Chapter 5: The Constrained
Qin Ying's gloomy gaze fell on the pill in Zhou Duan's hand.
Since he appeared in the Yongzhou Hou Mansion, he and Zhou Duan have reached an agreement invisibly.
He volunteered to be a hostage, and Zhou Duan let Jiang Chuge go and did not send someone to intercept and kill.
put a Jiang Chuge in exchange, but in exchange for such a big fish as him.
Such a non-loss-making transaction, Zhou Duan will not refuse.
Now, it's up to him how he chooses.
After a long silence, he finally reached out and took the pill.
"Lord Wang~"
The guard who had just spoken out couldn't help but speak again, his face full of urgency.
But his exclamation did not change Qin Ying's mind.
I saw Qin Ying put the pill into his mouth, tilted his head slightly, swallowed it, and the pill entered his abdomen.
"Heh~ Ben Hou has underestimated Jiang Chuge's status in your heart after all."
With Qin Ying's ability, he was absolutely sure that he would leave from here, even in Yongzhou City, but not only did he not do this, but instead took the Transformation Pill, he would rather give up these decades of skill than Jiang Chuge in danger, and also find out where he hid those weapons.
Zhou Duan admired Qin Ying's courage, but also felt that he was stupid enough!
What about keeping Jiang Chuge and finding a place for him to store his weapons?
Neither the woman nor the world will be his in the end!
On the contrary, it is himself, who wants to be reduced from a high-ranking prince to a prisoner-like hostage!
After Qin Ying took the Gong Pill, Zhou Duan had no scruples, and took him straight out of the city and went towards a private residence outside the south of the city, the Qilin Residence.
Because of the blue-shirted man's previous statement that he was "forced to raise troops in desperation", Zhou Duan was still respectful to Qin Ying on the surface and acted according to the etiquette law.
Qin Ying's frame slowly stopped outside the house, and Zhou Duan personally stepped forward to lift the curtain and asked him to get out of the car.
Last night, although Qin Ying didn't see the back of the man in the blue shirt, he clearly heard what he said to Zhou Duan, and knew that Zhou Duan was all making a show for the nearby villagers who came here to watch the excitement at this time.
However, at this time, the most important thing for him was to determine whether there was really a large number of unregistered weapons hidden in this mansion.
He calmly got out of the car, and went inward with Zhou Duan and Xu Hu, without a fourth person.
The guards brought by Qin Ying from the capital did not know anything abnormal, but five of the ten-man guards commanded by Yang Hong knew something inside.
They were very uneasy, but before they came here, the prince had already given a death order, and no one could act without his orders.
Helpless, even if they are full of anxiety, they can only wait outside.
In the courtyard of the house, Zhou Duan walked in front, Qin Ying followed, and Xu Hu walked last.
The three of them walked through the stone path corridor of the house for a while, and finally stopped outside the courtyard where it was locked and guarded by several guards.
"See Master Hou."
When the guards saw Zhou Duan coming, they immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted.
Zhou Duan waved them up: "Open the door." ”
"Yes!"
The leader of the guards answered, quickly unlocked the door, and pushed the door open.
Zhou Duan made a gesture of invitation to Qin Ying, and then swaggered inside.
There are seven rooms in the courtyard, all of which are filled with large wooden boxes.
Every time he went to a room, Xu Hu would open some of the boxes for Qin Ying to see.
The box was full of offensive weapons, spears, and broadswords; protective armor and helmets; and gold bars and ingots.
Looking at these things, although Qin Ying's complexion did not fluctuate much, his gloomy black eyes were miniaturized, and there was a fierce killing intent in it.
"Lord, in this mansion of Benhou, there are four courtyards like this; In Zhoujiazhuang, which is less than half a mile away, there is also sufficient military grain and grass. ”
Zhou Duan is unabashedly with Qin Ying.
"Such a large amount of money and armaments is enough to arm an army of 200,000...... Zhou Duan, your antipathy, to say the least, has been three and a half years, right? ”
Qin Ying's voice was faint, as if he was just talking about today's weather in the same week, rather than something as shocking and rebellious as seeking rebellion against the country.
"The ancestors of my Zhou family and Taizu worked together to conquer this world, and their contribution was not less than that of Taizu, why did this world belong to your Qin family? My Zhou family can only bow down and live in this corner of Yongzhou for generations? ”
Zhou Duan's expression was angry, and his words hateful.
"Ben Hou has made an oath since he can remember, he will overthrow the world of your Qin family, be the lord of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, and then lead the army to sweep the Quartet, unify the entire Wind Fantasy Continent, and become the only emperor of the ages!"
He was full of confidence, as if the entire Wind Illusion Continent had become his bag.
"So, all these years, you have been secretly planning and recruiting talents, so you have the blue-shirted man who advises you?"
Qin Ying was momentarily surprised by Zhou Duan's ambition to unify the Wind Illusion Continent.
But the next moment, I felt that since Zhou Duan dared to oppose the Eastern Qing Dynasty, it was normal for him to have the desire to dominate the world.
At this moment, he was even more curious about the identity of the blue-shirted man who intended to obtain the Red Lin Fire Dragon.
"Ben Hou knew you would be curious about his identity, but ...... Ben Hou has long had an agreement with him and will keep his identity tight-lipped. ”
In a word, it completely blocked Qin Ying's way to obtain the identity of a blue-shirted man from elsewhere.
After returning to the city, Qin Ying did not live in the Yongzhou Marquis Mansion, and Zhou Duan had not yet raised troops to raise an incident, nor did he force him to come, but he planted his eyeliner in the guard team of the post house.
On Jiang Chuge's side, after Yang Hong took her out of the city, he went straight to the village where Zhuge Yuqi temporarily lived.
After explaining his intentions, Zhuge Yuqi immediately promised to send Jiang Chuge back to Didu safely, so that Yang Hong could rest assured to help Qin Ying.
However, since it was too early to meet a lodging on the way, he decided to set out early the next morning to avoid encountering a beast.
Yang Hong knew that Yongzhou City at this time must have been loose on the outside and tight on the inside, so he decided to return to the city at night.
The sun slowly moved westward, and finally disappeared completely on the other side of the mountain in Yang Hong's anxious waiting.
The light receded, and the night completely covered the land.
When the time came, Yang Hong once again told Zhuge Yuqi to send Jiang Chuge back to Didu safely, then left the village and quietly sneaked back to Yongzhou City......
As the night deepened, she was placed on the bed, the medicinal properties in her body gradually receded, and in a daze, she was awakened by a burst of suddenly clear and vague wails.
She opened her eyes suddenly, and the strange and simple environment came into her eyes, and the memories of before she fell unconscious flooded into her mind.
"Ah~ Don't kill me......"
"Help......"
"Murdered ......"
She sat up from the bed with a slam of time, and the terrible screams outside the room rang out in her ears.
With a pang in his heart, Jiang Chuge put on his shoes indiscriminately, pulled over the coat that was placed aside, and rushed out of the door.
She rushed out of the room, only to see a few torches scattered across the room.
Under the light of the fire, Jiang Chuge clearly saw the corpses lying on the ground, and there were even children among them.
Her pupils shrank, and her heart shook violently!
The speculation in her heart made her angry, even murderous.
Suddenly, a black shadow seemed to flash quickly in front of her eyes.
Jiang Chuge was pulled back to his senses by this black shadow and quickly chased after him.
She followed the dark shadow to the small river outside the village, where she heard a "poof" sound from a distance, and by the time she reached the river, the river had returned to calm.
Jiang Chuge's vigilant gaze searched around for a while, and after confirming that there was no one, he had to rush back to the village.
There are about 20 families in the village, with a total population of more than 100.
Excluding some people who went out to earn a living and were not at home, there were more than 80 people living in the village.
With the help of the surviving villagers, Jiang Chuge counted a total of 12 old people, 8 young women, 3 young men, and 4 children who died in tonight's disaster.
Twenty people were wounded.
More than half of the people were injured and victimized, and Jiang Chuge clenched his fists with hatred.
Zhou Duan, whether you have the shade of your ancestors or not, I will definitely make you pay for your actions tonight!
The wails and cries of pain for days came into his ears, and Jiang Chuge looked away from the corpses lying on the ground with no signs of life, and looked at the people who were crying heartbreakingly because of the loss of their loved ones.
Among them, there are old people, young people, and children......
Seeing them crying, Jiang Chuge's nose was sour, and he couldn't help but redden.
Covered with devastation, Jiang Chuge's heart throbbed.
After many years of handling cases, she has never been able to understand why people's hearts can be so dark and ruthless that they disregard the lives of others?
Power, status, money, is it really that magical?
Just because of Zhou Duan's greed, so many innocent people will die in vain!
"It's you, it's all you, the disaster star, as soon as you come today, you brought such a big disaster to our village, you broom star, you roll, get out~"
A mother who had lost her child suddenly shook and stood up from the ground, and stretched out her hand tremblingly to Jiang Chuge, her eyes full of sadness and resentment.
"We're just ordinary people, we just want to live a peaceful life, why do you want to bring those murderous demons, my poor Bao'er, he's not even four years old, woo woo......"
"You calamity, return my father-in-law's life......"
"You killed my wife, I want you to pay for your life......"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the villagers who were in deep pain all pointed their anger at Jiang Chuge.
In an instant, Jiang Chuge was pointed out by thousands of people and became the target of everyone.
She understood that tonight's incident was indeed that she did not kill Beren, but Beren died because of her.
In the face of the accusations and hatred of the villagers, she could only keep apologizing.
But how can the pain of the death of a loved one be offset by three or two apologies?
The angry villagers even had murderous intentions towards Jiang Chuge.
Helpless, Jiang Chuge had to escape!
After escaping from the village, she ran all the way to avoid being overtaken, and did not stop until she had run half a mile.
Tired, she had just leaned against a tree, intending to rest for a while, when she suddenly stepped on something soft under her feet.
Jiang Chuge jumped away violently, and through the not-so-bright moonlight, a face covered with criss-crossing scars appeared in the vision.
Jiang Chuge almost exclaimed.
After stabilizing her mind, she felt that the face in front of her seemed to be a little familiar, and when she got a little closer, she took a closer look, and Jiang Chuge found that the other party was Zhuge Yuqi.
"Zhuge Dashao?"
Jiang Chuge approached Zhuge Yuqi and called him.
Seeing that he was unresponsive, he hurriedly checked his body, only to find that he had been slashed in the right arm, and the wound was deep enough to see the bone, and there was gurgling blood gushing out of it.
At this time, Jiang Chu Gefang reacted, Zhuge Yuqi had been living in the village where she had fled before, and those people tonight must have planned to take his life.
Without having time to think about it, Jiang Chuge quickly tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes and bandaged Zhuge Yuqi's wound simply.
Then she woke him up and told him not to speak, saving his strength, and she helped him out of here.
Jiang Chuge didn't know if Zhuge Yuqi's identity had been exposed, but whether the purpose of those people tonight was only her or Zhuge Yuqi, neither she nor he could continue to stay here.
The first is that the villagers will not accept it, and the second is to prevent those villagers from being killed because of them again.
As for Yang Hong, who took her out of the city, Jiang Chuge expected that he must have sent her to this village, so he waited for the opportunity to return to the city.
Jiang Chuge walked more than two miles with Zhuge Yuqi in his arms, and accidentally found a vacant thatched house, and it was hidden.
Thinking that they had nowhere to go now, Jiang Chuge decided to temporarily place Zhuge Yuqi here.
Zhuge Yuqi was in a blur, Jiang Chuge relied on the experience he learned after coming to ancient times, found some herbs to stop bleeding in the nearby mountains, put them in his mouth and chewed them for him, and then bandaged the wound for him again.