Chapter 220 Catching Up (Thanks to Guyu Ziye for the monthly ticket~)
Because of the disappearance of the young man from the Xing family, Li Sanniang thought at first that this was just an ordinary case of missing children.
After all, children from wealthy families, whether they are little girls or young men, are the favorite targets of kidnappers in crowded places during lively festivals.
This is one of the reasons why the Li family has never let Lu Zhuer go out to play, for fear of being taken away by a kidnapper.
The Li family can rest assured that Xiao Silang goes out to study in the academy because Xiao Silang always follows Li Dalang and the other three in and out, and never acts alone.
Children between the ages of three and ten are the most loved by kidnappers.
Children of this age can already speak, run and jump, and look pretty and ugly. As long as the kidnappers feed them some sweat medicine, they can safely sell them for money.
"Let's go home earlier. It's really late today. Erlang and Sanlang follow carefully and don't get sidetracked."
Mother Li spoke, and everyone also I think it's true, it's better to go home earlier.
But while waiting for everyone in the Li family to return, they encountered servants from two different families carrying lanterns and asking questions back and forth among the crowd.
Both families said that their young man and his wife got lost while looking at the lanterns because there were too many people.
At this time, Li Sanniang glanced at Qiuxiang, and Li Sanniang thought, maybe this is not something caused by the temple gate, right?
Otherwise, what kind of gang of criminals would dare to stage such a big battle on Emperor Wu’s birthday?
"Da Lang, carry Xiaosi on your back and watch some people. I think the front is blocked by people looking for their children. Maybe we won't be able to walk together when we get to the front. Just wait at the carriage and horse shop. "
Father Li said this to Li Dalang and others when he saw signs of congestion in the crowd not far ahead.
Li Dalang nodded after leaning on Xiao Shilang's back, who had fallen asleep in a daze.
Li Sanniang followed Father Li's gaze and looked forward, and it was indeed crowded.
Li Sanniang felt that she shouldn’t go back now. She hugged Luzhu’er, who was also beginning to be confused, and turned to Li’s father and said, “Aye, let’s not go forward. If we can squeeze in, It was fine in the past, but if we are crowded or hit by the crowd, it is really easy to have an accident. If something happens to us with our children, it will be more than worth the loss."
Brother Li looked at the person in front of him. The increasingly noisy and crowded crowd nodded in agreement with what Li Sanniang said.
"Aye, Sanniang is right. Let's not go any further." Brother Li looked to both sides. There was a grain shop on the left and a cloth shop on the right. Going forward It looks like it's a liquor store, so no wonder it smells like alcohol.
"Let's go to this cloth shop first."
Father Li is not a person who refuses to listen. He looked at the crowd that was moving towards him more and more, and looked at Mother Li. Seeing Mother Li nodding, she also nodded and took the lead into the fabric shop nearby.
After entering the shop, there was no one else in the shop except the shopkeeper and two boys.
Sure, during this festival, who would come to visit a fabric shop at night?
The shopkeeper is naturally an old businessman. It seems that the Li family came in just to avoid the crowds, not specifically wanting to buy anything.
But the chubby young man knew how to do business. He just smiled and said to Mother Li, who looked like she was the master of the house, "Grandma, just look at it. There are also fabrics recently brought from the south of the Yangtze River. There are many colors. What?" There are all of them of suitable age. Just tell me which one you want to see."
Father Li doesn't like to see this. He always wears whatever he wants. , I didn’t have any requirements for this book, so I sat down on the chair nearby.
The young man was also very discerning. When he saw Father Li sitting down, he came out with a tea tray from behind.
There were three chairs and stools left. Sister-in-law Li sat down with Kogoro in his pocket. Brother Li was impatient to see this, so he also sat down with her.
Li Sanniang hugged Luzhu'er who was already asleep, and didn't bother to look at the fabric, so she sat down on the last chair.
Li's mother and Sister-in-law Li couldn't live up to the shopkeeper's invitation, and she was really curious about the style of the fabric from the south of the Yangtze River, so she followed the shopkeeper's gestures and looked at it. A quarter of an hour later, when Li Sanniang was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard screaming and shouting on the street outside.
Li Sanniang hugged Lu Zhuer tighter and felt her hand was still warm, so she felt relieved.
Qiu Xiang saw Li Sanniang’s appearance and ran to the door to take a look.
Something was wrong, Li Sanniang felt something was wrong, the hairs on Li Sanniang's ears stood up, and with her sensitive senses, Li Sanniang took advantage of the situation and hid to the left while holding Lu Zhu'er.
With a "whoosh", a hidden weapon dart rubbed Li Sanniang's shoulder and was nailed to the window frame of the shop.
"Sanniang!"
There were two "bang bangs" outside the door. It was when Qiuxiang avoided the long knife of the masked man in black who appeared outside the door at an unknown time. The sound of a man's long knife striking the doorframe.
Qiuxiang immediately took out the Emei thorn from her sleeve and started fighting with the man in black.
On the roof of the fabric shop, there was also the sound of people walking on the tiles, and there was also the sound of the collision of sharp objects.
Nineteenth, who was originally standing next to Li Sanniang, had already pulled out a soft sword from his waist at some point. Nineteenth did not go to the door to support Qiuxiang, but stood in front of Li Sanniang, who had just hidden the hidden weapon and was now under the window.
The mission of Qiuxiang and Shijiu has always been to protect Li Sanniang's safety.
Looking at this posture, Li Sanniang thought, is it possible that the Temple Sect will not only cause trouble in Chang'an City tonight, but also take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate her?
All this happened too fast, but Li Dalang and Li Erlang reacted quickly.
Li Dalang pushed Li Erlang and Li Sanlang beside him to his mother and sister-in-law Li at the counter. In one quick step, he carried Xiaosilang, who was still sleeping, to the side of his father and brother Li. .
Father Li had more experience. He sat on the chair and looked at this posture and said directly: "Dalang's wife (Sister-in-law Li) and your mother-in-law hid behind the counter, Hutou (Li Dalang) took the knife, and Sanniang took the medicine. ”
Mother Li and Sister-in-law Li went behind the counter and hid. Mother Li called Li Sanlang in too.
Li Sanlang's martial arts skills are not as good as those of Li Dalang and Li Erlang, so it's better not to let him go out, because Li Dalang will have to be extravagant to protect him.
Then, Li Erlang followed directly to Father Li and the others.
At this time, Li Dalang also pulled out a long dagger from his boot.
Li Erlang felt a little regretful when he saw this. Li Erlang had always relied on his intelligence and was unwilling to use force to solve problems. Moreover, he had always lived in Chang'an City since he was a child, and he had never been in danger. He did not follow Li Dalang's example of carrying a sharp weapon with him.
He really had to fight with fists and kicks. Listening to the sound of the sharp weapon hitting the roof, Li Erlang really felt that he was not good at this.
“Here, go on.”
Nineteenth took out a dagger from his boot and threw it to Li Erlang.
Li Erlang took it and said: "Thank you very much."
At this time, Li Sanniang also took out the poison from the purse at her waist and threw it directly to Father Li.
At this time, Li Sanniang heard the noise outside getting louder and louder, and she also smelled a burning smell.
Thanks to Guyu for voting for a monthly ticket at midnight~I am very grateful to Baozi for his support and encouragement~
(End of this chapter)