.

  Who will this "he" be?

  A loud shout came from Scarface: "Go and see if Fourth Miss has woken up yet?"

  Dong Zhao was startled and quickly climbed onto the couch beside Su Xiang.

  "That delicate little miss, one of my chops can take care of her for at least two hours," someone muttered to himself as he walked over in this direction, "You all set your minds at ease, nothing will happen."

  Dòu Zhāo closed his eyes, relaxed his body, and pretended to sleep.

  His gaze lingered on her for a moment, the sound of footsteps fading away in the distance, "click" the door was locked again.

  Dou Zhaosong slumped down and found his forehead covered in fine sweat.

  Doesn't she know if someone has come to rescue her?

  Nor did I know if Su Lan had lost her way or been discovered?

  She didn't think she would be knocked unconscious.

  If there's anything wrong with the three lengths and two shorts, I'm afraid it will be too late for regret.

  This decision is too risky!

  A thousand threads, a myriad of troubles, making her heart as tangled as hemp.

  A faint "creak" suddenly echoed through the room.

  Dou Zhao was startled and looked around, only to see the window pushed open a crack, and Bie Sulan nimbly and agilely flipped in from outside.

  Her heart skipped a beat and she sat up hastily.

  Bie Sulan's face lit up with a bright smile, and she said in a low voice: "Miss, Chen Da Ge and the others are outside, they're just waiting for us to come out before they make their move."

  They want to get themselves out ahead of time, are they afraid that those hijackers will take her as a hostage when the fight starts?

  Dong Zhaoyu hesitated and glanced at Su Xiang.

  If I disappear, will those bandits make a move on Su Xue?

  Bie Sulan suddenly lost her mind and whispered: "There are two or three bandits patrolling outside, I have no way to bring Su Xiang out."

  Dong Zhaoli thought for a moment and whispered: "I'll hide in the house with Su Xue, you tell them to take action."

  Bie Sulan disagreed.

  "What else can you come up with?"

  Bie Sulan was also at a loss for what to do.

  Dong Zhaowoke up Su Xiang.

  The silk person was dazed, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she was about to scream. Fortunately, Bie Sulan quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

  Dong Zhaolowly told Su Xue about the situation, and finally said: "I'm afraid we can't get out of here."

  Fourth Miss was thinking of herself at critical moments of life and death.

  Her eyes reddened as she plucked up her courage and said: "Fourth Miss, you and Su Lan go. Those people won't bother me."

  "This is no time for dawdling." Duan Zhao said displeased, "If we delay because of this, won't we all fall into danger!"

  Xu Ling lowered her head, and tears fell down in big drops.

  Su Lan didn't say anything else and pushed open the window sash to look around for an opportunity to slip out.

  Dong Shao lay down under the bed of Luohan.

  Su Lan quietly turned over and went out again.

  The house was quiet, and Du Zhao and Su Xue didn't dare to breathe loudly. From time to time, the sound of bandits talking outside came in, making the atmosphere inside the house even more tense, and Du Zhao felt his legs trembling.

  As they waited, time seemed to drag on interminably. Perhaps several incense sticks had burned down, or perhaps only a cup of tea's worth of time had passed. The window creaked open again, and this time, in addition to Su Lan, Chen Xiao Feng and a robust middle-aged man with piercing eyes climbed in.

  "Miss." Su Lan squatted beside the bed and looked under it, "Brother Chen said that if we can't protect you, even if we chop those robbers into pieces, it would be useless." Then she pointed to a middle-aged man, "This is Uncle Duan, who works with Brother Chen as a guard. Uncle Duan's martial arts skills are excellent. You and Su Xiang just lie under the bed, wait until Uncle Lin and the others catch those people, then you can come out." After finishing speaking, she stood up and guarded in front of the bed.

  Chen Xiaofeng and Duan Shu stood on either side of the door.

  Before long, sounds of fighting and shouting erupted from outside.

  Scarface Knife said in horror: "Which road are you from? We are under the command of Lord Da of Lingshou County, don't let the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple, one family doesn't recognize another!"

  His response was met with even more intense fighting sounds.

  The door was kicked open with a "bang", and the scar-faced man rushed in, knife in hand. He saw a small, dark-faced maid standing in front of the bed. He hesitated for a moment.

  With just one move, the big uncle had already grabbed Knife Scar's neck like a ghost, and turned around to twist Knife Scar's knife-wielding hand.

  Scarface let out a loud "ah" as Chen Xiao Feng kicked him hard in the stomach. Scarface's face turned pale, and with a loud "clang", he fell to the ground, his legs weakening, and his body going limp. If it weren't for Uncle Duan still gripping his neck, he would have probably collapsed to the ground already.

  Duan Shu fiercely spat and said in a buzzing tone: "You think you're some kind of big shot, but you're just a bunch of lowly scum!" He was very disdainful of Knife Scar's skills.

  "This northern Hebei has a few people who can compare to Duan Shao! " Su Lan's mouth was as sweet as if she had applied honey, helping Duanshao and Sujing crawl out from under the bed.

  "Thank you, sir." Duan Zhao bowed to Uncle Duan and asked Chen Xiaofeng, "Where is this?"

  Chen Xiaofeng said: "A small village at the border of Lingshou and Zhen Ding, about twenty or thirty miles away from your village."

  Lingshou County

  Wang Yingshu's hometown.

  Dong Zhaixin's heart skipped a beat.

  The fighting outside gradually subsided, replaced by a series of high and low moans.

  Someone laughed: "It's just a few small roles, Chen Xiaofeng is still talking as if he had met a dragon crossing the river."

  Someone smiled and replied: "It's always better to be cautious." He also said, "Tie up all these people and see how the master disposes of them later."

  Dong Zhao and others finally relaxed their tense nerves.

  She said to Chen Xiao Feng, "Send someone with Su Lan to my estate and find Mr. Chen. Let him pay you the 10,000 taels of silver I promised first." She still had things to trouble Chen Xiao Feng and his men with, so it was better to pay them quickly, or else others would not be motivated to work.

  Chen Xiaofeng heard Su Xin say that as long as they rescued Du Zhao, there would be a reward of 10,000 taels of silver. He thought it was just Du Zhao being anxious and didn't take it seriously, but he thought that if they really did rescue Du Zhao, a reward of one or two hundred taels of silver was definitely possible. So when he made the agreement with the others, he only promised 100 taels of silver. Now, suddenly hearing that there really was a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, he was both shocked and delighted, and didn't know what to say. Even the old man stuttered and asked Du Zhao: "Miss Du, is it...really true that there's a reward of 10,000 taels of silver?"

  "I may be young, but every word I say is true, and I never go back on my promises!" Dou Zhaosaid calmly, his eyebrows revealing a resolute determination that inspired trust.

  They came with a total of twenty or so people, even if Chen Xiaofeng took the lion's share. On average, each person had several hundred taels of silver, but he was only paid twenty taels of silver per year as a guard.

  "I'll go tell the brothers!" said Uncle Duan excitedly, pulling out the knife-scarred face's belt and tying him up tightly like a bundle of rice, "Thanks miss!"

  The scar-faced man suddenly woke up and furiously roared: "Pang Kunbai, that son of a bitch, actually dared to cheat us! He said you're just a little girl abandoned by your parents in the countryside with no one to take care of you, yet you can come up with 10,000 taels of silver! He only promised me 100 taels of silver as compensation! I'm going to kill him..." Struggling desperately, trying to break free from Duan's control, but Duan's hands were strong and firm, like iron hoops, making it impossible for him to move.

  Pang Kun Bai!

  It's actually him!

  Dong Zhao's face was full of shock.

  She asked Chen Xiaofeng: "Please ask Director Chen to help me again - help me interrogate this person and see what kind of relationship he has with Pang Kunbai?"

  They just sweated a bit and easily got 10,000 taels of silver from others. Now others just let them help with some small matters, not to mention that this kind of thing is effortless for them, even if it's a bit troublesome, considering the 10,000 taels of silver they got. They won't refuse either.

  Chen Xiaofeng immediately responded.

  That scar-faced man suddenly shouted: "Miss Duan, I'm telling you, if you let us go, I'll tell you everything." He also said: "We were also deceived by that Pang Kunbai. You are a magnanimous person, considering we're just pawns who took people's money to be killed... don't bother with us..."

  Dòu Zhāo was unmoved in his heart.

  What if they had kidnapped not themselves but other helpless women instead?

  She said to Chen Xiaofeng: "Please ask Nurse Chen to help me take a look."

  Chen Xiaofeng nodded.

  That uncle actually appreciated Du Zhao's efficiency and took Knife Scarface out voluntarily.

  Su Lan saw that Dou Zhao Yin was covered in dust from lying under the arhat bed, and went to fetch water to help Dou Zhao Yin wash up.

  "What about Su Xin?"

  Su Lan said: "Sister is afraid of missing the time to save Miss, so she told Chen Ge about the meeting place and returned to the mansion first."

  Dong Zhao nodded and said with some worry: "I don't know how grandmother is doing either?"

  Su Lan comforted her: "They are trying to kidnap you, they must be lying!"

  "I hope so!" Du Zhao sighed.

  Su Lan and Su Yun brought in water to serve her, and she washed her face and combed her hair again.

  Chen Xiaofeng requests an audience.

  His expression was somewhat strange, and he said in a low voice: "Xing Lao Liu entrusted me to say that it was under the orders of Pang Kunbai that you were kidnapped here. Then, after the deed is done, apart from the one hundred taels of silver, Pang Kunbai also promised to send them to Shaanxi Xingdu to become small flags..."

  Shaanxi Xingdu Si, Wang Xingyi's territory.

  Dong Zhaoming's eyes gleamed with cold light: "Why didn't you rescue the hostages on the spot? Why put me in this place?"

  "Xing Lao Liu doesn't know either." Chen Xiao Feng said, "Pang Kun Bai only told him to guard here, he will naturally come to rescue people, at that time Xing Lao Liu just needs to pretend to be defeated and retreat."

  "Didn't Pang Kunbai say when he would come?" Dou Zhao furrowed his brow.

  "No."

  Dong Zhaolowered his head in contemplation and only raised it after a while, saying: "Chen Huoyuan, one thing doesn't bother two masters. This matter is probably still going to trouble you."

  This is a matter of course, they took someone else's money, so they have to take responsibility for it.

  "Please instruct me, miss," Chen Xiaofeng said with a smile.

  Dong Zhao spoke in a low voice to Chen Xiao Feng.

  Chen Xiaofeng was first stunned, then his expression gradually turned solemn, and he nodded seriously without stopping.

  ※

  Went to see my parents today, they made all my favorite dishes, and my niece is so adorable o(n_n)o~

  ※