Chapter 27: Reluctance
The wound on Liu Quan's body was inflamed, so he didn't have to participate in the night watch, and he could go home to recuperate. But the old woman looked at him with a gloomy face, and there was no smile.
"What's the matter?" she began, "who are you going to arrest out there?"
"I don't know. Liu Quan shook his head, served the old lady and washed her hands and feet and went to bed.
He walked to the wing room and stayed for a long time.
In the evening, the government issued a new order to search people, targeting a "little mute of seven or eight years old, most likely a beggar."
Liu Quan went home today and found that the boy was gone, but there was more gold on the table. No matter how dull he is, he can sense that something is wrong.
A little beggar, where did he get the huge money?
A little beggar, where can the Labor Department issue an order and search the whole city with great fanfare?
He also heard that the order was actually given by the pacification envoy.
What does this eight-year-old child have to do with murder and pacification?
Liu Quan thought about it for a long time and didn't have a clue, but he had a thought in his heart that was very clear: he must not let others know that the little beggar has been living in his house for the past few days!
Otherwise, his Liu family would be guilty of harboring fugitives.
Fortunately, the boy appeared for a short time, and the only few times he went in and out were either early in the morning or late at night, and few people knew that he had lived in Liu's house.
Thinking of this, he was secretly glad that he had never told the truth to his mother. Otherwise, she accidentally slipped her mouth when chatting with someone one day, and the two of them couldn't finish eating and walked around.
The boy had left in time, and it was impossible to come back. This matter is secretly rotten in his heart.
On the other side of Yicheng, the abnormal movement in the city also disturbed the Xu family, who had a funeral.
At noon, news came from the street that the city lord's mansion case had been solved, and the murderer had been arrested, with four dead and one injured.
Zhu Lian's great revenge was avenged! Xu and his mother-in-law cried on the spot.
In just a few days, great sorrow and joy are really uncomfortable.
However, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had not yet calmed down, and after nightfall, the city defenders went door to door to check and find a seven or eight-year-old child, who was still mute and could not speak.
Xu immediately remembered the woman in red who came to the door three days ago, she was strange everywhere, she wanted to make a deal with herself, and she also had a child by her side.
The child, who looked seven or eight years old, smiled at her without saying a word from beginning to end. At that time, she thought that the boy was too shy, but now that she thinks about it, isn't it impossible to speak in the first place?
Xu is not stupid, the woman in red came first, and her husband's revenge came later, and there was no difference of a few days. And she didn't forget that the boy once patted his chest and packed the ticket with her, saying that this thing would definitely be done!
If there is no connection, she does not believe it.
In this case, this child has a great favor to her and the Zhu family, how can she sell him to officers and soldiers as soon as she turns around?
Besides, Xu subconsciously looked back at his mother-in-law, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and they should be wise to protect themselves, and more is better than less.
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In fact, in the evening of that day, the boy left Liu Quan's house and went straight to the west gate of the city, and there was no delay on the road.
His intuition told him that if he didn't leave at this time, he would suffer endlessly.
When noon was over, the gates opened.
Yicheng was locked down for five or six days, and those who were in a hurry to go out of the city to run errands had already lined up in long lines, and as soon as the city gate was opened, the boy mixed in the crowded crowd and went out of the city smoothly.
The city lord's mansion tragedy has been solved, and it is out of the city again, and there is no need for the city guards to investigate carefully.
Walking on the official road, the white cat suddenly stretched out his forepaw from the bamboo basket and pounced on his back: "Find a hidden place, quickly! ”
Her voice was serious, and without thinking the boy turned into the woods by the side of the road, until he reached a dozen feet before stopping.
As soon as he removed the basket, the white cat jumped out and flicked the lid of the basket.
On the bamboo cover, there is a palm-sized spider lying on its stomach, with a round belly, and the pattern on its back is naturally a ghost face, which looks vicious and fierce.
"This is a ghost-faced nest spider with the gift of concentricity between child and mother. Within thirty miles, the sounds heard by the child spider can be transmitted to the mother spider. With that, Chitose patted the fat female spider.
It still stays still, just its belly vibrating like ripples. In the next moment, an unfamiliar voice sounded:
“...... You go and tell the director to close the gates again, the sooner the better!"
The boy looked up suddenly, his eyes flashing. Yicheng is about to close the city gate again, just because this person gave an order?
Listening to his words, there was the arrogance of the superior, and his identity was not much higher than Yang Qixing. So, now it is the pacification envoy sent by the royal court who is speaking?
He glanced at the white cat curiously, wondering what method Chitose had used to put this strange spider next to the pacification envoy.
Was it the night when I watched the red lantern gnaw on the pig's trotters?
Chitose couldn't get too far away from him, and that night was the closest he was to the office.
However, she made a deal with Yang Qixing, and it was not easy to get around it to appease her. She wanted to find out the details of him, and it was understandable.
Another voice responded: "Yes!"
Thankfully, they left the city early.
The ghost-faced nest spider fell silent.
The boy thought the wiretapping was over. However, after a short while, the pacifier shouted again: "Come down!"
This time, his command made Chitose's face solemn:
"In the past, Gaozu specially sent the heavy treasure out of Kyoto, hid it in this remote town that no one could think of, and handed it over to the Ye family for safekeeping. If the Ye family changes and can't keep this treasure, as long as it is sent to the Land Temple in the west of the city, someone will naturally accept it. ”
In the face of the most powerful henchmen, the appeasement envoy obviously did not mind going into more detail.
Hearing this, Chitose couldn't help but look up at the city gate.
This kid came out of the city through the West Gate, was that intentional or unintentional?
Her mind was so clear, and she figured it out in a blink of an eye: "You promised Zhu Jian to send the necklace to the Land Temple in the west of the city?"
The boy thought for a moment. At that time, Zhu Jian could not tell him that he would give him silver and black boxes, and then took his own life to cut off for him, although he did not ask for his consent from beginning to end...... However, since the silver is in his hands and Chitose also helped him spend some of it, it can be regarded as a promise to Zhu Lian, right?
So he nodded, hiding his reluctance in his eyes.
Chitose suddenly laughed, and her voice was like a silver bell: "How good it was for you to tell me earlier!" She was so happy that she didn't even realize her speech problem.
Awesome, she doesn't have to be tied to this little beggar anymore. Cure his mute quickly, and he will be able to break his contract with the wooden bell.
This supreme treasure fell into his hands, it was really a tyrannical thing!
Now that she also knows the situation of Liang Guo, this appeasement makes her want to recover the wooden bell and dedicate it to the Son of Heaven. The power of the king of a country is many times greater than that of a beggar, and it should be easier for her to accomplish her goals!