Chapter 160: The Thief Who Suspects Life
In a viewing building facing the street, by the window on the third floor, a woman in men's clothes was leaning on the railing and looking out, and when she retracted her gaze, she happened to catch the scene where Pei Lin bent down and asked Xue Wu to put a mask on him.
The moment she saw him, the woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and she felt a kind of surprise and excitement like discovering her prey.
When he noticed the girl in front of him again, the woman's eyes lit up, and an idea already popped up in her heart.
After Xue Wu put on the mask for herself and Pei Lian, she continued to lead him around, and noticed that there was a stall selling grinding and drinking music in front of her, so she went over to pick it up.
It is a small clay Buddha statue that is popular in Buddhism, so it has derived a lot of Buddhism-related industries, and it is one of them.
This kind of gadget is especially prevalent during festivals.
Most of the grinding and drinking music are decorated with painted wood carvings, and they are also installed on a base with a railing, and the styles of the base are various, competing for beauty, there are red gauze and blue cages, lotus flowers inlaid with gold and silver pearls, and lotus leaves carved from jade......
This kind of thing can be bought for a few pennies cheaply, but it is expensive, and there are no less than dozens of taels, or even hundreds of thousands of taels, depending on whether the production process is exquisite and whether the decoration is precious.
In addition to grinding and drinking, there is also "floating on the water" - using yellow wax to pour into geese, mandarin ducks, turtles and fish, which are creatures in the water, and painted or carved;
Grain plank - on a wooden plank, a small thatched hut and a variety of flowers, grains, and small people, presenting a miniature village landscape, similar to a modern model.
Flower melon - the melon and fruit are carved into various patterns, which is called fruit carving in modern times.
There are also various novel tricks such as Fang Sheng, fruit food, and planting, all of which were laid out on this day.
Some of these patterns have been passed down to future generations, but some have been lost, Xue Wu felt novel when she saw everything, and followed up with Grandma Liu in the Grand View Garden.
All the way, all the way, all the way to see, all the way to buy, there are so many things that you can't hold them.
Pei Lin was already full of things.
"Oh good!"
There was a burst of cheers from the front, as if she was watching juggling, but Xue Wu was not tall enough, even if she was on her toes, she couldn't see the situation in the human wall clearly.
"Let's go ahead." Xue Yu walked forward, and suddenly a figure ran quickly in front of her, ripped off the purse hanging from her waist, grabbed it and ran.
Xue Wu was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and stuffed the grinding and drinking music she was holding in her hand into Pei Lian's arms, "Wait for me here, don't run around!" β
Before the words fell, the people had already chased them out.
Dare to rob her aunt and grandmother's things, she has to catch people and teach them a lesson today!
"Sister-in-lawβ"
Pei Lin is not a real amnesiac child, so naturally he will not wait in place, and he raised his legs to chase after him.
It's just that there are too many people on the street, and she disappeared in a dazzling effort.
Suddenly there was a tap on the shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw a woman standing in front of him, wearing the same clothes and mask as his sister-in-law, and she looked like she knew him, and naturally came to take his hand.
However, this woman is clearly not a daughter-in-law!
Combined with what happened just now, what else does Pei Lin not understand? The sister-in-law was clearly transferred away from her side!
What is the purpose of this woman? Is it for him, or is it a sister-in-law? Will there be any danger now?
Pei Lin raised his hand and pinched the neck of the person in front of him, and his tone was solemn: "Where is the sister-in-law?" β
Zhang Ying, that is, the woman wearing men's clothes on the third floor of the observation tower before, she moved her mind at the first sight of Pei Lian, and then looked at his intimate appearance with Xue Wu, and instantly came up with an idea of Li Daitao's stiffness in her mind.
On the one hand, she sent someone to secretly follow Pei Lin and the others, and on the other hand, she changed into the same dress as Xue Sister-in-law, and everything was ready, so she asked people to pretend to be a thief to lure Xue Woman away, and then pretended to be Xue Woman to approach Pei Nian.
She thought very well, she was dressed exactly like Xue Wu now, and she was wearing a mask, so she wouldn't be recognized.
It's a pity that she underestimated Pei Lin too much, and also overestimated herself.
The first time he saw her, he didn't even have to look at it, the moment she came up and patted herself on the shoulder, Pei Lin knew that she was not Xue Wu.
Zhang Ying never expected that the handsome man who looked like a god from a distance would give her such a big "surprise" as soon as he came into contact, and he would ask for her life!
She was pinched so that her face turned red, and she said with difficulty: "I, I only let people lead her away, and I didn't do anything to her." β
Pei Lin shook her off and strode towards the place where Xue Wu had disappeared just now.
Zhang Ying unmasked and shouted at his back: "Hey! β
It's a pity that the man didn't look back.
Zhang Ying coughed twice, her throat was uncomfortable, she should have been angry, but his ruthless temperament aroused her competitiveness even more.
Is it so affectionate for that "sister-in-law"? Then she wanted to see how long he could hold out.
"Go, check the details of these two men for me."
She gave orders to the guards who had been secretly following her.
"Yes."
Here, Xue Wu has caught up with the thief who stole her purse.
The thief was naturally not a real thief, but one of Zhang Ying's subordinates, he didn't expect Xue Ying's speed to be so fast, and he was a little unbelievable when he was kicked to the ground.
He wanted to get up and continue running, but Xue Wu had already stepped on it, "Where's my purse?" Hand it over. β
In fact, there is only some pocket money in the purse, and there are no two taels in total, which she uses to buy snacks, and when she really wants to use money, she takes it from the space, but no matter how little money is, it is not a reason for thieves to steal it.
What's more, this purse was embroidered for her by Xue's mother, and the pattern was drawn by herself, she liked it very much, how could she let the thief steal it?
"Here, beg the girl to let me go, I'm also forced to do it." The "thief" cried as if he were in shape.
Xue Wu took back her purse and said "heh", "You have to come and steal my money?" Look at your good hands and feet, and you still run so fast, can't you get a serious job? β
She lifted the man up and glanced at him, and saw that although he was dressed ordinarily, his exposed skin was neither vegetable nor calloused, and his hands were calloused, where did he look like a thief?
I felt more and more suspicious about this person.
Just as a group of patrolling guards passed by, she handed the man to the guard to explain the situation, and the guard tied the man's hands and dragged him behind the group.
Today's Qixi Festival, the flow of people on the street is several times that of usual, and it is easy to have accidents, so there are city guards patrolling everywhere in the city, just to be able to respond quickly when something happens.
Originally, when Cai Kuo, a corrupt official, was in office, he worked up and down, and the county government raised a group of silverfish like Bao Ming who not only took money but also oppressed the people, and now Zhu Hongda, as the acting county magistrate, has rectified the unhealthy trends in the original officialdom.
As a result, the city guards who patrolled the defense were no longer as lazy as before, but were much more responsible.
Xue Wu hung up her purse back and walked back, when she saw Pei Lin walking towards her.