This time was no exception, except that Tang Chen had instructed Aunt Lin to write the man's name as "Uncle with a Small Mustache" when registering. This uncle gave her a strange feeling, not at all the friendly feeling that a middle-aged uncle should have. This money might have come from unknown sources.
After Gan Zhao and his men left, Tang Chen took off the plum blossom hairpin from his hair and gave it to Aunt Lin, and instructed: "If they come here to cause trouble when I'm not around. Aunt, take this to Liuxiang Tavern and find Chen Xin."
After Aunt Lin put away the hairpin, she suddenly asked with some fear: "Could it be that they are bad guys who want to attack us?"
Tang Chen shook her head slightly. She didn't know the details, but she was just being prepared. This plum blossom hairpin was given to her by Wang Yanzhou as compensation. If she took it to him, she would definitely find it.
After explaining everything clearly, Tang Chen saw that it was getting late, so she decided to go to Chunzaitang and left Qinglong Village. Unfortunately, someone was already waiting for her halfway.
"Young lady, please stay."
This was the same routine as in the morning. However, the person leading the group this time was not some unknown person, but Gan Zhao. A group of people forced Tang Chen into the alley and started nagging again: "Miss, do you know Wang Yanzhou?"
Tang Chen clenched his fists under his sleeves, but his expression remained calm as he said, "I know him. He's the head of Qingliang Valley, and everyone knows him."
Gan Zhao was slightly taken aback. What did this young woman mean by "everyone knows"? Very good. He had Tianshu Tower investigate for a long time, and she actually said "everyone knows." It seemed that she had a special relationship with Wang Yanzhou. Even if their relationship was ordinary, they must be acquaintances. "Everyone knows? I wonder if the young lady could tell me where Valley Master Wang is now."
Tang Chen rolled his eyes at the somewhat unpleasant handsome uncle and said unhappily, "Go find it yourself. I'm busy."
Seeing Tang Chen being so rude, Ah Si suddenly became furious: "How dare you!"
Before he finished speaking, the others rushed over, surrounded Tang Chen, and tied him up. Tang Chen saw that the situation was not good and quickly shouted: "What are you trying to do! Someone, come here, you are robbing a decent woman in broad daylight!"
Perhaps fearing that Tang Chen's screams would cause unnecessary trouble, Gan Zhao waved his hand, signaling someone to gag her mouth with a cloth. "Don't worry, young lady. I just want to talk to Wang Yanzhou about something. I'll let you go once I find him. Until then, I'm sorry to bother you staying with us."
Soon, Tang Chen was forcibly stuffed into a large sack by these people and taken away. When she was released, she was already in an unfamiliar room. Gan Zhao had someone buy some pig blood and, without saying a word, poured it all over Tang Chen.
Tang Chen was startled at first, then furious. If they had the guts, they could have loosened the ropes. How could they be so brave as to just pull the strips of cloth? "What on earth are you trying to do, hooligans!"
Tang Chen's call of "hooligan" was well-chosen. After her clothes were soaked with pig blood, Gan Zhao had someone loosen the rope on her body and then had someone take off her blood-stained coat.
"Have someone throw these clothes at the gate of Qinglong Village."
"yes."
... Aunt Lin, who was near Qinglong Village, preparing to call the children who had run out to play back for dinner, found Tang Chen's coat on the large rock at the entrance. When she saw the blood on the clothes, Aunt Lin collapsed on the spot. After being helped up, everyone in Qinglong Village who was able to move scattered throughout the city to search for Tang Chen's whereabouts.
Aunt Lin, carrying the blood-stained clothes and plum blossom hairpin, ran to find Chen Xin crying. After listening to Aunt Lin's brief account of what happened, Chen Xin also panicked. She first asked someone to close the shop and search for the person, and then ran to the study in the backyard in a hurry.
"Master, something happened to Miss Tang!"
Wang Yanzhou was looking at the secret letter in his hand. After looking up at Chen Xin, he comforted him: "Don't worry, she has someone secretly protecting her. Is it our people this time? She got rid of them again."
"No, something really happened, look!"
When Wang Yanzhou saw Tang Chen's clothes and the plum blossom hairpin, he slammed the desk with a loud bang and said, "How dare you!"
Chen Xin quickly knelt on one knee and explained: "Master, I'm afraid Miss Tang was taken away by the king. Qinglong Village and our people are already searching for her in the city, and we should have news soon."
Wang Yanzhou tightly grasped the plum blossom hairpin in his hand and said, "...I will dig three feet into the ground to find him."
The sky gradually darkened, and the grass was filled with the constant chirping of insects. Thanks to the combined efforts of Qinglong Village and Qingliang Valley, Tang Chen's whereabouts were discovered before the moon even rose above the willows. Beggars familiar with Qinglong Village reported that a group of unfamiliar individuals had been seen stealthily entering a house in the north of the city carrying a large sack. Because the contents of the sack resembled a person, they remembered it with particular clarity.
Led by these beggars, Wang Yanzhou, along with only Chen Xin, found the house. Before he could knock on the door, Ah Si took the initiative to open it and greet him...
Tang Chen had indeed stayed in that house before, but now he had arrived at a safer and more secluded place.
Tang Chen didn't know what these people were thinking. If they wanted to lock someone up, they could have just done it. Why did they send someone inside when there were already people guarding the door? Didn't they know that it's forbidden for men and women to touch each other? She had originally wanted to jump out the window and escape, but there was someone with a knife with her. How could she escape? This wasn't how the script was supposed to be written!
Seeing that it was impossible to escape, Tang Chen thought about starting with the people in this room. After thinking for a moment, he raised his lips and approached them with a smile: "Brother, are your salaries high? Do you have insurance? I see you guys are working with knives and bricks, isn't the work you do usually very dangerous? If something goes wrong during your mission, will your family know? If no one knows, will you be buried by the river? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, what a pity it is to be unable to slide in this life..."
The two guards in the room had originally not intended to pay attention to Tang Chen, but Tang Chen was really restless and kept on talking about things like this. He must have been tired of talking, so he took a sip of tea and continued to talk, as if he had endless things to say.
One of the guards couldn't stand it anymore, so he took off the knife from his waist, put it on the table and warned: "Shut up!"
Tang Chen said innocently, "Brother, you misunderstood. I was just asking about the market. You know, I just run a small study or something, and I'm a girl, so I can't make a lot of money. I just want to make some extra money to supplement the family income. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"
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