What Kind Of Hearing Do These Two Have?
Jiang Yimian simply said casually, “He doesn’t need to deceive us.”
From the beginning, she had suspected this matter, but since the other party didn’t say anything, they certainly had their own calculations.
In the conversation with him just now, it could also be seen that the Old Man wasn’t a bad person; otherwise, he wouldn’t have let them go in the first place.
Since he can now mention Steward Chen, he must be on their side.
Song Er nodded, feeling that it made perfect sense, and said, “Then let’s go into the estate and find that Steward Chen now.”
Saying this, he was about to mount his horse and leave.
Jiang Yimian frowned and stopped them, “Wait, someone is coming.”
Song Er was startled, pricked up his ears and listened carefully for a while. Except for the occasional chirping of birds and insects, there was no other sound.
He looked at Lu Cijian, who nodded, “A group of people are coming, about ten of them. Let’s hide.”
Song Er’s eyes widened.
What kind of people? How come he didn’t hear them? What incredible hearing these two have!
The others were also full of doubt, but they still followed and hid in the half-person-high weeds.
After about a quarter hour, a carriage gradually came from the end of the road, followed by seven or eight guards and servants. They didn’t look like people from the mountains.
Although those guards knew some martial arts, they couldn’t even hide their presence, clearly not formidable figures.
Song Er frowned and said, “Who are these people? Are they here to deliver supplies to the mountain?”
Jiang Yimian shook her head. The distance was too far, and she couldn’t identify them.
Lu Cijian, however, squinted at the carriage that was gradually approaching, before coldly saying after a while, “That’s the Lin Family’s carriage.”
Jiang Yimian was startled, a little unresponsive, “Which Lin Family?”
Lu Cijian glanced at her lightly, and said indifferently, “Lin Yanan.”
Jiang Yimian was still somewhat incredulous, the next second she heard a familiar voice coming from the carriage, “Xiao Fu, how much farther until we arrive?”
Lin Yanan impatiently poked his head out of the carriage, and frowned hard as soon as he saw the mountain not far away.
It was just his bad luck, passing through Pingjiang County and thinking of taking the opportunity to check on Huichun Hall’s business, but unexpectedly, he was targeted by Zhu Shichang.
He said he absolutely had to see him, and said he wanted to give him a few beauties, insisting he come to the estate for a gathering.
And he couldn’t refuse. The other party had made it clear that if he didn’t come to see him, only entry would be allowed in Pingjiang County for the next few days, no exit.
His purpose this time was to return to the Capital to check on Huichun Hall’s business and cooperate with people from the Imperial Court. If he delayed here for a few more days, the hard-won opportunity would be ruined.
This was a good chance to become an Imperial Merchant. If it weren’t for Xie Yu’s recommendation, how could their Lin Family have this opportunity?
That Zhu Shichang, who knows what tricks he’s up to.
The more he thought about it, the more of a headache he got. If he had known this, he shouldn’t have come to Pingjiang County. If he couldn’t come to an agreement with Zhu Shichang this time, his life would be in danger; if he did, it wouldn’t be a good thing either.
It’s hard to guarantee that this guy wouldn’t take the opportunity to use their Lin Family to do some shady dealings.
While he was worrying, several heads suddenly appeared from the half-person-high weeds beside him, scaring him so much that he shuddered.
After several people came out of the weeds, he breathed a sigh of relief, his expression brightening, and he said in surprise, “Yimian, what are you doing here?”
This wasn’t a good place. He had heard a lot of things about the Dragon Mountain Range in the city—things like people-eating, miasma, entering and never coming out—it was frightening. City people didn’t come here at all.
If anyone wanted to come, they would be stopped.
Why were these people here? Were they lost, or what was the situation?
The more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. He immediately jumped off the carriage and walked towards them, pausing when his line of sight fell on Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian.
Both were in combat outfits; one tall and one short standing together, they looked quite a match.
He immediately muttered discontentedly in a low voice, “This pretty boy in a combat outfit looks quite impressive, but I wonder if he can take a punch.”
Thinking of this, the slight imbalance in his heart immediately disappeared, and he straightened his back, swinging the folding fan in his hand.
Yimian would certainly not like this kind of pretty boy.
Jiang Yimian saw him and was also a little surprised. She asked strangely, “Didn’t Zhaozhao say you went to the Capital to handle business? Why are you still in Pingjiang County?”
When the shop opened, Zhaozhao said that her brother had already left for several days. Calculating the time, even if the carriage was slow, he should have already arrived in the Capital.
Lin Yanan sighed and said helplessly, “Don’t mention it. Something happened. Zhu Shichang, the magistrate of Pingjiang County, insisted on seeing me, and I can’t leave for now.
As for you all, what are a bunch of people doing hiding in the weeds? If people didn’t know better, they’d think you were here to commit arson and murder.”
Song Er felt a little guilty for a moment, exchanging glances with his brothers beside him. They were indeed here to kill someone.
Jiang Yimian’s eyes instantly lit up, “The magistrate of Pingjiang County wants to see you, at the estate inside?”
Lin Yanan nodded, puzzled, “How did you know there’s an estate inside?”
If Zhu Shichang hadn’t insisted on meeting here, he wouldn’t have known that there was an estate built in this ghostly place. He didn’t know what kind of hobby that guy had, building it in this wilderness, beside a mountain range that ate people.
At the thought of sleeping in this ghostly place at night, he shivered, just thinking about it was terrifying.
Jiang Yimian felt that heaven was helping her. She simply said, “We need to go into that estate, you take us in.”
Just now, she was still hesitating whether they could secretly get in and abduct Steward Chen. According to her guess, if there really was a mine on the mountain, there would definitely be many powerful figures guarding it around here.
Even if they could successfully abduct Steward Chen, once the people in the estate discovered that he was missing, they would definitely send a message to the mountain. By then, if they hadn’t figured out the situation in the mountains, they would instead fall into danger.
Now that Lin Yanan was here, they could keep the people in the estate steady.
Lin Yanan didn’t understand, but he still agreed. He also happened to think that his few guards weren’t enough, fearing that if he couldn’t reach an agreement with Zhu Shichang, he would still have a chance to escape.
More people would give him courage.
Lu Cijian looked at the five people he brought, thought for a while, and said, “Song Er, you stay here and wait for Wang San and the others. Then you can immediately notice anything that happens.”
Song Er responded, leading their horses and leaving directly.
Lin Yanan then said with a smile, “Yimian, come and sit in the carriage with me. There’s still a distance to go, walking will be tiring.”
Jiang Yimian nodded and got into the carriage with Lin Yanan.
As soon as she sat down, Lu Cijian also got into the carriage, sitting directly opposite Jiang Yimian, and said solemnly, “It’s not appropriate for an unmarried man and woman to sit in the same carriage.”
Lin Yanan looked at the other party’s impolite manner and was simply speechless, “You kid act…”
…like a pretty boy all the time, huh? Even mooching a ride in his carriage.
If Jiang Yimian weren’t in the carriage, he would have certainly kicked him out.