This is the only feasible method now. Ling Qingwan supported Wei Xun and walked forward step by step.
Before they had walked far, Ling Qingwan was concentrating on looking at the gravel under her feet when she suddenly felt a pain in the back of her head. Then her eyes went dark and she fainted.
When Ling Qingwan woke up again, she was lying on the ground with her hands and feet tied up with ropes. Wei Xun was the same, but this time he woke up first and sat waiting for Ling Qingwan.
Ling Qingwan looked around and found that she and Wei Xun had been taken to a wooden house. The house was empty, without even a window.
"We left the forest?" Ling Qingwan was shocked and frightened. She could clearly feel the dull pain in the back of her head.
"Not necessarily." Wei Xun said softly. "Look outside through the cracks in the tiles. There is still light outside, which proves that it is daytime. The blood from our wounds has not dried yet, so it is impossible for us to sleep until the next day. It will only take an hour or two. Those people are still holding us two, so it will be difficult for us to get out of the woods."
"More importantly, if they send the two of us back to the capital, your people will definitely notice it. And my grandfather and brother will definitely step up their search when they learn of my disappearance. They shouldn't be stupid enough to fall into the trap." Ling Qingwan understood. She had just woken up and her mind was blank. Now thinking carefully, she can make a rough inference.
Even so, Ling Qingwan couldn't help but admire Wei Xun's courage. He was able to remain calm in such a critical moment.
Ling Qingwan felt extremely guilty when she thought about how her mother, brother and grandparents must be very worried about her safety.
"You're not stupid." Wei Xun smiled.
"It's already this late, and you two still have something to chat about?"
The man pushed the door open, walked up to the two of them, and looked down at Wei Xun and Ling Qingwan. Ling Qingwan recognized at a glance that the man in front of her was one of the people who pushed them to the edge of the cliff.
"You're lucky, little girl. You're not dead even after falling from such a high cliff. Brothers will have to spend more energy to tie you up." The man snorted coldly, his words full of impatience.
"Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?" Ling Qingwan asked the man.
She wanted to know now who wanted her life so much.
"Don't worry, you'll know in a moment." The man glanced at Ling Qingwan with disdain, then turned to look at Wei Xun. "Poor pretty boy, I'll have to go to hell with you."
"What you want is my life, just kill me, what does it have to do with him!" Ling Qingwan was anxious and quickly refuted the man.
There was a strange look in Wei Xun's eyes.
"Are we keeping him here to wait for him to report us when he returns to Tokyo and ask the government to arrest him?" The man stood up and clapped his hands. Another man in black came in from outside and whispered something in his ear.
The man's face instantly became nervous and he quickly followed the man in black out of the house.
"Wei..."
"Don't talk."
Ling Qingwan was interrupted by Wei Xun before she could finish a word. Ling Qingwan had no choice but to shut up.
The door creaked open again, and a man in a dark grey military uniform walked in.
"You have caught the person. But there is a pretty boy following her. Whether to keep him or kill him together with her depends on your decision." The man who had just come was nodding and bowing, following behind Zhou Peng.
"Wei Xun? It's you?" Zhou Peng was so excited when he saw Wei Xun that he started clapping.
Ling Qingwan was confused.
This person should be the one who wanted to kill her, but Ling Qingwan was unfamiliar with him. She was sure that she had never met him in her past life or this life. And this person obviously knew Wei Xun.
"After searching high and low for something, I finally found it without any effort. Wei Xun, I didn't expect that you would fall into my hands!" Zhou Peng laughed with his head raised.
Wei Xun didn't say anything.
"Wei Xun? This... Is this the Seventh Prince?" The man behind him panicked. He never thought that the person he arrested today was the famous Seventh Prince Wei Xun.
"You guys go down first, I have something to say to the Seventh Prince." Zhou Peng smiled so hard that his face was about to break.
Everyone left, and with Wei Xun and Ling Qingwan, there were only three people in the room. Zhou Peng approached Wei Xun and looked at him carefully for several times, as if he wanted to confirm again and again that the person in front of him was indeed Wei Xun.
"Seventh Prince was a wise man in his life, but it's a pity that he has to die in a place like this." Zhou Peng looked around and then turned his gaze back to Wei Xun. "It's a bit shabby here, but you don't have to be seen by many people, which can save your face. I remember that Seventh Prince valued his face the most in his life, how could he let people see you being dug out and your stomach cut open."
What Zhou Peng said was so creepy that Ling Qingwan got goose bumps all over her body.
Dig out the truth, what is the grudge between this person and Wei Xun. And Ling Qingwan still doesn't understand why Zhou Peng wanted to kill her in the first place.
"I'm not like you who have such wolfish ambitions and live in disgrace without ever seeing the sun." Wei Xun's tone was flat, without any emotion in it.
"I know the Seventh Prince is not afraid of death." Zhou Peng chuckled. "But what if I kill her?"
Zhou Peng squatted less than half a meter in front of Ling Qingwan.
"Zhou Peng." Wei Xun suppressed his anger and spoke each word with all his strength.
These two short words were already full of threats. But now that Wei Xun was a prisoner, Zhou Peng naturally would not take him seriously anymore.
"I've heard that the Seventh Prince is in love with the Second Miss who was lost in the Marquis' Mansion for many years. I was curious about how stunningly beautiful she was to catch the Seventh Prince's eye. Now I see that Second Miss Ling is indeed quite pretty." Zhou Peng smiled at Ling Qingwan.
Ling Qingwan frowned and turned her head away.
Zhou Peng took out the dagger from his waist and waved it in front of Ling Qingwan's eyes. He was so close that he almost scratched Ling Qingwan's face several times.
"Let me think about it. Where should I start cutting the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears?"
Ling Qingwan couldn't stop shaking all over.
Who in this world is not afraid of death? Ling Qingwan has a rare chance to be reborn, so she cherishes it. Thinking that she will die in the hands of this man in front of her, Ling Qingwan is unwilling to do so. But there is nothing she can do.
She closed her eyes tightly, waiting for Zhou Peng's dagger to cut her cheek.
“Oh no!”
A man in black crawled into the house.
"What's going on? You're so flustered." Zhou Peng was very impatient and turned around to scold.
"Commander Zhou, the prince's men are chasing..."
Before he finished speaking, the man in black fell to the ground with a red mark on his neck. Ling Xiao held a sharp sword and fought Zhou Peng head-on.
"Brother." Ling Qingwan was surprised and happy when she saw Ling Xiao.
She knew that her brother had come to save her.
Wei Yi rushed towards Wei Xun, who ordered him to untie Ling Qingwan first. Soon, both of them broke free. Wei Yi and Ling Qingwan helped Wei Xun up, one on each side.
Ling Xiao was fighting fiercely with Zhou Peng. He pressed forward step by step and forced Zhou Peng into a dead corner.