Seeing Doudou shaking his head, Fu Yanlin immediately sank and stared at the woman coldly. The woman, on the other hand, never expected that the young lady would not recognize her, and she froze.
"Humph! Where is the woman who dares to lie and say that she is Wa'er's aunt!" Zhuang Kang shouted.
The woman hurriedly said, "I'm not lying, she's really my baby. Doudou, I'm Aunt Liu, tell them quickly, your mother is looking for you in a hurry!"
Doudou hesitated when she heard that the mother was looking for her.
"Don't go, your mother will come to see you later."
When Doudou heard it, she retracted back into her father's arms and shook her head at Aunt Liu, which made Aunt Liu anxious. She wanted to try to persuade Doudou, but Fu Yanlin spoke coldly.
"If you want to take the child back, ask the child's mother to come in person."
The woman raised her head, met the man's stern and intimidating eyes, and couldn't help trembling slightly. These people no longer trust her at this moment, and even put their hands on the hilt of the knife around their waists, exuding a threatening aura, as if to warn her that if she is more wordy, she will be rude to her.
Aunt Liu had no choice but to leave in a hurry, disappearing into the crowd and returning to the eldest lady. She was sent by the eldest lady to pick up Doudou, but she didn't expect that Doudou would refuse to recognize her, which was really unexpected.
Mu Huanqing was also very surprised. She deliberately sent Aunt Liu to pick up the child because only Aunt Ji and Aunt Liu would take turns to help take their daughter, but Aunt Ji came from the Hou residence and would be recognized, so she sent Aunt Liu to pick up the child, but Unexpectedly, Doudou refused.
This is impossible!
Mu Huanqing had a calm face and clenched his fists. How could Doudou, the most well-behaved and not approaching strangers casually, abandon Aunt Liu and stick to Fu Yanlin? There must be a problem in this, is it possible... Is Doudou involuntarily
Mu Huanqing stared at Fu Yanlin who was standing tall on the horse. Since he said he wanted his daughter's mother to pick him up, she would fulfill him and let her go out in person.
Fu Yanlin took Doudou around most of the market, but still did not wait for Doudou's mother, thinking that there is something wrong with that woman, but she can call out Doudou's nickname, so it can be seen that she recognizes Doudou.
He pondered for a while and then ordered, "Menghuai, go get the county magistrate here and ask him to find out who Doudou's parents are?"
A beautiful and well-behaved child like Doudou must come from a good family. Although her clothes are simple, the fabrics are excellent.
"Yes, my lord." Meng Huai took the order and immediately rode to the local county magistrate.
Not long after Menghuai rode his horse away, Fu Yanlin's horse had already walked to the horse market.
"Ma, horse." Doudou stood up happily and pointed to a large group of horses.
Fu Yanlin also smiled. "Doudou likes horses?"
"Doudou likes it, and my mother likes it too. There are a lot of horses in the Doudou family."
"Oh?" Fu Yanlin raised his eyebrows and was about to ask, but suddenly stared at a familiar figure in the market.
A woman was riding on a black horse. Although the woman's face was covered with cloth, he recognized her figure. It was the female thief who plotted against him and stole the horse, and the mount under her was The black horse.
The female thief just happened to see him, and immediately pulled the reins and turned the horse's head.
"Humph, want to run?" Fu Yanlin was instantly angry and shouted: "Yuanji, then!" He quickly handed the child to his subordinates, pulled the reins, and immediately chased after him.
There are many people in the horse market, and there are more horses. In a blink of an eye, the female thief disappeared with the horses. Fu Yanlin stared at the horse herd closely. He knew that the cunning woman must be hiding in the horse herd, but there were also many dark horses among the horses. They were mixed in the dark horse group, which made people dazzled for a while.
Fu Yanlin searched for any suspicious figure as far as he could, but before he could find it, he heard Zhuang Kang shouting from behind: "Sir!"
Fu Yanlin looked back and saw Zhuang Kangzheng rushing in on a horse, and he kept shouting, "The child has been robbed!"
Fu Yanlin listened, his pupils shrunk, the back of his hand holding the reins was full of blue veins, Zhuang Kang was already riding close, and hurriedly said: "There is a group of people attacking us, they are many, the target is children, Yuan Ji I've been chasing it!"
After a little thought, Fu Yanlin understood that this was a trick to keep the tiger away from the mountain. This matter must have something to do with the woman. First lead him away, and then let others go to grab the child.
His face was ashen, he didn't expect that the woman would have the idea of playing Doudou.
If the other party has the intention to steal the child, it must be for other purposes. If so, he definitely wants to use the child to make a deal with him, but I don't know what her purpose is? But at least he decided that the child should be fine.
"Immediately mobilize people and set up checkpoints at various intersections. This officer will turn over every inch of land here to find someone." He ordered coldly.
He wants to see how holy this woman is? First he was robbing horses, and then he was robbing babies. He couldn't believe that he could not find anyone after he had transferred his troops and searched every household here.
He was in no hurry, because the appearance of the woman proved that his idea was right, and she and her people must be hiding nearby. A woman with good riding skills is not too hard to find, and a beautiful child is never unknown.
At this time, the magistrate hurried over to meet and wait for dispatch.
Within a day, Fu Yanlin dispatched 500 men and horses to thoroughly investigate all the houses in a radius of 100 li, whether they were from outside or from servants.
Strange to say, he sent so many people and spent three days, but he still couldn't find any clues. Fu Yanlin's face was ashen, and the county magistrate was so frightened that he fell to his knees.
"Sir, Xiao and Xiao really have reported all the households here. Whoever has a horse or a daughter is registered in the register, and there is absolutely no omission. Except for the manor of Zhenyuan Hou's manor, Xiao dare not move. There is absolutely no concealment!"
As soon as he heard the manor of Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion, Fu Yanlin couldn't help frowning, and he looked at the three of Zhuang Kang. "How far is it from Zhuangzi, where the Hou residence is located?"
Zhuang Kang immediately surrendered. "My lord, Zhuangzi is located by the lake, and it takes no more than a stick of incense to ride a horse. Because it is the territory of the Hou's residence, the officers and soldiers will bypass it, but they dare not search without the permission of the Hou's residence."
Fu Yanlin suddenly remembered that woman. It had been four years since he sent her to Zhuangzi. During these four years, he had never set foot in that Zhuangzi, nor had he heard any news about the woman on Zhuangzi.
At the beginning, she only brought three servants away from the Hou residence, and it seemed that she had cut off all contact with the Hou residence, and he did not go to Zhuangzi to search. First, it was because it was the property of the Hou residence, and outsiders could not enter. Second, he took her away. When he rushed to Zhuangzi, he had the idea of not seeing each other again.
Fu Yanlin suddenly stood up. In order to find out the clues of the horse robber, he felt that it was necessary to take a trip in person, not to mention that Doudou was lost in his hands, and he had to find the child.
Without further ado, he immediately took people to Zhuangzi.
At the other end, Mu Huanqing, who snatched her daughter back, was teaching her daughter angrily.
"Mother didn't teach you to never walk with strangers casually. Why don't you listen? Do you know how much risk Li Yuan and the others risked to save you in order to find you this time? Huh?"
Xiaodoudou sat on the soft couch, raised her small face, opened innocent eyes, and watched her mother teach her with raised eyebrows. In her memory, her mother had never been so angry before, she couldn't help shrinking her neck and didn't understand at all what she had done wrong.
"Daddy... Daddy is not a stranger." Doudou said timidly.
As soon as the word "Daddy" came out, Mu Huanqing was stunned. She stared at Doudou's dazed little face, all the words she wanted to teach her were stuck in her throat, and her heart felt like being beaten by a stormy wave.
It seems that someone privately violated her order and told Doudou about her father.
"Who told you that man was Daddy?"
"It's Uncle Butterfly." Doudou answered honestly.
Mu Huanqing listened to one head and two big ones. "Don't make trouble, tell mother, who told your father about it? If you say it, mother won't scold you." And she would beat that person and drive him out of Zhuangzi.
"It's really Uncle Butterfly, he's there!" Doudou pointed at the colorful butterfly parked on the window lattice.
This colorful butterfly is of a different color, and the patterns on its wings are also different, but Mu Huanqing was stunned when she saw it.
She suddenly had a strange feeling. Butterflies seem to be appearing very frequently recently. Although they are different, she feels that the butterfly is very strange, as if it has spirituality, and is always watching her and her daughter's every move nearby.
"Cut! The little guy betrayed me again. Didn't I tell you not to tell me about your uncle?"
He Guan fanned his wings and flew away. Because he had already seen Mu Huanqing's staring eyes, in order to prevent her from suddenly thinking about catching him, it is best to avoid it first, who taught him to be betrayed by the little guy today, and was almost caught by her father's people.
But his goal has been achieved, because he has already smelled the man's approach.
The butterfly turned into a black mist, and finally condensed into a human form, floating above the Houfu Zhuangzi. He Guan smiled wickedly, his handsome peach eyes flashed with excitement, and he looked at the dust and smoke billowing in the distance.
He laughed wickedly. With his help, Fu Yanlin, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, is finally going to step into this village, and the marriage will be tied for thousands of miles.
As soon as Mu Huanqing heard the news, he immediately climbed up to the observation deck, and sure enough he saw a group of people approaching Zhuangzi.