Chapter 109: Reappearance of the Crisis
"Did the eldest lady of the Ran family catch it?" Lord Liu stepped down from the carriage and walked towards the main house with a little candle in the hand of the henchman who was driving the carriage.
"The person has been arrested and is locked up in the dungeon behind the house, do you want to go and see it first?"
"No need, keep an eye on people, you won't be discovered, right?" Lord Liu's words were a little empty-hearted, and he raised his feet and passed in front of the rockery.
"You know the ability of the gray harrier, as long as you don't take off the mask, I'm afraid that even Miss Ran herself can't tell the difference just by listening to the voice, as long as the assassination is successful, the adults can sit back and relax."
The words of the man holding the candle to lead the way made Ran Qiubai, who was hiding behind the rockery, subconsciously look at the people around her, Ran Qiunian's face was still wearing a mask at this time, covering her entire face tightly.
Ran Qiunian felt the uncertainty of the people around her when they looked at her, a little helpless, she glared at Ran Qiubai angrily, is it true or false, this has gone all the way, can you still tell the difference?
Feeling Ran Qiunian's gaze, Ran Qiubai touched his nose, and withdrew the suspicious look just now with some embarrassment, this was also his subconscious reaction, of course he knew whether his sister was real or fake.
The two of them hid for a while, and Lord Liu walked into the main house with his henchmen, the door was closed, and the candle flame inside only existed for a moment, and soon disappeared quietly.
After waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and the person seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and Ran Qiunian felt that something was wrong.
"What about people?" She couldn't help but get out from behind the rockery.
"It seems that there is a secret room in the house. I don't know where Xiao Yin went, do we still want to stay here to investigate? ”
Ran Qiubai stood beside Ran Qiunian, looked at the dead and silent main house, looked sideways at Ran Qiunian who was wearing a horse mask beside him, and discussed.
"Leave first, the big brother should not be here anymore."
Ran Qiunian felt a little uneasy in his heart, from the moment he saw Lord Liu of the Imperial Guard Mansion sneaking up in this place, this uneasy feeling lingered in his heart.
When Ran Qiubai heard this, naturally there was nothing to disagree with, the situation here was unknown, once something happened, he was worried that he would not be able to completely protect Ran Qiunian, so it would be better to leave early.
The two were about to evacuate, when the courtyard suddenly lit up, and more than a dozen black-clothed men with bows and arrows in their hands poured up from all around, pulling bowstrings at the two defenseless people in the courtyard.
"Where did I think I came from, it turned out to be the gray harrier, who is the man next to you?"
There was silence in the main room, the man's voice came from the back of the house, Ran Qiu Nian looked intently, the man who came out of the back of the house was the one who pretended to be Xiao Yin and tricked her out.
She should have thought that this person would be here.
"Hurry up and kidnap me and exchange me for Ran Qiunian."
Between the lightning and flint, Ran Qiunian quickly whispered to Ran Qiubai, who was already on guard beside him, that man should not have discovered the true identity of the "Ran Qiunian" locked up in the dungeon.
Ran Qiubai was stunned for a moment, his body had reacted faster than reason, he clasped Ran Qiunian's neck with one hand, grabbed Ran Qiunian's arm with the other, and said loudly:
"I already know that you kidnapped my sister, and if you want your people to be safe, you will exchange my sister for her."
"I didn't wait for Xiao Yin, it was Ran Qiubai who came first, and he accidentally discovered the clue for a while."
Ran Qiunian said quietly.
The man didn't know whether he believed it or not, he looked at Ran Qiunian and Ran Qiubai suspiciously for a long time, Ran Qiunian thought that he had actually revealed a flaw, and the man finally made a gesture to let the archer retract.
"Go and get the woman locked up in the dungeon." The man summoned a subordinate and whispered.
Now that the assassination plan has been revealed, it is useless for Ran Qiunian to keep it in his hands, but the gray harrier's ability is still useful, and the man is happy to make this exchange.
Seeing this, Ran Qiunian knew that Ran Qiubai was not in danger for the time being, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. But Ran Qiubai was a little worried: "If he really wants to change people in a while, what will you do?" ”
Ran Qiubai naturally couldn't take the real Ran Qiunian to exchange the fake one back, and the stalemate in front of him was just an illusion, just delay for a few minutes.
"When the time comes, you ask him to withdraw the archers, retreat to the gate of the courtyard, and exchange with him alone, I have medicine in my hand, and Brother Qiubai can take him down and take him hostage."
Ran Qiunian had other plans, and under the cover of the mask, he discussed the plan with Ran Qiubai in a low voice.
In fact, the loophole of this strategy is not small, although Ran Qiunian is very confident in the drug in her hand, the real gray harrier who was stunned by her medicine must not have woken up yet, but the two look different, if the man takes off the flower mask, he will definitely find the clue.
At this time, Ran Qiunian could only hope that the man was convinced that it was the real Ran Qiunian in his hand, and that he would not unmask her on a whim.
After a while, the gray harrier that was locked in the dungeon was picked up, and the man took the gray harrier that was still unconscious, and signaled to Ran Qiubai:
"This is the sister you have in mind, put the gray harrier back, and Miss Ran will naturally return it to its original owner."
"Take down the archers and go with me to the gate of the courtyard. Swap, otherwise how can I believe that you really want to swap people with me? ”
Ran Qiubai found the plan that had been discussed before, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard because of the man.
The man's eyes narrowed slightly, he raised his hand and withdrew the archer, and walked to the gate of the courtyard with Ran Qiubai, he was about to hand over the person in his hand, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
If this young master of the Ran family really loves this sister very much as he shows, why doesn't he ask why his sister is unconscious? He didn't even doubt whether it was really Ran Qiunian in his hand?
Ran Qiubai reached out to pick up the person in the man's hand, Ran Qiunian also clenched the medicine bag in his palm, but saw that the man suddenly withdrew the medicine in his arms, took a step back, and distanced himself from Ran Qiubai and the others.
"What do you mean by that?" Ran Qiubai's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but ask out loud.
"I don't mean anything else," the man smiled, "It's just that I thought that I hadn't let Young Master Ran verify my identity yet, and I was careful that after you changed back to the wrong person, wouldn't I have become a dishonest person?" ”
As he spoke, he was about to take off the flower mask of the person in his hand.
"Stop!" Of course, Ran Qiubai knew that he couldn't take off his mask, so he hurriedly stopped him, "My sister is everyone's best girl, how can she expose her appearance in front of a foreign man?" ”
The man's movements stopped in mid-air, and he looked thoughtfully at Ran Qiunian who was wearing a horse mask on the opposite side, and changed his mind as kindly: "Since this is the case, then let the gray harrier take off the mask, she is not a lady of everyone, and there are not so many rules." ”
"What? Your Excellency can't trust me? Ran Qiubai said coldly.
"Young Master Ran is a righteous gentleman, but I am a villain," the man shook his head and said with a smile, "I should be the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, Gray Harrier, take off the mask." ”
Seeing that Ran Qiunian didn't take off his mask for a long time, the suspicion in the man's heart gradually deepened, his face changed, and he was about to call out the archers who had withdrawn into the shadows, but Ran Qiunian's hand had already taken the first step towards his door.
Regardless of the distance between her and the man at this time, after Ran Qiunian threw out all the drugs, she turned around and pulled Ran Qiubai to run outside.
Just between the lightning and flint, the door of the main house was pushed open from the inside, and a broken brush stabbed out from the inside, and the sharp section went straight to the back of the heart of the man who was admitted to the hospital.
Hearing the movement from behind, Ran Qiunian paused for a moment, turned around to look, and looked at Xiao Yinyao, who was slowly walking out of the house.
"It's Big Brother."
Ran Qiunian couldn't help but whisper, and Ran Qiubai also stopped, walked to Ran Qiunian's side and stood still.
"Get out of here first, there are archers in ambush in the shadows."
Xiao Yin walked up to Ran Qiunian, looked her up and down, and confirmed that she was fine, so he took the two of them out.
Although Ran Qiunian still had a lot to ask Xiao Yin, the current situation was urgent, so she could only hold back her thoughts for the time being, followed Xiao Yin, and quietly rushed towards the corner gate where she came.
"Wait, I've got one more person with me."
Xiao Yin took Ran Qiunian and the two of them past a subordinate room near the corner gate, suddenly stopped, gave a word, pushed open the hidden door and walked in.
Ran Qiunian curiously followed him into the house, but only saw an empty bed and a slightly messy bedding.
"Big brother, who are you looking for?"
"A child saved from a bandit."
Xiao Yin's face was a little solemn, and there was no trace of people in the room, but he clearly hid the sleeping child in this room.
But now, the man is gone. It is impossible for the child to wake up and run away by himself, Xiao Yin ordered the child's sleeping hole in order to prevent this accident from happening, he will definitely not wake up halfway.
Who stole the child?
"It's not safe here, get out of here."
Xiao Yin put down the child's whereabouts for the time being, turned around and continued to rush to the corner gate with Ran Qiunian and Ran Qiubai.
Although Ran Qiunian was a little confused, he trusted Xiao Yin's words very much, and without saying a word, he pulled Ran Qiubai to the corner gate.
"Qiubai, put away these things, after sending Nian'er back to the house, don't delay, immediately send this thing to the General's Mansion in the capital. When Old General Gu saw these things, he would understand what to do. ”
Xiao Yin stopped at the corner gate, took out a box from his arms, stuffed it into Ran Qiubai's hand, and then just gently touched the horse mask on Ran Qiunian's face, turned around and walked back into the dangerous mansion.
"Big brother!" Ran Qiunian subconsciously took a step forward, but was pulled by Ran Qiubai.
"He must have gone back to the boy. Let's go back to the house first, don't stay here and distract him. ”
Ran Qiubai's last words made Ran Qiunian retract his eyes looking at Xiao Yin's departure direction in a dejected manner.
Yes, she has nothing to do, and in such a situation, she can only drag her eldest brother back, so it is better to hide early, so as not to distract him and take care of him.
Ran Qiubai carefully put the box into his arms, everything that happened today had already made him guess in his heart, the contents of this box must be very important, he must be careful to protect it, and send it to the capital as soon as possible.