Chapter 145: Finding the Ingot Treasure
Song Qianqiang endured the anxiety in his heart and agreed to Ji Changye's approach.
"Song Niangzi, don't worry, Yuanbao will definitely be fine. The people under his command are very fast, and the ingots will be retrieved soon." Ji Changye looked at Song Qian's uneasy expression and comforted her distressedly.
Song Qian nodded and didn't speak, because at this time she didn't know what to say to relieve the panic in her heart.
Jiao Zhengqing was very self-blaming, so he also sent his subordinates to help find it together, for which Song Qian was very grateful.
Changfeng was afraid that if he delayed time, the ingots would be hurt even more, so he refused to let go of any clues, and finally the hard work paid off, and they found the person who witnessed the thief taking the ingots.
"Lord Wang, Song Niangzi, this lady said that she saw a masked man in black knock out the ingots and take them away." Changfeng brought people to the two of them, and seeing that they finally had a clue, several of them were very happy.
Song Qian stepped forward and grabbed the eldest mother's arm and asked anxiously, "Did you really see who took away my child?"
"I watched, I recognized you as the shopkeeper of the dessert shop, I often go to you to buy things, every time the ingots fill the bags for me, how can I be mistaken?" Hearing the eldest mother's words, Song Qian was even happier and asked where the two of them went.
Hearing this question, the eldest lady suddenly stopped, thought and said, "I was shopping at the time, and I only saw that the child in his arms was an ingot, and when I thought it was strange and wanted to catch up and take a look, I was tripped by the crowd, and I only vaguely remember that they seemed to have gone to the southeast direction. I'm really sorry, Shopkeeper Song, I didn't see it clearly."
"Thank you for your words." Although she was not sure, even if Song Qian was only unsure now, she rushed to confirm that the best result was that it was true, so that she could rescue the ingot.
After getting the news, several people didn't dare to delay, Ji Changye hurriedly asked Changfeng to take someone to search first, and he and Song Qian followed. After the long wind fell, he hurriedly took people away.
Before leaving, Song Qian took out his purse, stuffed it into the eldest lady's hand with the silver inside, and pleaded: "If you find the figure of the ingots in the town or other places in the future, you must come and tell me, thank you." She had to be prepared for both.
Seeing that Song Qian was about to kneel down as she spoke, the eldest lady hurriedly supported her: "What are you doing here, Shopkeeper Song? Anyone will be anxious about this kind of thing, and we will do our best to help when we see it. Besides, I'm a regular customer, and when I go to your shop to buy things in the future, you don't give me a limited amount, you can take the money back, and the first bucket will have a place to use it." As she spoke, the eldest lady stuffed the purse back into Song Qian's hand.
She is not a person who will take advantage of people's danger and see money.
Song Qian looked at the eldest lady gratefully, knowing that he couldn't delay time now, so he should come down first, and then thank the eldest lady after retrieving the ingots.
"Go find it, don't miss the time. Don't worry, I'll ask the others to help watch it too, and I'll have to retrieve the ingots anyway." The eldest lady pushed her body, Song Qian nodded, and left with Ji Changye to go to the southeast.
On the carriage, Ji Changye looked at Song Qian, whose hands were trembling and looking out, and pulled her back with a light sigh and said, "Song Niangzi, you are very dangerous like this. At this juncture, you have to take care of yourself, otherwise how can you have the energy to find ingots?"
But seeing that it was getting late and late, thinking that Yuanbao's current situation was still precarious, how could Song Qian really feel at ease, at this time, there was no one else here except Ji Changye, so she couldn't control her tears.
Although this ingots are the children she only met when she came here, and there is no blood relationship in essence, after such a long time together, Song Qian has long had feelings for him and treats him as his own child. If something happens to him today, Song Qian doesn't know how to face the rest of her life, she will definitely live in guilt all the time.
And her concern in this generation will also disappear.
Looking at her thin figure, Ji Changye also felt the same sadness, and finally after mustering up his courage, Ji Changye sat beside her and hugged his shoulder, at this time Song Qian had no intention of caring
These, she only felt that there was a place for her to rely on, so she leaned on Ji Changye's shoulder.
This move made Ji Changye suddenly stiffen in surprise, he was very overwhelmed and didn't know what to do next, so he could only pat Song Qian's shoulder to comfort her and relieve his embarrassment.
Song Qian, who had calmed down, also noticed his abnormality at this time, hurriedly got up and sat aside, and said, "Don't blame you, Lord Wang, the people's daughter didn't mean to, but it was difficult to control her emotions for a while, and she lost her temper." I hope they can all forget what happened just now, otherwise Song Qian doesn't know how to face Ji Changye next.
Ji Changye coughed lightly twice, and replied calmly: "It's okay, Song Niangzi is too worried. This is all human nature, if Song Niangzi still wants to...... You can come to me at any time." After saying these words, Ji Changye regretted it, wondering if Song Qian would think that he had bad intentions when he heard these words and wanted to take advantage of others' danger?
But he still thought about it a lot, because Song Qian was looking out of the carriage at this time, although it was night, but by the moonlight, she still vaguely saw the broken temple standing in the forest not far away. In an instant, Song Qian's mood became nervous, afraid that Yuan Bao was really guilty inside, and afraid that he was not inside, and he still didn't find him.
"Lord Wang, there is only one Broken Incense Fire Temple in the southeast, do you want to go in and have a look? Or do you want to send someone on?" Changfeng dismounted and came to the stopped carriage to ask.
Ji Changye got out of the carriage, looked at the ruined temple in front of him, and ordered, "The soldiers are divided into two ways, one team of men and horses enters the broken temple, and the other team of men and horses continue to move forward to find clues, and the thieves must not be spared."
"Yes, Lord." Changfeng immediately went to arrange.
Song Qian couldn't wait to get out of the carriage, feeling the howling of the cold wind, she ignored the unevenness of the road under her feet, and staggered towards the broken temple.
Ji Changye didn't stop her, but sent someone to follow him, because he knew that he didn't want to stop her now.
Seeing the faint light emitted from the broken temple, Song Qian was sure that there was someone inside, so he pushed the door in.
After seeing the appearance inside, Song Qian's eyes were filled with joy, and he couldn't help but call, "Yuanbao."
As she thought, the ingots were really here.
But now he looks very embarrassed, he is tied to a pillar with his mouth gagged, and his body and face are covered with mud and abrasions.
Hearing Song Qian's voice, Yuan Bao vaguely saw her approaching from his trance and chaotic thoughts, and after forcing himself to wake up, he was very anxious but couldn't make a sound, so he could only shake his head desperately, as if telling Song Qian not to come. But when Song Qian found out, it was already too late.
Half of her body had already crossed the threshold, and at this moment, a cold arrow flew from the shadows, Song Qian didn't have time to dodge, and could only block his face with his arms, but the expected pain did not fall on his body, and there was a wheezing sound in his ears.
She slowly opened her eyes, and saw Ji Changye beside her, holding the arrow of the cold arrow in her hand, and the bright red blood kept dripping on the dead grass on the ground. But Ji Changye's face did not change, and his eyes were full of coldness and majesty when he looked around.
"Lord Wang!"
Changfeng led someone to break in, and when he saw that Ji Changye was injured, he hurriedly stepped forward to care, but was pushed away by the other party: "Leave me alone, go to find that thief, I shouldn't have run away." As soon as the words fell, he threw away the cold arrow, strode to the bound ingots to untie him, and carefully wrapped the cloak on his body around the ingots, regardless of the fact that he was only wearing a thin coat because of the urgency of the situation.
Yuan Bao leaned on Ji Changye and fell asleep tiredly, at this time he also forgot his previous misunderstanding of Ji Changye and the estrangement between the two people, and let Ji Changye carry him into the carriage.
"Song Niangzi, you also hurry up, don't catch a cold. Don't worry, the thief Changfeng will bring it back, let's go back first, find a suitable place and then interrogate the thief. Besides, the top priority now is to find a Langzhong for Yuanbao, after such a toss and the weather is so cold, I definitely can't stand it." As he spoke, Ji Changye pushed Song Qian into the carriage, and turned around and went to the broken temple without waiting for the other party to speak.
At this time, Changfeng chased people into the forest, shuttling through it, and Changfeng had already seen the figure that was still dying and struggling not far away, running non-stop with his good eyesight.
Because he didn't have time to deal with him anymore, Changfeng launched a light skill, easily chased after him and kicked the person to the ground, grabbed his back collar and lifted the person up. "I said you can run away, can't you run now? It's so bold that anyone dares to tie it up! Now it's time to see who you really are." With that, Changfeng took off his face towel, despite his desperate struggle.
If it was really the scholar who was kicked out of the academy at the beginning, the other party saw that his identity was exposed, so he stopped struggling, and was thrown to the ground by Changfeng in resignation and said, "That's it, I know I can't run." But to keep you looking for so long, to watch that child suffer, I am satisfied."
Seeing the smug look when he said these words, Changfeng was angry, and he had to beat him several times to get angry, but he was stopped by the people around him, and he had no choice but to endure tying people up and bringing them back to Ji Changye's side.
"I knew that your identity was not simple, but I didn't expect it to be the prince. But I'm curious, I tied this child to avenge that I was kicked out of the academy because of Song Qian, what are you anxious about? Could it be that you and Song Qian, a widow, still have a leg?" The scholar knew that he could not escape death if he had sinned, so he was no longer afraid of anything, and talked nonsense without any lower limit.
Although Ji Changye was angry, he only frowned, and then motioned to Changfeng, "Escort him to the county mansion, it's best to let him be quiet along the way, and you can use some special methods, but don't be dumb, otherwise you won't be able to ask anything during the interrogation."
Before the words fell, the scholar saw the fierceness in Ji Changye's eyes, and immediately noticed that something was wrong, although he no longer cared about life and death, but he was still very afraid of the torture before death.
Changfeng understood, and then threw the man on the back of the horse, preparing to make him suffer a little first.
Because the only carriage sent Song Qian and them back first, Ji Changye followed the others, got on the horse, and led the way out of here.
In the moonlight, their backs were exceptionally clear.
At this moment, a few people hiding under the shrine of the broken temple finally dared to come out to breathe. Looking at the back of Ji Changye and them leaving, one of them couldn't help but say, "What is this for? If you engage in such a big battle, if you really have a rich family, you are a rich family."