in2ebook Chapter 355: Accidental Hijacking
Chapter 355: Accidental Hijacking
After the mother and daughter came down from the temple, they encountered a large rock blocking the road, so she ordered her servants to move the rock away.
Unexpectedly, the curtain of the carriage was suddenly opened, and then she and her mother lost consciousness.
When the two woke up, they were already in this dilapidated woodshed.
"Mom, I'm so cold."
The Duke's wife hugged her daughter tightly and said, "Don't be afraid, Lan'er. Mother is here. Mother is here."
At this time, the mother and daughter were huddled in a pile of weeds. Their luxurious clothes were filthy and all their valuable belongings were taken away, even their fox fur coats. In addition, they had been hungry for the past two days, and their limbs were already numb from the cold.
"Mother, do you think they will kill us?"
"No, they are probably just asking for money. As long as we give them money, they won't hurt us."
"But it's been two days, and they haven't come to ask us for money..."
"Don't be impatient, wait a little longer, wait a little longer..."
The Duke's wife was unsure, but she couldn't show any fear, otherwise she would scare her daughter.
They were now in a farmer's home. Through the leaky doors and windows, they could see the scene in the yard. It was the kind of poor farmer's home that was ordinary. The yard was not big, with only three thatched houses. There were several big men coming in and out, but their faces could not be seen because they were masked.
In another thatched hut, the firewood was burning brightly and it was not cold at all in the room. The small room was crowded with people, but after careful counting, there were only seven or eight people.
They all remained silent. Even though there were so many people there, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Suddenly, the door of the courtyard was pushed open, and then a man with a bag on his back walked in. This man's surname was Zhang, and because he was the only son in three generations, he was called Zhang Du Miao.
As soon as Zhang Dumiao came in, everyone in the room stood up.
Everyone asked in a hurry.
"Did you buy anything to eat?"
"How about it?"
"How is the situation in Anjing City?"
Zhang Dumiao put the bag on the table, with a simple smile on his face: "I bought it, I bought it, we can have a good New Year."
Seeing that there was rice inside, everyone was very happy.
Then someone else asked: "Why did you buy so little? It's not enough for so many people."
Zhang Dumiao was not angry when the man was complained about. He patted his bulging waist and said, "Are you afraid that you can't buy food if you have money?"
Finally, someone with good sense picked up a cup of hot tea and handed it to him: "Dou Miao, have a drink of tea to warm yourself up first."
After Zhang Dumiaoniu drank a cup of tea, he continued, "Do you know how much silver I sold the young lady's earrings for?"
Everyone said at once: "Five taels."
Zhang Dumiao shook his head.
"Seven taels."
Zhang Dumiao shook his head again.
Finally, someone was brave enough to call out "ten taels".
Zhang Dumiao still shook his head.
"What does Bu Lao mean by shaking his head? Did we shout too much or too little? Tell me."
Zhang Dumiao glanced at everyone and said, "It's missing."
"Ten taels of silver for a pair of earrings, and you still say it's too little?"
"My goodness, a small pair of earrings costs more than ten taels of silver, so the other things on her body must be even more expensive."
"Hey, Du Miao, you haven't told me how much silver you pawned these earrings for."
Zhang Dumiao stretched out two fingers and measured: "Twenty taels."
"Twenty taels!"
Everyone exclaimed: "Twenty taels, this is too much."
"Yeah, I've never seen so much silver in my life."
"Just the earrings cost twenty taels of silver, and with the other items it must be over a hundred taels."
On the side, someone was counting on his fingers: "Add to that the five hundred taels of silver notes and twenty taels of silver we looted from them, we're rich, we're rich, hahahaha..."
"No one in our village will starve to death anymore."
"That's great, that's great, no one will have to die, no one will have to die." The person who said this was the youngest among the group. He was so excited that he burst into tears knowing that everyone would no longer have to suffer from hunger and cold.
Speaking of this issue, Zhang Dumiao's smile suddenly disappeared: "There is one more thing I want to tell you. The two people we captured seem to be the wives and daughters of the Duke's Mansion."
Just by looking at the way they were dressed, I knew they were not simple people. Who would have thought that they were actually the ladies of the Duke's Mansion.
"Ah, then, then we are doomed."
Zhang Dumiao knocked on the table to signal everyone to stop talking: "Everyone, please stop talking and listen to me first. The investigation in Anjing City is very strict now. I didn't dare to sell other valuables because I was afraid that the government would find us."
"Here's what I think. We have looted a lot from them, enough for our village to get through this difficult time. We might as well let them go. For rich people like them, this little bit of money is probably not worth their while. As long as they can't find us, this matter will be over in a few days."
"I think what Du Miao said makes sense."
"Yes, we are all honest people. We were not the ones who did this robbery. We just happened to kidnap her because we had to. That's it."
"Yes, yes, we are all good people, and we do this to survive."
"In that case, let's leave quickly in the dark."
"Well, I've wanted to go home for a long time. These officials don't care about our lives at all. It's useless for us to stay here any longer."
Everyone was talking to each other, and they all seemed very excited.
When the blizzard came, many people died in their village. Some were frozen to death, and some were crushed to death by houses that collapsed under the weight of the snow.
They had to go to the county town to ask for help, but the officials in the county town threw up their hands, saying there was nothing they could do.
They thought that since they were not far from Anjing City, they might as well go directly to Anjing City. When they arrived in Anjing City, they, the peasants, had nowhere to turn for help.
Later, they heard that many dignitaries would go to the Huguo Temple to burn incense at the end of the year, so they thought that maybe they could try their luck.
As a result, they met the carriage of Liu Rulan and her daughter halfway. They bravely went forward and found that both people inside were unconscious.
And when he saw that they were wearing very extraordinary things, he began to have evil thoughts.
Originally, they wanted to take the things and leave, but Lu Shian and his men suddenly appeared. They were frightened and carried the mother and daughter to a secret place without saying a word.
It didn't matter that they carried the mother and daughter to the top of the mountain, where they would temporarily rest.
Although I don't know their identities, I guessed that they are definitely ladies from wealthy families.
So he thought of asking Zhang Dumiao to go to Anjing City to investigate and pawn the things he had picked from them.
Who would have known that just a pair of earrings would cost twenty taels of silver? Zhang Dumiao was so scared that he didn't dare to take out the rest and hurriedly bought some rice.