After settling the child, Xiao Qi asked Xiaobei and Datou to help stay in the inn to take care of the child, and left the inn with Liu Dakui's stinky duck egg with the portrait of the little crab.

Out of the gate of the inn, the three of them walked around the city for a while, feeling a little dazed.

Xiao Qi thought about it and said, "There is a lot of traffic at the city gate, why don't we go there and have a look." ”

The stinky duck eggs are whatever the little seventh girl says, while Liu Dakui has almost become a walking corpse because of the continuous blows, and follows the two of them blankly.

When I arrived near the city gate, I saw that there were many notices posted at the corners of the city gates, and several scholars were standing under the wall to help the illiterate people read the notices, and the people were very lively around the side.

The stinky duck egg pointed to the place where the notice was posted and said, "Little Seventh Girl, Uncle Da Kui, that place looks good, why don't we post the portrait of the little crab there." ”

As he spoke, he took a portrait from Xiao Qi's hand, cleverly drilled to the wall, took up a small space, borrowed the batter brought by his mother-in-law on the side, and began to post the portrait.

At this time, a fat officer and soldier came over with a big knife, and walked tremblingly, "What are you doing here?" This is the place where the imperial court posted notices, and those who dared to post graffiti were fined 100 taels of silver. ”

The people gathered together immediately retreated a few feet away, leaving only the stinky duck egg and another mother-in-law dressed in shabby clothes became the focus of the audience.

The stinky duck egg was frightened, my God, you will be fined one hundred taels for sticking a portrait, and you shouldn't have to be fined if you don't post it, so the rotten duck egg hurriedly planned to take off the portrait.

The fat officer and soldier were still seven or eight feet away, so they pointed their fingers at the stinky duck egg and the old woman, "Don't move, leave evidence, even if you tear it off now, you will still be fined silver." ”

The old woman stood in the corner and wiped her tears with her hands.

The fat officer and soldier walked to the wall and reached for the portrait of the little crab, and the rotten duck egg was full of despair.

said that it was too late, and with a flick of Xiao Qi's sleeves, the portrait of the little crab and the paper pasted by the old woman flew into the sky together.

The evidence flew away, and the rotten duck egg was very happy, and he stood in front of the fat officers and soldiers and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

The fat officers and soldiers stood under the wall and waited for a long time, but the two pieces of paper that flew into the sky never fell.

The fat officer pointed to the batter in the broken clay pot on the ground and asked, "Is this yours?" ”

That's a hundred taels of silver, who would dare to admit it?

The stinky duck egg and the old woman both shook their heads, and the fat officers and soldiers were a little angry, pointing to the stinky duck eggs and the old woman who was trembling in the corner and said, "When I find evidence, I will arrest you and go to prison." ”

After the fat officers and soldiers left, the old woman also left.

The stinky duck egg stroked his chest, "I'm scared to death, Little Seventh Girl, Uncle Da Kui, you weren't scared, were you." ”

Xiao Qi, "It's not early, let's go back to the inn first." ”

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The next morning, the stinky duck egg went to the yamen and came back to say to Xiao Qi: "I found the two officers and soldiers who escorted the thieves last time, and they said that the county magistrate has not made arrangements for these abducted children for the time being. ”

Xiao Qi is worried, so many people are raised, and it costs a lot of money every day, and the broken silver given by Aunt Xi has been paid to the hospital, and only some copper coins are left.

Xiao Qi took out the money bag, grabbed a handful of copper coins from it and handed it to the stinky duck eggs.

At noon, the stinky duck eggs went out to buy a lot of steamed buns and came back, regardless of the adults and children, each divided three, and said to everyone: "This is today's all-day meal, you have collected it." ”

Liu Dakui didn't take the steamed buns, he didn't think about tea and didn't want to eat, and it seemed that the whole person was a little withered.

Xiao Qi was very hungry, so he ate all the steamed buns in two bites, and when he saw Liu Dakui's emotiveness, he said: "Uncle Dakui, I thought that beggars often begging along the street are the most well-informed, so why don't we go to the place where the beggars gather and let them help find out the news together." ”

Xiao Qi took the steamed bun from the stinky duck egg and handed it to Liu Dakui: "Uncle Dakui, eat the steamed bun quickly, so that you can have the strength to find the little crab." ”

After Liu Dakui finished eating the steamed buns, Xiao Qi entrusted the children in the inn to Datou and Xiaobei, and took the stinky duck eggs and Liu Dakui to the place where the beggars gathered.

On the way, Xiao Qi asked the stinky duck eggs to buy a lot of steamed buns, and when they arrived at a place where there were many beggars, they began to distribute steamed buns.

Stinky duck eggs each hold the portraits of the grandson of the king's grandson and the little crab in each hand, and when the beggars receive the steamed buns, Xiao Qi asks the beggars to help recognize the two portraits.

Many beggars with steamed buns shook their heads when they saw the portraits of the two children.

Xiao Qi, "It's okay, you look carefully, if there is any news when you turn around, you will inform us, we live in the Xiangxiang Inn closest to the city gate." ”

The beggars were interested, "How much is the reward?" ”

Xiao Qi was stunned, she didn't have much money in her purse, and she had to be responsible for a lot of children's food and accommodation.

The rotten duck egg replied loudly: "Those who have reliable news will be rewarded with one hundred articles." ”

Liu Dakui's face was embarrassed, "Little Seventh Girl, I don't have any money." ”

Stinky duck eggs: "Uncle Kui, I have money here." ”

After a while, an old beggar finally provided the news, he pointed to the portrait of the little crab and said: "The child in this portrait is a little familiar, I remember, a few days ago, there was a new beggar in the city, who looks very similar to this child, but he is older than this child." ”

Although the hope was slim, several people still did not want to miss it.

Xiao Qi patted the stinky duck egg's shoulder, "Stinky duck egg, you stay here and continue to make steamed buns to inquire about the situation, and I will accompany Uncle Da Kui to leave with this old man for a while." ”

Stinky duck eggs, "Okay, I'll do things, little seventh girl, don't worry." ”

Xiao Qi and Liu Dakui followed the old beggar to the dirtiest slum in the city, and finally found the little beggar that the old beggar said after a lot of effort, but they didn't expect it to be a big surprise, it turned out that the little beggar was actually a small shrimp.

Xiao Qi, "No wonder it looks like a small crab, it turned out to be a small shrimp." ”

Liu Dakui slapped Xiao Shrimp hard, "You kid, why don't you know to go back to Liujia Village?" ”

Xiao Shrimp had a bitter face, "The master took me to a place called Taoyuan Village near the county seat, and their village sent a very smart child to the master, but the master didn't want me, I, I didn't know how to go home, so I ended up here." ”

Xiao Shrimp cried as she spoke, looking very sad, "The master threw me down because I was useless, I miss the master......"

Liu Dakui hugged Xiao Shrimp, "Xiao Shrimp, Dad is wrong, Dad will take you home." ”

Xiao Qi remembered Master Tianyin's words, so he said: "Uncle Da Kui, Master Tianyin said that Xiao Shrimp would come back, and sure enough, he came back, Master Tianyin is really powerful." ”

Liu Dakui, "Another day, I'll ask your aunt to take the shrimp to the Imperial Bath Temple to burn incense." ”

After another two days, the little crab was still not found, so Liu Dakui decided to take the little shrimp back to Liujia Village first.

When Xiao Qi and the stinky duck egg sent Liu Dakui's father and son out of the city, they happened to meet Mr. Hua and his party outside the city gate.

Xiao Qi hurriedly greeted him, "Grandpa Hua, the little mouse and the little stone have been found, Pear Blossom and Uncle Fugui are taking care of them in the hospital, and the little shrimp has also been found." ”

Old man Hua, "That's good, that's good." ”

When the villagers heard that the child had been found, they were anxious to rush back to Liujia Village to busy the autumn harvest, so they left with Liu Dakui and his son.