The shadows on the door were getting clearer, and the footsteps were getting closer.

Zhan Xinglan's heart was like a drum, and he closed his eyes tightly and didn't dare to open them.

Who is so vicious, even if it is kidnapped, it will ruin her innocence.

The chains fell to the ground with a clatter, and the door was opened.

"The effect of this sweat medicine is really powerful, and I haven't woken up for an hour."

"Pingsi, you go outside to guard, and if there is any trouble, you will make a code."

The leader unbuckled his belt as he spoke.

Heisi wanted to reach out to stop him, but he looked down at the rotten shoe that he had opened his mouth and exposed his toes, and still put his hand down.

Conscience and money, he can only choose the latter.

Seeing that Pingsi hadn't gone out yet, the leader urged impatiently: "Get out quickly!" ”

Heisi timidly took a few steps back, sighed and led the door out.

In the dimly lit room, only the gangsters and Zhan Xinglan were left.

"Little lady, I don't want to be like this, if you want to blame it, blame you for offending people who shouldn't be offended."

The leader half-squatted down to untie Zhan Xinglan's feet.

A pair of rough and wide hands trembled a little, and Zhan Xinglan could clearly feel this person's nervousness.

While the man was untied, she opened her eyes.

"If you don't want that, why do you want to kill innocent people?"

The leader was already weak-hearted, and suddenly heard Zhan Xinglan speak, which frightened him, and the whole person retreated a meter.

"You, when did you wake up?"

Zhan Xinglan pretended to be calm and looked him up and down.

It doesn't look like a professional killer.

"I woke up when you said you were short of money."

"It's okay if you're awake, hurry up and get things done, so that we can get the money quickly."

The leader made up his mind, stood up and threw himself at Zhan Xinglan.

"Wait!"

Zhan Xinglan's heart trembled and shouted loudly.

The leader hurriedly stepped forward and covered her mouth.

"Don't scream, tell Lao Tzu to sew your mouth shut again!"

Zhan Xinglan nodded silently, and his eyes turned red instantly.

Faced with this kind of scene, she was actually scared to death.

If her innocence was really ruined, she might as well be dead.

Seeing her pitiful look, the leader slowly let go of his hand.

"If you know each other, just cooperate obediently, and I can still spare your life."

"Big brother, do you have a daughter?"

Zhan Xinglan asked.

The leader was visibly stunned.

"How do you know?"

"I see that you are carrying a small copper flower in your arms, and the style should be something that the youngest daughter's family likes."

Zhan Xinglan saw that his gaze softened, and he knew that he had made the right bet.

"The eldest brother's daughter must be very cute, she has a father who regards her as a treasure, it is her blessing."

Speaking of his daughter, the rugged man softened his voice.

"My sweetheart is smart and clever, but she is unlucky."

Zhan Xinglan endured the pain and shrunk himself into a ball, and continued:

"Sweetheart, what's wrong with her?"

The man reacted and said angrily:

"What's your business!"

"The eldest brother looks like an honest person, and he has a well-behaved daughter at home. If the eldest brother hadn't been in trouble, how could he have kidnapped someone else's daughter. You might as well tell me about your troubles, and if I can help you, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

The man was suspicious: "Can you really help me?" ”

"My father is also the Duke of Ming, and he is His Majesty's most trusted courtier. As long as I ask, my father will do his best to help you. ”

Zhan Xinglan is very sure of Zhan Bofeng's love for her.

This confidence was given to her by Zhan Bofeng's strong fatherly love.

The man hesitated, but the door behind him suddenly opened.

"Lady of the Zhan family, I believe you."

Ping Si rushed in, he looked at Zhan Xinglan with a blank look, his eyes full of pleading.

"Heisi, who let you in!"

The man said angrily.

"Big brother, what are you hesitating about, we are not even as good as a dog now, if we really hurt the lady of the Zhan family, what should my wife do? What about Tian'er? ”

Heisi's words made the man fall silent.

Seeing that he hesitated, Zhan Xinglan said seriously: "You don't want Tian'er to be scolded in the future because she has a bad father." ”

The man sighed and sat down on the damp ground.

"My name is Ding Wei, and Heping Si is a fellow villager, and they both make a living by striking iron. Five years ago, we heard that the Capital Arsenal Department was recruiting blacksmiths, and after consulting with Heisi, we moved our family to the capital. ”

"In order to enter the Arsenal Agency, I spent all my savings to buy off Geqiu, the supervisor of the Arsenal Administration. We finally entered the Arsenal Department, originally thinking that we would be able to make the next family have a better life, but we didn't expect that just a few months after we entered the Arsenal Department, Qiu Wei Weiqing was demoted because of greed for ink. The entire Arsenal Department was searched, and all the blacksmiths were forcibly evicted from the arsenal. ”

Qiu Wei Weiqing, isn't that Qiu Chuyan's father?

It turned out that the events of that year also implicated so many people.

"We couldn't get angry, so we went to Geqiu to reason. But not only did he not return the money, but he also sent thugs to cripple my legs, and my mother-in-law felt sorry for me, so she went to Geqiu alone behind my back to ask for an explanation. Who knew that Geqiu, when he saw that my mother-in-law was beautiful, he actually ......"

Ding Wei gritted his back molars, his eyes full of resentment.

"By the time I found out she was gone, Geqiu had already dumped my aunt's body into a mass grave."

"What a brute!" Zhan Xinglan was angry when he heard it.

"Later, I sued him to the government with a complaint, but on the day of the trial, Geqiu actually sent someone to kidnap my sweetness. At that time, Tian'er was only five years old. I really had no choice but to withdraw the complaint. ”

"In the past five years, I have found a blacksmith shop in the capital to make a living, I thought I could live a peaceful life with Tian'er, but I didn't expect that two months ago, Geqiu suddenly found us, and pretended to make peace with me, saying that it was to give me a sum of money as an apology, as long as I pressed the handprint on the paper. But I didn't know what was written on it, and naturally I didn't believe his nonsense, and I didn't want to put my handprints on anything. ”

"When Geqiu saw that I didn't obey, he simply asked someone to forcibly press me, and he pressed the handprint more than me. I never thought that Geqiu would fall in love with Tian'er! ”

"She's still a doll!"

He said that if I didn't hand over the sweetness, I would pay him five hundred taels. I was also desperate, so I was instructed to kidnap you. ”

Ding Wei finished his story, and he was already teary-eyed.

Zhan Xinglan listened to what happened to him, and he was no longer as afraid as he was at the beginning, but had a lot more sympathy.

"The supervisor of the Arsenal Department is just a nine-grade official, and Wei Weiqing's greed for ink was widely implicated back then, and he didn't even find his head, it seems that the people behind him are not small."

Ping Si sighed and said, "Lady of the Zhan family, although I don't have such a hard life as my eldest brother, I have also been harmed by Geqiu. After being kicked out, the old lady in the family couldn't afford to be sick. Katsucho has cut off almost all of our back roads, and I really have no choice but to try my luck at the casino. But I didn't expect that this bet would never stop again. ”

"Brother Ding, Brother Ping, if you can trust me, let me go, and I will definitely do my best to help you get rid of Geqiu."

Zhan Xinglan said firmly.

Ding Weiping looked at each other in all directions.

After making eye contact, Ding Wei stepped forward to untie the ropes on her feet.

"I can let you go, but if you dare to play tricks on us, I will definitely kill you if I don't want to."

Ding Wei threatened her, and his eyes were the kind of eyes that only people who were forced to a dead end would have.

Zhan Xinglan knew very well that he was not just talking.

"Don't worry, you trust me, I naturally can't let you down."

"I can only wronged you for one night here, and we will send you back to the Ming Kingdom Mansion early tomorrow morning."

Before Ding said anything, he pulled Ping Si and walked out.

As the door closed, there was the sound of chains crashing against the wooden door.

Zhan Xinglan closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief.

This catastrophe was barely passed, and if she hadn't accidentally seen the little copper flower, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She lay on the haystack and looked out the door at the light.

I don't know how long it took before I fell asleep.

Half a day has passed since Zhan Xinglan disappeared.

Li Qingchen dispatched the people of Ling Yue Pavilion to search for Zhan Xinglan's whereabouts.

Fu Xuanlin and Wen Renzhuo also led the people to look for the whole night.

They carefully discerned the trail of the lame man in the mess of mud footprints, all the way to Dongshan.

But the east mountain is full of gravel and hay, and the trail of mud footprints is broken.

They searched around like headless flies until the sky cleared and found nothing.

Fu Xuanlin was anxious, anger and anxiety filled his nerves.

Cheng Xing left him silently, and now Zhan Xinglan's life and death are uncertain.

He looked up haggardly.

A round of tomorrow on the horizon shows the edge.

Baili Mo hurriedly ran over and said to Fu Xuanlin: "Lord Wang, I haven't seen a report from the mountain, saying that the person who has found out the kidnapping of Zhan Niangzi is very likely to be a blacksmith from the former Arsenal Department. ”

"Blacksmith?" Fu Xuanlin suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said, "I know where she is!" ”

Li Qingchen also received the news at the same time and rushed to Dongshan with his men and horses.

In the armory of the former Arsenal Department of Dongshan, weeds are overgrown everywhere.

Sunlight poured down Ding Wei's face through the broken windows.

He twisted his neck and raised his hand to shake Heisi, who was still asleep.

"Wake up, it's dawn. Go wake up the lady of the Zhan family and take her back to the Ming State Mansion. ”

Heisi rubbed his eyes, took out the key from his waist and got up to open the door.

Suddenly, there was a loud slamming of the door.

"Someone's coming!"

Ding Weiping was like a frightened bird, picked up the knife on the table and held it to his chest.

"Hurry up and open the door and take the Zhan family lady through the back door."

Ping Si was frightened and did not possess his body, so he answered and stabbed the key into the lock hole.

But he was so scared that he couldn't get the key in.

"Hurry up!"

Ding Wei roared, and the key in Ping Si's hand simply fell to the ground in fright.

"Get out of the way!"

Ding Wei pushed Ping Si away, picked up the key on the ground and was about to unlock it.

The gate of the armory was in disrepair, and with the strong push of the crowd, the gate collapsed.

Just as Ding Wei opened the chain, Fu Xuanlin kicked open the front door, and Ding Wei was about to slash at Fu Xuanlin with a knife.

At the moment of thrilling, Fu Xuanlin shot a sharp arrow accurately into Ding Wei's hand.

Ding Wei screamed, blood splattered.

Ping Si on the side was dumbfounded, hurriedly threw away the knife in his hand, and knelt down.

In a few moments, the two were surrounded by the guards of the Lingwang Mansion.

Zhan Xinglan slept very unsteadily, and his whole body felt as if he had been pricked by a needle.

In her sleep, she seemed to see a blinding light hit a tall figure.

The figure came anxiously towards her.

"Zhan Xinglan!"