After the shadow took Ji Yueqin and Xiaoyu away, the shopkeeper secretly felt unlucky, but also a little happy. Ji Yueqin's hosta was still in his hand, and he didn't take anything away when he left.
But Ji Yueqin's indifferent eyes made him feel unhappy, so he could only sullenly sullen. The little Er who was scolded by Ji Yueqin was even more indignant, but he didn't dare to make a sound when he looked at the black face of the shopkeeper who was about to drip water.
The more the shopkeeper thought about it, the more wrong it became. Even if the two little girls in coarse linen and sackcloth were pawned with rewards, they would not be disheartened, and how could a rough maid have such sharp teeth and such a temperament. The shopkeeper couldn't understand for a while, and tapped the table rhythmically with his hands.
Xiao Er looked at the shopkeeper's brows and knew that he was still worried about what happened just now. Suddenly, the shopkeeper remembered the hosta in his hand, so he picked up the hosta and watched it carefully. Before, he only knew that the hosta was a good item, and he didn't look at it carefully. At this moment, he took a serious look at the hosta.
He was fine if he didn't look closely, but he was taken aback by a closer look. This is really not something that an ordinary rich lady can bring, let alone something to reward a rough girl. The handle of the hosta is made of high-quality Hetian black jade, and the pattern engraved on the handle is peach blossoms with clear lines, and the uncarved butterfly jade pendant is even more difficult to buy suet white jade.
The shopkeeper immediately thought that the group of thieves who had just taken Ji Yueqin away was a gang of robbers, and maybe this object came out of the palace. The more he thought about it, the more frightened the shopkeeper became, so he hurriedly found a box and packed the hosta.
The night is getting darker, and the little Er who is busy outside is locking the door. The shopkeeper was also preparing to leave Jubaozhuang, when he heard the other two little two talking about the emperor list.
"Hey, did you know that today I was walking to the west of the city and found a group of people surrounding the Imperial Ranking!" said a little Er with a slightly surprised voice.
"There are so many people around the emperor list, what is the content?" Another little Er's appetite was also hung up, and he asked quickly.
The little Er who said the emperor's list said in a mysterious tone, "Hey, didn't the Seventh Prince conspire against him some time ago!" After saying this, he looked left and right for fear that others would hear, "It is said that he escaped a few times. It's a little rebel, and there's a portrait on the side!"
As soon as the little Er heard this, he suddenly realized: "So it is!"
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The speaker is unintentional, listening intentionally. When the shopkeeper heard the conversation between the two juniors, a small figure of Ji Yueqin appeared in his mind. Such a firm and upright little body, I was startled, and the more I thought about it, the more wrong it was. Thinking of the hosta again, the shopkeeper's face couldn't help turning pale. If Jubaozhuang had a relationship with the rebels, he would be killed!
So the shopkeeper hurriedly grabbed Xiao Er who had just said Huang Bang, "Qian Jin, what did you just say to Xiao Liu?"
As soon as Qian Jin heard the shopkeeper, he was also curious about this, so he said to the shopkeeper with a bit of diligence on his face: "The shopkeeper, it was this morning when I passed by the imperial list in the west of the city and heard an old scholar reading the emperor above. Where's the list! Guess what's in it—"
Qian Jin dragged the long tail tone to hang on the shopkeeper's appetite, but when he saw the shopkeeper's gloomy face, he quickly said, "The emperor's list says they want to catch the rebels! The reward is 10,000 taels of gold!"
Seeing that the shopkeeper did not answer, Qian Jin hurriedly added, "There's a portrait next to it!"
After the shopkeeper heard it, he asked Qian Jin and Xiao Liu to follow him to the imperial list with the hosta. In the time of a cup of tea, the treasurer and the juniors of Jubaozhuang arrived in front of the imperial list. The shopkeeper looked at the portrait on the imperial list and fell into deep thought. He was thinking about Ji Yueqin's appearance.
I just heard Xiao Liu shout: "The shopkeeper, isn't this the wild girl!" The wild girl in Xiao Liu's mouth is Ji Yueqin.
The shopkeeper also felt that Ji Yueqin in the portrait was somewhat similar to the little girl he had just seen, so he took off the imperial list and rushed to the prefectural government.
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Qian Jin walked in front with the lantern, and the shopkeeper hurried on the road with the imperial list. The shopkeeper was so selfish that he wanted the 10,000 taels of gold, but in fact, he didn't want to get involved with Ji Yueqin and bring disaster to himself. The prefectural mansion is in the east of the city, some distance from the imperial list in the west of the city.
In the autumn night, a bleak wind blows, making the people walking at night wrap their clothes tightly. But the group of Jubaozhuang, who was in a hurry, was sweating profusely. After an hour, Jubaozhuang and his party finally arrived at the prefectural mansion and knocked loudly on the door of the prefectural mansion.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, the shopkeeper banged harder on the prefect's door. Finally, with the third knock on the door by the shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang, the door of the prefectural government finally opened.
The butler of the prefectural government looked displeased at the shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang standing at the door, "What's the matter so late? Can't we talk about it tomorrow! Look how many days it is now, Lord Zhizhou is to blame, you guys Can you afford it!" The governor of the prefectural government said with a bit of displeasure and sarcasm in his tone.
"Lord Steward is disturbing, and Caomin doesn't want to disturb Lord Zhizhou late at night! It's just this—" The shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang raised the imperial list in his hand before he finished speaking.
The housekeeper glanced at the imperial list held up by the shopkeeper, and his expression became serious, "This matter is very important, I will take you to see Lord Zhizhou." After speaking, he led the way with a lantern.
The shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang hurriedly followed, and the housekeeper led them into the courtyard, then ordered them to wait and hurriedly went to Zhizhou. The shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang and his party stood in the courtyard in good order.
The autumn wind suddenly picked up, and a slightly chilly wind blew through the sweat-soaked Jubaozhuang group, causing them to shiver. At the time of a stick of incense, Zhizhou came to the courtyard to meet Jubaozhuang and his party.
The shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang saw the serious-looking Zhizhou, and he poured beans into a bamboo tube and told what happened in Jubaozhuang. Qian Jin also added fuel to his words and talked about how Ji Yueqin insulted him.
Zhizhou looked at the group of Jubaozhuang with suspicion, and the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Master Zhizhou, this matter is absolutely true, I don't dare to hide it at all about the beheading!" The remaining hairpin was presented to Zhizhou.
Zhizhou took the box containing the hosta, opened the box, picked up the hosta and checked it, then gave a few words to the housekeeper next to him with a condensed expression, handed the box in his hand to the housekeeper, and looked at Jubao with deep meaning. Zhuang Xingxing: "This is a good job. If you catch the rebels, you will be rewarded. If you can't catch them—" Zhizhou looked at them with a long tail tone.
As soon as the shopkeeper heard the words in Zhizhou's words, he also understood a little, this Zhizhou adult wanted to benefit from it. So the shopkeeper said to Zhizhou diligently, "Damn it for the Qingmeng Caomin who disturbed the adults in the middle of the night, I heard that a new group of dancers has arrived at the Manwufang, why don't you invite them to the adults' mansion during the Lantern Festival in two days? "
Zhizhou patted the shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang on the shoulder, gave him a meaningful look, and said, "It's late at night, the shopkeeper should go back to rest, and the rest will be left to my lord." Zhizhou went down. Eviction order, yawned and turned to the bedroom. Thinking of the soft and boneless concubine in the room, she hurriedly left.
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After listening to Zhizhou's instructions, the housekeeper did not dare to be slighted, and hurriedly ran to the house next to Zhizhou's mansion to inform the adult. The housekeeper knocked on the door lightly, and a soldier opened the door. Without waiting for the soldiers to ask questions, the butler quickly said: "My lord asked me to report to the lord, saying that there is news of a rebel!"
Xiao Bing listened, and hurriedly brought people into the house to report to the adult.
It didn't take long for the adult to get ready to go, and went to the front hall to ask the butler, "I heard there is news?"
The housekeeper bowed to the lord and said, "My lord, the shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang revealed the imperial list, saying that the thief took things to Jubaozhuang to pawn, and was later taken away." The hosta was presented to the lord.
After a closer look, the lord knew that it was the adjutant who was chasing Ji Yueqin that day. Because he failed to track down Ji Yueqin, General Lu was furious and asked him to go to the lower reaches of the river to search for traces. He picked up the hosta and remembered that one of the girl's hair was pinned to his head, so he ordered his men to search for Ji Yueqin's trail.
Upon seeing this, the butler stepped aside.
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The adjutant led a group of people to Jubaozhuang in the east of the city. The shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang, who had just arrived in the Zhuangzi, was startled by a knock on the door, and hurriedly called Xiao Er to open the door.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw a group of soldiers who came in, he threw himself on his knees and said, "This official, the grass people have not committed any crimes..."
The adjutant saw the appearance of the shopkeeper of Jubaozhuang, and said contemptuously: "I didn't come to ask you about the crime, I came to ask you about the rebellion in the afternoon."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he secretly cursed that he was unlucky, how could there be nothing good about Ji Yueqin's head. For fear of blaming himself, he hastily repeated what he had just said to Zhizhou.
When the adjutant heard it, he asked Ji Yueqin which direction he was going, and Xiao Liu pointed the way for the adjutant: "This official, they went to Wangcheng East Alley!"
After the adjutant was pointed in the direction, he led people over in a mighty manner. Here, Qian Jin and Xiao Er quickly helped the shopkeeper who was in cold sweat. The shopkeeper was not lightly frightened that day, so he could close the shop tomorrow and take a good rest for a day.
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The adjutant led people to search for the east alley, but there were many large and small houses in the east alley, so he asked the soldiers: "Search for me! Even if I dig three feet into the ground, I will catch the rebels. !"
So the soldiers rushed into other people's houses to search, and the trouble was a mess. Those people in the houses were afraid to hide on the side and let these soldiers rummage in their own homes.
And Ji Yueqin and the others had already left along the tunnel with the shadow, and the shadow did not forget to seal the passage to prevent them from catching up.