Dou Zhao's heart was pounding.
Who could this "he" be?
Scarface's voice came over: "Go and see if the fourth young lady has woken up?"
Dou Zhao was startled and quickly climbed onto the Luohan bed and lay down next to Su Jin.
"That delicate lady, my knife can last at least two hours," someone muttered as he walked over here, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Dou Zhao closed his eyes, relaxed his body and pretended to sleep.
His gaze stayed on her for a moment. There were footsteps coming from the room, and then with a "click", the door was locked again.
Dou Zhao relaxed and found that his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
I wonder if Bie Suxin has found someone to rescue her?
I don’t know if Bie Sulan lost her or found her?
She didn't expect to be knocked unconscious.
If anything happens, it will be too late to regret.
This decision is too risky!
There were so many things on her mind that she was confused and at a loss.
Suddenly, there was a slight creaking sound in the room.
Dou Zhao looked in the direction of the sound in horror and saw that the window was pried open and Bie Sulan climbed in from the window with light and nimble movements.
She was excited and sat up quickly.
Bie Sulan smiled brightly and whispered, "Miss, Brother Chen and his men are outside. They will attack us as soon as we leave."
They wanted to rescue her in advance because they were afraid that the robbers would take her hostage, right?
Dou Zhao glanced at Su Jin hesitantly.
If I disappeared, would the robbers attack Su Jin?
Bie Sulan was at a loss for words and whispered, "There are two or three robbers patrolling outside. I can't take Su Jun out with me."
Dou Zhao thought for a moment and whispered, "Su Jin and I will hide in the house. You notify them to take action."
Bie Sulan disagrees.
Dou Zhao said: "What else can you do?"
Bie Sulan was helpless.
Dou Zhao woke Su Jun up.
Su Jun was in a trance, her eyes wide open and she was about to scream, but luckily Bie Sulan quickly covered her mouth.
Dou Zhao whispered the situation to Su Jin, and finally said, "Let's hide under Luohan's bed."
The fourth young lady was thinking about herself when her life was at stake.
Su Jin's eyes turned red, and she mustered up the courage to say, "Fourth Miss, you and Su Lan can go, and those people won't make things difficult for me."
"This is not the time to act on impulse," Dou Zhao said unhappily, "If we delay time because of this, won't we all be in danger!"
Su Jin lowered her head, tears streaming down her face.
Sulan said nothing more. She opened the window and looked around, looking for a chance to slip away.
Dou Zhao and Su Jin lay down under Luohan's bed.
Sulan flipped out again quietly.
The room was quiet. Dou Zhao and Su Jin didn't even dare to breathe loudly. The occasional sounds of the robbers talking outside made the atmosphere in the room even more tense. Dou Zhao felt his legs trembling.
While waiting, time seemed to be very long. Perhaps a few sticks of incense had passed, or perhaps just a cup of tea. The window was creaked open again. This time, in addition to Sulan, there came Chen Xiaofeng and a middle-aged man with a strong physique and bright eyes.
"Miss." Su Lan squatted beside Luohan's bed and looked under the bed, "Brother Chen said that if he can't protect you, it will be useless even if he cuts those robbers into pieces." Then she pointed at the middle-aged man, "This is Uncle Duan, who works as a security guard with Brother Chen. Uncle Duan is very skilled. You and Su Jin lie under Luohan's bed, and wait for Uncle Lin and the others to catch the people, then you can come out." After saying that, she stood up and protected Luohan's bed.
Chen Xiaofeng and Uncle Duan stood on the right and left of the door.
After a while, sounds of fighting and shouting were heard outside.
Scarface said in horror: "Which road are you from? We are the subordinates of Lord Xing of Lingshou County. Don't let the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple. We are family members and don't know each other!"
He was responded with even more intense sounds of fighting.
The door was slammed open and Scarface rushed in with a knife in his hand. He was stunned to see a strange little maid with a dark face standing in front of the bed.
At this moment, Uncle Duan had already grabbed Scarface's neck like a ghost, and twisted Scarface's knife-holding hand with his backhand.
Scarface screamed "ouch!", and Chen Xiaofeng, who was a step slower than Uncle Duan, kicked Scarface's stomach hard. Scarface's face turned pale, and the knife fell to the ground with a clang. His legs were weak and he fell down. If Uncle Duan hadn't been strangling his neck, he would have collapsed on the ground.
Uncle Duan let out a fierce "Pah" and said in a buzzing voice: "I thought he was a great man, but it turns out he is just a despicable guy!" He was very dissatisfied with Scarface's skills.
"How many people in Beizhili can compare to Uncle Duan!" Su Lan's mouth was as sweet as honey as she helped Dou Zhao and Su Jun crawl out from under Luohan's bed.
"Thank you very much, this brave man." Dou Zhao bowed to Uncle Duan and asked Chen Xiaofeng, "Where is this?"
Chen Xiaofeng said, "It's a small farm on the border of Lingshou and Zhending, about twenty miles away from your farm."
Lingshou County?
Wang Yingxue’s hometown.
Dou Zhao's heart moved.
The sounds of fighting outside gradually stopped, and a series of high and low groans were heard.
Someone laughed and said, "They are just a few minor characters, but Chen Xiaofeng made it sound like he had encountered a powerful hero."
Someone smiled and answered, "It's always better to be cautious." He added, "Tie these people up and see how the employer handles them."
Dou Zhao and the others finally relaxed their tense nerves.
She said to Chen Xiaofeng, "Send someone with Sulan to my estate to find Mr. Chen and ask him to pay you the 12,000 taels of silver I promised." She still had things to trouble Chen Xiaofeng and the others for, so if they paid the money promptly, they would be more motivated to work.
When Chen Xiaofeng heard Su Xin say that if he rescued Dou Zhao, he would be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, he thought that Dou Zhao was too anxious and lost her mind, so he didn't take it seriously. However, he thought that if he rescued Dou Zhao, he would definitely be rewarded with 100 or 200 taels of silver, so he only promised 100 taels of silver when he made the appointment. Now that he heard that there was really a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, he was surprised and happy, and he didn't know what to say. Even Uncle Duan stammered and asked Dou Zhao, "Miss Dou, is there really a reward of 10,000 taels of silver?"
"Although I am young, I mean what I say and I will never go back on my word!" Dou Zhao said calmly, but there was a firmness in his brows that made people convinced.
There were more than twenty people in total. Even if Chen Xiaofeng accounted for the majority of them, on average, each person had several hundred taels of silver. He worked as a security guard for others, and only made twenty taels of silver a year.
"I'll go tell the brothers!" Uncle Duan said excitedly, pulling the scarred man's belt and tying him up tightly like a dumpling, "Thank you, Miss!"
Scarface seemed to have just come to his senses. He roared angrily, "Pang Kunbai, that bastard, actually dared to cheat us! He said you were just a little girl abandoned by her parents in the countryside with no one to supervise her, and you actually came up with 12,000 taels of silver! He only promised me a reward of 120 taels of silver! I'm going to stab him..." He struggled desperately, trying to break free from Uncle Duan's control, but Uncle Duan's hands were so strong and powerful, like an iron hoop, preventing him from moving.
Pang Kunbai!
It’s actually him!
Dou Zhao's face was filled with shock.
She begged Chen Xiaofeng: "Court Guard Chen, please do me another favor - help me to examine this man and see what he and Pang Kunbai have in common?"
They had only worked hard to get 12,000 taels of silver. Now they were just asked to do a little more. It was a piece of cake for them, even if it was a little difficult, they would not refuse it for the sake of the 12,000 taels of silver.
Chen Xiaofeng agreed immediately.
The scarred man yelled, "Miss Dou, I'm telling you, I'll tell you everything if you let us go." He added, "We were also fooled by Pang Kunbai. You are a magnanimous person. Please don't bother with us because we are only paid to help others eliminate disasters..."
Dou Zhao remained indifferent.
What if they kidnapped not me, but other helpless women?
She said to Chen Xiaofeng, "Please ask Guardian Chen to review this for me."
Chen Xiaofeng nodded.
Uncle Duan admired Dou Zhao's efficiency and took the initiative to help Scarface out.
Sulan looked at Dou Zhaoyin lying under Luohan's bed, covered in dust, and went to fetch water to help Dou Zhao wash up.
Dou Zhao said, "Where's Su Xin?"
Su Lan said, "My sister was afraid of missing the time to rescue the young lady, so she told Brother Chen the connection point and went back home first."
Dou Zhao nodded and said with some worry: "I don't know what happened to my grandmother."
Su Lan comforted her: "They wanted to kidnap you, they must be lying!"
"I hope so!" Dou Zhao sighed.
Sulan and Sujun came in with water and helped her wash her face and comb her hair again.
Chen Xiaofeng asked for a meeting.
He looked a little strange, and whispered, "Xing Laoliu confessed that he was ordered by Pang Kunbai to kidnap you here, and then Pang Kunbai pretended to meet you by chance and rescued you. After the mission was accomplished, in addition to the 100 taels of silver, Pang Kunbai also promised to send them to the Shaanxi Xingdusi as small flags..."
Shaanxi Xingdusi, Wang Xingyi's territory.
Dou Zhao's eyes flashed coldly: "Why didn't you rescue me at the scene of the kidnapping? Why did you put me here?"
"Xing Laoliu doesn't know either." Chen Xiaofeng said, "Pang Kunbai only told him to stay here and he will come to rescue people. When the time comes, Xing Laoliu can just pretend to be exhausted and run away."
"Didn't Pang Kunbai say when he would come?" Dou Zhao frowned.
"no."
Dou Zhao lowered his head in deep thought, and raised his head after a while, saying, "Guardian Chen, one matter does not trouble two masters, I am afraid this matter will still trouble you."
This is just cleaning up the mess. Since they took other people's money, they naturally have to be responsible.
Chen Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Please give me your orders, young lady."
Dou Zhao spoke to Chen Xiaofeng in a low voice.
Chen Xiaofeng was stunned at first, then his expression gradually became gloomy, and he nodded repeatedly with a serious expression.