Dressed as the villain's stepmother

After hearing Liao Yunchuan's answer, the man turned around and left with satisfaction.

Liao Yunchuan suppressed the smile on his face, approached the door, and looked through the crack in the door to see who was locked inside.

It only took a moment to find the room where Jiang Lianzhu was imprisoned.

Liao Yunchuan opened the lock with the key the man handed him on the way, then quickly walked into the house and closed the door tightly.

After Jiang Lianzhu heard the movement outside, she made a defensive posture, but she raised her head and met Liao Yunchuan's eyes: "Why are you here?"

"Didn't you send the letter to the Governor's Mansion?" Liao Yunchuan glanced at Jiang Lianzhu and said casually.

Her hands and feet were not tied, but she was restricted to move in this room, which was a little different from what she thought.

"I did write a letter and asked the bandits to send it to the Governor's Mansion, but these bandits are not easy to deal with. There is something wrong with you going it alone."

Jiang Lianzhu paused and expressed his thoughts.

There were so many people in this cottage. Even if the two of them wanted to escape, they would have to overcome numerous guards, otherwise it would be almost impossible.

Xu Mai regarded this group of people as very important. According to the news that Lin Suji sent to him when delivering food, there were at least hundreds of people guarding them inside and outside the place, and there was no way to escape.

"It doesn't matter. I'm not here to rescue people. After all, the bandit encirclement and suppression team in the capital will arrive in a few days. I'm just sneaking in to explore the truth."

After Jiang Lianzhu heard this, a clear understanding flashed through her eyes, and her voice was a little cold: "In this case, I thought you were planning to rescue me."

"This matter cannot be rushed. When I came in, I specifically observed the location of this mountain stronghold. Halfway up the mountain, the place where you are imprisoned is at the innermost part of the stronghold. Unless someone wants to give this stronghold to It’s broken, otherwise you will never be able to get out.”

Liao Yunchuan sat down and analyzed the situation in front of him carefully.

The group of bandits seemed to have something to discuss, so the man was in a hurry when he brought him up, so he left after a few words.

This just left him enough time.

Hearing this, Jiang Lianzhu's eyes showed a bit of sarcasm.

"Tsk, it seems that those bandits really regarded us as important, and they actually locked up a group of us in the innermost part of the village."

Their thoughts are meticulous, but there is always a gap in every secret, and they can always find a chance to escape.

"If it is according to what you said, then we can only wait for the encirclement and suppression soldiers sent from the capital to come."

"At the moment, we can only wait for them to come, but the emperor has left this matter to the prime minister. The prime minister has done something about the iron mine before, and I don't know how much effort he will put into it now."

As Liao Yunchuan spoke, he calculated in his mind the arrival time of the group of people. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be able to arrive tomorrow.

Jiang Lianzhu's heart sank slightly when she heard this.

She was now in a dead end no matter whether she advanced or retreated. At that time in the inn, she also noticed that there were many bandits among the people sitting below, so she pretended to cater to Lin Suji's plan and was kidnapped by them into the stronghold.

But if what Liao Yunchuan said just now is correct, then the possibility that he can be rescued is very small, and he doesn't know how long he will be trapped in this cottage.

She can wait, but the plague in the next county cannot wait.

"Liao Yunchuan, can you think of another way for me to go out first? Qu Yanlin specifically asked me to deal with the plague in the next county on this trip. If I hadn't arrived, I don't know how many people would have died - —”

"who are you?"

Lin Suji's somewhat frightened voice came and immediately interrupted Jiang Lianzhu's words.

She looked at Liao Yunchuan sitting in front of Jiang Lianzhu and took several steps back.

"Be quiet."

Jiang Lianzhu said sternly, stepped forward, closed the door, and pulled Lin Suji in.

Lin Suji lowered his head, his eyes constantly wandering, and soon met Liao Yunchuan.

She could see the strong murderous intent in his eyes, and her heart immediately rose to her throat. Her voice trembled when she spoke: "I, I saw the lock on this door being opened, so I came in to see if it was No matter what the situation is, I have absolutely no intention of eavesdropping on the two of you!"

"It doesn't matter, this is someone I know."

Jiang Lianzhu said softly, turned to look at the closed door, and then turned back to ask Lin Suji.

"Where are those people now?"

"Xu Mai and the others received a letter of persuasion to surrender from the capital, saying that if they are unwilling to surrender, they will attack the stronghold tomorrow. So now those people are all going outside to discuss how to deal with it."

Lin Suji answered extremely cautiously, keeping his head lowered, not daring to meet the eyes of Liao Yunchuan and Jiang Lianzhu.

Although she didn't know who Liao Yunchuan was and why he suddenly appeared in the village, her intuition told her that this man was not someone to be trifled with.

"If I remember correctly, you told me before that it's not like there are no people from the capital coming to encircle and suppress us. If that's the case, why are they so vigilant this time?"

Lin Suji kept shaking his head: "This... I don't know about this. Maybe this time is different from the previous ones. I also heard it from others, so I don't know the details."

Jiang Lianzhu and Liao Yunchuan exchanged glances after hearing this.

Some of the speculations that had been buried deep in their hearts gradually emerged. Perhaps their guesses this time were almost the same as the facts.

Lin Suji couldn't wait for the two people's answers for a long time, so she carefully raised her head and whispered.

"Miss Jiang, if you don't have anything else to ask, I'll leave first... I still need to go to each house and ask them if they need anything. I'll wait until I go down the mountain the next day. And buy it back."

"Wait, can you go down the mountain the next day?" Jiang Lianzhu originally wanted to ask people to leave, but soon changed her mind, "Will there be people from the village following you?"

"We have sent people to follow us several times, but this time we probably won't be able to mobilize the manpower. After all, there might be another fierce battle tomorrow."

Lin Suji replied, seeing Jiang Lianzhu's eyes light up, he didn't know what she was thinking of.

"I know, you can come into my house again before going down the mountain to buy some things the day after tomorrow."

"Yes."

Although Lin Suji was confused, he didn't ask any more questions. After answering this sentence, he turned around and left.

"Liao Yunchuan, I can use Lin Suji's name to go down the mountain in the future, and then I can quickly rush to the next county."