Chapter 209 The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind
The letter of unknown origin was sent by the kidnappers.
However, he did not ask Chunxi for a ransom, but asked Chunxi to leave the city alone before the city gates closed tonight.
Someone will pick her up outside the city, but if she dares to inform others, the person will not show up, and the bodies of Wang and Zheng'er will appear at the city gate tomorrow.
The letter was very short and Chunxi finished reading it quickly.
She did not panic, but gave the letter to A Li and took out a thousand taels of silver notes and asked A Li to take them to Wuyou Pavilion.
After A Li left, Chunxi changed her clothes, painted her face black with soot from the bottom of a pot, disguised herself as a servant and left the house through the back door with the servant who poured out the slop, and went to guard the city gate.
Towards evening, a carriage with the Mo family logo arrived at the city gate.
The city guards came forward to check as usual, and when the curtain was opened, Ning was sitting inside.
The guard was a little puzzled: "It's almost dark, why are you leaving the city at this time, Madam?"
Ning said calmly, "My deceased daughter came to me in a dream last night and asked me to do something for her."
Saying she was going to do some business, Ning didn't even bring her maids or servants, only a coachman.
It was already dark, and Ning was sitting in the carriage, her face mostly hidden in the darkness, looking a little strange, and her hoarse and extremely vicissitudes voice made her even more frightening.
The guards didn't want to bring bad luck, so they let him go.
The carriage slowly drove out of the city. No one noticed that Chunxi took the opportunity to crawl under the carriage and followed it out of the city.
After leaving the city, the carriage headed eastward and stopped at a place surrounded by mountains and water after about half an hour.
"Ma'am, we're here."
The coachman lifted the curtain, and Ning got off the carriage carrying a basket of paper money, incense and candles, and went straight to Mo Yunwan's grave.
Although Mo Yunwan was poisoned to death, she also committed the serious crime of murdering her mother-in-law. Old Madam Mo refused to recognize her, so Ning had no choice but to ask someone to look up the feng shui and bury her here.
The place looks beautiful with mountains and rivers during the day, but it looks desolate in the twilight, and Mo Yunwan's grave is even more lonely.
Ning lit incense and candles and placed them in front of the grave, burning paper while talking to Mo Yunwan.
"Wan'er, the Double Ninth Festival is over and the weather is getting colder. Don't be afraid. I'll come down to accompany you after I kill Cao Chunxi tonight."
The flames flickered, illuminating Ning's terribly thin face, making it look like a ghost instead of a human.
The groom shuddered at what he saw and couldn't help but stand a little further away.
Ning didn't care about these things. She looked at the cold tombstone with loving eyes: "Wan'er, wait for me. I will walk with you across the Naihe Bridge. In your next life, you will still be my daughter. I will definitely protect you well."
The tombstone was silent and did not give Ning any response.
Ning was not sad either, and she continued to talk about the interesting things that happened in Mo Yunwan's childhood.
After an unknown amount of time, a burly man approached Ning and said, "The person you wanted has been picked up and is on his way this way. Where's the money?"
"He's not dead yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
Ning answered coldly, completely different from the gentleness and kindness she showed when speaking to Mo Yunwan.
The burly man spat, "We're doing a job where we could lose our heads at any moment. If she brings someone else with her, we'll have to run for our lives. How would we have time to ask you for money then?"
This made some sense. Ning nodded and said, "I'll give you 70% first. As soon as I see the body, I'll give you the remaining 30%."
"Alright, as soon as she arrives, brothers, we'll rush over and chop off her head. We'll make sure she dies completely."
As they were talking, Wang and Zheng'er were brought over.
Zheng'er hadn't had milk for two days and was crying loudly. Wang had one of her fingers chopped off. She was in pain and scared. She saw Ning's legs trembling.
"Madam, Cao Chunxi has long since disowned me as her mother. She even reported her own brother to the government and had him exiled. She doesn't care about our lives at all. Please release me and my little grandson."
Wang cried and begged for mercy. She used to have illusions about the rich life in the noble family, but now after experiencing the danger hidden behind the glory and wealth, she just wanted to live her own life in peace and stability.
If she could return safely, she would definitely break off relations with Chunxi and never have any contact with her again!
Ning didn't care what Wang said. She stuffed a dagger into Wang's hand and said, "Cao Chunxi will be here soon. This dagger is smeared with poison. If you stab her once, I will let you and your grandson go."
Wang's face was pale and she was sweating profusely. She shook her head subconsciously: "No!"
No matter how disobedient and unfilial Chunxi was, she was still her daughter, born after ten months of pregnancy. How could she kill her own daughter with her own hands?
"Woooo ...
Zheng'er was held in Ning's arms and let out a sharp cry.
Wang fell to her knees with a plop: "Madam, please don't hurt my grandson. He is less than one year old and doesn't understand anything."
"If you want him to live, go kill Cao Chunxi, or I will throw him to death right now."
Ning said as she lifted Zheng'er high up. Wang's eyes were bloodshot and she said hastily, "Okay! I'll go kill Cao Chunxi, don't hurt him!"
Ning withdrew her hand with satisfaction.
Wan'er died after eating the food she sent, and Cao Chunxi had to die at the hands of his own biological mother.
Not long after, someone else came to report: "Madam, the person has arrived."
The burly man pulled Wang up, and she was a little unsteady on her feet. Ning touched Zheng'er's little face and reminded her, "I will always be watching you. If you don't dare to do it, you can collect the body of your grandson."
Wang swallowed hard and held the dagger tightly in her hand.
After the burly man took Wang away, Ning threw Zheng'er to another person in disgust: "Bury this evil child. He disturbed my Wan'er's sleep."
Ning never thought of letting Wang and Zheng'er go. She wanted three generations of the Cao family to be buried with her and Wan'er.
After saying this, Ning slowly followed to enjoy the spectacle of mother and daughter killing each other, while the man carried Zheng'er and walked quickly into the woods nearby.
Under the cover of night, Chunxi secretly got off the carriage and quietly followed the man holding Zheng'er.
At the stream not far away, "Chunxi" got off the carriage under the coercion of the kidnappers.
She was wearing a veiled hat and asked anxiously, "Where are my mother and my nephew?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang led four or five burly men to her.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"Chunxi" walked forward with concern, but unexpectedly, a cold light flashed before her eyes, and Wang waved a dagger and stabbed her.
At such a close distance and with her defenseless, it was impossible for her to dodge.
Ning, who was standing in the dark, curled her lips and smiled, but the next moment, "Chunxi" dodged extremely sharply.
Not only that, she also quickly snatched the dagger from Wang's hand, and quickly and accurately choked several burly men to the ground.
During the fight, the gauze hat fell to the ground.
Under the gauze hat, the face was about 60% similar to Chunxi, but it was not Chunxi, but a young man whose appearance was transformed by thick makeup.
Ning was so surprised by this unexpected change that she almost went crazy.
How dare Cao Chunxi tease her?
On the other side, Chunxi knocked down the big man with a sleeve arrow, and stepped forward in time to catch Zhenger steadily.
Zheng'er was frightened and cried even louder. Chunxi was about to comfort him when a dark shadow suddenly appeared and snatched Zheng'er away.
The shadowy figure stretched out his hand and grabbed Zheng'er's neck, saying solemnly, "If you don't want this child to die, then come with me."
Chunxi said without hesitation: "I'll go with you."
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