A-Cai was her dowry maid, and the two developed a very deep bond in Pingyang City.
If A-Cai hadn't discovered the Marquis of Pingyang's conspiracy and had her tongue cut out to save her life, Zhou Shiying would probably still be in the dark, unaware that her husband of two years was such a villain!
Black Horse glanced at Zhou Shiying with a guilty look.
Then she knelt down before Zhou Cheng and said, "Young Master, I failed to bring Miss A Cai back."
"She, she... she's been kidnapped?!"
Zhou Cheng frowned: "They kidnapped them? What does that mean?"
"When I went to the abandoned house, it was empty. Miss A-Cai was nowhere to be found. The guards that Marquis Pingyang left to watch over the house were all killed, and their deaths were quite cruel."
"Fortunately, my subordinates discovered a clue..."
As he spoke.
Black Horse pulled out a crimson token from his pocket. Before he could angrily recount what happened next, his face turned pale and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He clutched his chest and collapsed to the ground.
Judging from that expression, he might be suffering from internal bleeding?
Zhou Cheng quickly used his points to exchange for life-saving medicine. Fortunately, the medicine was given in time and the injury was not life-threatening. After catching his breath, the black horse tore open the front of his clothes, revealing the palm print on his chest.
"Young master."
The dark horse continued weakly, "I originally wanted to follow the clues to find out where A-Cai was, but I didn't expect to be ambushed in the dark. The opponent was quite strong and struck me in the chest with a palm."
"The situation was urgent, and I couldn't use my rifle effectively. If I hadn't had a grenade to save my life, I probably wouldn't have made it back."
"This token was left behind by the masked man who fled after the explosion. It has the words 'Cheng Gui Ge' engraved on it..."
Cheng, Gui, Ge?
Zhou Cheng remained silent, pursing his lips in utter astonishment.
When he went to the Chenggui Pavilion branch to ask for the Marquis of Pingyang, the manager was a bit eccentric, requiring him to handwrite a thank-you letter, but otherwise he was quite easy to talk to and didn't seem like he wanted to make an enemy of the Zhou family.
Black Horse was ambushed by the people of Cheng Gui Pavilion when he went to the deserted house and almost didn't make it back. What exactly did they want to do?
"Are you sure you're from Cheng Gui Pavilion?" Zhou Cheng asked in a deep voice.
Black Horse's thoughts were in disarray. He weakly replied, "Young Master, the members of Cheng Gui Pavilion come and go without a trace. I have never had any contact with them. I only found the token at the scene. Other than that, I cannot be sure."
"Moreover... I don't understand why they kidnapped A-Cai, and even after I introduced myself, they tried to kill me."
After listening to Heima's account, the Zhou family members looked at each other in bewilderment.
They only had contact with the people from Chenggui Pavilion once in total!
That shopkeeper who's not quite right in the head...
Never mind, let's not talk about it anymore!
At that time, they could clearly sense that Cheng Guige wanted to befriend the young master; otherwise, they would not have so easily given the Marquis of Pingyang to the young master, and they were even happy throughout the whole process.
But now the dark horse.........
Zhou Cheng's face betrayed no emotion. He stood up and said, "I understand."
"Send a message to Black Dragon, telling him to return to Jiangling City later and go to Wangcheng Cloth Shop to find out what's going on. If A-Cai is really in their hands, this matter is far more serious!"
"Everyone else, get ready. Leave the city immediately and return to Jiangling City first!"
Just as Zhou Cheng tallied the number of people and gave the order to set off.
Cheng Xianyi, whose little hand was being held by Zhou Cheng, frowned slightly.
She glanced at the badly injured Black Horse, then turned her gaze to Zi Yan, who was equally bewildered and astonished.
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