Chapter 903: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (25)
Chapter 903: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (25)
"Yes, I'll prepare the tonic right away!" the man said respectfully.
The chief nodded and went out.
When this subordinate took out the incense from his sleeve and wanted to give Shangguan Ruojin some more, he happened to look into her already open eyes and uttered, "You!"
He felt as if a fog appeared before his eyes, and in the end he only knew that he should leave the room after drugging Shangguan Ruojin.
As soon as the people left, someone rushed in from the window and said, "Miss, are we going to take it all?"
"Did the stall owner's family really get arrested?" Shangguan Ruojin could understand the evil in human nature, but she wanted to know how evil it could be.
The subordinate was stunned and didn't know how to start for a moment.
"Tell me! I can accept any result!" Shangguan Ruojin said indifferently, "We are all ordinary people. It is normal for us to put our families first."
"It's just a self-consoling excuse!" Shangguan Ruojin's men sighed. "Desperadoes won't leave anyone alive. His wife and daughter were killed on the first day they were captured. He must have known about it because he demanded gold from those people afterwards."
"Didn't you ask your wife and daughter?" Shangguan Rujin frowned slightly.
"He didn't even mention it!" The subordinate thought for a moment and finally revealed the stall owner's fate. "The gold must have been smeared with poison. When our people went to look for him, he had already died of the poison at home."
Shangguan Rujin's expression remained unchanged. He then said, "According to their plan, they will leave the city today. You should follow them and see who is picking them up. Don't act rashly. I want to see how many of them there are in and around the city."
"Don't worry about not being able to keep up. Take Luoyue with you. She knows how to find me." Shangguan Ruojin continued, "If necessary, you can also go to the military camp to report the news. Just make sure to find my brother and don't tell anyone else.
Don't trust anyone until the last moment!"
"Yes!" The subordinate quickly disappeared into the room.
Shangguan Ruojin was lying on the bed in the room just like at the beginning, and those people had to take her out of the city.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but she felt like she was about to fall asleep waiting.
The door opened at this moment, and the person who had just been controlled by her bewitching magic pushed the door open and walked in.
At this time, he was clear-headed and waved his hand, saying, "Go, change her clothes and dress her up a little bit. We are getting ready to leave the city."
Soon, Shangguan Ruojin, who had been dressed up again, was helped into the carriage.
"The Shangguan family is very quick. It hasn't been long since someone started checking the news on the streets." The leader whispered to the people around him.
It turned out that in order to make things look realistic, Shangguan Ruojin specifically instructed some people in the mansion to wear plain clothes and search for people covertly on the streets.
To the uninformed, it may seem like nothing.
But in the eyes of the kidnappers, it meant that the Shangguan family did not want to alert the enemy, but was frantically looking for someone.
It just makes them feel that they are doing the right thing and not being exposed.
The carriage arrived at the city gate smoothly.
It was the peak time for people to leave the city, and the leader had already established a good relationship with a gatekeeper.
Therefore, he only gave a bag of silver and let the carriage cut in line, and quickly passed the inspection and left the door.
After the carriage had gone a mile, the leader was still feeling proud of his foresight.
But he didn't know that all those who had been on guard for him, those who had given him convenience, including the clerk who had let him out of the city, had been arrested after they left his sight.
Originally, the general's mansion did not have so many people or so much power.
But before taking action, Luoyue went directly to the military camp to report the matter to Brother Shangguan.
When they heard that their sister had been arrested, the two of them immediately became restless.
"How come someone's already taking action just after hearing the news?" Shangguan Ruojing looked at his brother reproachfully, "Your information is too delayed. What kind of spies are you looking for?"
Shangguan Ruoyu was also very depressed. He didn't know why the foreigners, who were usually not smart, acted so quickly this time.
Shangguan Ruoyu, who was rarely complained by his brother about his lack of consideration, did not refute him, but began to plan how to maximize the benefits of this kidnapping.
It would be best to catch all the traitors and parasites.
In fact, it’s not Shangguan Ruoyu’s fault.
Because the person who planned this kidnapping was not a foreigner.
Or rather, not all of them are foreigners.
There are many mountains near Youcheng, and it is also a border.
There are many bandits in places like this.
Some of these bandits were escaped stragglers, and some were farmers who could not survive nearby.
Some are mixed-race children who were abandoned as children.
Originally, they were all small-scale teams, but some time ago, a person from a mountain village heard that the other party wanted to get hold of something against the Shangguan family while doing business with them, so he asked if there was any reward.
"We've been fighting the Shangguan family for so many years. If we can defeat them, our leader will wake up laughing in his dreams." The alien captain laughed, "Money, beauties, and even official positions in our tribe are all within reach.
However, the Shangguan family has always been a strong family. They would rather die standing than live on their knees. I really can't find any shortcomings!"
He does not mean that.
The man suddenly had an idea and immediately thought of the gentle Doctor Shangguan.
Who says there are no weaknesses? It's not unusual for a child to appear decades later if he or she didn't have one before.
However, he did not tell the team leader about this matter. Instead, he smiled and said that he would go back and think of a solution.
He immediately reported the matter to the leader of the village.
Although they were bandits, they were not necessarily disloyal at times. The head of the family immediately rejected his proposal: "This won't do. The Shangguan family has risked their lives to defend Youcheng, and so many of their children have died.
They used to be a big family here, but now they have only four direct descendants. Although we don't live in the city, every family has received their kindness.
Although we are bandits, we have our own code of conduct. We cannot do such ungrateful things. We will not mention this matter again."
The person who said this exchanged glances with the other second-in-command, and that night the boss became his predecessor.
Then the second in command took people to carry out the kidnapping.
They had a very good plan. After receiving the reward, they would retire from banditry and move to another place with the money.
With fantasies about their future life in mind, they are getting closer and closer to the place of "delivery".
When they saw the foreign flags, these people became excited.
It was still that alien team leader. He seemed to distrust this mob and asked impatiently, "Is the person in this carriage the one you mentioned who is very important to the Shangguan family?"
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