Chapter 43: Arrest
"What do you say? You repeat? Zong Zhengtang's eyes widened in disbelief.
Huan Ci was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what the maid meant. She suddenly felt a dull pain in her chest, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Fortunately, everyone stared at the maid who came in to pass the word, and no one noticed her abnormality in the darkness.
Huan Ci couldn't go back to him immediately, but reason was always pulling her thoughts, telling her not to lose her proportion.
"We're going back now. May I? Sister Huan. Zong Zhengtang beside her had a voice like a heavenly sound exploding in her head.
Huan Ci was already speechless, and he only knew how to nod like pounding garlic.
Zong Zhengtang's personal maid hurriedly came up to persuade her, but she played the piano to the cow. Besides, although Huan Ci didn't say a word, she didn't mean to object, so she had to help Zong Zhengtang get dressed.
With Zong Zhengtang's instructions, the speed of the return journey was much faster than before.
Probably by the time of the ugly righteousness, the group finally approached the Puzhou city gate.
The city of Puzhou was brightly lit, and guards were strengthened outside the city gates. Zong Zhengtang couldn't hold back for a long time, so he sent some people to inquire about the news first.
In the carriage, Huan Qi wrung the handkerchief in his hand nervously, staring straight at the dark forest outside the curtain.
Suddenly, a feathered arrow grazed in front of her and nailed to the wooden board with a "thud".
"There are assassins." "Protect the princess."
The crowd suddenly stirred, and the sound of shouts and metal clashing was filled with ears.
The horse in front of the carriage was frightened by this change, and raised its front hooves in horror and neighed.
After being thrown a few times, Huan Ci finally struggled to climb out, holding the reins to soothe the frightened horse.
But soon she found that Zong Zhengtang's carriage was rampage uncontrollably and went straight into the woods.
At this moment, the feathered arrows that kept coming at him finally disappeared. But soon a group of people sprang out of the woods, and they came towards them with a clear purpose.
Huan Ci raised the bow and arrow on the side, forcing himself to compose. But some of their people originally followed the prince, and some of them were sent away by Zong Zhengtang, and now they are outnumbered.
It didn't take long for them to be defeated. Zong Zhengtang's screams were heard in the forest, and their dead and wounded were already in a collapsed army.
Huan Ci once planned to draw a bow and shoot arrows, but the next moment he was dragged from behind to the horse.
"This is not an ordinary person at first glance, bring her back." Someone above his head said in Yong Mandarin.
Her father has been dealing with Yong people all year round, so she can understand a lot of Yong dialect and can speak some of it.
"What about the others?" Another man said in Yongguo.
"Kill them all."
Huan Ci's heart skipped a beat, wanting to look back at them. But she was pressed to the ground by the shoulders, and she couldn't move at all.
Immediately, she was lifted, her hands cut behind her back, and she was pushed into the woods.
After walking into the forest, she found that there were still many people hiding here, and Zong Zhengtang was also suppressed at this time, and a piece of cloth was stuffed in her mouth.
"Hmm-"
After seeing Huan Ci, she twisted her body. Her captor raised his fist at her, and the woman's whimpering voice disappeared.
Obviously, this group of people is well-trained and by no means ordinary mountain bandits.
Could it really be someone from Yongguo? Does the person who assassinated Zong Zhengtou before have anything to do with them?
Huan Ci thought sadly, and the people behind her kept pushing her forward.
About half an hour later, they were taken to a village on the mountain. It must have been inhabited recently, and the village was surrounded by weeds.
Huan Ci and Zong Zhengtang were locked in a firewood room, and the people they brought over instructed the bearded men outside to take good care of them.
"Sister Huan, what are they talking about?" Zong Zhengtang saw that the door was closed, and whispered in her ear.
"It should be a person from Yongguo." Huan Ci lowered his voice.
"I don't know where Fu Shen is being held." Zong Zhengtang sat on the firewood stack dejectedly.
Huan Ci glanced around his surroundings. It was full of firewood, surrounded on all sides, except for a narrow iron window at the top of the west wall, through which the clear moonlight shone in.
Zong Zhengtang saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and looked over with her gaze.
Suddenly, the voices of people outside caught their attention.
"Who told you to watch here?"
"It's Lord Huyan."
Lord Huyan? Could it be related to Yong's Huyanting?
Huan Ci frowned and listened, but Zong Zhengtang didn't understand their words, just held Huan Ci's hand nervously.
"I'll close the door when I'm in, and you go and rest for a while, and then come back in half an hour." A man said again.
"Yes."
Huan Yu stared at the door worriedly. Sure enough, the next moment, a man in his forties kicked in the door.
Behind him, a young man glanced inside the room and closed the door from the outside.
"It just so happens that the uncle can't sleep, do you want the little sisters to sleep with me?" The man laughed.
"Sister Huan, what did he say?" Zong Zhengtang shrank behind her.
Huan Ci looked at the man in disgust and said softly, "Don't be afraid, it's okay." ”
She held a stick in her hand and watched her warily.
"Both of them are beauties, which one should I choose?" The man said with a sly smile.
"I want to see your boss." Huan Ci took a deep breath and said in Yong Chinese.
The man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his eyes showed a fierce light: "Can you understand my words?" ”
"I want to see your boss."
"I can let you meet the dick." The man laughed and pounced.
He was about to go to the side with Huan Ci in his arms, but Zong Zhengtang was startled and screamed suddenly.
"Fuck off." Huan Ci slammed the stick in his hand to his head.
This action angered the man, and he kicked Huan Ci hard in the stomach, scuffling with her.
When the sound of piercing flesh came, Huan Ci froze in place. At the same time as her, there were two other people who were stunned.
The man's eyes widened in astonishment, and he slowly looked back at the woman behind him.
Zong Zhengtang was also dumbfounded, she looked at the short knife in her hand, and then raised her head to look at the vicious man.
"I'll kill you." The man didn't expect the dagger he was carrying to be used by them, and shouted angrily.
Seeing that he was about to turn around and hit someone, Huan Ci picked up a stick and smashed it on his head.
Zong Zhengtang drew his dagger at the same time and threw it aside in horror.
The man was so injured that he was bleeding profusely and soon fell to the ground.
"Did we kill someone?" Zong Zhengtang cried intermittently while nagging.
Huan Ci inhaled heavily, walked over and hugged her shoulder: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid." ”
"Let's run." Zong Zhengtang touched his tears and stumbled over to open the door.
"They locked the door." Looking at the door that didn't move at all, Huan Ci explained aloud.
"What to do? What should I do if I am discovered? Zong Zhengtang muttered.