The bandits didn't know the dignitaries and wealthy people in the capital, so they tied up anyone they saw dressed well.

The kidnapped people kept begging for mercy: "We will give you all the money we have, if you let us go."

The bandit searched all the money on these people, kicked them aside, and shook the banknotes in his hand: "Take the money, but don't let go of the people. Stay here honestly. If you dare to run away, I will break your legs."

The kidnapped people were so scared that they dared not beg for mercy. They just hoped that the prince would show up soon to rescue them.

The boss led his men into the restaurant. The bandits were shocked by the luxurious decoration and the unique style, which was eye-catching.

The second in command sighed: "This is the first time I've seen a restaurant like this. The Prince's Mansion is rich, and the restaurants they open are different from others."

The Third Master's mind was not here: "Don't look at it, no matter how nice it looks, it's just a restaurant. Hurry up and find the silver, and take the silver and the people back to the mountain before the prince finds out."

With the efforts of the bandits, they found the place where the silver was hidden. The big red wooden boxes were neatly placed in the room.

The boss opened one of the wooden boxes, and the bandits saw the huge amount of silver.

"This trip was not in vain." The third leader was very excited and ordered the bandits behind him: "Hurry up and load the silver onto the carriage."

When the silver in the room was emptied, the second in command thought of Li Wanrong: "There is still a big fish that has not been caught."

The big boss replied: "The restaurant is surrounded by our people. Not even a fly can fly out. The big fish must be hiding in a corner of the restaurant."

"I will take people to find this big fish first. This big fish can be exchanged for a lot of silver." The second in command led the bandits to search everywhere in the restaurant.

Finally, He Wanrong was found behind a big tree in the garden.

The second in command pulled Li Wanrong up and said, "Come with us."

Li Wanrong resisted hard, cursing all the time.

This made the second in command unhappy, and he slapped Li Wanrong in the face: "Be honest, I won't show any mercy to women."

Li Wanrong covered her beaten face with tears of humiliation in her eyes. She didn't want to be kidnapped by the bandits, so she grabbed the soldier's clothes and said, "I am the noble concubine of the prince, you can't just stand by and watch me die."

The soldiers were few in number and were no match for the bandits, so they did not dare to rescue Li Wanrong.

Li Wanrong was so anxious that she burst into tears: "You watched me being captured by the bandits, the prince will not let you go."

The soldiers still did not take action. In their eyes, the prince was much more kindhearted than these bandits. They would rather die at the hands of the prince than at the hands of the bandits.

Li Wanrong had no hope of seeking help, so she stopped resisting and followed the bandits out of the restaurant. She saw that the guests who came to the hotel to consume were also kidnapped. She felt that the bandits' purpose of this trip was not just to rob the restaurant's money: "You have already robbed the restaurant's money, why do you still kidnap these people."

The second in command who had robbed the silver was in a very happy mood and answered Li Wanrong's question: "The guests who come to your restaurant are either rich or noble, and their families are very well-off. If you kidnap them, you can get some money."

Li Wanrong had to admire these bandits. They were better at doing business than her. With so many people, the bandits could make a lot of money this time.

Thinking that these people were in trouble in the restaurant she opened, she was very worried. After these people were redeemed, they would cause trouble for the Prince's Mansion. She could not protect herself now and had no way to save them.

I followed the bandits onto the carriage and swayed for an unknown amount of time. After dark, we reached the top of the mountain.

This was the bandits' residence and could not be known to outsiders. Li Wanrong and the kidnapped people had their eyes covered with black cloth and were dragged to the cell by the bandits.

Hearing the sound of chains falling, Li Wanrong took off the black cloth on her eyes and was frightened to tears by the scene before her. She had only seen prison cells in TV dramas and did not expect to be locked up in a cell now.

She didn't have much feeling when watching TV. She felt that the cell was not as dirty and messy as she had imagined. But now that she was there, she felt very uncomfortable. It was not only damp but also dark, with a musty stench that almost made her breathing stop.

Her heart kept roaring, hoping that everything that happened was just a dream. After waking up, she returned to the restaurant.

……

The prince had just returned from the palace and was stopped by the servants guarding the door. After a busy day, he asked impatiently, "What do you want to say? I want to go back and rest."

The servant wiped the cold sweat from his forehead nervously: "The restaurant opened by the prince in the suburbs of the capital was looted by bandits. Aunt Li and the guests who were consuming in the restaurant that day were all captured."

The prince's fatigue instantly disappeared, and he pulled the servant and asked in disbelief, "Are you telling the truth?"

"It's true."

The prince was puzzled. The bandits' target was the restaurant. Why did they kidnap Li Wanrong and others? "Did the bandits leave any words when they left?"

The servant shook his head.

The prince paced back and forth at the gate anxiously, muttering to himself, wondering what these bandits were trying to do. The restaurant was doing a booming business every day, and he wondered who were captured by the bandits.

Before the servant came to the Prince's Mansion, he lived in the countryside, and the village was often robbed by bandits: "Bandits will not arrest people for no reason, they must have a purpose. Prince, don't be too anxious, we will calm down and wait, and the bandits will send a letter after a while."

The prince nodded, hoping that those who were captured would be fine: "Don't tell the old lady about this for now."

"It won't be kept secret for long. Now this matter is spreading like wildfire in the capital. Soon, the old lady and the princess will know about it."

The prince did not respond. He let the old lady know that Li Wanrong had been kidnapped by bandits. Li Wanrong's reputation was damaged, and the old lady would never let her enter the prince's mansion again: "Keep an eye on the old lady these few days and try not to let her go out."

The servant was so amused by the prince that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The old lady is the master, and I am just a servant. If the old lady wants to go out, the servant is powerless to stop her. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

The prince knew that his order was a bit unreasonable, but he wanted to keep the news of Li Wanrong being kidnapped by bandits secret as long as possible: "Do your best. If you can't stop it, come to me immediately."

"it is good."

The prince was about to return to his mansion when he saw the soldiers returning to the mansion. They were well-dressed and had no injuries on their bodies. He asked nervously, "Why weren't you arrested?"

The soldier's eyes kept dodging: "We are just subordinates. Even if we are captured, we can't be exchanged for silver, so those bandits didn't capture us."

"Didn't you save Aunt Li and those guests?"

The soldiers stood there in silence, looking at each other, and finally told the truth. When the prince rescued Aunt Li and the guests, he would know everything: "The bandits coming this time are not ordinary bandits, but fierce bandits from Qiushan. They are vicious and kill without blinking an eye. We are no match for them, so we can only watch the bandits kidnap people."

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