Chapter 52: Distress
Although Jiang Xinyue can fly the eaves and walk the wall, standing on the roof and looking down, it is full of dark and crowded people, and there are these obstructive red lanterns hanging on it, finding two people is almost looking for a needle in a haystack.
She could only grope for the past with her vague memory, trying to find Ruan Mianmian's figure.
As she searched carefully for the people below, she suddenly noticed that several people were gathered on the roof across the street, seemingly carrying a sack, and one of them was holding a hemp rope to seal the sack.
The sack was full, and from the mouth of the sack that the man was holding tightly, there was a piece of cloth exposed, and the person who sealed the sack seemed to have noticed it, and stuffed the cloth into it again, as if there was a person in the sack!
Across the street, there are these lanterns dazzling, Jiang Xinyue can't see the situation clearly, she only feels that the fabric is very familiar, looking down, her heart is almost trembling, the color of the fabric is between blue and white, moving like a sparkling water surface, exactly the same as the one on her body, it is obviously unique to herself and Mianmian, even the capital has only these two horses, the emperor gave herself and Mianmian respectively, and others can't get it.
Seeing that the person in the sack was likely to be Ruan Mianmian, Jiang Xinyue was very anxious, and immediately rushed across the street to the opposite side to save people, but where was it so easy, there was a turbulent flow of people below, although there was a rack for hanging lanterns on it, but it was not firm, if one foot stepped on it, if the shelf fell, then the people below were likely to be injured or even cause panic and trample, for a while she was anxious but couldn't find a way.
Those people had already packed up at this time and were about to leave when they lifted the sack, Jiang Xinyue couldn't take much care of it, she lifted her breath lightly, and chased after her toes on the slender bamboo pole where the lantern was hung. Every time she stepped on the shelf, the flames of those lanterns shook, and the people on the opposite side immediately found her, one of them seemed to be taking the lead and was about to run away with the sack, it seemed that he also had some kung fu on his body, and the rest of the strong men came over to stop Jiang Xinyue.
As soon as Jiang Xinyue landed, the man carried the sack over the roof and gradually disappeared, and the remaining men also approached her with wooden sticks. She landed on the tiles with her feet to stabilize her figure, and her right hand had already drawn out her waist knife in front of her, blocking the attacks of those men, but no matter how good her martial arts were, she was invincible with her fists and four hands, parrying, and worried about Ruan Mianmian, she couldn't help but show her flaws, and was hit in the back by a wooden stick.
Jiang Xinyue will not suffer in vain, the sharp blade in her hand slashed the neck of one of the masked men, but she didn't use force, just let the knife rub a little blood, she herself buckled behind the man with her backhand, holding this man hostage, and no one else dared to move, they passed a look to each other, and actually left the man who was held hostage by Jiang Xinyue and turned around and left.
Jiang Xinyue was already extremely tired, pinched her arm hard to force her soberness, and with a wave of the back of the knife, knocked the man unconscious and put him on the roof, but when she looked down, she saw that there was still a person lying under the roof.
The man was tall, but now he was half-leaning against the wall, his eyes were closed tightly, his expression was painful, and there was a blood stain on his head, which was the Fang cannon that had been knocked unconscious by the pretending fortune teller.
Jiang Xinyue hurriedly jumped down and helped Fang Cannon up, fortunately he had nothing else to do except be smashed, and after Jiang Xinyue's moment, he quickly woke up. Bearing the sharp pain in his head and the buzzing in his head, he struggled to open his eyelids a little: "Xinyue? You go and save Mianmian, Mianmian is missing! ”
Looking at Fang Cannon's current appearance, Jiang Xinyue knew that those people had premeditated and knocked out Fang Cannon's robber of Ruan Mianmian, but she didn't know who they were, were they from the capital or local?
didn't have time to think about it, she took out the painkiller pill she brought with her and stuffed one into Fang Cannon's mouth, asking him to rest here for a while, thinking that those people won't come back for a short time after they got their hands, and then call Mu Ruqing and Ruan Bai to pick him up, and she has more urgent things to do.
After settling the cannon, she went up to the roof of the house to give the masked man who was knocked unconscious some drugs, and then quickly returned to the store where Mu Ruqing and the others were waiting.
"Xinyue, you and Ruan Bai go across the street to find the cannon leaning against the wall, take him directly back to the inn, don't panic and don't delay outside, go back as soon as possible."
As soon as Jiang Xinyue entered the door, she came over to the table where Mu Ruqing and the others were sitting, "Ruqing, you and I are going to bring someone back, something happened to Mianmian, we have to find her as soon as possible." ”
"What?! Something happened to my sister? Then what are we still doing in a daze, to save people! Ruan Bai and Ruan Mianmian had the best relationship, and they couldn't sit still at this time, clenching their fists with both hands and pressing the table hard.
"Now is not the time to be impatient, we must find out as quickly as possible, those people took her away, since it is not a direct assassination, it is of other use, as long as we find her as soon as possible, we will definitely be able to let her come back intact." Jiang Xinyue's fingernails pierced her palms, forcing herself to keep her composure.
"Listen to Xinyue, you go to pick up the cannon, and she and I will go find that person." Mu Ruqing slapped the table and made a decision, followed Jiang Xinyue and hurriedly went out and melted into the crowd.
Because Mu Ruqing didn't know martial arts, they could only cross this street and then Jiang Xinyue climbed on the roof to send people down, which took a lot of time, and when they returned to the inn, Liu Xin'er and Ruan Bai had already arrived at the door with the Fang cannon that had regained consciousness.
After they went upstairs together, they found that something was wrong, originally Uncle Hua was here, but they called several times and he didn't respond, and there were no other guests upstairs, so they couldn't help but be suspicious, Jiang Xinyue held the sleeping masked man with one hand, and pushed the door open with the other hand.
I saw Uncle Hua lying on the bed as if he was asleep, but the room was very messy, the big bags and small bags that were piled up on the wall had disappeared, Jiang Xinyue threw people back to her and Ruan Mianmian's room, and sure enough, the door lock was pried open, everything was gone, and then looked at the backyard from the window, even the carriage when everyone came was gone, and even the carriage of the little prince of the Duke of Wei disappeared together.
Walking back to Mu Ruqing's side, I saw Mu Ruqing holding a bowl of water and feeding it to Uncle Hua, and everyone else frowned, fidgeting like ants on a hot pot.
"Ruqing, how is Uncle Hua?" Jiang Xinyue asked as she took out the antidote and fed it to the masked man who was stunned by her. She knew that this must be a long-planned conspiracy, otherwise it would be impossible for her own people to be attacked outside and another group of people looted things in the inn.
"It's okay, I've got some smoke, I'll wake up after feeding some water, what are you going to do with this person?" Mu Ruqing's hand kept moving, and he pointed to the person on the ground who was still fainting.
"Wake him up, ask who kidnapped Mianmian, and then go rescue her." The words are concise, but the anger in the words has reached the extreme. I saw Jiang Xinyue finish feeding the medicine, tied his hands behind his back, and took the water scoop in Liu Xin'er's hand and poured it on his head and face, and the person was agitated by the cold water and ice, and opened his eyes blankly.
Jiang Xinyue didn't give him time to buffer and adapt, picked up the back of the knife and patted him on the face, held his neck a little harder, and lifted the mask on his face in his frightened eyes. The mask appears to be made of some kind of leather, and it is very tough, exposing only the entire face of the eyes and below the mouth, which is very strange.
"Is that you?" Jiang Xinyue's eyes lit up, and the others were also shocked. The murderer who kidnapped Ruan Mianmian in front of him turned out to be an acquaintance, an entourage of Wei Xunyi Wei Gongzi who was traveling with him these days. Jiang Xinyue saw that it was an acquaintance who committed the crime, and it was not a good thing to think about it, so the strength in his hand increased, until his face was flushed, and he opened his mouth to try to breathe heavily.
"Say! Wherever you took Miss Ruan, who were your accomplices and who were the masterminds behind the scenes? Jiang Xinyue's eyes were majestic, staring at the man's face as if she wanted to see him through the hole.
"Spare my life, I don't know anything, it was Young Master Wei who asked us to do this, and the rest really don't know." The man's head shook wildly like a rattle, trying to break free from Jiang Xinyue's grip on him.
"Where did he tell you to take people? Who is involved? Jiang Xinyue's knife hit the man's throat, and if he used a little harder, he would cut his throat.
The man's cold sweat slid down his forehead and fell on his cheeks, and he said in a trembling voice: "Don't kill me, I said, it was Wei Gongzi who secretly discussed with a housekeeper surnamed Xu, and sent Miss Ruan to a ruined temple in the suburbs and handed it over to the people over there, and we didn't care about the rest." ”
"Ruqing, you go to the outskirts of the city to find the broken temple, see if you can intercept the person, Xin'er took my county lord's token to Ruliang City to find the county guard to send troops to rescue as soon as possible, and in the case of an emergency, I will not hesitate to surround Gaoyuan County, as long as I rescue Mianmian, I will personally go to His Majesty to ask for guilt." The corners of Jiang Xinyue's eyes were moist, but her eyes were still sharp, and she asked, "Where is Wei Xunyi?" If it is a little bad to sleep, I will slash him in the Wei State Mansion. ”
"He... He is now in the county office. ”
"County office? I said where did he come from to do such a dirty thing, it turned out to be in collusion with local officials, in this way, Xin'er, you don't have to let the county guard take it, directly send troops to rescue the county lord of Ruliang, hand over the county lord intact to save his life, once you resist, don't worry! In addition, you also take our people to Ruliang City to temporarily stay in the county guard's mansion, and you can also ensure our safety. ”
Liu Xin'er took Yu Pei and went out quickly to hire a carriage, Mu Ruqing took a weapon and found a horse to go out of the city, Jiang Xinyue knocked the man unconscious, went out to find a place where no one was and flew on the roof, and ran straight to the county office.
Ruan Mianmian only felt a splitting headache, he could barely open his eyes, and after regaining consciousness, he felt that he was being carried, and then he was put into the carriage, and he didn't know where he was after tossing and turning a few times.
Her eyes could only open a little slit, so the person with her didn't notice anything, and muttered angrily: "There are enough drugs this time, and the little lady hasn't woken up yet." ”
She looked vaguely at her surroundings through a little bit of her eyes, and the people who resisted her had released her from the sack and placed her on a pile of hay, where the air was full of floating dust, and it seemed to be a dilapidated place for a long time.
There were five or six people guarding her, men and women, and the voices of the two women were still somewhat familiar, but her head hurt so much that she didn't have time to think too much.