Xu Yixing blinked and looked at Siqin. She really hoped Siqin wouldn't go up with her. After all, she didn't know how many bandits would be coming, and it would be bad if she accidentally hurt them.
Siqin tilted her head and said with great embarrassment, "Let me accompany you up. I've been staying in the mansion with nothing to do all day anyway, so now's a good time to go out for a walk."
"Okay." Then just don't regret it later.
When going up the mountain from the foot of the mountain, most people would choose to take a car or a sedan chair. Of course, ordinary people can only choose to walk up by themselves.
Occasionally, some dignitaries would kneel down and kowtow step by step to show their piety.
Xu Yixing chose the latter today. Of course, she didn't have such a strong desire, so there was no need to kowtow.
When he had only walked one-third of the way, Xu Yixing was already out of breath.
If I had known earlier, I would have let Yingba intercept me directly at the foot of the mountain. Why would I have gone to such great lengths?
Looking back, I saw that there were quite a few people here today. Perhaps it was because it was almost a festival, but there were many people visiting the temple today. The carriage was parked at the mountain gate. I could still see it now, but I guess I couldn't see it clearly from the top.
"Siqin...are you, are you tired?" Xu Yixing called out to Siqin who was walking in front of him. Why did he feel like she was fine?
"Fortunately, the weather is good and cool today. Miss, your decision is right. You should go up like this!" Siqin walked down a few steps with a smile and reached back to support Xu Yixing.
"Really? Oh, I regret it..." Xu Yixing took a deep breath. This was really a wrong decision.
"Then shall we get off now and then get on the bus?"
"Forget it, forget it. It's almost noon. This is not enough time to bother."
"Alright then, I'll walk behind you. There are so many people here today, I'm really worried we'll get separated..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd on the steps ahead suddenly began to make a commotion. The two men didn't understand why and looked up at the same time.
I saw someone in front of me who was trying to rush down against the crowd. It seemed that he had some argument with the person in front of him and was pushing and shoving.
Seeing this, Siqin immediately pulled Xu Yixing to the innermost part of the mountain path to avoid being hit by anyone in front of her if they fell.
Siqin was so focused on looking up that she didn't notice Xu Yixing, who was behind her, had already smiled brightly: "Great! We're finally here. No need to climb the mountain this time!"
Just when everyone's eyes were focused on the hillside, a man quietly came from the foot of the mountain, walked up behind Xu Yixing, grabbed her, carried her on his back and ran away!
What's even more bizarre is that this person, carrying someone on his back, can actually walk on the steps of the mountain road as if it were flat ground, and he can even avoid the group of people in front of him, and gradually put some distance between himself and Siqin.
Xu Yixing took advantage of the situation and shouted, "Help! Someone is kidnapping me!"
Siqin turned around blankly, only to find that the second young lady who was originally behind her had disappeared.
"Ah!!! Help!" Siqin almost jumped down from the stairs, but unfortunately she didn't know martial arts, and the consequence of her haste was that she fell down and was knocked unconscious.
The two people who were originally arguing halfway up the mountain seemed stunned when they saw this sudden change. They looked at each other and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
Xu Yixing grabbed the man's back. She knew very well that this was not Yingba. It seemed that the bandit gang had sent other people to kidnap her.
This young man is quite good. He has such great skills, yet he has become a bandit. It would be great if he could be recruited into the Shadow Guard.
But this is just a thought. The selection of shadow guards requires training from a young age, and this person cannot meet this requirement.
The man quickly reached the foot of the mountain, stuffed her into an ordinary carriage, and drove away quickly. The whole process took only a few moments.
After entering the carriage, the man was still staring at him. Xu Yixing was about to speak when he was stuffed with a black cloth and his hands and feet were tied up.
What's going on? Didn't Yingba tell his accomplices to be gentle with me?
But she soon felt relieved. She thought that Yingba couldn't tell the bandits everything. After all, it would be more realistic if he performed the whole show.
She had spent two thousand taels to have someone kidnap her, and she still had to ask her family for a ransom of ten thousand taels. This was all agreed upon in advance. Although her father was not at home, Gu would definitely pay, otherwise her father would scold her to death when he came back.
Even if she doesn't pay, that's fine. The real purpose of Xu Yixing's action is just one sentence: kidnap the girl and don't let her stay overnight.
What did this mean? It was a lesson learned by the bandits themselves: if they kidnapped an unmarried woman, her family would redeem her before nightfall. If they kept her overnight, her chastity would be compromised.
Xu Yixing scoffed at this. Could a woman's innocence be judged by whether she spent the night outside? Humph!
But this time she really did use these remarks. As long as Yingba kidnapped her and found some excuse to release her tomorrow, she would become an "unclean" person, and her marriage with Lu Anyuan would be called off.
After spending such a huge price, Xu Yixing hated Lu Anyuan from the bottom of his heart! Tell me, if you had just made a good name for yourself in the brothel last time, wouldn't I have to spend all this time?
The carriage was running almost all the way, and even changed carriages once on the way down the mountain. Xu Yixing and the man who kidnapped him jumped out of the window into another carriage.
They are really professional. It is obvious that this group of bandits are professional robbers. After taking advantage of them, they can let the officers and soldiers wipe them out. That will also be a way to eliminate harm to the people.
The new carriage seemed to have made a circle on the mountain road. In any case, Xu Yixing was very sure that it was not the way back to the north gate or into the mountains.
It’s strange, where is this person going to take me?
But Xu Yixing was not panicked because she had a good idea of what was going on. Even when she was thrown onto the floorboard, she just closed her eyes and listened to the noise outside, as obedient as a little white rabbit.
I don't know how long it drove, but the carriage suddenly slowed down, as if it was waiting in line for something.
"Next...next!"
There's someone outside the car window maintaining order. Huh? Is this the inspection at the city gate?
Xu Yixing felt a little strange. Although she didn't care where she was taken, returning to the city was definitely not in her plan. These bandits were staying in the city?
But she soon found out that she was wrong. It was not through the city gate. It was obviously a place with stricter inspection than the city gate.
When it came to my car, the people outside seemed to negotiate for a while, and let me in without searching the car.
Xu Yixing felt a growing sense of unease. Oh no, this could be... Could he really have been kidnapped?
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