newbobooks Chapter 425: Traces Found
Chapter 425: Traces Found
After the snowstorm, the sun came out for several days in a row, but it felt colder and my breath turned into mist.
That day, Xie Jiaojiao saw A Tian and A Di secretly wiping away tears.
Tell Jiang Weinan about this.
Jiang Weinan patted her shoulder and said, "They both started their education at the age of three. They understand everything and know that you are lying to them, but they keep pretending to be so as not to worry us."
Xie Jiaojiao felt very upset.
He turned around, squatted down, and touched the two children's heads.
"If you want to cry, just cry. There's no need to be sneaky. You are just children. There's no need to pretend to be strong in front of adults."
The two children threw themselves into Xie Jiaojiao's arms, hugged her neck, and cried breathlessly.
Maybe because she was also a mother, Xie Jiaojiao felt very soft-hearted.
"Aunt, can I still see my parents, grandparents and others?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Of course, we will see them again."
Jiang Ruonan came over and said, "Come, let your uncle hold you. You are too old to hold your aunt like that."
The two children then felt that it was rude.
He let go of Xie Jiaojiao and apologized to her while crying.
Xie Jiaojiao reached out her hand to wipe their tears: "It's okay, when this is over, I will definitely take you back to the capital."
The two pursed their lips and nodded.
There has been no news from the capital, and Jiang Ruonan is very worried.
Jiang Weinan comforted him, "No news is good news."
Xie Jiaojiao also nodded: "That's right, we are very close to the capital. They may think that we have run far away and come to catch us. They never thought that we are right under their noses. Being so close also makes it convenient for them to know if they have any news. We will be the first to know."
Jiang Ruonan nodded.
Li Yan'er couldn't eat or sleep these past few days, and she looked much thinner.
Seeing that she didn't eat much at noon, Xie Jiaojiao brought the food to her room.
"Cousin, I don't want to eat."
Xie Jiaojiao put the bowl in front of her: "You have to eat it even if you don't want to!" Then she put the chopsticks in her hand.
"Since my second uncle and aunt asked me to bring you out, I should at least return you to them alive, right? You haven't eaten or drunk anything all day, how many days can you still live?"
When talking about this, Li Yan'er started to cry.
Putting down the chopsticks, he said, "Cousin, my parents, grandparents, they'll be fine, right?"
Xie Jiaojiao held her hand and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, everything will be fine! The only thing you have to do now is to take care of yourself and don't let your family in Beijing worry about you."
Li Yan'er wiped away her tears, said nothing, picked up the chopsticks and ate the rice bite by bite.
A few days later, Xu Shan came back from outside with a serious look on his face.
He was about to speak, but Xie Jiaojiao gave him a look and he stopped talking.
After lunch, they found a secluded place and asked, "Is there any news from the capital?"
Xu Shan nodded seriously: "The Queen and the Crown Prince killed the Third Prince!"
Xie Jiaojiao didn't quite understand: "Third Prince?"
Xu Shan nodded: "The Third Prince is the one who is most capable of competing with the Crown Prince for the throne."
"What about the eldest prince and elder sister?"
Xu Shan shook his head: "I heard that he is missing, and the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion have all been arrested and imprisoned."
Xie Jiaojiao frowned.
Jiang Weinan also began to feel uneasy.
Xu Shan said something shocking again: "And the young master and young lady, maybe because they haven't found us, they realized that the nearby towns are full of your portraits."
what!
"It seems that the Queen and the Crown Prince will not give up until they catch us!"
Xu Shan nodded: "I think they put all the people in the prime minister's residence into jail in order to force the eldest lady and the eldest prince to show up."
Xie Jiaojiao thought for a moment and immediately made a decision: "Let's pack our things now and set off tonight."
"Where are we going?" Jiang Weinan asked.
"We will be wanted wherever we go now. It's freezing cold now. Let's continue heading north. There is snow everywhere on the road. I believe that even if they are looking for us, they can't find us far. If we keep going north, there will always be a place they can't catch up with."
Xu Shan nodded and started packing up immediately.
They didn't actually have much stuff, just some clothes.
When the group was about to set off in the evening, they saw the inn's waiter with a group of men holding knives, pointing at them.
"Sir! It's them. They look exactly like the portraits you hold!"
Just as he finished speaking, he saw the group of people called officials rushing up.
Xu Shan and Zuo Cheng immediately shouted: "Master, Madam, hurry up!"
Jiang Weinan held Xiaoxiao in his arms, handed her to Cuizhu beside him, jumped into the carriage, and pulled the reins: "Ruonan, Yan'er, get in the carriage quickly!"
Jiang Ruonan pushed Li Yan'er into the carriage.
Xie Jiaojiao pulled A Tian and A Di into the carriage driven by Lai Fu, and the group set off quickly.
Xu Shan and Zuo Cheng started fighting with them. When they saw Xie Jiaojiao and the others leaving, they looked at each other, decided not to fight anymore, and disappeared into the darkness.
This group of people are so angry.
The waiter who had brought them here just now ran up to them with a smile: "Sir, where is my reward?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a knife pierced through his body and he stared at the person in front of him in disbelief.
The man in front of him drew his knife and shouted, "Chase them. There are too many of them and they can't run far."
Jiang Weinan and Lai Fu drove the carriage, running forward non-stop, not daring to stop for a moment.
Soon Xu Shan and Zuo Cheng caught up with them.
Jiang Weinan and Lai Fu were replaced, and Jiang Weinan asked them with concern: "Are you not injured?"
The two shook their heads.
While driving the carriage, Xu Shan asked Xie Jiaojiao in the carriage, "Madam, there are many of them, they will definitely catch up with us later. What should we do next?"
Xie Jiaojiao pondered for a moment. There was snow all along the way. Even though the sun had been shining for the past few days, this was the north and the ice and snow were not easy to melt.
Moreover, that group had many people and they all had weapons in their hands, while they were few in number and most of them were women and children.
How can we have a chance of winning?
Xie Jiaojiao asked Xu Shan: "Did you notice how many people there were just now?"
"About 10."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded and had an idea in mind.
"Xu Shan, stop first."
Xu Shan immediately pulled the reins and stopped the horse.
Jiang Weinan and the others hurriedly stopped the carriage and ran up: "What's going on? What's going on?"
Xu Shan looked at Xie Jiaojiao and asked, "Young Madam, do you have any plans?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked back and said, "I remember we bought a lot of traps for catching animals before, didn't we?"
Xu Shan nodded. It was originally bought and placed in the house at night to keep out these people.