the carriage that had been prepared in advance.
Originally, the little doctor wanted to go with them, but the village chief's daughter was ill and the village chief refused to let the little doctor leave the village, so the little doctor had to move from their home to the village chief's home. The village chief said that he would continue to treat her daughter until she recovered.
Although the little eagle wanted to go with them, the village chief would not let him go. He could not leave secretly. As a doctor, his fundamental duty was to cure diseases and save lives, so he could only stay obediently.
However, they did not dare to conclude whether he was hired by the Third Prince as he said that day. After all, the world is so chaotic now. If they trust others wrongly, they may be killed. They are already living in unrest.
If they put themselves in danger again because of believing what others say, the adults would be fine, but a child who is sick should not take the risk again.
However, Xiaoshen also knew that they were leaving today and did not say anything. After all, he was stuck in the village chief's house. If he could leave, he would have sneaked away long ago. But they all knew the village chief's temper, which was not always good.
After all, the village chief made up for all the wrongs he had done to his eldest daughter by giving it to this youngest daughter, even though she had an ugly face.
But this little daughter is their biological daughter after all. They only have this one daughter, so of course the village chief and his wife treasure her very much.
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Gu Leyou walked until dark and found an inn to rest.
By the way, ask about how long it will take to get to Jincheng. After all, they haven't been out for a long time and are not very familiar with the road conditions here.
Road extension. In fact, there were doubts about the identity of this male dormitory girl, but the child said that he knew this so-called aunt, so there was nothing they could do. Since the child said he knew this girl, how could they not recognize her?
However, Gujia Village is now in chaos. After uncle and aunt learned that Gu Leyou's family had escaped, they all went to settle the score with Gu Laoer.
Several people were standing in Gu Laoer's yard cursing the couple.
Especially the eldest sister-in-law Yang, the curses were so harsh.
"You two really educated your daughter and son-in-law well. The three of them ran away with that foreign girl. They must have felt guilty and done something wrong to the village. Wuyan will stay in the village. I told you long ago that this girl is not a good person."
"Sister-in-law, whether my daughter is well or not has nothing to do with you. They have already run away from home. What else do you want? This village was originally his home. Now that the whole family has left, this village is a good thing for you. Do you have to kill them all?"
This was said by Lin.
She felt that her sister-in-law must have been so reckless because of her mother-in-law's intention.
Then they would not give him his wish.
"What do you mean? Am I wrong? Our village used to be so peaceful, but now it's turned upside down because of your daughter's interference. Every family has something wrong now. It's all related to your daughter's visit to the woods. The evil spirit must have not been eliminated yet."
Gu Laoer and his wife had no way of winning over their sister-in-law and could only let her talk. Anyway, everyone around them had their own family affairs recently and were busy arranging the marriage between their daughter and the young doctor, so they had no time to meddle in other people's affairs.
This is Gu Leyou.
As night fell, they were resting in the inn.
Gu Leyou and Lu Yan are together, and both of them do have doubts.
Gu Leyou asked, "Don't you think there's something wrong with that girl? Although the child said she was his maid when he was young, you also said that you didn't see her when you went to the palace, so why did he say she was related to the prince? If there's no reason, then there must be a conspiracy, so if we bring him along, we have to be careful about everything."
"Of course I understand this. After all, our identities are quite special. If this girl has a conspiracy, then she cannot be kept."
Gu Leyou planned to test the girl's attitude.
However, as soon as he had this idea, it was rejected by his husband.
"After all, this girl has seen the world. If you look at her tone, she will be able to detect it immediately, which will cause us unnecessary trouble. Besides, if the girl is alert, how can you get anything out of her mouth? It's impossible."
After listening to Lu Yan's words, Gu Leyou felt that they made sense, but the doubts in his heart could not be dispelled. She sat on the bed, frowning, and after thinking for a long time, she said, "Then in your opinion, what should we do? We can't always be so nervous and accompany someone whose background we don't know."
Lu Yan held her in his arms, gently held her hand, and comforted her: "Don't worry, we will secretly observe her for a while. Since she can get acquainted with the child, maybe she really has some connection with the palace. I just didn't notice it before, or maybe we are overthinking it."
At this moment, there was a slight noise suddenly coming from outside the window, as if someone was walking on the roof. Lu Yan and Gu Leyou became alert instantly. They looked at each other. Lu Yan quickly stood up, blew out the candle, and then quietly approached the window to find out what was going on.
Just as Lu Yan approached the window, the door was suddenly pushed open and a gust of cold wind blew in. Gu Leyou subconsciously reached for the dagger hidden under the pillow, but before she could make any move, a dark shadow quickly flashed in.
“Who is it?” Lu Yan shouted in a low voice, and at the same time threw a punch in the direction of the black shadow. The black shadow was extremely agile and easily avoided Lu Yan's attack and quickly approached the bed.
Gu Leyou couldn't see the face of the person in the dark, but he could feel a strong murderous intent emanating from the other person.
She drew out the dagger without hesitation and stabbed at the shadow. The black shadow seemed to have not expected Gu Leyou to resist, and was a step slower in dodging, resulting in his arm being scratched by the dagger.
"Hiss——" The black shadow let out a low groan, then turned around and tried to escape. How could Lu Yan let him escape so easily? He rushed forward and grabbed the black shadow's clothes. The two men wrestled in the dark, knocking the tables and chairs in the room to the ground.
In the chaos, Gu Leyou heard the familiar sound of weapons clashing. She was startled and realized that the person coming was definitely not an ordinary thief, but was most likely a killer coming for them.
Just as Lu Yan and the black shadow were in a stalemate, the door of the room was opened again, and a beam of fire instantly illuminated the entire room. Gu Leyou looked closely and saw Nan Qing standing at the door with a torch in his hand, with a hint of surprise on his face.
At this time, Lu Yan finally saw the face of the black shadow clearly. It was actually a strange man with a black cloth covering his face, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the man struggled to break free from Lu Yan's hand and jumped out of the window.
Lu Yan wanted to chase him out, but was stopped by Gu Leyou: "Don't chase him, the situation outside is unclear, there may be an ambush."
Nan Qing walked into the room, looked at the messy house, and asked, "What happened?"
Gu Leyou and Lu Yan looked at each other and did not answer immediately. Lu Yan walked to the window and checked the situation outside. After making sure there was no danger, he turned to Nan Qing and said, "A killer just broke in. I don't know who he was targeting."
Nan Qing frowned slightly, with a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Killer? How could I meet a killer here?"
Gu Leyou looked at Nan Qing's expression and wondered in his heart, was her reaction true or false? Could it be that she really had nothing to do with this matter?
At this time, the child was awakened by the noise outside. He rubbed his eyes and walked in from the next room. When he saw the situation in the room, he was so scared that he cried out "Wow". Gu Leyou hurried forward, hugged the child, and comforted him softly.
Lu Yan was about to ask the girl something when he was stopped by Gu Leyou.
Lu Yan knew that his wife had something to say, so he didn't say much, just left a sentence: "It's nothing, go and rest, just a drunkard just walked into the wrong room."
Nan Qing certainly knew what had happened. Seeing that the other party was unwilling to say more, she did not ask any more questions and returned to her room to rest.
After the couple confirmed that the other party had entered the house, they lit the candles and whispered carefully, "You should believe what I say this time. This girl is indeed suspicious. She must have been sent by someone to monitor you. Otherwise, how could she be so lucky? I told you at the beginning that the capital is far away from here. How could a girl like her run so far away, and it was such a coincidence that you ran into her. There must be something wrong."
"After what happened just now, I also feel that if there is a problem, I will solve this matter, but in order not to let her find out, I have to be careful. Otherwise, if she finds out, it will be over."
Nan Qing, who was next door, had already heard their whispers, but she didn't quite understand why. She knew that the couple had already suspected her.
It seems that I have to speed up the progress of things, otherwise it will be difficult to report back when I return.
Their life of living under the protection of others and being controlled by others is not easy. For the sake of their own safety and the safety of their families, they can only take risks and work for those in high positions and powers.
Nan Qing thought that she would have to find a way to separate them early tomorrow morning. She couldn't let the three of them stay together, otherwise it would be difficult for her to do anything.
This matter cannot be delayed any longer. If it is delayed any longer, the lives of my family members, including my own life, will be in danger.
In fact, she is the current emperor's person. His Majesty found her this time and threatened her with the lives of her family members, demanding that she must work for him. If she refuses, then all her family members will die at the hands of His Majesty's people. Therefore, she can only obey the current emperor.
This was a last resort. Although the prince had been very kind to her, she still had to take care of the lives of her parents and her brothers and sisters.
Lu Yan got up before dawn the next day. After simply packing their things, he woke up his wife.
"When it's daybreak, we will definitely set out in the carriage. When we are about halfway there, you can say you need to go to the bathroom, then get off the carriage and run in the opposite direction. As for my father and I, you don't have to worry about us. We will find a way to get away. Only by getting rid of this girl can we be safe."
Gu Leyou woke up from her sleep with a start, and after listening to her husband's words, she nodded with tears in her eyes.
After all, I don't know martial arts and I'm a weak woman. I can't become a burden to this father and son.
In order to get rid of this girl, they had no choice but to take the risk. Otherwise, if this girl followed them all the way to the capital, they would not know how many dangers were waiting for them.
So they followed the arrangements they had made in advance.
When the carriage was halfway through, Gu Leyou covered her stomach and pretended to be in pain, then said, "Driver, please stop the car. I have to go to the bathroom. My stomach hurts."
The coachman was obedient and stopped the carriage immediately. She quickly jumped off the carriage and ran to the grass by the roadside and squatted down.
Nan Qing felt something was wrong, but couldn't figure out what it was.
So she asked with concern: "Brother and sister-in-law, what's wrong? Did you eat something bad and have a stomachache? Do you need me to go down and take a look?"
"Don't worry, your sister-in-law just has diarrhea, there won't be any other problems. Also, you don't have to go down there, that place stinks, do you still want to go and smell the stench?"
What he said made sense, so Nan Qing didn't think much about it.
However, Gu Leyou had been in the bushes for almost half an hour, and she didn't know how her husband and the child would get away.
Southern sentiment. The more he thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. Just when he was about to get off the car to see what was going on, the driver impatiently lifted the curtain and asked the people inside, "Sir, your wife went to the bathroom. Why hasn't she come back yet? Is she in danger? Do you want to go look for her? We can't waste time here. If we run into any robbers, we'll be finished."
"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer. If my wife hasn't come back yet, the child and I will go look for her."
Lu Yan had used nearly half an hour but still hadn't come up with a good way to escape.
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