"What did you say? Say it again?" Zong Zhengtang's eyes widened in disbelief.
Huan Ci stood aside for a moment, but soon understood what the maid meant. She suddenly felt a pain in her chest, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.
Fortunately, everyone was staring at the maid who came in to deliver the message, and no one noticed her abnormality in the darkness.
Huan Ci wished she could go back to find him immediately, but reason kept pulling at her thoughts, telling her not to lose her sense of proportion.
"Let's go back now. Is that okay? Sister Huan." Zong Zhengtang's voice beside her exploded in her mind like the sound of nature.
Huan Ci was speechless and could only nod like he was pounding garlic.
Zong Zhengtang's personal maid hurriedly came up to persuade her, but she was playing the piano to an ox. Besides, although Huan Ci said nothing, she had no intention of objecting, so she had no choice but to help Zong Zhengtang get dressed.
With Zong Zhengtang's instructions, the return trip was much faster than before.
At about the time of the Chouzheng period, the group finally approached the gate of Puzhou City.
The lights in Puzhou city were brightly lit, and guards were stepped up outside the city gate. Zong Zhengtang could not hold himself back for a long time, and sent some people to inquire about the news first.
In the carriage, Huan Ci nervously twisted the handkerchief in his hand and stared at the dark forest outside the curtain.
Suddenly, an arrow passed in front of her and was nailed to the wooden carriage board.
"There is an assassin." "Protect the princess."
The crowd suddenly became commotion, and their ears were filled with shouts and the sound of metal colliding.
The horse in front of Huan Ci's carriage was frightened by this incident, and raised its front hooves in fear and neighed.
After being thrown around several times, Huan Ci finally struggled to crawl out, holding the reins to calm the frightened horse.
But soon she discovered that Zong Zhengtang's carriage was running uncontrollably and heading straight into the woods.
At this moment, the incoming arrows finally disappeared. However, a group of people quickly emerged from the forest and came towards them with clear goals.
Huan Ci raised the bow and arrow at the side and forced himself to calm down. However, some of their people had followed the prince, and some of them had just been sent away by Zong Zhengtang. Now they were actually outnumbered.
They didn't hold out for long before they were defeated. Zong Zhengtang's screams could be heard in the woods, and their men were dead and wounded, and they were completely defeated.
Huan Ci once planned to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, but the next moment he was dragged from behind and off his horse.
"This one looks like she's not an ordinary person. Take her back." Someone above the head said in Yongguo dialect.
Her father has been dealing with Yong people all year round, so she can understand and speak a lot of Yong dialect.
"Where are the others?" Another man said in Yongguo dialect.
"Kill them all."
Huan Ci's heart skipped a beat and she wanted to look back at them. But she was stepped on by the shoulders and pressed to the ground, unable to move at all.
Immediately, she was picked up, her hands were held behind her back, and she was pushed into the forest.
After walking into the forest, she discovered that there were many people hiding here, and Zong Zhengtang was also suppressed at this time, with a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth.
"Well——"
After seeing Huan Ci, she twisted her body. The person holding her raised his fist towards her, and the woman's whimpering sound disappeared immediately.
Obviously, these people are well-trained and are by no means ordinary bandits.
Are they really from the Yong Kingdom? Does the person who assassinated Zong Zhengche have anything to do with them?
Huan Ci thought with a frown, and the people behind her kept pushing her forward.
About half an hour later, they were taken to a village on the mountain. Someone must have lived here recently, and the surroundings of the village were covered with weeds.
Huan Ci and Zong Zhengtang were imprisoned in the firewood shed, and the person who brought them here told the bearded man outside to keep an eye on them.
"Sister Huan, what are they talking about?" Zong Zhengtang watched the door being closed and whispered in her ear.
"They should be from the Yong Kingdom." Huan Ci lowered his voice and said.
"I don't know where Fu Shen was imprisoned." Zong Zhengtang sat on the pile of firewood dejectedly.
Huan Ci glanced around the surrounding environment. There were piles of firewood here and there were walls on all sides. Only there was a narrow iron window on the top of the west wall, and the clear moonlight shone in along the window.
Zong Zhengtang saw that she was silent for a long time and followed her gaze.
Suddenly, the sound of people talking outside attracted their attention.
"Who asked you to watch here?"
"It's Master Huyan."
Master Hu Yan? Could it be related to Hu Yanting of Yong Kingdom?
Huan Ci frowned and listened, but Zong Zhengtang didn't understand what they were saying and just held Huan Ci's hand nervously.
"I'll close the door after I go in. You go and rest for a while, and then come back in half an hour." A man said again.
"yes."
Huan Ci stared at the door anxiously. Sure enough, the next moment, a man in his forties kicked in the door.
Behind him, a young man glanced inside the house and then closed the door from the outside.
"It just so happens that the uncle can't sleep, would you like to sleep with me, little sisters?" the man laughed.
"Sister Huan, what did he say?" Zong Zhengtang shrank behind her.
Huan Ci looked at the man with disgust and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay."
She held a stick in her hand and looked at her warily.
"Both are beauties, which one should I choose?" the man said with a lewd smile.
"I want to see your boss." Huan Ci took a deep breath and said in Yong Mandarin.
The man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his eyes flashed fiercely: "Do you understand what I say?"
"I want to see your boss."
"I can let you see my second child." The man laughed playfully and rushed over.
He hugged Huan Ci and was about to move to the side. Zong Zhengtang was startled and screamed suddenly.
"Get away." Huan Ci swung the stick in his hand to his head.
This move angered the man, and he kicked Huan Ci hard in the stomach and struggled with her.
When the sound of piercing flesh and blood came, Huan Ci was stunned on the spot. Two other people were stunned at the same time as her.
The man opened his eyes wide in shock and slowly looked back at the woman behind him.
Zong Zhengtang was also stunned. She looked at the dagger in her hand, then raised her head to look at the ferocious man.
"I'll kill you." The man shouted angrily, not expecting that the dagger he carried would be used by them.
Seeing that he was about to turn around and hit him, Huan Ci picked up a stick and hit him on the head hard.
Zong Zhengtang drew out the dagger at the same time and threw it aside in horror.
The man's vitals were injured, and he was bleeding profusely, and soon fell to the ground.
"Did we kill someone?" Zong Zhengtang cried intermittently while gagging.
Huan Ci breathed heavily, walked over and hugged her shoulders: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid."
"Let's run." Zong Zhengtang wiped away his tears and stumbled over to open the door.
"They locked the door." Looking at the door that didn't move at all, Huan Ci explained aloud.
"What should I do? What should I do if I'm discovered?" Zong Zhengtang murmured.