Ling'er rushed home all the way, and before she reached the door of the house, the women washing clothes by the river opened their mouths in surprise when they saw her, and when she walked by, the women looked at each other, and then chattered:

"That's just now—that's Yang Family Ling'er! Am I right? ”

"Didn't you say that Yang Jialing'er was abducted?"

"That's right, his eldest brother just got married, and the bride doesn't care anymore, and he's looking for people everywhere all day long."

"But no, I heard that he was sold to the Qinglou, Daqiang came back yesterday and began to count the family property, ready to sell the land to redeem people!"

"How did I hear that it was plundered by bandits? You didn't see a few officials from his house, and there are soldiers standing guard at the door..."

Ling'er was in a good mood, and greeted people with a smile, completely noticing people's expressions when they saw her as if they were seeing her. Until he was about to arrive at the door of the house, two heavily armed soldiers stood at the door of his house, the armor on his body shining in the sun, Ling'er sighed in his heart, what was going on? It's been raided!

Ling'er was so frightened that her legs were weak and she almost knelt down, she was squatting on the side of the road, her mind was in chaos, how could this be? What happened to our family? Could it be that the Jia family found out that they were strong? But the Jia family has no generals, how can they mobilize officers and soldiers? Daddy is still lying on the hospital bed, they make such a fuss, isn't Daddy more troublesome? What to do? What to do?

Ling'er was so anxious that she walked around the roadside, wanting to go in but afraid that she would be arrested by the officers and soldiers, and she wanted to move the rescue soldiers but was worried about the situation at home. I don't know how long it took, and suddenly I exclaimed: "Ling'er! Ling'er, is that you? ”

Ling'er turned around and saw that the face of the person who came was white and small, and her watery eyes were particularly brilliant, so she immediately greeted her: "Sister Yue'er." When did you come? ”

Yue'er also came up in a few steps, pulled Ling'er up and down to check, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, you finally came back safely, you don't know, I heard that you were abducted the day before yesterday, and you came here without changing your clothes." It's scary. Dead girl. Where have you been these days? ”

"I'm going to look for ...... Wait a minute, Sister Yue'er, Brother Da Qiang didn't tell you where I went? ”

"What? The day before yesterday, Daqiang hurriedly came to my house. I asked if you came to my house, and I said no, and he turned around and ran away without saying a word, really. You don't know these days, it's not just your family. Several surrounding villages are in turmoil! Alas, you've become a big girl, and you're still so unreliable. ”

Yue'er poked Ling'er's forehead hard. Ling'er covered her head and recalled Yue'er's words, frowned and muttered: "Not really, although I didn't tell my family when I left." But I left a letter, right on my dresser. How could no one see such an obvious location? ”

"Leave a letter? I haven't heard of it! ”

"Let's not talk about this, Sister Yue'er, are my parents okay? How are the ten sisters of Da Qiangning's book? How can there be officers and soldiers at the gate of my courtyard? Is something happening to my family? ”

Yue'er turned her head to look at the gate of the courtyard and sighed long: "Dead girl, it's not your own fault." ”

"Huh? Where does this begin? ”

On the same day, Ling'er wanted to go into the vast mountain to look for thousand-year-old ginseng, but she was afraid that her father and mother would stop her, so she left a letter on the dresser, under the pretext of going to Banlin Town with Daqiang and his wife, and entered the mountain halfway.

In the evening, Daqiang and his wife came back but did not see Ling'er, his father and mother were a little anxious, Daqiang ran to Banlin Town that night to find most of the night, and still did not see Ling'er when he went home, the family was really anxious, and he went out to find someone without sleeping.

The family has turned over all the surrounding villages and towns in the past few days, and there are people who are familiar with Ling'er, and even people in the city ask when they see people, and they also go to the government to report the case.

The day before yesterday, news came from Banlin Town, saying that someone saw a young man who looked quite like Ling'er entering the vast mountain, and the family was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran to the military camp at the gate of the mountain to ask to check the record of entering the mountain.

The people in the barracks naturally looked down on the ordinary villagers, I don't know what news they got later, the people in the barracks suddenly became enthusiastic, yesterday at noon, a Qianzong brought a team of soldiers to visit suddenly, saying that they were here to help find people, and then they lived in the Ling'er family's mansion, and I don't know what it means?

Ling'er's mind was full of clarity, it turned out that the family members didn't find the letter she left, these officers and soldiers, naturally, heard that the Lin family paid a high price to find people, and people may have entered the mountain from them, so they wanted to come to Ling'er's house to make a big profit, this is really a disaster!

Ling'er let out a long sigh, as long as the family is fine, as for these officers and soldiers, they should give up their wealth to eliminate the disaster, no matter how big their appetite is, they don't dare to directly occupy their own homes.

Ling'er settled down, took Yue'er's hand and said, "Sister Yue'er, can you please do me a favor?" ”

Yue'er frowned: "It's not an outsider, what do you want or not?" Say something if you have something. ”

"In this way, please trouble Sister Yue'er to go to the village to ask Uncle Jia Rong for help, and immediately take you into the city to the county government to invite Ding Zhutou to come over, and I will wait for you at the entrance of the town."

Yue'er didn't ask much, nodded and left quickly. Ling'er watched at the door of the house for a while, and finally saw Ning Shu come out, Ning Shu was startled when he saw him, and then wanted to shout in surprise, Ling'er quickly stopped him, pulled him aside, first hastily explained his situation, and then asked about the situation at home.

Listening to Ning Ba, the family is fine, my father has been sick and dizzy, and he rarely wakes up, and he doesn't know about Ling'er's disappearance. The mother has been guarding the bedside, but she is always worried about Ling'er, the whole person has languished a lot in the past few days, Daqiang is responsible for looking for Ling'er outside, Ning Shu looks at the house, is in charge of the surrounding villages, and the affairs of the family are handled by the sister-in-law.

As for the group of officers and soldiers, they said that they had come to help find someone, but as soon as they entered the courtyard gate yesterday, they asked for wine and meat, and drank in the courtyard all night, and the officer had not woken up yet, so how could he have the slightest intention of helping?

"I think they're afraid they want to stay on and don't leave, Sister Ling'er, what should I do?" Ning Shu looked indignant.

"Don't be afraid, they just want to make some benefits, and they can't rely on it for a long time."

"But--this group of officers and soldiers has a lot of appetite, and we're afraid that we won't be able to toss a few times!"

"Did they make a condition?"

"I didn't say it explicitly, but I secretly sent a hundred taels of silver to the officer last night, and I saw that his face was not very good-looking, so he sent me out without confiscation."

"Hmph, the appetite is really not small, this group of dogs is simply lawless, worse than that bandit!"

"Sister Ling'er, be quiet!" Ning Shu looked around vigilantly, thought for a while, and said, "Sister Ling'er, why don't we go back to meet my father and mother first, and then I will find someone to send a letter to Brother Da Qiang and ask him to come back as soon as possible?" ”

"Daddy and mother are not in a hurry, let's go, let's go to the town first to find someone to send a letter to Brother Daqiang. By the way, where is the tenth sister? ”

"The tenth sister has been guarding her father's room, and her godmother won't let her go out."

"Then I'll rest assured, let's go."

The two chatted while walking, Ning Shu came together about the situation in the past few days, when she heard that Ding Zhutou led people to search Qinglou, and then looked at the eyes of passers-by looking at herself, she twitched the corners of her mouth, it was really a disaster, and she found ginseng over there, but someone here made a fuss about her reputation, and also attracted officers and soldiers, and always felt that things were a little strange.

Anyway, her soul is not an ancient, and her body is not afraid of shadows, whatever you say, Qingyu or something is a hair in her eyes, and she will solve the current problem first.

The two waited until the evening at the entrance of the town, and finally saw Yue'er and Ding Zhutou coming, Ling'er hurriedly greeted them, and said embarrassedly: "Uncle Ding, I'm going to trouble you again this time." ”

Ding Zhutou waved his hand magnificently: "It's okay, it's a matter of effort." ”

When the group returned home, everyone was naturally overjoyed, and there were tears in their eyes. I didn't see it for a few days, and the old lady's originally gray hair turned white all of a sudden, and the whole person was languishing and dying, and Ling'er burst into tears.

When the mood stabilized, Ling'er took out 1,000 taels of silver to Mr. Qian as a thank you gift in front of Ding Zhutou, and at the same time asked Ding Zhutou to tell Mr. Qian in person that the Yamen had closed the case.

Although Mr. Qian disdained the local petty officials, he didn't dare to be presumptuous outside the barracks, so he had to promise with a dry smile, but when he left, he turned his head and stared at Ling'er up and down, and said with a smile: "Miss Lin, we are also neighbors, just come to me if you have something to do in the future." ”

Ling'er was smart, turned over slightly and thanked him, but he didn't speak, Ning Shu clenched his fists with a red face but was helpless. At this time, I heard Ding Zhutou suddenly say:

"Mr. Hu Qian, I heard that the border war is tight, and the Cangzhou battalion ordered its subordinates to discipline the soldiers and step up drills, just wait for the military order to arrive, you can go into battle to kill the enemy, Hu Qian also has to hurry up, maybe next time I see you next time, I will call you Captain Hu."

Mr. Hu Qian was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he reacted, his face was red and white, and then he flicked his sleeves and strode away with a cold snort. (To be continued)