Chapter 161 Bipolar Disguise
Wen Wan smiled proudly, "Yes. Suppose that the person they are looking for has a birthmark, and they are not sure who among the people with birthmarks is the person they are looking for. Then can they only generalize Cast a net? ”
"I guess they wanted to use the banknotes as a pretext to keep the names of people with birthmarks legitimate, so they came up with this method."
"Moreover, since they are willing to spend a lot of money, maybe the person they are looking for is someone they can't afford to offend. So they want to control us, but also want to give us some sweetness and sell us a good deal in advance."
These words made Zhou Lingling, who was already not very smart, even worse. A group of chirping birds were chirping in his whole brain.
He heard every word, but when put together, he seemed to understand.
Fortunately, he has an advantage. He never thinks too blindly when he can't figure something out.
"Forget it, the process is not important. So what do you mean, they don't plan to let us go back?"
Mentioning this, Wen Wan also darkened her face.
"Not only can't we go back, we don't know where to send us. But don't worry too much. Judging from the current situation, they won't treat us until they determine who among us is the person they are looking for. Be ruthless.”
The more Zhou Lingling heard, the more frightened she became. The Queen Mother was a big shot with power. In her eyes, little people like them were really just ants.
"It means that among the five of us, maybe one of them is the person they are looking for. If this person is found, then the remaining four..."
Zhou Lingling didn't dare to say anything further, but she already had the answer in her heart.
Wen Wan let out a long sigh, "The current plan is to take it one step at a time and escape before they are sure."
*
As Wen Wan expected, the carriage was not heading back to Haicheng.
During this period, Wen Wan opened the curtain and took a look outside. The people accompanying the carriage were no longer the guards of the Wei family, but men in black clothes who appeared out of nowhere.
Other young people also discovered this situation, and some people immediately started making a noise, seemingly having an argument with the man in black.
However, the sound of the argument quickly disappeared, and the young man who spoke did not make a sound the whole time.
As night fell, the carriage finally stopped.
Several young people stepped out of the carriage tremblingly.
One of them was unconscious, but had no external injuries. He must have been fed a secret medicine and passed out. He was being carried away by two men in black.
A middle-aged man holding a knife announced to everyone.
"We are escorts on the road. Following the secret order of the Queen Mother, we escort the Qiu Hua Messenger and his attendants to the capital to guard the temple and pray for the Queen Mother. Everyone goes back to their houses to rest and set off again at dawn."
In a few simple words, he gave a general idea. This person claimed to be an escort, but he was obviously not an escort, and he obviously had no intention of explaining it carefully to the young people.
Wen Wan looked at the surrounding environment. This place looked like an inn, and neither the people from Qintian Prison nor the Wei family were here.
Since Qin Tianjian came to Haicheng in the name of looking for the Qiu Hua envoy for the Queen Mother, but he did not go with them on the way back to Beijing, it is very likely that Qin Tianjian took a different path from them.
Why go separately?
Is there someone who would be unfavorable to these people?
Things became more and more confusing, so Wen Wan kicked the pebbles under her feet irritably.
The pebbles rolled all the way to the feet of the middle-aged man in black. He frowned, seemingly displeased, but said nothing in the end, obviously having some scruples.
Each young person has a separate room, and Zhou Linling lives next door to her.
Dinner was delivered to the rooms separately by men in black, so they didn't even have a chance to communicate.
The first night, nothing much happened.
Early the next morning, after everyone had breakfast in the room, they were driven into the carriage again.
On the carriage, Zhou Lingling finally complained to Wen Wan with a bitter look on her face like a wronged puppy. "I couldn't sleep all night! I panicked when I thought about being escorted to Beijing for no reason. I'm still so young, and I haven't married the daughter of the pig butcher's family in the town yet..."
"Huh?" Wen Wan captured the key information, "Don't tell me that the person you love is the daughter of the pig butcher's family?"
"..." Zhou Lingling was startled, "Did I just say that?"
Nodding gently, "I said it."
Zhou Lingling smiled sheepishly, "Yeah!"
What do you mean by your shy look?
The young man who has just begun to fall in love is so innocent that it makes people feel emotional.
Perhaps it was the power of love. The young man who was previously depressed because he didn't sleep well all night immediately became radiant after mentioning his sweetheart.
No need to ask gently, he just told the complete love story between the two people.
As a result, Wenwan was forced to eat dog food all the way.
*
After leaving the boundaries of Haicheng, the weather was no longer hot. Several young people also accepted the reality and gradually adapted to the fatigue of traveling.
After dark, the team stayed at a riverside inn.
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The inn is very big, but there is no village in front or a store in the back. Two big red lanterns hang at the door, giving off a light that is neither red nor black. At first glance, it is very eye-catching.
But after getting closer, you can find that there are many guests staying in this inn, and the entire lobby is lively and noisy.
The leading middle-aged man in black directed everyone to get off their horses and settle down. After he negotiated with the shopkeeper, the group of people were divided into a separate small courtyard at the back.
Wen Wan followed everyone through the lobby. When passing a table in the corner, the three young people sitting behind the table glanced at her a few more times unconsciously.
Wen Wan noticed their gaze, and as soon as she turned her head, they hurriedly looked away.
After leaving the lobby, Zhou Linling also frowned, "Sister Xiaowan, those people just looked different."
He saw it too.
Wen Wan responded and lowered her voice: "It seems that tonight is not a peaceful night. Please be more alert when you go to bed at night."
"Okay."
Unfortunately, things are always a little unexpected.
Nothing happened that night. They were attacked at a mountain col after leaving the inn.
Following a strange bird call, a group of people who looked like bandits rushed down from the hillsides on both sides.
They all moved quickly and organized in an orderly manner, and their targets were the young people in the carriage.
Zhou Lingling was very frightened, but he was a man after all, so he picked up a stick and stood in front of Wen Wan.
But the tremor in his voice betrayed his fear as he spoke.
"Sister Xiaowan, why are these bandits so powerful!"
Wen Wan sneered, "Because they are not bandits at all!"
I don’t know what the secrets of the imperial court are involved in the person the Queen Mother is looking for. People on both sides obviously have official backgrounds, but one group is pretending to be a road escort, and the other group is pretending to be a bandit.
Do you really think that all the people are blind?
Who are you acting for?
(End of chapter)