It was very late, and there were only a few candles in the lobby of the post house, and the figures were shaking, so it was not real at all.

Hearing the movement downstairs, the guests living upstairs did not all go out, and several female guests only opened the door a crack to inquire about the situation.

Wei Jin didn't go out either, but the room she was in just had a window that could be pushed open to see half of the lobby downstairs.

The man who fainted was a child, only seven or eight years old, who had come to the inn under the wagons of a certain caravan. It is estimated that he is tired and hungry, and it is impossible to even turn over in the hiding place, so he fainted when he got out of the car secretly.

"Whose child is this, do you know each other?"

The people who moved the child to the lobby asked loudly, but no one knew him.

There were even caravans who scolded him and said that they would throw him out to feed the beasts.

"You black-hearted bastard, but you're just a child, and you didn't eat you, you're so ruthless, beware of retribution."

The innkeeper came over with a kettle, slammed the kettle on the table, and scolded the caravan fellow.

"Big treasure and little treasure, come here to help."

She called her two sons back and moved them to the back room.

"Boss, this person's origin is unknown, if you take him in, in case of trouble, it has nothing to do with us."

The steward of the caravan who was rubbed frowned and said, "He came here with a car, maybe he wanted to blend into the city." Don't dare to be upright, I'm afraid that there is no way to guide the household registration, the boss lady, you are kind-hearted, but you have to be on guard. ”

"I know." The proprietress clapped her hands nonchalantly, "This big kid can't even kill a chicken, what can he do." It's nothing more than that I can't stay at home anymore. When he wakes up, I will ask him, and if he can't tell him where he came from, I'll hand him over to the yamen. ”

"That's very good." The steward of the caravan also thought that this was feasible, so he asked him to guard the car and the goods, and went upstairs to rest.

Wei Jin looked at it for a while and then closed the door, but he thought that the proprietress looked fierce, but he didn't think that she was a kind-hearted person.

One. There was nothing to say at night, and in the early morning of the next day, the two female guests in the same room said goodbye to Wei Jin, and they had to follow the caravan to the next county seat.

Wei Jin cleaned her face with water, endured the pain of not having toothbrush powder, went downstairs to find her second brother-in-law, and planned to set off after breakfast. When you enter the city, you have to queue up for inspection, toss down for at least more than an hour, don't start early, and get to the appointed place only for fear that it will be too late.

As soon as I ate it, I saw the proprietress 's youngest son come out with a half-sized child.

The man had a yellow face and thin muscles, and he looked unnourished. Good look.

"He can't speak, which guest officer can help and compare with him?"

How can this be compared? There was no sign language these days, and the man didn't look like he could read, he looked timid, and it seemed that a louder voice would scare him out.

Wei Jin didn't know why his heart softened, and he raised his hand to beckon him to come over to his side.

She hadn't learned sign language systematically, but she was still better than the others in general terms.

In particular, she can draw a villain on the table with water, and with some body language, she can finally communicate with the other party a little.

It took her a long time to understand the other party's basic information.

He said that he was abducted and sold to the mountains, and now he has escaped and wants to find his family. Because he had no money, he picked up the car, and even he didn't know where his home was at this time. ”

The child babbled, revealing his arms, legs, and feet, which were covered with bruises and scars.

"crutches these days." The proprietress glared at her, "It's okay if you run out, but you can't find your family, you can't get a household registration, I'm afraid you'll be treated as a homeless person." ”

The displaced people have no land and cannot find a job, so they can only pick up things that others don't want to fill their stomachs. If you are lucky, you can hire the unpicky master, get some money and things, and barely be able to make ends meet.

Wei Jin never felt that he was a particularly kind person, but I don't know why, the moment he saw this child, he felt quite distressed. Especially after knowing that he was a poor child abducted by a kidnapper, this distress was magnified several times.

"Second brother-in-law, why don't we take him to Fucheng? Ask if there were kidnapped children back then, if not, aren't we still short of buddies there, and let him help the second sister. ”

She spoke in a very small voice, and except for Qiu San and the people at the table, no one else could hear it clearly.

The second brother-in-law was a little hesitant, but he looked at the shrunken kid, and then thought about the bear children in his workshop, closed his eyes, and agreed.

"That's good, I'll leave it to you."

The proprietress took advantage of their breakfast to ask her youngest son to take people down to wash up and change into old clothes.

After a little tidying up, you can also see that the child looks good, no wonder he was abducted when he was young.

Wei Jin could originally sit comfortably on the frame, but now in order to make room for the child, he could only curl up his legs and shrink in the corner. When she pulled the kid onto the frame, she realized that his wrist was thinner than Sihua'er, and it could break without even paying attention.

Along the way, Wei Jin talked to him from time to time, even with comparisons, and time mixed very quickly.

During the "conversation", she learned that his mute was not born, but that he could not speak after eating poisonous food. Wei Jin gasped when he heard this, feeling lucky for him. If this is more toxic, I am afraid that even my life will be lost.

After a lot of tossing, coupled with the letter of the innkeeper's wife, the kid was allowed to enter the city.

After entering the city, they first rushed to the agreed place, handed over the goods with one hand and took the money with the other, and hurried to the yamen to report the case.

This population management is not as convenient as in later generations, and people need to go through the archives, and the verification time is often measured in months.

Because they had the innkeeper's wife as a guarantor, Wei Jin and they had a household registration, and they had asked the housekeeper of Uncle Jia's house to help deliver the words, and the little officials in the yamen did not embarrass them, so they made a registration and drew a charge, and agreed that they would take someone back first. But he also told him sternly, saying that if this kid committed something, he would have to implicate them and let them figure it out for themselves.

"I know that the official is thinking about the villain, but if you look at this child, he really doesn't look like a vicious person. After I go back, I will detain him first, and then make other plans when the master finds it out. ”

"Good." After closing the scroll, the scribe smiled and said that they were also kind-hearted, and that they would definitely find it soon, and once there was news, they would send someone to tell them.

The second brother-in-law cleverly stuffed a purse into the scribe, which contained not much money, enough to finish eating and drinking.

The man did not refuse, and took it and put it in his sleeve.

"If you come back in two days, I will open a house for him first, so that you will not be delayed in entering and leaving the city."

The second brother-in-law thanked him again and again, and after saying a few words of flattery, he took Wei Jin and the mute child to the place where he stayed.