The guards, now Lu Yanzheng's private property, all knelt on the ground upon hearing this.
One of them said, “Young master, when I saw the lady suddenly collapse, I was about to rush to her aid when those people scattered a powder. By the time I could see clearly again, the lady had vanished. At that moment, another group of people came out of the village with the young master and young lady, so we had no choice but to rescue them first…”
The situation was urgent, and they could have split into two groups, but the lady had already disappeared, and they didn't know where to begin even if they wanted to chase after her. That's why they decided to save the young master first.
After they rescued Shufan and Pan'er, it would be even more difficult to track down Jiang Qinyu's whereabouts.
This is why no one notified Aping; they simply couldn't spare anyone to deliver the message.
Village Chief Li paced back and forth, "What should we do? A-Ping has also gone out, and we don't know if there's any news about my niece..."
Shufan didn't know where Aping had gone either, so he could only wait with a stern face.
Upon seeing this, two of the guards got up and walked outside.
The four of them had a tacit understanding, and Shufan didn't stop them.
He even wanted them to go find someone, but he also knew that he and Pan'er needed someone by their side, otherwise they would only cause trouble for their aunt.
Four hours had passed since Jiang Qinyu went missing, and everyone was at a loss when Li Dachui rushed in.
"She's back! Ah Zheng's wife is back!"
Upon hearing this, Shufan and Pan'er immediately rushed out.
"aunt!"
"Auntie, you're finally back!"
"My dear niece, why are you only just getting back... Oh, why did you change your clothes?"
A group of people surrounded Jiang Qinyu. Village Chief Li looked at her strangely, dressed in men's clothing, and was a little confused.
He clearly remembered that Jiang Qinyu was wearing normal women's clothes that morning!
Jiang Qinyu reassured everyone, and finally said to Village Chief Li, "Uncle Village Chief, it's getting late. Everyone's had a scare, so go back and rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."
Village Chief Li was a shrewd old man. Although Jiang Qinyu said nothing had happened, he didn't believe her. Hearing her say that, he cooperated and took all the villagers away.
Chen, Old Man Lu, and the others then gathered around and inquired with concern.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, why did you suddenly disappear today?"
"Yeah, everyone's been looking for you for ages. Why are you back all of a sudden? And it's your clothes..."
Lu Wanqing also looked at Jiang Qinyu strangely, but she didn't say anything.
Both Grandpa Lu and Qin Ziyi were intelligent men. They could tell from Jiang Qinyu's clothes and the people she had suddenly brought back that things were not simple. However, both of them knew how to behave. Not only did they not speak, but they also dispelled Chen Shi and Grandpa Lu's doubts.
"It's good that she's back. The girl isn't unreasonable. She must have gone to take care of something important. Let's let her rest first."
Although Chen was still worried, seeing that Jiang Qinyu was indeed unharmed, she didn't ask any more questions and left with a heavy heart.
Soon, only Jiang Qinyu, Shu Fanpan'er, and Deputy General Ye remained in the room.
"Thank you for bringing me back, Vice General Ye," Jiang Qinyu bowed to him, then called out, "Yunzhu, take Vice General Ye to settle in."
Yunzhu quickly entered and respectfully led the people away.
Before leaving, Vice General Ye glanced back at Jiang Qinyu, but he didn't ask anything and followed Yunzhu.
The lady was in Dingshui Village this morning? Then why was she at the General's Mansion in the border town at noon?
Jiang Qinyu breathed a sigh of relief and took Shufan and Pan'er's hands, "Let's go back first!"
Fortunately, Vice General Ye didn't say anything, otherwise it would have been really difficult to explain what happened to her today.
After all, it takes at least three hours to get from Dingshui Village to Biancheng. She was in Dingshui Village in the morning, and by noon she was in Biancheng. Now she's back in the village. Unless she can fly or has some kind of clone technique, it's impossible for her to do it.
Jiang Qinyu didn't intend to explain to anyone. Anyway, Deputy General Ye wouldn't ask her anything, and no one else knew that she had been taken away by Liu Ruyi's people. As long as she didn't say anything, no one would know.
But she still had to talk to Lu Yanzheng about this, otherwise she wouldn't be able to explain if anything else happened later.
There's also Liu Ruyi and Jiang Chengyou... Jiang Qinyu narrowed her eyes. These two also need to be dealt with, otherwise, if they keep watching her, they might really solidify her reputation as some kind of monster.
Especially Jiang Chengyou, she could sense that the man was a bit obsessed.
With her mind preoccupied, Jiang Qinyu became somewhat absent-minded.
"Auntie," Pan'er asked innocently, "why are people coming to arrest us?"
Jiang Qinyu snapped out of her daze, looked at her, and after thinking for a moment asked, "Is Pan'er scared?"
"I'm not afraid!" Pan'er shook her head. "Because Pan'er knows that Auntie will definitely come to save me!"
Just like last time, she and Lu Tianbao had been captured for so long, but her aunt still found and rescued them.
Jiang Qinyu smiled and patted her head, saying, "You are the people closest to your aunt. If someone wants to hurt your aunt and can't catch her, they will try to do it to you. It is your aunt who has implicated you. Pan'er, do you blame your aunt?"
Pan'er blinked, then shook her head. "The bad people are the ones who are wrong. Why should Pan'er blame Auntie?"
Jiang Qinyu felt a warmth in her heart at the little girl's words, and hugged her and kissed her, "Auntie didn't spoil you for nothing! But Pan'er, don't worry, Auntie will find a way."
Shufan and Pan'er are still so young; they can't live in such danger forever. It seems she needs to pay more attention to the children's safety.
"Auntie, don't worry about us. My sister and I will always be with you. No matter what others do, we won't blame you, Auntie," Shu Fan said earnestly, looking at Jiang Qinyu.
Just like Pan'er said, the bad people are the ones who did wrong, so how could they blame their aunt?
Jiang Qinyu was very pleased and patted his head. After settling the two of them in, she left.
She needs to understand the situation today before she can do anything else.
Fortunately, after searching for a while, A-Ping returned quickly. Upon learning that Jiang Qinyu had returned, he immediately came to see her.
"It is my incompetence, please punish me, Madam!" Aping lowered his head in shame and knelt on one knee.
Jiang Qinyu shook her head, "It's not your fault, get up first."
Besides protecting her, Ah Ping also had many other chores to do on a daily basis. It's no wonder he couldn't stay by her side today.
Aping stood up and said solemnly, "Please tell me in detail what happened today, Madam."
The safety of the lady and her children must be taken seriously, otherwise how can the prince lead troops with peace of mind in the future?
Jiang Qinyu recounted how she was kidnapped, avoiding the part about how she used the talisman to escape, only saying that she was lucky to get away.
After all, no one would believe she disappeared into thin air unless they witnessed it themselves.
Aping frowned. "It's actually the Fifth Prince of Western Qiang and people from the imperial court?"
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