Chapter 159: Wanted
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The summer is scorching, and the afternoon sun has a scorching temperature, which makes people drowsy.
There are not many people coming and going on the street, and at this time, even coolies have a rare time to relax for a while, find a shady place to hide.
A man dressed in coarse cloth, carrying two large bags of things in both hands, and a bamboo hat on his head, hurried towards the city gate, and when he passed the notice board at the city gate, he paused, looked at the portrait attached to it, and then withdrew his gaze and continued to walk.
The guards at the city gate were also lazy at this time, the sun in the sky was scorching, and they didn't have much energy, and they looked listless with their heads shrugged one by one.
Seeing that someone was about to leave the city, one of the guards symbolically stopped and took a look, and when he saw that it was a man, he easily let him go.
The man went out of the city and drove the donkey cart parked at the gate of the city, and with a wave of his whip, the donkey ran up, pulling the cart behind him, and stirring up a lot of dust.
The donkey cart walked all the way along the official road, from the afternoon until the sun was about to set, and then I saw the small village in front of me.
The village was not large, and it was far from the city, and the man went into the city this time to buy the chewing of the family for the next month.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he saw someone standing at the entrance of the village waiting for him.
The man grinned, whipped the donkey again, and the little donkey ran forward with its hooves raised.
"Why did you come back so late today?" The woman is about thirty years old, her skin is a little dark, and her appearance is not very outstanding, but her eyes are bright and bright.
"I met an acquaintance on the way, so I delayed." The man smiled and turned his head to point behind him, "Look, I bought a lot of food this time, enough for us to eat for two months." ”
The woman looked at the bag in the car and couldn't help frowning, "Where did you get the money to buy so many things?" ”
"The brown rice in the grain store is much cheaper than the white flour, so I bought two bags." The man grinned, as if he was very good at settling accounts.
"What about the bones you bought?" The woman didn't say anything, and looked at the car, where there was nothing but two bags of brown rice.
"Big bones cost twenty yuan a pair, it's too expensive, I bought candy for our son and daughter." As he spoke, the man carefully took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, and said as if offering a treasure, "Sweet!" ”
Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly became angry when she heard this, "I asked you to buy bones, you bought these things." She said and slapped the man on the arm, stomping her foot angrily, "You don't know that there are patients waiting for bone broth at home, you bought me these broken things one day now, do you want to anger me!" ”
The man's eyes widened and he glared at the woman, "You stupid woman, you still think she is a good person, I saw it in the city today, the government is wanted, she is a murderer." ”
The woman was visibly taken aback, "You can't talk nonsense. ”
"How could I have said that the portrait was of her. Let's get rid of her quickly, so as to save us a burden. The man originally wanted to report directly to the official during the day, but he was worried that the government would punish their family for a crime of cover-up, so he didn't make a noise, and hurried back to discuss it with his own woman.
"I don't believe there must be some misunderstanding here."
"What's there to misunderstand, the government can still wronged her." The man obviously disagreed with the woman's words, "Let's not get into trouble either, we'll sneak her away tonight." ”
"No, I can't. She was injured in order to save our daughter, we can't be ungrateful, I don't care, don't say that she killed people and set fires, no matter how big the crime is, just because she saved our daughter, I can't drive people away at this time. The woman said categorically.
"You, you're hopeless." The man stretched out his hand and pointed at the woman angrily.
"I won't argue with you, I'll listen to me, you can go to the city again tomorrow morning, and buy me two pairs of pig bones." The woman has obviously decided not to give the man the slightest chance to refuse.
"I'm not going, I don't want me to spend money to buy something for a wanted criminal."
"Okay, okay, if you don't go, then I'll do it myself. You don't have to eat tomorrow, and you won't have to eat anymore. The woman crossed her hands on her waist and looked menacing.
"I'll go, can't I go?" As soon as the man heard that he was not allowed to eat, he suddenly stiffened and softened.
Hearing this, the woman's face was a little better-looking, "If you don't be careful, I really won't cook." With that, she turned and walked back to her house.
The man sighed, he knew that his mother-in-law had a bad heart, and he couldn't help but think of the portrait he saw at the city gate today, and he finally felt uneasy in his heart.
When I got home, the yard was quiet, and the two little ones who used to like to play and couldn't control them were gone, and the man suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale, and he rushed into the door in a hurry.
The woman in the house was sitting on the bed, telling stories to the two children in a soft voice, and she had read a lot of books in her spare time, so she picked an interesting one to read to the two children, and it happened that they seemed to like it too.
"Huzi, Lan'er." The man's voice entered the room in a hurry, and at the same time the door was slammed open.
"You don't want to harm my child." The man shouted violently, but frightened all three people in the room.
The first to react were the two little ones, one was five years old and the other was three years old, both of whom were still ignorant, and they would be startled and start crying as soon as they heard it.
Bai Zhi sighed in her heart, she looked at the cold-eyed man in front of her and said, "Brother Liu, don't scare the children, they're fine, they're just listening to me tell stories." ”
After she was separated from Lord Lu, she originally wanted to go back, but she didn't think that she heard that she was wanted in the city before she entered the city, because Hongshang was dead, and the murder weapon that killed Hongshang was her hairpin.
She was so frightened that one of her feet in the city shrank back.
Bai Zhi went to hide outside the city for a few days, and after inquiring, she learned that Lord Lu had caused trouble because of the sudden death of those killers, and she was being investigated recently, and it was the current Jinling prefect who ordered her to be wanted.
She thought about it and decided not to go back until things were clear.
It was a coincidence that she was rescued from Lan'er, she was wanted everywhere at that time, and she had nowhere to go, so she went to the mountains, thinking that after all, she had been in the mountains, and it was not difficult to hide in it for a few days.
It's just that she didn't expect that not long after entering the mountain, she saw a little girl hanging in the air by a tree branch, presumably falling from somewhere, and it seemed that she was injured and fainted.
The child was too young to allow her to see death and not save her, so she immediately tried to save the person, and after a brief check, except for some skin injuries, it was no big deal.
When the little girl woke up, Bai Zhi asked her where her family lived. The little girl is not big, four or five years old, but she can clearly recite where the family is, presumably the adults have taught her on weekdays.
Bai Zhi was ready to send her back, but she didn't want to slip under her feet when she passed by a mountain col, and she fell down, and when she fell, she subconsciously pushed the little girl up, and she herself directly fell and injured her leg.
At that time, she couldn't move, she thought that this time it was going to be over, but she didn't think that the little girl was very smart, she had already recognized the way home, and ran back to bring her mother back.
Bai Zhi was brought home by the Li family in this way.
Li's kindness was very good to her, on the contrary, Li's husband Liu Dazhuang had always been very defensive of her, Bai Zhi had an injury on her foot, and she had nowhere to go, so she pretended not to know that Liu Dazhuang didn't like her, so she lived cheekily.
But this morning Liu Dazhuang went to the city to buy food, Bai Zhi knew that her affairs could not be hidden, and at this moment, seeing Liu Dazhuang so nervous and vigilant, she knew that she had guessed correctly.
Liu Dazhuang saw that the two children were indeed unharmed, and he also noticed that he was a little too excited, especially after listening to Bai Zhi's words, he felt even more embarrassed.
In the end, he is just a very ordinary man, although he is wary of outsiders, but at the same time, he is also grateful to Bai Zhi for saving his daughter, which is one of the reasons why he saw the wanted notice and did not report it as soon as possible.
"I'll take the child out first, so I won't disturb your rest." Liu Dazhuang said that he would run away and went out.
Then Li's voice sounded outside, and the two of them were not loud, but they could hear that they were arguing.
After a while, the quarrel stopped, Li pushed the door into the house, and smiled a little embarrassedly when he saw her, "Look at my memory, I forgot to tell him to buy bones and come back." Let him go again early tomorrow morning. ”
"Sister-in-law Liu, there's really no need to bother, I'm already embarrassed to live here." Bai Zhi knew that the Li family really cared about her, and her heart couldn't help but feel warm.
"What's so embarrassing, you rescued my Lan'er and you are the great benefactor of our family, let alone live for a few days, even if you live for ten or eight years, I am happy." Li is not good at saying nice things, but these words are extremely heartwarming.
Bai Zhi smiled, "Then I'll trouble you." She knew that the Li family was kind, and according to the Li family's meaning, she naturally had to be completely raised, so she didn't continue to argue about this matter, thinking in her heart that it was right to find an opportunity to go quietly.
First, after delaying these days, she was actually very worried about Lord Lu, and she didn't know if his trouble had been solved, and then she was wanted everywhere outside, and if she stayed for a long time, it would inevitably affect Liu Dazhuang and his wife.
When Li heard her say this, her face was also happy, and it was not too early, so she went to the kitchen and began to work on dinner.
Bai Zhi had an injury on her leg, so it was naturally impossible to eat with Liu Dazhuang and them, and Li was afraid that she would be alone when she ate, so she carried the table to her room, so that she could talk something while eating to relieve her boredom.
Liu Dazhuang was unhappy, so he naturally didn't want to move the place, and in the end, Li ignored him, and led the two children to Bai Zhi's house by himself.
The two children are strange to say, usually they can make Li's anger like thunder, but when they meet Bai Zhi, both of them are the same, honestly, what they say and what they listen to.
"It is said that people get along with people by fate, I think these two little ones in my family are really related to you."
Bai Zhi also laughed, reached out and touched the heads of the two little ones, "I like them too." ”