They had no way of knowing whether Mu Ning's words were true or false, nor were they curious.
After she finished speaking, she bowed to them and left.
Fan Qingyi didn't want to delay, so he woke Song Ren up directly and asked him to explain the situation in the valley.
This Song Ren is really a bastard. He was so scared that he peed his pants before Fan Qingyi could use any threats or inducements.
Upon learning that Fan Qingyi and Qin Zhou were not here for Mu Ning's matter, he hurriedly said that he had discovered the tunnel by accident and had no idea where it led to, let alone what was going on with the child.
Qin Zhou and Fan Qingyi did not believe this. One of them put a sword on his neck and the other burned his hair with a torch, which scared him so much that he begged for mercy.
Finally, he said that he had someone he knew in the valley. He only knew that there were many militiamen stationed there, and that the exit of the tunnel was guarded and there were patrols. He could not say anything more.
Song Ren knelt on the ground, trembling, and spoke with a vibrato effect: "Second, second, great, great hero, this is all I know, please let me go!"
Fan Qingyi became annoyed just by looking at him, but this man was the beloved son of an important official of the imperial court after all. With Qin Zhou present, he couldn't do anything.
Qin Zhou, on the other hand, had no pressure at all. He elbowed him first, then thrust his sword between his legs, his eyes revealing murderous intent: "If you don't want to talk, it's okay. I can spare your life. But you have to help us lure the guards at the entrance of the cave in, otherwise, I will use you as a sacrifice to my sword."
"Okay, okay, please spare my life, lady." Song Ren didn't dare to move. He stared at the sword between his crotch and agreed hurriedly.
The two men pressed Song Ren to the exit. Fan Qingyi pushed him, and Qin Zhou's sword was directly against his legs.
Song Ren was panicked, but he didn't dare to resist. He could only follow their instructions and stick his head out to wave at the people outside:
"Someone, I brought a lot of things with me, come in and help me move them."
"Young Master Song, you are here. We are here to help you." The guard who was closer did not suspect anything and directly called the people next to him to follow him into the secret passage.
Fan Qingyi hid behind Song Ren, knocked out all the people who came in, and then tied them up with their belts.
Seeing that they had succeeded, Song Ren went forward with a flattering look on his face and wanted to beg them to let him go, but Qin Zhou hit him with a backhand and knocked him unconscious.
"What a disaster." Qin Zhou frowned, with a hint of anger. She didn't expect that the Song family would have a relationship with the rebels. Even after the young master Song robbed the woman, he wanted to bring her here for pleasure.
Fan Qingyi handed the clothes he had taken off the guard to Qin Zhou and reminded him, "Put them on simply first. The most important thing now is to find the little prince."
Qin Zhou nodded, put on the rebel's uniform, and tied up his long hair.
"I found that they all carried a wooden plaque like this, exactly the same, except for the numbers on them." Fan Qingyi had also put on his clothes and was searching the rebels.
They both have good figures, and nothing can be seen even if they put on a coat.
Qin Zhou took the wooden sign and found that the one he handed to him had five hundred and thirty-one written in red, while the one he had had six hundred written in red.
Her eyes grew darker as she speculated, "This should be a pseudonym for easier management. It seems that the number of rebels is not only large, but is also increasing."
She had previously sent people to thoroughly investigate the remnants of the rebels, and thought that the matter would be resolved with the report from below, but she did not expect that the remnants of the rebels would become even stronger.
"This one is a little different. The font color is black, and it only goes up to number twenty-four." Fan Qingyi took out a similar wooden sign from Song Ren's arms.
(End of this chapter)