Chapter 587: Reborn Girl vs. Book-Traveling Girl 8
After hearing this, a few thugs burst into laughter.
One of the ruffians said lecherously, "Brother, this maid looks good to me. I don't have a wife yet. Please give her to me."
The leading thug seemed to be in a particularly good mood and said nonchalantly: "If you like it, I'll give it to you. I wonder how this young lady from a rich family compares to the girls in Chun Man Lou?
Don't be afraid, young lady. We brothers are famous for being gentle and considerate to women.
If you follow us, you will never regret it."
After saying that, he waved to the brothers behind him.
"Please get in the car, miss. Let's go. Come back with me today and we'll get married in a few days!"
A few thugs around them joined in the commotion, rushed forward and were about to attack Zheng Yuejin and the others.
Just as a few thugs were getting closer with ill intentions, Zheng Yuejin calmed down instead.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and secretly urged her spiritual energy. In an instant, the weeds that were originally swaying gently in the breeze grew rapidly and tightly wrapped around the ankles of several thugs.
It was obvious that Zheng Yuejin had successfully drawn the energy into his body, but the spiritual energy he could use was very little, and could only make the weeds grow slightly taller.
But this was enough. The sudden change caught the thugs off guard and they fell to the ground in an instant.
The coachman, maids and nannies following Zheng Yuejin were all trusted confidants left to her by her biological mother.
They were loyal to Zheng Yuejin. At this moment, when they saw a few thugs fall, although they didn't know why, they immediately rushed up.
Some threw stones at the thugs, some scratched them with their nails, and the driver whipped the thugs hard. The thugs screamed in pain but couldn't get up.
But Zheng Yuejin had just succeeded in drawing in the energy, and after just a few breaths, she felt that the spiritual energy in her body had run out.
While she was concentrating on using her spiritual energy to let the weeds entangle the thugs to prevent them from breaking free and escaping, she quickly ran to the carriage and pulled off a bag containing things.
He deftly tore the bundle into strips, threw them to the driver and the others, and shouted, "Quick, tie these people up!"
When everyone heard Zheng Yuejin's order, they immediately took action and finally tied everyone up before Zheng Yuejin's spiritual power was exhausted.
After tying up the thugs, Zheng Yuejin narrowed her almond-shaped eyes slightly, with a sharp and determined look in her eyes, and began to interrogate them purposefully.
In her opinion, this matter was most likely the Marquis's revenge on her, and she did not mince words when she spoke.
"Tell me, what did the Marquis do to you when she asked you to come here? What did she ask you to do to me?
As long as you confess the truth, I can consider showing leniency and letting you go."
Her words were like a heavy hammer, leaving the thugs stunned for a moment.
They looked at each other, their eyes full of panic and helplessness.
The leading thug still gritted his teeth and stammered, "Miss, I admit that we were blinded by greed and did such a foolish thing, but we really don't know what a marquis' wife is. How could we dare to provoke such a wealthy family?"
Zheng Yuejin frowned slightly, not believing their lies at all, thinking they were deliberately concealing the truth.
Her eyes widened as she sternly said, "How dare you be so stubborn? If you don't know the Marquis's wife, how dare you come to me and cause trouble?
If you don't tell the truth again, I will send you to the government.
I wonder if you can bear the responsibility of offending the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion!"
Zheng Yuejin deliberately did not specify which marquis's mansion it was. She thought that the marquis's wife might be concerned about her daughter's reputation and would not say too clearly which family she came from, so she was also vague.
When they heard the words "Young Lady of the Marquis' Mansion", the thugs were stunned at first and didn't know how to react. After they understood how powerful the Marquis' Mansion was, they were instantly scared and turned pale, with horror on their faces.
Looking at the reactions of these people, Zheng Yuejin keenly realized that these people really seemed to be unaware of her identity.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be so scared after knowing her identity.
The leading thug was tongue-tied and sweat covered his forehead as he explained, "Miss, we really don't know your identity, otherwise we wouldn't dare to do it even if we had a hundred guts.
Here's the thing.
Yesterday, a few of us were drinking at Taohuazui Tavern and overheard two people chatting. One of them said that her cousin's daughter had no one at home and had written to say that she would come to her house today with all the family belongings.
The man also said that in order to conceal her identity, the young lady loaded all the carriages with the family's property, but made it look like there were people sitting in each carriage.
The purpose is to make people think that this is a family traveling together, which can not only hide the financial situation, but also prevent people from thinking that there is only one girl in the family, making it safer on the road.
Today we saw a convoy passing by here, and your carriage stopped here. The first two carriages had left, and only the last carriage stopped for a while, and no one got off. I thought you were the distant relative who came to seek refuge as that person said.
We thought that we were not competing for the financial resources, so as long as the young lady stayed with us for a day, we would send her back early tomorrow morning. Even if we reported it to the government, nothing would happen.
The young lady has no choice but to marry me for her reputation, and all the financial resources will be taken out as her dowry."
The leader's voice became softer and softer, and when he said the last sentence, his voice was almost inaudible, but Zheng Yuejin still heard it.
She fell into deep thought.
When the leader saw that Zheng Yuejin didn't say anything, he immediately began to plead for himself.
"Miss, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. Look, I've confessed everything now. It hasn't caused you any harm. Please be magnanimous and let us go this time. We really didn't mean to do anything bad."
"Yes, miss, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a crying child. Please give me a way to live."
"Miss, I have a paralyzed father in bed. Please be kind-hearted and spare us..."
When they heard the leader begging for mercy, a few thugs realized they knew the answer to this question and immediately followed suit.
Each one sounded more pitiful than the other, and they looked so miserable, as if what they said was true.
Zheng Yuejin looked at the thugs crying and screaming in front of her and felt speechless.
I didn't expect that the Marquis' wife would find such a few idiots to deal with me. This is really a disrespect for her.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind.
Wait, no, maybe there is another possibility.
The old lady had previously made it clear that she was not to be touched. Given the Marquis's cleverness, she would never set up such an obvious trap, and she only hired a few low-class ruffians.
Thinking about it this way, there is only one explanation that makes sense.
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