I subconsciously wanted to scream, but my mouth was covered. I looked closely and it turned out to be Duan Sheng!
All her long braids were undone, and she tied her hair into a bun like the women of Song Huaguo. She was not wearing a neat black dress, but a light yellow pleated shirt suitable for girls in the boudoir.
"If you don't make a sound, I'll let go." She said to me in a whisper.
I nodded, really not knowing what was going on.
"I came out of the inn to play, but I always felt that someone was following me..." She said carefully: "When I was getting rid of them, I saw your palace carriage, so I had to use your numbers to hide."
I frowned. Duan Sheng was a stranger in this place, so who would target him? Could it be that some handsome young man took a fancy to her dressed like this?
Thinking of this, I was about to make a joke, but she looked around with disdain: "Is it really stuffy in the carriage? It's more comfortable to ride a horse. I'll go outside and help you horseback riding."
I quickly grabbed her and said, "Aren't you afraid of being chased? Why are you going outside?"
"It's okay, it's okay," she said with a sly smile, "Who else would dare to rob the carriage in your palace? Otherwise, why would I come here to take advantage of your limelight?"
I was speechless for a moment, and she slipped out without waiting for me to speak. After a while of murmurs outside the carriage, Xiao Cui lifted the curtain and looked at me. I nodded, and she closed the curtain without saying anything more.
I didn't take a break at noon and was feeling a little sleepy. I was just about to take a nap with my arm against the window when my arm was suddenly grabbed by someone. A masked man in black came in again.
My eyes widened again, but this time when his hands covered my mouth and nose, I smelled a strange odor. Before I could struggle or make a sound, my eyes went dark and I fell forward.
When I woke up again, I saw only darkness all around. When I was about to move, I found that my hands and feet had been tied up with hemp ropes, and a piece of linen was stuffed in my mouth, making it impossible for me to make a sound.
Could this be the legendary kidnapping? Transmigrating through a book truly involves experiencing every possible possibility in life.
The room was cramped and damp, with only four bare walls. I sat on the cold mud and looked at the shabby wooden door that was closed in front of me.
The plot of the book mainly revolves around the male and female protagonists, and this part has never been written!
As I surveyed my surroundings, I analyzed my kidnappers' motives: Did they hear I was the emperor's favorite concubine and wanted to blackmail Song Heng? That's crazy! Are there any concubines who are jealous of me and want to take advantage of me, but that's too risky! Are they jealous of my father and want to make an example of me? That's a possibility! Or are they just some clueless bandits who, seeing how grand our trip was, just kidnapped someone and planned to make a killing?
My mind was racing when I suddenly heard an argument outside the door. One of the voices sounded familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before:
"You are mistaken. This is not Princess Shengyang."
It seems they've caught the wrong person... I just remembered that Duan Sheng sneaked into my sedan and said someone was following her! From what I heard, they didn't catch Duan Sheng.
"How could it be! We saw her get into the sedan chair! She was wearing just this yellow dress!"
I looked down at my clothes, and oh my god, I realized that what I was wearing was a bit similar to what Duan Sheng was wearing today.
"I've done this much, and you guys can handle the rest on your own."
"Humph, you can't escape even if things go wrong. Do you think the king will let you go?"
"I have repaid the favor, and the rest is up to him."
There seemed to be a sound of fighting outside, and then everything was quiet. I could even hear the sound of dripping water in the corner of the house.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and I immediately closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.
In the dim light, I could only smell the smell of alcohol, and a rude voice came down: "Damn, it's actually a fake!"
The next second, my clothes were grabbed and I was lifted up and taken out.
I was thrown heavily onto a wooden bed and opened my eyes in pain. It was a simple bamboo house with very little furniture, like a temporary residence.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey..." The big man with a beard and a red face beside the bed suddenly looked at me and smiled foolishly: "Even if you are not a princess, you are still so beautiful..."
I subconsciously moved back, with a cloth stuffed in my mouth so I couldn't speak. I could only look at him with cold eyes.
"You're quite courageous. I like it!" He loosened his clothes and reached out to pull out my ball of cloth: "Come on, shout a few more times."
I said in a deep voice, "Do you know who I am?"
"I don't care who you are!" He immediately became angry: "It's all your fault, you fake bastard, you ruined my business!"
After saying that, he grabbed my hair with his rough hands and pulled it hard a few times, and my bun was completely scattered. He broke the hairpin with his bare hands and threw it on the ground.
"I am the favorite concubine of the Emperor of Songhua," I ignored him. "If you dare to touch me, it will only take a few seconds to kill my entire clan."
In fact, I was just pretending to be calm. As for whether insulting the concubine would result in the execution of all nine generations of my family, I really didn't know. Now I can only buy time and hold all the chips I have.
He was stunned for only a second before bursting into laughter: "You, Song Huaguo, can even kill all nine of my clans? To favor my concubine? That must feel really good!"
Before I could react, his huge body pounced on me. I was tied up and couldn't make any big movements. My hands were covered in sweat. I just turned my head suddenly and moved to the inside to avoid it.
Trouble comes from the mouth!
But the imagined heavy pressure did not fall. There was a loud "bang" and I heard a rough groan.
I opened my eyes carefully. Duan Xiao was wearing a black robe and standing with his hands behind his back. One leg was raised as if he was stepping on something. He lowered his head to look at his feet, and I couldn't see his expression clearly.
"Someone come! Someone come..." The first sentence sounded like he was trying with all his strength, while the second sentence seemed to be strangled and was so weak that only a breath remained. The strong man was stepped on by Duan Xiao.
I looked at Gu Xiao in surprise. He still kept his head down and sneered, "No one can stop me from doing what I want."
A group of burly men suddenly rushed into the house, with the big swords in their hands shining with a cold and dazzling light. They were only wearing short shirts, with their chests exposed, and their limbs were so strong that veins could be seen.
Duan Xiao looked up and said with a slight smile: "Big brother is really spending a lot of money."
The next second, a burly man rushed up with a sword in hand, and Ajin, the only servant beside Duan Xiao, immediately drew his sword to meet him.
Duan Xiao suddenly stepped onto the bed, blocking my view. He squatted down and tore off a piece of cloth from his body with a "swish" sound. He quickly covered my eyes with the cloth and tied a knot behind it: "Wait a moment."
Everything went dark before my eyes, and I felt the person in front of me jump out of the bed again.
The crisp sound of cold weapons hitting each other, the muffled groan of clothes being torn and flesh being torn, and the violent sound of porcelain shattering and wooden furniture overturning hit my ears. I could only feel the wooden bed shaking, as if the whole room would collapse in the next second.
The wind from a knife blew across my face, followed by a violent vibration of a huge object falling down, and the final sound of a big knife hitting the ground with a "clang".
Suddenly, everything around me was quiet, with only a few heavy gasps. I became even more panicked than before, moving my lips but not knowing whether to make any sound.
"It's okay." Duan Xiao's voice came, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The ropes that bound his hands and feet were untied. He paused for a moment and said, "Go out first, and then I'll help you untie the cloth."
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