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Chapter 378 I'll give you one stick of incense

Pei Yan squeezed Gu Chaoxi's palm and let go of her hand.

"A Yan." She just called out softly, and when she saw his eye signal, she stopped trying to stop him and just watched Pei Yan walk forward.

There was not even a turn for the soldiers to come and press him down, as he had already walked to the side of the leader.

"What do you want to do?"

Pei Yan's voice was not very loud, but it was loud enough for the people present to hear.

The leader smiled and looked at the person standing in front of him: "Master Zhou, you are a little different from before."

"People will change." He said lightly, and the leader just smiled and lowered his head.

The man stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword at his waist. It drew an arc in the air and was placed on Pei Yan's neck.

Zhou Youyou was startled by this sudden action and screamed subconsciously.

The next second, the man gave Zhou Youyou a cold look. Zhou Youyou shook his body, pulled Shen Lan and didn't dare to look again.

Gu Chaoxi kept staring at the two of them.

The sword on his neck was cold. Pei Yan raised his hand, pinched the sword and stepped back slightly.

"The sword has no eyes, just speak directly if you have anything to say."

He lowered his eyes, obviously unhappy.

The man smiled faintly: "I'm afraid we'll have to trouble Master Zhou to go out with us. After all, the people outside are really biting hard."

Seeing that he was standing there obediently and cooperating very well, the man put down the sword in his hand.

However, he still held the hilt of the sword at his side, and it was obvious that he was not completely at ease with Pei Yan.

After all, he is the son of the Dali Temple's Shaoqing. No one would believe him if he said he knew nothing.

The reason why Pei Yan followed was that he wanted to know what the situation was outside.

The remaining soldiers still surrounded the crowd, only that man and Pei Yan walked towards the front yard, with only a few soldiers following them.

When leaving, Pei Yan made a gesture towards Gu Chaoxi. She nodded and stayed where she was without moving.

Qi Chuzhao turned his head to look over, and Qin Wei and Shen Yao seemed to know what it meant.

Only after the man and Pei Yan disappeared from their sight did Gu Chaoxi retract his gaze, patted his clothes, and simply sat down on the ground.

The soldiers around them obviously had no intention of trusting them at all, and they were all on high alert.

Qin Wei sat down next to Gu Chaoxi and leaned towards her shoulder, and the two of them were very close.

"Any ideas?"

Qin Wei's voice was not loud, and he was speaking only to Gu Chaoxi.

She glanced around and lowered her eyes, "We'll probably have to rely on ourselves."

The leader only left these children of noble families behind, just to hope for a chance to escape.

But the ancient Anning Temple is now like a turtle and you can’t get out at all.

The only way is to let people outside know who were kidnapped.

In this case, considering their special identities, they cannot be allowed to be killed by these people at will, so they can only give way to them.

But once they give way, the final result might be that they will be killed after these people escape.

No one wants to carry around a bunch of baggage all the time.

Now it depends on what Pei Yan does.

After crossing several courtyards, he and the leader arrived at the front.

There was also a group of soldiers in the front yard, all holding swords and looking towards the door.

Although the door was closed, they were obviously afraid that someone outside would break in.

"Everyone outside, listen up. Now that the son of the Dali Temple's Junior Official Zhou Jingran is in my hands, don't act rashly!"

As he spoke, he raised the sword in his hand again and placed it on Pei Yan's neck.

He raised his hand again and signaled the two people near the door to open it a little.

The two men held swords and walked forward carefully to open the door a little.

The leader took a step back and hid himself behind Pei Yan, only showing a little bit of himself looking outside.

As the door opened, Pei Yan also saw the scene outside.

The stacked soldiers surrounded the entire gate of the ancient Anning Temple, and there were even archers at the back with arrows drawn.

There are several men riding on horses in the middle, and the one in the middle is wearing a red battle robe.

Pei Yan narrowed his eyes and saw that man looking at him.

After a while, he suddenly raised his hand, turned the gun in his hand, and placed it on the ground.

"How dare you hold an imperial official hostage? I think you don't want to live anymore!"

The person behind Pei Yan just laughed softly with a hint of sarcasm.

"In my early years, wasn't I also an official appointed by the imperial court?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pulled Pei Yan a little closer to him, completely blocking him.

"Just make way for me and wait for me to get out. I will release all these people and I promise not to harm their lives."

The person outside didn't reply, just looked at Pei Yan.

He lowered his eyes, glanced at the people outside, and curled the corners of his lips for a moment.

It seems that the people outside are not very willing to let him go, but they are indeed worried that the person behind him will get angry and choose to die together with him.

After a while, just when the stalemate was at its peak, the person outside finally pulled the reins.

"Let us think about it."

"I'll only give you one stick of incense."

The leader said this, signaling the two people at the door to close the door again.

Only when the sight outside completely disappeared did he remove the sword from Pei Yan's neck.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou."

It sounded like an apology, but the tone didn't sound sincere at all.

Pei Yan was not annoyed, he just turned around and looked behind him: "Can I go back now?"

"Of course." The man showed a look of understanding in his eyes and just raised his hand towards Pei Yan.

He didn't care whether the man went to the back yard or not, and walked straight to the back.

Gu Chaoxi and Qin Wei only sat on the ground for about ten minutes before they saw Pei Yan walking back from the front yard.

As soon as he entered the yard, two soldiers came forward, apparently trying to restrict his movements.

But Pei Yan didn't care and walked straight to sit next to Gu Chaoxi.

Seeing how straightforward he was, the two men retreated back to their original positions somewhat embarrassedly.

"How about it?"

Qin Wei raised her eyes to ask, and Pei Yan shook his head.

"There are quite a lot of people outside, but it looks like they don't want to let them go. They want to use us as a threat. We need to consider what's going on outside."

"Then it's probably a bit cold." Gu Chaoxi sighed, supporting his chin with a somewhat empty look.

Although people outside are estimating the families behind them, if the people above are willing to give more compensation.

Their lives are not that important anymore.

After all, the most honorable one among them is just Pei Yan's identity.

Otherwise, the leader would not have taken Pei Yan out to talk.

As long as the people outside can protect Pei Yan, that is, Zhou Jingran, there will be no problem at all.

"We have to deal with them ourselves."

This was Pei Yan's thought after meeting the people outside. They must take the initiative.