Chi Xi slept very deeply this night, and when he woke up, it was bright and bright.

She reacted for a while and remembered that she seemed to have had a long, long dream last night, in which she was very sad and sad, and she could now faintly feel that she was very flustered, but she couldn't remember the content of the dream.

She gently raised her hand, covered her heart that was beating too fast, and was silent for a while before asking Xiao Ling, "Did I have a nightmare last night?" Do you know what I'm dreaming about? ”

Although Xiao Ling existed in Chi Xi's mind, she couldn't spy on what she knew and thought, so she whispered, "I don't know, master, I can't watch without your permission." However, you called Brother Da Zhuang several times last night, and his voice sounded very urgent, maybe you dreamed of him, right? ”

Chi Xi pursed her brows and thought about it for a long time, but she still didn't remember what was going on, so she could only uncover the quilt and put on her clothes and walk out the door.

As soon as she went out, she saw Tian Cuihe, who had a very ugly face, sitting in the courtyard, her eyes were red and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Chi Xi's heart jumped, and he hurriedly walked over and asked, "Are you having nightmares again?" ”

"Nope."

Tian Cuihe shook his head, hurriedly raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, raised his eyes to look at Chixi, and said a little angrily: "I don't know which god killed it, and stole the medicinal materials in our field." ”

"What? Stole? ”

Chi Xi was also stunned, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Our medicinal herbs are well planted, how can they be stolen? ”

Tian Cuihe shook his head: "I don't know, the people in the village came to report early this morning, saying that when they passed by our medicine field, they found that our medicine land had been dug up, and the medicinal materials planted in several fields were almost hollowed out." I took a look, and there really wasn't much left. ”

Chi Xi's face was solemn, and he raised his feet and walked out: "I'll take a look." ”

Those medicinal herbs were planted by her father-in-law and others, and if she found out who stole them, she would never give up.

Tian Cuihe hurriedly followed and persuaded: "Xiaoxi, the loss of those medicinal materials is a trivial matter, you are pregnant now, you must not be angry with yourself." ”

The medicinal herbs planted by their family are not very many, only a dozen acres of land, even if someone dug up until dawn last night, they would steal a few acres of medicinal herbs at most.

This is nothing for their family's current situation, at most a loss of a few hundred taels of silver. But if you change to an ordinary farmer, it will be a catastrophe.

Chi Xi shook his head: "I'm not very angry, let me catch whoever it is, I will definitely not let it go easily." ”

Chixi went to the medicine field and found that the soil in several fields had been turned over, and most of the medicinal materials in the ground had been dug up.

It adds up to four or five acres.

"Xiaoxi, this thief is too much. I don't know who is so rampant, this medicinal herb hasn't grown up yet. ”

Tian Cuihe wrinkled his brows and said unhappily: "However, these medicinal materials are dug back, and they must be found somewhere to sell. ”

Chixi nodded, looking at the footprints in the soil, big and small, she squatted down and looked at it, and said lightly: "Mother, there are men and women who dig medicinal herbs, and there are at least five people. Only the people in the village know what our family grows, and the medicinal herbs grown in these five acres of land are relatively expensive. Let's go to the village now to check, maybe we can find clues. ”

Tian Cuihe nodded, pulled Chixi up, wrinkled his brows and said, "I don't think this footprint is towards our village, it should be more than just the people in our village." Those medicinal herbs were supposed to be transported to other places. ”

Chixi also saw it, but as long as the people in the village also participated, they would definitely be able to find clues, she nodded, and was just about to say that she would go to the village to see it no matter what, but Sister-in-law Osmanthus hurriedly ran from the front, and waved her hand from afar: "Aunt Cuihe, Xiaoxi, come quickly, come quickly!" ”

Chixi was a little puzzled, but he still walked towards Sister-in-law Osmanthus with Tian Cuihe one after the other.

Sister-in-law Osmanthus was panting, hot sweat was on her forehead, and she said intermittently: "Xiaoxi, Aunt Cuihe, I heard that your family's medicine was dug up, and someone saw Liu Cuimei returning to the village covered in mud early this morning, and greeted her, she didn't even go back, so she hurried home." It sounds very suspicious, so go to her house and have a look. ”

Liu Cuimei has a grudge against the Xi family, and she is not a good person, so it is not surprising that she would steal medicine, but Chixi really didn't expect her to be so bold.

Chixi nodded, glanced at Tian Cuihe, and followed behind Sister-in-law Osmanthus to Wang's house.

The Wang family closed the door, Chixi knocked on the door for a long time and no one answered, and the Li family next door to the Wang family heard the voice and said, "Chixi? What are you doing here? Half an hour ago, their house closed and went out, and even Xiaohao left with him. ”

"How can this be reasonable, it must be a thief with a weak heart, so he ran away!"

Sister-in-law Osmanthus scolded angrily.

Chi Xi raised his eyes to look at the Li family, twisted his eyebrows and asked, "Did you hear any movement in their family last night?" ”

The village is so big, and everyone knows about the digging of the Xi family's medicinal materials, and the Li family sighed: "We didn't hear any movement last night, but early this morning, Liu Cuimei came back from outside with a roar, covered in mud, and I said hello to her, but she ignored me and went home." In less than two quarters of an hour, the people of their family left with Xiaohao in their arms, and they didn't know where to go, and they brought a lot of things. ”

Tian Cuihe's face sank, and she said angrily: "This family is really bad, just like Su Xiuying, our family has suffered heavy losses this time, and we must not let them go." ”

"It's nature."

Chi Xi nodded, and then said, "Let's go to the Yamen to report the case!" Stealing medicinal herbs worth a few hundred taels of silver is not a small crime, and since they dare to do it, we can't let them go. ”

Tian Cuihe agreed.

After breakfast, Chixi called a person in the village who could drive a carriage, took Tian Cuihe and went to the county seat.

The road was repaired, it was much smoother, and the people who drove the carriage knew that Chixi was pregnant, and the speed of the carriage was relatively slow, and Chixi did not feel any discomfort, and when they went to the gate of the county government, it was already noon.

The official at the gate of the county government saw Chixi, and when he saw that she was coming, he took the initiative to ask: "Mrs. Xi, why did you come here today?" My lady is not in the house, if Mrs. Xi has something to do, she will come back another day. ”

Chi Xi did not say that he was looking for Mrs. Chen and Miss Chen, and when the official came forward to say this, he was a little suspicious that there were no three hundred taels of silver here.

Chi Xi understood in his heart, smiled quietly, shook his head and said, "My lord misunderstood, the folk girl came today not to find something wrong with Mrs. Chen and Miss Chen, but to report the case." ”

"Report the crime?"

The official was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Mrs. Xi, wait a while, and I'll go and report to your lordship." ”

Chi Xi waited for about half an hour before the official ran out, with a puzzled face: "Mrs. Xi, it's really a coincidence, my family is unwell today and can't solve the case, and I ask Mrs. Xi to come back another day." ”

"How sick is Lord Chen?"

Chi Xi squinted slightly, and said with a smile: "Even if I can't solve the case today, I can still remember the case record." My home was stolen and I lost a few hundred taels of silver, which is not a small amount, and I ask the adults to be accommodating. ”