After saying that, Chai Yan looked at Gu Moer and said: "My eldest princess, if you want to be more powerful, your Mr. Gu is the most powerful. His arrows are all missed, and he can pierce through the poplars with a hundred steps, which is truly miraculous!"
"Taoist Master, thank you. [ ]" Gu Moor was very happy after being praised by Chai Yan, but he still knew to be humble.
When Jimo Qiao saw that Chai Yan was praising others but not himself, he immediately became anxious: "Brother, there's me as well. I'm not bad either. I'm just one less than Mr. Gu. Why don't you praise me?"
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Chai Yan could only say: "Okay, okay, you are also very powerful, very powerful, okay?"
"What, can't you praise me seriously?" Jimo Qiao was very unwilling to hear such reluctant praise.
Chai Yan immediately stiffened his face and nodded very seriously: "Yes, you are already very serious!"
"Hahaha......"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around them laughed. Only Jimo Qiao pouted his lips unhappily.
Upon seeing this, Ji Ying hurriedly comforted her, and then handed her a piece of fruit.
Jimo Qiao took the fruit, glanced at Chai Yan, and ate it, venting all his dissatisfaction on this poor fruit.
Everyone was chatting around the table when they suddenly heard someone shouting and running over.
When Gumol saw that it was his subordinate, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him from shouting, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
The visitor gasped and said: "Brother Gumol, we...we just found a big box in the woods..."
"What's so strange about finding a box?" Gumol was puzzled.
The person who came immediately said: "Brother, there is a tied girl in the box...in the box!"
"Ah?" Gumoor was stunned immediately.
Not only Gu Moor reacted with surprise, Chai Yan and the other four, as well as Ji Ying and several maids beside her, were also stunned.
The next moment, Ji Ying couldn't help but stood up and stepped forward and asked: "What did you just say? There is a tied up woman in the box?"
"Yes, the eldest princess." The person who came to report immediately bowed, and then said: "Just now, a few of us went to the woods to call back the dog that didn't come back, but as we were walking, we suddenly heard a strange sound.
At first we were a little scared, thinking it was ghosts, but then we thought about it carefully, it was broad daylight and the sun was still so strong, how could there be ghosts..."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and get to the point quickly." Ji Ying urged with a frown.
The person who came to report immediately nodded: "Yes, yes... Later, a few of us followed the sound and found that the sound came from under a pile of branches. The more we listened, the more it sounded like a human voice.
, so I moved the branch to take a look, and found that it was a big box, and there was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old inside. Her hands and feet were tied, and her mouth was gagged. She was struggling and calling for help."
"Where's the man? Where's the girl?" Ji Ying asked hurriedly.
The person who came to report immediately turned around and pointed to the other side of the woods: "In the back."
Chai Yan and others immediately turned around to look, and just then two people appeared on the outskirts of the woods supporting a girl.
"Get the people over quickly and give them some food and drink." Ji Ying immediately ordered.
Gumol immediately sent people to carry the tied girl over.
The tied girl had obviously not drank water for a long time, and her mouth had turned white and broken. There were also many scars on the girl's face and body, which looked like they should have been beaten with a whip or something like that.
Ji Ying immediately asked her maid to give the girl some water and some food.
After a while, the girl slowly came back to her senses and her mind became much clearer.
"Girl, what's your name?" Ji Ying asked.
The girl said weakly: "My name is...Sanghua."
"Sanghua, this name is so nice." Ji Ying looked at Sanghua's weak appearance and felt very sad.
Ji Ying asked again: "Sanghua, why were you tied up and hidden in a wooden box?"
As soon as she was asked this question, Sang Hua's tears couldn't stop falling. She sobbed and said: "Madam, I was... kidnapped by two thieving monks...
Wuwuwu..."
"Thief monk?" Ji Ying was very surprised and couldn't help but look at Chai Yan and Gu Moer.
Jimo Qiao had a hot temper. He couldn't hold back his anger when he heard such things: "Asshole! A monk dares to do banditry. It's so vicious! He deserves to die!"
Gumoor hurriedly asked: "Miss Sanghua, where are those two monks from? Do you know?"
"I don't know. I only know that they are monks, but I can't figure out which temple they belong to." Sang Hua shed tears as she said this.
Chai Yan asked: "Mr. Gu, how many temples are there in this area? If there are not many, can't we just check them one by one?"
Gumoor frowned and shook his head: "It's unlikely. Although the big temple is only the one we went to yesterday, there are small temples in various villages and places. There are dozens at least. There are many monks in those small temples.
There are more than a dozen of them, maybe only one or two. Even if we check each room, we probably won’t have long before the two thieving monks have already caught wind of it and ran away.”
Ji Ying said angrily: "Even if this is the case, it must be investigated! It must be investigated immediately! We cannot let those thieving monks go unscrupulous and do evil everywhere!"
"Yes, we must investigate!" As a woman who had been kidnapped once, Jimo Qiao decisively sided with Ji Ying this time.
When Gumoor saw Ji Ying's words, he didn't dare to say anything. He immediately turned around to rush for manpower and went to a nearby village to start investigating.
"Mr. Gu, please wait a moment." Chai Yan suddenly stopped Gu Mol.
Gumol was startled and immediately looked at the eldest prince and concubine.
Ji Ying then asked: "Taoist Priest, do you have any advice?"
Chai Yan signaled Ji Ying not to worry, and then asked Sang Hua: "Miss Sang Hua, do you still remember when you were kidnapped here?"
"I was knocked unconscious last night. When I woke up, I was in the box with many scars on my body." Sang Hua said sadly.
After hearing this, Chai Yan said to Ji Ying: "Since these two thieving monks didn't kill Miss Sanghua, it means they will come back, so we don't have to go around to investigate, we just need to use the stupidest method and just wait and see!"
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Gumol came to his senses as soon as he heard this, and immediately agreed: "Yes, the Taoist priest is right, we should wait and wait, just wait for the two thieving monks to appear on their own, and then catch them, that's it!"
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Ji Ying worriedly said: "But if those two thieving monks don't show up, wouldn't our defense be in vain?"
"Eldest Princess, if you think about it carefully, our current formation is big enough, right? If those two thieving monks saw it, wouldn't they have run away a long time ago? Then if they had already run away,
If we waste manpower and material resources to go to each village to investigate one by one, what will be the use?" Chai Yan asked.
Ji Ying thought so and couldn't help but nodded.
Chai Yan continued: "So, we might as well pretend to leave, and then quietly send some people to ambush in the woods. When the two thieves appear, they will be captured alive. To say the least, even if they find that the wooden box has been exposed, then
If we don't fall into a trap, the time, energy, manpower and material resources we spend on this matter won't be too big."
Ji Ying nodded again: "The Taoist priest is right! Well, we will do it according to the Taoist priest's wishes! Gumol, I will leave this matter to you. If those two thieving monks show up, they must be caught.
live!"
"I obey the order!" Gumoor immediately responded with cupped fists.
Immediately afterwards, Ji Ying said again: "Here, Miss Fusang Hua gets on my carriage and takes her back to the manor to recover from her injuries."
As soon as he finished speaking, the maids became busy.
On the other side, Gumoor also began to make arrangements to leave.
Jimo Qiao suddenly felt bored: "It's really disappointing. Just when I thought it was fun, I had to leave again."
Chai Yan said with a smile: "If you are not satisfied, you can stay and catch those two thieving monks with them."
Jimo Qiao frowned and said stiffly: "Do you think I don't dare? I'll go right away. Hello, Mr. Gu..."
With that said, Jimo Qiao turned around and called someone.
Chai Yan was shocked and quickly pulled Jimo Qiao back: "No, no, no, I'm just joking, why do you take it seriously? Hehehehe..."