Chapter 45: A Strange Picture

Zhao Qianqian opened his eyes all of a sudden, looked at the bed, fortunately Shen Junchen and the backpack were not there, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss, are you awake? Madame is waiting for you to eat! ”

The little maid came in with a basin of washing water, and Zhao Qianqian went to the hall after washing.

"Village owner, madam, Miss Zhao is here!"

A noon man in his forties in the hall, thin and sven-looking, if it wasn't for the little maid calling him the owner of the village, Zhao Qianqian would not have associated him with the owner of the village.

The mountain bandits on TV are all fat-headed, big-eared, fat and strong, but this person is as thin as if he hasn't eaten enough.

Li Shi hurriedly got up and pulled Zhao Qianqian to sit down beside him.

"Meet your uncle!"

turned around and said to the man beside him: "Brother Biao, this is shallow, the niece I met yesterday will be a family in the future." ”

Zhao Qianqian got up and saluted the owner of the village, it turned out that this person was Wang Biao, the bandit leader of the ten miles and eight townships.

"The owner of the village!"

Wang Biao laughed.

"It's all your own people, if you call me my wife an aunt, you should naturally call me an uncle!"

Although Zhao Qianqian didn't want to call him that in his heart, who called the situation stronger than others, he still called it hard.

"Uncle!"

Wang Biao laughed again, this speech and demeanor really went against his appearance, he looked like a gentleman, and his voice was like a bell.

"Mrs. said, my two babies live in my niece's house, niece rest assured, uncle will not treat you badly, let Mrs. take you to choose jewelry in a while, you can take whatever you like, and choose whatever you want!"

After Wang Biao finished speaking, he sandwiched a bun for Zhao Qianqian and put it in the bowl.

"No need, I usually work and don't wear jewelry!"

Zhao Qianqian didn't want to take their stolen goods.

Li smiled and took Zhao Qianqian's hand.

Girl, how can you not have jewelry, since your uncle asked you to take it, you will take it, after dinner, we will go to the warehouse to choose.

"Well, ma'am, I'll go and bring the jewels from the warehouse, and you and your niece will choose here, so that you won't have to walk around."

It can be seen that Wang Biao is very attentive to the Li family, and everything goes along with the Li family.

Huan'er said: "The owner of the village is so good to his wife!" ”

Wang Biao laughed heartily again, then picked up a bowl of porridge, ate it in three or two, and went out.

Li is very eating, scooping the porridge in the bowl with a spoon.

"After eating, I'll take you to the village for a walk, there are also fun places in this village."

"No need aunt, I've seen it yesterday afternoon, and after dinner, I'll go see my aunt who I haven't seen for many years."

Zhao Qianqian said all the scenery in the village, and Li agreed to let her go to see her aunt, but asked her to choose jewelry first, Zhao Qianqian refused, got up and said goodbye.

Just about to go out, I suddenly heard an emergency horn blowing in the village, which is a horn that will only be blown when something big happens, and this horn has not been blown for several years.

Li suddenly became a little uneasy.

"Huan'er, go see what's going on?"

Huan'er walked out of the courtyard, and Li looked at Zhao Qianqian with a guilty face.

"Shallow, I'm really embarrassed, it seems that something is happening in the village, and this kind of horn is generally blown, and everyone in the village can't leave the cottage."

Zhao Qianqian estimated that maybe they found out that the official silver and gold in the warehouse were stolen and urgently investigated, but fortunately, they asked Shen Junchen to take the backpack away last night.

"Oh, even if something happens in the village, then I'll wait first."

Huan'er hurried back.

"Madam, something is wrong, I heard that the gold and silver in the warehouse have been stolen, tens of thousands of taels, and the owner of the village and the young master and others are in a hurry to investigate the matter in the warehouse."

Who knew that the uneasiness on Li's face disappeared without a trace, and he returned to his previous calm and calm.

Zhao Qianqian was happy in his heart: You deserve to be in a hurry, haha, there is a good show to watch now.

"Oh, how could this happen, aunt, I really shouldn't have come with you, the young master won't suspect me, right? I can't afford it! ”

Zhao Qianqian was very scared on the surface, but he was not afraid at all in his heart, and he had to thank the Li family for his invitation, he didn't expect to get the official money back so easily, and he got an extra sum.

"How can you blame a little girl? Tens of thousands of taels of silver and gold, to carry out at least a few carriages, besides, to get out of the cottage, you have to pass several checkpoints. ”

Li comforted Zhao Qianqian instead, no one would have thought that this little girl had the ability to quietly bring tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver out of the cottage.

Huan'er hurriedly picked up Li's words.

"Yes, I heard that after the batch of silver entered the warehouse, only the young master went to the warehouse yesterday, but they all came out empty-handed, and what is even more strange is that the young master said that he had not been to the warehouse, so they were worried that someone was pretending to be the young master."

Zhao Qianqian reminded: "If someone pretends to be, they should see someone transporting gold and silver out, and who has seen your young master?" ”

Zhao Qianqian successfully deviated from Huan'er.

Li seemed to mutter: "Yes, this is even stranger, such a big target, it is impossible to have no movement at all, unless ......"

Zhao Qianqian was worried that the young master would suspect Wang Biao, and then suspect her.

"Are there all cottage people in this village? Could it be that other people in the village committed the crime together with the people guarding the warehouse, moved out and hid in the village, and did not transport it out of the cottage? ”

Li shook his head: "No, the guards of the warehouse are all young masters, if you want to say that there is a suspicion, ......"

Li Shi didn't go on when he said this, this is very clear, there is only one suspect, and that is the young master.

Zhao Qian pretended to be quite like the matter, pinching his chin and thinking about it.

"It's really a headless case!"

Since the Li clan also suspected the young master, the others would also go here to guess.

Zhao Qianqian: It's really going to be a dog eat a dog now.

Zhao Qianqian knocked on the side again, and found out that there were a total of about 500 people in the village, and some people in the village also had family members, and these people would also plant some dealers in the village.

Everyone also knows the rules of the village, and they don't dare to walk around, and if they violate the rules of the village, they will be executed on the spot, so very few people come out to walk around, let alone the idea of fighting these things.

Zhao Qianqian wanted to see the excitement, but Li didn't let him go, so the two of them ate melon seeds in the courtyard to pass the time.

"Auntie, since this matter has nothing to do with your house, when can we go down the mountain? I still have to go back and take care of the children at home, they haven't seen me for a day, so they will be anxious. ”

Zhao Qianqian: Zhao Yu and Qing Yao said I'm sorry, don't blame your sister, if you don't move you out, you really won't be able to leave for a while.

Li heard that the two children would be anxious, and she was also anxious.

"You just wait in the courtyard, I'll go back as soon as I go."

Li found Wang Biao and said that he was going to Qingyun City, but Wang Biao did not object.

Last night, Li told him the reason why he didn't bring back his two children.

Zhao Qianqian did not admit that the two children belonged to the Li family, and forcibly taking them away would attract the government to track them down, and their identities would not be visible.

What's more, the two children don't remember her anymore, and forcibly taking the children away will hurt the children, and the children will treat them as human beings, let alone admit that they are their own.

"That girl doesn't agree with us taking the child, maybe she thinks that the silver you give is too little, you give more, it's really not good, give 128000, I don't believe it, she will not be moved by a poor girl."

Li remembered Zhao Qianqian's resolute attitude when she gave Zhao Qianqian a silver ticket.

"She didn't even look at the 10 million silver ticket I gave."

Judging from her contact with Zhao Qianqian, Li felt that Zhao Qianqian would not be impressed by the silver, what she wanted to do was to touch the child's heart.

"This child has a good character, unlike ordinary women, your method won't work for her."

"Oh, I can't see that she still has a backbone, in this way, you see what she needs, as long as we can help, this debt is the most difficult to repay, we owe her, and let her owe us, maybe she will be moved."

Wang Biao took out a token from his arms and handed it to Li.

"If you have difficulties in Qingyun City, take this token, go to Jinfeng Hall or Jinfeng Building, find the shopkeeper and show the token, someone will help you, and when this matter is clear, I will go to Qingyun City to see you and the child."

When Li returned to the courtyard, he still moved a lot of things and brought them to the carriage, Wang Biao was right, this ceremony is not strange to many people, and it will not be bad to bring more.

The person guarding the gate of the village is Wang Biao's person, so it is not difficult to get out of the cottage.

"Auntie, this is the token you gave yesterday, and I almost forgot to give it back to you."

"You put this token on your body, with this, if something happens in the future, it may be able to help you!"

Zhao Qianqian thought, since you sent it, then I will take it, maybe it will be really useful.

"You haven't gone to see your aunt yet, how far is your aunt from here, let's send you over, you narrate, and we'll go back to the city."

"I won't go this time, Zhao Yuqingyao and I have never been separated, and if I didn't go home yesterday, they will definitely worry about me, and it's not too late to come back when they have time in the future."

When Li Shi heard this, he had a good impression of Zhao Qianqian, and his face couldn't help but feel a little more moved.

"It's so hard for you!"

"It's my responsibility to take care of them!"

Zhao Qianqian's words were not for the Li family, she regarded Qing Yao and Zhao Yu as her relatives from the bottom of her heart.

After a few hours on the road, the two of them were a little tired and began to nap.

Zhao Qianqian suddenly felt a panic in his heart, and a picture appeared in his mind like a movie.

In the picture: Qin Feng took more than a dozen people to smash the fruit brew in the warehouse, and also set fire to the warehouse and the nut shop, and the newly recruited beggar took this opportunity to loot everything in the warehouse and the nut shop.

Ling Feng and the people of the Qiancheng Battalion were all burned and injured in order to put out the fire and stop the beggars from grabbing things, and they all fell to the ground in blood and wailing.

Zhao Qianqian was awakened by a burst of wailing and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Madam, can you make the carriage go faster, I suddenly remembered that there is an urgent matter at home."

Seeing Zhao Qianqian's pale face, Li thought she was not feeling well.

"Are you unwell, let's rest before leaving."

"No, no, let the carriage go faster."

Zhao Qianqian was a little panicked.

Suddenly, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, getting closer and closer, Zhao Qianqian immediately asked the coachman to stop, jumped off the carriage, and stopped in the middle of the road.

Li was so frightened that he jumped out of the carriage and grabbed Zhao Qianqian.

The sound of the horse's hooves galloped to him, and the man on the horse immediately pulled the reins, and the horse's hooves fell to the ground in mid-air.

"Are you looking for death?" The man on the horse shouted.

"Quick, take me back to the city, there's an accident at home!"

Zhao Qianqian's expression was flustered, and his whole body was trembling.

Li Shi hurriedly grabbed her: "Shallow, let's get into the carriage and let the coachman drive faster, we don't know this person, how can I rest assured that you can get on his horse?" ”

Zhao Qianqian hurriedly explained: "This is Lord Shen from the Yamen, I know him, I'll go back first, Madame take your time." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Li to answer, he stretched out his hand to Shen Junchen.

Shen Junchen pulled her on the horse, nodded to the Li family, and walked away.