Chapter 54: Rushing Separately
Ruan Mianmian naturally has no problem, thanks to Mu Ruqing's old scheming, when Liu Xi'er died, her blood was very useful, so Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue bought off the little eunuch and secretly left the bloodstained carpet, they extracted some blood from it, dried it and ground it into a very fine powder, although this blood is not a poison that can cause death, but the severe pain it brings is enough to save lives in some critical situations.
This time, Mu Ruqing secretly found Ruan Mianmian on the road, handed over the powder to her, and told her to keep it close to her, which made Ruan Mianmian think of this method.
After all, as long as the medicine in Liu Xi'er's blood is hit once, it will not work in the future, Ruan Mianmian is naturally not afraid of testing poison with his body, and if this thing is not used to harm people, it is definitely an artifact of self-preservation, just like Ruan Mianmian did just now, it has reduced the vigilance of the enemy, not to mention, the effect of the medicine is still very fast, even if you check it afterwards, you can't find any signs of poisoning, if you don't know the effect of this medicine, you can't find a clue at all.
Ruan Mianmian glanced at the messy five people on the ground, lifted the hem of her skirt and was about to escape to say more, but she heard a sound of horses' hooves and the sound of carriages from far and near, and she was about to reach the door.
The people outside had already dismounted and walked in within a few breaths, and there seemed to be a dozen or so people listening to the footsteps. The leader among them was a lean middle-aged man with a two-handful mustache, presumably Steward Xu, who looked like a shrewd philistine, his two eyes narrowed into slits, and his translucent eyes turned back and forth, like a cunning fox who had cultivated to perfection.
With a wave of his hand, he led those thugs into the ruined temple, and at a glance he saw the crooked people inside, as well as the hot pot soup with a rich aroma on the fire, so he secretly said that it was not good, and ordered the people around him to check the bodies of these people to see if they were still angry.
"Report to Steward Xu, these people are still alive, but they seem to have some kind of emergency illness and fainted, which one of them do you think is the goddess we want to take away?" A bronzed-skinned man with half of his arm said that he didn't care about the lives of these people, and only thought about his own errands.
Steward Xu stepped over, picked up the body of one of the women with his feet, turned her over to reveal her face, and shook his head: "No, although I haven't seen that woman, but Gongzi said that she is fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed very gorgeously, and is as beautiful as a fairy with fine skin and tender flesh, these two women are not like each other in terms of body shape and appearance, I am afraid that she ran away!" ”
"Ran away? Then how do we deal with it, my lord is still waiting for the river god to be sacrificed tomorrow, and the goddess will be sent tonight! The man seemed to remember something, and his face was very ugly.
"Don't worry about it, everyone goes to look everywhere, where can a little girl run, this soup is still hot, it must have just gone, block the road into the county, chase it!"
"Then this goddess... I can't wait, sir! The man was still worried.
"These two women, check and check, take off their clothes and send them over to fill the carriage first, if they can't find it, they will replace them, presumably they can be hidden for a while, and chase the real goddess back and then make plans!" Steward Xu looked around the ruined temple, there was only a mud Buddha statue and a pile of hay, obviously it was impossible to hide people, he took out a long knife and stabbed it in the hay a few times, and after confirming that there was no one, he went out with his entourage, and after a while, he heard the chaotic sound of horses' hooves scattering away.
The bronzed-skinned man who was left behind squatted on the ground and smiled, pulled the hair of the two women and looked at the faces carefully, and couldn't help laughing lewdly: "They are all beauties, which one to choose?" ”
After fumbling around, he finally made up his mind to pick one of the pretty ones, and then he heard the sound of Suosuo's clothes rubbing, as if the woman's clothes had all been taken off, and the strong man carried the unwielding woman into the tightly covered green cloth carriage outside, and turned around and returned to the temple.
When those people came, Ruan Mianmian had no way to escape, but at a glance, he found that there was a very narrow gap behind the Buddha statue, which could not be hidden from the side, but the Buddha statue was hollow, and he was small, so he shrank up and got into it in a hurry, just enough to hide in the hollow mud fetal Buddha statue, but the space was also very crowded, she had to hold her breath, and she didn't dare to make a move.
As soon as she hid, those people came in, and the words they said also fell on Ruan Mianmian's ears, and she held her breath even more, listening to those people disperse before letting go of her hanging heart.
Ruan Mianmian listened to the fact that there was only a strong man left outside, and what he did was also clear, I was afraid that Wei Xunyi's two female subordinates had been poisoned, and she thought that the strong man was going to leave when she got into the carriage, but she just wanted to stretch out her stiff hands and feet, but she heard clear footsteps, so she had to hide back and wait quietly for the opportunity.
When the man came back, he stretched out his hand to another woman, dragged her to the hay and was about to do that misdeeds, as if he couldn't wait to untie her clothes indiscriminately, Ruan Mianmian listened to her anxious, although this woman had harmed her, but she couldn't watch her suffer this humiliation with her own eyes, and besides, the medicine that made her faint was still taken by herself, which was really disturbing.
Ruan Mianmian was about to rush out and fight to the death with him, but he heard that the man outside did not move, and then the sound of an iron pot came, followed by the man's self-talk: "What kind of soup are these people cooking, how can it be so fragrant, don't rush to do it for her first, I'll fill my stomach first." ”
Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but be overjoyed, the soup in the pot was drugged, and the medicine was so powerful that even a cow could be drugged immediately, if he was willing to drink it himself, it would save a lot of trouble, and he would be able to escape from this ghost place as soon as possible.
But after a while, Ruan Mianmian heard the expected sound of falling to the ground, and listened with bated breath for a while, making sure that there was no sound, and then Ruan Mianmian cautiously poked his head out from behind the statue.
Except for the woman who was stripped naked and carried into the carriage, there were three strong men lying messily on the ground, another woman in disheveled clothes, and the bronzed man who came from behind.
After settling down a little, Ruan Mianmian stepped over their bodies on tiptoe and slipped out of the dilapidated temple through the night.
Afraid that someone would find her on the road, she did not rush to escape, but went around to a small forest behind the temple, and shrank behind the tree to get up.
Just now, she has been paying attention to the words of those people, they have blocked the route into Gaoyuan County, which blocked the possibility that she would go to Jiang Xinyue and Mu Ruqing, and now she is helpless, and she can't be on the road in Gaoyuan County, and she has almost reached a desperate situation.
Ruan Mianmian's heart was in turmoil, if she didn't enter Gao Yuan, then there was only one way that might be able to save her life, without thinking too much, she got up and walked into the dark night.
It was only a quarter of an hour before Ruan Mianmian left the broken temple, and a figure on horseback appeared on the path leading to the broken temple on the other side.
He has a simple waist knife pinned to his waist, the wind god is handsome, and the sword eyebrows are starry, which is Mu Ruqingfeng, the boss of Yipinxiang.
The two of them were only a moment apart, but they missed it by mistake.
Mu Ruqing flew off his horse and went straight to the broken temple, and at a glance he saw the scene of these people fainting on the ground in pain, his heart was not good, and he saw that Ruan Mianmian was not here, and there was a pot of hot pot soup among these people, and he muttered in his heart.
The bronze strong man was still holding a wooden bowl in his hand, obviously he was still drinking soup before he fainted, and when he saw that these people were tightly covering their abdomen and their faces were like gold paper, he relaxed, which was obviously the reaction of being poisoned by Liu Xi'er's blood, so Mianmian should have escaped successfully after being drugged, which always means that she is still safe at present.
Thinking of this, Mu Ruqing breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and rode towards Gaoyuan County, he wanted to tell Jiang Xinyue the latest news, so that she could have a plan.
Jiang Xinyue touched the outside of the county office, and only found a secluded roof to observe the situation inside. This county government is not big, but it is a small courtyard with two entrances everywhere in the capital, and it even looks a little dilapidated from the outside, but after careful observation, Jiang Xinyue found that it was a little extravagant.
The county lord has four or five concubines here, a main room, and one or twenty beautiful maids waiting to sit around in the back flower hall for dinner. Jiang Xinyue climbed on the roof, secretly lifted a loose tile, and looked coldly at the lively scene below, the whole room was full of the brilliance of golden ever-bright candles, the concubines and maids were dressed in red and green, and they each had a gorgeous and cheesy red flower on their heads, all of them were ingenious, frivolous and debauched.
The eldest lady was dressed like a normal rich and noble family, but she didn't care to deal with these concubines, so she only said coldly: "According to the example of previous years, the master will not come back tonight, you will go back and stay when you are full, don't make trouble." ”
After that, she ate the vegetables herself, as if it was extremely normal. Jiang Xinyue took a closer look, and there was indeed an empty chair next to the lady in the main room, thinking that it was reserved for the old man who didn't come back for dinner. She continued to listen with bated breath, hoping to hear where the old man was, and perhaps those people had taken Mianmian and sent him to him.
"Madam, our sisters have been here for a few years, and the master is usually fine, but he is not here this day, and people miss him~" A woman dressed in a particularly charming dress said coquettishly with half-open eyes.
"Do you want to be a master? I'm afraid I don't want him to reward you with gold ingots, right? The other concubine rolled her eyes and said angrily.
"You're so cold? Aren't you begging the lord to give your mother's family a subsidy to build a house? Don't look at what others don't know. The previous bewitching woman snorted coldly, seeing that the two of them were about to start at the dinner table.
The eldest lady slapped the chopsticks in her hand on the table with an expressionless face, and said sharply: "What are you doing!" Tomorrow is a big day to worship the river god, and the lord is busy all night, is it to make you jealous here? ”
The eldest lady spoke somewhat usefully, and although the two concubines looked disdainful, they no longer spoke, only stirring their handkerchiefs angrily.
Jiang Xinyue heard her say that the master was busy because of the sacrifice to the river god, and she was a little confused for a while, what is the relationship between sacrificing the river god and taking away the sleep?
Thinking like this, Jiang Xinyue suddenly remembered that she had heard someone say a word at the temple fair, it seemed that at this time of year, Gaoyuan had to sacrifice to the river god, usually by the Gaoyuan River outside the city, the pomp was huge, and there was a special courtyard where to build, could it be that it was really because of this incident?