"Young man, can I ask you about someone?" The old woman hunched over and whispered in an old voice.

Xiao Yichen looked puzzled: "Old man, who do you want to inquire?" ”

The old woman was suddenly a little excited, and she suddenly danced with her hands and feet, gesticulating: "It's my granddaughter Tan'er!" She... She's probably that tall! Combed with two braids, wearing... Dressed in gray! ”

After speaking, the old woman anxiously asked Xiao Yichen: "Young man, have you seen my Tan'er?" Her hands were shaking.

"Old man, I haven't seen it, but you can ask my friends again," Xiao Yichen said, turning his head, "Mu Yang, county lord, you come over first." ”

Qi Moyu and Mu Yang walked over suspiciously.

"Old man, come and sit first." Xiao Yichen helped the old woman to sit on the chair.

"Childe, what's the matter?" Mu Yang walked over and asked.

"This old man is looking for her granddaughter, you have been in the children's room longer than me, and you have watched the villagers come in and out. Have you ever seen a girl dressed in gray with two braids? Xiao Yichen repeated it word for word.

"With all the people coming and going around here, who's going to pay attention to this?" Qi Moyu waved his little hand in a dashing manner.

Xiao Yichen thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

"That's... The old woman was excited, her hands trembling helplessly, and there were some anxious tears in her eyes, "Then my Tan'er... Oh my Tan'er! ”

Xiao Yichen gently patted the old woman's shoulder and comforted: "Old family, don't worry, we will definitely try our best to help you find your granddaughter." ”

"Looking for someone?" Qi Moyu touched his head in embarrassment, "Isn't this looking for a needle in a haystack?" ”

Mu Yang touched Qi Moyu with his elbow, meaning to make her pay attention to her words.

Qi Moyu frowned and glanced at Mu Yang, but when he saw the old woman's anxious appearance, he also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he had to put down his hand in a sneer.

"Old man, when did your granddaughter get lost?" Xiao Yichen asked with concern.

"Yesterday... Yesterday I had dinner and she said she was going out for a walk, and I... When I was tired, I went to bed first. Woke up today to find out that she wasn't there! I'm just... I waited at home all morning, but she never came back! The more the old woman spoke, the more anxious she became, and she was about to cry, "My Tan'er is very obedient!" Never... I haven't been home for so long! ”

As she spoke, the old woman buried her head and began to wipe her tears.

I didn't see it last night...

Xiao Yichen narrowed his eyes slightly and thought about it.

Qi Moyu suddenly thought of something again, "It's better to... Let's go to the village bazaar? What might be able to be asked? ”

"That's right! There are a lot of people in the bazaar. Mu Yang also agreed.

Xiao Yichen looked at the old woman uneasily, then turned his head sideways and said to Mu Yang: "Mu Yang, go to the room and see that there is no pen, ink, paper and inkstone." ”

"Childe, what do you want this thing for?" Mu Yang was puzzled.

"Let you go, you go!" Qi Moyu pushed Mu Yang.

Mu Yang pursed his lips speechlessly, went into the room and took out the only remaining pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and spread them on the table.

Xiao Yichen picked up the pen and asked softly to the old woman: "Old man, you tell me about the characteristics of your granddaughter, and we will help you find your granddaughter." I see that your legs and feet are inconvenient, so stay here and rest. ”

The old woman nodded again and again: "Thank you!" Thank you! ”

Xiao Yichen lowered his head and painted carefully, and painted the appearance according to the old woman's description.

After that, Xiao Yichen asked a few more details and confirmed the person he was looking for, then put away the portrait and got up.

"County Lord, you stay here to accompany the old man, and Mu Yang and I will go to the village market to find someone." Xiao Yichen folded the portrait and instructed Qi Moyu.

"No problem~" Qi Moyu grinned.

Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang took the portrait and went out to find someone.

……

In the bazaar, people come and go.

Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang asked several people, but they didn't get anything.

Suddenly, someone in the downtown area exclaimed.

"Let's go! Let's go to the ancestral hall and have a look! The thief who stole in the village a few days ago was caught! Stolen goods and seizures! ”

A shout immediately attracted the attention of the crowd in the bazaar.

Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang glanced at each other and followed curiously.

Just look at the crowd outside the ancestral hall, all crowded with each other and trying to squeeze forward, to see who this thief is.

"I didn't expect a little girl to learn to steal at a young age!"

"At first glance, he is an uneducated person! There are goods that no one raises in life! ”

"Look at her clothes in tatters, no wonder she went to steal other people's clothes!"

"Hey, such a young child, and a poor man..."

……

In the midst of the discussion, Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang squeezed into the crowd and saw a little girl in gray clothes being pressed to the ground by several big bosses.

Xiao Yichen looked at the girl and frowned slightly.

The big bosses slapped the girl's face, revealing their evil appearance and their tone fiercely.

"Hurry up and hand over all those jade gold platforms in the ancestral hall!"

"And my wife's gold chain!"

"My child's silver ring is back!"

Zhou Tan was half-kneeling on the ground, her face had been fanned red, the corners of her mouth were even bloodshot, her eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness, and there was a little perseverance.

"I didn't steal those things!" Zhou Tan roared out.

"Yo! You didn't steal it, who stole it? Just now I saw you stealing fruit in the ancestral hall to eat! A person directly raised his legs, stepped on Zhou Tan's head, and pressed her head to the ground.

Zhou Tan was not convinced, she insisted on it: "I said that I didn't steal, I didn't steal!" Why admit something I haven't done! ”

"Then you tell me, you didn't steal it, who stole it?" A person squatted down again, patted Zhou Tan's face with a ring ruler, and his expression was very disdainful.

"All I admit is that I stole some of your clothes and food! I didn't steal the valuable things you mentioned! Zhou Tan still refused to admit it.

"Isn't this still stealing! Do thieves still pick up things and steal them! The man gave Zhou Tan a resounding slap in the face.

Zhou Tan was so slapped that he felt a little tinnitus.

When the people outside the ancestral hall saw this, they couldn't help but sigh.

"Since she refuses to return the stolen things, then send her to the government! Let her eat prison food! "Someone proposed.

"Wouldn't it be too cheap to just let her eat in jail? We can't get back what we lost, so if you want me to say, we'll sell her! ”

"Sold? Wouldn't it be illegal..."

A group of people chattered and discussed.

"Of course it's illegal!" Xiao Yichen couldn't bear it and strode forward.

"Childe!" Mu Yang was so frightened that he hurriedly followed, he had heard something about those aborigines! The folk style is fierce! Not to mess with!

"She stole your things, and converted them into silver taels, and you set a price, and I will return it to you for her." Xiao Yichen looked around at the people in the ancestral hall and spoke calmly.

As soon as these words came out, the people in the ancestral hall looked at Xiao Yichen in dismay, obviously not believing it.

Zhou Tan knelt on the ground, she was also stunned, she secretly glanced at Xiao Yichen, she didn't know Xiao Yichen.

This person, why should he save himself?

"Childe? What do you care about? Didn't this little girl admit it herself? She did steal something..."Mu Yang approached Xiao Yichen and persuaded in a low voice.

"But she also said that she didn't steal anything valuable." Xiao Yichen answered quietly.

"But ......" Mu Yang wanted to speak and stopped.

Everyone in the ancestral hall listened, staring at Xiao Yichen in disbelief.

"Who are you?"

"Why should we believe you?"

"Do you have any money?"

……

When Xiao Yichen heard this, he took out a bag of money from his waist and looked at everyone: "There are fifty taels of gold here, which is more than enough to pay for the things you just said." ”

"Gold?"

"Fifty taels?"

"It's really fake!"

A hesitant stepped forward and took the money bag in Xiao Yichen's hand, opened it, and his eyes lit up!

The rest of the people gathered around.

Xiao Yichen walked over and helped Zhou Tan up: "Are you okay?" ”

Zhou Tan shook her head timidly, and she replied with a backbone: "It's okay." ”

Mu Yang didn't understand, "Childe, this person has already stolen things, why should he help her?" ”

When Zhou Tan heard this, he turned his head in shame and embarrassment, and did not speak.

Xiao Yichen glanced at the portrait in Mu Yang's hand: "Look at the portrait in your hand." ”

Mu Yang was puzzled, opened the portrait and looked at Zhou Tan in surprise.

"Is that you?" Mu Yang compared the portrait and looked at Zhou Tan in surprise.

"What are you painting my portrait for?" Zhou Tan stared at Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang vigilantly.

Xiao Yichen said unhurriedly: "Your grandmother is with us." ”

"What?!" Zhou Tan exclaimed.

……

In the children's room, Qi Moyu accompanied the old woman: "Old woman, don't worry! They'll be able to find your granddaughter! ”

The old woman looked anxiously ahead.

Suddenly, a voice was heard not far away.

"Grandma!" Zhou Tan ran excitedly towards the children's room.

The old woman stood up excitedly: "Tan'er! My Tan'er! ”

Her voice trembled.

Qi Moyu looked back in surprise: Did you really find it?

Zhou Tan threw himself into the old woman's arms, and her eyes were red: "Grandma! How did you get out? ”

"I'm worried about you!" The old woman touched Zhou Tan's face distressedly, "Tan'er, why is your face swollen..."

Zhou Tan shook his head and sniffed: "I'm fine." ”

The old man saw Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang coming over, and pulled Zhou Tan to kneel down towards the two of them: "Thank you, Engong!" Thank you Eun Gong for helping me find Tan'er! ”

Xiao Yichen hurriedly went to help: "The old man doesn't have to be polite. ”

Zhou Tan looked at Xiao Yichen and Mu Yang with a little guilt, "Thank you." ”

Xiao Yichen smiled in response.

Solved the matter of the old woman and Zhou Tan.

The three of them set off for the city.

On the road.

Mu Yang couldn't help but ask: "Childe, even if this Zhou Tan is the lost granddaughter of the old man, it is a fact that she stole it." You help her out of the ancestral hall, why do you want to leave their grandparents in the children's room? ”

Xiao Yichen looked ahead and sighed: "Zhou Tan is young, and it is really helpless to steal, let them stay in the children's room is to give them a place to live, and to teach Zhou Tan, so as not to lead her astray." ”

"That's it! How hard-hearted are you! Zhou Tan is only 10 years old! If we leave her and her grandmother alone, what are the two of them going to do? Do you keep stealing? Qi Moyu also went to scare Mu Yang.

Mu Yang did not comment on this, he believes that right is right, wrong is wrong, helpless move, is it right?

"Besides, having displaced people like them in the world is also my problem." Xiao Yichen's tone was light, but there was a fleeting sadness in his eyes.

When Qi Moyu and Mu Yang heard this, they didn't say anything more.

But there were suddenly two more people in the children's room, and Tang Ling couldn't help but have a big head.