Chapter 394 - Chapter 394: Chapter 390: Graceful Girl_1 (1/2)

Chapter 394: Chapter 390: Graceful Girl_1

Yingbao didn’t mind at all and followed Chen Wan into a bamboo grove.

Indeed, there were people in the bamboo grove, but it’s not just Chen Zhao and Chen Xubao, but also four unfamiliar men.

Chen Wan grabbed Yingbao’s arm and said to the four men, “I… I brought her here, now you must release Ahzhao and Xubao.”

Chen Zhao exclaimed in surprise, “Big sister! How could you do this?”

Chen Wan trembled, gripping Yingbao tightly and urged the men, “Hurry up, I have brought the person you wanted. Release my brother and sister.”

The four men looked at each other and smirked. Two of them walked over, reaching out to grab Yingbao. Suddenly, a cold glint flashed before their eyes, aiming right at their faces.

The two instinctively dodged, but they were so close that one of them had his arm slashed open, flesh and blood exposed.

“Ah~~” The man yelled in pain as he fell backward onto the ground.

Only then did the men see that the young girl had somehow slipped out of Chen Wan’s grip and was now wielding a two-foot-long sharp cleaver, chasing after another man.

“Stinking girl! You’re asking for it!” Seeing the situation unfolding unfavorably, the remaining two men hastily drew out their daggers to assist.

At this point, many people gathered around them.

“Baobao! Get out of the way! Daddy’s here!” Jiang Sanlang rushed in, swinging his pole to strike one of the men in the back.

The stricken man yelped, ignoring the pain and turning tail to run.

The remaining men also tried to flee but were surrounded by the villagers.

A fight ensued.

Although these men are well-trained fighters, they couldn’t outnumber the villagers and soon were overpowered, trussed up like dumplings.

After capturing the four men, Jiang Sanlang turned around and glared fiercely at Chen Wan, barking, “Chen Wan! Who told you to trick my girl here?”

Scared to shivers, Chen Wan shook her head, tears streaming down, “It…it was them. They kidnapped Ahzhao and Xubao, I… I had no choice, wu wu wu…”

But it was not only that, her dad also promised her that if she could bring Yingbao, she and her sister wouldn’t have to serve the nobles, and he would even ensure they got to live in the county town.

Jiang Sanlang gave Chen Wan a hard slap and commanded his men to tie her up as well.

He then led a few others to search the surrounding area, finding a carriage and a few horses.

But there were no helpers on the carriage; it seemed that the coachman had escaped on horseback when he sensed something wrong.

Jiang Sanlang ordered his men to throw the captives onto the carriage and bring them back to Dongchen Village for interrogation.

One of them kept screaming, “You lowly commoner! Release us now! Do you know who we are? Believe it or not, I can have your entire family thrown into jail…”

Jiang Sanlang, wielding a bamboo stick, gave him a harsh strike on the face.

After a few more strikes, the man’s face was bruised and bloody, shutting him up.

Jiang Sanlang then interrogated each of the men separately, and in the end, one of them gave in and spilled the truth.

As it turned out, these men were the subordinates of Commandery Prince Cheng’s staff member, Yan Jinshan, who had intended to seize Jiang Yingbao and bring her to Chengzhou County. However, to avoid alerting anyone, they had pressured Chen Wan to lure Yingbao there.

After the interrogation, Jiang Sanlang was filled with lingering fear.

However, thinking about his daughter’s extraordinary ability, he felt a bit reassured.

Finally, Jiang Sanlang handed over Chen Wan and the four men to the station master at the post station to deal with.

Upon hearing that this involved the Commandery Prince Cheng, the station master didn’t dare to delay, and immediately sent the captives off to the County Government without stopping to rest.

Soon after, someone from the County Government came to inform Chen Lao Shuan’s family to bring the money to ransom Chen Wan.

But Chen Lao Shuan had no money left, and could only turn to his eldest and youngest sons for loans. However, both sons claimed they were short of funds and couldn’t afford 80 taels of silver.