Chapter 282 - Trapped, Mo Xuetong Was in Danger (2/2)
Her hands and feet still felt sore and weak, therefore, she could only lie there in the darkness. She seemed to be in a room, but she felt the slow and rhythmic swinging. Instantly, Mo Xuetong realized it was not a room but a moving carriage.
Someone abducted her and threw her into a carriage.
A driver, who was in his 30s, said to another one in his 40s. “Old Mo, will we really send her there? Such a shame. Master is really generous to give away such a pretty girl.”
Old Mo shook his head and sighed. “So what even if he’s reluctant? Old Qin, you don’t get your eye on the girl in the carriage, do you? She’s Master’s lover. I’ve been serving Master since young and I don’t remember seeing Master looking at some girl so affectionately. Master has never cared about girls. She’s blessed to have Master’s love.”
Recalling the jade-white and pretty face he just saw, Old Qin suddenly smiled sinisterly. “Blessed? Cursed more like. If he loves her, why does he want to send his lover into another man’s bed? He sends her there without good cause; she will at most become a serving concubine. Such a misfortune for a pretty miss like her. She’s so beautiful and she might kill herself by b.u.mping into a piece of furniture tomorrow.”
“She’ll hit her head on a piece of furniture anyway. Such a shame for a beautiful girl like her. Why don’t we…”
Old Mo slapped him in the back and glared. “Don’t try anything funny. Otherwise, you don’t know how you’ll wind up dead once Master knows. Don’t forget what happened to Old Han after what they’d done last time. Unlike you, I still want to survive.”
Old Qin trembled remembering those bodies covered in blood because they had been cut many times. His face paled and he murmured, “Master won’t know anyway. When that chick finds herself waking up in a man’s bed tomorrow, she’ll kill herself. Why can’t she serve…”
Old Mo grew impatient. “Why can’t you stop gibbering? You’ll die because of women one day. How can we get our eye on such a pretty girl? If you want to live, don’t touch anything on her. I’ve been following Master long, and I haven’t seen Master so serious for a woman. Just watch, Master will manage to get her back tomorrow, and then…”
Old Qin was immediately startled by those words and no longer leered. Thinking of Master’s methods, he couldn’t defend himself in front of Old Mo anymore. He only bitterly lowered his head and casually cracked his whip from time to time.
Old Qin looked grumpy and Old Mo had to comfort him. “When it’s done, we’ll have some fun in Drunken Blossom Hall. We can have all kinds of women there. Why don’t we risk our lives for one single woman?”
“Alright. But it’ll be your treat.”
“You bet!”
“Someone wants to send me into another man’s bed. I don’t know who that resourceful master behind those two is, but I must know him. When I pa.s.sed out, I seemed to fall into someone’s arms. I think he’s the one those two call master.
“It’s not Mo Xuemin. First, that someone is a man; second, if Mo Xuemin caught me now, she would directly kill me. She no longer fancies those little name-ruining games. We’re like ice and fire now and can’t stay in the same room. Rather than managing to get me back, the thing Mo Xuemin wants the most now is to tear me apart.
“From the way they talk, their master should be powerful and he doesn’t want me dead. Instead, he wants to send me into some man’s bed to benefit himself.” Mo Xuetong’s a.n.a.lysis had come to a dead end. “He’s too vicious. Even if I don’t die tomorrow, how will I end up any better?
“What does he want from me even if it means ruining my life?”
She went through all the names in her head but couldn’t find a possible suspect. “And they call me his lover? I don’t remember anyone who loves me except Feng Yuran. But I don’t suspect Feng Yuran, because I just don’t believe he’ll set me up.”
She carefully sat up and felt her hair. After making sure the pair of sword-shaped hairpins remained, she slightly relaxed. She couldn’t see the outside circ.u.mstances behind the firmly shut windows. They were two adult men. Even with the short swords, she wouldn’t necessarily match them. It must be at night because it’s quiet outside. When listening carefully, she only heard the clang of horseshoes.
It was not a good time to attack. Even if she could kill them now, after that, there was nowhere for her to hide. The carriage rode on a road where n.o.body was in sight. Moreover, it was at night. None of these factors benefited her. She must wait, wait for the best chance to pull off one strike to survive.
Outside, Old Qin’s impatient voice rang again. “Are we there yet?”
Old Mo said, “Take the turn and we’ll be there soon. When we get there, you just shut up and let me do the talking.” Then, Old Qin grumbled again in a low voice and Mo Xuetong couldn’t quite hear it.
Mo Xuetong immediately lay back down. According to their expectancy, the drug effect shouldn’t have worn off by now, so she pretended she was still in a coma.
After riding for another short distance, the carriage slowly halted. Someone asked and it was a woman’s voice. “Have you got her?”
It was Old Mo’s voice. “She’s here. Look for yourself.”
The door was opened, and someone seemed to have gotten in. It was a woman because she carried a faint scent. It was not a tacky type, but one which could only be smelled on those elegant ladies. Mo Xuetong had detected it on some girls in the royal palace. Therefore, the woman who just got into the carriage had a high status.
Someone flashed her with a lantern. Then, it was the woman’s voice again. “I’ll take her. You should leave as soon as possible too. These are yours.”
With a thump, Mo Xuetong felt something like a quilt surrounding her. Two people respectively held her feet and head, carrying her off the coach.
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