Chapter 498
Jiang Jue also told him that Qian Xishun had been wandering outside for the past two days, and it seemed that he was looking for someone.
"Looking for whom? Isn't Lord Liu already looking for my little aunt? ”
"It doesn't look like I'm looking for Miss Song." Jiang Jue said thoughtfully.
"Where is the money shopkeeper now?"
"In the study."
Doubao ran to the study and found Qian Xishun stepping on a stool to reach for a box that his father had placed on the top of the Duobao Pavilion.
"Shopkeeper Qian, what are you doing?" In order to prevent him from falling, Doubao kindly stood below and held on to the stool.
Qian Xishun was startled, and explained with a smile, "I just want to see what's inside." ”
"I'm also curious, you take it down and let's see it together." Doubao said empathetically.
In fact, he had long wanted to know what was hidden in it, and as for whether Qian Xishun coveted the treasure inside, Doubao didn't think about it at all, because he felt that Qian Xishun was not a sneaky person.
In the end, Jiang Jue helped them take it down.
"It's pretty heavy!" Finding that Jiang Jue was a little struggling, Qian Xishun hurriedly helped to take it.
When I opened it, it was full of books.
Doubao was a little disappointed, if it was gold and silver treasures, he might still have a sense of pleasure digging treasures.
After flipping through a few times casually, he found that Qian Xishun was staring at these books, and Doubao said, "The money shopkeeper can read it if he wants, and it's not a lonely book that can't be touched." ”
It is indeed some very ordinary books, but Qian Xishun is only looking for one, a collection of essays that record the 300-year history of Gusu.
"Money shopkeeper, you've been looking for this book?"
Qian Xishun said with a smile, "Don't hide it, I am indeed looking for Gusu County Chronicles, or the owner of the bookstore told me that I was in the prince's mansion." ”
"What are you looking for?" Doubao asked curiously.
"Something!"
"What's the matter?" What kind of fancy world can you read in a broken county chronicle?
Doubao is idle and bored, he is recovering from a serious illness, Jiang will never allow him to go out to play in the mountains and rivers, stay in the house all day, the maids and maids are afraid to breathe and try their best to take care of him, Doubao is depressed and has to have another illness.
He is ready to mix with Qian Xishun, as for the little aunt, Doubao is not worried at all, if Song Yu can't find the little aunt and coax her, Doubao will look down on him for the rest of his life, Song Yu will never let himself look down on him, so he firmly believes that the little aunt must be safe and sound, and finally the two will appear in front of everyone hand in hand.
Qian Xishun saw a hint of cunning flashing in Doubao's eyes, and he felt like he was being targeted by his prey.
"Little master, don't worry about the affairs of adults."
"Shopkeeper Money, what if I can help you? As the saying goes, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and the three of us discuss it together is better than you alone. ”
Qian Xishun was a little hesitant, in the past two days, he found the location of the Cai family according to his memory, and found that it had become a lake. When I asked the locals, they said that 20 years ago, a flash flood washed away the village below, and for some unknown reason, the flood did not go away, and the last survivors were relocated to other places.
Qian Xishun was shocked into a cold sweat, no one knows whether the Cai family will escape the catastrophe, but it is said that the people who were alive at that time have been recorded, and Qian Xishun found out about the Gusu County Chronicle.
Doubao was still waiting for him to reply, Qian Xishun quickly regained his senses, licked his dry lips and said, "Don't work for the little master......"
"It's okay, even if you call me, I will never complain."
Dou Bao's tone interrupted him easily, Qian Xishun wanted to cry without tears, he had long known that this child was difficult, and he should not have promised him to come to Gusu together.
In the end, Qian Xishun still confessed the debt he owed thirty years ago.
"Money shopkeeper, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!" Doubao was amazed, did that Miss Cai suffer from an eye disease? How could you like someone like Qian Xishun with a lewd look?
"Young Master Doubao, when I was young, I was also a talent, and it was the wind and sand in Beihu that blew me through the wind and frost." Qian Xishun shamelessly defended himself.
"Anyway, the experience of the money shopkeeper is not available to ordinary people, I must help you find Miss Cai."
After speaking, Doubao grabbed the county chronicle and flipped it up, and finally found some clues in a certain page.
"It says that the flood washed away 126 houses and killed more than 1,000 people, almost the entire population in that area!"
In the end, Qian Xishun is still worried, if the Cai family has been living there and has not moved out, it is very likely that they have been buried in the flood 20 years ago, and the guilty Miss Cai is probably no longer alive.
Doubao children are not the kind of people who accept defeat and accept fate.
"Money shopkeeper, if you don't find out whether what is written above is true, you can't give up looking for Miss Cai." Doubao cheered him on the side, but Qian Xishun felt that he had leaked a cowhide drum, and no matter how he blew, it was useless.
"Hey, it's not good for you to be like this, if you give up looking for Miss Cai, on the day you die, can you close your eyes with peace of mind?"
I thank you, Master Doubao, can you not speak so directly? Qian Xishun couldn't help but slander in his heart.
"Okay, since Young Master Doubao has said so, I can't be a shrunken turtle anymore."
Uh, do you think it's okay to describe yourself like that? Doubao's children couldn't help but slander in their hearts.
The three of them made a detailed plan, there must be records about the flood in the yamen, Liu Yanping was the prefect of Gusu, and after saying hello to him, someone sent a thick stack of documents to the mansion, and it only took half a day for them to get the death list at that time.
"There are a total of eleven families with the surname Cai, which one is the money shopkeeper you are looking for?"
Qian Xishun looked at the list of names in front of him with a headache, to be honest, thirty years ago, he only cared about being a deserter, and forgot to ask what the name of the master of the Cai family was, and he didn't even know the name of Miss Cai, it was a confused account at all!
Doubao shook his head helplessly, fortunately, the number of people in each deceased family was very registered, and after some screening, Doubao felt that one of them was named Cai Xingquan, who was very similar to what Qian Xishun said.
"Didn't you say that the Cai family is very prestigious and powerful in the local area? Cai Xingquan has 500 hectares of fertile land under his name, and he is completely a wealthy family, and there are a total of six dead children recorded here, but the ranking of these children is not written, but there are two living children, who live in the town not far from Gusu. ”
Doubao's analysis makes sense, the weather was sunny on the second day, the magpie climbed the branch, and before going out, Doubao smiled and said to Qian Xishun, eighty percent of that Miss Cai is still alive, otherwise there will be no magpie to report the good news.
Of course, Qian Xishun hopes that Miss Cai is safe, at such an old age, the loess is buried in his throat, and he has no complaints about the past, he just wants to say sorry to Miss Cai in person, admitting that he is a coward and ruined her life.