Chapter 375 Thief Village
After dinner at night, I was preparing pomegranates before going to bed, so I sighed that this family was so hospitable to guests, but Fu Dong in front of me had a wrong expression.
“Girl, something is wrong with this village.”
Pomegranate’s eyebrows moved, “What did you hear?”
“The village chief’s son went out and went next door Hey, are you talking to the person next door? Listen. Our accent is from outside and we are businessmen with no background. We can start by asking him to quietly inform the villagers and wait for his signal at night. Girl, the village chief's son plans to wait for us to fall asleep and put a charm in our house. Where’s the smoke?”
Hearing this, Shiliu was also slightly shocked. She said that every household in this village seemed wealthy, and the village chief's family was so hospitable to guests. It turned out to be a village of thieves, specifically targeting passers-by?
Not to mention, this place is still dozens of miles away from Wei County, and there are no other villages around. When passing by here and it gets dark, it is the best choice to stay here.
So the wealth in this village is all ill-gotten gains?
Pomegranate pondered for a while and asked Fu Dong to go to the latrine to tell Hu Zhen that he should be more alert at night and not fall into the trap.
It was just one of the reasons why I couldn't sleep for a while while listening to Wu Gui's snoring. Isn't this worrying all the time? Who knows when the mist will be released?
But I was tired from the journey and fell asleep in a daze.
Fortunately, Fu Dong was alert and heard the village chief's son coming, so he immediately covered Pomegranate and his own mouth and nose.
Outside, a ‘muffled hum’ also sounded at this time.
Soon, there was a knock on the door, "Girls, are you okay?"
Fu Dong let go of his hand and went to open the door.
Hu Zhen stepped in and said, "Girl, the village chief's son was knocked unconscious by the younger one. What should we do now?"
Pomegranate said: "Tie him up and keep the village chief and his family under surveillance. Wait. Let’s talk at dawn.”
No one slept much that night. Pomegranate divided them into several shifts and took the time to sleep. If they don’t sleep at all, they won’t be able to bear it tomorrow.
The village chief's family was quietly controlled, but the villagers were still waiting for the signal from the village chief's son to rush into the village chief's house to kidnap people and steal property.
There are also many people in this group, and there is a doctor among them. Otherwise, they would have put the drug in the food as before.
There were so many people in this group that they didn't dare to attack them, but these people were all outsiders and businessmen. Looking at the dress of the girl who was the leader, they knew that this group of people had a lot of money and such a horse. All worth a lot of money.
Wealth is a coward.
It’s just that it’s almost the third watch, why hasn’t the signal been sent out yet?
The villagers were impatient to wait, but without a signal, they did not dare to act rashly.
We waited like this, until dawn, when the group got on the carriage and left the village chief's house. When they met the villagers, they greeted the villagers with a smile just like yesterday.
What's going on? Did the village chief change his mind again after last night? Oops, why don't you come and tell them if you don't want to take action? They were forced to wait until dawn. Fortunately, there were no mosquitoes. Otherwise, they would all be feeding the mosquitoes!
Seeing this group of people leaving the village, everyone went to the village chief's house, thinking about asking what was going on.
But when I walked in, I was dumbfounded.
The village chief and his family are all tied up and gagged!
“Girl, are we just going to let them go?”
On the carriage, Fu Dong was curious and puzzled.
Pomegranate put down the car curtain and looked back, "Although this village is dozens of miles away from Wei County, it is not a remote village. I think they have a lot of passers-by and lodgers, but there are so many people. Isn’t it strange that the government didn’t pay attention to them for so many years?”
“The girl is saying there is someone behind them?” “Otherwise, what ordinary village would be so bold? "Except there was someone behind her, she couldn't think of anything else.
Now that I think about it, I feel that there are a lot of doubts. It was the time when spring plowing was busy. Yesterday they entered the village. Everyone in the village seemed to be very idle, and every household looked at the day. Well-off, that's a little too strange.
If the government was really behind them, even if they went to Wei County to report to the government, it would be of no avail.
The reason why we just kidnapped the village chief and his family last night without alerting others is that we don’t know what the village has to rely on. If a fight really breaks out, it's hard to say that they won't be able to please him.
It would be better to escape unscathed like this.
Of course, Pomegranate does not mean to ignore it. Such a village standing next to the official road is doing the business of robbing wealth and land behind the scenes, and it has harmed many innocent people.
She couldn't control it before, and the reporter couldn't report it, so she let more people know about the village's activities and take precautions. No one would be killed in the future, which was good.
This is not difficult. There are many motorcades of the Liu family going north and south. You only need to tell them that if you are bored on the road, tell some interesting things about the journey to others. Yes, this matter spread.
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Before noon, the group finally entered Wei County.
Everyone was tired and didn't sleep well yesterday, so Shiliu didn't plan to continue her journey in the afternoon, so she stayed at Jixiang Inn, thinking of having a good rest and leaving Wei County tomorrow.
Because it borders Yunzhou, although Wei County is not a big county, it is still prosperous.
After lunch and a nap, Pomegranate decided to go out for a walk.
While traveling along the way, I rarely stayed in one place for long. Speaking of which, I didn’t even go shopping properly.
It just so happens that the weather is cool today, and the scenery of Wei County is also good.
Wu Ping and the others were left guarding the luggage and Wu Gui at the inn. Except for Fu Dong, Shiliu only took Hu Zhen and Zuo Cheng out.
Wei County is not a big place, so I asked around and found out that there was a busy street in Dongcheng that was popular for shopping, so I went there directly.
After some shopping, Shiliu bought a lot of unique gadgets. It was rare for her to go out, so she also wanted to bring some unique gifts back to her family.
I heard that Yunzhou’s specialty flower cakes and ham are very good. When she goes to Yunzhou, she plans to buy some and take them back.
Early the next morning, the group set off again, leaving Wei County and heading towards Yunzhou.
We are still traveling with Dr. Wang.
Doctor Wang also planned to go to Yunzhou. It was not much to have one more person, and it would be nice to have someone to take care of him. So, he simply invited Dr. Wang to go with him.
After all, why wouldn’t it be good to have a doctor with medical skills on the road?
After leaving Wei County and walking dozens of miles, we saw the boundary stone of Yunzhou. After passing here, we entered the Yunzhou boundary.
Two days later, the group arrived at Zhong County under the jurisdiction of Huangping Mansion.
This Zhong County is connected to more than one place. Going south is Wannan Prefecture, and to the east is another prefecture.
Pomegranate and the others must be going to Wannan Mansion, so Wu Jin asked Doctor Wang where they were going next to see if it was the same way.
Doctor Wang smiled and said: "I'm going to Wannan Prefecture. I heard that there is a medicine hall in Wannan Prefecture. Dr. Sun has extraordinary medical skills and is proficient in acupuncture. I also want to find some acquaintances this time. Where are you going?"
Wu Jindao: " Oh, what a coincidence, we are also going to Wannan Mansion! We can still go together!"
Pomegranate on the side couldn't help but look up at Dr. Wang, then lowered his eyes and continued eating his bowl. of wontons.