I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

Shi Liu came closer and saw two lines of glaring red characters written on the snow-white rice paper: Luo Jinyu is in my hands. If you want him to live, you must come to Balipu in the south of the city alone within an hour.

"Miss, you can't go. I'm afraid there's a trap." Shi Liu said alertly.

Cui Shuyan came to her senses and clenched the paper in her hand. She knew there might be something fishy going on.

But this was the first time she had news of her brother since he disappeared eight months ago. How could she remain indifferent?

"Shi Liu, quickly inform Luo Yi and others to go to Balipo in the south of the city. Also, tell Xie Xingyuan the news. Now, I'm leaving first."

After saying that, Cui Shuyan was about to walk out.

Shi Liu grabbed her and said, "Miss, the terrain around Balipu in the south of the city is flat. Standing on the slope, you can have a panoramic view of the surroundings. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for our people to get close. The other party also requires that only you can go through, which is too dangerous. If the prince knows, he will definitely not allow you to do this."

"I understand the truth, but he's my brother. How can I remain indifferent?"

Shi Liu was about to say something, but Cui Shuyan interrupted her sharply: "Shi Liu, stop wasting time. Do as I say!"

After saying this, Cui Shuyan immediately asked someone to prepare the car and head to Balipo in the south of the city.

For so long, Xie Xingyuan's people have been looking for Luo Jinyu's whereabouts, but to no avail.

Cui Shuyan suspected more than once that her brother had fallen into the hands of the other party.

Otherwise, there is no reason why it took so long to find it.

The only possibility is that my brother was locked up and left no trace.

At this moment, she really hoped that her brother was locked up.

This person is most likely from the Duke Dingguo’s Mansion.

Recently, Wenchang Money House had problems, and Ruyi Golden Tower was on the rise. Duke Dingguo's Mansion and Concubine Xian must have realized that she was the mastermind behind it, so they came to her.

However, what puzzled Cui Shuyan was that if it was really Concubine Xian and others, why didn't they send people to assassinate her directly, but instead went to so much trouble to send her to Balipo in the south of the city?

What is so special about Balipo?

When they were still some distance away from Balipu, Cui Shuyan asked the coachman to stop the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked over.

Just as Shi Liu said, the terrain near Balipu was flat, and there was not a single tree nearby, not even a bush.

There is a mountain to the southwest of Balipo. At this time of year, the mountain is high and the forest is dense. It looks dark and like a dormant monster, ready to devour everything at any time.

At this moment, there was no one on Balipo. Presumably, those people were hiding in the mountains.

Cui Shuyan looked for a while and then let the driver continue going.

When they reached the bottom of the slope, Cui Shuyan got off the carriage and walked up step by step.

Standing at the highest point of Balipu, Cui Shuyan still didn't see anyone.

At this time, she noticed that there seemed to be something pressed under a big rock not far away.

She walked over and found a letter underneath.

When I opened it, I saw a line of words written on it: If you want to find Luo Jinyu, go into the mountains.

Sure enough, coming to Balipo was just a transition, and the purpose was to let her go into the mountains.

Cui Shuyan looked at the endless mountains behind her. It would be too dangerous if she went in.

Cui Shuyan thought for a moment and shouted towards the foot of the mountain: "Unless you take out my brother's token, I will not enter the mountain!"

After shouting, Cui Shuyan looked at the mountain in front of her vigilantly.

Not long after, she saw several people coming out.

These people were all wearing coarse cloth short clothes, and at first glance, they looked like woodcutters coming down from the mountains.

However, the way they looked at her was clearly unfriendly.

Cui Shuyan retreated, looking at the people in front of her warily, and asked, "Where is my brother?"

Several people looked at each other, with some vulgarity on their faces: "Young lady, if you accompany us, we will tell you the whereabouts of Luo Jinyu, okay?"

"It's not impossible for me to accompany you. But you have to show me something to make me believe that my brother is in your hands. Otherwise, it's hard for me to believe you without any evidence."

One of them said viciously: "Believe it or not! Anyway, Luo Jinyu is in our hands. If you don't obey, don't blame us for being rude."

"Really?" Cui Shuyan stretched out her hand and the mechanism hidden in her sleeve was activated instantly. One sleeve arrow after another shot towards several people.

Because the distance was close, several people were hit by hidden arrows and fell to the ground.

Only one of them was unharmed.

However, considering Cui Shuyan's hidden arrow, he didn't dare to step forward rashly, and only threatened Cui Shuyan in a cold voice: "You are so naughty, aren't you afraid that we will attack Luo Jinyu?"

"You don't even know where my brother is." Cui Shuyan said firmly.

If these people were sent by Duke Dingguo and Consort Xian, they wouldn't be so weak.

Therefore, the appearance of these people was mostly to ruin her reputation.

While Cui Shuyan was on guard carefully, the driver at the foot of the mountain finally arrived and quickly tied up several people.

Her coachman had long been replaced by Xie Xingyuan's secret guard.

After subduing several people, Cui Shuyan threatened them with the hidden arrow in her hand and asked, "Who sent you here?"

"No, I don't know."

"I don't know?" Cui Shuyan snorted coldly and pushed the sleeve arrow in her hand forward a few more inches.

"Miss, spare us! We really don't know! A masked man gave us money and asked us to stay here. When you show up, we will trap you here and bully you. We will send you into the city with great fanfare tomorrow."

Sure enough, Cui Shuyan was not wrong.

This group of people showed up to ruin her reputation.

But who is the mastermind behind this?

Now the news of her brother Luo Jinyu's disappearance is kept secret and few people know about it, but this person threatened her brother's life, so he may know her brother's whereabouts.

Therefore, she cannot give up this clue.

At this time, Xie Xingyuan arrived with his men.

Cui Shuyan handed all these people over to him and asked his men to interrogate them thoroughly to see if they could get any more information out of them.

On the way back in the carriage, Cui Shuyan remained silent all the way.

When she came, she was worried but also happy.

She felt that she could finally get news about her brother.

Who would have thought that she still knew nothing about her brother's whereabouts.

Xie Xingyuan held her hand and comforted her, "The other party has already made a move. You and I should just wait and see what happens."

In other words, this person has already taken action, and will take action again before he achieves his goal.

The more times you take action, the more information will be exposed.

After returning, Cui Shuyan reorganized her thoughts and wondered who was the person who least wanted her to marry Xie Xingyuan under the current circumstances.

Because today's incident was obviously intended to ruin her reputation.

In the eyes of others, if her reputation was ruined, Xie Xingyuan would naturally not marry her.

This way, there will be fewer suspicious people.

The virtuous concubine, people from the Duke Dingguo's mansion, people who admired Xie Xingyuan, and also Madam Xie and others.

But among these people, there are only a few who might know that their brother is missing and don't want her to marry Xie Xingyuan.

Finally, Cui Shuyan pointed her finger at one of the names...

It's her!