Chapter 82： chance encounter

Wu Daozi led Yingbao down the mountain and said as he walked: "I will take you to stay at an old friend's house for a few days. After I finish the things here, I will send you back to Qinchuan County."

“Okay, thank you Uncle Wu.”

They walked through the snow and walked through two streets. When they passed near the alley of Mrs. Chen's house, they saw a mule cart driving out.

Ying Bao was stunned and subconsciously hid beside Wu Daozi.

That's Xiao Han's mule cart. Why is she back?

Wu Daozi also noticed Ying Bao's vigilance, glanced at the mule cart, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yingbao whispered: "It's the kidnapper, she's back again."

“Drive! Drive!” The coachman whipped the mule repeatedly, and the mule cart quickly drove away and gradually disappeared into the distance.

Ying Bao kept his head lowered and his fingers tightly grasped Wu Daozi's sleeves. He didn't dare to raise his head until the mule cart could no longer be seen.

Little Han is definitely not well-intentioned when she comes here now. Maybe she wants to come and silence her, otherwise it doesn't make sense.

The journey from Qinchuan County to Zhouhe County is not one or two miles, but more than a hundred miles. Xiao Han just went back the day before yesterday, so there is no reason to rush here again today.

Aniang must have complained to the officials, and the officials had already found some evidence, so Xiao Han hurried back to Zhouhe County to get rid of herself.

No, she had to rush home as soon as possible.

Only when you return home can the danger be relieved and the murderer can be punished.

After walking for a while, Yingbao followed Wu Daozi to a house with two horse-mounted stones at the door.

Step forward and pat the door knocker. After a while, a teenage waiter opens the door. When he sees the person coming, he immediately opens the wooden door with a smile on his face: "It turns out to be Wu Langjun. My husband is taking a bath today."

Wu Daozi nodded at him, pointed at Yingbao and said: "This is a child from the countryside. I am going to take her to Qinchuan County. I want to stay in your house for a few days. Please help me inform your master. ”

The waiter quickly said: "Since Wu Langjun brought her, I will report to the mistress later and I will make arrangements for her good life. Please bring her in quickly."

“Thank you very much.”

Wu Daozi then led Ying Bao into the threshold.

Subsequently, Wu Daozi was led to an outer courtyard, while Ying Bao was taken by a waiter and handed over to a rough-skinned maid.

The maid was thirteen or fourteen years old. She looked at Ying Bao with disgust, but she still brought her a basin of water and washed her hair and face.

Fortunately, although Yingbao's head and face are dirty, her body is not dirty.

She barely managed to look like a human being, and the maid was surprised. While wiping her head, she said, "What happened to you little girl? Did you fall into the mud ditch?"

Yingbao nodded.

The maid wiped her hands and face and led her to a courtyard.

“Madam, the slave girl Wu Langjun brought has been cleaned. Do you want to see her?” the maid asked while standing under the eaves.

I heard a grandma inside say: "My wife has seen her. You take her to the guest courtyard and find a room for her to stay. If you have nothing to do, get out of the courtyard."

"Yes." The maid took Yingbao to the guest courtyard again, opened a door and let her in.

This guest room is not big. It is full of dust. It seems that no one has lived in it for a long time. There is no bedding on the small wooden bed.

However, the maid quickly brought her another bed and a pot of hot tea. Yingbao thanked her, climbed into bed, spread out her bedding, and went to sleep.

The snow outside is falling harder and harder, soon covering the ground with a layer of white.

Qinchuan County.

Xu Chunniang held the hand of her eldest sister Jiang Yunniang and burst into tears. "That Han family who killed a thousand swords must have hired someone to **** away my treasure. Wuwuwuwu... I will not let them go."

Jiang Yunniang sighed, wiped the tears of her third sister-in-law, and consoled her: "Don't worry, Sun Lizheng has already handed your petition to the county government, and he will probably give an explanation soon."

Mrs. Jiang Liu wiped her eyes at the side: "Chun Niang, please stop crying. I feel uncomfortable in my heart. Although we didn't arrest anyone, someone recognized one of them as Chen Ergou. That **** beast hasn't answered back these days. Home, I don’t believe he will never come back.”

That day, two masked men snatched the child away and quickly disappeared into the reeds. The villagers chased them all the way without finding anyone. After a closer search, they discovered that they had escaped from the other side.

But someone still recognized the shape of one of them, it was Chen Ergou from the West Village, and the other person was probably Chen Ergou's friend or some relative.

So Old Man Jiang went to Li Zheng to complain.

Sun Lizheng led people to search in several places but could not find anyone. Finally, he went to Chen Ergou's husband's house where he adopted his daughter. Only then did he find out that Chen Ergou had been living here these days, but he found that Li Zheng had brought someone here and had run away early. Damn it, even his son-in-law ran away.

No one was arrested, so Sun Lizheng wrote a petition on behalf of the Jiang family, accusing Chen Ergou of kidnapping the children. At the strong suggestion of Chun Niang, he added two Han sisters, the second daughter-in-law of Chen Laoshuan's family, to the petition because she Both are also suspected.

Originally, Fourth Aunt Wu was also going to be sued, but Fourth Aunt Wu knelt down and swore that she knew nothing. She only took five taels of silver from the Han family and told her about the birthmark on the little girl's wrist, and nothing else. I don’t know.

So Chun Niang left her twin sons to her sister-in-law to take care of them, and she, her parents-in-law, and Sun Lizheng arrived at the county seat.

After Sun Lizheng handed the petition to the Yamen, he went to his son's house. Chun Niang and his parents-in-law went to live with their eldest sister's house temporarily, waiting for news from the Yamen.

But after waiting for several days, there was no movement from the Yamen.

Chun Niang and the others did not know that after the petition was handed over to the county magistrate, Bo did not submit it to the county magistrate.

He went to Chen Guanglu with the petition and said with a smile: "Chen Guanglu, your wife is in big trouble."

Chen Guanglu was surprised: "How can Lin Master Bo say this?"

Lin Zhubo shook the paper in his hand and said, "Someone has accused your wife of collaborating with others to hire thugs to rob children. Thirty villagers have put their fingerprints on the paper, proving that the matter is true."

"What? Let me see." Chen Guanglu stretched out his hand to take it for a look, but the forest owner Bo moved it away.

"You can't see it, you can't see it." The forest owner said with a smile: "This matter is not a trivial matter. You should go back and ask for details. It happens that our Ming government is about to step down and let the lawsuit and other matters be postponed for a while, otherwise I will not tell you this matter. ”

 Chen Guanglu frowned and could only clasp his fists at the forest owner Bo: "I have been informed by Mr. Bo. When I go back to ask for clarification, I will also ask Mr. Bo to give me some advice."

The forest owner smiled and said nothing while stroking his beard.

Chen Guanglu hurriedly returned home. When he saw his wife, he asked: "What did you do in Chuanhe Town this time?"

Little Han was startled and said slowly, "I'm just going to visit my eldest sister. What can I do?"

"Tell the truth!" Chen Guanglu slammed the table and shouted: "Everyone has handed the petition to the county government, and you are still full of lies! Tell me! What good things have you done!"

Little Han was startled, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, shattering into pieces with a bang.

Seeing that her husband looked like he wanted to eat people, Xiao Han didn't dare to hide it anymore and told him what he had done in Chuanhe Town.

“…The child picked up by the Jiang family clearly belongs to my eldest sister, but they refused to let it go. I, I gave my eldest sister an idea and asked her to pay someone to take the child back… Is this wrong?”