Chapter 347: The Child's Cry
Hua Qianshu and the old lady said goodbye, and the old lady was so happy that she went out for a walk, and she didn't ask her what she was going out for, but ordered the housekeeper to prepare the car and lay a thick mat.
Yefang has always disliked her being close to Zhao Kuo, so Hua Qianshu didn't take Zhao Kuo with her, but just asked the place and planned to go out by herself, and even walnuts and fish balls were left in the house.
The fewer people who know about this matter, the better, so that it does not reach the ears of the night release.
When a man is unreliable, he always has to leave himself a way back, only independence, so that he does not have to tie himself to a man and live a humble life.
What if you can get away with it?
If there is no case, Qianyi will not be too depressed and helpless in the future.
So the carriage went out of the city, and Hua Qianshu found another reason, sent the coachman, and went to the place of the appointment alone.
The owner of the house came late because of something and waited until it was dark. As soon as they met, they were full of apologies, and then took Hua Qianshu to the yard for a turn and looked around.
The house has just been repaired and painted, the windows are bright and clean, if it is daytime, it must be bright, and there are flowers and plants in the yard.
The environment around here is also good, there are not many residents, sparsely scattered, there are criss-crossing vegetable gardens, chickens and dogs smell each other, and it is peaceful.
Hua Qianshu was very satisfied, and after reading the deed, even if he paid the deposit, he agreed to pay off the remaining silver taels after two days.
Out of the courtyard, it was already full of stars. She rejected the homeowner's kindness and walked back slowly.
Every household has already smoked from cooking, and the family sits around the table, enjoying themselves. From time to time, the sound of speech wafted from the courtyard, mixed with the crisp laughter of children like silver bells.
These breaths of life with fireworks are too far away from herself, so far away that she is a little strange, which makes her eyes red with envy.
Occasionally, there are people who come back late to walk past her, carrying hoes or leading mules and horses, slowly, leisurely and at ease.
A wagon laden with grain drove past in a curling way, raising the yellow sand all the way.
The road was so narrow that the old man on the opposite side was struggling to push a cart of straw to meet him, and the coachman had to slow down and carefully drive the carriage to the side of the road, waiting for the cart to pass crookedly.
Hua Qianshu didn't pay attention to it, but also leaned towards the side of the road carelessly.
Suddenly, she heard a faint cry, like a kitten that had been hungry for a long time, and she was weak.
She thought she had misheard, but then the cry sounded again, hoarse, intermittent, almost like she was about to die of crying.
It was the baby's cry, and this time, she heard it very well.
Whose child is this? Don't adults know how to coax it?
She listened with her ears strained and was surprised to find that the cry was coming from under the carriage!
There were more than a dozen sacks of grain piled up on the carriage, and the sacks were bulging, how could there be children?
Puzzled, she took two quick steps and caught up with the carriage.
The cry was a little clearer, and she was sure that there was indeed a child under the carriage!
The cart pushing the straw creaked past, and the driver of the carriage laden with grain raised his whip, and the carriage immediately drove into the lane again, and the sound of the wheels quickly drowned out the child's cry.
Something went wrong, Hua Qianshu was almost certain that the carriage driver would not be the child's family, otherwise how could he stuff the child under the car and ignore it.
Could it be human traffickers, abducting or kidnapping children, hiding in wagons?
Hua Qianshu was secretly suspicious, and did not hesitate to raise his anger and follow.
She must ask what is going on, if this child is really of unknown origin, she must be saved, and the bad guys must not be allowed to go unpunished.
She chased after two paces, and was about to catch up with the carriage, and was about to come forward to intercept it, but her hand was grabbed from behind, and she was pulled behind the pile of wood by the side of the road with great force.
Hua Qianshu was suddenly startled, he had been practicing martial arts for so long, even if his skills were not deep enough, he still had vigilance, how could someone approach him without knowing it, and he was caught by others?
Could it be that this person still has a fellow party, and the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind?
When she turned around, she did not hesitate to condense her internal force in the palm of her hand, ready to strike a head-on blow at any time.
The person behind her didn't wait for her to react, he had already covered her mouth and nose with one hand, and at the same time lowered his voice: "Don't make a sound!"
The sound is a little familiar.
Hua Qianshu made a move, and the man spoke again: "Don't act rashly. ”
The posture of the two at this time was a little ambiguous, and Hua Qianshu was held in his arms. When he lowered his voice and spoke, the heat went straight into Hua Qianshu's neck.
As soon as Hua Qianshu's mind turned, he understood what he meant, this person was warning himself not to startle the snake for the time being.
She didn't struggle, she just raised her hand and pointed at his hand that was clutching her mouth.
The person who came immediately let go and took a step back: "The matter is urgent, please forgive me for being rude." ”
Hua Qianshu blinked, and by the moonlight, he immediately saw who was coming, and exclaimed: "It's you?"
The man also looked Hua Qianshu up and down suspiciously: "Is it you? You are the girl who dressed as a man in the ring that day?"
In all fairness.
The person who came was the son surnamed Gu who Hua Qianshu beat Xie Zizhang painfully some time ago.
Because Hua Qianshu was simple and easy to look at that day, and it was at night, this person only remembered that she was the woman who dissuaded herself from acting recklessly in the ring that day.
Hua Qianshu was the first to ask, "Why are you here?"
The young man wrinkled his eyebrows and glanced at the carriage that had gradually moved away: "It's too late to explain, don't meddle in this matter, leave it to me." ”
Without further ado, he immediately bypassed Hua Qianshu and stepped forward to chase the carriage.
Hua Qianshu had doubts, how could she give up, and she also stepped forward and lowered her voice: "There are children in that carriage." ”
"I know. The young man was not surprised at all: "I have been tracking them down for a long time. ”
This is not the first time. Hua Qianshu was a little surprised.
"Why don't you stop them?"
The young man looked at her: "I have to follow them, find their nests, cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, or more babies will be harmed." This is a dangerous matter, so don't mix it up. ”
His explanation made Hua Qianshu suddenly remember the incident of losing the baby a few days ago, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Could it be that they have kidnapped a lot of children?"
The carriage in front of him suddenly stopped, and the young man was vigilant, and immediately dragged Hua Qianshu to dodge, and hid behind the firewood stack on the side again, holding his breath.
The coachman got out of the car and lay under the wheels of the carriage for a long time, not knowing what he was doing.