After receiving the news, Gu Wenyu and Qiu Ying also joined the team to search the city.

They sent out ghost soldiers to increase the efficiency of the search.

But nothing was found except the golden carriage abandoned in the suburbs.

Gu Beihuai's face turned pale as he sat in the golden carriage that still retained the scent of Shen Qingyan, without saying a word.

The fingertips on his sleeves turned white, and he didn't feel any pain even when the wound on his arm cracked again.

He lost Yan'er.

It was the first time that Gu Wenyu saw him looking so helpless and annoyed, so he stepped forward to comfort him.

"Don't be sad, nephew. This is not your fault. There is no point in feeling sorry for yourself. We will try harder and we will definitely find it."

It’s strange, why is the content different from the original novel?

If it were the same, Gu Wenyu could still show off his ability to predict the future and brag about it.

Gu Beihuai didn't say anything. His brows were furrowed, and he was thinking about something.

Now all places in the capital have been searched. It is absolutely impossible for them to get out of the city gate in such a short time. Now that the city gate is closed, they should not be able to get out or hide.

But now it seems as if he has evaporated from the face of the earth, without any trace left.

Suddenly, Gu Beihuai thought of a place.

He stood up suddenly, not noticing Gu Wenyu who was chattering away, and poked him in the nose with an elbow.

"Ouch!"

Gu Wenyu covered his nose and cried out in pain, "Nephew, are you trying to murder your uncle?"

Gu Beihuai ignored his words and said urgently: "Uncle, let your people follow me to the ghost market!"

"Huh? Oh."

Gu Wenyu agreed immediately without thinking too much.

Gu Beihuai guessed correctly, Shen Qingyan was indeed kidnapped to the ghost market.

Although this place has been sealed off, it still exists and people still live there. We can't just raze this place to the ground.

The Ghost Market is underground, and the terrain inside is complex. When Gu Beihuai led people to search for the gunpowder dealers, he did not explore all the roads. There is a high possibility that there are underground passages leading out of the city.

*

When Shen Qingyan woke up, she found it was pitch black around her. She couldn't move, her hands and feet were tied, and her mouth was blocked.

She felt herself in a slightly bumpy place and heard the sound of flowing water. She guessed that she should be on a boat.

Listening carefully, I could hear the breathing of three men.

Two of them had steady breathing, probably the two masked men, and the other one was an ordinary man.

The man was speaking, his voice was old and hoarse, but it sounded familiar to Shen Qingyan.

"Two guys, what kind of cargo are you transporting that you actually used such a big box?"

One of the masked men said coldly: "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about. Watch out for your life."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Another masked man asked, "Old man, are you sure this underground river can lead to the outside of the city?"

"Of course. I've been in this ghost market for many years, and I know all the roads here very well."

Originally, Shen Qingyan hadn't remembered who this familiar voice belonged to, but when she heard him say that he had been in the Ghost Market for many years, she immediately remembered.

It was her mother’s former subordinate whom she met when she came to the ghost market to look for Gu Beihuai—Fu Zhuo, who usually pretended to be an old man!

She was about to make some noise to ask for help, but then she thought, Fu Zhuo had no internal strength. He was only great at disguise, but his martial arts were his weakness. If she asked him for help, not only would she fail, but she would also implicate him.

After all, those two masked men looked sinister and vicious.

Thinking of this, Shen Qingyan could only bear it. There happened to be a small ventilation hole in the wooden box where she was, so she sniffed the situation outside through the hole.

The damp and slightly fishy smell made Shen Qingyan's stomach churn.

There is a secret river, a ghost market, and a way out of the city. It is obviously a good way to sneak out of the city.

She guessed that Gu Beihuai must have gotten the news and was looking for her. How could she let him know her whereabouts?

There was no better way at the moment, so she could only spit out the cloth stuffed in her mouth, then bite her lip and rub out a word on the cloth bit by bit.

North.

I don’t write anything else because other characters are too difficult to write.

Then, how to send this piece of cloth?

Her hands were tied behind her back and she tried to struggle, but the person who tied her was obviously an expert and had tied the knot so well that it could not be untied unless the rope broke.

Helplessly, Shen Qingyan could only barely stuff a corner of the cloth into the small hole, then turned over and poked it out little by little with her bound hands.

After great effort, he finally succeeded in stuffing the bloody cloth out and it floated on the water.

Because the underground river was very dark and the masked man urged Fu Zhuo to hurry up, no one noticed.

Soon, the ship docked.

Shen Qingyan felt like she was being lifted up.

Not long after, it fell again.

She was transported in a spacious carriage.

The moment the wooden box was opened, Shen Qingyan closed her eyes and pretended to faint.

It was dark, and the two masked men did not notice that the cloth on Shen Qingyan's mouth was gone. They only wanted to leave Tianfeng Kingdom as soon as possible.

Shen Qingyan was lifted out of the wooden box and landed on the soft couch in the carriage.

The carriage started slowly, Shen Qingyan quietly opened one eye, and the result was...

He met a pair of sinister and cruel eyes.

It was the masked man who poisoned her.

From their conversation, Shen Qingyan already knew his name, Gui Ren, and the other one was Gui Zhao.

"woke up?"

Ghost Blade held a scimitar and spoke coldly.

Shen Qingyan pinched her throat and coughed a few times, then said softly, "Brother, can you pour me a cup of tea? I'm thirsty."

The ghost blade remained unmoved.

"Stop playing tricks."

Shen Qingyan was angry, "You can't let me die of thirst, right?"

Gui Zhao, who was driving outside, heard the noise and asked, "What happened?"

"She wants some water."

Gui Zhao made a sound and said, "Just give her something to drink. We can't let her die of thirst. If she complains to the master, we will be punished."

It can be heard that Gui Zhao is easier to talk to.

Ghost Blade then reluctantly untied her, poured her a cup of tea and placed some snacks in front of her, and continued to stare at her with the scimitar in his hand.

"..."

Shen Qingyan couldn't stand such a creepy look anymore, so she spoke out.

"Brother, can you stop staring at me like that? I can't drink anymore."

Ghost Blade frowned but asked an irrelevant question.

"Are you really a princess?"

Why do I feel something is not right now?

Shen Qingyan blinked and immediately said, "It's not me. You caught the wrong person. Let me go."

When Gui Ren heard this, he was suddenly certain.

Shen Qingyan finished her tea and sighed.

"Come to think of it, the poisonous insects from your southern border aren't very effective. How come I don't feel anything at all?"

Ghost Blade snorted coldly, "Our Gu worms are all... How do you know it's Nanjiang?"

"That's not hard to guess." Shen Qingyan recalled what Gu Ruxiao had told her about Mu Weiye, and began to talk nonsense in a serious tone, imitating her tone.

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