Chapter 53 - 53 Why Did You Capture My Distinguished Guest?
53 Why Did You Capture My Distinguished Guest?
“Sir, Sir, she’s Master Qin’s guest.”
The courier brought a pot of tea upstairs. When he saw the two guards pointing their steel knives at Su Qing, he quickly came to his rescue.
“Why are you strolling around in the middle of the night instead of staying in your room?”
The two guards did not believe Su Qing just because the courier had helped them out of the situation. They continued to question her sternly.
Su Qing did not show any fear towards the stern-looking guard and coldly replied, “I went to the yard to cut some willow branches.”
“No, young lady, why did you cut willow branches?”
Even the courier felt that there was something wrong with Su Qing’s reply. A young lady cutting willow branches in the middle of the night? It was no wonder that the official was suspicious. Even he found it suspicious.
“Basket weaving.”
Su Qing was still as cold as ice. She didn’t even bother to say another word.
“Basket weaving? Why are you weaving baskets?”
The courier’s voice was raised. ‘Master Qin’s honored guest has woven a basket?’ It was too unbelievable.
“Come with us.”
Hearing this, the two guards became even more suspicious and went over to capture Su Qing. The courier could not even stop them. Su Qing was prepared to fight back. There was going to be a fierce battle tonight.
Old Master Qin asked in a deep voice, “What’s going on? Why did you capture my guest?”
When Li Wu found out what had happened, he hurriedly found Old Master Qin.
“The commotion here was huge, and the door to the room in the West opened. Wan Yumin walked out with a dark expression. When he saw the tense scene, he asked coldly, “Why did you disturb Old Master Qin?”
“General, this woman was sneaky in the middle of the night. When we found her, she said she wanted to go to the yard to cut willow branches.”
The two guards saw the general come out and quickly saluted, briefly reporting what had just happened.
“Cut willow branches?”
Wan Yulin’s eagle-like eyes looked at Su Qing. He had an impression of this girl. He had met her at the entrance of the courier station. She had a cold and arrogant temperament, and her eyes seemed to look down on everything. It was as if she didn’t care about anyone.
“Basket weaving.”
Su Qing’s eyes met his, and there was no fear in hers. She was so calm that Wan Yulin squinted his eyes.
Most people wouldn’t dare to look him in the eye, but this woman was so bold that she was definitely not an ordinary person.
“Basket weaving?”
Wan Yulin repeated in a low and cold voice.
“Yes, I can’t sleep to pass the time.”
Su Qing replied calmly, her back straight, neither servile nor overbearing. Her not being afraid of him and looking down on him made Wan Yulin very unhappy. He looked at Su Qing with a dark gaze, trying to find something suspicious on her face.
“Haha, this little friend of mine has this hobby. She can weave wicker baskets all the way with me. She’s really good at weaving, so I bought ten of them from her. Since we happened to meet here, I’ll give you one. It’s not bad for storing things. Li Wu, quickly take out the wicker basket old master bought and let General Wan choose one.”
Old Master Qin laughed out loud to dispel the tension. He told Wan Yulin that Su Qing had a hobby of weaving baskets, and ordered Li Wu to bring the willow basket that Su Qing had woven from the carriage.
Li Wu agreed and went downstairs to get the basket. Wan Yulin’s face twitched. He was a great general, but Old Master Qin wanted to give him a basket?
Old Master Qin had become more and more ridiculous after he retired and returned to his hometown. Wasn’t he afraid of ruining the good reputation that he had painstakingly built with two little girls?
Just as General Wan was criticizing Old Man Qin in his mind, Li Wu brought the ten wicker baskets woven by Su Qing and bowed deeply to Wan Yulin with a respectful smile.
“General Wan, please choose.”
Wan Yulin looked at the ten wicker baskets in various shapes and his breathing became rapid. He still had important things to do and had no time to accompany these idle people.
“It’s okay. Since Old Master Qin likes it, you can keep it for yourself. I have work to do, and I can’t waste my time. ”
Wan Yulin took a deep look at Su Qing after he finished speaking. He felt that she didn’t seem like an ordinary person who made handicrafts.
“Miss, there are guards on duty outside. If they accidentally hurt you, I won’t be able to answer to Old Master Qin. ”
Before Wan Yulin left, he stared at Su Qing’s eyes with his eagle-like eyes and threatened him. He stayed upstairs obediently, in case he was killed by mistake.
“Please help Miss Su cut down some willow branches.”
Old Master Qin was also afraid that Su Qing would be in danger. This lady would rather die than submit. It was as if she was not afraid of death. Since she was not afraid of death, Old Master Qin would not let her be in danger.
It was not just because she was the godly doctor, but also because she was Ji Xiaoying’s sister.
Su Qing knew that he couldn’t go out, so he nodded and turned to go upstairs.
The courier’s face turned sullen. What if he was mistakenly killed by General Wan’s men if he went out to cut willow branches in the middle of the night?
On this side, Su Qing was causing trouble at the courier station. On the other side, Ji Shuisheng was traveling through the night with the villagers. He was worried about his sister and Su Qing, so he had to get to Jin City as soon as possible.
He wanted to be fast, but the old, weak, sick, and disabled in the team couldn’t stand it. In the end, they couldn’t walk anymore and stopped 20 miles away from Jin City.
This was an open wilderness, and there were already many disaster victims gathered here. Some were burying pots to cook, and some were out looking for food. They were all exhausted, but they still had to run for food.
Ji Shuisheng saw that everyone couldn’t move anymore and had to stop and set up camp. After the team had settled down, he called Qiu Yongkang to the side.
“Yongkang, I’ll leave this to you. I have to rush to Jin city. Xiaoying and Su Qing are still waiting there!”
“Alright, you can go.”
Qiu Yongkang nodded. Shuisheng had already done enough for the entire village. Sakura was Ji Shuisheng’s only family member. If something happened to her, how could Shuisheng bear it?
“Big brother, Brother Shuisheng, the food is ready.”
Without Su Qing around, Qiu Yue felt comfortable all over and had returned to her usual gentleness. She walked over and said to Ji Shuisheng with a smile.
With big brother around, brother Shuisheng would never leave. Qiu Yue opened her beautiful big eyes and looked at Ji Shuisheng with affection. Grandpa wanted to talk about their marriage tonight. As long as Grandpa asked, brother Shuisheng would definitely agree. Just thinking about it made Qiu Yue’s heart burst with joy.
“I’m not eating, I have to go find Xiaoying.”
Ji Shuisheng refused indifferently. If Qiu Yongkang was here, Ji Shuisheng would have left to avoid arousing suspicion with only Qiu Yue and him.
When Qiu Yue heard that he was going to look for Ji Xiaoying, she became anxious. It was not just Ji Xiaoying, but also Su Qing. She did not want brother Shuisheng to look for Su Qing, so she blurted out in a hurry.
“She’s in a rich man’s carriage, so she won’t be in danger.”
Ji Shuisheng’s eyes suddenly turned cold. Without even looking at Qiu Yue, he said to Qiu Yongkang,”I’m leaving.”
Seeing Ji Shuisheng’s back view as he left resolutely, Qiu Yue stomped her feet anxiously and started to blame her big brother,
“Big brother, how can you let brother Shuisheng go? Isn’t it dangerous for him to be alone at night?”
Qiu Yongkang looked at his sister helplessly.
“Qiu Yue, I know how you feel about Shuisheng, but Shuisheng only treats you as a younger sister. Don’t make such a fuss that you don’t even have this sibling relationship anymore.”
“Am I not your biological sister? You didn’t help me at all.”
Qiu Yue was both embarrassed and angry. She stomped her feet with tears in her eyes and ran away.
Ji Shuisheng was not held back by the people of Peach Blossom Cove, so he only took four hours to cover the dozens of miles. When he saw the lanterns hanging on the city walls of Jin city, Ji Shuisheng quickened his pace.
“Who is it?”