Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 140

Upon getting closer, Qin Shaoze looked anxious and flustered, and asked Shen Lingjun, "Did you also encounter bandits?"

Shen Lingjun saw that there were only Qin Shaoze, Liu Manman, Granny Wang and two coachmen opposite her, but Qin Xuanrui was nowhere to be seen.

"Yao'er and Xi'er have both been arrested, and so has your Rui'er?"

Qin Xuanrui frowned and gritted his teeth, saying, "It seems they're all in cahoots, and they're after our child..."

He had no idea that such lawless bandits had appeared on the outskirts of Kyoto, right under the emperor's nose!

Liu Manman cried beside her, "Shaoze, what should we do? Rui'er is only four years old. Those people who took him away, are they going to sell him...? If they sell him to a faraway place, it will be hard to find him again..."

Shen Lingjun pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think so. How much money do they make selling a child? They kidnapped three children this time, lost so many of their own people, and still have to transport the children to other places. The cost is too high, and the risk is huge. Any child trafficker with a sound mind would only kidnap children from ordinary families secretly. They wouldn't forcibly abduct young masters and misses from noble families on the road. They kidnapped the children to demand ransom from us."

Thinking about it this way, there's really no need to rush, because these bandits won't go far, and they'll come looking for them anyway.

Qin Shaoze roared, "These madmen have some nerve! I'll go back and bring men right now, take them down, and rescue the child!"

Besides the guards of the Yongning Marquis's mansion, he also has a small squad of personal guards under his command that he can mobilize. Dealing with a few bandits will definitely be a piece of cake!

Liu Manman grabbed Qin Shaoze: "Be careful, they're all desperate criminals. We need to keep them calm first, otherwise we'll be finished if they kill the hostage!"

Qin Shaoze impatiently pulled his hand away: "Do you need to tell me? Of course I know. We can't sweep the grave today. You guys go straight back to the city, I'll go to the training ground to mobilize troops!"

Shen Lingjun certainly wouldn't leave the whole matter to Qin Shaoze; she insisted that Wang Jin investigate the whereabouts of the bandits. Since it was a kidnapping, they certainly wouldn't flee far away; they would likely remain stationed in the outskirts of Beijing.

She herself returned to Kyoto first with Dou Niang and Liu Manman.

Upon arriving in Kyoto, Shen Lingjun disregarded whether she would be seen and went straight to the Mo residence to request an audience with Mo Chonggui.

She already needed Mo Zhonggui's help with her father and brother's affairs, and now she owed him another favor, but she couldn't care less about that now; the more debts she had, the less she had to worry about.

She didn't trust Qin Shaoze. Only Mo Zhonggui, with his abilities, had the best chance of rescuing Qin Chuyao and Qin Jianxi safely.

He already considers the twins his godson and goddaughter. Now that the two children are in trouble, he shouldn't just stand by and do nothing, right?

The gatekeepers of the Mo residence all recognized Shen Lingjun and said politely, "Madam Shen, Chief Eunuch Mo has gone to the palace and we don't know when he will return. Why don't you rest here and wait?"

Shen Lingjun agreed, and the gatekeeper arranged for her to wait in a side hall, and even served her tea and snacks.

Shen Lingjun was anxious. She forced herself to calm down and sat there waiting for almost two hours. It was getting dark and Mo Zhonggui still hadn't returned. She was starting to get restless.

Just then, a young man passed by outside the side hall, glanced unintentionally at Shen Lingjun, and stopped.

The young man stepped forward and bowed deeply to Shen Lingjun: "You must be Madam Shen?"

Shen Lingjun looked at him with suspicion: "You are...?"

The young man said, "My surname is Lin. I was seriously injured back then, and I heard from Chief Supervisor Mo that it was thanks to Madam Shen's miraculous healing skills that I was saved from the brink of death. I am extremely grateful, and I will definitely repay Madam Shen's life-saving grace when I have the opportunity in the future."