Although the time was short, Song Liyun did a quick check and found that three of the ten people, including Qi Heng, had passed out from holding their breath.
Fortunately, the first aid method was simple; she punched each of them in the chest and brought them back down.
Hearing the thumping sounds from inside the carriage, Song Dekui, who was driving and whose forehead was covered in sweat, said anxiously and fearfully, "My dear lady, please go easy on us! We said it was a grand gift for the garrison commander's office, but don't send a whole carriage full of dead people!"
No wonder he was afraid. Although the carriage had a canopy, it wasn't properly covered. Anyone who stopped it would see the Qi family members piled up.
Fortunately, everyone on the street was running towards the restaurant, and no one gave them a second glance.
Amidst the crowd, the horse-drawn carriage was like a small boat in a turbulent current, going against the flow.
Just as Song Dekui was filled with fear, he finally saw a pair of well-armored Zhenbei soldiers running towards him.
Fangzheng is running in the lead.
"Oh my God, you've finally arrived!" Song Dekui felt like he had seen a savior and hurriedly shouted.
He likes excitement, but this is way too exciting.
Following Song Liyun around was like raiding a hornet's nest when I was a kid; I always felt like I was going to die at any moment.
Fang Zheng saw Song Dekui and quickly stopped the team leader who was still running: "Commander, hurry, surround the carriage."
The man looked completely bewildered: "Old Fang, weren't you going to the restaurant to rescue someone?"
"Here they are!" Song Liyun lifted the curtain and revealed her face from inside the carriage. "Young Master Lin and the others are still at the restaurant. You go and maintain order, and the rest of you take this carriage back to the garrison headquarters!"
The commander-in-chief was initially stunned when he saw a Di woman coming out, but when he looked through the gap in the curtain, he saw a bunch of people lying around in a chaotic mess!
He shuddered and turned around to shout, "Squads one, two, and three, go to the restaurant to rescue people; the rest of you, escort the vehicle back to camp."
The Zhenbei Army changed formation in a flash. Some continued towards the restaurant, while others surrounded the carriage and ran towards the military camp outside the city.
The small city of Hecheng was thrown into chaos, and patrol teams came out one after another.
At the gate of the military camp outside the city, Guo Tong stood with an old man in gray.
The old man's face was full of wrinkles, and he asked Guo Tong, "General Guo, are you serious? This... Miss Song wants to arrest Qi Heng?"
Guo Tong was overjoyed: "Old Yu, although Miss Song is just a military household member, she is very capable."
The brothers told him that he had killed hundreds of wolves when he was on the grasslands.
He also led a dozen or so Di cavalrymen to fight the tribe that came to provoke them.
"Tsk tsk tsk! You all don't know, not only does Young Master Uda admire her immensely, but even Lady Uya treasures her!"
Old Yu frowned as he listened. If that were the case, then the lord should have performed the proper hospitality as a host yesterday.
Although it's not appropriate to directly invite someone to the residence, it's still advisable to have someone in the residence prepare a gift.
He had been careless; he felt he should communicate with his lord again.
Just then, a carriage rushed out of the city, surrounded by soldiers who had only recently entered the city.
Guo Tong, with his sharp eyes, immediately recognized Song Dekui, the driver. He quickly said to the old man in gray, "He's here, he's here, Elder Yu, just wait to interrogate him!"
The carriage went directly into the military camp, and led by the soldiers who came to greet it, it turned around several fences and disappeared behind layers of barracks.
In a restaurant in the city, Lao Qian and Abu were already panting heavily. In front of them were dozens of people carrying knives, guns, and clubs.
The people of the border town were fierce, and Lao Qian and Abu were no slouch either. Wielding the stolen broadswords, they took advantage of their advantageous position and stabbed several people to death.
At this point, both sides were already bloodthirsty.
A waiter in a restaurant shouted, "These outsiders dare to cause trouble in Hecheng, we'll chop them up!"
The people around him responded with a commotion.
The few actual guards of the Qi family below were sweating profusely.
Half a cup of tea time has passed, why are Third Master and his brothers, who were originally in the private room, still silent?
There were neither sounds of fighting nor screams, as if there was no one inside.
The guards exchanged glances, determined to go up and see what was going on.
So while Lao Qian and Abu were surrounded and attacked again, they went around the restaurant, took out a rope, and started climbing up from the outside window.
Just as he was about to climb onto the windowsill, a group of armed soldiers rushed from the street, along with a patrol that had come after hearing the news.
Amidst shouts of agreement, the restaurant was surrounded, and the patrol team rushed inside to arrest people.
Those who had been helping just moments before all fled, and chaos erupted both inside and outside.
Outside the building, the guards who had climbed onto the windowsill peered out and were immediately chilled from head to toe.
Apart from Lin Qingyuan, who was tilting his head and smiling broadly, there was no one else in the private room.
There was no one else...!
"What did you say? Master Qi and his eight bodyguards just disappeared in front of everyone?"
The Qi family in the east of the city.
Looking at the three guards kneeling in front of him, the head of the Qi family smashed his teacup.
"You all need to investigate this place thoroughly: where did that Di noblewoman come from?!"
"Master!" a guard said tremblingly, "That noblewoman from the Di tribe came with the Lin family of Pingyang Prefecture. When the fighting started, the noblewoman from the Di tribe disappeared; only Lin Qingyuan was still there!"
"Then arrest Lin Qingyuan!" Qi Kexian was furious.
The guard lowered his head even further: "Master, at that time, the Zhenbei army was numerous and powerful, and there was also a patrol brigade. Lin Qingyuan and the two people who made the move were all taken away."
"Take it back! We'll take it back if we have to!" Qi Kexian's eyes were bloodshot with anger. When had his Qi family ever made such a big mistake, especially in Hecheng, and in his own home?
Or... he was killed immediately after he attacked the Lin family.
This means the Zhenbei Army and the Garrison Command are targeting me.
Otherwise, how could Lin Qingyuan, a mere illegitimate son, possess such great abilities!
To take them back? Do you mean to snatch them from the garrison headquarters?
Lin Qingyuan, Abu Laoqian, and the other two are suspected of committing crimes and have been escorted to the garrison headquarters.
That's the territory of the Zhenbei Army. It's impossible for the Qi family to openly rob it; on the contrary, they'll need to cooperate with the investigation.
Before the kneeling guard could speak, someone else ran in from outside: "Master, the entire city is under martial law. No one is allowed to move around freely. They say they're going to search every house for the missing Third Master Qi!"
"Then search! Qi Heng has suddenly disappeared. We need to find him alive or dead."
Did those men just vanish into thin air like that?
Ziko already knew what had happened from the description given by the escaped guards.
Qi Heng and his nine companions were in a private room preparing to take the "Di tribe noblewoman" and Lin Qingyuan away when they all vanished without a trace.
The big black man and Lin Qingyuan stayed in the restaurant to fight with the people, while the "Di tribe noblewoman" jumped off the building and then left in a carriage.
Without finding Qi Heng and the others, the mystery surrounding this cannot be solved.
For the first time, Qi Kexian felt that the garrison had done a good job with personnel matters. The citywide martial law was very important, and the person in charge had to be found.
But someone whispered in his ear: "Master, the old man from the mountain forest is still in the villa. There's something in the cellar inside!"
Qi Kexian felt a chill run down his spine: Oh no, how could I have forgotten about this!
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