"What's wrong, you seem to be afraid of me talking to you..." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became alert: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will lift the curtain and walk over?"

"No...I...How could I be afraid of Brother Zhu?" Although Qiuye was not afraid, her trembling and hesitant voice betrayed her true thoughts.

Zhu Yuanzhang jumped over and lifted the straw curtain in the house. The cave was very dark, but he had become accustomed to acting in the darkness. He could tell at a glance that Qiuye was lying on the bed, and she was empty, and Zhang Yingxian was not there.

"So that's it..." Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened: "You are afraid that I will lift the straw curtain and walk over and see your lady is not here, so I am afraid of talking to me today..."

"No...yes...woo..." Qiuye became even more panicked.

"Okay, now tell me where your lady is going?" Zhu Yuanzhang's face was so heavy that it was so heavy. This black-faced god image was quite scary. Qiuye was shocked. He had agreed with Zhang Yingxian for a few words such as the lady taking a bath in the stream in the back mountain and taking a walk. He forgot all the words outside the Nine Night Clouds. She cried out and whispered: "Miss... Miss escaped... She doesn't want to stay here anymore."

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. Even a big man might not dare to run in alone in this vast Huanglong Mountain. Maybe he would be told away by a wild wolf or a wild dog. She is a weak woman, dare to escape? He had never taken much care of Zhang Yingxian before, but he had predicted that she would not dare to escape. Why did she suddenly have the courage? There are ghosts, there must be ghosts.

Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking was like lightning, and he didn't think about it carefully at all. A thought flashed through his mind: Ma Qianjiu! By the way, Zhang Yingxian must have gone to find Ma Qianjiu. She first released Ma Qianjiu privately, and then asked him to take her out.

After understanding this, he was no longer angry, and his face slowly stretched out. Whether it was Ma Qianjiu or Zhang Yingxian, he was not the one he had to stay by his side. When he first captured Zhang Yingxian, he just wanted to help the third lady of the Ma family to clear the suspicion of the bandits. Now he has cleared it up. Zhang Yingxian is an optional person, and it doesn't matter if he lets her run away.

As for Ma Qianjiu, he is also an indifferent person. This person is a confidant of the Ma family and is loyal to the Ma family. He cannot be used. He has no bad behavior and is not a person who must be killed. If the two of them escape together, it will save himself some trouble.

For those who once lived in the world, Ma Qianjiu and Zhang Yingxian were just two inconspicuous little people, like ants, and they really didn't have to take them to heart. Just like one day you caught a few ants and kept them in a box, and at night, the ants crawled out of the cracks in the box and ran away. Would you want to catch them back and kill them? There is no need for this at all!

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly and said to Qiuye: "So it's such a small matter. If she wants to escape, let her escape. Why are you afraid of me being so afraid of this!"

"Ah? Brother Zhu...you...your wife of your village ran away, aren't you angry?" Qiuye could see that his mood had improved, so he boldly asked back.

"No one knows better whether she and I are husband and wife than you." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, put down the straw curtain and returned to half of his cave.

"Then... why did you catch her as the wife of the village? You don't like her, and she is afraid of you. It's so awkward to be together... It's better... it's better..." Qiuye added in his heart: "It's better to marry me."

Qiuye didn't say it, and of course Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what she wanted to say. He was good at guessing people's hearts in his life and in his previous life, but he never guessed women's hearts because there was no need. He was a king who loved the country and was better than beauties.

After a while, he suddenly whispered: "Qiuye, I think your lady may not be able to escape. I once told her that Ma Qianjiu came here strangely this time. It is very likely that the second young master of the Ma family sent him to confirm your lady's death with his own eyes. So... she wanted Ma Qianjiu to escape with her, but she might not be willing. Maybe she kicked her away and ran away by herself. Your lady might be squatting on a path in the back mountain and crying..."

"Ah?" Qiuye quickly ran out of the cave: "I'll go and see..."

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The night is not very dark, because the moon is hanging high. During the long decade of the late Ming Dynasty, due to the arrival of the Little Ice Age and the world is drought, clouds can rarely be seen in the sky. Without clouds, the moon will become brighter and brighter. Its crooked face, with a few touches of shrillness and coldness.

Zhang Yingxian walked slowly on the top of the mountain with the moonlight. The night wind passed by, and she was dressed thinly, so she felt a little chill, but her heart was hot.

It has been several months since she was plundered by the bandits. She is always looking forward to going back, returning to the normal world, and becoming the lady of a noble family, but she dare not escape from the vast Huanglong Mountain and has no courage to escape. Now God has finally given her a chance. As long as she can let Ma Qianjiu go, she can escape with Ma Qianjiu's help.

She also thought about what Zhu Ba said to her, such as Ma Qianjiu was to cover up family scandals, but she didn't believe it! Or she was unwilling to believe it, because once she believed it, it means she had lost all opportunities and could only follow Zhu Ba's side in her life and be a bandit's wife who suppressed the village. Although such a life may not be bad, she did not want to live such a life.

She walked step by step towards the cave where Ma Qianjiu was imprisoned, trying to make her pace look more stable and not arouse others' suspicion.

"Sister-in-law!"

"Sister-in-law is so late and she's out for a walk!"

"Good evening, sister-in-law!"

Occasionally, she met one or two soldiers and saluted and greeted her respectfully. She smiled and nodded back. In fact, she didn't hate these people, and even liked them a little, but she was not willing to stay with these people. This was a very subtle psychology and it was difficult to explain it clearly.

With the moonlight, she walked to the small cave where Ma Qianjiu was imprisoned. Two sentries sat at the entrance of the cave, talking about the daytime battle. The excitement had not yet faded. Zhang Yingxian was not in the mood to listen to what they were talking about. She just kept hearing the words "Brother Zhu is so powerful". From the faces of both of them, admiration and awe can be clearly seen.

Seeing Zhang Yingxian coming, the two sentries jumped up at the same time and said respectfully: "Why are you here, sister-in-law?"

Zhang Yingxian was a little nervous, forcibly suppressed her panic, tried to calm her voice, and said in a line that had been prepared: "My husband asked me to bring Ma Qianjiu over. He had something to say to Ma Qianjiu."

"Huh?" The two sentries were stunned: "Why did Brother Zhu ask his sister-in-law to come and take people in person? It's okay to call two soldiers at will."

Zhang Yingxian was frightened by this question. Before she could have thought about the two sentries so clearly, she quickly coughed lightly and said, "Ma Qianjiu is an old acquaintance of my husband and I. They used to be in the same Ma family compound, so she asked me to come and greet..."

"Oh, so that's it!" The two sentries were easily concealed by this lie. This true lie, which is 70% true and fake, is the easiest thing to deceive people.

Soon, Ma Qianjiu was led out of the cave by them. He was imprisoned for most of the day, with a slightly upset expression. Seeing Zhang Yingxian standing in front of him, Ma Qianjiu seemed to be surprised, but the surprise soon disappeared from his eyes, and replaced by a look of sudden enlightenment.

"You guys go back and rest, I'll take him there myself." Zhang Yingxian waved to the sentry.

"Sister-in-law, be careful. Although he is tied up, he is a man after all..." The two sentries handed the rope that led Ma Qianjiu to Zhang Yingxian: "Do you want us to accompany him to escort him?"

"No need!" Zhang Yingxian said calmly: "All of them are old acquaintances, who know the roots and bottom of the situation..."

The sentry retreated, Zhang Yingxian took the rope head and walked behind the mountain with Ma Qianjiu. Both of them were silent. Zhang Yingxian was afraid that someone would hear it, so she dared not speak nonsense. But Ma Qianjiu didn't know what he was thinking.

The two walked for a while and saw that there was no one near the left. Zhang Yingxian suddenly turned to the small road next to him and took Ma Qianjiu to a hurry. The two turned around, left and right, and within a while, they arrived at a small road down the mountain. Due to the great victory today, the officers and soldiers had retreated. There were no sentries on this road to guard the road. The surroundings were quiet, and only the rustling sound of grass leaves in the wind.

Zhang Yingxian suddenly took out a pair of scissors from her arms and cut off the rope on Ma Qianjiu's hand with a "click".

"Huh?" Ma Qianjiu was a little surprised.

Zhang Yingxian said in a hurry: "Master Ma, take me and run away...I'll go back with you."

Ma Qianjiu suddenly realized what Zhang Yingxian was here to do. It turned out that after a long time of work, she wanted me to escape, and by the way she wanted me to take her to escape... Humans are always very smart at this time, and there is no need to say anything more. Just one sentence is enough to explain a lot of meanings.

Zhang Yingxian squatted down and took out a small package from the grass next to her. It was a small bag of dry food, enough for two dry cakes to eat for a long time. There was a small leather bag, a bag of water, and a fire note that could be used to raise fire, and there were two sets of clothes to change... Even if a woman escaped, she still had to escape with her clothes. Zhang Yingxian faithfully implemented this feature.

Zhang Yingxian also put the scissors on her hand into the small package, and then handed the package to Ma Qianjiu and said, "Mr. Ma, I have prepared so many things, enough to support us until we escape from Huanglong Mountain..."

Ma Qianjiu took the package and a slightly embarrassed look flashed across his face. He did not answer Zhang Yingxian's words, but just asked suddenly: "Second Young Lady... I just heard that the sentry called you sister-in-law...you and Zhu Ba..."

"This..." Zhang Yingxian smiled bitterly: "Zhu Baqiang stole me as his wife of the village..." She was about to say: Actually, it was just nominal, and he had never touched me...

But before the second half of the sentence was spoken, Ma Qianjiu suddenly whispered: "Sorry, I offended..." After the words came, Ma Qianjiu suddenly pulled out scissors from the small package, stabbed forward suddenly, and stabbed Zhang Yingxian hard in the abdomen...
Chapter completed!