Cifengque

Chapter 81
Being thrown on the ground roughly, Jun Ci couldn't help but groan, and the sack was pulled away immediately.

Jun Ci shrunk in the sack, a little dazed and helpless, and finally pretended to be calm: "You... who are you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, write a letter to your family, and ask your father and brother to send you three thousand coins to redeem you!" A strong man with an ugly scar on his forehead threatened with a cruel look on his face.

"Three, three, three thousand!" Jun Ci was so frightened that his face paled and his tongue was tied, "I don't have such a huge fortune in my family."

She looked like she was about to cry.

"Use the cloth from your home to cover it." The strong man said coldly.

"Liu Cong, a native of Mengcheng, Matou County, Chongzhou. It is said that he is related to the Han royal family. I think the family has a lot of wealth. Is it worth three thousand yuan to buy your life?" A refreshing voice sounded.

Junci turned his head and saw a man whose clothes were out of tune with everyone else. He was also dressed in ordinary fabrics, but with wide sleeves and wide belts. He looked like a man of knowledge.

He has clear eyebrows, yellowish skin, but it is hard to hide his broadness, he is a handsome gentleman.

"I...my family is not related to the Han royal family, it's just a little bragging..." Junci's voice became lower and lower.

What about the Han royal family? It all has a history hundreds of years ago, but there are not many people with the surname Liu who don’t brag like that. Didn’t there be Liu’s family in the Southern Dynasties, and they kept saying that they were the orthodox Han royal family?
It was precisely because Jun Ci boasted about this that Huo Qingqu believed him even more after reading his talisman: "Let's write it, our master will send someone to deliver the letter to your home on your behalf, and will also investigate your family situation. If you don't pay this money, you won't be forced to ruin your family..."

Huo Qingqu's tone was calm, and he paused at this point, and then changed the subject sharply: "But if your family is rich, your life can be redeemed with more than three thousand pennies."

The paper wrapped with the pen was thrown in front of Junci, and the vicious strong man gently placed the inkstone filled with ink next to her, staring at her: "Write!"

Jun Ci trembled in fright, spread the paper with shaking hands, stained it with ink, and slowly wrote down the document begging for the ransom from the family. Before she could read it, she was pulled by the strong man and handed it to Huo Qingqu.

After Huo Qingqu took a look, he raised his eyebrows slightly. The head of the family, who had never spoken, was a tall man of about forty, with a solemn expression, and asked, "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

Huo Qingqu didn't answer, but looked at Junci, who also looked at him with some fear and doubt.

Huo Qingqu looked up at Xiao Liu who was behind Junci, and winked.

Xiao Liu, who was throwing the flying knife in his hand, threw the wrist, only the small knife with the length of the index finger flew out, and shot straight at Junci, but Junci seemed unaware, the blade brushed her ear from behind, leaving a trail Thin bloodstains, when the knife was inserted into the opposite wooden table, Jun Ci was shocked.

Her reaction made Huo Qingqu fold the document and hand it to the chief: "Brother, let the second brother and the third sister go together."

"En." Apparently the boss seemed to obey Huo Qingqu's words.

In just a short time, Jun Ci knew that Huo Qingqu, the fourth master, was the backbone of this group of gangsters. Judging by his walking steps, his martial arts skills should not be high.

But this person should not be underestimated. He became suspicious of her just after reading her letter, and even ordered someone to test him out. Jun Ci thought about it carefully. Suspect?
Jun Ci naturally didn't know it was because of the cleanness of her words, even though she tried her best to cover it up, but a person's habits and expressive ability are engraved in his bones, it is difficult to leave no trace.

Mengcheng is not far from the place where the Southern Dynasties were handed over. From here, it would take ten days to go back and forth quickly. Junci was naturally imprisoned. They were asking for money, not killing them.

Although she was locked up, she was given food and drink, white flour buns and roasted meat, and even asked her if she wanted wine.

Holding back his saliva, Junci shook his head in a panic.

As a frail scholar, he should not be addicted to alcohol.

It's okay to take a sip, I'm afraid she won't be able to resist drinking.

It was probably because she was trying to find out that she didn't have the skills. After pushing her into the house, she didn't tie her hands and feet. The house built along the cave didn't even have a window. There was a sticky door and window on the iron door, letting in the wind and light.

When Jun Ci looked at her, she felt a pair of eyes staring at her through the thick stone wall. She immediately realized it, curled up in the corner of the bed, and leaned against the two walls to seek a sense of security.

She didn't move the food on the table, nor did she take a second look at it.

In the room across the stone wall, the round-faced Xiao Liu stared at Junci, then turned to look at Huo Qingqu standing in front of the window: "Fourth brother, she is very honest."

From Xiao Liu's point of view, this scholar is no different from the ones captured before. For some reason, the fourth brother attaches great importance to it and asks him to try it out.

Huo Qingqu didn't seem to hear Xiao Liu's words, he unfolded the letter paper in his hand, it was written by Junci.

There are a lot of red tape for literati, even if it is a distress letter written in a time of crisis, one should not forget the literati's roots, the first sentence must be an honorific such as "self-defying the court precepts, and menstruation suddenly", and then go straight to the topic.

Junci, who was born in Xiwu, almost never communicated with literati through letters. She didn't have this habit, so she skipped this step.

This is where the flaw lies.

"Since fourth brother doubts her, why not..." Xiao Liu's eyes were dark and murderous.

"Xiao Liu, don't despise human life." Huo Qingqu frowned and scolded in a low voice, "We are forced to become bandits. If we don't restrain ourselves, we will be willing to degenerate. What's the problem? How can we claim to be righteous?"

Xiao Liu lowered his head and pursed his lips in silence.

Huo Qingqu sighed: "You stay here and stare at her."

After explaining, Huo Qingqu left the room.

Xiao Liu turned his head a little resentfully, and continued to stare at Junci, and saw that she had pulled the quilt to cover her head at some point, he glanced at it twice, turned around, found a seat and sat down, and continued to bury his head in playing with the knife in his hand.

After a while, he went to look again. Jun Ci still looked the same, but he noticed that there was one steamed bun missing on the table, so Xiao Liu sat back down again.

Before going to bed, Huo Qingqu came back again and asked, "Is there any change?"

Xiao Liu pouted towards the hole: "I ate two buns."

After speaking, he couldn't help muttering: "Sneaking around is like a thief, and you have to hide under the quilt if you eat buns."

Huo Qingqu also looked at it, and after listening to Xiao Liu's words, he didn't say much, but told him: "Keep an eye on it."

Little did he know that after he had left for half an hour, Xiao Liu felt extremely bored because of the unchanging posture of the huddled man covered by the quilt, so he yawned and fell asleep.

Junci also took a nap, you can only do things if you have enough energy, right?

He didn't set a time for himself, woke up already in the sky, and couldn't notice his eyes staring at him, Junci piled up the bedding and stuck the iron gate.

(End of this chapter)