Chapter 168: The Horse's Feet of the Small Ledger
Huai Yanqing smiled, walked out of Lin Jinxiu's door, and flew out of the room at a moment's notice.
This is the fifth night that Huai Yanqing has slept in the store.
went home to have a meal, and then took advantage of the night to go into the store to sleep, although it was very tired, but Huai Yanqing did not slack off.
However, this time he did not come directly to the store, but rushed out of the city with light skills.
In the grove outside the city, he blew a strange whistle.
The sound of a whistle echoed through the woods, and it was answered in a breath.
Several black shadows rushed out of the woods and landed beside Huai Yanqing, and more than a dozen masked black-clothed people knelt down on one knee with black pressure, facing Huai Yanqing, no one squeaked.
After a closer look, the leader was actually the storyteller that Lin Jinxiu had seen in Celadon County.
Huai Yanqing said Lin Jinxiu's guess to his subordinates with an expressionless face.
Everyone who heard the news raised their heads in shock.
"It's just speculation at the moment." Huai Yanqing added, "Follow this speculation to check, if there is any new information, report to me." ”
The people in black all bowed their heads in understanding, and in a few flashes, they disappeared into the woods again, as if they had never been there.
Huai Yanqing lowered his head, said softly, and turned to leave.
I always feel like things are getting more complicated.
Hopefully this is his delusion.
……
Lin Jinxiu has been cooking for the little master for nearly five days at the county guard's house.
From corn juice, slightly chewy porridge, to mashed potatoes, Lin Jinxiu carefully adjusted his recipe according to the young master's physical condition.
Considering the physical condition of the little master, the meals Lin Jinxiu cooked for him were all soft food, the kind that was easy to chew and swallow.
And on this day, Lin Jinxiu accidentally left the basket used to carry ingredients in her hand in the kitchen, and when she returned to get it, she encountered a scene that she couldn't understand.
The curtain in the kitchen had not yet been opened, and Lin Jinxiu could only vaguely see a person in the kitchen, and he was kneeling on the ground.
Is this worshipping the Buddha?
He seems to be the only one in the kitchen, but who will worship Buddha in the kitchen?
Lin Jinxiu, who felt that something was wrong, hurriedly stopped going in to get something, and lowered her body to hide, wanting to hear what that person was talking about.
"Please, bless me, I really didn't know it would be like this......"
This voice was very familiar, and Lin Jinxiu narrowed her eyes.
Isn't this the cook who has always been cooking for the little master since he came here to cook for her?
thought that person was just a pure bar, but Lin Jinxiu felt a little comfortable every time he talked back to him, looking at the situation that he didn't know how to deal with it at all.
Now it seems that maybe this person is fighting with himself because he has a ghost in his heart......
Seeing that the man burned incense and worshiped the Buddha for a long time, reading it in fragments, Lin Jinxiu couldn't hear what he was talking about, but faintly heard a few words.
Little master, whatever......
Could it be that the little master's illness really has something to do with him?
Lin Jinxiu tried hard to prick up her ears, but she couldn't hear more words clearly, so she could only frown and guess back and forth, but she couldn't guess why.
Looks like it's time for a small report.
Lin Jinxiu squatted next to the door for a long time, only to see the man stand up and extinguish the incense he had lit, and turned around to leave.
Standing up, Lin Jinxiu tidied up her clothes a little, took a few steps back, and walked back to the kitchen, as if she happened to walk this way.
Sure enough, she confronted the cook and startled him.
"What are you doing here?" The cook was a thief, and when he saw Lin Jinxiu, cold sweat flowed down, and he asked her angrily.
And Lin Jinxiu was full of confusion: "What are you doing?" I forgot my stuff here and can't pick it up? ”
"What's that?" The cook was afraid that Lin Jinxiu would follow him here, and his face was full of suspicion.
"What do you want to take care of?" Lin Jinxiu didn't have much respect for people who didn't give him a good face, so he opened the curtain and walked into the kitchen.
"Ahem, who burns incense in the kitchen?"
The man kept following Lin Jinxiu, seeing that she was just frowning and looking at the stove, and finally found the basket he put in the corner, carried it and left, without looking around.
Seeing Lin Jinxiu behaving like this, he was relieved, let Lin Jinxiu out, and got her "This person is sick" look.
However, not only the cook, Lin Jinxiu also breathed a sigh of relief after leaving, it seems that the cook didn't see himself peeking at what he was doing.
Secretly wrote down this matter in his heart, and just report it to the county guard tomorrow, Lin Jinxiu carried his basket out of the county guard's house.
"Miss Lin, let's go!" The gatekeeper greeted Lin Jinxiu.
I can see each other every day these days, and over time, the two of them have the habit of greeting each other.
"Well, let's go, see you tomorrow~" Lin Jinxiu gave him a warm smile.
Today, I have been discussing the condition of the little young master with Dr. Ren, and I came out a little late, and when I looked up, I saw that it was getting dark, and dinner was eaten at the county guard's house.
Lin Jinxiu remembered that Huai Yanqing had been sleeping in the store for the past few days, so she thought about going directly to the store to put down the basket and then go home, and go to see him by the way.
I walked all the way back to the store, but fortunately the county town was prosperous.
The lights are bright at night, and the market is also very lively, so that Lin Jinxiu does not feel lonely.
The door of the store was locked, and Lin Jinxiu gave the key to the main door to Cui Xu, so he could only enter through the back door.
Today, however, the back door is open.
On weekdays, Huai Yanqing never passed through the door, he went directly over the wall with a light kick, according to his words, it was much faster than finding the key to open the door, but today this is ......
Wasn't he the one who came into the store?
Lin Jinxiu gently pushed open the door of the backyard and stretched out her head to look in.
The courtyard was quiet, but through the back door of the store, you could see the light at the bar.
…… Thief?
As soon as Lin Jinxiu walked into the courtyard, she was carried aside by a black shadow covering her mouth.
Before she could scream, Lin Jinxiu smelled the familiar fragrance on the man's clothes.
She and Ning'er are washing the clothes at home, and there is only Huai Yanqing who can have such skills in the family.
Where is this man?
"Shh......h ”
After finishing speaking, he let go of Lin Jinxiu's mouth.
What did Qianlu do when he ran to the bar in the middle of the night?
Lin Jinxiu frowned.
Huai Yanqing said that Qianlu had a problem, could it be that Qianlu really approached her for what purpose?
She still likes this boy a lot, if Qianlu really doesn't have good intentions, then how can she be good?
"Are you sure?" Lin Jinxiu, who always felt regretful in her heart, asked Huai Yanqing again.
"What a lie to you." Huai Yanqing pressed Lin Jinxiu to the corner of the wall, and looked out from the top of her head at the right angle, the emotion in her eyes was relaxed.
Before the two could say a few words, they saw Qianlu stumble out of the room.
Lin Jinxiu caught a glimpse of him holding his money bag in his hand, and was speechless for a while.
Feelings: Is this kid here to steal money?
Isn't it a bit ironic to steal money from the account office you found!
But if you look closely, Qianlu's face doesn't have the kind of fear of being discovered that stealing money should have.
There was only eagerness and despair, worry, and even tears in the corners of his eyes.
"Yanqing, is there something strange about this?" Lin Jinxiu asked Huai Yanqing quietly.
"I think so too, so I'm in the corner now instead of hammering that kid to the ground." Huai Yanqing looked at the direction Qian Lu left and stretched out his hand to Lin Jinxiu.
Lin Jinxiu didn't understand what he meant: "What are you doing?" ”
"Can't you chase it yourself?" Huai Yanqing looked at the direction Qian Lu left, still confirming the direction of his escape.
"Oh." Lin Jinxiu answered, and went over to grab Huai Yanqing's clothes.
Huai Yanqing took Lin Jinxiu directly to the sky and followed Qianlu from afar.
"He's learned light skills." Huai Yanqing looked at Qianlu's running posture, "But it doesn't look like I learned well." ”
Ay? Lin Jinxiu was surprised to hear this.
A child who works in the hook fence actually has the opportunity to learn light skills.
Whether he learns well or not, it sounds a little incredible.
In addition, Huai Yanqing had previously discovered that he had been trained in militarization......
Step by step, it has been proved that this child's life experience is probably not what he said, but more complicated, and there must be some secrets hidden behind it.
Qianlu seemed to have no idea that his shopkeeper was following him, stumbling all the way but walking quickly towards the outside of the city.
Lin Jinxiu remembered that Qianlu and his sister lived outside the city, could it be that something happened to her sister?
In the slum gathering area outside the city, a simple small thatched hut that can arouse Lin Jinxiu's infinite memories, Qianlu gasped and stopped in front of the small thatched hut, and cried at the door for a while before wiping away his tears and opening the door.
Huai Yanqing quietly landed at the door of the thatched hut, and Lin Jinxiu and Lin Jinxiu stood at the door to listen to the movement inside.
"Sister, brother, take the money...... It's stolen, if you hold on a little longer, my brother will take you to the doctor immediately! ”
Hearing this, Lin Jinxiu, who was standing outside the door, understood.
Without saying a word, she pushed open the door and walked in with Huai Yanqing.
When he noticed that someone had come in, he reached out and pulled out a knife from under the straw where he and his sister were sleeping.
There was no mercy in his eyes, and he stabbed in the direction of the person who came.
Lin Jinxiu didn't hide, the knife was caught by Huai Yanqing's two fingers before it got close to Lin Jinxiu for half a minute, and he couldn't move.
When Qianlu saw that the people who came were actually Lin Jinxiu and Huai Yanqing, the cruelty and coldness in his eyes disappeared in an instant, leaving only the embarrassment and fear of the matter being revealed.
"I ......" His hand was released, and the knife was left between Huai Yanqing's fingers, and he held it in his hand to play with.
The handle of the knife was almost smoothed, and he must have been with the little boy for a long time, but he didn't know what a child was going to do with a knife all the time.
"Shopkeeper's ......" Qianlu looked at Lin Jinxiu's expression as if the sky had fallen, without any resistance, his knees were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground.
Lin Jinxiu didn't look at him, but focused his gaze on the room behind him.
She had bought a lot of things for the Qianlu siblings, but they didn't use any of them.
Lin Jinxiu saw a little familiar color in the crack of the cabinet door.
In the straw pile behind Qianlu, a little girl who seemed to have lost consciousness lay flat.