The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

It was late at night and everyone was sleeping soundly. Zang Feng felt something was wrong and immediately got up. In a few breaths, he was on the eaves.

The weather has been clear these past few days, and the nights are exceptionally bright. However, Zang Feng feels something is wrong, and tonight has been a bit quiet.

Since they came here, Song Shengfu instructed Lu to arrange night watchmen. There were five groups of farmers on night patrol every night, with each group having eight people.

The Duan family's village is different from the Ding family's village. The place where the Ding family is located is where several villages are gathered together.

The Duan family's ancestor was a founding hero who followed the Chu family to conquer the world, so this farm was awarded to the Duan family by the ancestor Saint Emperor.

The entire forest behind this place belongs to the Duan family, so even though the Duan family seems to be in decline, they actually have a lot of good things.

There is a saying that goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Just this farm alone cannot be bought even with money.

So in his previous life, Duan Chengkang was a spendthrift who went to gamble every day, but the Duan family was still able to cover for him and put in a lot of money.

If the Lu family had not been set up later and was in a hurry to sell the real estate, the Duan family would not have been defeated in a short time.

Zang Feng had very good hearing, and in the past, farmers on patrol would chat with each other about family matters to avoid being tired. Even if there was no conversation, there would be the sound of patrol footsteps from time to time.

But it was really too quiet tonight. It was only a quarter past midnight and the farmers had just changed shifts. It was impossible for him to fall asleep so quickly.

Moreover, he had observed that these farmers were all servants of the previous generation of the manor. Although they all had some small thoughts of their own, they were generally honest and dutiful, otherwise they would not have stayed in the manor.

His intuition told him that something was wrong, and Zang Feng prepared to go forward to investigate. He hoped that the night watchman had fallen asleep, otherwise...

Suddenly, Zang Feng's pupils trembled slightly, and he saw two farmers falling to the ground.

He waited for him to sneak up and gently turn over the corpse on the ground to take a look.

There was a thorn and a mouth dart on the neck, and the lips of the person on the ground were black, which showed that the mouth dart was coated with a deadly poison.

Zang Feng left quietly without alerting the enemy.

Zang Feng first returned to the room where Chu Qinling was, picked up Chu Qinling with one hand and prepared to leave, but when he looked at Duan Chengkang next to him, there was some reluctance in his eyes.

Looking at the brat who had been following him around these days and saying he wanted to learn martial arts from him, Zang Feng hesitated for a long time and decided to wake them up.

The two people who had just woken up were a little confused, but Chu Qinling was born in the palace after all, so he quickly realized that something had happened.

Zang Feng whispered, “Don’t make any noise.”

Then he picked up one with each hand and held it between his armpits. Now he didn't bother to talk about disrespect and quickly drove towards the courtyard where Song Shengfu was.

Song Shengfu was dreaming that she was arguing with the ancestor of the Duan family when she was shaken awake.

Looking at the two children, one adult and two children, standing in front of her bed, if Song Shengfu had not walked underground before, she would have thought that the Black and White Impermanence had come to take her life.

"Madam, something has happened. You should take the Sixth Prince and the Young Master and hide first."

"What's going on? Someone came to the door?"

Song Shengfu lowered her voice, quickly stood up and put on some clothes. Song Shengfu was not used to someone sleeping in the same room with her.

So when she was almost recovered, she sent the maid who was on night watch to sleep in the outer room, so as not to disturb others.

"The farmer who was on night watch is dead, stabbed by a poisoned dart. He was two miles away, but I was able to get back first. It looks like there aren't many people there, so I guess they're close by."

"I won't say any more. Take the two children and leave first. Don't alarm anyone. People's hearts are unpredictable. If you fall into the hands of thieves, there's no guarantee they won't reveal your hiding place. I'll notify the uncle and the others."

"Okay, I'll take the path behind the mountain."

Song Shengfu knew the seriousness of the matter and said no more. She was about to go out with her two children. Suddenly she thought of something, took a package from the small side room and left.

Song Shengfu took Chu Qinling and Duan Chengkang and walked quickly towards the stable. The path up the mountain was just behind the stable.

After walking for a while, Chu Qinling was a little out of breath, so Song Shengfu directly carried him on her back.

Chu Qinling knew that now was not the time to refuse, so he whispered in Song Shengfu's ear, "Madam, please put me down when you get tired later."

Song Shengfu whispered comfortingly: "It's okay, I'm very strong."

The training for the past six months was not in vain. The Sixth Prince was thin and weak, with little flesh on his body, and he felt light and fluttery when carried on his back.

Song Shengfu felt a little sorry for the child, but now was not the time to think about it.

Duan Chengkang was a fast runner, running even faster than Song Shengfu. But when he was halfway there, Song Shengfu called out to Kang Ge'er, who was walking forward with his head down.

"Go this way."

"Ah? Grandmother, Qingyun Temple is this way."

"Silly boy, who said we are going to Qingyun Temple? Follow me this way."

Song Shengfu knew that according to the traditional plot, someone would catch up with her soon, so she decided to do the opposite.

Song Shengfu walked towards the mountain stream she had accidentally discovered before. There was a small waterfall there, and there was a small path next to the waterfall that led to the cave inside.

On this side, after Song Shengfu left, Zang Feng immediately went to Duan Jingzong's yard.

After a while, everyone in the village was quietly called out. Because they had practiced this before, the farmers were not frightened this time.

Instead, everyone held a weapon in their hands and waited quietly in the dark.

Duan Jingzong felt relieved when he learned that his mother had left with the Sixth Prince and Kang Ge'er, and finally came to find them, but they were not completely unprepared.

After all, who would have thought that a prince would be secretly sent to a minister's home, and who would have thought of preparing for a rainy day?

They had all thought that nothing was wrong. Who would send people to target a frail and sickly prince? When their mother organized the patrol drill, they all thought that their mother was overthinking.

I never thought it would come in handy today. Fortunately, my mother had prepared for it in advance, and had conducted drills and plans. She was indeed foresighted.

While everyone was waiting quietly, Chef Ma had already been unable to hold her urine any longer. Seeing that there was no sound for a while, she thought about solving the problem in the corner.

After finally feeling relieved, Chef Ma looked refreshed and pulled up her pants to leave.

Suddenly, a noise was heard, and Chef Ma quickly and quietly stood in the corner. This place was relatively hidden, and if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't be able to find anyone there.

I saw a black shadow sneaking in from the outer wall. Chef Ma was nervous and her palms were sweating. When the black shadow got closer, Chef Ma picked up the shit stirring stick beside her and hit the black shadow on the head.

The strength was there, but the position was not. The black shadow did not fall down but instead cried out in pain and covered his head.

But I soon realized something was wrong, the smell was a bit strong.

The black shadow saw the yellow and white object in his hand clearly in the moonlight and felt a little nauseous.

Hearing the noise, the others came over. Ma the Cook quickly ran back with her weapons in hand, shouting loudly as she ran:

"Thieves have entered the village, thieves have entered the village!"

The farmers who had rushed over were worried that someone might have met with an accident, but they were relieved to see that Chef Ma was fine. However, after seeing what was in Chef Ma's hand, they all tacitly moved away a little.

In an instant, the whole village was lit up. When the thieves saw that they had been discovered, they no longer hid, but picked up their weapons and started fighting.

Duan Jing'an raised the sword in his hand and stood in the middle of the main hall. Duan Jingzong, Lu and Cheng Xi were all gathered in the main hall, Zhiyu was also among them, and the outer room was surrounded by thugs from the farmers.

Zang Feng did not show up. The most troublesome person among this group of people was the oral escort who used poison, so he had to be dealt with first.