The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

"Old man, don't be shameless. Tell us the whereabouts of those two children quickly, otherwise..."

Wang Mao's expression changed instantly, his face became gloomy. The dagger in his hand slashed across the child's neck, and soon a blood mark appeared.

Old Man Li looked anxious and pleaded quickly, "Sir, please be kind. I really don't know where they went. How can a servant like me know the whereabouts of my masters?"

Seeing the old man kowtow continuously, Zhao Quan also felt a little annoyed. How could a servant know the whereabouts of his master? He was just being impatient.

It seemed that all the efforts were in vain. Zhao Quan was a little surprised and waved his hand to signal them that they could retreat.

"Forget it, let's go and look somewhere else."

Old man Li was secretly happy, and his face showed a bit of joy.

Wang Mao sneered at this and said, "Since you don't know, then..."

Wang Mao raised his hand high, ready to stab down.

When Old Man Li heard what Zhao Quan said, he thought he had escaped tonight, but he never expected that the accident happened so suddenly and his psychological defenses collapsed instantly.

"and many more"

Wang Mao and Zhao Quan smiled at each other. Seeing this, Old Man Li knew that he had fallen into a trap. He looked depressed. He was finished. He had betrayed his master and there was no way he could survive.

"If I tell you, will you let us go?"

Old Man Li looked at Wang Mao. Wang Mao loosened his hand and said to Old Man Li with a gentle face, "Of course, we just want to find someone and don't want to hurt anyone."

Old Man Li heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and he stammered, "When I got up tonight, I heard some movement on the path behind me. I guess they were going to Qingyun Temple from the path behind me."

Old man Li hoped very much that the people had already arrived at Qingyun Temple. That would give him more security and reduce the guilt in his heart.

"Oh? Isn't there only one way to Qingyun Temple? Are you trying to frame us?"

"No, no, this is the road my son took every time he exchanged steamed buns with the kitchen staff at Qingyun Temple. This road is closer than the main road."

"Where is the road?"

"There's a small door to the right of my house, and there's a small path outside.

"Sir, I have told you everything I know. Can you please let us go?"

Looking at Old Man Li who was staring at him expectantly, Wang Mao smiled gently. With his scholarly air, he looked gentle and harmless.

"of course can."

As Wang Mao spoke, he thrust the dagger directly into the neck of the child in his arms and twisted the handle hard. The child stared blankly at Old Man Li with his eyes wide open.

Old man Li was stunned by the shock of this scene. Just as he was about to rush over to grab the child, he was pierced through the heart by a sword.

Old man Li regretted it. He should have known that if he was caught, there would be no good ending for him. He just felt sorry for his master.

Both of the people lying on the ground were dead. Wang Mao wiped the dead child's body with his dagger and turned to look at Zhao Quan.

Zhao Quan's face was filled with shock, and inside he was terrified. This man was too cruel. He looked gentle and polite, but when it came to killing, he showed no mercy.

"What are you all looking at me for? Are you staying here overnight?"

Wang Mao still spoke with a smile, but the blood splattered on his face and the smile on his face made everyone present shudder.

"Walk"

Zhao Quan took Wang Mao and the other three people out, and they arranged nine other people to stay on the farm to delay time.

After Duan Jingzong and others subdued the nine people one by one, they tied them up and threw them into the vegetable cellar.

"wrong"

Duan Jing'an and Zang Feng both felt as if they had missed something. Why were these people suddenly rushing into the village like moths to a flame?

If the previous ones wanted to sneak into the village to look for someone, then the following few people seemed to be hacking and killing indiscriminately without caring about life and death, as if they were trying to accomplish their goal.

At this time, Cheng Xi suddenly said, "There are only ordinary guards here, why don't we see a leader?"

The joy of several people was extinguished. Could it be that the people were not finished yet? But now there were heavy casualties in the village. If there were not more than a hundred households, everyone would have collapsed long ago.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside. Duan Jingzong and several others went out to check. The person who came reported that when Li Datou returned home, he found that old man Li and his son were lying in a pool of blood.

Oops, something went wrong.

Realizing that the thief might have discovered the whereabouts of the mother and two children, the people in the house became extremely anxious.

Duan Jingzong stayed in the manor, and Duan Jingan quickly took twenty strong men from the back mountain to chase after him to Qingyun Temple.

Duan Jing'an kept praying in his heart, faster and faster.

Song Shengfu didn't know that two teams were looking for them at this time. After arriving at the place, Song Shengfu took her two children and entered the cave through a cave entrance on the side.

"Wow, grandma, is this the Water Curtain Cave?" Kang Ge'er exclaimed while walking around.

Directly in front of them, the flowing water continuously hit the rock wall, forming a natural curtain.

Chu Qinling followed Kang Ge'er around to look around. He had heard Kang Ge'er tell stories from "Journey to the West" and he also remembered the Water Curtain Cave in the Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Song Shengfu casually pulled the grass at the entrance a few times, came back and sat on a small rock, opened the package in her hand, and said as she sorted it out, "It should be similar to the one in Huaguo Mountain."

Duan Chengkang saw his grandmother fiddling with something, and out of curiosity, he took Chu Qinling forward.

"Grandma, what is this?"

"This is lime. Your sister Suqiu originally put it in the house to kill insects. When she left just now, she remembered to pack some up and take it with her."

"Oh." Duan Chengkang reached out and grabbed a handful, thinking that his grandmother had thought of everything and even remembered to bring some lime to kill insects when going out.

"Then I'll help you sprinkle it around here."

Song Shengfu patted his hand gently, signaling him to let go.

"Let go, that's not how it's meant to be used."

Duan Chengkang scratched his head and muttered, "I clearly saw Sister Suxia and the others just grab a handful and sprinkle it in the corner of the room."

Song Shengfu smiled mysteriously, asked the two children to come close to her ear, and then said something to them.

The two children's eyes lit up.

"Can you still do this?"

Song Shengfu nodded, then divided the entire bag of quicklime into several portions, and when she left, she took a few purses for rewards to hold the quicklime.

So the three of them each had two or three purses hanging on their bodies, which looked bulging.

The weather has cleared up in the past few days and the temperature has risen a bit, but it is still a bit cold in the cave at night.

Chu Qinling could hardly bear it, so Song Shengfu took off her coat and wrapped it around Chu Qinling.

"Grandma, how did you find this location? It's all hidden behind the water. Are you also Sun Wukong, with flaming eyes?"

Kang Ge'er and Chu Qinling leaned on both sides of Song Shengfu, and the three of them snuggled up to each other for warmth.

"When we first came here, your fourth uncle hadn't caught any fish, so I followed him to look for sour fruits and saw this. There was only a little water at that time, and the cave entrance was exposed. It had rained heavily a few days ago, so I thought there must be water, and sure enough, there was."

Chu Qinling looked at Song Shengfu with some admiration: "Old Madam, you are truly a lucky star. It seems that this is God's will."

Song Shengfu looked at the pale and somewhat weak Chu Qinling, and felt pity in her heart. He spoke very maturely at such a young age.

"Grandma, where are Sister Wei and Brother Xuan? Aren't they with us?"

Kang Ge'er asked, yawning.

Song Shengfu touched Kang Ge'er's head, let him lean on her, and patted their backs gently.

"It's too dangerous for them to follow us. Your brother Xuan is still young, and Sister Wei is a girl and can't come with us. Don't worry, your father and fourth uncle will definitely be able to hide them."

Kang Ge'er was so sleepy that his head was already nodding. After hearing this, his eyelids drooped.

The two children were a little tired and dozed off leaning on Song Shengfu.

Song Shengfu had been traveling for such a long time and felt a little tired, so she closed her eyes slightly to rest.

At this time, Zhao Quan and his companions were walking up the path. Halfway through, Wang Mao discovered something was wrong. The grass branches on the side showed signs of being stepped on.

Wang Mao wanted to send someone to check, but when he thought about these useless people, he felt annoyed. After thinking about it, he decided to take someone with him to investigate.

They had just checked the manor and found that the two servants beside the Sixth Prince were there, but Young Master Duan and the old woman were not there.

Humph, they are still trying to use tricks. They were planning to go in and look for someone, and we almost got fooled by them.

Fortunately, God blesses me.

The two men acted separately. Zhao Quan led two people to continue walking up the mountain, while Wang Mao led one person to search for the place where the grass branches were stepped on.

Zhao Quan was still a little worried about not having enough manpower, but Wang Mao looked at him disdainfully and said, "Old Quan, how far can an old woman with two children run? At most, she can only take a servant with her. These people now are all trained, and they are different from those useless people before."

After hearing this, Zhao Quan no longer hesitated and turned around to take the two men to chase up the mountain. If they were any later and hid in the temple, it would be troublesome.

Wang Mao watched Zhao Quan leave, secretly cursing him as an idiot, and walked to the other side.