I'm just going out for a while, why are you naughty again? Look at how dirty your face is, there are guests at home, don't hurry up and wash it, be careful that people laugh at you. ”

The village chief finally had a smile on his face when he saw this little girl, but there was a little pain in the middle of this smile.

When the little girl heard this, she saw Jiang Youxi and Fan Yanluo behind the village chief, her bright eyes were a little curious, but she was a little timid.

Holding the village chief's thighs tightly, he looked at Jiang Youxi and them curiously, a little shy.

"Don't laugh at the two girls, this child is still young and ignorant, don't take it to heart."

Although the village chief said this, his face was doting, presumably, he must be very fond of his granddaughter on weekdays.

Moreover, Jiang Youxi was also a little curious, with such two large courtyards, it seemed that only their grandparents and grandchildren lived here, and the parents of the children did not seem to be here.

At the same time, coupled with the village chief's various abnormalities, and when he talked about this matter earlier, the village chief was trying his best to avoid it, I don't know why, Jiang Youxi always felt that this matter must not be so simple.

It's just that now in front of the child, there are some things that are not easy to say, so I just nodded.

"What did the village chief say, this little girl looks very clever, she must be very smart at ordinary times, this time she came to bother is really helpless, there is no good gift, this velvet flower is very playful, just give it to the little girl as a gift."

Jiang Youxi said as he plucked a velvet flower from his head, the velvet flower was pink as a whole, and it looked very girly.

The little girl stared at the velvet flower tightly, her eyes were full of longing, but she didn't take it without permission, and glanced at the village chief timidly.

Seeing that the latter nodded, he stepped forward to take the velvet flower in Jiang Youxi's hand, with joy in his eyes, it seemed that he was very happy about this thing.

"You girl, you really don't know any politeness, you take other people's things, and you don't know how to say thank you."

The village chief glanced at Jiang Youxi apologetically, his granddaughter, who had been a little closer to his grandfather since she was a child, had developed this somewhat cowardly character, and sometimes, the village chief was also very worried, but he still couldn't bear to teach him a lesson.

At this time, the village chief only had to say a few words about her because of the presence of outsiders, but even so, the village chief's tone was not very harsh.

"Thank you, sister!"

The little girl looked at the velvet flower in her hand, and then at Jiang Youxi, perhaps to make sure that Jiang Youxi would not bring her any harm, so she muttered in a low voice.

"Okay, you can go to the side and play first, grandpa and sister still have some things to say, and I'll call you when we have dinner."

As the village chief spoke, he led Jiang Youxi and the others to the courtyard, since he was asking people to come to his house as guests, he naturally couldn't let people stand at the gate of the courtyard all the time.

"What the girl said earlier, we are really helpless, the village used to be very welcoming to outsiders, but, just a few years ago, a nest of bandits suddenly came to the nearby Niutou Mountain, first pretending to be outsiders, so that we were unguarded, and at night, they burned and looted in our village."

When he said this, the village chief sighed fiercely, tears glistening in his cloudy eyes, and then continued.

"Just three years ago, the child's father was killed on the spot by those bandits in order to deal with those bandits, and her mother couldn't stand the stimulation, and later, she followed, leaving such a hard-working baby."

"Even so, those bandits also come down the mountain to the village from time to time, and every time they come, they stir up the village and make people panic, and the residents of the village are not as good as day by day, and some even move away directly."

Jiang Youxi didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns here, and besides, it was only a hundred miles away from the capital, which could be said to be at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and bandits would even breed.

The key thing is that none of the ministers in the DPRK and China mentioned this matter, and it is conceivable how the officials below them were derelict in their duties.

Thinking of this, Jiang Youxi was very angry, and even Fan Yanluo, who had been following her, was also angry.

"This group of bandits is too arrogant, no, Benfu...... I must have people punish them well! Catch them all! ”

Maybe it's because he is used to saying it, Fan Yanluo was quick to talk for a while, and almost said something he shouldn't say, but fortunately, these villagers were relatively simple and didn't think much about it.

"Alas, the girl doesn't know, I heard that the bandit leader has a connection with a certain official in Jincheng, it is said that it is still a relative, every year, the bandit leader will send a large sum of silver to the official, even if you go to sue him, there is no way."

When those bandits just came out to make trouble, the people in their village did not want to go to the official to report to the official, but the reports they submitted were always silent.

Later, when the bandit leader came to the village again, he was quick to tell him about his superiors, and at that time, they died.

At the same time, they hated those who were officials even more, but there was no way to complain, originally there were more than 500 people in their village, and because of the bandits, they left and fled.

Now, the rest are those who have stayed in this village for generations, have a special affection for this village, and have a mentality of waiting for death.

"How can this be true, I wonder if the village chief can know who the big official in their mouth is?"

Jiang Youxi frowned tightly, she didn't know that there was such a collusion between officials and bandits, it seems that this trip has gained a lot.

When she goes back, she must let Zhao Yu check it out and give the people justice.

"We don't know about this, it's just that, listening to the tone of the bandit leader, that big official seems to have a very large strength in the capital, and it seems that he has a high authority than the Ministry of Rites Shangshu you know."

These villagers didn't know much about the things in the officialdom, and they said a vague idea, which made Jiang Youxi a little uncertain.

The position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, whether it is big or not, is not small, in the capital, it is more respected than the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but it is also able to name a group of people.

"Okay, okay, the village chief won't say these things to scare the two girls, Aunt Ma and I have already prepared a meal, hurry up and let the two girls eat, looking at this dusty appearance, they must be hungry."

The person who spoke was the woman just now, everyone in the village called her Aunt Li, and the man in her family also died at the hands of the bandits, as soon as she talked about the bandits, Aunt Li thought of her dead husband, and tried her best to control the tears from falling.

"Okay, okay, I'm confused, this kind of thing shouldn't be said to scare the two girls, don't worry, those bandits usually come down the mountain when the harvest is harvested, so the two girls can live with peace of mind today."

The village chief was also stunned, and felt strange, how could he say these things to these two girls, could it be that he still wanted the two girls to solve the bandit matter for them?

Thinking of this possibility, the village chief shook his head secretly, it seems that the more he lives, the more he goes back, how can he pull the two little girls into the water for his own affairs?

While comforting Jiang Youxi and them, he shook his head, walked into the house, and never came out again.

……

On the other hand, Zhao Yu also received the news that Jiang Youxi had not arrived at the palace, and he was very anxious, so he sent someone to look for it as soon as possible, and in the end, he only saw the blood stains next to the forest, as well as the corpses that were already cold.

For a while, Zhao Yu's whole body felt chills, she couldn't imagine losing Jiang Youxi's feeling like this, and she went crazy and asked everyone to go out to look for it.

At the same time, he completely ignored the persuasion of the ministers in the court, and left the palace directly, taking the most elite royal forest army to search in a carpet search in a hundred miles of the forest.

However, because it was already dark, their progress was very slow, and so far, they have not found Jiang Youxi's whereabouts.

"Your Majesty, the queen mother has her own natural appearance, I believe it will be fine, but you, who have been looking for so much of the night without sleep, and the iron body can't stand it, so you should stop and rest quickly, lest you find the queen mother when the time comes, but you are sick, isn't it plain to worry the queen mother when the time comes?"

Wang Gonggong has been following Zhao Yu's side, and naturally understands how much his own organization loves the queen, but everything has to be considered from his own body.

Wang Gonggong was very worried, but Zhao Yu didn't stop as if he hadn't heard what he said, she was very anxious now, as long as Jiang Youxi's safety was not sure for a moment, he couldn't let go.

"Your Majesty, I found it, I found it!"

At this moment, a Royal Forest Army ran up and said in a hurry.

"Say, where?"

When Zhao Yu heard this, he directly stepped forward and grabbed the guard's collar and asked very urgently.

"Here, over there......"

Was the Imperial Forest Army frightened, pointed to the north, and before he finished speaking, he saw Zhao Yu directly loosen his collar and almost ran over.

However, to Zhao Yu's disappointment, it was not Jiang Youxi who was found, but Ruyi and a guard.

"What about the Queen? Where is the Queen? Did You Know? Say it! ”

Zhao Yu's eyes were red at this time, and he glared at these two people fiercely, if it weren't for Jiang Youxi's dislike of him killing innocents, and besides, this was still his personal servant in front of him, he would have dragged these two guys who were not good at protecting the master down and divided the corpses!