Arrested
Qin Yuyao was delighted that she had an unexpected surprise on her trip today. Seeing the waiter inviting her in, Jiang He was not far behind her, so she lifted the curtain and walked in.
The next moment, he found that his feet were empty, and before he could call out, he passed out in a burst of foul-smelling smoke.
When she woke up with a splitting headache, she immediately found herself tied up and thrown into a carriage, surrounded by straw, and still wearing the same clothes she had worn when she went out with Luan Zhengya.
Qin Yuyao tried to cry for help, but the cloth stuffed into her mouth completely filled it. She repeated this many times, but could only utter faint whimpers.
Qin Yuyao was panicking, thinking she had been kidnapped, but she still tried her best to calm herself down. Since she was still alive, the other party obviously had other intentions.
Feeling the intermittent vibrations around her, Qin Yuyao quickly guessed that she might have been secretly transported out of Shengjing City.
But she had no idea where the carriage was now. The carriage had no curtains, and the only exit was covered tightly with straw.
In the darkness, Qin Yuyao began to try to free her hands from the hemp rope. After repeated attempts, the skin between her wrists was actually cut, and any further movement was accompanied by intense pain.
Qin Yuyao closed her eyes and listened carefully to the sounds outside. No one was talking. Only the occasional neighing of horses could be heard. It was obvious that the driver was constantly whipping the horses, just to speed away from Shengjing City.
Recalling that Jiang He was not far behind him at that time, if the other party had caught him, he would definitely find a way to stop Jiang He.
At this time, the news of her arrest must have been passed on to Luan Zhengya, but she didn't know when she would be able to find herself.
Qin Yuyao was lost in thought, but the carriage was so bumpy that she gradually fell asleep again.
What she didn't know was that after she woke up, the person driving the carriage calculated the time and threw another drug that would make people unconscious into the carriage.
What they wanted was for her to be unaware and quietly move to the place where this group of people wanted her.
After an unknown amount of time, when Qin Yuyao opened her eyes again, she found that the straw covering her body was being constantly lifted up.
Until a ray of light came in, Qin Yuyao subconsciously looked up, but could only see a face wrapped tightly in brown cloth.
This group of people had made very thorough preparations to capture her. Qin Yuyao lowered her eyes, trying to keep her expression calm.
The man didn't care about Qin Yuyao's condition and dragged her out of the carriage from behind.
"Is this the Princess of Zhen'an?" A hoarse voice came from not far away, and Qin Yuyao couldn't help but look over.
It was still a face wrapped in cloth, but after seeing the surrounding environment clearly, Qin Yuyao couldn't help but blink.
The place was extremely desolate, with mountains and rivers rising and falling in the distance. There was no sound of dogs barking or chickens crowing, and no smoke from cooking fires.
But in Qin Yuyao's eyes, it looked very familiar, simply because it was near that area of mountains and rivers. If it got closer, it would be at the foot of the mountain near Taoyuan Village.
Everyone present was now covering up, apparently to avoid Qin Yuyao remembering their faces. In such a careful situation, Qin Yuyao lowered her head to avoid letting others notice that she was in a bad mood.
"Sir, she is the Princess of Zhen'an." The voice was very close, and Qin Yuyao knew it was the person who had just dragged her out of the carriage.
Hearing the voice, Qin Yuyao immediately remembered that it was the clerk who took her to see the loom in the fabric shop.
"I clearly asked you to take this woman hostage and cause some commotion so that we can retreat completely. Why do you bring her along now? If Luan Zhengya goes crazy and things go wrong, you and I will be dead!" The hoarse voice sounded a little anxious, and it was obvious that he had some understanding of Luan Zhengya's strength.
The man who kidnapped Qin Yuyao said, "Luan Zhengya sealed off the city very quickly. If we hand her over directly, it will be even more difficult for our people to escape, and your plan will not be completed. We have no choice but to hold her hostage all the way here."
"I didn't expect Luan Zhengya still has some feelings for this woman, but now he has no choice. Just throw her into the cellar, watch out. If you escape before this is over, you will pay with your lives." The hoarse voice gradually became softer and faded away with the sound of faint footsteps.
"Yes." The man responded promptly and quickly dragged Qin Yuyao to the cellar.
Qin Yuyao had no choice but to follow the man, only to hear him say, "Princess Zhen'an, don't worry, we don't intend to kill you. As long as the matter is resolved, we will naturally let you go."
Qin Yuyao's mouth was blocked by the cloth, and she couldn't speak. She could only nod continuously. Fortunately, her panic-stricken appearance made the other party feel a little relieved.
Seeing her tearful eyes, the man couldn't help but be stunned, even though only a pair of eyes were exposed between a layer of brown cloth.
"This cellar is very deep. You just stay in there honestly. I will send someone to deliver food in the evening." As he said that, the man reached out and took the cloth ball out of Qin Yuyao's mouth.
Without waiting for Qin Yuyao to speak, the man pushed Qin Yuyao down.
As he was speaking, the hole under Qin Yuyao's feet had been kicked open by him, and this push made Qin Yuyao fall directly into it.
Qin Yuyao, who was so fast, didn't have time to call out before she found herself lying safely in the cellar along a pile of hay.
Soon, before she could stand up, the lid on her head was covered.
In the cold cellar, only a little light was shining from above. Qin Yuyao's legs and feet were tied up, and she could only move her body slowly.
It wasn't until he got close to a wall that he sat up straight with the help of the wall.
"Qin Yuyao?" A familiar voice came from the darkness.
Qin Yuyao immediately looked over with caution, but the light in the cellar was too dim. She could only see that the person had loose hair, and it must be a woman.
A woman? Qin Yuyao was startled. After taking a deep breath, she whispered, "Shengyue?"
Sheng Yue breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Qin Yuyao's voice. But then her anxiety tightened again: "How did you get captured? Didn't Luan Zhengya protect you?"
Qin Yuyao shook her head, and suddenly remembered that he might not be able to see, so she explained: "The incident happened suddenly. It must be a group of people using a cover, thinking of arresting me to disrupt his sight, and finally arrested you."
Recalling the few words she had just heard, she realized that although there were some rumors that the Princess of Zhen'an was favored, it was not worth mobilizing a large army to kidnap someone from Shengjing.
Now it seemed that this "Princess Shengyang" was the real issue. The princess, on a diplomatic mission to Sheng State, had disappeared within the other's territory. Regardless of the outcome, the initial peacemaking strategy between the two countries had been shaken.
He told Sheng Yue all his guesses, but there was no answer from Sheng Yue for a long time.
"Shengyue?" Qin Yuyao couldn't help but call him. There were only two people in the cellar now. If something really happened to Shengyue, she would feel uneasy even if she went back.
Coming back to his senses, Sheng Yue breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected that his affairs would involve Qin Yuyao. If he hadn't come to Sheng Country, Qin Yuyao wouldn't have suffered all this.
"This matter was caused by me. I will try to untie the rope for you now. Wait until night. You can go out through the only exit. I am the princess of the grassland tribe. They dare not do anything to me." Sheng Yue carefully explained the pros and cons of the matter to Qin Yuyao, and crawled towards Qin Yuyao while speaking.
Qin Yuyao was startled, but quickly moved closer.
In the dark cellar, Qin Yuyao heard Sheng Yue's abnormal breathing: "What's wrong with you?" As a princess being captured, she should not be tortured.
But she didn't get a response. Qin Yuyao only heard a burst of rapid breathing, and then Sheng Yue returned to normal.
"I'm fine. They were afraid that I would run away, so they gave me too much drugs." Sheng Yue said in a hoarse voice.
Hearing this, Qin Yuyao recalled the strange smell she could always smell in the carriage, and instantly realized that the reason why she was repeatedly unconscious was probably because of this drug.
After a while, Qin Yuyao felt a constant sensation of hot and moist breath on her wrists. Accompanied by a rustling sound, the rope that had been binding her hands was finally untied.
Seeing the ropes untied, Sheng Yue leaned back, leaning against the haystack and gasping for breath. Given his physique, he shouldn't have been so weak. Clearly, the drugs the bandits had given him were quite potent.
After Qin Yuyao's hands were freed, she didn't move immediately. She quickly looked up in the direction she fell. Seeing that the lid above was quiet and no one came to check, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Perhaps because she had adapted to the dark environment, Qin Yuyao gradually found that she could see more things.
She quickly untied the ropes around her ankles, then moved closer to Sheng Yue. Before she could say anything, the lid above was suddenly opened, and a hand reached in, but it didn't discover anything.
Instead, he threw in several rice balls wrapped in leaves. The cellar was about three meters high. Fortunately, the grass piles eased the pressure, and most of the rice balls slid smoothly to the ground.
"You two, just eat what you want. If you don't want to eat, just go hungry." After that, the lid above the head was closed again, and the sound of very light footsteps gradually faded away. The cellar became quiet again.
Qin Yuyao looked at the rice balls that had no idea what was wrapped in them, and they wished that the two of them would not eat anything at all so that they could faint from hunger and not have to worry about them running away.
Qin Yuyao waited quietly for a long time, and after confirming that no one would suddenly come over, she slowly walked to Sheng Yue.
He quickly untied the ropes around his ankles, but was at a loss when he saw the chains on his wrists.
As if she had noticed Qin Yuyao's thoughts, Sheng Yue said softly, "It's okay, you can go first. You can't untie this chain, I'll support you to the exit at night."
After a pause, Sheng Yue said in a hoarse voice, "Hurry up and eat some of that rice ball. It's been three days since we were captured here. If you don't eat, you might not have the energy to get out."
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