Chapter Sixty-Eight: Break
For such a piece of news, Aunt Ding spent nearly ten taels of silver, and now she is still at the risk of being known by Song Shaoyan and being disliked or even completely abandoned by him, and even her only son Song Anrui may be implicated by her and disgusted by Song Shaoyan.
If the second room couldn't give her what she wanted, Aunt Ding's soft and quiet eyes darkened.
Maybe Mrs. Song, who is now terminally ill, is her bargaining chip.
"Girl, they won't find it here, let's sleep first!"
After Coral served Song Xiaochi and washed up, he persuaded.
Song Xiaochi looked at the hourglass, it was indeed very late, she listened carefully, it was very quiet outside, and even the slight "rustling" sound of falling snow could be clearly heard in her ears.
The quiet snowy night, a little candle in the house, warm but lonely, although the scene in front of him seems to give people the illusion that tonight will always be so peaceful and quiet, but the uneasiness in Song Xiaochi's heart has never dissipated, and even deepened with time.
There seems to be a big hand, as the night deepens, the snow falls without a trace, getting closer and closer to Huaihua Hutong, and she is the prey that the big hand wants to hold.
"Sango, pack your stuff!"
Song Xiaochi instructed the coral, who was making the bed, to put the items he took out for use in the day again into the Xuan bag.
Seeing Song Xiaochi's movements, Coral didn't dare to delay, and packed everything again.
Song Xiaochi didn't put the coral's things into the bag, she had to be in case if she got separated from the coral, the coral wouldn't even have a little outfit.
Song Xiaochi originally thought that tonight must be sleepless, and she didn't want to lie on the bed, but after a while, she fell into a dark and sweet dream.
Perhaps subconsciously, she had a feeling that this was the only night in a long time that she had been able to rest in such a peaceful environment and warm room.
It's just that he only slept for half the night this night, and in a daze, Song Xiaochi heard Sango's low call, "Girl, girl, girl, wake up!" ”
Song Xiaochi was startled, opened her eyes in a daze, and only saw a black shadow lying in front of her bed in the dark, if it weren't for Coral always calling her, she would definitely be startled.
Song Xiaochi was about to ask Coral what was going on, when he suddenly heard what seemed to be a commotion outside.
It seemed to be far and near, although he couldn't hear it clearly, but the buzzing sound still made Song Xiaochi's still slightly sluggish brain suddenly sober up a lot.
She immediately sat up and blinked vigorously, and as her body became sober, the movement outside became clearer and clearer.
"Girl, there seems to be movement outside, will it ...... Could it be that they are looking for us? ”
Sango's face turned pale and her voice tightened.
Song Xiaochi was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, "Big girl, coral girl, wake up, someone is looking for you!" ”
It was Li Xing's voice.
Song Xiaochi immediately got out of bed, Coral also picked up his coat, the master and servant put on their clothes in two clicks, and even their hair was only tied in a simple bun, Coral ran to open the door, and saw Li Xing standing in front of the door with a lantern, looking anxious and nervous.
"Girl, more than a dozen people poured in the alley, the first two were wearing soap suits, they were the servants of the government office, and they were leading the search one by one, saying that there were bandits who fled into Huaihua Hutong, and the residents in Huaihua Hutong must cooperate with the search, otherwise they will be regarded as accomplices of bandits and arrested directly."
Li Xing said, his muscles kept trembling, he thought that his family was lucky, although he was bought from Maoyuan Mansion to the closed city, but the family was so together, and the master did not look like a harsh person.
But who would have thought that such a thing would happen on the first day of serving the new master?
Although those people said that they were here to search for bandits, Li Xing had lived for more than 30 years, and he had worked as an errand in a rich family's house before, so he still had the insight and vigilance he should have.
Although those people were ostensibly searching for bandits, they did not specify what kind of bandits they were and what hurtful things the bandits had done.
"Uncle Li, could it be that those people are here to catch the bandits?"
Coral asked, holding on to his luck.
Without waiting for Li Xing to answer, Song Xiaochi had already asked, "Uncle Li, only the two leaders are the servants of the government, who are those people who follow?"
Li Xing said: "Fang Cai Xiao and Ah Wang went out to take a look, except for the two officials, followed by the dozen or so people who seemed to be from a big family, all wearing uniform clothes, but ......"
When Li Xing said this, he paused slightly, as if he was a little uncertain, "But those people are not wearing exactly the same, one is a cyan cotton coat, the other is a brown cotton coat, like a descendant of two families." ”
That's right, these people did come to her, for sure.
"Two people? In addition to the Song family, could it be that there is also the Tan family? ”
Coral reacted as well, and her face showed an anxious look, "That'...... So what now? Uncle Li, is there a secret room or tunnel in this house? ”
Li Xing shook his head, "After the uncle bought the small one, the small family cleaned the corners and corners of the entire house, and did not find any secret rooms and tunnels. ”
Sango's face changed, and he didn't even have a corner gate, so if they wanted to escape, they could only go through the gate, and now the two of them were in the girl's house, even if they were wrapped from head to toe, as long as they went out of the gate, they were simply a living target, but if they didn't escape, those people were already targeting them, and looking at their momentum, they obviously got the exact news, and it was determined that Song Xiaochi was hiding in this alley, otherwise they would not and could not directly search one by one with such fanfare.
In this way, it is simply a dilemma, Ren is coral is calm on weekdays, after all, she is just an inner house maid, escaping from the Bofu last night is the most daring thing she has done in her life, not to mention that there was Song Anming who was in charge last night, she just needs to follow with her head bored.
But now, the girl doesn't go out of the door on weekdays, and she is smaller than herself, Li Xing looks loyal, but she doesn't look like a clever person with ideas, so the girl can only rely on herself, and her brain is really a mess now, and she can't think of anything.
Suddenly, in the winter night with goose feathers and heavy snow, the cold wind continued to pour into the house, but the coral was in a cold sweat.
Suddenly, her hand was grasped by a warm hand, and Coral looked to the side, it was the girl.
Under the faint yellow light, although Song Xiaochi's face was slightly calm, there was no fear on his face, and he looked at Coral and said, "Let's go out."
"But the girl ......"
"Rather than sit back and wait to be trapped in a house, you might be able to escape a way out."
Song Xiaochi instructed Li Xing: "Uncle Li, you go and let Ah Wang guard at the door, watch those people, when they come out of one family, when they just enter the other family, we will go out, Uncle Li, you and Li Xing put on my and Coral cloaks, and run away to the mouth of the alley where we came."