Qiao Jingjing was kidnapped by several burly men dressed in animal skins.
These people are decisive, tough, and have very clear goals.
Why tie her up?
Were they Yan Baihu's men or Pan Lin's?
Yan Baihu was a powerful warlord who controlled the Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain areas in Wu Commandery, commanding over ten thousand troops. At this time, his power was slightly stronger than Sun Ce's. Pan Lin caused chaos in Kuaiji, frequently plundering the people. For many years, successive officials had been unable to quell the rebellion, but he was eventually suppressed by Lu Xun.
Regardless of whether it was them or not, how could Qiao Jingjing have any connection with them?
In the freezing night, with the wind howling and snow piercing the bone, Qiao Jingjing's face turned deathly pale from the cold.
In her fading consciousness, she was still struggling to think, trying to figure out how to escape. But she didn't even know where she was going or who she would end up in.
She herself was like fish on a chopping board, with no ability to resist or escape.
The sky gradually brightened.
Dust swirled along the official road leading to Shouchun.
Several horse-drawn carriages, escorted by hundreds of soldiers, rode along, carrying a group of women. From a distance, the procession looked like a large, chaotic mess.
Inside the cage, Xiao Qiao wept bitterly, her trembling hand gently shaking the unconscious girl beside her.
The girl's eyes were closed and her breath was faint; her skirt was covered in mud.
"Sister! Wake up! Don't scare me! Don't leave me!"
Qiao Manman hoped that Qiao Jingjing would open her eyes immediately.
But Qiao Jingjing kept her eyes closed, showing no signs of waking up.
Qiao Manman did everything she could, from patting her cheeks and pinching her philtrum to squeezing her thumb and forefinger.
"Cough cough!"
Qiao Jingjing finally managed to catch her breath and slowly opened her eyes.
Oh my god, that hurts!
His whole body looked as if it had been bound into 108,000 pieces by ropes.
"Manman? Manman! It's you!"
Qiao Jingjing remembered that before she closed her eyes, she was snatched from Zhang Zhao's hands by the big man in animal skin, just like a meat dumpling. When she opened her eyes again, how come she was with her sister?
He was still locked in a cage.
When Qiao Manman saw that her sister had finally woken up, her heart pounded with anxiety, and she excitedly hugged her sister and cried.
It turned out that since yesterday, after her father and Qiao Er and Qiao San prepared weapons and men and went up to the city wall to defend the city, only Qiao Manman and Qiao Er's sister-in-law He Miaomiao were left at home.
He Miaomiao finally had the opportunity to take sole control of the Qiao family's backyard, and she was enjoying herself immensely by bullying Qiao Manman. However, as night fell, a group of thieves came and kidnapped the two sisters-in-law.
The thief sold the two sisters-in-law to human traffickers and got ten taels of silver.
The human traffickers then sold the two women to Liu Ajiao.
Liu Ajiao was about to take her servants and dowry north to marry Yuan Shu's daughter-in-law, so she took Qiao Manman with her.
Along the way, Liu Ajiao recalled her past with Qiao Jingjing, and felt that it was not enough to satisfy her anger since she only had Qiao Manman under her control.
She simply bribed Yan Baihu to get Yan Shan Da Wang to help snatch Qiao Jingjing away from that guy named Sun Ce.
Although Liu Ajiao's father, Liu Xun, and Sun Ce both belonged to Yuan Shu's camp.
However, Liu Qianjin was too eager to personally enslave Qiao Jingjing, and instead of waiting for a polite exchange with Sun Ce, she secretly kidnapped her.
“Sister, these are all Liu Ajiao’s people. She’s going to Shouchun to marry Yuan Yao, the most favored son of the Yuan family. She said that from now on, we two sisters will be her servants, and she will tattoo words on our faces.”
Qiao Manman cried very sadly.
But she still remembered to take out the only hardened cornbread from her bosom and put it in her sister's hand.
"Sister, eat something quickly. Their men will stop to rest soon, and they might come to beat and scold you again. You've just suffered, so take good care of yourself."
Qiao Jingjing broke the hard, dry cornbread in half, ate half herself, and gave the other half to her younger sister.
Her younger sister is still quite young, and although she panics a bit when things happen, she really loves her older sister.
"Manman, don't be afraid, don't cry."
Qiao Jingjing hugged her little sister.
“I’ll face anything with you! You’re right, let’s eat something first to replenish our strength before we think of a solution. As you said, Father and Qiao Er and Qiao San are still guarding the city for the time being, they have no idea that something happened to you, and they also don’t realize that I’m no longer in Sun Ce’s hands.”
Qiao Jingjing whispered this in Qiao Manman's ear.
Qiao Manman's heart pounded when she heard this.
She knew her sister would have a way, but she never expected her sister to be so bold.
“We can’t go to Shouchun! We don’t know anyone there, and we’d be even more helpless if we went. Manman, when this large group stops to rest, tell them you have diarrhea and hide in the woods. I will provoke Liu Ajiao directly and create chaos, so they won’t be able to pay attention to you. The key is that you don’t cry, don’t be afraid, and hide yourself well, understand? I will come back to find you after I get rid of Liu Ajiao, and we will mark our location.”
Qiao Jingjing drew a symbol made of stacked triangles in Qiao Manman's hand.
Qiao Manman nodded firmly.
Sure enough, Liu Ajiao soon needed to rest, drink water, and have her maidservants help her change her clothes.
The line then stopped.
The soldiers responsible for escorting Liu Ajiao were all Liu Xun's trusted troops. They often abused their power by taking advantage of Liu Xun's connections, forcibly seizing women and enslaving the people.
Liu Xier is the most popular among them.
Ever since he saw the Qiao sisters once at Lu Kang's residence, he had been captivated by their beautiful faces. He longed for them day and night, but could not have them. In the end, Liu Xi'er came up with a wicked plan. He instigated the Li and Zhu families, who were close to Qiao Er, to rob the Qiao family's women at night and then sell them to human traffickers.
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