The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 39
In the deserted mountain forest, two figures walked back and forth on the mountain road.

The one in the lead was a black and thin man, holding a wooden stick in his hand to open the way, and the white-faced woman behind her was about 40 to [-] years old, with a strong body, and she didn't pant much even after carrying a girl on her back.The black and thin man didn't have the slightest intention to help, only occasionally when the mountain road was difficult, he would turn his head to help the woman, and he didn't even look at the sleeping girl, even though she showed a very soft profile.

The sun was westward, and the two arrived in front of a cave.The cave is not too deep, and the entrance of the cave is covered with vines and trees, making it difficult for outsiders to find it.

The cave is covered with dry grass, which shows signs of being deliberately pressed down.The woman put the girl in the white skirt on top, took the rope handed over by the man and tied the girl's hands and feet, making it a little tight, and wrapped a clean cloth around her mouth.While doing this, the woman looked at the girl's peaceful sleeping face and sighed softly.

After tidying up, the two of them sat at the entrance of the cave to rest without saying a word, secretly paying attention to the movement of the sleeping girl inside.After an unknown amount of time, there was the sound of hay rolling inside. The woman gave the black and thin man a wink, and asked in a low voice, "Have you hidden the carriage? We have to hide here until noon the next day. Don't let anyone hide it." I see."

The black and thin man smiled, and his voice was thick and proud: "What are you worrying about? It's not the first time I've done this, and it's well hidden. Don't tell me, the place Shunzi found is really good. Unexpectedly, we didn't flee immediately after we kidnapped, but went into the mountain, and when Houtian Shunzi snatched Miss Lu, we set off right away."

The woman responded, took out dry food from her bag and threw it to him, and said while eating: "Miss Lu is beautiful, but it's a pity that she has a maid in her family, so she can't easily find a chance to snatch her. I heard that she will go up the mountain this month Shunzi came up with a way to burn incense. But his luck is not as good as ours. As you can see, the Miss Lin introduced to us by Wang Wu, and the three Misses of the Lu family can’t compare to her. With her beauty, she can be sold in the capital or Jiangnan , at least it’s worth 500 taels!”

The black and thin man nodded: "Yeah, before we just stared at the daughters in the city, we didn't think that there were such good things in the countryside, so we should pay more attention to them in the future, but it's a rare chance to meet this one. Didn't Wang Wu say that, Her father is teaching in the town, and the family has money, otherwise how could he raise his daughter so tender and juicy." After speaking, his voice was a little frivolous, and he even stood up and walked inside.

Ah Ju's heart almost stopped beating at that moment, what is this person going to do?
The footsteps were getting closer, and the man squatted down behind her.Ah Ju was so anxious that he didn't know whether to hide or continue to pretend to sleep.When he was hesitating, he suddenly heard the woman walking over quickly and pulling the man away, "What do you want to do? We have already agreed that no one can touch these girls, and they are worthless! You'd better put away those extravagant thoughts, and when you come to the place in the future, I don't care how many kiln sisters you find!"

The black and thin man was a little unhappy: "I just touched a few, but I didn't really touch it."

"That doesn't work either. No matter if you go to the capital or the south of the Yangtze River, it will take more than a month of work. You frightened her with your hands and feet. What should she do if she wants to die? Come and stay with me at the entrance of the cave. It's useless to look here."

The black and thin man cursed a few words in a low voice, which was vague.

The two sat down again, chatting while eating.

Ah Ju was lying with his back to them, his hands and feet were bound, his mouth was blocked, and tears were streaming down his face.

Why is this happening?

Wang Wu, she never offended him at all, how could he find someone to harm her?My mother and sister are eating at my aunt's house, and now I don't know if they have returned home, and if they find her missing, what will they worry about?They will definitely come to her, but can they think of this kind of place?Unexpected words...

Ah Ju didn't dare to think about it anymore, she kept crying, even though she forced herself not to cry out, she still had uncontrollable choked sobs that spread out.

"Oh, Miss Lin is awake?"

The conversation stopped, and after a brief silence, the woman came over, forced her to sit up when Ah Ju writhed and struggled, and let her back against the mountain wall, while the woman sat aside and looked at her with a smile: "Miss, I believe you are somewhat clear about the current situation. I advise you to accept your fate obediently. If you fall into our hands, you will be hard to fly. But as for my wife, I am most reluctant to bully you flower-like beauties My son, as long as you are obedient and obedient, I can untie you when you leave the county in a few days, otherwise you can go with it like this all the way, how about it?" Raising his hand, he took the cloth belt off Ah Ju's mouth.

Ah Ju's eyes were blurred with tears, and she couldn't see her face clearly. She just cried and begged her: "Please let me go, please... I'm gone, my parents will go crazy... Don't you have a daughter? If she Will you be in a hurry when something like this happens? Please, take me back, I will give you whatever money you want, please..."

The woman sneered: "Send you back? Don't say you won't be able to get the money at that time, maybe I will have to be sent to prison by your father! Girl, I think you still don't want to open it, so you should go hungry first!" As he spoke, he lifted the cloth belt back, and under Ah Ju's pleading eyes, he returned to the man's side again.

Ah Ju kept crying until her body twitched and her eyes were sore.She watched the two of them finish their meal and return to the hay bunk here.The black and thin man wanted to sleep next to her, but the woman pushed him away cursing, and lay down next to Ah Ju.The distance was too close, Ah Ju couldn't help but move aside.The woman snorted, and lay on her side to warn her: "Be good and stay still, or I will let him sleep here!"

Ah Ju suddenly didn't dare to move.

The woman closed her eyes with satisfaction.

Slowly, the two fell asleep, snoring in varying degrees.Ah Ju's heart beat faster, she glanced at the woman's tightly closed eyes, and then looked at the black and thin man with his back facing him. Although he knew that the hope was slim, he still tentatively moved out bit by bit, with his upper body leaning against the mountain wall to prop himself up slightly. Sit taller and sit outside.It's a pity that there is hay underneath. As soon as she fell, the woman was awakened by the sound of hay rolling, opened her eyes and stared at her directly.Ah Ju shuddered, although the woman didn't speak, there was a vicious threat in her eyes.

Ah Ju closed her eyes in despair, she could only hope that her parents would find her quickly, if she was really sold to such a place by them, she might as well die...

After crying for a while and stopping for a while, the cave gradually darkened.At this time, it was hot in the daytime and cold in the morning and evening. Ah Ju was only wearing single clothes, and the mountain wind blew in her face. She shivered and her face was pale.

The woman had already woken up, and she turned to ask her, "Is it cold? As long as you promise to follow us obediently, I still have a piece of clothing in my luggage, which I can put on for you and let you have dinner."

Ah Ju stared blankly at the entrance of the cave, as if she had never heard of it.The woman sneered and said no more.

It was getting darker and darker, and night fell.

The black and thin man lit the firewood leaves that had been prepared in the cave long ago, and said to the woman when he lit the fire: "It's dark now, and the people at the bottom of the smoking mountain here can't see it. Alas, it's a pity that we are not good at work, or we can only fight Pheasant, you can also eat something warm."

The woman laughed at him: "Do you think we are out to visit the mountains and rivers? It would be nice to have dry food for the pheasants! When we first started this line of work, we were timid, and we felt guilty when we were looked at by others. Grab it, take someone with you and leave in a hurry, often without enough food for days..."

The two chattered, Ah Ju seemed to hear it, but also didn't seem to hear it.The fire was just ahead, and she watched the jumping flames without feeling any warmth.She wanted to go home, and at this time yesterday, she was having dinner with her family.My mother made pimple soup with too much salt, but my younger brother had a bland taste and ate less than usual.She doesn't like to eat egg yolks, so she gave her own egg yolks to her younger brother. The younger sister said that she likes to eat egg whites. Ah Ju knew that her younger sister was teasing her, so she wanted to share half of it with her. The younger sister smiled and moved the bowl away and refused...

She really wants to go home.

Ah Ju tilted her head, tears rolling down again.

Just when her heart was ashamed, the black and thin man suddenly whispered: "Someone is here!"

Ah Ju's heart skipped a beat, her head didn't move, her eyes quietly glanced at the hole, and she listened attentively.

The woman didn't quite believe it, and said hesitantly: "I can't, how can there be people in the mountains at this time..."

Although the black and thin man had been reprimanded several times by the woman, his face was heavy at this moment.He didn't speak, and raised his chin at Ah Ju, then walked to the side of a big rock that was half a person tall, and squatted down.

Ah Ju hadn't heard the footsteps yet, seeing the man hiding himself with a dagger in his hand, his heart was raised.The woman quickly came to her, turned her face to the mountain wall to lie on her side, and threatened in a low voice: "You'd better pretend to be asleep, it really arouses people's suspicion, I'll kill you first!" Shaking the dagger in his hand in front of Ah Ju, the dagger shone coldly, Ah Ju couldn't help but hide back.The woman was very satisfied with this, and took out a large shirt from the bundle to cover her body, covering half of her face, as long as Ah Ju didn't struggle, it was as if she was sleeping.

The woman sat back by the fire and continued to eat slowly.

Ah Ju's heart was beating like a drum, because she also heard footsteps, like boots stepping on the grass, neither light nor heavy.She hoped that the other party would come to rescue her, and worried about him. He was alone, not to mention the black and thin man here, even the woman seemed to know some kung fu. Can you beat them?

Before the situation became clear, Ah Ju didn't dare to move, no matter how anxious she was, and waited nervously.

When the footsteps approached the cave, he paused for a moment, as if hesitating, and continued walking over after a while.

The visitor stopped at the entrance of the cave and did not speak.

Ah Ju was very nervous, and the woman asked in amazement: "Why is this young master still in the mountains so late? Could it be that he came to the mountains to find medicine like my wife?"

"I'm here to find someone. Have you ever seen a beautiful girl? Very beautiful."

Ah Ju's eyes widened.

this voice...

Although she didn't say much to that person, his voice was too cold. He once threatened her in a low voice, this person must be him!
At that moment, Ah Ju forgot her grievances with Zhao Chen, she only knew that Zhao Chen was someone she knew, he came to her, she had to remind him, only in this way could she hope to go home!
Unable to speak, Ah Ju turned around abruptly, struggling.She threw down the shirt that covered her face, and under the light of the fire, she saw Zhao Chen standing at the entrance of the cave in a gray robe. He seemed to look over, but Ah Ju couldn't see clearly, because after confirming that it was really him, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Big girl, you are really disobedient. You think you can get away if someone comes to rescue you? I will deal with him first, my mother-in-law, and I will teach you a lesson later." He stood up, raised the dagger in his hand, and rushed towards Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen looked at her coldly, when the woman approached, he kicked the dagger out of the woman's hand with a sweep of his long legs.The woman was startled, knowing that she was invincible, she ran out as fast as she could.Zhao Chen turned around and chased after him, but Ah Ju didn't see what he had done, only heard the woman's scream and went straight forward, and couldn't get up again.

Zhao Chen killed someone?

Ah Ju's heart was pounding, but, perhaps because she couldn't see the woman's death, she was not afraid, and was even relieved that he had easily dealt with a villain.

As the woman fell to the ground, the cave fell silent.After checking the woman's breath, Zhao Chen got up, walked towards Ah Ju unhurriedly, looked down at her, did not comfort her softly, only sarcastically: "If I knew you were so easy to deceive, I should have learned from them and challenged her." It was a good day to kidnap you and force you, so you can only marry me, right?"

Ah Ju heard what he said, but at this moment, she didn't have the time to think about whether he really intended to do so or was just mocking.Seeing the black and thin man behind the stone slowly turn his body, the dagger in his hand was aimed at Zhao Chen, ready to pounce at any time, but Zhao Chen didn't notice it, Ah Ju was anxious and afraid, and kept raising his chin towards Zhao Chen's right back, There was a whimper in his mouth.

Zhao Chen frowned at her: "What do you want to say?"

Before he finished speaking, he walked up to Ah Ju, squatted down halfway, and reached out to untie the bandage wrapped around her face.Ah Ju stared at the black and thin man all the time, seeing him standing up quietly, Ah Ju was shocked, turned his head to dodge, and reminded Zhao Chen to get away quickly.But Zhao Chen misunderstood. He held her chin and stared at her closely: "You still don't want me to touch it at this time. If it wasn't for me tonight, do you know what will happen to you? You..."

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a sound of breaking wind behind him, Zhao Chen's expression changed, and he quickly got up to dodge, but he was still a step late after all.The black and thin man's dagger slashed across his right arm, and blood spattered, just falling on Ah Ju's body.Ah Ju was so distraught that she almost fainted, her eyes were closed tightly listening to the fight between the two, and warm liquid slowly flowed down her face.

That was Zhao Chen's blood.

There was a moment of blankness in my mind.

Ah Ju knew that even if Zhao Chen saved her tonight, he would definitely not be a good person, but he was the one who found her first and was injured for her, even if he was no match for the thin black man, My life will be here tonight...

Just as she was in a daze, there was another plop in front of her. Ah Ju mustered up the courage to open her eyes, and saw Zhao Chen standing in front of the thin black man with his back turned to him, and the thin black man was lying on the ground, motionless.When Ah Ju looked over, Zhao Chen felt something, and slowly turned around with a gloomy expression.Ah Ju instinctively lowered her eyes, and suddenly remembered his injury, she couldn't help but look at his right arm, the sleeve was torn into a long slit, blood was coming out at that time, one can imagine what was going on inside.

But no matter what, he didn't die, and she didn't have to worry about it anymore, she could go home.

(End of this chapter)