Chapter 712: Being held hostage by each other!
When the carriage started again, Ran Qingxuan leaned the back of his head against the wall and let out a silent long sigh.
What she didn't see was that Qin Jun immediately picked up the board and left the moment the carriage turned.
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"Gee!" Gu Yanchen whipped the horse hard, splashing mud and water.
Hulu Pass is a hundred miles away, and he must find a way to intercept them before Qi Jing's troops arrive.
"Sixth brother!" A loud shout came through the air, and Gu Yanchen reined in his horse suddenly.
I saw my third brother Gu Yanjing riding his horse blocking the middle of the road, his face full of worry under his straw raincoat.
“Sixth brother, do you want to make the whole family worry?”
Gu Yanchen's eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had lost the ability to think.
"Third brother, I beg you to move aside, Qingxuan is still pregnant..."
"That's why we can't be reckless!" Gu Yanjing stood in front of the horse and refused to give in.
"Since Qi Jing dared to kidnap people so brazenly, Hulu Pass must be a dangerous place, and they wanted you to break in!"
The veins on Gu Yanchen's hands holding the reins bulged and a sharp pain came from the palm of his hand. It turned out that his nails had already been embedded in his flesh.
He let go and said in a hoarse voice: "Just do as Third Brother said, go back first..."
The lights in Gu's house in Yongfeng Village were on. Gu Feng was sitting in the main hall, the candlelight casting deep shadows on his wrinkled face.
The other five brothers and female relatives of the Gu family, as well as Qu Feng and others, stood on both sides. The air was so stagnant that one could hear the sound of lamp sparks popping.
"When did you become so impulsive?" Gu Feng reached out and patted the table, but stopped abruptly when he saw the sadness in his son's eyes.
"You know, Qi Jing is waiting for you to come to him!"
Gu Yanchen knelt on one knee, his eyes were full of complex expressions: "Father..."
"Ah Xuan should be fine for now."
Qu Feng held the wooden board he brought back in his hand and said in a deep voice: "In addition to the words on this board, there is also a medicinal smell. Chang Fang smelled the ingredients of the pregnancy-preserving medicine.
I think the people who kidnapped her must have received orders not to let anything happen to her. I guess they gave her pregnancy-preserving medicine because they had to travel a long distance to Hulu Pass. ”
"They kidnapped her and fed her pregnancy-preserving drugs..."
Gu Yanzong suddenly sneered: "Give me a slap and then a date...Qi Jing..."
He unfolded the military map he had drawn in his spare time and pointed his finger at the location of Hulu Pass.
"There are cliffs on both sides of Hulu Pass, and only the area in the mountains can be passed. It is said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack. But if the entire pass is surrounded, we will be trapped like my father was..."
Thinking of what Gu Feng had experienced, everyone's face turned pale.
Gu Yanchen could no longer control himself and stood up suddenly. Out of panic and worry, he stumbled and bumped into the table with a loud noise.
"If Qi Jing has this idea, since he kidnapped Qingxuan to threaten him, then I will go!"
Apart from his family, no one is more important than his lover and children. He can bear the threat...
"Confused!" Fifth brother Gu Yanrui held his shoulder, his eyes showing worry for him and for his younger siblings who were taken away.
"Why do you have to go to Hulu Pass?"
"Have you ever thought that maybe this is Qi Jing's conspiracy? There is a big secret about Sixth Brother's wife, but it doesn't mean that there won't be clues found out!"
"And if Sixth Sister-in-law is determined to escape, how can those Black Feather Guards be her opponent?"
As Gu Yanrui spoke, his mood became heavier.
"If my guess is correct, Qi Jing should have issued a death order. If Sixth Brother's wife dares to make any unusual moves, she will suffer more serious consequences than her own injury..."
As for the consequences, everyone present turned pale...
"It's a child..." Old Madam Gu murmured, and her figure shook.
Zhou Furong, who was watching over her, quickly supported her and comforted her: "Mother, didn't Master Qu say that those people also gave Sixth Sister-in-law pregnancy-preserving medicine, so Sixth Sister-in-law will be fine!"
The other female members of the Gu family also followed suit to comfort them, and Old Madam Gu wiped her tears and spoke to everyone.
"I don't care. Our whole family's lives were saved by Ran. Ask yourself, do you want to watch her fall into danger?"
Of course, no one would do that, but there is no better way now.
"Mom, nothing will happen to my sixth brother's wife!" Gu Yanrui was no longer at the age of being impulsive, so he still made a very accurate analysis of this.
"If my guess is correct, Qi Jing is not only using his sixth brother's wife to threaten his sixth brother, but also using his sixth brother to threaten his sixth brother's wife!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone turned to look at him.
"What do you mean by that, Fifth Brother?"
Gu Yanrui was silent for a moment, organizing his words, and said slowly: "More than half a month ago, Qi Jing ordered his men to come and ask for Sixth Brother, but Sixth Brother refused, and he couldn't take him away by force.
Afterwards, the second brother contacted people from Wanbao Pavilion to inquire about the news, and learned that the young prince of Yigui died suddenly, and the eldest prince Wencha Suhe, who was of illegitimate bloodline, took the opportunity to ascend to the throne and become the new King of Yigui. ”
"The news of the Yigui regime change was well concealed. Perhaps Wencha Suhe did not want Northern Qi to take the opportunity to attack."
After a pause, Gu Yanrui couldn't help but shook his head.
"Wen Chasuhe's ambitions are huge, and this attack on Hulu Pass has been planned for a long time. The troops of Zhenbei Hou are guarding Beiguan and Hancheng, so they are already busy, not to mention Hulu Pass..."
As he spoke, Gu Yanrui looked at his second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e with a bad expression.
"After my sixth brother's wife was abducted, we sent spies to find out the news about Hulu Pass based on the clues she left behind.
It is said...it is said that my second sister-in-law's eldest brother Chang Hu has been struggling in Hulu Pass for more than a month. If there is no food and manpower, I am afraid that his fate will be..."
"Ah?" Chang Yue'e didn't expect that her elder brother would be trapped in Hulu Pass. She immediately fell to the ground in disbelief and was unable to recover for a long time.
The women of the Gu family rushed to support him, and Gu Yanrui had no choice but to continue.
"Winter has just passed. Even if we collect grain and grass in the spring, there won't be much. Besides, Qi Ren is not worthy of the throne, not to mention whether he has the ability to deploy troops..."
"The national treasury is probably already empty. In addition, the foreign invaders invaded some time ago. Not only did my sixth brother's wife help the Marquis of Zhenbei buy food, she even paid part of it for him. It is very likely that Qi Jing knew about this, so..."
The matter of giving food and gold to Marquis Zhenbei was something that the brothers had chatted about while drinking, and when Gu Yanrui mentioned this, there was nothing that they didn't understand.
“So what Fifth Brother meant was that Qi Jing held Sixth Brother’s wife hostage so that Sixth Brother would be willing to fight for his life against the Yigui army.
Once my sixth brother agrees to go to Hulu Pass, his wife will definitely not watch him starve to death or be trapped by the Yigui people, right? ”
Gu Yanrui nodded with difficulty. Qi Jing’s thoughts were probably very similar to what he was thinking now.
"Heh..." Gu Yanchen suddenly snorted coldly, his tone full of sarcasm.
"Qi Jing has already lost one leg. Northern Qi will not allow a disabled person to be emperor. Even if we follow his wishes, what will he gain?"
Qu Feng said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, Ah Xuan is a doctor. Her medical skills are unmatched in this world!"
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