Chapter 303: Desperate
Su Ruojin looked at him in horror. He actually wanted a hot weapon. He denied it, "I don't know."
Looking at the young lady who was denying it in a hurry, Gou Chunwen, with a stern face, seemed very determined. He turned to his entourage and said, "Give her paper and pen and let her draw it."
"Yes, Chief."
One of the two men in black took a pen and paper, and the other lifted Su Ruojin up and said, "Draw quickly, don't delay the leader's work."
How could Su Ruojin possibly draw for him? She turned her head away in silent refusal.
Gou Chunwen seemed to know that she couldn't draw, and said calmly, "If you don't draw it, I will kill her."
Who to kill? Su Ruojin looked at the man surnamed Gou in horror again. Could it be that his little sister was caught by him?
“Mmm…”
A little beggar with his hands tied behind his back was brought in.
Although she was in tattered clothes and had a dirty face, Su Ruojin still recognized her at a glance, "Arong?"
"Um...ah..." The cloth ball stuffed in Yang Si Niang's mouth was removed, "Ajin...Ajin..." She cried loudly, trembling with fear.
Su Ruojin never thought that this would be the case when she met Yang Si Niang again. She looked at Gou Chunwen again, "Master Yang, what did you say just now?"
Killing his own daughter and then threatening her to draw the blueprint of a musket?
She stared at the man named Gou with wide eyes.
Gou Chunwen put his hands behind his back and narrowed his eyes coldly: "Draw it quickly."
Su Ruojin didn't listen at all and confronted him.
The guard who was holding Yang Si Niang threw a dagger across Yang Si Niang's neck and asked, "Do you want to draw?"
Blood instantly seeped out of Yang Si Niang's neck, "Ah...Jin...Ah..." She looked at Su Ruojin in despair.
Su Ruojin jumped up, but before she could jump over, she was held down by two men in black. She cursed, "Mr. Yang, this is your biological daughter..."
Yang Si Niang was so scared that she cried and shouted, "Ajin... he is not my father, he is not... I don't know him..." She didn't know what went wrong, but she knew that this cold-blooded villain was definitely not her father.
Gou Chunwen glanced at his daughter who was worse than a beggar and said ruthlessly, "She is just a tool for me to hide Dayin."
Su Ruojin's footsteps faltered as she heard this, and she instantly dropped her shoulders, saying incredulously, "To achieve your goal, you are so desperate and ruthless."
It's so scary.
She raised her eyes unwillingly, "Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"This is nonsense that only you people in Dayin believe in. I, the brave Liaoxia nation, only believe in Changshengtian." Gou Chunwen urged impatiently, "Do you want to draw?"
As soon as he said this, the knife tightened around Yang Si Niang's neck and blood oozed out.
"I'll draw." Su Ruojin gritted her teeth and raised her head to hold back her tears. "Let her go. Hurry up and give her hemostatic medicine. Bandage her up. And..." She wiped her tears. "I'm hungry. Hurry up and have someone bring me food. Only after I eat well will I have the strength to draw the blueprint."
The subordinate thought she was asking too much and wanted to beat her, but Gou Chunwen stopped him and asked, "How long will it take?"
"One hour." Su Ruojin sneered, "Do you think you can make a musket just by having the blueprint? Dream on."
Gou Chunwen said viciously, "If you dare to tamper with the drawings, I will kill you too."
Su Ruojin pursed her lips, not afraid of the man named Gou. If he had the guts, he could kill her right now.
Gou Chunwen narrowed his eyes, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he stared at the young lady.
The two faced off.
Yang Si Niang was so frightened that she moved towards Su Ruojin until she hugged Su Ruojin's arm tightly with both hands.
Gou Chunwen glanced at his little daughter, narrowed his pupils, and turned away.
His men glanced at the two young ladies and then followed him away.
Soon, Su Yang and his partner were the only ones left in the cellar.
Yang Si Niang hugged her and cried, "A Jin..."
“Arong…”
Fear, anxiety, uncertainty about life and death.
The two of them cried uncontrollably.
A man in black came in and brought some steamed bread and a jar of water.
In the first month of the lunar year, the cellar was extremely cold. Su Ruojin calmed down first. She patted Yang Si Niang on the back and finally persuaded her to stop crying. "Arong, don't cry. Let's eat first so that we can have the strength to find a way to escape."
Yang Si Niang sniffed and snorted, "How can we escape? The cave is cold and hard to find. We are probably going to die here."
"Cave?" Su Ruojin looked at the walls in surprise. It didn't look like a cave. She quickly let go of Yang Si Niang, walked to the wall, and looked at the hole in the wall with traces of masonry. "It doesn't look like a cave." But it didn't seem to be a cellar either.
She reached out to touch the wall, but was stopped by a shout, "If you don't eat it, I'll take it away. If the blueprint is not good in an hour, I'll kill both of you."
Su Ruojin was startled by the voice and retracted her hand.
Yang Si Niang was so scared that she clung to Su Ruojin again.
The young lady was shaking with fear. Su Ruojin reached out and patted her gently, then took her to the small stone table, took out a steamed bun and handed it to Yang Si Niang: "Eat it quickly."
No one knew how long they had been held here. Su Ruojin was extremely hungry at the moment. She did not care how cold and hard the nest was. She took a bite and chewed it carefully, thinking of a solution while eating. When she stretched her neck to swallow, she took a sip of cold water.
No matter how bad the conditions are, survival is the first priority.
Yang Si Niang had been a beggar for a long time, so she could eat cold and hard dumplings. Just like Su Ruojin, she took a sip of water and finally finished eating a hard dumpling.
"Arong, take a rest first. I'll draw the picture."
"good."
This voice caused Su Ruojin to be stunned with pity. Her biological father threatened her life, but she seemed to really not know Yang Jingzi. He leaned against her tightly, realized that she didn't take the pen, and carefully reminded her, "Ajin?"
She came back to her senses, "When did you return to Beijing? Or were you kidnapped to Beijing by Yang?"
Yang Si Niang shook her head. "I came to the capital secretly and was eating in a restaurant. I don't know how I was caught."
"Secretly?" Su Ruojin asked in surprise, "When did it happen?"
"Last year."
"When last year?"
Yang Si Niang shrank her head and didn't reply.
Su Ruojin seemed to remember something, "Could it be that you were the one who threw the note at the Dongsheng Restaurant?"
Yang Si Niang nodded, "Yes."
"Oh my God..." Su Ruojin looked at Yang Si Niang, who was wearing ordinary beggar clothes, and quickly turned around and grabbed her hand, "You won't tell me that you have been begging for a living for the past few months?"
Although he was rescued for more than ten or twenty days, it was a fact that he basically remained in the capital as a beggar.
She nodded silently.
"Why didn't you come to me?" If she had come to her earlier, perhaps there wouldn't be such a threat today.
"I..." Yang Si Niang lowered her head as Su Ruojin stared at her, and hummed, "I always felt like someone was following me, so I tried to throw a note to you that time, and it turned out to be true, so I remembered what my mother said, and I didn't dare to look for you anymore."
It was only at this point that Yang Si Niang finally understood who was following her.
"You..." Su Ruojin slapped her head. She had thought that the man named Gou would not let Dayinchao off, but she didn't expect this to be the case.
Yang Si Niang burst into tears again, "Ah Jin, has my father really gone mad? Is he going to be a villain who will be infamous forever?"
Su Ruojin: ...
This child doesn’t know that his father is a fake father... No, that’s not right. The father is the real father, and the person is a fake person... That’s not right either. Forget it... Forget it, it’s hard to explain.
Seeing that Su Ruojin didn't say anything, Yang Si Niang lowered her head and picked at her fingers, "Don't think I don't know anything. I know that my father killed the former crown prince and the previous emperor just to become a powerful official. He is so bad, I don't recognize him anymore."
Su Ruojin: ...
She sighed deeply. If this were true, it would be fine. At most, it would be a treacherous official. But the truth is much more complicated than this. It involves two countries. This is...
Well, Su Ruojin hugged her, patted her back, and comforted her simple and innocent heart. Knowing the truth might not be a good thing, so let her think so!
An hour passed quickly, Su Ruojin cheered up and drew the musket picture first.
While she was painting, she was distracted. If she finished the painting, Gou would not kill her right away. After all, she had to find a place to make a musket to test its effect and see if she had any tricks.
Su Ruojin thought, is this a trick? How long will it take Gou to make a musket? Can she escape in that time? Or can she wait for Zhao Lan to save her?
Between life and death, Su Ruojin constantly weighed the pros and cons and tried to find a way to escape.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the New Year is basically over, and those who should go to school go to school, and those who should go to work go to work.
Su Ruojin disappeared, and Zhao Lan deceived the Su brothers and sisters by saying that his aunt had given birth. In order to prevent the threat of a counterattack from Gou, Zhao Lan asked Santai to bring the Su couple back to the capital, using the excuse that Princess Yuehua was not feeling well after giving birth and her life was in danger.
His brother's wife is a princess and she is not feeling well after giving birth. As Su Yanzu's brother and sister-in-law, Su Yanli and his wife have to return to Beijing just in case. They want to go to the Prince Consort's Mansion but are stopped by Zhao Lan.
"Now we just need Ajin, the lucky star, to stay by our side. Leave the rest to the imperial physician."
"Oh oh." Su Yanli felt something was wrong, but his sister-in-law was a princess, so the slight doubt was suppressed, "Then we..."
"Wait for my notification. If anything happens, I will come to pick you up in person."
Ever since meeting Zhao Lan, this kid has been steady, and the last bit of something wrong with Su Yanli was cleared up by him, "Okay, then I get it."
He just needs to wait at home with his wife and children.
After settling Su Ruojin's family, Zhao Lan left the Su family.
It has been three days since Su Ruojin disappeared.
Neither Prince Wei nor Ning Qillang found the person.
The three of them met at Zhao Lan Restaurant.
There is a hidden guard beside Zhao Lan who has come out in the open. Everyone calls him Liuzi.
He was led by Santai to the three nobles, "Tell the masters what you found out."
"Yes." Liu Zi bowed and said, "My Lord Wei, General Ning, and my master, I am sure that Gou is still in the capital, and the Second Lady is definitely in the capital as well."
"Where is the target?"
"There are three places." Xiaoliu said softly, "They are Caiqiao, Xiangguo Temple, and Iron Tower."
Eiffel Tower?
The three of them were shocked at the same time.
The Iron Pagoda is located at the north gate of Kyoto and is under construction. Because it is made of brown glazed bricks that look like iron, people call it the Iron Pagoda. It is intended to be used to enshrine the Buddha, but every time it is built, either the prince is assassinated or the emperor is killed, there is always a bad omen, so the Iron Pagoda has not been completely built yet.
Ning Qilang's first reaction was to stand up and say, "I'll go over there and check."
Prince Wei asked him, "Why is it an iron tower?"
Ning Qilang took a deep breath and said, "Years ago, I rescued a little beggar. She lived near Xiangguo Temple, which has been raided several times."
“Then why not choose Cai Qiao?”
Zhao Lan said, "Caiqiao is the south city gate, and not far after entering the city gate is Xiqiao Alley."
He copied this place many times.
Prince Wei nodded, "Then let's go together."
Ning Qilang raised his foot, then paused after thinking for a moment, "Zhao Zijin, I've been looking for you for three days. I want to ask, is the little beggar I saved related to your fiancée?"
Zhao Lan glanced at him, thought for a moment and said, "They used to be friends."
friend?
Ning Qilang guessed: "Could they have been kidnapped by the same group of people?"
Zhao Lan had thought of this problem a long time ago. He even knew what Ning Qilang didn't know. With narrowed eyes, he roughly guessed Gou's purpose. He was so cruel that he used Ajin's best friend to restrain Ajin, and then use Ajin to kill him.
But three days have passed, and Gou hasn't sent anyone to lure him into the trap. Could it be that he guessed wrong and he has a bigger purpose?
Zhao Lan looked towards the direction of the palace unconsciously. Could it be that he still wanted to kill that person?
How the emperor came to sit on the throne should be clear to him better than anyone else, so how could he give Gou another chance? At this moment, not only are most of the troops from the Imperial City Bureau and the Imperial Guards on duty inside and outside the palace, but even part of General Ning's vanguard battalion has been transferred to defend the palace. It is now difficult for even a bird to fly into the palace, let alone a human.
But it has been so long, why is Gou so holding back his anger? What does he want to do?
Suddenly, something flashed through Zhao Lan's mind.
He closed his eyes.
Ning Qilang, the Prince of Wei, was about to go to the iron tower. Seeing Zhao Lan closing his eyes and not leaving, he asked, "Zijin, what's wrong?"
Zhao Lan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the hidden guard Xiaoliu.
He immediately walked to his master and put his ear to his master's mouth.
Zhao Lan said a few words softly, and then he said, "Yes, master." After that, he bowed to everyone and left.
He was of medium height, with ordinary looks and ordinary footwork skills. When Prince Wei and Ning Qilang were wondering, Santai grinned and said, "Young Master is worried about the Su family, so he asked him to run an errand."
Oh, so that's how it is.
Trapped in a closed space, Su Ruojin and Yang Siniang counted the time by relying on their sleepiness.
"Ajin, you said this happened in the past few days?"
Su Ruojin listened to the sound of water dripping, "About four days."
"Four days?" It's been so long. Yang Siniang grabbed Su Ruojin's hand and trembled. "Ajin, can we still get out alive?"
During these four days, that vicious father never showed up again. He only gave them a few nests and a little water every day, as if he was hanging on to their lives.
The man surnamed Gou must have taken the blueprints out to have someone make a musket. Making it is no easy task. The one Su Ruojin made for Zhao Lan took several months to make. Even if Gou had all the materials and tools, it would still take him ten days to make it.
Su Ruojin listened to the sound of dripping water, stood up again and walked along the wall. This cellar was different from the one in Su's house. She had knocked on it several times and it was solid. So where did the sound of water come from?
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