In the dark of the night, the silence of the night was broken by the sound of a knock on the door.

Liu Dahe put his clothes on his body and lit an oil lamp, got up and walked to the gate of the courtyard, "Who?" ”

"Brother Dahe, it's me, the second dog."

Liu Dahe hurriedly opened the door, "It's so late, what's the urgency?" ”

Liu Ergou's voice was full of crying, "Brother Dahe, Pear Blossom hasn't come back from the town today." ”

Liu Dahe, "What's the matter, why didn't you say such a big thing earlier." ”

Liu Ergou held a lantern with one hand, raised the other hand and wiped his tears, "I thought she was delayed on the road, and I was afraid of troublesome everyone, so I didn't say anything." ”

Liu Dahe was very angry, "You elm head, such an important matter has dragged on until now......"

Liu Dahe went back to the house and lit the oil-paper lanterns at home, "Quick, Ergouzi, I'll go with you to the patriarch to say something, and find more people to help." ”

Xiao Qi got dressed and walked out of the house, "Uncle Ergou, do you mean that Sister Lihua hasn't come back yet?" ”

Liu Ergou, "Lihua's mother is a little uncomfortable, Xiao Qi, you can help me take care of it." ”

The people in the village are simple, no matter which girl is lost in the middle of the night, everyone will get up and help find it together, and soon a group of men with torches gathered at the entrance of the village.

Everyone walked all the way to the town in the night, but they didn't find the pear blossoms.

At this time, the people in the town were asleep and could not find a place to inquire.

They searched for a while in the town, and met a watchman, who was startled when he saw twenty or thirty big men holding torches, and thought they were bandits, so they threw the gong and ran away.

The old man said: "Ergouzi, we are afraid that we are going to scare the people in the town, why don't we go back to the village now and come to the town early tomorrow morning to inquire." ”

Here, Xiao Qi, Niu's and Liu Ergou's sister-in-law Osmanthus are all at Liu Ergou's house, Lihua Niang has fainted, and Niu and Osmanthus pinched her together to wake her up.

After the pear blossom girl woke up slowly, she cried, "My pear blossom, why are you so miserable!" ”

Xiao Qi stepped forward and held Pear Blossom Niang's hand, "Auntie, I'm Xiao Qi, I will definitely get Pear Blossom back." ”

Pear Blossom Niang squeezed Xiao Qi's hand tightly, "It's Xiao Qi, although you are young, but Pear Blossom admires you very much." ”

"Pear Blossom often tells me that you are very powerful, and she once even told me that you can fly, I think in Pear Blossom's eyes, you are the reincarnation of a fairy child."

"Xiao Qi, my pear blossom depends on you, you must help me find her."

Xiao Qi nodded, "I will definitely do my best." ”

The little mouse was crying and whimpering, probably frightened.

Niu touched the little mouse's forehead, "Oops, this is a fever." ”

Osmanthus, "The little mouse is already weak, and he must find a way to reduce the fever." ”

Ewha Niang heard that the little mouse had a fever and fainted again.

Xiao Qi went to Hua's house with a lantern, and Mrs. Zhao opened the door.

There was a sound of Suosuo, and Granny Hua soon came to the gate of the courtyard.

Xiao Qi, "Granny Hua, I'm sorry, I'm still here to disturb me so late." ”

Granny Hua, "It's okay, people are old, and I don't think there are many, you must have something urgent to come over at this time, right?" ”

Xiao Qi, "The little mouse has a fever, I want to ask if you have any fever medicine at home?" ”

Granny Hua, "There are some antipyretics, but the little mouse is too young to give it to him." ”

"Well, let's use the method of wiping wine."

Granny Hua went back to the house and fetched a can of wine and followed Xiao Qi to Lihua's house.

……

The next day, all the men and women of the village went to the town to help find the pear blossoms.

Xiao Qi and Hua Xi'er have a very close relationship with Pear Blossom, and the two of them are naturally very concerned about such a big matter as Pear Blossom's disappearance.

Early in the morning, Hua Xi'er went to Xiaoqi's house.

Xiao Qi, "Aunt Xi, did you say that the disappearance of Sister Lihua has anything to do with the Wu family, didn't we meet the people of the Wu family when we went to the town a few days ago?" They wanted to rob Sister Pear Blossom at that time. ”

"Most likely, they may have been eyeing Pear Blossom since that day. ”

Xiao Qi and Hua Xi'er will both work lightly, travel all the way, and soon arrive in the town.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the opera garden, Xiaobei greeted him with two beggar boys, "Little Seventh Girl, you are in town, I have something very important to tell you." ”

Xiaobei looked at Da Xi'er vigilantly.

Xiao Qi, "Xiaobei, I like that my aunt is not an outsider, you saw it last time, and if you have something to say, just say it directly." ”

Xiaobei stepped forward, "The pear blossom was snatched by Wu Million, and the eldest brother was injured by Wu Million's men yesterday." ”

Xiao Qi, "Take us to see him, I have something to ask him." ”

Xiaobei took Xiao Qi and Hua Xi'er to the corner of the alley next to the theater garden, leaning against the wall with his big head leaning against the wall, his face was bruised in several places, and there were dried blood marks on the corners of his mouth.

Seeing Xiao Qi, the big head's eyes lit up, "Little Qi girl, go and save Pear Blossom." ”

Xiaobei, "Big brother, don't worry, Xiaonan went to inquire about the news early in the morning." ”

The big head said in a hoarse voice, "That Wu Million is a perverted person, and I heard that his son is as lustful as him, both father and son like beauties, and they also like good-looking children, and they snatch it on the spot when they see someone they like." ”

"It's not a secret in Phoenix Town that it won't take long for people to be tortured to death when they reach them, and I'm worried about Pear Blossom."

The big head struggled to get up, and Xiaobei held him down.

Hua Xi'er, "Didn't anyone sue him?" ”

Big head, "That Wu Million is the brother-in-law of the county magistrate, so no one dares to sue him, and Wu Million is rich, and the victim's family finds it, he usually loses a lot of money, and many people will look at the face of the money to settle the matter." ”

Xiao Qi saw that the big head was seriously injured, so he said, "Brother Big Head, let's take you to the hospital." ”

Xiaobei looked embarrassed, "We don't have any money." ”

Hua Xi'er raised her money bag, "I have it here, I see that the injury is quite serious, let's go to the hospital first." ”

Big head, "In the family of the family surnamed Li who used to sell vegetables, I went to Wu Million once, I don't know if the pear blossom is hidden there, you go and take a look." ”

Xiao Qi, "Got it, big brother, I'll go check on this matter immediately, and let Xiaobei send you to the hospital first." ”

Hua Xi'er said to the group of little beggars, "You choose two clever people to follow Wu Million." ”

Xiaobei, "Xiaonan and Xiaoxi have gone. ”

Xiao Qi, "Let's go our separate ways, you hurry up and send the eldest brother to the hospital, and Aunt Xi and I will go to Li's house."

Xiaobei immediately picked up his head and went to the hospital.

Xiao Qi and Hua Xi'er acted very quickly, and soon arrived at the door of the Li family, in fact, they can no longer be called the Li family, and Li Yu and his wife have already left with Brother Yan.

Hua Xi'er stood in front of Li's house and said, "I have long wanted to come and have a look." ”

Xiao Qi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and it was a horse-faced woman who was full of wine when she opened the door.

The door was not fully opened, only a crack in the door less than a foot was opened, and the horse-faced woman poked her head out and looked at Xiao Qi and Hua Xi'er vigilantly, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Hua Xi'er, "Old man, this courtyard used to live in a family surnamed Li, do you know?" ”

"I don't know, this yard was newly bought by my master." ”

Saying that the horse-faced woman was about to close the door, Hua Xi'er handed over a few money and said, "Actually, I am related to the people who lived here before, and they are moving in a hurry, so let me help see if anything is left behind." ”

The horse-faced mother-in-law glanced at the few big coins in Hua Xi'er's hand, but she didn't take it, "When my master bought this place, the yard was empty and there was nothing in it. ”

Hua Xi'er took out five taels of silver and handed it over with a painful face, if there is a problem that money can't solve, it must be that the money is not enough.

The horse-faced woman looked at the silver for a moment, these silver can be worth her monthly money for several months, the silver is really important to her, her son owed a lot of money in the casino a few days ago.

Anyway, just two little girls, they couldn't make any big waves at a glance, and the horse-faced woman took the silver, probed out and looked left and right, and then led the two into the yard.