His fists clenched involuntarily, and Qiu Shichang's breathing gradually became difficult. It was as if a boulder was pressing down on his chest, leaving him breathless.

"What have you heard about in the harem?"

"I heard the sixth prince tell the queen mother that Princess Chen's behavior is disorderly and unworthy of being the main mother of the palace. There is also Princess Ling, who said that the county lord is unwilling to be lonely, and seduces men to go to other courtyards, which is immoral, and ......"

"Enough!" Qiu Shichang interrupted Qiu Ziyao loudly, and Ziyao's small body trembled. As if he found that he had scared his sister, Qiu Shichang slowly squatted down, held Qiu Ziyao in his arms, and muttered painfully, "Could it be that this time, am I wrong again?" ”

***

Leaving from the Autumn Mansion, Chunfeng looked at Baili Lan with some concern, and stopped talking.

"If there's anything you want to say, just say it."

With the permission of the master, Chunfeng said softly, "County Lord, Qiu Shichang's attitude has changed greatly, will it affect our plan?" The slave looked at him as if he was also very entangled. ”

Opening her lightly closed eyes slightly, Bai Lilan smiled and said, "The reason why he is entangled is because he hasn't found what he wants yet." Whether it's fame or fortune or me, Su Yihao can't give it to him, so he will hesitate. If we want him to be biased towards us, we have to give him an expectation. ”

"What is Qiu Shichang's expectation?"

"Status, and me."

Hearing this, several maids couldn't help but blush.

"The county lord has a noble status, so naturally it is impossible to have any results with him." Qiu Shuang was the first to regain her composure and continued, "As for status, he has already been awarded the title of emperor, his sister is still the county lord, what else do you want?" Even if Lord Qiu is alive, he may not have his beauty. ”

"After the collapse of the family, Qiu Shichang wants to be stable, and he doesn't need to have a high status, but this status must protect the family. Soon, the sky of Beining is about to change, and Su Yihao doesn't know where he will be, how to stabilize Qiu Shichang? Qiu Shichang himself can figure this out, now it is just a short period of confusion, and after he figures it out, he will naturally come to me. Today's trip is just to let him know that time is running out now, and there is no time for him to dream. If you continue to make mistakes, history will repeat itself, and the Qiu family will still be destroyed in an instant. ”

"Then Qiu Shichang might care about what the county lord meant?" Chunfeng was a little worried, after all, the current Qiu Shichang was different from the previous hatred. Qiu Sha is calm and decisive, and knows what he is doing. But now Qiu Shichang is acting crazy, as if he is desperate.

Bai Lilan pondered for a while and ordered, "Dongxue, go to Qiu Mansion again tomorrow, and take advantage of Qiu Shichang's efforts on duty to take Qiu Ziyao over." Since Qiu Shichang can't make up his mind, let his sister make this decision! ”

***

Knowing that she was going to Baili Lan, Qiu Ziyao was so happy that she hurriedly asked people to dress up themselves beautifully, and held the newly designed bonsai to give to Bai Lilan.

Sitting in the carriage, Qiu Ziyao hummed happily, shaking her head, and couldn't help but look at the winter snow.

"Didn't you just meet the county lord yesterday, why are you still so happy to see it today?"

"It's different!" Qiu Ziyao's eyes widened and said, "Yesterday, this pot of rabbit grass was not trimmed, and there was no way to give it to the county lord." But today's success is done, I believe the county lord will like it! ”

Looking at the little rabbit grass held in Qiu Ziyao's arms, Dongxue bent the corners of her mouth while listening to her cheerful tune.

But suddenly, the carriage shook, and then shook violently, making it unstable for the two people in the carriage. Qiu Ziyao was so frightened that Jingsheng screamed, her arms kept waving, and finally, as soon as she was grasped by Dong Xue, the two of them kicked the curtain and jumped out.

When he flew out of the carriage, Dong Xue found that he was surrounded by six or seven black-clothed people, each holding a sharp blade in his hand, looking at Dong Xue and the two of them.

"If you follow us honestly, you will be able to suffer less flesh and skin, otherwise, hmph, the brothers' knives don't have eyes!"

Looking coldly at the black-clothed man at the head, Dong Xue said disdainfully, "Just a few of you nobodies, dare to come to me to dance with knives and guns?" ”

"Yo, this girl is not very old, and her tone is not small. Big brother, I don't think she takes us seriously at all, it's better to teach her a lesson first, let her know how good we are! Seeing that Dongxue was alone and looked weak, a little minion stepped forward with lust and courage, and smiled obscenely.

But before the man had taken ten steps, he felt a chill in his arm, and when he looked down, he found that there was a deep hole in the bone!

"Damn, you, you dare to hurt my brother!" Seeing this, the leader of the man in black was furious, waved his hand and let everyone rush up, regardless of whether there were children on the other side, raised his sword and slashed.

Dong Xue protected Qiu Ziyao with one hand, and waved a long sword with the other, repelling the black-clothed people who approached her one by one.

Seeing that Dongxue was so difficult to deal with, the leader couldn't help but take a sip and said angrily, "Damn, didn't you say that this person is the princess, why is he so skilled, I would have brought a few more people if I knew it, it's really difficult to deal with!" ”

As the words entered his ears, Dong Xue's heart moved slightly, deliberately revealing a flaw, a long sword stabbed over, Dong Xue could dodge it, but the next long sword had already reached his neck.

Seeing that Dongxue had finally been subdued, the leader couldn't help but stand in front of her proudly and said, "Stinky girl, can you run?" Now I know how powerful my uncle is! As soon as he had finished speaking, the leader saw the brothers lying on the ground, either breathless or babbling, and he could not be happy.

Qiu Ziyao held the winter snow in fear, and her little face turned pale. But Dong Xue gave her a comforting smile and whispered, "It's just some bandits, Zi Yao don't be afraid, I'm Princess Chen, they don't dare to do anything to me!" ”

Hearing this, Qiu Ziyao looked at Dongxue suspiciously, and when she saw Dongxue blinking, she understood, lowered her head, and didn't make a sound.

Chunfeng knew that Qiu Ziyao liked to eat osmanthus cakes, so she specially prepared a lot for her. But until it was getting dark, I didn't see the two people, and I couldn't help but be a little worried. After discussing with Qiushuang, Chunfeng went out to look for them according to their behavior. But this search almost scared her out of breath.

"How can this be...... Chunfeng was shocked when he looked at the blood stains all over the ground, and then searched carefully on the ground, only to see a potted plant stained with blood. Although one of his ears was knocked off, he could still make out that it was in the shape of a rabbit. Thinking of Qiu Ziyao's words yesterday, she said that she wanted to give the county lord a gift, called Little Rabbit Grass. At that time, she was still wondering, what is rabbit grass, is it a blade of grass that grows into a rabbit? Now she knows......

Reaching out to pick up the flower pot, the spring breeze wiped away his tears, and ran back to the palace courtyard like crazy.

After learning that Dongxue and Qiu Ziyao were missing, Baili Lan immediately asked someone to inform Qiu Shichang, and the two came to the scene of the incident together to check the clues.

Qiu Shichang's face was tense, looking at the mess all over the ground, his eyes almost wanted to spew fire, "These bastards, they dare to move Ziyao, if I find them, I will definitely not spare them!" ”

"Now is not the time to talk ruthlessly, let's think about how to find people first!" Baili Lan said casually while searching the ground. Suddenly, Baili Lan noticed a shiny mark in the grass, and hurriedly squatted down to pick up the fragment.

"Autumn Frost, come and see, what kind of gang sign is this?"

Hearing this, Qiushuang hurriedly took the fragment in his hand, looked at it carefully, and then his pupils dilated, and he said in a lost voice, "I remembered, this is the symbol of the water gang in the south of the Yangtze River!" ”

"The Water Gang? What is that place? ”

"There are many waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, and in order to prevent piracy from raging, the Water Gang came into being. Nominally, the Mariners are employed by employers to protect their safety at sea. ”

After listening to Qiushuang's explanation, Xia Yu said strangely, "Jiangnan Water Gang? So why did you run to the capital? Also, this water gang sounds like it protects the safety of pedestrians, so why is it helping to abuse it now? ”

After pondering carefully, Qiushuang shook her head and said, "The specific reason is unknown." ”

"Whoever said that the one who had this symbol would be the Water Gang, maybe he would ask the Water Gang to keep him safe on the water." Bai Lilan got up, looked at the deep night and said slowly, "In this capital, there are many people who can have contact with Jiangnan, but there don't seem to be many who need to be protected by the Water Gang." ”

When Qiu Shichang heard this, he suddenly thought of a person in his mind. But he felt ridiculous, so he didn't say the name that came to his lips.

"It's getting late today, so let's go back first. Since it is a purposeful kidnapping, I will definitely contact you and me, so let's wait and see what happens! ”

"How am I going to wait and see what happens?" Qiu Shichang pounded the ground hard, and said in a mournful voice, "You were kidnapped and you were just a maidservant, but Ziyao is my own sister, how can I wait and see what happens!" ”

"Then you are here waiting for the enemy to return Ziyao to you!" Looking at Qiu Shichang, who was squatting on the ground, Baili Lan said angrily, "You pound this ground as much as you can to see if it can tell you anything." Also, although Ziyao is your sister and you cherish her, Dongxue is also a very important person in my heart, and I will never watch her being hurt by gangsters! ”

Perhaps it was Bai Lilan's scolding that woke Qiu Shichang up, he rubbed his head and said with difficulty, "Have you ever thought about who is going to kidnap them?" Ziyao has no enmity with others, but it doesn't look like she came at her. ”

"You mean, I'm getting involved?" Baili Lan crossed her arms and said with a slight squint in her eyes, "Indeed, I have made many enemies in the capital, and there are many who want to seek revenge on me. But why didn't they find me? Rather, to kidnap a handmaiden and an unrelated child? Perhaps, we are thinking things too simply, Dongxue and Ziyao are just chess pieces trying to contain us! And the people related to you and me are nothing more than a few princes. What's the matter, is it because you and Shu Yihao failed to cooperate, does he want to trouble you? ”

"Impossible, I haven't seen the Sixth Lord since yesterday. And he has returned to the fiefdom, how can he know what is happening here so quickly. ”

Looking at Qiu Shichang with a wrong eye, Bai Lilan said slowly, "Then, it may be Su Yiling!" ”

Su Yiling......