In the rarely visited mountains and forests, two figures walked back and forth on the mountain road.

The leading man was a thin black man with a wooden stick in his hand and the white-faced woman behind him was about 30 or 40 years old. She was strong and even if she carried a girl, she didn't breathe much. The thin black man had no intention of helping. Only occasionally, he would turn around and help the woman, and he would not even look at the sleeping girl, even though her side face was very soft.

The sun was west, and the two of them arrived in front of a cave. The cave was not deep, and the entrance was covered with vines and trees, which was difficult for outsiders to discover.

The cave was covered with hay, and there were signs of being deliberately pressed by someone. The woman put the girl in white dress on it, took the rope handed over by the man and tied her hands and feet, slightly tightened, and then wrapped a circle of clean cloth tapes around her mouth. When doing this, the woman looked at the girl's quiet sleeping face and sighed softly.

After packing up, the two sat at the entrance of the cave to rest, without saying a word, and secretly noticed the movement of the sleeping girl inside. I don’t know how long it took, the sound of hay crushing inside. The woman handed the black and thin man a wink and asked in a low voice: “Have you hidden the carriage? We have to hide here until noon next day, so don’t let people see it.”

The thin black man smiled, his voice thick and proud: "What are you worried about? This is not the first time I have done this, I have hidden it well. Don't say that the place Shunzi is looking for is really good. No one would have thought that we didn't escape immediately, but went into the mountain. When the post-Tian Shunzi snatched Miss Lu's family, we set off immediately."

The woman responded, took out dry food from the bag and threw it to him, and said while eating: "Miss Lu's family is beautiful, but unfortunately she has a maid and a woman at home, so she can't find a chance to grab people. This month, he heard that he had to go up the mountain to get incense, so Shunzi thought of a solution. But his luck is not as good as us. You can see the girl Lin introduced to us by Wang Wu, and the three ladies of Lu's family are not as good as those. With her appearance, she can be sold to Beijing or Jiangnan, which is worth at least 500 taels!"

The thin black man nodded: "Yes, before we only stared at the daughters in the city, but we didn't expect that there were such good people in the countryside. We should pay more attention in the future, but it is a once-in-a-lifetime job to meet this one. Didn't Wang Wu say that her father teaches in the town and has money at home, otherwise how could he raise his daughter so white and tender?" After speaking, his voice was a little frivolous, and the man stood up and walked inside.

Aji's heart almost stopped beating at that moment. What is this person going to do?

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the man squatted down behind her. Aji was anxious, not knowing whether to hide or continue to pretend to be asleep. While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard the woman walked over quickly and pulled the man away, "What do you want to do? We have agreed that no one of these girls can touch, and it will be worthless if you touch them! You'd better put away those thoughts and wait until you arrive at the place, I won't care if you find a few kiln sisters!"

The black and thin man was a little unhappy: "I just touched it a few times, but I didn't really touch it."

"That's not OK. Whether you go to the capital or Jiangnan, you will have to spend more than a month. You scared her. What should she do if she seeks death? Let's go with me and stay at the entrance of the cave. It's useless to watch here."

The thin black man whispered a few words, vaguely.

The two sat down again and started chatting while eating.

Aji lay with her back to them, her hands and feet tied, her mouth blocked, and her face was filled with tears.

Why is this happening?

Wang Wu, she had never offended him at all, how could he find someone to harm her? His mother and sister were having meals at her aunt's house. Now they didn't know if they had returned home. What would they worry about when they found out that she was missing? They would definitely come to find her, but this kind of place, can they think of it? If they couldn't imagine...

Aji didn't dare to think about it anymore, and she kept crying. Although she forced herself not to cry, she still couldn't help but choke out.

"Oh, Miss Lin is awake?"

The conversation stopped. After a brief silence, the woman walked towards this side. As Aji twisted and struggled, she forced her to sit up and let her back against the mountain wall. The woman sat aside and looked at her with a smile and said, "Grand girl, I believe you are a little clear about the current situation. I advise you to accept your fate. If you fall into our hands, you will find it difficult to fly if you put it in your wings. But, my mother, I am the most reluctant to bully you flower-like beauties. As long as you are obedient, I can loosen your ties for you after a few days of leaving the county town, otherwise you will tie it up like this. How about it?" He raised his hand and pulled down the cloth belt on Aji's mouth.

Aji's eyes were blurred and she couldn't see her face clearly. She just cried and begged her: "Please let me go, please... I'm gone, my parents will be crazy... Do you have no daughter? If something happened to her like this, would you be in a hurry? Please, send me back, my father will give you how much money you want, please..."

The woman sneered: "Send you back? Don't say that you can't get the money at that time, I probably will be sent to the prison by your father! Big girl, I think you are still not ready, so you can just get hungry first!" As she said that, she carried the tape back and returned to the man's side with Aju's begging eyes.

Aji kept crying, crying so hard that his body was sore, and his eyes were sore. She watched the two of them finish their meal and returned to the hay shop here. The black and thin man wanted to sleep next to her, but the woman cursed and pushed him away, and lay next to Aji. The distance was too close, so Aji couldn't help but move aside. The woman hummed and lie on her side to warn her: "Stay well and don't move, otherwise I'll let him sleep here!"

Aji immediately didn't dare to move.

The woman closed her eyes with satisfaction.

Slowly, the two fell asleep and made snoring sounds of varying degrees. Aji's heart beat faster, swept the woman's closed eyes, and then looked at the thin black man with his back to him. Although he knew that hope was slim, he still tried to move out little by little, and pressed his upper body against the mountain wall to support him and slightly raised his body and sat outside. Unfortunately, there was hay below. As soon as she fell down, the woman was awakened by the sound of crushing hay. She opened her eyes and stared at her directly. Aji made a chill. Although the woman did not speak, her eyes were filled with a vicious threat.

Aji closed her eyes desperately, and could only hope that her parents would find her soon. If they were really sold to that kind of place, she would be better than die...

After crying for a while, the cave gradually darkened. It was hot during the day and cold during the evening. Aji was wearing only a single dress. The mountain wind blew in, and she shivered and her face was pale.

The woman had woken up and turned her head to ask her, "Is it cold? As long as you promise to follow us obediently, I still have a piece of clothes in my bag that I can put on for you and let you have supper."

Aji looked at the entrance of the cave blankly, as if she hadn't heard it. The woman sneered and said no more.

The sky is getting darker and night falls.

The black and thin man ignited the firewood leaves that had been prepared in the cave. When igniting the fire, he said to the woman: "It's dark now, and the people under the mountain are smoking here can't see it. Alas, it's a pity that we are not good at kung fu. Otherwise, we can eat something hot."

The woman laughed at him: "You think we are going out to travel around the mountains and rivers? You can get pheasants and eat dry food! When we were just in this industry, we were timid and felt guilty when we were taken by others for a few more glances. We were afraid of being caught, so we took the people with us and left in a hurry. We often couldn't eat enough for several days..."

The two of them were talking, and Aji seemed to hear it, but she didn't. The fire was right in front of her, and she looked at the jumping flames without feeling any warmth. She wanted to go home, and at this time yesterday, she was having dinner with her family. Her mother made dumpling soup, put too much salt, and her brother tasted lighter, and she ate less than usual. She didn't like to eat egg yolks, so she gave her her egg yolks. Her sister said she liked to eat egg whites. Aji knew that her sister was teasing her, so she wanted to divide her half. Her sister smiled and moved the bowl away and refused to ask for it...

She really wants to go home.

Aji tilted her head and tears rolled down again.

Just when her heart was dead, the thin black man suddenly whispered: "Someone is here!"

Aji's heart thumped, her head did not move, her eyes quietly glanced at the entrance of the cave, and she listened intently.

The woman didn't believe it very much and hesitated: "No, how could there be someone in the mountains at this time..."

Although the black and thin man was scolded by the woman several times, his face was heavy at this time. He didn't say anything, he raised his chin at Aji, then walked to a large stone more than half a person tall, and squatted down.

Before Aji could hear the footsteps, he saw the man hiding in his body, holding a dagger in his hand, and raised his heart. The woman soon came to her, turned her face to the mountain wall and changed to lying on her side, and whispered: "You'd better pretend to be asleep. It really makes people suspicious. I'll kill you first!" As he said that, he shook the dagger in front of Aji. The dagger was cold and cold, and Aji couldn't help but hide behind. The woman was very satisfied with this, and took out a wide shirt from the bag and covered her body, half of her face. As long as Aji didn't struggle, it was like she was sleeping.

The woman sat back to the fire and continued to eat slowly.

Aji's heartbeats like a drumbeat, because she also heard footsteps, like boots stomping on the grass, both light and heavy. She was hoping that the other party would come to save her, but she was worried about him that he had only one person. Not to mention the thin black man here, even the woman seemed to have some skills. The two of them still had daggers in their hands. Can the person who came to beat them?

Before the situation was clear, Aji was anxious and dared not move around, and waited nervously.

The footsteps paused when they approached the cave, as if they were hesitating, and after a while, they continued to walk over.

The visitor stopped at the entrance of the cave and did not speak.

Aji was very nervous and heard the woman ask in surprise: "Why is this young man still in the mountains so late? Could it be that like my mother-in-law, I came to the mountain to find medicine?"

"I'm looking for someone. Have you ever seen a beautiful girl? It's very beautiful."

Aji widened her eyes.

This sound...

Although she hadn't said much to the man, his voice was too cold. He had threatened quietly in her ears. This man must be him!

At that moment, Aji forgot the grudge between her and Zhao Chen. She only knew that Zhao Chen was the person she knew and he came to find her. She had to remind him that only in this way could she have hope to go home!

Unable to speak, Aji turned around suddenly and struggled. The shirt covering her face was thrown down by her. Under the flames, she saw Zhao Chen standing in a gray robe at the entrance of the cave. He seemed to have seen it. Aji couldn't see clearly, because after confirming that it was him, tears burst out from her eyes.

"Grand girl, you are really disobedient. You think you can get out if someone comes to save you? I will deal with him first and then let you learn a lesson." The matter was exposed, and the woman stood up slowly, raised the dagger in her hand, and rushed towards Zhao Chen directly.

Zhao Chen looked at her coldly. When the woman approached, he swept his long legs and kicked the dagger in the woman's hand. The woman was shocked and knew she was defeated, so she ran out. Zhao Chen turned around and chased after her. Aji didn't see what he did. She only heard the woman scream and soften her forward and never got up again.

Did Zhao Chen kill someone?

Aji's heart was thumping, but perhaps because she couldn't see the woman's death, she was not afraid, and even breathed a sigh of relief for him to easily deal with a villain.

As the woman fell to the ground, the cave became quiet. After Zhao Chen touched the woman's nose, he stood up, walked towards Aji slowly, and looked at her from a high voice without comforting her, only with a cold sarcasm: "If I had known that you were so easy to deceive, I would have learned from them and chose a good day to kidnap you out and force you to force me, then you can only marry me, right?"

Aji heard him, but at this moment, she had no idea whether he was really planning this or simply mocking. Seeing the thin black man behind the stone slowly turning around, aiming the dagger in his hand at Zhao Chen, ready to hit him at any time, while Zhao Chen was unaware of anything, Aji was anxious and afraid, and kept raising his chin to Zhao Chen's right back and whimpering.

Zhao Chen frowned and looked at her: "What do you want to say?"

Before he finished speaking, he walked to Aji, half-squatted down, and reached out to untie the cloth strap wrapped around her face. Aji stared at the thin black man all the time. Seeing him standing up quietly, Aji was shocked and turned his head to dodge, reminding Zhao Chen to avoid it quickly. But Zhao Chen misunderstood. He held her chin and stared at her tightly: "It's this time and I don't want me to touch it. If it weren't for me tonight, would you know what would happen to you? You..."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of breaking the wind came from behind him. Zhao Chen's face changed and he quickly got up and dodged, but he was still one step late. The black and thin man's dagger passed by his right arm, and blood splattered, and it just fell on Aji. Aji's soul was scattered and almost fainted. His eyes were closed and he listened to the two of them fighting, and a warm liquid slowly flowed down his face.

That was Zhao Chen's blood.

There was a moment in my mind.

Aji knew that even if Zhao Chen saved her tonight, he would never be a good person. But he was such a person. He found her first and was injured for her. Even if he could not defeat the black and thin man, his life would be here tonight...

Just as he was lost, another pounce came from the front. Aji mustered up the courage to open his eyes. He saw Zhao Chen standing in front of the black and thin man with his back to him, while the black and thin man was lying on the ground, motionless. When Aji looked over, Zhao Chen felt something and slowly turned around, his face gloomy. Aji could instinctively lower his eyes, suddenly remembering his wounds, and couldn't help looking at his right arm, with a long hole in his sleeve. The blood was coming out at that time. It is conceivable how it is inside.

But no matter what, he was not dead, and she no longer had to worry and be afraid. She could go home.

Escape from a dangerous place was like losing it back. Surprise and fear turned into tears together. Aji lowered her head and started crying silently.

Zhao Chen didn't care about her, dragged the two "corpses" outside the cave, and took some time to "handle". When he came back, Aji was still crying. Fortunately, he was no longer as rude as before. He was the kind of whispering that he tried hard but couldn't help but whispered.

Zhao Chen covered his arms and walked towards her, getting closer and closer. Aji quietly raised his eyes and saw that one of his hands was red and covered in blood.

The injury was caused by her, and Aji felt guilty.

When he noticed that the man seemed to be looking at him, Aji lowered his eyes and waited for him to help her loosen her ties and regain her freedom before thanking him.

She heard Zhao Chen sitting down on the hay next to her. In her current position, he sat facing the hole, she lay on her side, her head was very close to his legs, and Aji raised her eyes a little, and could see the man's long legs stretched out, overlapping each other, feeling casual and lazy.

Aji looked at his legs and gradually felt bad premonition in his heart. This person obviously didn't want to help her in such a posture.

Maybe he was busy dealing with his wounds first?

Aji waited patiently, and the more she waited, the more nervous she became. Zhao Chen was not moving around her, as if she was asleep, but Aji knew that he could not sleep at this time. She became more and more uneasy. The man didn't quickly deal with the wound or helped her loosen her. What was he thinking?

As soon as the thought fell, she heard the sound of clothes waving on one side, and then a man's palm fell on her head. Aji instinctively hid forward, but the man did not chase him, but said lightly: "Do you want to be like this and can't speak?"

Aji was stunned and then realized that he wanted to help her untie the cloth tape on her mouth.

Aji felt a little embarrassed, stopped moving, and waited quietly for him.

"Is this the woman's clothes?" Zhao Chen did not continue his move just now, but threw the loose shirt that covered her figure aside.

As soon as her body was cold, Aji couldn't help but look down at her. Although she was in her clothes and nothing was revealed, she felt uncomfortable when she thought of herself lying in front of a man who covet her like this, but now she had to pretend to be calm.

She was as obedient as a rabbit tied up. Zhao Chen laughed silently, relying on the convenience of her position, looking at her unscrupulously. She wore a pink long gown with a white skirt underneath. Because she lay on her side, her delicate figure was completely revealed. He saw her feet from the head and looked back again, and his eyes fell on her long hair that had been dispersed at some time. A few pieces of hay were stained between her hair, and Zhao Chen carefully picked it up. His right arm was a little painful when he was moving. Compared with this fun, it can be ignored.

He moved around, and Aji guessed what he was doing, and knew it was useless to avoid it. It would be better to follow him. He was happy and was willing to help her.

But he was too slow to move, and Aji was less and less patient. He couldn't help but glar at the hole to relieve his anxiety.

Her shoulders were tight, and Zhao Chen could guess what she was thinking, but he didn't care. After picking up all the hay, he pushed the long hair that was preventing him from untiing his cloth belt to her chest. His movements were gentle and slowly, until she was so angry that she was breathing heavily, as if she was about to burst out, he began to untire her. Her collar was a little loose, revealing her white jade-like neck. Zhao Chen's eyes were lingering there, and his fingers wanted to touch them several times, but in the end he let her go.

I can't force her into a hurry all of a sudden.

The cloth belt was taken away, Aji breathed heavily, and soon expressed his back to the man to thank him: "I remember Mr. Zhao's grace for saving his life. After I go back, I will report to my parents and ask them to repay me. Now I ask Mr. Zhao to help me loosen my ties." He said very quickly, as if he had been holding it in for a long time. Although his voice was naturally gentle, he had a hint of anger.

Zhao Chen leaned back to the mountain wall, exchanged his legs up and down positions, and said frivolously: "Reward? Don't mention gold and silver, do you know what I want most."
To be continued...