Chapter 710 Qi Jing’s plan!
"It's the fluorescent agent that Qingxuan used before." His voice was hoarse as if it had been sanded by sandpaper.
"She used it some time ago when she was teaching the kids in school how to make luminous kites..." Before she could finish her words, her throat suddenly choked.
At that time, Ran Qingxuan held the kite in his hands and smiled, saying that when the child was born, he would make a kite as big as a house to fly together.
Gu Yanchong held his brother's trembling shoulders. No one in the Gu family rested, as everyone was concerned about the sudden disappearance of Ran Qingxuan.
"Sixth brother, what you need to do now is to stay calm. The cloth was found at the fork in the road at the entrance of the village. Third brother and I discovered that there are sporadic fluorescent lights in the direction of the county town."
"The horses are ready, we can go now." Gu Yanxing turned and walked outside, his dark outfit blending into the night.
"Fourth brother, wait a moment." Gu Yanchen suddenly looked up, the scarlet in his eyes faded away, revealing a wolf-like sharp light.
"We can't alarm the villagers. When Qingxuan was kidnapped, they were able to leave in a county carriage. This means..."
"It means that there must be someone from the government helping him. It is not clear when Qingxuan was taken away. We must not alert the enemy."
He was afraid that if he irritated someone, then...
At midnight, the night watchman rang, and three dark shadows climbed over the wall from the Gu family's backyard.
Gu Yanchen took the lead, with his black shorts neatly tied around his waist, revealing his slender waist that was rarely shown to others.
After the three brothers left the village, fluorescent marks appeared on the grass leaves and dripped on the ground along the way.
And those lights and shadows that can only be seen in night vision goggles form a faint road in the darkness.
"Stop for a moment in front." Gu Yanjing suddenly grabbed his brother and gestured to the front.
At the locked gate of the county town ahead, several yamen runners were eating roast chicken around a fire.
Gu Yanxing silently pointed to the corner of the city wall, where there was a side door specifically for pouring out night incense.
After quietly entering the city, the three brothers quietly sneaked to the wall behind the county government office.
As he got closer, Gu Yanchen suddenly tensed up all over, because in the night vision goggles, he saw a piece of fluorescent light the size of a fingernail stuck in the cracks between the blue bricks on the ground, with a few drops of dried blood next to it.
He stroked the drops of blood with his fingertips, and suddenly punched the wall hard, his knuckles immediately becoming bloody.
"Calm down!" Gu Yanjing grabbed his wrist and said in a low voice.
"Don't make a sound. Alerting the guards won't save your brother and sister-in-law!"
The three of them climbed into the inner courtyard like civet cats. With the help of moonlight, Gu Yanchen discovered a fluorescent scratch on the window frame of the west wing of the county magistrate's mansion. That was the mark left by Ran Qingxuan.
His heart was pounding and he couldn't wait to break in through the window, but Gu Yanjing covered his mouth tightly.
“Someone!”
A large figure approached from the front yard, supported by a group of four people, and the drunken voice of County Magistrate Tang En was heard.
"Okay... If this matter is done, I can get a promotion... hiccup... It really comes without any effort..."
Just a few words have confirmed that Ran Qingxuan's disappearance is related to him. Gu Yanchen's eyes are bloodshot, and the dagger in his sleeve is unsheathed half an inch with a "clang".
Gu Yanxing quickly held him down, and the three of them moved to the back window along the shadow of the wall, just in time to hear the flattering voice of County Magistrate Cao Zheng.
"Your Excellency is wise and decisive. It is a blessing for me to follow you..."
With a loud bang, the thick door was kicked into pieces.
Gu Yanchen couldn't bear it any longer, he kicked the door open and rushed into the house with murderous intent.
Tang En was almost sober now. When he saw who was coming, he was so scared that he fell off the armchair and stammered, "Gu...Gu Yanchen...you broke in so late at night..."
"Who is the mastermind? Is it you?" The dagger in Gu Yanchen's hand was already against the county magistrate's throat, and his voice was so cold that it could condense ice.
"If you say one wrong word, I will make sure that you, this dog official, will never see the sun tomorrow!"
Tang En was frightened by Gu Yanchen's appearance, and his crotch was immediately wet: "This subordinate is innocent! That, that is the Black Feather Guard sent by His Highness. With the dragon-patterned token, this subordinate dare not..."
"Sixth brother!" Gu Yanjing suddenly shouted in a low and sharp voice. There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the yard, and the light of torches could be seen.
Gu Yanxing immediately knocked out the county magistrate Cao Zheng who was about to escape in the chaos, grabbed Gu Yanchen and pushed him towards the rear window: "Go!"
Just as the three of them climbed out of the county government office, a hand suddenly reached out from the dark alley and grabbed Gu Yanchen's clothes.
Gu Yanchen was about to chop down with his backhand, but he saw a familiar face. It was Qin Jun, a young yamen runner whom he had met several times in the county government.
"Mr. Gu!" Qin Jun's face was covered in sweat. He took out an oil-paper bag from his arms and handed it to him.
"An hour ago, I saw the two Black Feather Guards hide a pregnant woman in the carriage, and a while later something fell from the floor of the carriage..."
Qin Jun suddenly fell silent and looked towards the entrance of the alley.
The light of the torch was getting closer and closer, and Gu Yanxing pushed Qin Jun into the shadows.
Gu Yanjing quickly unfolded the oil paper, and inside was half a piece of fluorescent wooden wedge from the carriage...it was exactly what fell off when Ran Qingxuan was transferred.
"Huluguan..." Gu Yanchen stared at the small words engraved on the wooden wedge and suddenly laughed.
That smile made Qin Jun feel creepy, as if he saw a demon crawling out of hell.
"Qi Jing! Okay!" Gu Yanchen gently stroked the wooden wedge, bloodshot in his eyes.
"You're using my wife and children to force me to accept your order?"
Gu Yanchen turned to his two brothers and said word by word: "Fourth brother, please go home and comfort mother. Third brother, please quickly take a message to the Marquis of Zhenbei..."
The voice gradually became lower, and the last few words were almost squeezed out from between teeth.
"Don't..."
Before he could finish his words, the figure that almost blended into the night rushed out of the alley like an arrow.
Gu Yanjing hurriedly clasped his fists to thank Qin Jun, and when he turned around to chase him, he heard the broken mumbling in the night wind:
"Qingxuan...you must wait for me..."
More than an hour had passed since Ran Qingxuan was taken away from the village, brought to the county magistrate's mansion, and then transferred away.
An hour ago, Ran Qingxuan knew who took her away and guessed why she was taken away.
The axle of the carriage wheel squeaked harshly. Ran Qingxuan, with his hands tied, saw the vague outline of the stone lions at the back door of the county magistrate's mansion through the gap in the window guard.
She gently moved her bound wrists, quietly rubbing the ropes with the rhythm of the bumpy carriage all the way.
The man in black who was holding the knife against her stomach changed direction, and that man's attention was not on her wrist, and at this moment the hemp rope had loosened a little.
There was already a place for movement between her wrist and the rope. She moved her mind slightly and took out a sharp scalpel from the space and hid it in her palm...
"It's taken you so long, get out of the car quickly!" Outside the car, the voice of Xiang Cheng, the leader of the Black Feather Guard, was like a blunt knife scraping across rust.
When the curtain was lifted, cold wind rushed in, and the sickening scent of cold plums instantly wafted out from the gaps in the armor.
Ran Qingxuan held her breath and looked around. If she wanted to take the opportunity to enter the space, this would be her last chance!
Seeing that the man was about to approach, Ran Qingxuan's eyes became stern.
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