Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1245 - 1242_1

"What exactly happened? How was Yun’er abducted? Do you know who took her?" Xiao’er took a deep breath, suppressing her anger and anxiety, trying to think rationally.

Feeling anger and panic now wouldn’t solve anything!

Yun’er was still in someone else’s hands!

The priority was to rescue her as soon as possible!

Although Xiao’er intuitively thought Yun’er was abducted by people from Nangong Country, she might be wrong.

However, with Brother Ri’s appearance here, Yun’er’s situation might be related to those two individuals from the Gong family of Nangong Country!

Princess Ling’er was right to curse them. Gong Zixuan and Gong Qinghua, the two brothers, weren’t people. They were objects! And they weren’t even good ones at that!

Upon hearing these words, Brother Ri handed to Xiao’er a letter he almost crumbled in his hand.

Xiao’er took it and opened it to read:

The letter basically said that Yun’er was in their hands. If they wanted to save Yun’er, they had to obey their commands, and they could not ally themselves with Minze Country to fight against Nangong Country. Or else, they should prepare to claim her corpse! freēwēbnovel.com

As for what they were supposed to obey, the letter didn’t specify. But everyone could guess what it might be!

"The Eastern Jin Dynasty had a sudden cold spell a while ago, and it was about to enter winter. The Empress Dowager called for the ladies of various residences to donate their old clothes and quilts to the poor.

Since Yun’er was pregnant, the Empress Dowager didn’t let her work hard, and she just stayed home to rest.

The Empress Dowager went out of the city to give alms that day, and I had something to do in the Imperial Palace.

Yun’er was alone at the residence. Later, a citizen reported: the Empress Dowager was held hostage by a commoner.

Upon hearing this news, Yun’er immediately sent someone to deliver a message to me, and then she left the city herself.

By the time I arrived, the coachman, the maid, and the guards who escorted Yun’er out of the city were all killed outside the city, and Yun’er was nowhere to be found! The story of the Empress Dowager being held hostage turned out to be fake! But some incident happened there because of an argument between the citizens." Brother Ri explained what happened at that time.

"Are you sure Yun’er was taken out of the Eastern Jin Dynasty?" Xiao’er asked.

"I sent people to search everywhere. I was the first to think that Yun’er must have been abducted by people from Nangong Country, so I immediately followed the road leading to Nangong Country.

On the way to Shanghe County, I found Yun’er’s handkerchief." Brother Ri took out Yun’er’s handkerchief and handed it to Xiao’er.

Xiao’er unfolded it and looked: it was indeed Yun’er’s handkerchief, and the embroidery on it was one she’d seen a million times and could never mistake.

A half character was written in blood on the handkerchief. Although it was not completed, it was enough for them to guess that it was the word "South".

"If the people from Nangong Country abducted Sister Yun’er, they must be trying to use Sister Yun’er to stop us from sending troops!" Jinghao spoke at this time.

"Gong Zixuan and Gong Qinghua from Nangong Country abducted Yun’er because they wanted to threaten us, as well as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. For the time being, Yun’er’s life should not be in danger. Let’s not attack for the time being! Let’s wait until Yun’er is rescued!" Xiao’er said.

"But if the people from Nangong Country could abduct Yun’er, they must have hidden her well. It would be very difficult to find her and rescue her, especially on a territory that does not belong to us. We have no influence in Nangong Country!" Jinghao said.

"Lack of influence doesn’t mean we have no influence at all! Those in the dark may be better at doing this!" Shangguan Xuanyi spoke at this time.

Yun’er grew up with Xiao’er. Shangguan Xuanyi believed that Bai Tian must remember Yun’er’s scent and would definitely find Yun’er!

"This is what Nangong Country thinks. Not long after Yun’er was abducted, the Emperor received news that Nangong Country wanted to borrow five hundred thousand tons of grain from the Eastern Jin Dynasty." Brother Ri continued.

"Borrowing grain?" Xi’er repeated.

"Yes, borrowing, not buying!" Brother Ri was also angered by the shamelessness of Nangong Country.

"They are absolutely shameless! Why say borrow! Might as well say it’s a gift! This is clearly about borrowing without intending to return! I really want to poison the whole royal palace of Nangong Country and kill them all!" Xi’er couldn’t help but swear.

"This kind of hypocritical act is even more shameless than a robber! They want to borrow as much as five hundred thousand tons of grain! Might as well give them the entire national granary of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!" Gu Qiling also said angrily after hearing this.

Xiao’er didn’t speak. She asked Bai Tian in her heart whether he knew where Yun’er was.

Bai Tian was feeling it.

Jinghao also didn’t say anything for a while. He was thinking about how to rescue Yun’er.

"Brother-in-law, you guys didn’t really lend grain to Nangong Country did you?" If they were to lend, they might as well inform her, so she could develop a large-scale production of colorless and odorless poison, put it in the rice and kill all the shameless people of Nangong Country. One pot of rice, all poisoned to death! This should teach them that other people’s things are not so easy to get! Xi’er thought maliciously.

"Can we refuse to lend? Yun’er is still in their hands! They are the butcher, and we are the fish on the chopping board! The power of life and death is in their hands! Can we say no?

But five hundred thousand tons of grain is no small amount, we don’t have that much grain in the storehouse. The new crop has just been harvested and not yet taxed, which might serve as an excuse to delay.

But we can’t delay for too long, in case they become impatient and harm Yun’er!" Brother Ri indeed came to Zezhou to discuss rescue plans with Xiao’er and the others!

He believed that once Minze Country decided to attack Nangong Country, they must have many spies planted in Nangong Country. If they searched from both sides, maybe they could find Yun’er’s whereabouts sooner!

"What do you think if we attack Nangong Country immediately and threaten the dog emperor of Nangong Country: if he doesn’t hand over Sister Yun’er, our two countries will unite and flatten Nangong Country. Do you think the emperor of Nangong Country would let go of Sister Yun’er?" Xi’er asked.

"Isn’t the flattening of Nangong Country by our two nations what we are doing now? The dog emperor of Nangong Country sent people to abduct Sister Yun’er precisely because of this reason! To use this to threaten us! Making the Eastern Jin Dynasty not to help us, and constraining Minze Country! This is exactly their purpose! So no matter what they won’t let Sister Yun’er go! They will only continue to threaten us with Sister Yun’er. Once we stop yielding to their threats, they will kill Sister Yun’er," Shangguan Xuanyao said.

It had to be said, after years of studying beside the imperial master, Shangguan Xuanyao could now pinpoint the crux of a problem!

"If this is the case, as long as we haven’t rescued Sister Yun’er, don’t we always have to yield to Nangong Country? If Nangong Country wants grain we have to give them grain; if they want us to withdraw our troops, don’t we have to withdraw?" Xi’er said indignantly.