EBE Chapter 683 Late
Chapter 683 Late
Zhou Chang was wrapped in a black cloak and half lying on a sedan chair as he was carried up Fengming Mountain.
Looking at the sun in the sky, it was already the early hours of the afternoon. At least two hours had passed since the time of the afternoon written in the kidnapper's letter.
In June, the sun is strong and scorching, and the forest is impenetrable. No matter how little clothes you wear, you will inevitably sweat.
Only Zhou Chang was dressed in black and wrapped in a dark cloak, as if he had just come out of an ice cellar, and his face was covered with a layer of frost.
At the tail peak of Fengming Mountain, in front of a huge rock halfway up the mountain, a group of kidnappers, all holding knives and weapons, were sweating profusely. They were already irritable due to the heat, and became even more dissatisfied when they saw Zhou Chang.
These kidnappers also wore various ghost-face masks on their faces.
The leader, dressed in white and wearing a white ghost mask, spoke first: "You are late."
Looking more closely, he saw that the white ghost mask was also covered with a layer of white gauze, which gave him a ghostly aura. His voice was also cold and hoarse, and for a moment he seemed to be the same group of people who kidnapped Yuan Yu last time.
Zhou Chang remembered the white mask that kidnapped Yuan Yu and pushed her off the boat last time.
According to Sun Xiang's confession, everyone else called that man "Mr. Bai".
Could it be that the white ghost mask from last time changed from black to white?
Zhou Chang pondered in his heart, but his face remained calm. When the sedan chair landed, he did not plan to get up, but leaned back more comfortably: "Don't you already know? My vanguard officer has already come to inform you. Even if the king of heaven and earth comes, he can't control people's shit and farts."
The vanguard officer was Wu Ling, who was standing beside Zhou Chang at this time. His face was pale and he was sweating profusely. People were worried that he would faint from dehydration in the next second.
Wu Ling gathered 400 people at dawn today and set out with Zhou Chang and Gao Yuan.
In order to keep a low profile, Zhou Chang sat in the carriage and did not show up. Gao Yuan, on the other hand, brought a few people with him to accompany Wu Ling and rushed all the way to Fengming Mountain.
When the sky brightened and they had traveled one-third of the way, Zhou Chang stopped the carriage, saying that he had a stomachache and needed to stop to relieve himself.
Soon after, Wu Ling and several people around him began to feel uncomfortable in their stomachs and had to stop to relieve themselves.
Then Gao Yuan also had a stomachache, and everyone suspected that it was because the water he drank was not clean.
As a last resort, the large team stopped to reorganize.
After resting for a while, everyone was able to continue on their journey.
Not long after, the horses carrying gold, jewelry and other valuables also "rebelled".
The series of events were too weird.
As the sun climbed over the mountain, they were only halfway through the journey and the time required by the kidnappers was approaching.
However, the matter is of great importance and cannot be delayed, but diarrhea is not something that can be controlled by humans.
Gao Yuan asked Wu Ling to rush to Fengming Mountain first, because he was the only one among these people who was most familiar with the terrain and local customs and practices.
At least he had to say hello to the kidnappers first. It wasn't that Prince Yi was unwilling to come on time, it was just that the "actual situation" did not allow it.
Wu Ling's stomach was churning, but he had to force himself to hurry on because of Prince Yi's "important trust".
Zhou Chang, on the other hand, lay in the carriage, unable to get up. He grumbled and kept on instructing Wu Ling to take some of the gold and jewels with him first in order to show his sincerity.
Wu Ling had no choice but to take a team of people and rush to Fengming Mountain on horseback.
The location agreed upon by the kidnappers was the tail peak of Fengming Mountain, which is actually a low mountain behind the main peak, and it is a long way to go around it.
Wu Ling's team arrived at the destination almost at the beginning of the 4th hour, thanks to the fact that the kidnappers had set up sentries up and down the mountain and had people leading the way.
However, after Wu Ling arrived, there was no sign of the large group arriving.
After waiting for more than an hour, Gao Yuan finally arrived with a large group.
When Zhou Chang wanted to go up the mountain again, he suddenly felt "unwell" and could not go up the mountain at all.
The kidnappers were anxious, Wu Ling was anxious, and Gao Yuan was also anxious.
Finally, the kidnappers came up with a solution. They dismantled the crossbeam of a carriage that was transporting treasures, and moved chairs down the mountain to make a temporary sedan chair, and then they lifted Zhou Chang up.
So, if we were to say who had the worst complexion at the moment, it would be Zhou Chang and Wu Ling.
The white ghost's eyes became even colder: "It seems that you don't care about your wife's life?"
Zhou Chang shuddered again at the sight.
The skinny monkey handed Zhou Chang a kettle from the side: "Your Majesty, drink some water."
Zhou Chang felt cold inside, his skin was burning, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his lips were very dry. He took a few sips from the kettle, and then he forced a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. It depends on the situation."
"Stop talking nonsense. Where is the jade pendant?" The voice of the White Ghost Mask was like an ice knife in the sultry afternoon.
Zhou Chang didn't want to delay any longer, so he spoke sparingly: "Where is he?"
"Hand over the jade pendant first." The white ghost face's tone dropped a few degrees.
"Where are the people?" Zhou Chang still asked the same two words.
The white ghost mask's eyes flickered noticeably.
Zhou Chang finally took the jade pendant out of his arms and shook it in his hand: "Bring the people out, I want to make sure they are safe."
The white ghost mask made a gesture without thinking.
One of his men immediately went around behind the boulder.
The same masks, the same terrain, the same scene, it's hard to believe that they are not the same group of people.
Zhou Chang perked up and stared at the opposite side.
After a while, four kidnappers came out, two by two, escorting Yuan Qi and Yuan Yun respectively.
Yuan Qi walked in front with his head held high.
Yuan Yun followed behind, cowering in fear.
The heads and faces of the two men were relatively neat, and although their clothes were dirty, there were no obvious signs of tearing or damage. They could move freely, but their hands were tied behind their backs and their mouths were blocked with cloth.
Other than that, at least from the outside, the body should be unharmed.
"How are they? They are intact. I didn't treat them unfairly, did I?" asked the white ghost mask grimly.
Zhou Chang did not answer, but looked at Yuan Qi carefully again to make sure she was okay.
Yuan Qi looked calm and blinked once, without a trace of shock in his bright and clear eyes.
When Yuan Yun saw Prince Yi, her expression became very excited and she burst into tears, making “wuwu…” sounds continuously.
Zhou Chang recalled Yuan Yu's previous experience of being kidnapped. He ignored the white ghost mask and asked the two girls first: "Did they give you any medicine that you shouldn't take?"
Yuan Qi couldn't speak, so he shook his head.
Yuan Yun didn't understand at all. She just stared with her almond-shaped eyes and sobbed.
Is it “no” or “I don’t know”?
Zhou Chang frowned, still worried, and turned to the white ghost face: "Take the cloth out of their mouths."
The white ghost drew out the sword in his hand and put it on Yuan Qi's neck: "Give me the jade pendant."
Yuan Qi's gaze also fell on the crimson jade pendant inlaid with gold in Zhou Chang's hand, and his eyes became solemn.
Zhou Chang took back the jade pendant in his hand and said, "Let them speak."
"Are you afraid that I gave them some kind of chronic poison?" The white ghost face almost confessed, "There is no need at all."