Chapter 409 Anything Can Be Found in Dreams
Then she reached out and caught the child, holding him in her arms. "The two of them go, but I'm keeping this child because I don't know if you're really the Empress."
"Damn it, I don't recognize this painting either."
"We'll keep this child then; it'll be easier for me to explain myself."
"Niannian!" Madam Shen rushed over to try and snatch the child, but was stopped by someone.
The scarred man said menacingly, "If you don't want to leave, then stay!"
Jiang Wan Ning gestured to the soldiers behind her to help Shen Zhao and Madam Shen back. Shen Zhao helped Madam Shen walk, and as he passed Jiang Wan Ning, he looked up and saw a corner of her veil fluttering in the breeze.
Shen Zhao recognized the person clearly; he hadn't misheard—it was Ningning, not Zhizhi.
Jiang Wan Ning gave Shen Zhao a reassuring look.
Shen Zhao showed no sign of worry, but he held back in order not to cause any more trouble for Jiang Wan and Shen Ruzhi.
"You broke your promise." Jiang Wan Ning looked at the scarred man, her voice cold and devoid of warmth.
The scarred man glanced at the chubby baby in his arms. "I'm a bandit, and bandits don't keep their word."
"Besides, how do I know if you're real or not? This drawing makes you look like a tigress."
The bandit frowned, shook his head, and then said to Jiang Wan Ning, "And you, you never take off that hat, how am I supposed to recognize you?"
"Do I have X-ray vision?"
The bandit pointed two fingers at his eyes.
"Furthermore, your guards are hiding all around here. If I give you the child, my head will probably be covered in quills the next moment, right?"
"You'd better come over here obediently."
"I underestimated them," Haitang said softly.
Jiang Wan Ning spurred her horse and rode over, the scarred man carrying the child followed beside her, while the man behind them, who wasn't on horseback, held a knife and retreated step by step in an attacking posture.
Only after making sure no one was following him did the scarred man hand the child to Jiang Wan Ning.
Shen Ruzhi rushed out from the shadows, calling out, "Father, Mother!"
"Zhizhi!"
"Zhizhi?" Madam Shen's heart tightened. "Zhizhi, who was that just now?"
Shen Ruzhi recounted what had just happened, saying, "Don't worry, I will save Ningning and Niannian."
"Father, Mother, how are you? Are you hurt?"
Shen Zhao shook his head. "We're fine, we're just causing you trouble."
"Yes, I wish I hadn't come to Xixia. I was hoping to spend more time with you, but I didn't expect that you would get into trouble as soon as I arrived, and so would Niannian."
Madam Shen was worried.
“I am their target. Even if you hadn’t come to Western Xia, you would have become their target for kidnapping me sooner or later in Eastern Ling.”
"Your Majesty, it's not safe here. Let's go back and discuss what to do next."
“Haitang is right,” Shen Ruzhi said. “Father and Mother, don’t worry, they won’t dare to make a move easily.”
"Ningning and Niannian are not in immediate danger."
Shen Ruzhi comforted the two elders, but she herself was in a state of great anxiety. However, it was precisely at times like these that she could not show any signs of being anxious.
She needed to calm down before she could come up with a way to deal with the bandits and the King of Qin.
On the other side.
Jiang Wan Ning followed the bandits to a mountain forest where she was covered with a black cloth bag. She could not see anything from then on, only that it was a very narrow path.
The road is only wide enough for two people to walk side by side.
The imperial court's attempts to suppress the bandits either failed to find the entrance or, even if they did, they couldn't break through; the entire mountain was riddled with traps they had set.
One wrong move and you could be smashed to pieces.
Even they themselves were very careful as they walked.
They walked for about half an hour before stopping. Jiang Wan Ning knew that this was definitely not the route they usually took.
There was no sound of horses behind us.
The reason they chose this route was because they were afraid Jiang Wan Ning would remember it and mark it along the way. These bandits were really careful.
Upon arriving at the village, Jiang Wan Ning was immediately thrown into a dungeon.
"Where's the child?" Jiang Wan Ning asked the scarred man.
The scarred man stroked his beard. "A child? Put the child here with you?"
Jiang Wan Ning looked around at the damp environment, with rats scurrying around from time to time.
If Niannian stays here with me, the child will definitely get sick within two days.
"Then you can lock me up somewhere else."
The scarred man scoffed, "What are you thinking? Dreaming in broad daylight?"
"You're a prisoner now, not the emperor, and you still want to sleep on the dragon bed? Want to eat the Manchu Han Imperial Feast?" the scarred man said viciously. "Keep dreaming."
"Anything can be found in dreams."
The scarred man walked out cursing as he went, and Jiang Wan Ning could still hear his cursing even after the iron gate closed.
All right.
This is the first time in my life I've been insulted for so long and I haven't been able to fight back.
Jiang Wan Ning awkwardly touched her nose and began to look around for a way to get out.
This is the underground water prison, which contains hidden mechanisms. If you accidentally trigger the wrong mechanism, the water will spread.
I never expected that such a difficult water dungeon would be built in this bandit's den.
"Scarface, are we just going to keep this woman locked up here?"
About an hour later, faint sounds could be heard outside.
Jiang Wan Ning tiptoed to the door to eavesdrop.
The scarred man said, "What are you doing here if you're not locked up? What mischief are you plotting?"
Another man chuckled twice, "I think this woman is quite pretty..."
The scarred man slapped the man on the back of the head repeatedly, yelling with each slap, "You little brat, you think you've lived too long, huh?"
"If you don't want to live, just say so now. Don't cause me any trouble here."
"This woman is beautiful, but she is the Emperor. Does the Emperor know that?"
The man covered his head and ran away, crying, "Boss, boss, I was wrong, please let me explain..."
"Spit it out!" the scarred man said coldly.
The man chuckled and said, "I'm not that kind of lecherous person, boss. You've misunderstood me. What I mean is, since she's being raised so well, why not let her go out and do some work?"
"Even if a god came here, no one could break in or out without our people leading the way."
"There's already someone who's just freeloading, and you're still letting her freeload too."
The scarred man stroked his beard and thought for a moment, "I think you're right. It's time to let her experience how hard it is for ordinary people like us to make a living."
"Boss, we're bandits. Sometimes we even resort to robbery. We live a little better than ordinary people."
The scarred man kicked the other man, "Do you need to tell me? I don't know I'm a bandit?"
"Hehe, shall I release the person first, you little rascal?"
Just then, another person came in. "Scarface, the people are here."
The scarred man gestured for the other man to keep an eye on Jiang Wan Ning first.
He went out on his own, and when he came back in, a young man in white was following behind him.
“We went to great lengths to get the man back, so don’t go back on your word,” the scarred man said. “We dared to kidnap the Emperor, so we dare to deal with you, a mere prince.”
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