Tangled

Chapter 94
The bag was bought casually, it was convenient, but it was not embroidered with patterns, it was too simple and elegant.

"Just make do with it, and I'll buy you a better one when we get to Qingzhou."

"No, this is already very good, I like it very much."

Her voice is light and soft, and it sounds like a Jiangnan ditty to my ears.

Gu Tingshu's mood changed with her, and there was a smile in his eyes.

He went out and closed the room, and let her rest inside. When he leaned on the railing and looked down, he happened to meet Mu Chengze who came back from inquiring.

"Ashu, these bandits are so lawless, they dare to rob civilian girls in broad daylight."

"The sedan chair for the daughter of the Zhu family had just left the city not long ago, but was suddenly snatched by a group of bandits who rushed out when passing Xiaoyang Mountain."

"Seven or eight people in the sending-off team died, and the few we met came back desperately."

Obviously this is not very far from the capital, but because it is not an important road, the management is neglected, so no one reports the bandits here.

This was also his fault, if he hadn't only paid attention to a few key points, he wouldn't have caused the people here to suffer.

He was so angry that he was about to pull Gu Tingshu to kill the bandits, but he tried a lot but failed to pull Gu Tingshu.

"Brother, you are too aggressive, go and wash your face first."

Gu Tingshu turned sideways and motioned him to go back to the house first.

Although Mu Chengze was anxious, he also knew that he could not wipe out all the bandits by himself, so he just walked into the house with his sleeves twitched.

Gu Tingshu glanced downstairs and followed after seeing nothing unusual.

"The situation is urgent, why don't you move? If you don't go, then the daughters of the Zhu family will suffer."

The secular world values ​​Qingyu a woman very much. It would be fine if she could be rescued now, but if she couldn't, after one night, even if she rescued her, she would not be able to bear the eyes of the secular world.

"The situation is urgent. The Zhu family has not acted yet, so why are you in a hurry?"

"They are the people of Gu, how can Gu not be in a hurry? If the bandits are not eliminated, how can Gu survive in the world with face?"

After finishing speaking, Gu Tingshu took a deep look and poured a cup of cold tea while he was panting.

"Your Highness cares about the common people. This is the great fortune of the country. It's just that you are nervous. You must not lose your mind because of it."

"If there are bandits not far from the city, why didn't the magistrate report it? Why is the business here so prosperous?"

If there were bandits, it would not be so easy for them to enter the city, and the people here did not dare to cheer and celebrate like this.

After drinking two cups of cold tea, the anger in his heart was suppressed a lot. Mu Chengze held the teacup in his hand and looked up at him.

"What Ashu means is that today's incident was directed and performed by everyone?"

"No, if it was Zhu's handwriting, he didn't have to hold the wedding banquet so grandly."

What is the purpose of spending money and effort?

"Brother, if you want to know, you can just ask the Patriarchs of the various families."

Although Mu Chengze was skeptical about this, but it was already late at this time, and it was really not suitable to go into the mountains.

He poured himself another cup of cold tea, took a long breath, and seemed to have made a decision.

"If this matter is not what Ashu said, then tomorrow, Ashu and I have to kill those bandits together."

Gu Tingshu lifted the cup to him and followed his words.

The two took a rest, and when the night was quiet, they took Shen Qiqi out the door.

Being awakened suddenly in her sleep, Shen Qiqi's spirit was listless, and she was frightened by Gu Tingshu's action of jumping off the eaves with her arms in her arms, so she couldn't lift up any strength in her body.

She softly pinched a corner of Gu Tingshu's clothes, hid in the corner and waited for the night guards to go away, then lowered her voice and asked, "Cousin, where are we going?"

Is there anything you can't do openly and generously, and you have to be a gentleman on Liang at night?

"Go to your house."

Gu Tingshu didn't tell her what happened today, so she only knew that something happened to the Zhu family, but she didn't know exactly what it was.

At this time, when I heard that I was going to Zhu's house, many questions popped up in my mind.

It's just that in the current situation, it's really difficult for her to ask questions, so she can only wait until the Zhu family and let him explain the confusion to herself.

Gu Tingshu hugged her waist, with a little help from his toes, he jumped onto a courtyard wall again, and the three of them went softly to Zhu's house.

It was dark at this time, but Zhu's house was still brightly lit, and there were many yamen guards outside the Zhu's house, as if they were afraid that bandits would suddenly come to the door.

A few people avoided the yamen servants and climbed over the wall from the backyard to enter. Before they could stabilize their bodies, they heard the sound of footsteps.

A few people stood behind a piece of green bamboo, and waited for the boy to pass by carrying things before continuing to move forward.

"The girl was kidnapped by bandits, why is the master not worried at all when she looks at it? Why don't you ask Liu Butou to look for it tomorrow?"

"Why do you ask so many questions? The master has his own reasons for doing so. Just do your own thing well."

"I don't know what's the matter, master. It was so strange these two days that he took out all the things in the house to dry."

"That's right, so many things have to be washed and dried in a few days, it's really killing people."

Those little servants wanted to say more, but suddenly several whips sounded, and those little servants uttered "Ouch, Ouch" in pain, so they didn't dare to say any more.

Hearing the young man's words, the Zhu family has been really weird these past few days, they looked at each other, and then walked quickly towards the main courtyard.

In the main courtyard, seeing that most of the family property had been exchanged for bank notes, the heads of the families were relieved.

Mrs. Zhu came over, holding the silk scarf in her hand, and gently tucked the corners of her eyes.

"Sir, are we really leaving?"

"The foundation of the various families is here. If there is still a choice, why would I choose to leave?"

The Patriarchs took the hands of the Madams and heaved a long sigh.

"The children have all left safely, and there are only you and me left. Tomorrow, I will have someone sneak you out of the city first, and then you will leave first with the bank notes."

"There are still a few boxes of silver taels that have not been exchanged, and I will take them with me tomorrow. If we can pass Xiaoyang Mountain safely, we don't have to worry about anything."

"Master, you can't..."

"You don't have to say it, it's just decided."

"It's late at night, and we have to set off tomorrow morning, so go back to your room and rest."

Madam Zhu wanted to say more, but was stopped by the eyes of the Patriarch Zhu, she hesitated to speak, and finally had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

"Since you don't want to leave, why do you have to send your family away!"

After listening to a few words outside the window, seeing that Mrs. Zhu had already left, Mu Chengze jumped in directly through the window.

"You, you, who are you? How dare you break into my house at night?"

"Patriarchs don't need to panic, we don't have any malicious intentions, it's just that we were lucky enough to eat the banquet of Zhu's family and received gift money from Zhu's family, so after hearing what happened to the girls, we just wanted to do our part."

"You?" Upon hearing this, the Patriarchs looked out of the window subconsciously, but saw that the window was empty and there was no other person there.

Mu Chengze saw the doubt in his eyes, and followed his gaze, but he didn't see the two people who followed him just now.

(End of this chapter)