"Got it, thank you!" , Nie Xiaohu smiled and patted Huang Ziwen's shoulder.

Out of the Huang family, Nie Xiaohu did not stay, and ran directly to the north of the town, and when he arrived at the north end of Fengyu Town, several people inquired, and soon found the small courtyard where Zhao Pengtao lived.

Xue Fei stepped forward and called the door, and a little scholar came out of the house, and when he saw Nie Xiaohu and the others, he hurriedly stepped forward and opened the courtyard door.

"I don't know what the officials are doing here?" , The little scholar bowed deeply to a few people and said loudly.

"What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Yun Xian, and he is my son's companion reading boy."

"Zhao Pengtao can be here?" , Nie Xiaohu went straight to the point and went straight to the point.

"The son is studying in the house, and several officials are looking for him, so I'll go and tell you!" After speaking, the little scholar turned around and walked slowly towards the house.

After the time of the incense stick, the door opened, and out of it came a young man dressed as a scholar, followed by the scholar from Fang Cai. Nie Xiaohu looked at this person carefully, and he looked like he was also clear-eyed and gentle, and couldn't help but nod secretly.

"I don't know if your officials have arrived, Xiaosheng has missed the distance, and I hope to atone for my sins!" , Zhao Pengtao gave a deep look at several people.

"You are Zhao Pengtao?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"Exactly!" , Zhao Pengtao replied slowly.

"Do you know that Ma Lulu, the young lady of the Ma family, is missing?"

"What?" , Zhao Pengtao's face immediately showed a surprised expression.

"How so? When was this? ”

"This morning."

"And the little red horse she rode is still there?"

"The horse is still there, but the man is gone."

"It's weird! Let's hope she's okay! Zhao Pengtao shook his head and said.

"Do you know Ma Lulu well?"

"Well, we can be considered to be in love!"

Zhao Pengtao nodded and said: "But since my proposal was rejected, Master Ma has been strict, and Miss Ma rarely goes out again, and we haven't met since then, we can only say that we are fated, alas!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Pengtao let out a long sigh.

"Have you been here today?"

"Xiaosheng has always been studying the books of sages in the house and never going out, which can be proved by Yunxian."

"Yes, my son-in-law has always been studying in the house, never going out, and I take care of my daily life and food!" , scholar Yunxian hurriedly nodded and said.

"Well, you should study hard!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded, turned around and walked out.

"My lord, if Miss Ma finds it, I hope to inform Xiaosheng!" , Zhao Pengtao said loudly in the back.

"Don't worry, I will!" , Nie Xiaohu didn't reply.

When he came to the street, Nie Xiaohu whispered a few words in Xue Fei's ear, Xue Fei nodded in agreement, and then left quickly.

"Brother Tiger, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?" , Cao Xiaohui asked with a pout.

"Don't leak it!"

"You'll know when the time comes! Hum! Cao Xiaohui pouted and snorted.

"Let's go, let's go to Ma's house!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"My lord, but there's news of the little girl?" As soon as he saw Nie Xiaohu coming, Ma Jianxiang asked impatiently, and the Zhao family next to him was also full of expectation.

"Don't worry, Ling Ai will be back soon!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Really? That's great! Ma Jianxiang and Zhao were both extremely excited.

After chatting with Ma Jianxiang and his wife for about half an hour, Xue Fei walked in excitedly.

"My lord, I have already verified it with Blacksmith Liu, and it is exactly what you guessed!"

Xue Fei said with great admiration: "Blacksmith Liu is an honest man, as soon as I was scared, he said everything, and even accepted Miss Ma's five taels of silver to keep it secret, hahahaha!" ”

"Well, that's right! If nothing else, there will probably be a result tonight! Nie Xiaohu smiled and nodded.

Time passed little by little, and in a blink of an eye, it was the time when the moon was in the sky and the night was quiet, just when all the people who had been busy for a day were falling asleep, in a small mansion at the north end of Fengyu Town, there were three black shadows standing in front of the courtyard gate.

"Childe, if you leave, I don't know when you will come back, Yunxian will miss you!" A few low sobs were faintly heard in the darkness.

"Yunxian, after I leave, you have to serve my parents well, maybe three years, maybe five years, I will definitely come back!"

"Yunxian, don't worry, in a few years, Tao Lang will definitely go to high school, and then we will come back in style!"

"Hmm!" , Yun Xian nodded heavily, and cried in a low voice: "Childe, Miss, be careful along the way!" ”

"Alas! Why do you bother? ”

At this time, a heavy sigh suddenly came from the darkness, and the three people standing at the gate of the courtyard were frightened at the same time.

"Who?" , Zhao Pengtao asked with a trill.

As soon as Zhao Pengtao's words fell, suddenly a fire lit up in front of him, and more than a dozen torches suddenly lit up in front of the courtyard gate, illuminating the place where the three of them were standing as if it were daylight.

Nie Xiaohu, Cao Xiaohui, Xue Fei and others are currently standing, and behind them are Ma Jianxiang, Zhao, Ma Yunfei and others.

"Aren't you afraid that your parents will be heartbroken if you do this?" , Nie Xiaohu shook his head.

"Dad", Ma Lulu glanced at Ma Jianxiang and screamed quietly, like a child who had done something wrong, his face was full of grievances, but his hands were holding Zhao Pengtao's right arm.

"Lulu, you! Alas~~~", Ma Jianxiang was really angry and happy at this time, stomped his foot violently, and sighed.

"You... How do you know? Zhao Pengtao lowered his head and asked with a clenched bite of his lower lip.

"Your plan to disappear is really good, but it has left a lot of loopholes when it is implemented", Nie Xiaohu smiled.

"At first, I didn't understand what was going on, and it took a lot of brains for a big living person to say no in just a moment. But when I saw the horse's paw of the little red horse, I understood your method, and I deduced that Miss Ma must have someone she liked, but Master Ma didn't tell me the truth because of his reputation! ”

Nie Xiaohu stomped back and forth two steps with his hands behind his back, and continued: "There was a little light rain yesterday, so there was a lot of rain in a low-lying place on the street to the east of the square, and when your horse race started, all the horses trampled on the stagnant water, plus the road was slightly muddy, so the horses' hooves should be stained with wet mud."

And when the old man lifted the hooves of the little red horse and showed me the engraved word "Lulu", I found that the horse's paw was as bright as new, without the slightest water stain or dirt, so I concluded that the red pony standing at the head of the bridge was not the one that Miss Ma rode during the race! ”

"Ahh When Ma Lulu heard this, she couldn't help but exclaim.

"For this reason, I also specially asked Xue Zhutou to go to the blacksmith Liu who made the horseshoe, and the result was as I expected, you hit him with four more horseshoes with the same engraved word 'Lulu' in advance, in order to confuse people's eyes and ears and make people think that it was the red pony you were riding!"

"Blacksmith Liu is really, he took my money, how can this be!" , Ma Lulu immediately pursed her small mouth, looking angry.

Nie Xiaohu smiled slightly, and then said: "So I thought of that sorghum field, you can disappear in such a short time, there is only one possibility, that is, when you turn the sorghum field, you immediately turned the horse's head and got into the sorghum field, and another identical red pony has already stood at the bridgehead, of course, it is naturally Zhao Pengtao who led the horse over!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Pengtao's head was buried lower.

"After everyone couldn't find Miss Ma to return to report the news, Miss Ma rode a detour and came here quickly, and in the dead of night, you went out together, this is all your plan, am I right?"

Seeing that Zhao Pengtao and Ma Lulu were silent, Nie Xiaohu continued with a smile: "In order to confirm my conjecture, I first found Zhao Pengtao's friend Huang Ziwen, and from his mouth I learned about how you met and fell in love, so I was more convinced of my thoughts.

And when I recalled the theft of Ma's house, I was convinced of my thoughts, because it was not a thief at all, but Miss Ma packed up the gold and silver jewelry and turned the house into chaos in order to hide people's eyes.

When I came here during the day, Yun Xian came to open the door and answered our questions loudly, apparently to remind the two of you who were in the house, and when I asked if you knew that Miss Ma was missing, do you remember how you answered? ”

Nie Xiaohu looked at Zhao Pengtao with a smile.

"I... I said I've been reading in the house and I've never heard of it," Zhao said in a whisper.

"Hehe, you also asked, you asked, 'Is the little red horse she rode still there?' , this is this sentence that exposes you and convinces me that Miss Ma's disappearance has something to do with you. ”

"Huh? What's wrong with this sentence? Zhao Pengtao asked puzzledly.

The corners of Nie Xiaohu's mouth raised, and he said with a smile: "I just said that Miss Ma was missing, but I didn't say that she disappeared during the horse race, how did you know that she disappeared while riding?" And a red pony? ”

"This ......", Zhao Pengtao frowned, and his face was full of remorse.

"You two are happy, this is a good thing, Master Ma does not agree to your marriage, that is also a father's love for his daughter, afraid that she will suffer in the future, this is understandable, but you have no consequences, you have disappeared, and you have to go out to elope, this is your fault!"

Nie Xiaohu shook his head and said, "Have you ever thought about your parents? Have you ever considered their feelings? ”

"How not! I... I can't help it! After Ma Lulu finished speaking, her eyes were full of tears, her shoulders shrugged, and she sobbed quietly.

"Kid, why are you so stupid!" , Zhao cried and walked forward with open arms.

"Mother!" , Ma Lulu let go of the hands that were holding Zhao Pengtao's right arm, cried, and threw herself into Zhao's arms with a face full of grievances.

"Master, you too, look at Lulu to force!" , Zhao glared at Ma Jianxiang.

"I... Alas! Ma Jianxiang sighed again and lowered his head.

"Why don't you do it! I have a compromise! ", Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Oh? If you have something to say, please speak! Ma Jianxiang hurriedly raised his head and said.

"I'll be a peacemaker, and I'll ask Master Ma to promise the marriage of the two of them!"

"This?" , Ma Jianxiang's face was flushed.

"Mother! Look at Dad~~~", Ma Lulu was first overjoyed, and then saw Ma Jianxiang's face, and hurriedly shook Zhao's arm and begged.

"Of course, there is a condition for this!" , Nie Xiaohu continued.

"What conditions? I promise them all! Zhao Pengtao hurriedly said.

"The condition is that you must marry Miss Ma after high school, limited to five years, if you are in high school within five years, Master Ma will marry Miss Ma as your wife, and Master Ma is not allowed to marry Miss Ma to others within five years, but if you still fail to pass the exam after five years, it can only mean that you are not sincere to Miss Ma, how?"

"Good! Deal! Zhao Pengtao said with a firm gaze.

"Alright, that's it! If he really passed the exam, he would be worthy of Lulu! Ma Jianxiang finally made a concession.

"Great!"

Ma Lulu jumped three feet high with joy, and said deeply to Nie Xiaohu: "Thank you, adult!" ”

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