Chapter 116: No last resort
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All the way south, when the sky was dark, Xiao Laodao asked everyone to stop and rest, because the car was carrying more than a dozen unconscious girls, afraid of being seen, everyone did not dare to enter the village or enter the town to stay overnight, so they had to find another forest on the side of the road, and the carriage was led into it and spent the night in the forest.
After settling down, Xiao Laodao asked Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi to go to the periphery of the forest to let the wind go, mainly just in case, afraid that those flower thieves did not chase north according to Xiao Laodao's prediction, and if they didn't touch it coldly, it would be troublesome.
After Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi left, Xiao Lao took the girl and my grandfather to show the girls in the carriage one by one.
Xiao Laodao said that one of these girls is a special ecstasy incense, which is not the same as ordinary ecstasy, ordinary ecstasy can wake up with a spray of water, and it can't last long, and this special ecstasy incense has a long-lasting effect, if you want to wake up these girls, you must have a special antidote, and if you delay for a long time, you may never wake up again.
However, fortunately, I had heard of this special drug many years ago, and I also knew another solution, which was to apply needles under the nail cap, and the pain could also make people wake up.
Xiao Laodao said, took a girl's hand, took out a sewing needle from her body, and pierced it along the nail cover of the girl's middle finger.
The girl looked at my grandfather and the three strangers in a daze, and she was about to scream when she opened her mouth, but the girl next to her was quick and covered the girl's mouth.
When the girl had settled down a little, the girl explained to her that we were not bad people, that we had saved you from the flower thief, and that as long as you did not cry or scream, we would send you home.
The girl didn't seem to be able to figure out the situation, but when she heard the girl say this, she was a lot quieter, and the girl slowly let go of her hand, and although the girl didn't scream, she sobbed quietly. Whoever gets involved in this kind of thing will be scared and shocked.
Subsequently, Xiao Laodao woke up all the girls in the three carriages, among the twelve girls, the eldest looked sixteen or seventeen years old, and the youngest was only thirteen or fourteen years old.
It took a lot of effort for the three of them to calm them down, and then asked them one by one, where do they live, don't be afraid, tell us, I will definitely send you home.
After asking, I learned that these girls are all natives of Luoyang, and many of them are from the same town or village, and two pairs are actually sisters.
Xiao Laodao said that this group of flower thieves must have come to my grandfather, and he may not be able to find my grandfather later, so he took the girls by the hand.
At this time, the girls may think that my wife and the three of them are really no threat, and they are all arguing that they are thirsty and hungry, and want to go home.
The master took out all the water and food, and the girls got out of the carriage, sat down in front of the food, and devoured it.
At this time, the master asked Xiao Laodao, "Brother Xiao, when are we going to send these girls back?" β
Xiao Laodao didn't even think about it, and replied confidently: "Tomorrow morning, go east, go north at noon, and when the sky is dark, it's almost ......" Saying, Xiao Laodao paused, and then said: "These other girls...... We don't have to send them door-to-door, send them to the local county office, the people in the yamen will naturally send them home, only these girls in the Mengjin area, we must send them over in person. β
The grandfather was puzzled when he heard this, "Why?" β
Xiao Laodao glanced at the grandfather and said: "Do you still remember, we were in that town before, what did the innkeeper tell us, he said that a group of people came to the Jiang family, and after they came, the town lost a few girls, think about it, a guy can suspect that the girl's disappearance has something to do with those people in the Jiang family, and their government doesn't suspect it, why didn't the government come forward to find the Jiang family?" β
As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, the master had an epiphany and said: "Their Jiang family is powerful, even if the county government knows, they don't dare to take care of it, let alone ask for someone in their mansion." β
"Not bad!" Xiao Laodao said: "Therefore, after we arrive in Mengjin, we must not hand over the girls to the county government, in case they are protected by officials and officials, and then there is a black and white reversal, at that time, we may become flower thieves, the county government and the Jiang family kill two birds with one stone, the girl has also been found, and the flower thief has also been caught......"
Hearing this, the master nodded silently, feeling that Xiao Laodao seemed to have thought of everything.
The two days' dry food for a few people was eaten clean by a dozen girls in one go, and that night, everyone spent the night in the forest.
The next day, early in the morning, according to what Xiao Laodao said, everyone drove the carriage and walked all the way to the east, passing through a town along the way, Xiao Laodao took Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Eleven to the town to buy three major burdens of dry food, that's all, it is only enough for a dozen people to eat for two days.
When I walked to noon, I turned around and began to walk north, this time, I walked north for three days in one breath, and I was almost about to walk out of the Luoyang boundary, during which I sent away a few girls, and when I sent them, the master was also extra careful, they were all sent to the county yamen, and explained to the girls, and after a few of us went away, you went into the county yamen to report the case, and let the people in the yamen send you home respectively.
Just like Xiao Laodao said before, it is not realistic to send the girls home one by one, and it is too time-consuming, as long as the girls walk into the county office, report their names and the specific address of their homes, the people in the county government will naturally send them back, and some girls are missing, and the family has already reported the case in the county office, and the county government will send them back at this time, and they can also pick up some credit.
In a blink of an eye, another three days passed, twelve girls, and at this time, only four girls were left in the Mengjin area, and the three carriages were also sold by Xiao Laodao.
Seeing that when he was about to arrive at Mengjin, Xiao Laodao suddenly said "hey" on the road, and the master asked him what was wrong, he patted his head and said inexplicably: "I miscalculated, I just remembered something." After speaking, he stopped talking, and the master asked him what he thought of, and he was stunned in a daze, and it seemed that he was thinking about something in his head.
Not far ahead, there was a cattle cart on the other side of the road, pulling a cart of hay, which seemed to be for the cattle to spend the winter.
The cattle cart was driven by an old farmer in his sixties, wearing a broken straw hat, dark and thin, and looking honest.
Xiao Laodao suddenly came back to his senses at this time, and shouted at the old farmer: "Hey, fellow, do you sell your ox cart?" β
When my grandfather heard this, he almost didn't fall off the horse, what is this old Taoist priest going to do? Want to buy an ox cart? What do you do when you buy an ox cart, you heard it right.
"What?" The old farmer replied, and he seemed even more surprised than my grandfather, "This Taoist priest, what are you talking about?" β
Xiao Laodao immediately got off the carriage, walked to the ox cart, grabbed the reins of the ox, and said to the old farmer on the cart: "I said, whether your ox cart is for sale or not, I want to buy your ox cart." β
The old farmer looked Xiao Laodao up and down a few times, "You, you are a monk, don't make fun of my old man, my son is still waiting for me to come home and pinch it." β
Xiao Laodao had a straight face, "Poor Dao is not joking with you, or let's hold a hand, you give a price, the price is a lot for you, and I will give you the carriage." β
"Whatββ?" The old farmer's eyes widened, "You, you, you Taoist, you are crazy, you ......" After speaking, the old farmer raised the whip in his hand and was about to drive the cattle.
Xiao Laodao was like a robbery at this time, and hurriedly grabbed the bullwhip in the old farmer's hand, and quickly took out a gold ingot from his arms with the other hand, "Old brother, look what this is, give me the ox cart, this is yours." β
"Gold, gold?" The old farmer looked at the gold ingot in Xiao Laodao's hand, and his face was incredulous, this ingot of gold was enough to buy him ten ox carts.
Xiao Laodao snatched the bullwhip from his hand and stuffed the gold ingot into his hand.
The old farmer's hand was trembling, "This, this, this...... Am I dreaming? As he spoke, he put the gold ingot in his mouth and took a hard bite.
Xiao Laodao said: "It's not a dream, the ox cart is given to me, the gold is given to you, and the carriage is also given to you." β
"Really, really?!"
Xiao Laodao ignored the old farmer and beckoned to the entertaining girl, "Hurry up and let those four girls get off the carriage." β
The four girls got off the carriage one after another, the old farmer at this time, his eyes were stupidly wide, looking at the carriage, and then looking at Xiao Laodao, they were all dumbfounded.
Xiao Laodao said to the old farmer again: "Old brother, I'll buy some more things with you, do you think?" β
The old farmer looked at Xiao Lao Dao blankly, "Dao, Daoist, what else do you want to buy?" β
"I want to buy this garment from you."
The old peasant was pushed by Xiao Laodao, got into the carriage, and took off his clothes to Xiao Laodao in the carriage, and Xiao Laodao brought him a piece of vulgar clothes to wear, these vulgar clothes were several times better than the old farmer's tattered clothes.
The old farmer was very happy, feeling that he had hit a great luck, like a dream, and when he got dressed, Xiao Laodao urged him, "Put the gold well, catch the carriage and go home." β
The old farmer still couldn't believe it at this time, and asked softly, "Is this true?" β
Xiao Laodao said: "Brother, if you don't leave, I will regret it." β
When the old peasant heard this, he hurried to the carriage, turned the carriage around, sat on it, and ran away.
After the old farmer walked away, Xiao Laodao asked a few girls to avoid it, he turned to the back of the ox cart, took off his robe, put on the old farmer's clothes, and put the broken straw hat on his head, and turned into an old farmer.
At this time, the master was puzzled, "Brother Xiao, what are you, what are you doing?" β
"What for?" Xiao Laodao smiled, "What can I do, send these girls home." β
The grandfather frowned slightly, "Send a few girls home, and you don't have to use a gold ingot to buy a broken ox cart." β
Xiao Laodao glanced at the master lightly, "Gold is important, or human life is important, if I don't make myself like this, a few of us will probably have to fold in Mengjin ......"