Chapter 14: The Robbery of the Master's Gate
As the senior brother of Shangguan Rou, Chai Shaoning naturally regarded taking care of Shangguan Rou as his responsibility, but he ignored for a while that Shangguan Rou had lived in the Song family for eight years and had actually become a member of this family. Hearing Song Shoucheng's reproach, Chai Shaoning suddenly woke up and said embarrassedly: "The arrangement of the seniors is reasonable, when I go to Western Xinjiang to meet the old predecessors of Qiu, I should bring Rou'er back to see you!"
Song Shoucheng was actually even more reluctant to let Shangguan Rou leave, and was greatly relieved to hear this, and got up to send Chai Shaoning out of the door with Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun.
At this time, Shangguan Rou woke up, and when she heard that her senior brother was leaving, she chased out the door and grabbed Chai Shaoning's hand.
Although it was the first acquaintance, Chai Shaoning had already had a feeling of reluctance for this little junior sister, and Wen Yan instructed her to go to the Western Xinjiang with Brother Geng and Sister Fang first, and at the same time promised that he would go to her soon.
Shangguan Rou nodded in agreement, thinking of breaking up with her grandfather Song Shoucheng, she couldn't help but feel very sad, turned around and threw herself into Song Shoucheng's arms and cried bitterly.
Song Shoucheng said with a smile: "Rou'er's tears are so useless, grandpa will naturally go to see you when he thinks of you, when you miss grandpa, can't you come to see grandpa?"
Shangguan Rou heard that Song Shoucheng was reasonable, and burst into tears and smiled, but it was still not right to think about it, how could he come all the way to come? So he fell into his grandfather's arms and cried.
Everyone laughed at Shangguan Rou for a few words, comforted her again, and then waved goodbye to Chai Shaoning.
By the time Chai Shaoning returned to the post house, it was already dark. Chen Zhongshou and a group of students were in a hurry, and when they saw him coming back, they all complained.
Chai Shaoning broke away from others and told Chen Zhongshou what happened.
Chen Zhongshou was taken aback after hearing this, but there was no evidence, so he didn't dare to report to the official rashly, the two lied that they were helping people shop, stabilizing the peers, and then following Chai Shaoning's route last night to find the thief near the courtyard and inquire, it turned out that this house was a famous rich man in the city, the mansion of Sun Renshou, the owner of "Sun Ji Silk Village".
As soon as Chai Shaoning heard the name of "Sun Ji Silk Village", he suddenly stopped talking, turned around and left.
Chen Zhongshou thought that Chai Shaoning was because he couldn't get the handle of the thief and had nothing to do, so he bought some popular ornaments in the city indiscriminately, went back to the post house to greet everyone to pack their luggage, and set off to return to Yatou Pass.
Along the way, Chai Shaoning and Chen Zhongshou carefully guarded against the thieves' retaliation, but nothing happened. That night, the people returned safely to the city of Bitouguan.
Looking at the quaint and tranquil houses on the side of the road, and smelling the familiar aroma of cooking mutton wafting on the street, everyone's hearts were full of excitement. Especially Chai Shaoning, thinking that he would be able to meet his senior sister Lin Zhimei and his teacher and sister immediately, his heart was full of excitement, and he wanted to return to the academy directly, but he was stopped by the person sent by the Song County Order, and asked him to go to the county government to meet him immediately.
Chai Shaoning and Chen Zhongshou both had a premonition that something was happening, and their mood that had been relaxed by returning to their hometown suddenly became apprehensive again, and the two glanced at each other and hurried to the county office together.
Arriving in Yazhong, Song Changgeng was standing in the hall waiting, and even Song Yuanlan, who had always refused to befriend Chai Shaoning, unexpectedly appeared in the hall.
Chai Shaoning saw that Song Yuanlan's eyes were red, as if she had just cried, and she was even more worried in her heart.
Song Changgeng's expression was quite calm, he first greeted his senior brother Chen Zhongshou, and after inviting the two of them to sit down, he said to Chai Shaoning: "There is one thing, don't worry when the virtuous nephew hears it!"
Chai Shaoning said anxiously when he heard this: "But is there something wrong with my teacher?"
In this Yitouguan County, apart from the teacher Lin Xiaoru's family, who else can make Chai Shaoning anxious?
Song Changgeng nodded silently.
Song Yuanlan couldn't help but grab the topic on the side and said: "Last night, a thief sneaked into the academy, Uncle Lin, Aunt Lin, and Sister Zhimei were all robbed by thieves!"
Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Chai Shaoning stood up suddenly, stared at Song County's eyes and asked, "Who did it?
Hearing that Chai Shaoning knew how to take countermeasures, Song Changgeng knew that he was still sane, no longer beating around the bush, and shook his head and said, "The students of the academy didn't find out until the morning that the Lin Academy Master's family had disappeared. When I heard the news, I rushed to the academy and found this letter at the bedside of the Lin Yuan master and his wife. ”
Song Changgeng said, took out a page of paper with words written on it from his arms and handed it to Chai Shaoning.
Chai Shaoning took it and unfolded it, and wrote in delicate letters:
"Brother Chai is not harmed, he has been in the city, and he is often worried about himself, and he looks forward to meeting his brother again in this poor county. I have taken it away and taken care of it, Brother Chai must not worry about it. If Brother Chai still wants to fulfill his filial piety in front of the teacher, he only needs to prepare the 'Dragon Sword Spectrum', and he will go to Brother Chai to get it in the next three days. If you are willing to exchange, you will be grateful, and you will be returned by the teacher. If you don't want to, you won't force it, and from now on you will serve the respected teacher, so that the old man can enjoy his old age as soon as possible.
Sincerely!"
Signed: "Murong Nianhua worships!"
Chai Shaoning looked at it with his eyebrows upside down, the thief was obviously following him all the way, and calculated the day when everyone would return to the city, and took the teacher's family away first, as a threat.
Tearing the letter into shreds, Chai Shaoning said angrily: "Murong Nianhua, I, Chai Shaoning, will not break your body into ten thousand pieces, and I will not be a man!"
Chen Zhongshou didn't know what was written in the letter, seeing that Chai Shaoning was so excited, he hurriedly asked his junior brother why.
Song Yuanlan looked at Chai Shaoning with resentment, her eyes slightly red. I don't know if it's because of the robbery of my good sister Lin Zhimei, or because Chai Shaoning hasn't said a word to her until now?
Song Changgeng looked at his daughter and sighed lightly.
Even Chai Shaoning didn't know that this Miss Song, like Lin Zhimei, also unconsciously fell in love with Chai Shaoning, but she was one step behind Lin Zhimei, and when she saw the two getting closer and closer, she was jealous in her heart, and she wanted to avoid Chai Shaoning because of love and hatred.
Song County Ling was a person who came over and saw his daughter's thoughts, but since Chai Shaoning and Lin Zhimei had promised each other, they could only persuade their daughter to break off this idea.
Song Yuanlan's personality is daring to love and hate, and after being silent for a few days, she actually proposed to her father that she was willing to work with Lin Zhimei.
Song Changgeng and his wife didn't believe that their daughter would fall in love with someone in such a short period of time, and besides, how could they go to make a child for others? Of course, they rejected Song Yuanlan's request.
Without the support of her parents, Song Yuanlan was even more miserable in her heart, and was thinking about waiting for Chai Shaoning to come back and confess to him in person, but unexpectedly, at this time, something happened in the academy, and Lin Zhimei and Lin Xiaoru were kidnapped by thieves.
Song Yuanlan's temperament seems to be rude, but she is actually a kind-hearted girl, thinking of the relationship between Ping Su and Lin Zhimei, she can't help but regret that she neglected and hurt her good sister because of Chai Shaoning, and of course, she can't do anything to take advantage of Lin Zhimei's accident.
Song Changgeng saw it in his eyes and knew that his daughter was stubborn, so he couldn't help but sigh.
Chai Shaoning didn't notice the change in Song Yuanlan's attitude towards him, and after forcing himself to stabilize his emotions, he refused Song Changgeng's kindness to stay overnight, and returned to the academy silently alone, thinking hard about how to rescue the teacher's family.
At this time, the academy had been taken care of by the county officials, so there was no one else except Chai Shaoning and a few officials.
Looking at the empty and deserted academy in front of him, thinking about the grand scene of the crowd in the past, Chai Shaoning was infinitely sad in his heart, until the middle of the night, he was still tossing and turning, and secretly said that even if Qu Tongya came back to life, he would definitely not object to using his sword book to save people.
Thinking of this, Chai Shaoning found a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, picked up the light, and drew a move and a style of the dragon sword spectrum, although it was a little sloppy, but after marking, it seemed to look like it, which made people see it very clearly.
At daybreak, an official came to him and told him to eat.
Chai Shaoning didn't have any appetite at all, and asked people not to disturb him again, even Song Changgeng sent someone to invite, but Chai Shaoning excused himself.
When it came to the moon and the sky, a sword book was finally drawn.
When the ink was dry, Chai Shaoning took the sword book into his arms, and at this time, the feeling of hunger and sleepiness hit, and he remembered that he had not eaten or slept for two days and two nights.
Getting up and moving his limbs, Chai Shaoning just wanted to go to the room to find some food to satisfy his hunger, when a sharp whistle suddenly sounded outside the window, and a long arrow shot through the window paper, and was pinched by Chai Shaoning's probing finger before nailing it to the indoor wall.
By the time Chai Shaoning rushed out of the house, the courtyard was already empty.
Looking at the shaft of the long arrow in his hand, there was a letter on it, Chai Shaoning took it off and unfolded it. The handwriting is still the same as last time, and he wrote briefly: "Tomorrow night, the third watch, Harrier Bay in the west of the city, exchange things for people, don't bring officers and soldiers." ”
After reading it, Chai Shaoning sneered in his heart, after all, this Murong Nianhua is just a rooster and dog thief, and he is using some unsavory tricks.
Put the letter in his arms and throw away the arrow shaft casually, Chai Shaoning went into the kitchen to find some cold water and cold rice to satisfy his hunger.
I was about to go back to the house when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow on the roof.
Chai Shaoning was angry in his heart, jumped straight onto the roof, and walked forward without concealing it.
The thief who infiltrated the academy had just hidden his body, and when he heard his footsteps approaching, when he looked up quickly, Chai Shaoning was already standing in front of him, his eyes were like cold stars, staring at him coldly.
The thief was so frightened that he almost didn't fall off the roof, and just as he was about to draw his knife, Chai Shaoning had already said angrily: "Go back and tell Murong Nianhua, tomorrow night, the third watch, meet on time in Harrier Bay, as long as the teacher's family is safe and sound, I will naturally hand over the Dragon Sword Book to him." But until then, don't let me see any more traces of you villains, or don't blame my men for being ruthless. ”
The thief was stunned for a moment, and saw that Chai Shaoning really had no intention of making a move, so he slowly retreated, went to the edge of the house, swept out of the wall, and quickly disappeared into the vast dark night outside the courtyard.
When the night breeze blew, Chai Shaoning took a long breath of cool air to calm his mood, then looked up at the moon and prayed to the sky silently, hoping that the teacher's family would be safe tomorrow night, and that her sister Lin Zhimei could return to her arms as soon as possible.
Thinking of the appearance of the person who was more delicate than Hua Jiao when he first saw his senior sister, Chai Shaoning's chest was like being hit by a sledgehammer, and he was heartbroken, so he hurriedly put aside all his thoughts, went back to the house, covered his head with a quilt, and separated himself from this cold and bloody world.
As soon as he slept until three o'clock in the morning, Chai Shaoning was woken up, and it turned out that Song Changgeng and Chen Zhongshou rushed over.