"There is a family in Liujiawan whose youngest daughter has been lost, about the same age as you, alas, it is really pitiful, the wife of that family is a widow, the husband died, and now the child is also lost, she is crazy with anger, she burned the house herself, someone came to put out the fire, the crazy wife stopped in front of the door and did not let it in, and all the good houses were burned down. I heard that there are bandits in Shilipu, which is not far away, and the youngest daughter of that family is eight or nine out of ten to let the bandits snatch it, someone saw it at night, and the bandits walked on the street with bright swords, alas, not to mention that you are children who have no family to take with you, it is me, and I dare not send food to Liujiawan for a while. ”

After the peddler finished speaking, he sighed and left, muttering as he walked: "In the past, when Emperor Taizu was still there, how could this world be so chaotic, alas! ”

The little daughter is lost, the wife of the family is crazy, the house is burning, and there are people with knives at night!

Shen Tong was stunned for a moment, Fang Fei on the side tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Miss, that Liujiawan bandit, should we still go?" ”

Shen Tong looked at her and asked, "Do you have any money?" ”

"Nope." Fang Fei shook her head.

"Are you colored?" Shen Tong asked again.

Fang Fei looked at her small body like bean sprouts, and was embarrassed: "No." ”

"Then what are you afraid of, if there are really bandits, they will not come to rob us." Shen Tong said with a smile.

"Didn't the little daughter of that family be lost? What if the bandits snatch us away too? "Fang Fei is still afraid, bandits, more than 20 members of Zhang Yuanwai's family were killed by bandits.

"You have a little brain, why would the bandits rob us for money? You are not the daughter of that family, and you will not receive the ransom; Is it colored? If you don't rob the big girl, why are you robbing us? Shen Tong slapped Fang Fei's little head lightly.

Fang Fei covered her head and muttered quietly: "What if we sell it to people?" ”

"It's not like you haven't been sold, it's a big deal to sell it again." Shen Tong was really stupid by her own girl, and she strode in the direction of Liujiawan.

Fang Fei was stunned, too, it's not that she hasn't been sold, she has been sold twice, and she hasn't lost a piece of meat, and she's still tall.

What's so scary, follow the young lady to have fish to eat.

"Miss, wait for me." Fang Fei ran a few steps and followed.

Although the hawker is hearsay, it is not an exaggeration.

The entire Liujiawan was shrouded in a tense atmosphere. The streets are deserted, there are no people in sight in broad daylight, every house is closed, and you can't even see people talking under the old locust tree.

"Miss......" Fang Fei's voice was trembling, and she even wanted to go back.

"It's okay, it's been days, everything that should have happened has happened, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Yes, it has been eight days since she was taken away by Rong Niang.

A lot of things happened in the past eight days, she was sick, she was awake, she escaped from the Tao family, she killed the father and son of Tao Sancun, she escaped from Tu Wei, Tao Shi's family was ruined, and she found Liujiawan.

This is what she experienced in just eight days; And where she couldn't see, there must have been a lot of things going on to her mother, like going crazy......

Shen Tong's mind came to mind the last mother he saw, the mother who had gone crazy.

It was because she had seen her mother's side in her previous life, so when she heard the peddler talk about the crazy wife, she was not surprised, nor was she too sad, she only had one thought now, she wanted to know if those with swords had taken her mother.

Liujiawan was too deserted, deathly silent, if it weren't for the smoke rising from the rooftops of each house, Shen Tong would almost have thought that there was no one in these houses.

"Miss, let's go knock on the door from house to door, maybe someone kind will be willing to help us." Fang Fei said.

"Let's go to the river first, and we'll talk about it in the evening."

Shen Tong took Fang Fei to the river, which was a turn in the Qiao River and had a small ferry. The ferry port was similarly deserted, with two small boats moored on the shore waiting for business.

Seeing two little girls coming over, the old man on the ferry ignored it and continued to snap the dry smoke, but just after snapping two sips, he seemed to remember something, and waved at the two little girls: "Go home, go home quickly, don't run out to play without family following." ”

Shen Tong breathed a sigh of relief, and finally someone was willing to take care of them.

She walked a few quick steps, walked to the river, and said to the old man, "Grandpa, we are here to visit relatives, but we can't even find anyone who asks for directions." ”

"What? Visiting relatives here? Go fast, go anywhere, but don't come to Liujiawan. The old man said, going to untie the rope on the boat, it seemed that he wanted to leave.

"Grandpa, what happened to Liujiawan, and my relative's surname is Qian, and his young lady is my cousin." Shen Tong said anxiously, his little face full of panic.

The old man's hand to untie the rope stopped, and he looked at Shen Tong: "The little girl of the Qian family is your cousin?" Don't you know that something happened to his family? ”

"I don't know, what's wrong?" Shen Tong looked like she was about to cry, and the little girl was scared.

"Alas, your cousin is lost, not only your cousin is lost, Liujiawan lost five little girls overnight, all of them are about the same age as you, pity those who have lost their children, Mrs. Qian is crazy, and other families are similar." The old man said, wiping the corners of his eyes.

"How did you lose it? I see that every house is closed, and no one goes out to look for children. Shen Tong asked.

"Mrs. Qian went crazy, a fire burned down their house, many people went over, some were fighting fires, some were watching the excitement, and when they got home, they found that their daughter was gone, who knows how to lose it, and later I learned that it was all done by bandits, and those bandits walked on the street with knives at night, and many people saw it. reported to the official, and the government asked everyone to close their doors...... At this time, everyone who can leave is gone, and those who stay can't leave, and there is no other way than to close the door. ”

When the old man said this, he pointed to the river: "Usually there can be at least a dozen boats here, but now we have two boats, we don't have a small family, we don't have anything but one boat, what can the bandits do to us when they come?" The big deal is death. ”

Fang Fei on the side couldn't cry anymore, she said timidly, "Miss, let's go." ”

Shen Tong didn't want to leave, she couldn't figure it out, didn't Rong Niang take that little girl with her that day? Could it be that the little girl is exposed? So they were arrested in Liujiawan and arrested five or six children?

"Grandpa, where is the wife of the Qian family now?" Shen Tong asked.

"Alas, let the bandits take it away, it's that the bandits came that night, since that day, no one has seen Mrs. Qian, it's not that the bandits have been arrested, what else can it be?"