Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 258 Killing Heart

  It was already the end of October, the cold of early winter condensed on the grass and trees, and then scratched against Lin Hao, making her feel that the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month had come earlier.

   Her heart is colder than ice.

  The man had already put away the dagger, grabbed her like a giant pincer and walked forward, ignoring that the branches hit her and scratched her exposed skin.

   Lin Hao keenly sensed the murderous intent of her captors.

   She took a slightly wrong step and saw clearly the man's tense facial lines and the coldness in his eyes.

   A robber purely for ransom should not look like this.

   She still remembered the robbers she encountered when she escaped from the capital in her previous life, and even those people didn't have such cold, almost plain eyes.

   Did he want to kill her?

   Together with this guess, Lin Hao's whole body is cold.

  It is not easy to walk in the mountains. Sometimes birds fly up in fright, flapping their wings and flying to the sky. Occasionally, rabbits can be seen running wild.

  Lin Hao deliberately wrote down the route, but found that he couldn't do it.

   There are similar trees and rocks everywhere, no impressive special sights, and no chance to mark.

   After walking like this for an unknown time, the man lifted the vine and pushed Lin Hao in.

  Lin staggered and barely stabilized his body.

   This turned out to be a large cave, narrow outside and wide inside, and the innermost part was covered with straw, which was obviously explored in advance.

  The man walked to Lin Hao in one step.

   After entering the mountain, Lin Hao's hands were bound by sweat scarves. Facing the approach of the man, he could only choose to wait and see.

  The man walked past her, and as soon as his hand touched the straw, he lifted a rope.

   couldn't bear to react at all, and Lin Hao was dragged and pushed to the ground by the man, who tied her to a raised stone with ropes.

   After doing this, the man's icy face became somewhat relaxed, leaning against the stone wall to recover his strength.

  Lin Hao moved his hand tied behind the back, gave up doing useless work, and tried to find some information from the man's mouth: "We have no grievances and no hatred, why did you kidnap me?"

The    man glanced at her.

  Lin Hao showed a look of fear: "I, my family loves me very much, as long as you don't hurt me, you can say how much you want."

  A seventeen-year-old girl, with a beautiful face and a soft voice, even a stone heart would be shaken by such a plea. The man stared at her for a moment, then took out a towel from his sleeve and stuffed it into her mouth.

   Lin Hao's heart sank.

   Even if it was the relationship between the kidnapper and the hostage, her unwillingness to communicate with one word was enough to break her fantasy.

  Who is going to put her to death?

  Lin Hao subconsciously thought of Chen Mu, but now Chen Mu is still in Jinlinwei prison.

   Conjectures appeared one after another, all of which were related to Emperor Pingle's side. Those who resorted to this method to kill her would never be a noble girl who had experienced a little friction.

  Lin Hao's eyes fell unconsciously on the man's expressionless face, his chaotic thoughts were suddenly cut open by a sharp sword at this moment, and a guess came to his mind: Mr. Fox!

   It doesn't seem that she is too careless. She probably guessed correctly in the medical hall, which led to this murder.

   All kinds of situations in the medical hall flashed through his mind, and finally settled on the picture of looking at Doctor Gu.

   Could it be that just by looking at each other, Mr. Fox became suspicious and wanted to eliminate hidden dangers in the bud?

   This sharpness, this decisiveness, and this cruelty are all chilling.

  If her guess was right, why did this person demand a ransom?

   New doubts arose, and before Lin Hao could think about it, the man suddenly moved. He strode out of the cave without looking at Lin Hao from beginning to end.

  Lin Hao stared at the entrance of the cave for a quarter of an hour, but he didn't see the man turning around.

   She moved her hands tentatively, and the ropes that bound her hands tightened as she moved.

   Lin Hao calmed down, the light in the cave changed quietly, and he didn't wait for the man to come back.

The    speeding carriage jumped down before the Orb could stop, and rushed in like a whirlwind, leaving the doorman stunned.

   "Old lady, something happened to the girl!" She ran to the old lady in one breath, Baozhu's face was full of tears.

  The old lady suddenly stood up when she saw Baozhu's appearance: "What happened to Ah Hao?"

  The smart maidservant immediately and quietly ordered the little maid to report to Lin.

  Baozhu was panting and his lips were trembling: "Someone kidnapped the girl into Wuyin Mountain, and asked us to spend 10,000 taels of silver to break the temple in the mountain to redeem the people."

  The old lady swayed, and sat back on the bed to stabilize her mind: "Hao didn't go to her cousin's house, so where did she meet the bad guys, did she get hurt?"

Baozhu wiped away tears, panicked and afraid that she could not control the trembling of her body at all, but forced herself to calm down: "Master Feng took the girl to the entrance of the alley, and the girl got into the carriage parked by the roadside and said that she was a little suffocated, so let him calm down. The maid was sitting outside. At that time, the maid didn't think much about it, in fact, the gangster was already in the carriage... When passing by the Wuyin Mountain, the gangster asked him to stop the car and took the girl into the mountain..."

   As he was talking, Mr. Lin rushed in: "Mother, what happened to Ah Hao?"

  The old lady looked much calmer and told the situation again.

  Lin's face was pale, grabbed Baozhu's wrist and asked, "Is that person hurting Ah?"

   "The girl was not injured at that time, but he kept pressing the dagger against the girl's neck..." Baozhu choked.

   "Go to the temple in three days to find people? Why wait until three days?" Thinking of what her daughter might encounter, Lin was completely unable to calm down.

"Maybe the gangster wants to set aside time to collect the ransom, or maybe the gangster wants to make a good escape route..." The old lady shook her head, "No one knows how such a vicious gangster thinks. But there is one thing, to save Ah Hao. When we come back, we can't mess up first. Duofu, you go to Prince Jing's mansion and invite the Prince of Jing to come."

  The eldest maid Duofu responded and walked out quickly.

   Qi Shuo felt a little uneasy when he heard that the General's Mansion came to invite him.

  Because of the prince's accident, Baiguan Xungui suspended the wedding banquet and other matters. He and Ah Hao had already discussed the postponement of the marriage. If they discussed anything further, it would be a matter between the elders. Suddenly calling him over would inevitably make people think a lot.

  Qi Shuo quickened his pace and arrived at the General's Mansion not long after, where he saw the pale faces of the old lady and Lin Shi.

   It seemed that a heavy hammer had slammed into his heart.

   "Is there something wrong with Ah Hao?" he asked.

   It was clear that a heart was tightly squeezed by an invisible big hand, but his face was calm.

   "Ahao was kidnapped."

   Qi Shuo clenched his fists hard and listened to the old lady talking about the situation.

   "I'm going into the mountains." He took a deep breath and said this sentence in the calmest tone possible.

  The old lady stopped him: "Sir, don't be impulsive, the scoundrel said that after three days, only two people from our side will be allowed to send the ransom. During the period, if anyone finds someone going into the mountains to look for someone, it will be detrimental to Ah Hao."

  Three days——

  Qi Shuo frowned tightly. For some reason, this time made him faintly uneasy.

   (end of this chapter)