Time Leap: Leave Me Alone

Tat tat tat tat...

The sound of hooves suddenly came from the quiet mountain path in the forest. Looking from a distance, there were about twenty people.

They didn't move fast and seemed to be casual, but surrounded the carriage in the middle tightly.

The carriage was not luxurious, but very large. Even on such a mountain road, it was very stable. It could be seen that the carriage was not as low-key as it looked.

These people had a formidable aura, and their horses were fat and strong. At a glance, one could tell that they were good horses.

Anyone who saw them would know that these people were not to be trifled with. There was even a trace of bloodlust on their bodies. They must have extraordinary backgrounds.

"Crown Prince, can the Second Prince of Qi succeed?

Didn't Marquis Qi like his eldest legitimate son?

He even invited you to help him early.

Would it be wrong for us to cooperate with the Second Prince of Qi?"

"No, even if the Second Prince of Qi fails, we won't lose anything. As for the Crown Prince of Qi...?"

Speaking of this, the clear male voice paused slightly, and he began smiling.

"Even if the Second Prince of Qi isn't capable, the Crown Prince of Qi won't be able to get the territory of Qi.

I hope that the Second Prince of Qi is capable. That will be good for us. If not, that's ok."

"Crown Prince, a woman is lying on the side of the road in front," a serious guard said cautiously to the crown prince.

A fainted woman suddenly appeared in the wilderness. No matter how he looked at it, there was something wrong.

Could it be that she came here to meet the Crown Prince because she knew their identities?

But how did she know where they were? Who leaked the news of the Crown Prince?

A trace of murderous intent flashed in the guard's eyes. He had to investigate this matter carefully.

"Someone wants to set up a honey trap for our Crown Prince?

The Crown Prince had encountered this plot many times in his teens. Didn't it prove that it was useless? Why was there someone else using this method now?

It was used for so many years. Don't they have any new tricks?"

Besides, who doesn't know that our Crown Prince's Consort is the most beautiful woman in the empire?" Could there be another "fairy" who could charm the Crown Prince now?

Even the fairy, the Crown Prince, won't care. Regarding appearance, those beauties are not as good as the Crown Prince.

Everyone knows that the Crown Prince is versed in literature and martial arts. He is also handsome."

The guard spoke in a brisk voice. It was evident that he was lively.

He stepped forward and looked at the unconscious woman carefully. He clicked his tongue.

Who arranged it? Wasn't the one too distracted?

This woman was just an ordinary person. Except for her weird clothes, there was nothing special about her. Was she going to find another way?

"Crown Prince, she must have fainted. There's nothing wrong with her. Should we save her?"

The Crown Prince did as he pleased. They would find out the rest of the problems.

"No need. Let's continue on our way."

The guard scratched his head in disappointment. He thought it was going to be fun.

Alas, whether it was a scheme or not, it was useless for his master not to take it.

Was this person going to faint and need help? That was to say, she was unlucky. After all, his master was not a kind person.

As for him, a kind-hearted person, what could he do? Of course, he should listen to his master.

When the carriage passed by the fainted woman, the breeze gently blew up the curtain of the carriage window. The man in the carriage inadvertently saw the woman lying on the ground out of the corner of his eye.

Of course, he didn't fall in love with her in the blink of an eye.

Due to the angle, the man could not see the woman's appearance. Merely, her outfit was bizarre.

However, with just a glance, the man retracted his gaze, and the group of people quickly disappeared into the forest.

At this time, the woman was still unconscious. She didn't even know that such a group of people had passed by her.

Not long after, a middle-aged couple appeared in a donkey cart on the mountain road in the forest.

The two of them wore clean and tidy clothes. Their lives seemed not miserable, but their expressions were not good.

"We're almost home. What do you think we should do now?"

The woman who spoke looked to be in her thirties or forties. Her surname was Xu, and people called her Mrs. Xu. She was the wife of the driver.

The driver's name was Zhou Gen. At this time, they had returned to the village of Zhou Gen from Mrs. Xu's parents' home.

"What should we do? How do I know what to do? Qiao'er is engaged, and yet she still does something immoral.

Where am I supposed to put my face? This is how you educate your daughter?"

"Our faces had long been lost when Qiao'er got engaged. Besides, is it Qiao'er's fault?

Qiao'er is blessed to have such a great opportunity; won't we also benefit from it in the future?

You agreed with me when we were in my parents' home. Why are you throwing a tantrum at me now?

Qiao'er has been beautiful since childhood, and she should enjoy her life. It is a loss for her to marry a man in the mountains."

Mrs. Xu didn't like hearing her husband say her daughter was wrong, so she refuted him directly and looked a little unhappy.

"Loss? Remember that our daughter and Qingyan were engaged because of us.

The wedding is around the corner, but something like this happened. What do you think we should do?"

It turned out that Zhou Gen and Mrs. Xu had a daughter named Zhou Qiao'er. She was 16 years old and had been beautiful since childhood. She was the most beautiful girl in their village.

One day, Zhou Qiao'er went into the mountains to pick mushrooms and accidentally sprained her ankle. She happened to meet Wang Qingyan in the village next door.

Wang Qingyan was tall, handsome, and capable. He was the most beautiful person in several villages.

Naturally, Zhou Qiao'er also had a good impression of Wang Qingyan. She could take this opportunity to ask Wang Qingyan for help to get closer to him.

Unfortunately, men and women were different. Wang Qingyan saw that Zhou Qiao'er was fine, so he did not help her. He just went to Zhou Qiao'er's house to inform her family.

Zhou Gen and Mrs. Xu had wanted to marry Zhou Qiao'er to Wang Qingyan for a long time, so they said that Wang Qingyan saved her daughter in the mountains and had intimate relations with her. They asked Wang Qingyan to be responsible for it.

The critical point was that Zhou Qiao'er only cried when questioned as if her reputation had been damaged.

Wang Qingyan tried his best to explain, but women always suffered losses in this kind of thing, and he had no witness to help.

The Wang Family had no choice but to let Wang Qingyan marry Zhou Qiao'er.

Initially, the Wang Family accepted such a marriage reluctantly, but in the end, the Zhou Family demanded an exorbitant price of fifty taels of silver as betrothal gifts.

Of course, the Wang Family didn't allow it, but the Zhou Family could make trouble, which caused a lot of discussion in the village. The Wang Family had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

However, not long after Wang Qingyan and Zhou Qiao'er got engaged, Mrs. Xu and her family returned to their parents' village to visit their relatives.

Zhou Qiao'er happened to meet the young master of a wealthy businessman on the street. He fancied her and wanted to take her as a concubine.

Compared to the man in the village, everyone in the town knew which one to choose.

Even if the other party was not as tall and handsome as Wang Qingyan, Zhou Qiao'er still transferred her affection to him, and she was even directly carried into the backyard of the wealthy businessman from her maternal grandmother's house.

Zhou Gen and Mrs. Xu had never seen so much money when a wealthy businessman gave them 200 taels of silver as a betrothal gift.

Looking at the money, they were naturally full of joy. Even though they felt a little guilty, they happily sent their daughter to be a concubine.

They planned to live in the town from now on. Naturally, what would happen in the village had nothing to do with them.

For this reason, The Zhou Family also bought a small courtyard in the county and spent all the money the wealthy businessman gave.

The two had roughly seventy taels of silver left in their savings. They hadn't yet saved much before.

Life in the county was difficult, so the two of them planned to return to the village to deal with their property.

But on the way back to the village, they remembered that their daughter was engaged, and they had accepted 50 taels of silver as a betrothal gift. What should they do?

Although Zhou Gen and Mrs. Xu had enough money to refund the money, they were reluctant.

The cost of living in the county was high, and they needed money everywhere.

If they returned the money, they would only have 20 taels of silver left in their hands. When they arrived in the county, the family's capital would not last long, and their lives would be hard.

The most important thing was that it was too terrible for them if they returned the money.

Their daughter had just married into the family, so she probably couldn't help them much quickly. Therefore, the two planned to keep Wang Qingyan's betrothal gifts but were worried about what to do next.

"If not, tell them that Qiao'er passed away?"

Her daughter was in the county, and it was almost impossible for her to meet the Wang Family. Moreover, her son-in-law's Family was mighty, so even if the Wang Family knew the truth in the future, they would not dare to do anything.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you curse our daughter like this? Aren't you afraid of bad luck?

Even if our daughter died, we had to return the betrothal gift. Did you think that no one would suspect our daughter's sudden death?

We sent our daughter out openly when she was at my father-in-law's house.

If the Wang Family goes to my father-in-law's village to ask, they will know the truth. At that time, not only will we cheat on the marriage, but our daughter may also be implicated."

Zhou Gen glared at Mrs. Xu. He meant, "If you don't know how to speak, don't give any suggestions."

Mrs. Xu frowned and thought, "This won't work, and that won't work either. Will the betrothal gifts be returned?" How could she bear to do that? However, the Wang Family was not to be trifled with.

If they hadn't insisted that Wang Qingyan had ruined his daughter's reputation, the Wang Family wouldn't have tolerated it.

Now, not only would they ask for the betrothal gift back, but they would also ask for compensation. What should she do?

Just as they were worrying, they suddenly saw that there seemed to be a person lying in the grass. They were so scared that they quickly stopped the carriage.

After observing for a long time, they found that the person didn't do anything, so they boldly went down to check.

Zhou Gen and Mrs. Xu approached the person carefully. The first person they saw was a girl in strange clothes with mud on her body. They could not see her face.

Seeing that she didn't move, Zhou Gen plucked up his courage, stretched out his trembling finger, and put it under the girl's nose.

"She's still breathing."

"Let's go. A girl suddenly appeared on the mountain road. She's dressed so strangely. She's not an ordinary person. Let's not get ourselves into trouble."

Mrs. Xu was a little scared. How could a girl of a good family appear here like this? Moreover, what was the name of the other party's outfit?

They had never seen this kind of clothes before, okay? She may be a bad person.

The old couple did not have martial skills like Wang Qingyan. If they met a bad guy, they would die.

Zhou Gen stared at the unconscious girl. His eyes flickered. In the end, he seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and asked his wife and himself to carry the girl onto the donkey cart.

Zhou Gen thought that this girl might be their turning point.