Chapter 183: In a Cage

Guo Jianglong thought that this merchant ship had no oil and water, so he grabbed some silver and let it go, but he didn't expect that it was a big money owner who was sitting on the ship, and he naturally didn't want to let go of the fat sheep in his hand.

Zhao Xian knew that he couldn't be good, his mind turned sharply, and after a little thought, he said: "My father is a merchant in Kyoto, and I am a guest in Hongcheng at this time. ”

Zhao Xian was detained alone, as long as his identity was not revealed, there would be no danger in a short time, but Miss An was different, what should I do if such a clever girl had the idea of fighting ghosts.

Seeing Zhao Xian say this, the third child was a little moved, it was obviously not an ordinary person to be able to shoot 30,000 taels, and it was naturally better to knock more than to chop it with a knife.

Guo Jianglong and his subordinates discussed a few times, and they were all nodding.

Looking at all this from the side, An Biroufang's heart trembled, looking at the calm Zhao Xian, and felt that the hooligan seemed to have changed a person.

The situation was critical, and she was willing to let her stay alone and leave alone, so she hurriedly said, "No! You can't stay. ”

"Huh?" Everyone was slightly stunned, and looked at what this drenched and wet beauty wanted to say.

An Birou grabbed Zhao Xian and plucked up her courage and said: "I can't let you stay, your safety is much more important than mine, I'll stay, you go back and get the money to ransom people." ”

Oh my God, you think I want to stay? Zhao Xian was completely helpless with her, waved his hand and said, "You have a fart for a woman to stay, I am the eldest young master." Can you leave me obediently now and take the money to ransom me? ”

"How does this make you, if you are in danger, I, I..." An Birou didn't say anything for a long time, the worry in her eyes was full of worry, and although she was afraid, she didn't want to leave alone.

Guo Jianglong watched the two linger for a long time, you came and drove each other away, showed his yellow teeth and smiled, and yelled: "Who said let you go." You both leave it to Grandpa. Let those subordinates go to deliver the letter, the silver will come to you to live together, and if the money doesn't come, you will die together, grandpa, I will fulfill you. ”

This grandson doesn't preach morality. Don't fall into my hands. Zhao Xian's face immediately changed.

failed to let Zhao Xian leave. An Birou's eyes were a little disappointed. But it's better to die together than to live in steal. This bad guy is so capable, we're definitely not going to die. She secretly comforted herself a few words, lowered her head and did not speak.

"Alright. Now no one can leave. Zhao Xian flicked his hands away helplessly, seeing that her little face was frightened, but he stubbornly wanted to accompany him, and he couldn't say anything to blame.

He tore a piece of cloth around the wound on his left hand, wiped the rain from his forehead, looked at the third bandit next to him, and said softly, "Lead the way." ”

The third child held a knife in his hand, lowered the rope to the boat in the water, and did not forget to grin and smile: "You are quite calm, ordinary merchants have seen us waiting for knives, and they have already been so frightened that they knelt on the ground and called grandpa, you are the same as going back to your own home, you have also mixed on the road before, right?" If you haven't killed anyone, you can't practice this guts. ”

"Joke, I'm just born bold, where do I dare to do that murderous business." Zhao Xian chatted casually with the robbers, and hugged An Birou's waist with his hand.

"You..." was suddenly hugged by Zhao Xian, An Birou was slightly stunned, not knowing what he wanted to do, her face turned red and her eyes were lowered quietly, and she didn't speak.

The robber's boat leaned under the merchant ship, Zhao Xian pulled the rope and gently instructed: "Miss, hold on tight, don't fall." With that, he turned over and jumped down the rope to the boat below.

There was a strong wind blowing in the sky, and the raindrops rustled down the river, and even the ropes swayed from side to side.

With the rolling river at her feet, the rain sliding from the ends of her hair and sticking to her face, An Birou's face was pale, and only the powerful arms around her waist could bring a sense of security. She was still very reserved, she didn't want to clench her fists and didn't want to hug Zhao Xian, but a thunderous and shining heaven and earth finally crushed her, and the fear in her heart finally overcame reason, her face couldn't tell whether it was tears or rain, she hugged Zhao Xian's neck and said incoherently: "Zhao Xian, hold me tight, hold me tight......"

This kind of Miss Jiao has seen this meeting, and it is really difficult for her. Zhao Xian sighed secretly in his heart.

He carefully stabilized his body, smiled softly and comforted, "It's okay." It's time to experience life, Yijun and I were still winter swimming a few months ago, and she still quarrels with you alive, it's okay to have me......" As soon as he said this, there was a sharp pain in his shoulder, and Zhao Xian's face changed greatly: "Oh, what are you biting me for?" How to have a ...... with Sister Liu Cough! ”

An Birou exclaimed, the ghost envoy took a bite on Zhao Xian's shoulder, reacted and turned red again, bowed his head and said, "I, I'm afraid... I can't take a bite of you, right? ”

Seeing that the usually arrogant and canary-like Miss An became such a pitiful look, Zhao was so idle that it was really hard to care. Count me unlucky, although this sister is not a kiss, the problem of biting people is the same.

Slipping into the boat, several bandits saw that Zhao Xian was very cooperative, but they didn't treat them rudely, but just escorted them to the boat of the river dragon with a knife.

Guo Jianglong is about forty years old, the scar on his body is quite terrifying like a centipede, and there is really a small dragon tattoo on his bare chest, just by looking at his appearance, he knows that he is definitely not a good type, An Birou doesn't even dare to look up at him.

Although the boat rose and fell on the waves, the dragon crossed the river as if it was sitting on flat ground, and its body did not shake much.

He knocked on the edge of the boat with a scimitar, counted the silver tickets handed over by the third child in his hand, and after a while, he spat and said: "Good guy, grandpa has never seen so many silver tickets in his life, and it took more than ten years to earn it back." As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Zhao Xian again: "What are you doing?" ”

Zhao Xian sat on the deck of the boat, shielded Miss An from the rain with his sleeves, and chuckled: "In the jewelry business at home, I am just an idle young master who has nothing to do. ”

"Idle young master?" Guo Jianglong smiled, squatted in front of Zhao Xian with a scimitar, shook his head and said, "When I cross Jianglong's two tricks, will I be blind?" Your kid is estimated to be the descendant of that big official's family, and he is probably still a military general looking at this figure. The court has suppressed Lao Tzu for a few years, but I haven't seen what to do to me, what if your family brings troops to retaliate in the future? I'm afraid of everything in my life, but I'm not afraid of things, and the emperor Lao Tzu has to pull out two gold scales from me, not to mention you. ”

Zhao Xian's face changed, this bastard meant to tear up the ticket, his mind turned rapidly, and he chuckled: "Friends, don't laugh." If I am behind the door. How could he go out with 30,000 taels of silver without an entourage of soldiers and horses? ”

Guo Jianglong thought about it a little, and felt that it was a bit reasonable, and any prefect who came to the prefect would respond to hundreds of people, not to mention the generals of the DPRK and China.

He touched his chin and nodded, "There is some truth." This morning, the general passed by An's home. The official ship was five stories high. It is estimated that there are hundreds of maids on it, and the jewels are scared to death, and Lao Tzu does not dare to rob them. Otherwise, I would have to take the dog officer's head off and sit on a stool. ”

An Birou's face changed, and her head lowered more and more, but Zhao Xian's expression was inconvenient. Secretly said: The title of dog official finally fell on my head, it's not easy.

Guo Jianglong sighed for a while, and saw that Zhao Xian had been protecting Miss An from beginning to end, and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu preaches morality, as long as you are not an official, you will be let go when the money arrives." This beauty is your mother-in-law? ”

"I, I..." An Birou's face turned red and she wanted to explain, but when she saw this group of fierce robbers, she didn't dare to speak, but just shrank into Zhao Xian's arms. Although he was soaked, his hair was scattered and stuck to his face, and the color did not decrease a little, but became more and more watery.

Zhao Xian was afraid that he would have the idea of Miss An, so he said, "Yes! I'm afraid not as beautiful as my sister-in-law. ”

"No, no, it's much more handsome than that woman." Guo Jianglong smiled casually, and was about to take a few words, when he suddenly reacted again.

He looked Zhao Xian up and down a few times: "Lao Tzu, do we think that talking to you is like talking to a brother on the road?" You kid is definitely not simple, white or black, and he is definitely not a good person. Lao Tzu has to be careful. ”

As he spoke, he beckoned, and several of his subordinates pulled out the rope, and he knocked on the edge of the boat with a scimitar: "Tie it up for me, tie it tightly, and send the money tomorrow, Lao Tzu will definitely let you go, take it down." ”

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The night is dark, and the river scenery is like ink.

With the sound of the 'rustling' rain and Jiang Tao, the big girl Ziyue in the room, her dark and bright eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness.

She was lying on the window on the second floor of the official ship with her cheeks propped up, with a hint of secret resentment on her rather charming face, looking into the distance and waiting for the young master to come back.

The beds are all warm, I thought that this time I got rid of a few young ladies and could be sweet with the young master to complete the arduous task delivered by the master several times, but I didn't expect Zhao Xian to run away with the eldest lady again, my Ziyue's life is so bitter? Ziyue's little face became more and more resentful.

As a personal doctor, he naturally has to stay by Zhao Xian's side at any time, and the room next door is the residence of the Feng Imperial Doctor.

The windows in the room are closed, lit with faint incense, small tables, screens, soft couches, screens, and bathtubs are fully equipped, and there are two sets of underwear for a man and a woman in the wooden plate next to the bathtub, all of which are arranged by the careful housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion, and it is self-evident for whom.

In the room, Liu Yan'er, who was dressed in a green dress, leaned on the bed, with beautiful willow eyebrows, a straight nose, and a small mouth as ruddy as a cherry, but unfortunately there was a trace of sickly paleness on her face, which slightly destroyed this beauty.

Feng Lianxue was still plain and plain, calling for Liu Yan'er, with a little solemnity on her face, and said quietly: "The endowment is insufficient, I can only focus on conditioning, sister, I can't do anything, I can only use medicine to stabilize my body, don't overwork, I won't be sick in a short time." ”

"It's okay, I've been used to it since I was a child." Liu Yan'er showed a few gentle smiles, took a sign in her hand, and said with a grin: "I am a woman, thanks to the care of adults, I was also appointed as a staff general to do men's things, and it is better to be able to do my part for adults in the rest of the time, than to die in the boudoir." ”

Feng Lianxue's eyes showed a hint of regret, she thought for a moment, and said: "The adult is resourceful, but he has a compassionate heart, and the concubine has nothing to repay in this life. You're his chief... Well, the chief engineer, it will be of great use to him, I will definitely find a way to cure you, I heard my father say, there is a merchant who came and went to Northern Qi, once saw such a person, was cured by a monk from Tianzhu, which means that there is still a chance. ”

"Northern Qi?" Liu Yan'er blinked, shook her head and smiled bitterly, and then said nothing.

"Knock knock..."A rush of footsteps came, and the Imperial Doctor Feng and Liu Yan'er both raised their heads, and heard an exclamation from outside: "Oh no." The young master and the young lady were kidnapped by the water bandits in Honghu..."

"What !!" Liu Yan'er and Imperial Doctor Feng were shocked, hurriedly got dressed, and went out to inquire about the situation.

After Ziyue understood the reason, she was about to go crazy, and hurriedly yelled at the bottom of the stairs: "Side, how do you protect the young master?" ”

In the cabin at the bottom of the boat is where the men live, and Old Man An has personally selected hundreds of guards to live here.

The fat Side was munching on chicken legs in front of the barbecue grill, and when he heard this sound, his face turned pale with fright, and he immediately became angry again: "Okay." Lao Tzu's 'wild goose through the forest' retired to the rivers and lakes for only a few years. Someone actually robbed my head, I really don't know what to do, I think I was alone, with one hand and a sword......"

"You're a big-headed ghost!" Ziyue was angry and angry. Standing at the entrance of the bilge, he said angrily: "Don't bring soldiers to save the young master yet." Something went wrong. A hundred heads won't be enough for you to drop. ”

"Oh!" Side hurriedly threw down the chicken leg and stopped the manpower from preparing to dispatch.

"Wait!" Liu Yan'er hurriedly walked down and said seriously: "Sister Ziyue." Now that the adults have fallen into the hands of bandits, wouldn't it hurt the adults to rashly lead troops to encircle and suppress them, so it's better not to act rashly. ”

"So, what then?" Ziyue was even more anxious, and could only command the guards of the Bilge Mansion to prepare to set off to save people, and at the same time discuss ways to save people.

Feng Imperial Doctor was anxious, the engong who saved her family was in trouble now, and she really couldn't help the most, so she couldn't help but be anxious.

Liu Yan'er hesitated for a long time and sighed faintly; "Now, I can only collect the ransom first, let the guards bury it, and then do it after seeing that the adults and Miss An are safe and sound."

Everyone could only nod their heads, and hurriedly raised the money, although 60,000 taels of silver was not a small amount, but Old Man An's money was of no other use except for spending it on Zhao Xian, and it was extremely sufficient for him, Ziyue took it out alone, but how to discuss it with the robbers became a problem again, and everyone chattered about the specific way to do things.

Before everyone noticed, a small boat moored not far from the official ship slowly left the shore, accompanied by the bleak wind and cold rain, and quickly headed towards Honghu.

The lantern swayed in the cabin, a black shadow stood on the bow of the boat, the sword of the autumn water had not been sharpened, the long black hair fluttered in the wind, the boat rose and fell violently in the waves, and the clothes were soaked by the rain, but she did not shake it at all, as if it had grown in the bow of the ship, and the coldness in the beautiful eyes was full of eagerness...

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The soon-to-be-appointed general of Zhengbei and the eldest lady of Anjia were robbed by water bandits in the Hongcheng area, which scared the officials who were clearing out bandits in the Hongcheng area.

They have been dealing with Honghu bandits all the year round, and they know the viciousness of this group of bandits, and they really discovered the identity of the hostages, and they must have dragged out the sacrificial knife without saying a word, based on this, they did not dare to make a noise, and sent a boat to Honghu secretly in the heavy rain overnight, hoping to bring Uncle Zhao out.

As for ransom people with money? The officers and soldiers didn't think about it at all, if this group of water bandits caught the fat sheep and released them after taking the money, would they still be called water bandits?

Just when everyone was discussing the rescue plan, Zhao Xian and An Birou tied their hands behind their backs and were taken to the bandit village above Honghu by Guo Jianglong and other bandits.

This place is not a stockade, it is more than a dozen large merchant ships of different degrees of dilapidation, stranded on the shore beach of a small island in Honghu Lake, interspersed with wooden buildings, suspended on the lake with wooden pillars, inhabited by many bandits, the area is quite large.

In order to cope with the clearing of the officers and soldiers, there are also corner towers built at the four corners of the water village, and a few idle men sit on them and shake the dice, not minding the drizzle blown in by the wind at all, the big knife is cut on the wooden beads next to it, and the tung oil torch is stirred by the rain that floats in.

Just in case, Zhao Xian's eyes were blindfolded, and he didn't know how far he had gone with the ups and downs of the boat, but he knew that after getting off the boat, he was led into a cold and damp room, and his feet felt like he was stepping on straw, which was estimated to be the place in the firewood room.

"Zhao, Zhao Xian, are you still there?" An Birou was already seasick, her face was even more pale as paper when she was frightened, she couldn't see anything after stopping, she was afraid and anxious, and she couldn't help but call out a few words.

"I'm right behind you." Zhao Xian comforted lightly, there were outsiders around, and he didn't say much.

"Bang!" With a soft sound, a torch lit in the room, and Zhao Xian's blindfold was taken off.

The dazzling firelight made Zhao Xian get used to it for a long time, and after looking left and right a few times, he suddenly found that this was a dilapidated cabin, surrounded by a closed room with no window doors, only a wooden staircase leading to the upper deck, and as soon as the hatch was covered, it directly became a secret room.

Several escorted robbers watched from the hatch above, and the third man carrying the big knife bit the back of the knife with his mouth, grabbed the rope with both hands and tied him to Miss An, and then took off the knife and said with a big grin: "You little couple have a good time, you will let you go if you take the money, ugly words are ahead, but my knife is not so damn brainless to want to escape, disturb the master Qingjing and you will feel good." ”

Zhao Xian's wrist was strangled tightly by the soaked hemp rope, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "How can it be difficult for me to stand up when I am tied like this, besides, this is your territory, where can I escape to?" ”

"That's right." The third child nodded, and looked at the two people who were sitting on the ground with five flowers tied up and their hair was drenched into soup, because they were soaked in the rain, and he didn't want to stay in this cold cabin, so he took the torch and went up the stairs, buckled the hatch and bolted it. (To be continued......)