"What's wrong?" Chu Xingchen and the others took a look and hurriedly chased after him.

The man who gave Xiao Wang the longevity lock fled in front, and Xiao Wang chased after him. "He killed my aunt's token in my hand. I'm worried that something happened to her."

Aunt? Chu Xingchen took a moment to realize that Xiao Wang was talking about his biological mother. A concubine could only call her aunt her mother.

"Don't worry, maybe I just picked it up. Zhou Buyan, please send someone to Xiao Mansion quickly to see what's going on."

Zhou Buyan agreed, and Chu Xingchen was pulled by Shen Cangzhu and Ling Zhou, who pushed aside the crowd for her to catch up with Xiao Wang.

There were too many people, and with the squeezing and chasing, the guards who were originally hidden in the crowd were basically scattered. Shen Cangzhu felt that it was not safe, but Xiao Wang couldn't care about his mother anymore.

"You protect her, I'll go after her."

"Let's go together." At this point, Xiao Wang couldn't really be allowed to go alone, Lingzhou and Chu Xingchen said at the same time.

Shen Cangzhu thought that the guards would come looking for him after a while, and Zhou Buyan followed him. He thought for a moment and did not stop him.

But because there were so many people at the lantern festival, I chased them all the way to the outskirts of the city, but I still lost them because there was a charity village nearby, which made it look even more remote and eerie.

Although Xiao Wang was anxious, he still had reason, "Let's go back first."

The person who went to Xiao Mansion hasn't responded yet, maybe it was just a minor accident and he couldn't stay in a place like this for a long time.

I was about to return, but I heard a woman calling for help not far away from Yizhuang.

Several people looked at each other and hurriedly ran over. Looking through the broken window, they saw a woman being tied up and a man about to do something beastly.

"stop!"

"Beast!"

The man howled after being beaten by Ling Zhou, Xiao Wang was patching up his feet beside him, and Shen Cangzhu stood in front of Chu Xingchen to protect her while observing the surroundings.

There were obviously people living here, but they were the only two people there. It seemed that the man had taken advantage of the Lantern Festival to kidnap the woman and wanted to do something evil.

The woman is obviously much better dressed and older, while the man is much younger. He looks like he is only in his teens, but he has not learned well.

The woman's clothes were torn and her clothes were disheveled. Chu Xingchen hurriedly took off his cloak and covered her first.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay."

The woman trembled and cried, so pitiful.

Look no further than Shen Cangzhu, let alone help her. Chu Xingchen comforted her and helped to untie the rope.

I originally felt bad when this kind of thing happened, but the man refused to repent. He refused to accept being beaten by Ling Zhou, and even shouted, "Don't hit me, she is my wife."

No one believed what he said, and Lingzhou became even more angry when he heard it. He was a man who had come off the battlefield and had a righteous heart. He could not bear to see such a thing. Soon the man was beaten to the point where he could not stand up.

Xiao Wang was afraid of beating the man to death, so he stopped Ling Zhou in a hurry, "Let me ask him something."

Xiao Wang kept his mother in mind, "What's going on with this longevity lock? How did it get into your hands?"

"I don't know." The man shook his head.

"If you don't want to die, just be honest!" Xiao Wang pressed his neck, "I'll give you one last chance."

"I really don't know. I just went to the lantern festival to buy a lantern for my wife, and then someone gave me money and asked me to give you the longevity lock. I think I only helped run errands if I had money. I don't know about the other things."

"I wonder why you are running away?" Xiao Wang didn't believe it.

"If you chase me, of course I will run away."

Xiao Wang didn't believe it and wanted to continue the interrogation. Suddenly, he heard Shen Cangzhu's panicked voice from behind, "Stop!"

Xiao Wang turned around in shock and saw that Chu Xingchen was actually held hostage by the woman they rescued.

Everything was so sudden that Xiao Wang couldn't even react for a while, "What's going on?"

Chu Xingchen also wanted to ask what was going on, but she just untied the woman's rope and comforted her.

Unexpectedly, just as Chu Xingchen helped her pull up her clothes, she suddenly pounced on Chu Xingchen, hugging her and crying.

Chu Xingchen also patted her to comfort her, asked her name, and wanted to send her back.

"I am ranked fifth, and everyone calls me Wu Niang. Thank you, little girl."

Wu Niang said thank you, but suddenly tied Chu Xingchen with a rope and walked behind her. When Shen Cangzhu felt something was wrong, Wu Niang had already placed the dagger in Chu Xingchen's neck.

Wu Niang leaned against the wall and hid behind Chu Xingchen, "Don't even move, or I'll kill her."

"Don't be impulsive, we just saved you..."

As soon as Shen Cangzhu finished speaking, Wu Niang burst into laughter and said, "Pei Lang, please help with the work."

"Yes, madam." After Xiao Wang stood up, the man he pinned to the ground, Pei Lang, immediately rolled away and said, "I told you that this is my madam, but you didn't believe me."

Ling Zhou looked at the dagger on Chu Xingchen's neck and felt like he was going crazy. He didn't know how things could become like this, "Let her go quickly. How could you... husband and wife be like you!"

"Do you understand the love between husband and wife? The young man is still too young."

Wu Niang's face darkened, "Listen to my words, don't struggle or move, just stand still for me, otherwise she will die."

What Zhou Buyan saw when he came in was this scene. He thought that the situation was not complicated at first, but he thought of the Queen's request to give Chu Xingchen and the others more opportunities to get along. Seeing that there was no need for him to come forward, he did not show up and just hid outside.

Unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred, and by the time he realized something was wrong, Chu Xingchen had already been kidnapped.

Zhou Buyan still wanted to rescue her secretly, but the house was too shabby and empty, and there were few places to hide. Pei Lang quickly reminded, "Madam, there are four of them, and there is a man."

Zhou Buyan was exposed while chasing someone.

"Really? You're so dishonest, so you have to give them some color."

Wu Niang said and moved her hand slightly, Chu Xingchen felt a pain, and blood immediately appeared on his neck. The blood flowed down and dyed the white underwear red, which was dazzling.

The neck is already a fragile place. If you apply more force and damage the blood vessels, the consequences will be disastrous and no one will survive.

Shadow Zhou Buyan understands the fragility of the neck very well. He has harvested many lives through the neck, but he never thought that one day the danger of this knife would befall His Highness.

"Stop!" Zhou Buyan's eyes were splitting, and he hurriedly showed up without caring about avoiding. He couldn't imagine the consequences of Chu Xingchen losing his life because of him.

He raised his hands and walked in, "Put down the knife and don't hurt her."

Wu Niang looked him over and said, "It looks like he is a practicing master. Don't move around and hand over the weapons you are carrying."

Wu Niang carefully hid behind Chu Xingchen, only occasionally revealing half of her eyes, so that Zhou Buyan could not find a chance to rescue him, and did not dare to take risks for fear of hurting Chu Xingchen. After careful consideration, Zhou Buyan left a few arms.

Ling Zhou took out two daggers, Xiao Wang took out one and threw it to the ground. Only Shen Cangzhu did not move.

"It seems they are all from the Lian family."

"Pei Lang, put these things away, put ropes on them, let them drink something good, remember to increase the amount." She warned cautiously.

"Okay." Pei Lang, whose nose and face were bruised and swollen after being beaten, was limping but moved hurriedly.

He dragged the rope from the side and put the knotted rope around their necks, just like the rope around Chu Xingchen.

"Don't use it." Chu Xingchen felt that there was something wrong with their insistence on the rope, so he hurriedly said.

"Don't try it? You think the blood isn't enough?" Wu Niang was a little angry.

"Let's set up a trap. Don't hurt her again. If you hurt her again, you won't be able to threaten us with her." Shen Cangzhu said immediately.

Shen Cangzhu looked at the rope and thought it was just to control them. After weighing it, he quickly compromised and put it on.

"We wore them."

Wu Niang laughed and said, "That's right." She whispered from behind Chu Xingchen, "The little girl seems to be doing well and is on the top of the minds of four men, but why do you do it?"

Chu Xingchen smiled bitterly, based on her status as a princess?

Just as she was about to speak, Wu Niang's eyes flashed with a hint of madness, "Pei Lang, continue."
Chapter completed!