Two days later, a carriage with carriages, escorted by seven or eight followers, left Yutai Town and headed northeast.
There was an old couple in the carriage, it was Du Qingwen and his wife.
This time, Du Qingwen and his wife traveled a long way to visit relatives in the north. They have stayed with relatives in Yutai Town for three days.
Today Du Qingwen is going to visit Qinghuai Village.
Du Qingwen lived in Qinghuai Village for half a year when he was young and was very fond of it.
The carriage bumped along the rugged dirt road. Du Qingwen sat in the carriage with her eyes closed, while Mrs. Du looked at the scenery on both sides of the road through the carriage window.
After walking for more than half an hour, less than a few miles away from the field, more than twenty riders suddenly ran out of the jungle on both sides of the road.
Immediately there were more than 20 men wearing different clothes.
Their weapons are also diverse.
They came roaring and galloping on horseback from both sides.
Some of them shouted.
"Leave the money! Leave..."
He looks like a robber.
There were several pedestrians on the road, who were so frightened that they ran away in all directions.
Several robbers caught up with their horses and knocked the two slow runners to the ground. Then they jumped off their horses and rummaged through the corpses of the victims for their belongings.
The other bandits shouted and surrounded Du Qingwen and the others.
Several of Du Qingwen's followers drew their weapons and stood in front of the carriage.
One of the attendants shouted: "Our master was once an official of the imperial court, how dare you..."
Before the follower could say anything, he was struck down by a fierce man with an axe.
Then the leader, the one-eyed dragon, shouted: "What we are robbing is the official, come on, brothers!"
The robbers swarmed up and started fighting with the entourage guarding the carriage.
Suddenly there was a loud shouting and fighting.
In the car, Mrs. Du and the maid were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Mrs. Du was horrified and said: "Master, what should we do?!"
After all, Du Qingwen is a man who has experienced storms, and he behaves very calmly.
Du Qingwen suddenly opened the carriage and said loudly: "Heroes are here to ask for money. Don't hurt innocent people. If you want money, I will give it to you!"
At this moment, one of the followers was killed by the robber and fell to the ground.
The one-eyed dragon shouted: "Stop it first!"
Then a group of robbers stopped attacking.
The one-eyed old man smiled at Du Qingwen and said: "As expected of a person who has been an official, he really knows the current affairs. Then hand over all the money quickly!"
Du Qingwen asked his wife and maids to take off their jewelry, and also took out the silver coins they were carrying and handed them over.
The one-eyed dragon looked at the silver jewelry and looked disappointed.
The One-Eyed Dragon said sullenly to Du Qingwen: "Damn it, I've mobilized the army and you're just giving me such a small amount of property, are you just sending me away to beg for food!"
Du Qingwen hurriedly reassured: "We don't have much with us. Please allow me to send someone back to get it."
The one-eyed dragon cursed: "Fuck your mother! Do you want to send someone back to report to the official? You old fox. Come here, kidnap these old immortals and let their children use money to redeem them!"
Then several robbers rushed over fiercely.
The followers were about to stop them, but were stopped by Du Qingwen.
Du Qingwen knew that even his followers were no match for these bandits. These followers were loyal servants of the Du family, and Du Qingwen could not bear their untimely deaths.
So Du Qingwen and his wife were kidnapped by the robbers.
Those attendants panicked and returned to report to Du Qingwen's relatives.
This group of robbers kidnapped the couple and entered the forest on the roadside.
After entering the forest, the couple was clicked on their sleeping hole by the one-eyed dragon and fell asleep.
They were then taken to Linxi, where a carriage was waiting.
Beside the carriage were several men with swords.
The leader was a fat man with a face in his fifties. Because of his obesity, all the facial features on his face seemed to be squeezed together. The horse he stepped on made the horse hum.
One-Eyed Dragon asked people to put Du Qingwen and his wife into the carriage. There was also a man and a woman in the carriage who were responsible for guarding the car.
Then the one-eyed dragon led the people to leave. The fat man led the people to drive the carriage and drove in the other direction.
The carriage traveled for three hours and arrived at another area.
It was a bamboo forest.
There is a mansion in the forest.
There are warning posts and hidden sentries everywhere around the house.
At this moment, there were several people in brocade clothes standing at the door of the house.
The leader was a fair-faced man in his forties.
He is Bai Jiang, the deputy manager of Beifu.
He looked very worried at the moment.
Seeing Fatty and the others coming, Bai Jiang stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper Zhu, can the matter be settled?"
The fat man jumped off his horse.
Although he is fat, he is very agile.
It shows that martial arts is not weak.
Shopkeeper Zhu stuck out his tongue and licked his plump lips and said, "Hey, Brother Bai, you don't even know who is going to take action. It's just a trivial matter. Du Qingwen and his wife are in the car now."
Bai Jiang said: "Are they okay?"
Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Don't worry, you are unscathed. If you are injured, it will be difficult for me to explain to Master Ximen."
Bai Jiang said excitedly: "Great! Please escort them in quickly, and I will arrange for someone to fly to the leader of Ximenxuan."
Shopkeeper Zhu led someone to carry the sleeping Du Qingwen and his wife into a prepared room in the mansion.
Then shopkeeper Zhu untied Du Qingwen and his wife's acupuncture points.
The couple also woke up immediately.
Mrs. Du looked around the room, her eyes full of fear and anxiety.
Du Qingwen was still calm. He said to Boss Zhu: "Who are you? What is this place? Where is the one-eyed dragon?"
Shopkeeper Zhu smiled like Maitreya Buddha.
"Master Du, my name is Zhu Shun. Others call me Shopkeeper Zhu. You can call me whatever you want. Master Du, I know you are a smart man. So don't worry about where this place is. Don't ask questions. Do you want to eat?
You can talk about whatever you want to drink. In short, as long as you and your wife are honest, I promise that I won’t harm you. If you don’t understand the current affairs and things will happen..." At this point, Shopkeeper Zhu’s smile changed to a ferocious look, and he stretched out his hand.
He slapped it on the table, and the table immediately made a breaking sound. "If you're not honest, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Du Qingwen tried his best to stay calm and said: "As long as you don't hurt us, we will never cause trouble. If you want more ransom, go to Yutai Town and inform my uncle."
Shopkeeper Zhu changed his expression again and said, "Mr. Du, I'm afraid your uncle can't afford it."
Du Qingwen said: "If he can't afford it, then you go and inform Du Youxin in Beifu. She is my eldest daughter. No matter what conditions you put forward, she will satisfy you."
Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Mr. Du, you have two famous daughters, how could I not know about it? Hehe, I have sent someone to notify Beifu. So, you can rest assured and live here. Wait for your daughter to come and save you.
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Then shopkeeper Zhu walked out of the back room.
After closing the door, he put his ear to the door and listened carefully.
Mrs. Du in the house cried: "I told you this morning that I was not feeling well today and that we would go to Qinghuai Village to visit old friends another day, but you just didn't listen. You have been stubborn all your life... Wow, this stubbornness has caused harm today.
We..."
Du Qingwen comforted his wife and said: "Yunxiu, don't be afraid. They are just looking for money. Also, shopkeeper Zhu knows who our daughter is, so he won't be reckless. Don't worry, we will be fine..."