Liangcheng is safe and stable, Xiaobao'er is growing up day by day, and it seems that everything in life is back on track, but maybe Shi Qiu's body is a little weak because of the toss after giving birth to Xiaobao, and he has not been able to conceive a child for a long time.

Su Zhi was full of anticipation at the beginning, saying that he wanted a daughter like her, but later he stopped mentioning it, for fear that if he said it, he would make Shi Qiu sad again.

On the day of the godmother's death, Xiao Bao'er stayed at home to recuperate because of the cold, Su Zhi was temporarily assigned to the task, and he couldn't get out of the busy work, only Shi Qiu alone found a coachman to drive a carriage and went to the grave for the godmother outside the city.

In this season, the sorghum in the suburbs has already turned red through the ears, bowing its head heavily, walking through the woods, and the dew in the night will beat the grass on both sides of the road green and yellow, exuding the smell of autumn.

Carrying a basket and burning a stack of papers, Shi Qiu talked about the things at home to his godfather and godmother, and watched the paper ashes in front of the grave burn out, before getting up and walking towards the carriage parked on the road.

Over the years, Shi Qiu has never been as extravagant and luxurious as the wives of some official families, she has lived a hard life, she is used to doing everything by herself, and she is not used to the feeling of stretching out her hands to eat and opening her mouth, and she always feels that it will be a little unsteady. When she was young, even if her father was the shopkeeper of the wine shop, he also made wine himself, and his mother never spent money to buy a lot of jewelry, and he wore it all year round, just two plain silver hairpins. After arriving in Liangcheng, the godfather and godmother have worked hard all their lives, and they say that they live by their own labor, and their hearts are the most down-to-earth.

Shi Qiu has always kept this teaching in mind, and after marrying Su Zhi, he has never been extravagant and wasteful, and the two days have been lived simply like this.

When she arrived at the carriage, Shi Qiu called Lao Liu, who was driving the car, held the whip and did not respond to her, covering her face with a straw hat on her head, looking at the grass in a daze.

Shi Qiu didn't call anymore, the old Liu who was driving the car was a mute, and he couldn't even hear clearly with his ears, and when she got into the car, there was a movement, and he might know.

Climbing the edge of the carriage, Shi Qiu got into the carriage, and after sitting in the carriage, he heard a whip, and the carriage hurried forward.

Shi Qiu leaned against the wall of the car, staggered for a while, closed his eyes and rested, but he was either thinking about Xiao Bao'er's homework, or thinking about how Su Zhi's winter clothes should be cut.

After a long time, as the carriage came to the uneven section of the road, it began to gurgle, Shi Qiu's mind was sober, thinking that she had dozed off for so long, she should have arrived in the city, but think about it, the road near the city is wide and flat, when is it so potholed and difficult to walk.

Lifting the curtain of the car, Shi Qiu couldn't help but be shocked, at this moment they were already walking on a remote road, the road was bumpy and difficult, and there were reckless green mountains everywhere, which was not a road she was familiar with at all.

Shi Qiu lifted the curtain and said loudly to the driver who was driving the car outside: "Lao Liu, are you going the wrong way?" ”

The driver who drove the car ignored Shi Qiu, and instead waved the whip in his hand faster.

Shi Qiu was suddenly alert, this person had obviously heard her words, but he didn't respond, obviously deliberately driving the carriage here.

Suddenly, an extremely bad premonition hit Shi Qiu's heart.

Quietly pulling off the hairpin on his head and hiding it in his sleeve, Shi Qiu asked the driver who was driving the car, "Who are you?" ”

The other party still didn't speak, as if he was also a little flustered, and kept driving the carriage quickly.

Shi Qiu staggered on the carriage, slowly approached, raised his hand, and was about to pierce the hairpin in his hand towards the man, but with the man's "hoo", the carriage suddenly stopped, and Shi Qiu was carried by this force, and suddenly fell into the carriage.

The man turned his head, wearing a straw hat made of wheat straw, his face was tightly covered with a black cloth, and only a pair of eyes were exposed, and after stopping the car, he went over and pulled Shi Qiu out of the carriage and went towards a dilapidated house next to the wilderness.

Shi Qiu was hit by this, and he was dizzy, and before he could react, he had been pulled elsewhere.

During the struggle, Shi Qiu raised his eyes and glanced at the man, always feeling that the other party's eyes were a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it when he thought about it.

"Who are you? Where are you taking me? ”

It seemed that he had been planning for a long time, the man dragged Shi Qiu into the courtyard, went straight to a broken grass house, and tied Shi Qiu's hands and feet with the hemp rope prepared in advance, and even his mouth was blocked by a large ball of cotton cloth, and his cheeks bulged high.

Shi Qiu squeaked and whined for a long time, only to feel dry and nauseous, the man was indifferent, got up and closed the door and locked it from the outside, Shi Qiu listened to the door of the courtyard was also locked, and then a loud horsewhip sounded, the horse neighed, and continued to drive forward.

Shi Qiu squirmed, rolled and rubbed against the crack in the door, and watched through the dilapidated and collapsed wall as the carriage in the wasteland grew farther and farther along the path, as if he wanted to leave her here.

Thinking about it, Shi Qiu felt that he had never had too deep hatred with anyone in Liangcheng, if it was those opponents who sold alcohol, then it would be better if the other party tied her up and beat her, and then killed her viciously, why did he tie her up and leave? This made Shi Qiu clueless for a while, flustered, and confused.

Lying on the dusty ground on her side, Shi Qiu kept looking out of the crack in the door, she didn't know what direction this road led to, she only looked very remote, and after a long time, she didn't see a pedestrian passing by.

Shi Qiu forced her flustered heart to calm down, her hands and feet were tied very tightly, looking around, there was no tool that could help her escape, Shi Qiu struggled, used all her strength, the rope on her body still did not loosen in the slightest, so she had to lie on the ground, watching the sky outside getting later and later.

After a long time, the masked man did not come back, and it was not until the sunset on the horizon turned red that Shi Qiu finally understood the purpose of the man leaving her in the carriage after abandoning her here.

Because she saw Su Zhi's figure galloping past Su Zhi outside on a horse through the crack in the door and the broken earthen wall, she wanted to come to Su Zhi to see that she was delayed and had begun to look for it, according to Su Zhi's connections and speed, she checked the whereabouts of a carriage at various intersections, I was afraid that it would not take long, and the kidnapper drove the carriage away, wanting to rely on the traces left by the carriage on the road to lead Su Zhi to other places.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the masked man to go and return, secretly observe the surrounding situation, and entered the courtyard for a while before opening the door where Shi Qiu was.

The dilapidated wooden door creaked open, and the man saw that Shi Qiu was still there, as if silently relieved, he pulled Shi Qiu up from the ground, let her sit down against the earthen wall, and then ripped off the cotton cloth in Shi Qiu's mouth.

The mouth that had been held up for a long time was already dry, and it was suddenly relieved, so that Shi Qiu couldn't help retching a few times and gasped for a few breaths.

The man didn't seem to want to abuse Shi Qiu, so he took out a water bladder, held Shi Qiu's chin and fed it, Shi Qiu's mouth was thirsty, and he drank a little involuntarily when he saw the water, and only after a while did he feel that the discomfort in his throat eased a lot.

"Why are you tying me up? If you want money, I will give it to you. ”

Shi Qiu's mouth was free, and he didn't shout for help at the first time, firstly because there was no one here who was barren and uninhabited, and secondly, he was afraid that he would shout and force the other party urgently, but it made this person nervous and poisoned.

The man looked at Shi Qiu for a moment, and then he reached out and gently stroked Shi Qiu's cheek.

Shi Qiu dodged his head to the side, and suddenly became even more nervous, "I, I'm no longer young, if you want a girl, I can give you silver, you go to the Drunken Spring Building......"

"All I want is you." The other party spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, Shi Qiu thought about it carefully, and there seemed to be a faint voice like this in his mind.

"Who the hell are you?" If this person wasn't for money, Shi Qiu really couldn't imagine that someone would go to such great lengths to tie her up.

Hearing this question, the other party was silent, Shi Qiu was guessing in his heart, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, Shi Qiu's heart moved, and before he could open his mouth and shout, he was grabbed by the person next to him and covered his mouth.

Shi Qiu was tied with a rope and couldn't move, so he had to be in a small room, looking at the already dim road outside, Su Zhi and a few of his men galloped past on horseback.

It seemed that there had been no movement for a long time, Shi Qiu's anxious tears fell, and a drop fell on the person's hand, and the other party slowly let go of the mouth covering Shi Qiu, and looked at her with some nervousness.

In the dim and narrow room, Shi Qiu met the man's gaze, and saw that he first looked at her face for a moment, and then his gaze slowly fell on her neck, chest, and waist.

As the night came, Shi Qiu became more and more unable to see the other party's movements, only feeling that a pair of eyes in the dark were looking at her greedily, revealing a trace of obsession.

A pair of hands gradually reached his body, Shi Qiu screamed, curled up and moved to the side, sensing that the person was getting closer and closer, Shi Qiu panicked and shouted a few times for help to the silent outside, listening to the silence outside the door, Su Zhi and the galloping horse's hooves were already far away.

Shi Qiu gritted his teeth, and after shouting a few times, he felt hopeless, and in the face of the person bullying him, he simply gritted his teeth and hit the earthen wall next to him with a bang.

At the same time, there was a bang, and the dilapidated door was kicked open, and the room suddenly lit up with torches, completely illuminating the small space.

Shi Qiu fell to the ground, her head was hit and she was groggy, and her eyes were hazy, and when she saw Su Zhi's figure rushing in, she kicked the people around her away, and then held her in her arms.