Seeing an ox cart parked by the road, which was cleaner than the other ox carts and horse carriages nearby, and the carriage was stable and spacious, I chose this one.
Now, seeing the driver taking them off the main road and onto a side road, it was clear he had ulterior motives. She didn't know what he would do to them, and Nanny Yu was already sweating profusely.
Concubine Fang gradually calmed down. She took off her pearl earrings, jade bracelet, and gold hairpin, handed them to Madam Yu, winked at her, and said loudly, "I have some jewelry here, and fifty taels of silver. Take them all. Stop the car out front and let us get off."
Nanny Yu took the jewelry from Aunt Fang's hand, took out the fifty taels of silver she had on her, lifted the carriage curtain, and handed it over tremblingly.
But the driver outside turned a deaf ear to her and did not come to take the things from Nanny Yu's hand.
Concubine Fang couldn't help but frown, and said, "These are all we have. If you're asking for money, you'd better take the things and leave quickly. I, a weak woman, won't report you to the authorities. If you're asking for something else..." Concubine Fang paused, then continued calmly, "One of us is an old woman in her fifties, and the other is a woman with a disfigured face and no use at all. Even if you want to sell us, you won't get a good price, and you'll also risk my family reporting us to the authorities and sending people after us."
If it were an ordinary robber, seeing the money and hearing what Aunt Fang said, he would have hesitated even if he didn't release the people immediately. However, this man seemed to be deaf and didn't react at all, not even slowing down the car at all.
Only then did Aunt Fang realize that the matter was not simple.
She immediately changed her tone and sneered, "Did the Lin family send you here? Or was it the Fifth Master? Since you're working for them, you should know who I am. If my master finds out, you and your whole family will be dead!"
When Aunt Fang said this, the driver outside sneered and said, "You are an aunt, but you are so arrogant."
When Aunt Fang got on the car, she took a look at the driver and saw that he was a short and thin old man, but now she heard his voice sound like that of a young man, and she became more and more hesitant.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?!"
The young man outside fell silent again, refusing to respond. No matter what words Concubine Fang used to test him, he remained silent, though he would sometimes laugh at something funny. In the end, Concubine Fang, who was very tactful and had many tricks up her sleeve, was left speechless.
She touched the dagger hidden in her sleeve, wondering whether to fight to the death. Ever since she suffered a loss at the hands of Lin, Concubine Fang always kept a dagger hidden in her sleeve, not even when she slept.
She listened to the voice of the person outside. He should be young and did not look very strong. If she and Nanny Yu worked together, they might have a chance of escape.
Aunt Fang was secretly making up her mind when she heard the sound of horse hooves coming closer and closer.
Aunt Fang and Nanny Yu were both delighted.
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