The Princess Cannot Escape: The Cunning Prince Is Not to Be Messed With

Chapter 238 Kidnapping

Faced with the sudden appearance of the evil Buddha, Yin Quan actually saw a trace of embarrassment on Qin Nian's face, like a child caught doing something wrong. Such an emotion appearing on such a celestial face really added a touch of humanity to him.

"Evil Buddha...you...how did you get here?" The Evil Buddha blinked his peach blossom eyes innocently and said, "I said that my appearance is your time of calamity. If you are still stubborn and do not understand, I am afraid even this humble monk cannot save you." Yin Quan was confused by the Evil Buddha's words, but one thing was certain: Qin Nian seemed to be in big trouble.

She coughed lightly, "I don't care what kind of calamity or obstacle you're talking about. We're already being watched by the imperial court, and Harina and Long Jue are seriously injured. If we continue like this, we'll all be captured soon. So I suggest that you, Qin Nian, help me send Harina and Long Jue to a safe place, and I'll go find Xiahou Ying and the others with Xie Fo."

Qin Nian frowned at the Evil Buddha, "Your idea?" The Evil Buddha hurriedly waved his hand, "This wasn't my idea, but it's good for you this way, why don't you..."

"I'll take you to see Xiahou Ying." Qin Nian looked at Yin Quan firmly, his eyes filled with an unyielding expression. Faced with such a stunningly handsome man, Yin Quan found it really hard to refuse, so he could only turn to the Evil Buddha for help.

The two exchanged intense glances. 'It's not that I don't want to help you, Monk, this guy's just stubborn.' The Evil Buddha twitched his lips. 'Then you can't go back on your word.' Yin Quan composed himself and said to Qin Nian.

"Look at the situation now, I don't feel comfortable handing them over to anyone else. Besides, once you've settled them in, you can come find me." Qin Nian took out a wooden stick from her sleeve and set it off with a bang, creating a dazzling firework in the air.

Yin Quan looked at him, puzzled, and asked, "What do you mean by this?" Qin Nian remained silent and sat down to meditate. After a while, an old man walked in with a limp and respectfully asked Qin Nian, "What are your orders, Sect Leader?"

"Take these two to a safe place, take good care of them, and let me know when they have recovered." The old man nodded. Looking at this old man who was about to pass away, Yin Quan couldn't believe that he could take good care of the two of them.

Just as the old man was about to help the two of them up, Yin Quan stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, let me help you." The old man looked at Yin Quan kindly and smiled.

“Young lady, you are overthinking it. If I can’t even take care of these two, I will have no face to appear in front of the sect leader again.” The old man spread his palms, and Long Jue and Harina’s bodies seemed to be lifted up by invisible hands. Yin Quan followed the old man to send the two into the car.

The evil Buddha hurriedly stopped Qin Nian, saying, "You're digging your own grave. If I hadn't noticed something was wrong with your body, why would I have rushed over here through wind and rain?" He pushed Qin Nian away with both hands, pressing on her pulse, but Qin Nian immediately pushed him away, looking at him with displeasure.

"My affairs are none of your business."

"If it weren't for that old geezer, do you think I'd bother with you two deadpan faces? I won't say anything about Xiahou Ying, his mother's special status naturally makes things better, but what about you? Don't forget how many people's blood you're carrying on your back to be alive."

The Evil Buddha's last words made Qin Nian tremble, and his aura became somewhat unstable. "Blood? Is this something I want to bear? I would rather be an ordinary person." The Evil Buddha looked at his back and suddenly felt a sense of desolation.

For a moment, I felt a pang of pity. “Since you insist on following her, I can’t force you to leave. But you must listen to me on the road ahead. Although it may be fate, you must not let down the world’s expectations of you.”

When Yin Quan returned, she could clearly sense that the atmosphere was off. She glanced at the two mysterious people, but couldn't get any answers from them.

After seeing Long Jue and Harina off, the three decided to set off quickly. In order to prevent the soldiers from tracking down Harina and Long Jue, the three left clues along the way they fled.

Fortunately, with the help of the evil Buddha, no matter how many soldiers came, they could be easily dealt with. However, the closer they got to the coast, the more uneasy Yin Quan became.

After several sleepless nights, Yin Quan looked frighteningly pale. As the group sat in the inn, Qin Nian pushed the bowl of porridge in front of her toward Yin Quan.

"Take care of yourself first, otherwise you'll collapse before you even see him." Yin Quan poked at the pickled vegetables in front of her with her chopsticks, still having no appetite.

"Do you think... he'll really be alright? But we haven't heard a single word about them along the way. Could it really be like those four bastards said, that they really..."

"No, don't worry unnecessarily." Qin Nian's tone was completely certain, and the Evil Buddha also chuckled and said, "If there's anything in this world that this humble monk doesn't believe, it's that Xiahou Ying would die such a pathetic death. Haven't you heard the saying that good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years?"

The evil Buddha's words dispelled some of the gloom in Yin Quan's heart. She picked up the bowl in front of her, casually ate a few mouthfuls, and wiped her mouth. "Let's continue on our way. We'll know what the situation is when we get there."

As dusk fell, the three of them hurried to a deserted inn. A yellow banner was displayed outside the inn. Qin Nian looked around and said, "There doesn't seem to be any more inns ahead. Let's stay here tonight and get a horse so we can continue our journey tomorrow."

Yin Quan nodded. Riding horses for days had left her feeling like her body was about to fall apart. After telling the waiter to tie up the horse, she went straight back to her room.

She soon drifted off to sleep after lying in bed. Qin Nian and Xie Fo were in the next room, looking out at the dark night. Qin Nian pushed open the window and ran her fingers along the crack in the window.

"Does the Evil Buddha sense anything strange about this place?" The Evil Buddha picked up the teapot and gulped down several mouthfuls.

"So what if we just walked into a shady shop?" Qin Nian shook her head. "It's not just a shady shop. Everything here is strange, and even that waiter doesn't seem like a simple person."

The evil Buddha smiled and said, "Don't worry, we'll deal with whatever comes our way."

When Yin Quan was in a daze, she felt as if her body was floating on cotton, and her whole body was extremely hot. She tried to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt like they were filled with lead.

In a daze, I sensed that someone had entered the room.

"Qin Nian? Is that you?" The person did not respond. Yin Quan raised her eyes suspiciously and saw a strange man wearing a silver mask, with a faint fragrance emanating from his body.

"Awake?" Yin Quan looked at the unfamiliar man in front of her and hurriedly tried to get up, but she felt dizzy and lightheaded. She was about to shout for help, but found that what came out of her mouth was a groan.

Yin Quan then realized that she had been poisoned. The man's fingers gently stroked Yin Quan's face. "Although her looks aren't exceptional, she's still considered top-tier." Yin Quan resisted and tried to back away.

"You...you let me go..."

The silver-masked man waved his sleeve at her, and Yin Quan felt a blur before her eyes and lost consciousness.

The man in the silver mask picked up Yin Quan and tapped the bed beneath her three times. The bed then slowly moved away, revealing an underground passage underneath.

After the man disappeared with Yin Quan in his arms, the bed slowly moved back to its original position, and everything in the room remained the same, except for a half-cup of hot tea that Yin Quan had not finished drinking on the table.

Yin Quan did not appear by dinner time, and Qin Nian suddenly felt something was wrong. She went to Yin Quan's door, but no matter how she knocked, no one answered.

A sense of foreboding crept into Qin Nian's heart. "Yin Quan? Yin Quan, open the door!" There was no response from inside for a long time, so Qin Nian kicked the door open with a bang. The room was empty. The two searched the entire room but still couldn't find Yin Quan.

The evil Buddha touched his head and said in disbelief, "We haven't left even a step, how could this living person just vanish into thin air?" Qin Nian slammed his hand on the table, and the temperature around him plummeted.

"Whoever it is, I will make them pay the price." The cyan figure flashed and arrived at the foot of the inn. The inn was already empty. The two searched every corner inside and outside the inn, but did not find a single living person.

This bizarre situation finally made Qin Nian panic. "We were almost there, how could something go wrong at this time?" Xie Fo comforted Qin Nian, who was breathing heavily.

"Don't rush. There's no such thing as teleportation or earth-burrowing in this world. So many people disappeared without a trace in a short time. There must be a tunnel in this inn. Let's look for it first."

Qin Nian nodded, and the two of them knocked on the inner wall of the room. Finally, the wall moved aside, revealing an inner room. Qin Nian went in first and followed the winding tunnel, but no matter which way they went, they couldn't see the exit. There wasn't a single ray of light in the tunnel.

The two finally managed to find their way out of the tunnel, only to find themselves back where they started. They looked at each other and said in unison.

"Underground labyrinth".

Yin Quan felt as if she had a long dream in which she was surrounded by handsome men and was enjoying herself immensely. But just as she was about to savor the moment, Xiahou Ying rushed in with a long sword, startling her awake.

Looking at the walls surrounding him, with firewood all around, he lay on the cold ground and rubbed his aching neck.

"Who the hell dares to kidnap her? Could it be someone from the imperial court again?" Just as she was pondering this, the lock on the door was opened.

When the door opened, a blinding light made Yin Quan's eyes sting. After her eyes adjusted, she saw a woman over forty years old standing in front of her.

Although wrinkles had appeared on her face, she was still well-maintained and her skin was relatively smooth. She squinted and carefully examined Yin Quan.

"Is this the good stuff that Qiongji brought back this time? Is he blind? This body with its concave front and flat back is hardly good material. I would rather not keep it than waste food. Someone throw it into the sea to feed the fish."

The two burly men behind the woman rolled up their sleeves and walked towards Yin Quan. Yin Quan's first reaction was that he had entered a den of thieves, and it seemed to be a brothel!

But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that even in the brothel, she was rejected!

"I said, my beauty, let's talk this out. I think there must be some misunderstanding between us..."