"Brother, why does it sound like there's quite a commotion coming from inside this house?"
Jin Biao and his men were waiting not far away. One of his underlings heard a sound coming from inside and craned his neck to look over.
Jin Biao slapped him on the back. "Mind your own business when it comes to women."
He was also curious, but he could roughly guess that the woman had taken a knife inside, probably intending to harm the Xu family's daughter. As long as she didn't die, he didn't care what the woman did. If she died, he would lose all his hard-earned money.
"By the way, has Xiao Wu, who went to deliver the message, returned yet?" Jin Biao calculated the time; he should be back by now.
He had already figured out when to send the next letter, and where to get the money to exchange for Xiao Wu, and was just waiting for Xiao Wu to come back.
"He should be back soon. There are people everywhere outside now, so that kid will probably have to hide and won't be able to come back so easily."
Jin Biao thought about it and agreed. "Alright, you guys keep an eye on things in that room. I'm going to get some sleep. We'll take turns keeping watch and resting. We'll grab the money and leave as soon as it's light."
In order to get his hands on the Xu family's daughter, he hadn't slept for several days, constantly following her around, looking for the right moment to make his move.
Now, when Jin Biao thinks about life after leaving Lanzhen, he feels a longing for it for no reason. This wonderful longing makes him feel relaxed.
After being tense for several days, I felt tired as soon as I relaxed. Since we're starting our journey tomorrow, I'll take a good rest today.
Jin Biao went back to his room. After a while, the door across the way opened, and two women in long robes walked slowly, one after the other, toward the carriage next to them.
As soon as they came out, the man guarding the opposite side hurried over. He pushed open the door, took a look, and then locked it.
The two women had already boarded the carriage by then.
"Wait." Just as the carriage turned around, someone came over.
The two women in the carriage froze instantly. Shuangxi involuntarily grabbed Fuman'er's hand, wondering if they had been discovered.
Fu Man'er was also unsure. She swallowed hard, forced herself to calm down, and gently pulled the carriage curtain open a little.
"When you go out later, take a few detours to avoid being discovered by the Xu family." Upon hearing this, the two people hiding in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief.
"I know." Fu Man'er imitated Chu Yiyi, speaking in a low voice. The people who stopped them did not suspect anything, but stepped aside and let the coachman drive the carriage away.
The two people in the carriage held hands tightly, so quiet that they could hear each other's pounding heartbeats. After a while, Fu Man'er finally spoke.
"Double Happiness, we escaped!" There was a sense of joy and relief, like being reborn after a disaster.
"Miss, I, we~" Shuangxi was still very nervous, so nervous that she could hardly speak.
Fu Man'er was overjoyed and hugged her tightly. It was so good that the two of them had finally escaped.
"Miss, are we going straight back to the manor now?" the coachman on the carriage shaft suddenly asked, startling Fu Man'er.
I almost forgot about that, but this person doesn't pose a significant threat to her.
"Miss?" The driver, receiving no response, turned and asked in confusion.
Just then, Fu Man'er lifted the curtain and punched him, knocking the poor coachman unconscious without him even knowing what was happening.
In the past, knocking someone out was an easy task for Fu Man'er, but now she used all her strength.
The person collapsed onto the cart shaft, and it took Shuangxi and her help to push the person off and onto the side of the road.
"I'm sorry, I'll borrow your carriage for now. You can pick it up at the Xu residence another day." Before leaving, Fu Man'er said this to the unconscious coachman with a guilty look on her face.
The mistress and servant boarded the carriage again. "Miss, which way should we go?"
Looking at the dark and unfamiliar surroundings, Shuangxi realized that she really didn't know the way around here at all.
Most importantly, there wasn't a single house nearby, which was rather eerie.
At that moment, she regretted knocking the driver unconscious. "Should we go back and wake him up?"
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So the master and servant pinched the philtrum and pinched the nose, waking the coachman up again.
"Who are you? Where is my young lady?" The coachman turned around leisurely, looking at the two unfamiliar women in front of him with great surprise. Fu Man'er chuckled, revealing her white fangs. "I am your young lady."
The carriage started moving again, but the driver now had a dagger at his waist, a dagger that made him afraid to move.
Meanwhile, the Xu family also found a lead. Under Xu Yi's arrangement, they successfully located the messenger, named Xiao Wu, who was the coachman who had recently joined the Xu family.
When Xu Genshan brought the man back, he was still shouting. Upon seeing this, Xu Yi went up and dislocated both of his arms.
"I'll ask you a question, you answer it. If you don't answer, I'll break your legs."
This was the first time the Xu family had ever seen Xu Yi so cold-blooded and cruel. Xiao Wu's man was in so much pain that his face was deathly pale, but Xu Yi remained unmoved.
"Take your younger brother and sister-in-law inside first. I'll tell you if there's any news." Xu Genshan considerately told Liu Fang to lead the women inside.
Liu Fang took a deep breath. "It's okay, I'll wait here." Compared to her daughter, this was nothing.
"Where is he?" Xu Yi's hand was already on Xiao Wu's leg, his eyes fixed on Xiao Wu's eyes like ice.
With both hands dislocated, the sudden pain left Xiao Wu's mind blank, and he had no idea how to respond to Xu Yi's question.
Xu Yi exerted force, and a deafening scream instantly echoed throughout the Xu residence. This time, the pain finally brought Xiao Wu back to his senses.
He stared in horror at the man before him. No, he wasn't human; he was a demon.
"I'll ask you one more time, where is he?" Xu Yi said, his hand already on Xiao Wu's only remaining leg. "He's... in that abandoned alley on West Street," Xiao Wu managed to say with his last ounce of consciousness before collapsing unconscious.
At that moment, he felt that being unconscious was better than being awake.
Having obtained the location, Xu Yi and the others didn't linger and immediately headed towards West Street, intending to rescue the person before the thugs could react.
At this point, Jin Biao and the others already sensed something was wrong. After he got into the house, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, even though he was yawning all the time.
"Has Xiao Wu come back yet?" After tossing and turning countless times, Jin Biao finally couldn't help but get up.
Seeing the three people at the door, but not Xiao Wu, Jin Biao became restless.
"Something's not right. Xiao Wu has been gone for so long and hasn't come back yet. Something must have happened."
Jin Biao glanced at the locked door across the street. "Are those two girls still unconscious?"
Someone replied, "When I locked the door, he was still unconscious, but judging from the time, he should be waking up soon."
Jin Biao's eyes darkened. "Put some more sleeping pills on them, prepare the carriage, and let's move to another place. It's not safe here anymore."
Xiao Wu has been gone for so long and hasn't come back yet. There's a high chance he's been captured by the Xu family. Regardless of whether he revealed the location of this place or not, it's not a safe place.
At Jin Biao's command, some people administered sleeping pills, while others prepared carriages. In no time, the four of them left the winding alley under the cover of night.
When Xu Yi and his men arrived, they found nothing. Only the still-warm ashes on the ground told Xu Yi that the people had just left.
Xu Yi finally couldn't resist kicking away the pile of firewood next to him. He was just one step away from seeing Man'er.
"Yi'er, come here." Hearing Xu Genshan's call, Xu Yi quickly came over.
As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a faint scent of sleeping pills. "Cover your mouth and nose; the sleeping pills in this room haven't dissipated yet."
Everyone quickly covered their noses. Xu Yi came to Xu Genshan's side and saw that he was holding a hairpin in his hand. "It was found in the straw."
"Lu Sheng, look, is Man'er wearing this hairpin today?" Lu Sheng held the hairpin and examined it for a while, then shook his head. "No."
"That's strange. This hairpin looks quite valuable. Could it be that these thugs have kidnapped other women as well?" Xu Genshan muttered to himself.
Xu Yi released his hand from his nose. He seemed to smell a fragrance, a pungent fragrance.
Cao Zixuan stared at the hairpin in Lu Sheng's hand for a long time; he felt as if he had seen it somewhere before.
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