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Chapter 528: Eating melons in a high profile

Zhou Chang said to Wu Hong who was still standing there: "You should know the way, right? Is there any other way up the mountain? Can we find another way?"

Wu Hong hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the small path shaded by bushes in the left front: "Your Highness Prince Yi, just follow this path up, even if you take a long detour, you will get there."

"Okay, you lead the way." Zhou Chang didn't show it on her face, but she was gritting her teeth behind her back. Riding a horse was like torture for her.

Wu Hong led the way up the mountain. Before long, through the layers of branches and twigs, Zhou Chang saw an empty hillside not far away that was full of people.

"Shout to boost morale." Zhou Chang turned around and ordered.

Gao Yuan asked, "Your Majesty, what are we shouting now?"

Zhou Chang stared straight ahead, saying, "Just keep shouting what we've been shouting along the way."

So Gao Yuan turned around and gestured backwards.

Immediately, the team of more than ten people behind him shouted out with the momentum of dozens of people: "Jin Caosi is doing business, everyone else please give way; Jin Caosi is doing business, everyone else please give way; Jin Caosi is doing business..."

Zhou Chang urged his horse to charge out and was the first to head up the hillside.

In less than a moment, after rushing out of the path, the first thing that came into view was the kidnappers occupying the high ground on the hillside.

The kidnappers, more than a dozen of them, were holding steel knives and looking down on us. Each of them was wearing a black scarf to cover their face, and they were all wearing masks that covered their entire face.

Zhou Chang's high-profile appearance must have frightened the kidnappers so much that they almost scattered.

"Don't panic, don't panic, it's the Jincaosi's job..." Zhou Chang took out the Sicao golden order again and showed it to the kidnappers first.

The kidnappers had already drawn their knives, but they calmed down after seeing Zhou Chang and a dozen other people.

Zhou Chang then turned and headed towards Yuan Qi again.

At this time, Yuan Qi had probably learned of Prince Yi's arrival, but he remained calm and composed. He didn't even blink when he saw Zhou Chang.

She was also followed by a large group of people, about a hundred of them had already occupied half of the open space on the hillside.

The kidnappers were on the high ground to the south, and Yuan Qi was at the bottom to the north.

Zhou Chang rushed out right in the middle of the two groups of horses. He pulled the reins hard and wanted to pretend to be a "divine soldier descending from the sky", but the saddle was too hard and his thighs and buttocks couldn't move. He grinned for a long time before he could give a nasty smile: "Don't panic, don't panic... I'm just here to watch the fun, just to watch the fun..."

They were not panicking at first, but after hearing this smile, both sides took three steps back.

Zhou Chang pretended to be calm, but his phoenix eyes couldn't help but steal a glance in the direction of Yuan Qi.

Along the way, the image of Yuan Qi's helplessness and sadness kept appearing in my mind, but the Yuan Qi in front of me was not as fragile as I had imagined.

Yuan Qi was dressed in a sky-blue suit, pretending to be a man. She rode on the horse with a heroic posture. Her bright face was calm and resolute, just like a female warrior.

Apart from the bodyguards, the person following them was no longer Lu Ju or Lu Ping, but Liu E who had left Jindu together earlier.

Liu E was also wearing a similar outfit, but the color was aqua green, and she also looked heroic.

The two men rode on the same horse, standing almost side by side, standing out among the group of burly bodyguards.

The moment Yuan Qi recognized Zhou Chang, although his face remained unchanged, his bright eyes lit up.

Zhou Chang also blinked quickly, quickly turned his gaze away to the kidnappers, and laughed again: "You guys continue, I'm just here to watch the fun."

Every kidnapper was wearing a mask, some were black, some were red, some were white... and they all looked at each other in bewilderment.

For a moment, no one could tell where Zhou Chang came from, and some people had already quietly withdrawn, probably to test the situation from the side.

Zhou Chang was also dazzled by the mask decorated with fireworks, but he heard the sound of "ding, ding, ding..." again in his ears.

The viewpoint system's emotionless, neutral voice sounded: "Ding, a customer has placed an order for a black mask. Ding, a customer has placed an order for a red mask, ding..."

"Let the plane customers save their time. It's already this late." Zhou Chang could always find a reason to complain about the system. "Wait, a white mask?"

Zhou Chang suddenly noticed that among the many masks, black masks accounted for the majority, there were three or two red masks, and only one person had a white mask.

Yuan Qi was already negotiating with the kidnappers, and the twenty large wooden boxes he brought were filled with real gold.

They had already carried two boxes of gold and placed them in the middle of the open space on both sides. When the lids were opened, they were filled with glittering gold bars.

The kidnappers were still in shock, and they all looked at Zhou Chang with suspicion, then glanced at the gold bars in front of them.

Yuan Qi also retracted his gaze, pretending that he didn't recognize Zhou Chang, and spoke to the kidnapper opposite: "Five million taels of silver, equivalent to five hundred thousand taels of gold, are all here, but you have to let me see my father first to make sure he is still alive."

Her voice was still as clear as ever, echoing among the mountains and forests.

Zhou Chang hadn't heard Yuan Qi's voice for a long time, and his mind was immediately drawn away from the kidnappers.

Yuan Qi also decided this time that she would not give any money unless she met the person. Who knows if the other party has already killed her father and is still defrauding her? After all, nearly four or five months have passed since the kidnapping.

The kidnappers were all wearing red or black masks, so their expressions couldn't be seen clearly.

But one of them, wearing a white mask covered with white gauze, had been staring at Zhou Chang since he suddenly appeared.

After observing for a while, Zhou Chang also recognized that this person must be the leader. He raised his neck towards the white mask and showed a posture of watching the fun: "Hey, I'm talking to you? How are you going to respond?"

The white mask's eyes rolled around in the void, and he decided to ignore Zhou Chang and instead asked Yuan Qi, "Didn't I warn you already? Don't report to the police, or I'll kill you."

The voice he spoke in was very strange, as if he had something in his mouth, and it was muffled, sinister and old.

Zhou Chang answered without being asked, and rushed to answer: "Hey, we are not the government, at least this official is not that official, you can rest assured about this."

The white mask could not be dismissed with just a few words, and asked Zhou Chang again: "Who are you and why are you here?"

Zhou Chang's eyes smiled like crescent moons: "Haha, didn't I just say that I'm just here to watch the fun?"

Even through the white mask one could see the disbelief.

Zhou Chang had no choice but to point at Yuan Qi and said, "If you really want to know, it depends on what you are going to do next."

There was a layer of gauze covering the white mask, so even the eyes couldn't be seen clearly, but Zhou Chang could still clearly feel the cold gaze beneath the mask.

"What do you mean?" The voice of the man in the white mask was hoarse, with a cautious and sinister air.