When my mind slowly woke up from my coma, I had no consciousness yet. I just felt that my eyes were dark, my mind was chaotic, and my whole body was soft, and I almost intuitively wanted to fall asleep.

But at this moment, a voice sounded in my ears.

"Did you make a mistake? This is not that person's wife?"

“This is indeed not.”

"What's the point of tieing her up?"

My mind shuddered and I woke up in an instant.

I am now-

What happened in the moment before the coma immediately flashed out in my mind, and I immediately realized that I must have been drugged and kidnapped.

That pot of chicken soup! I think about it now. Although I wanted it myself, it did give people a chance. Such a thick layer of oil sealed the heat of the soup and also sealed the smell. In addition, my attention was always on the outside. I didn’t pay attention at all. I didn’t notice it at all. After drinking it, I found that some medicine was given to people in the soup.

Fortunately, I only drank a little.

But I still couldn't avoid being plotted against the fate of being plotted against - I moved my hands and feet slightly, and it seemed that I didn't really tie it up. I should be lying where I was, hard, like the ground?

As soon as a person wakes up, he almost subconsciously wants to open his eyes, but reason still stops me first, because the sound in his ears is still ringing-

"We have decided to tie someone who has a more identity and status than kidnapped that person's wife."

"Actually, I don't understand what the person is and why he wants-"

"Don't you understand? The last few days the Zhou surnamed closed the city gate and sent that team in. I have found out clearly that the team came from Yangzhou, and now Yangzhou has been occupied by the rebels."

"You mean, that team is—"

"It's the leader of the rebels. Some people say it's the former prince."

"ah?!"

"We don't have to worry about these things. His woman is not ordinary."

"Even if it's not ordinary, we're not his wife, but his woman."

"The wife is a wife, and a woman is a woman. None of them have three wives and four concubines. The real big wife may not be really favored. I have heard in the past few days that this woman is much more favored than that big wife. She lives alone in the best house in the government office, and her wife named Zhou also goes with her and flatters her. Even those people go to give her gifts. Isn't this telling enough?"

“So that’s how it is.”

...

Listening to their conversation, I almost figured it out.

These people should be the "troubled people" who have been doing the right thing with them in Zhou Chengyin's mouth. The assassins we caught in the alley when we entered Huaian City that night were their people; the dark shadows I saw on the window the night before were also likely one of them.

They originally wanted to arrest an important person, probably to save their arrested family, but now they see that my status seems to be higher than Han Ruoshi, so they put their target on me.

I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

I just showed off my face and asked them to pay attention to the fetus in my belly, but I didn't expect that it would bring disaster to myself.

Although Pei Yuanxiu and the others had given up killing the family members of these people at noon, they might not have received the news immediately. Even if they received the news, their family members were not released. It is very likely that Zhou Chengyin would kill him as I thought, when I left and would not hit the fetus in my belly, so they simply took the risk of kidnapping me to threaten Pei Yuanxiu and Zhou Chengyin.

The question is - how will they treat me.

I was thinking, but I didn't realize that there was no sound around me, but there was a knock on the door.

Several people who had been talking to each other before immediately went over and opened the door: "Brother."

I immediately raised my ears.

Someone walked in from outside the door.

This person had a very strong aura. Although he didn't say a word, I could feel his presence even with my eyes closed. Others seemed to respect him very much. They didn't speak as casually as they just now, and they didn't even dare to speak out.

They called him "Big Brother", and it seemed that they were the leader of these people.

What order does he come to issue?

What will be done to me?

My heart was full of twists and turns, and all kinds of thoughts kept coming out, but I also heard footsteps, walking from the door to my side, and then I heard a very low and crazi voice.

"When you wake up, just open your eyes."

“…!”

My heart skipped a beat.

The others seemed to be shocked and hurriedly surrounded: "She—"

The man stopped them from talking and said calmly: "I have been listening for a long time. Should you get up and talk?"

“…”

It seems that it has been seen through, so there is no need to pretend anymore.

I slowly opened my eyes.

The first thing I saw was a broken, crumbling roof, almost even the beams were exposed outside, and a few straw mats were barely covered on it, which was considered as a shelter from the wind and rain.

The sun shone down from the gap between the straw mat and also pierced my eyes. I narrowed my eyes slightly and looked around.

A group of men surrounded me.

When I woke up and saw this situation, I was enough to make every woman collapse. I was very knowledgeable and couldn't help but gasp.

These men were all wearing short clothes and were extremely damaged. Some were injured on their faces, middle-aged people, and children in their teens. My eyes slipped around their faces, and I couldn't tell who was the "big brother" who had just spoken.

The next moment, the man stood up.

Just like that voice, he was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a burly figure, a straight face, and a messy beard, giving people a very majestic feeling.

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That is, the person who decided to rob me.

I blinked my eyes and slowly reached out to support myself, only to find that I was lying on a hard stone bed with no straw mat under my body. No wonder I thought I was lying on the ground, with a wall next to it. It took me some effort to make myself sit up and lean against the wall.

None of these people took action, nor did they speak.

I coughed and said, "You guys-"

"You don't seem to be afraid."

This person interrupted me, his eyes were bright, like two sharp knives, deeply engraved on my face.

I coughed again and said, "I have indeed woken up for a while just now and heard the people in your room talking."

Immediately, the two young men behind him looked at each other.

I said, "You tied me up to save your family. Since it is to save people, I am valuable. You should not hurt me, right?"

Although I am sure what I said, I still have some negotiable elements. After all, how these people will treat me is not something I can control.

The next moment, I heard the middle-aged man sneer: "Where do you get the confidence that you don't think we will hurt you?"

I was stunned.

A young man behind him immediately stepped forward, pointed at me and scolded, "Your man and the one named Zhou killed our elder brother's parents, wife, and his son!"

I immediately breathed suffocated.

At this moment, I saw clearly that this "big brother" had a white cloth strap tied to his arm.

Could it be that the family they killed outside at noon yesterday is the relative of this person?

I was speechless and couldn't speak. I just looked at this man glaring at me, with red eyes. A person behind him stepped forward and said, "Brother, if you say something, if you want to kill this woman and pay for your life, brothers will do it immediately!"

I was so scared that I immediately shrank back.

But behind me was the cold and hard wall, and there was nowhere to escape. I raised my head and looked at those fierce and hated eyes, and I suddenly trembled: "You, don't do anything randomly!"

But these people could not hear me, and someone said, "Brother, I'll wait for you!"

"Yes, take revenge! Blood debt and blood repayment!"

Just when they were in a state of excitement, the elder brother spread his hands and stopped the person behind him.

They immediately looked at him in surprise: "Brother, what's wrong?"

"You want to spare her?"

"Brother, don't you want to take revenge?"

The middle-aged man stared at me with a tight look, was silent for a long time, and said, "We tied her up and came back, not for revenge."

“…”

"If it's really for revenge, there's no need to tie her up. She can be dealt with with one knife!"

“…”

When the people around him heard this, they looked at each other. Before they could say anything, the man said in a deep voice: "My parents, my wife and children are dead, but your family is still in prison."

“…”

This time, everyone's eyes turned red.

I looked up at this person, and my heart, which was originally hanging in my throat, finally sank.

Although this man suffered the tragedy of extermination, he was still able to face me calmly and rationally, and he was finally not a reckless man.

My life can be temporarily saved.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard someone beside him say, "Brother, since he has arrested this woman, can you go to the prefecture to negotiate with Zhou's surname and let them release everyone?"

The elder brother pondered for a moment and didn't say anything.

No one around said anything, and the room suddenly fell into silence.

I looked at them by my side and understood in my heart that these people knew that they were the most ordinary people at a glance. They would not really have ambitions to rebel, and they often had their fists faster than their brains when doing things. Although this big brother seemed calm and rational, he might not be able to come up with any wonderful ideas when things came to an end.

Just as they were silent, I said softly: "It's not that easy to negotiate."

In an instant, everyone's eyes looked at me.

One of the young men immediately pointed at me and scolded, "You don't have the say here!"

"Wait a minute," the "big brother" reached out to stop him, turned to look at me: "What do you mean by what you just said?"

I barely supported myself and sat up against the wall a little more, then said, "I don't know how many of you have, but it seems that no matter how many of your people, it's limited. Otherwise, you would have gone to the dungeon of the government office to save people, instead of tied me to exchange for your family, right?"

These people looked at each other, as if I had hit the pain point, and they didn't say anything.

The big brother's brows were also twisted into a lump, and his eyes were staring at me like a torch.

I continued, "Since there are not many people, then go directly to the prefecture to negotiate with them to die."

The impulsive young man among them immediately said, "We have you in our hands!"

I said, "They also have your relatives."

“…”

"With evenly matched, they are afraid of the enemy. Do you have any concerns? The government office is their place. They have the final say on what they have to do and what arrangements they have to make. Isn't it just to die if you go to negotiate rashly?"

The young man said, "What are you afraid of? We have some people—"

"Xiao Zhong!"

Before he could finish his words, the elder brother stopped him. Xiao Zhong seemed to have reacted and hurriedly shut up.

I smiled slightly in my heart.

Of course, I never doubted that they had an insider in the government office, otherwise there would not be a black shadow outside my window that night, and they would not have had a clear understanding of my situation in Huai'an Mansion.

I pretended not to understand and continued: "If both sides are hostile forces, then negotiations cannot be on the territory of either side. This is the most basic guarantee and security."

“…”

"Besides, even if there is no problem when going to negotiate, what after the negotiation is over? Even if you do what you want, I will exchange it with your family. What else do you have in your hands? No guarantee will be left! The gates of Huai'an City are closed, and it is easier to kill you than now. You can kill all your family in one fell swoop and eradicate them!"

The people around him were so scared that their eyes widened.

This big brother is obviously more cautious than the people around him. He frowned and looked at me: "Why are you telling us this?"

I said, "I don't want to die here either."

His brows frowned even more, and his eyes were staring at me as if he wanted to see through me.

I just let him watch it calmly. The two of them looked at each other for a long time. He finally said, "Then what should we do first?"

I immediately said, "If I were you, I wouldn't go to negotiate rashly, but I would send them a letter first. At least I should explore the other party's bottom and figure out the other party's attitude. In this way, I can do the next step."

The people looked at each other again, and someone was whispering: "It seems that it makes sense."

The elder brother also pondered for a while, and then said, "Xiao Zhong, go and do what she said."

"yes."

The little clock was about to leave, and he said again: "Be careful when sending messages, especially on the way back, don't be followed."

"yes!"

Seeing that those people were about to leave, I sat on the stone bed and suddenly felt a faint pain coming from my abdomen.
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