flstandardbreds Chapter 428 The Playboy's Divorced Woman 24
Chapter 428 The Playboy's Divorced Woman 24
When the First Madam of the Gu family received the news, she almost collapsed, but she reacted immediately.
"First, send someone to find the master, then go to the palace to inform him. Granny Lai, go to the treasury and get the silver. Wang San, take stock of the guards!"
After a brief moment of processing, the First Madam immediately accepted the matter.
She held Gu Shenbai's jade pendant in her hand; it was a gift from the palace, so of course she recognized it.
The place where the money was delivered was outside the city. Although it wasn't specified who kidnapped Gu Shenbai, no one in the city would dare to lay a hand on him.
After the First Madam efficiently arranged everything, she went to the garrison to take inventory of the soldiers.
Some of the guards in the Gu family were transferred from the palace and could be used by the First Madam, but it would not be easy to alert anyone at this time.
This is just a blatant attempt to look good.
The most important thing was for the First Madam to send someone to find Master Gu. For this reason, she specifically instructed the messengers to split into several groups to prevent anyone from following them.
After doing all this, she left the city with her people without waiting for a reply.
She took half of the guards from the manor with her, and the fact that so many people were escorting her and that I was taking her outside the city attracted a lot of attention.
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On the mountain.
The sounds outside were not very clear, but they could hear bits and pieces of conversation. They could roughly tell that it was a group of bandits.
I'm temporarily staying here for a while.
They hadn't intended to stay here long, but for some reason they ended up staying. They also discovered that people living under the emperor's nose were wealthy, and even ordinary robbing merchants could bring in a considerable income.
Gu Shenbai and Xie Qingyu listened to what they said.
Bandits.
Gu Shenbai's eyes flickered, and his initial certainty lost some of its confidence.
Unlike the bandits who originally inhabited the mountains, these roving bandits could move around at any time. If they killed someone and couldn't stay in one place, they would leave.
To put it bluntly, they are desperados.
It's best not to provoke them.
Gu Shenbai glanced back at Xie Qingyu. Some of the people's words were vulgar, and some even said that Xie Qingyu was beautiful.
The only thing to be thankful for now is that these people are after money.
"How about it?"
"They've already set off, with men, and are heading out of the city. They should be heading towards the location we mentioned."
These two sentences were spoken a little louder, so that Gu Shenbai and Xie Qingyu inside could hear them.
"Then go and bring these two out, tie them up on horseback and have the horses take them there."
That's the bandit leader's voice.
Xie Qingyu and Gu Shenbai exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke.
Someone quickly came to open the door, glanced at the two of them, and carried Gu Shenbai out. Xie Qingyu immediately followed.
The bandit leader glanced at Xie Qingyu as she walked out, his expression showing some surprise, but he didn't say anything.
"If we see the ransom later, we'll release you. If not, you'll..." The bandit leader paused, then the knife he was playing with suddenly flew out and hit the door behind them. "You'll be dead."
"Go check again. Tie these two up when they're almost there." The bandit leader waved his hand, and two men went out.
Xie Qingyu calmly observed the people around her. There were probably more than a dozen bandits, and they were all here. They must have killed people before, as evidenced by their indifferent attitude towards people.