The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

"Damn it! What did you say? Didn't you find the Sixth Prince?"

Zhao Quan roared angrily, his voice was deafening. He widened his eyes and stared at the man in front of him, his eyes full of anger.

"Yes, yes, sir. Scorpion went in and found that the Sixth Prince and the young master of the Duan family were gone."

The man answered tremblingly, beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down his forehead. He lowered his head, not daring to look Zhao Quan in the eye.

Zhao Quan's expression grew increasingly gloomy. He clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging, and gnashed his teeth as he spoke:

"You useless guys! You can't even find a child, and you still dare to come back to see me?" After saying that, he kicked the man hard, knocking him to the ground.

The man groaned in pain, but didn't dare to resist. He just kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Sir, please calm down. Please spare my life!"

"Mercy! I'll spare your lives, but who's going to spare mine? You bunch of rubbish, get out of here and keep searching!"

"Yes Yes"

The man tumbled and crawled away. A man with a pale face and a black mole on the corner of his lip said, "If we can't find the Sixth Prince, then there are other children. Capture them and see if the Duan family will hand over the Sixth Prince."

Zhao Quan was a little hesitant. Their purpose was to take the Sixth Prince away. He just wanted to end the battle quickly and didn't want to cause any more trouble.

"The Duan family is Concubine Ning's lackey, and they may not hand over the Sixth Prince."

"Hahahaha"

Wang Mao patted Zhao Quan's shoulder and sneered.

"Old Quan, you don't know this. It's well known that the Duan family has few descendants. As long as we capture their child, I don't believe that the Duan family will cut off their own bloodline for the Sixth Prince."

People are selfish, Wang Mao sneered in his heart. He didn't believe that they would not compromise when the time came to tempt them.

Zhao Quan agreed after a little thought and immediately sent people to capture the children of the Duan family. Although the Duan family's legitimate grandson was missing, they still had two grandsons-in-law.

However, time passed little by little, and no one came back to report the news. Zhao Quan, Wang Mao, and a dozen other people became impatient waiting.

"What's going on? What are those eleven people doing? They haven't come back yet."

Zhao Quan and his men were located at a lower point, so they couldn't see what was happening in the manor. They had originally planned to secretly take the Sixth Prince out and leave, but now it seemed that this was no longer possible.

"Let's go up. Since the Duan family is so ignorant of current affairs, don't blame us for being rude."

Zhao Quan and others quickly ran towards the village.

At this time, Duanjiazhuangzi

"One, two... ten people in total, all here."

I saw ten people in black tied with hemp ropes in the cowshed. The poor cows' nests were occupied. They sneezed loudly and ate the grass in the trough silently.

"Ten people, I think everyone is here. Lock them up in the cellar next door."

"Okay." The servants rolled up their sleeves and prepared to throw the person down.

"There's another one."

Zang Feng suddenly appeared and threw the dwarf in his hand to the ground. Everyone was shocked. How could there be another dwarf? He looked like a child.

"This is?"

Zang Fengcai told the story of what had just happened. When he found that there was a private escort hiding among them, he began to look for him everywhere.

The enemy is in the dark, I am in the light. If I am not careful, I will be shot from behind. However, Zang Feng has been familiar with every corner of the village for a long time. He has searched every place where people can hide, but he found no one.

In the end, he found that the dog on the farm was circling around a water tank. Zang Feng had no intention of staying there because the water tank was not big enough to accommodate an adult.

Just as Zang Feng was about to leave, he suddenly remembered a tribe in Nanyang called the dwarfs. They were short in stature and skilled at holding their breath. Therefore, they usually lived by the sea and were good at swimming.

The dwarfs are most famous for their verbal attacks. Some of them can even kill people from a mile away without them noticing.

Zang Feng thought of this possibility, and quietly stepped forward to take the man down. He was almost hit by a mouth dart in the process, so Zang Feng directly cut off the man's jaw.

Duan Jingzong and the others felt relieved after hearing that there was no danger.

So the eleven people were pushed down into the vegetable cellar in an orderly manner. Duan Jing'an ordered a few people to stay behind to take turns on duty and keep an eye on them.

The rest of the people continued to be on high alert. Duan Jingzong and the others knew that the night was not over yet.

"Aunt Yu Zhong, we..."

"shush"

Yu Zhong made a gesture, signaling Wei Jie'er to be quiet. He held the sleeping Xuan Ge'er in his arms and rocked him gently, whispering comfortingly:

"Don't be afraid, Sister Wei. We can just stay here tonight. There are bad guys outside who want to take away Brother Kang and my cousin. We are very safe here. We won't be discovered if we hide well."

Sister Wei nodded obediently. Just now, her fourth uncle brought her, Xuan Ge'er and Aunt Yu Zhong from the bathroom and somehow ended up here.

It is said that this is where a treacherous official of the previous dynasty hid his silver. If Kang Ge'er had not accidentally fallen while using the toilet a few days ago and pressed a switch underneath, it would have never been discovered.

As for why Song Shengfu didn't bring her two children to hide in at the beginning, one reason was that this place was very narrow and could only accommodate about two adults.

The second is the principle that all eggs should not be put in one basket, so Zang Feng planned to take the Sixth Prince away first from the beginning.

However, if he really did that, the Duan family would be in great danger tonight. If the thieves threatened the Duan family's descendants, the Duan family would really be extinct.

It is not certain whether the Duan family will still exist in the future. Zang Feng felt a little bit reluctant when he thought of this. If he had just come here, he would have left without hesitation.

But now, Zang Feng thought about it and felt that there was a way to have the best of both worlds. If he could stay, the Duan family would have a better chance of winning.

So Zang Feng asked Mrs. Duan to take the two children away first, and the remaining two children were taken by the servants and hidden in a dark room in the clean room.

Zang Feng's plan was very good and could be said to be the best solution to the current predicament. However, what he had not anticipated was that Old Madam Duan and her two children did not hide in Qingyun Temple as planned.

Instead, we took another path halfway, which was beyond our plan and unknown.

Here, Zhao Quan and his companions went outside the manor and found that none of the people they sent were anywhere to be seen, and the manor was pitch black, as if nothing had happened.

Just as Zhao Quan and his companions were about to enter the manor to find out what was going on, the man who had been sent out earlier came crawling into their sight.

"My lord, my lord, the Duan family has been prepared for this. All those who were sent to look for the Sixth Prince have been arrested."

Zhao Quan's rage grew, his face ferocious. He gritted his teeth as he looked at the man kneeling on the ground and said, "What do you do for a living? Don't tell me you didn't do anything."

The man knew that if he was worthless, given the master's current anger, he might very well lose his life today.

"Your Excellency, please calm down. Your Excellency, please calm down. Although I didn't find the Sixth Prince, I did capture a child."

When Zhao Quan heard this, his expression changed instantly, and he asked hurriedly: "Hahahahaha good, you did a good job, but you are the child of the Duan family."

“No, no.”

Seeing Zhao Quan's face turn as dark as the bottom of a pot, the man quickly continued, "I caught him in the west. We can use the child to force the people in the village to find out the whereabouts of the Duan family child. Maybe they can even find out the whereabouts of the Sixth Prince."

Zhao Quan thought about it and felt that this method was good, so he quickly asked someone to take it over.

Old man Li had already discovered that his grandson was missing. He was getting anxious when something suddenly hit the window. He thought his grandson was playing outside, so he went out and wanted to call him back.

Unexpectedly, a knife was placed directly on his neck, and Old Man Li was so frightened that his legs trembled. It was not until he entered the house that he realized there were five more people around him.

"Look who this is?"

Wang Mao pulled out the child with his mouth covered and looked at Old Man Li with a smile.

Old man Li's eyes widened, and his tone was pleading: "Please, let the child go. If you want to kill or cut him up, come to me, an old man."

Wang Mao chuckled and slid the knife across the child's neck. The child was already in tears and shaking his head while crying.

"Why would we kill you? We are just looking for someone."

Old man Li naturally knew who he was looking for. Although he didn't know who the cousin who came a few days ago was, he must be of a noble status after seeing him tonight.

These people must be here to find him. Old Man Li told himself that he must not betray his master. If he was caught, he would never reveal the whereabouts of his master.

But his grandson is now in the hands of others. He is his only grandson and he is worried.

"I don't know where the person you're looking for is. You let my grandson go."