Chapter 79 Crazy Kidnapper
Su Qianqian felt a chill in her heart and prepared to go to another city gate to look for it.
[My lady, Madam Zhen can also imagine that the Qin family will look for her. Merchants who have dealings with Xiayifang will certainly be checked. Will she disguise herself when leaving the city? 】
The system asked.
"Do the people traveling with this merchant match the ones on the customs pass? Are there other people traveling with them?" Su Qianqian asked again.
"There is only one more old woman who cooks and two maids. They look unwell and are sleeping. I think they were bought for cheap..."
"How long have they been out of the city?" Qin Hanzhang interrupted the soldier's chattering in a cold voice.
"It's been an hour..."
Qin Hanzhang stopped talking, rode his horse and galloped out of the city, with a group of people following closely behind him.
Su Qianqian was dizzy and felt sore in the waist and legs. She had been running towards Daqian for more than half an hour, but still could not see the group of merchants.
"Stop!" Su Qianqian shouted loudly, and Qin Hanzhang reined in his horse.
"I feel something is wrong. Perhaps the merchant changed his route after leaving the city, otherwise we should be able to catch up with him by now."
Su Qianqian resisted the urge to vomit and reminded Qin Hanzhang.
[My lady is right. She was originally going to Daliang, so why did she go to Daqian first? The night is long and dreams are many. It is inconvenient to take care of two children. 】The system quickly agreed.
[Are you the one who stepped on the horse's foot?] What have you done so far? My stomach is about to become a wall-breaking machine! 】Su Qianqian cursed the system in her heart.
"What if we leave the city and head towards Da Zhou?" Su Qianqian added.
"Leave one team to continue the pursuit. If there are no merchants from the Great Zhou in half an hour, return. The rest of you follow me!"
Qin Hanzhang gave the order to turn from the side road and head towards the official road of Da Zhou.
On the official road leading to Da Zhou, there were seven or eight ox carts, some carrying goods, some covered with black canopies, constantly urging the oxen driving them to move faster.
The sound of hurried horse hooves came from behind, and the sparse pedestrians on the road hurriedly made way to the side of the road, and then they saw two people sitting on the horse in the lead.
The person in front is obviously a woman, with a veil on her face... yes, it is on her face, not on her head. She holds the horse's neck tightly with her hands. The man behind her has a handsome and stern face, whipping his horse and galloping past.
Hearing the hurried sound of horse hooves, the ox driver shouted at the oxen to move to the side of the road to avoid a collision, but the group of people stopped in front of the ox cart, blocking the cart's way.
The merchants from the Great Zhou sitting in the ox cart realized something was wrong and hurriedly got out of the cart, only to see a team of dozens of soldiers surrounding their caravan.
Qin Hanzhang dismounted first, then helped Su Qianqian, who was wearing a veil to protect her from the wind and sun, down. As soon as her feet touched the ground, her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground. Qin Hanzhang hurriedly half-supported and half-hugged Su Qianqian to hold her up.
[Fortunately, this is an accidental mission. If I had to fight on horseback all day, I would either die on the horse or go crazy! 】Su Qianqian didn’t even have the energy to complain in her heart.
Qin Hanzhang: Do you want to first understand what "Ma Shang Feng" means...
The merchant from the Great Zhou Dynasty saw that this was a soldier, and the smile on his face deepened: "Sir, I wonder why you stopped my car?"
"Are you a businessman from the Great Zhou?" Qin Hanzhang asked instead of answering.
Su Qianqian: It’s you! You are worthy of it! My consistent style is that I may not answer the questions you ask, but when I ask questions, you just answer whatever you want!
"I am indeed a businessman from the Great Zhou Dynasty." The man replied respectfully, bending his back.
"Where are you going? Who are you traveling with? Everyone, come here to check your identity. It has been reported that there are spies lurking with the caravan. If you are harboring spies, you know what crime you will be charged with."
Qin Hanzhang glanced at the businessman coldly and gently loosened his hand on Su Qianqian's waist.
"I am a merchant returning to the Great Zhou. How dare I harbor a spy? That is a capital crime punishable by death!... Quick, quick, everyone in the car get off and show me the documents for inspection."
The businessman was so scared that he wiped his sweat, asked people to get off the car, and took out the document from his pocket.
Qin Hanzhang didn't even look at them, but glanced at the people getting off the car.
There were two young men in their twenties, an old man in his fifties, and the last one to come down was an old woman with a hunched back and a headscarf covering her face.
Su Qianqian was used to seeing the road through the black gauze on the top of the veil. At this moment, she forgot her own image. With the veil on her face and the tight ribbon on the back of her head, she pushed Qin Hanzhang away and walked towards the old woman with trembling legs.
[It is indeed Madam Zhen in disguise!] 】The system reveals the answer in advance.
Walking up to the old woman, Su Qianqian took something out of her sleeve and hid it in her hand. Then she reached out to pull the old woman's headscarf, revealing Madam Zhen's somewhat panicked eyes.
"Madam Zhen, we meet again. Where are the two young masters?" Su Qianqian said coldly.
Madam Zhen was slightly startled when she heard Su Qianqian's voice. She really didn't expect that the wife of Marquis Wuning would stand in front of her like this.
"I just wanted to go to the Great Zhou to seek a way to make a living. How could I know about the young master? I met them once and then let them go back to the Marquis' Mansion."
Madam Zhen calmed herself down and responded calmly.
[My lady, she hid the two children dressed as little girls among the cargo, in the ox cart loaded with brocade in front. She was afraid that the two children would wake up, so she blocked their mouths with cloth and tied their hands and feet. 】
Su Qianqian's heart sank. If the children blocked their mouths and noses while unconscious, their lives would be in danger.
"Merchants from the Great Zhou, the soldiers guarding the city said that you also bought two maids. Where are they?" Qin Hanzhang asked as he walked towards the ox cart loaded with goods.
Suddenly, Madam Zhen took a step back swiftly and reached the ox cart before Qin Hanzhang. She pulled out the long and sharp red gold hairpin on her head, cut open the oilcloth on the cart, revealing the frightened eyes of the two children, and put the gold hairpin against Qin Mian's neck.
"Let us go. At most, I will leave Li Ge'er behind. I must take Mian Ge'er with me. I can't live without him...
Do you want three corpses, or a living Li Ge'er, a Mian Ge'er who lives a carefree life in a foreign land? You can choose for yourself. ”
Madam Zhen's voice was hollow and mechanical, as if it didn't come from her mouth.
"Madam Zhen, think carefully about what you are doing! If you put down the hairpin in your hand now, the Wuning Marquisate will forgive you for what you have done and regard it as your hard work for the two young masters. From now on, we are even.
If you persist in your wrongdoings and hurt even a hair of the two young masters, I guarantee that you won't have the chance to kneel down and get up. ”
At this time, Su Qianqian felt that the veil was blocking her view. She pushed it from her face to the top of her head, revealing her dusty face and her eyes were cold.
"But I can't live without Mian'er, I can't! I'll give Li'er to you, to you!" Madam Zhen used a hairpin to hold Qin Mian against her chest, and reached out to pull the tied Qin Li to the ground.
Su Qianqian reached out to help, "Don't come over! Let him go by himself. Coachman, drive! I will stab to death anyone who dares to stop me!" Madam Zhen shouted like a madman.
Su Qianqian stopped and watched Qin Li stumble over to her with tears on his face. Qin Mian's neck was already bleeding...
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