The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 192
"What are you thankful for! You passed the Juren exam, and our entire Baima Village is proud! People outside say that our village has good geomantic omen, and we have raised a master Juren!" the village head said cheerfully.

"That's right! In the future, Master Juren will become an official, so he has to help us!" A villager shouted.

Everyone echoed: "Master Juren will help you more in the future!" "Yes! Yes!! Help!"

Pei Zhiqi bowed to everyone and said, "Don't worry folks, when I find my parents and the whole family settles down, Pei Zhiqi will definitely not refuse to do something for the village."

"Good!" "Well said!" The folks responded.

Seeing the situation, the village chief knew that Pei Zhiqi was anxious to find his parents, so he spoke to the crowd: "The elder sister of the Pei family went out a few days ago, if anyone knows anything, please tell me the situation as soon as possible, so that the master will not worry. The old sister and her husband held a banquet on the second day of the Annunciation's arrival, and invited everyone to eat and drink. Now that the two of them have disappeared, everyone should help!"

As soon as the village chief said this, the villagers started talking.

"Master Juren's family lives at the head of the village, and we don't usually come here to drop by, so we don't know anything!" A villager sighed.

"It's the same with my family. We live in it. If the old Wang's family didn't see it, we wouldn't know they were picked up by the carriage," said another villager.

The villagers talked a lot, but none of them seemed to have any useful information.

"Then I don't know if you have seen, did the parents look forced when they got into the carriage?" Li Xiaodao asked.

"I didn't hear that they were forcibly pulled into the carriage. I heard that the carriage was big and imposing. The soldiers lined up in two rows and respectfully invited the two elders to get on the carriage, so we thought it was the carriage sent by Master Juren. !” replied a woman.

"So that's the case, thank you..." Li Xiaodao looked at Mr. Xianggong and said, "Maybe it's all right... Let's go into the house and have a look."

"Yeah," Pei Zhiqi nodded.

Afterwards, the villagers chatted about the matter of the two elders getting into the carriage that day, but there were no more useful clues.

Seeing this, the village chief said to everyone: "Since there is nothing useful to say, let's leave! Master Juren is still busy, and when their family is reunited, let's congratulate them again!"

"It must be nothing serious, don't worry!" "Yes! Maybe I'll be back in a few days!" The villagers comforted one after another, and then left slowly one by one. Some people came out of the yard but didn't rush home. Standing around the door and chatting.

After the villagers left the courtyard, Li Xiaodao said to Pei Zhiqi: "Sir, let's quickly go into the house and look for any clues."

Pei Zhiqi nodded: "Yeah. But I'm with my wife, and my wife shouldn't go into the house alone. Let's go to father and mother's house first."

Li Xiaodao nodded, and entered the west courtyard together with Xianggong.

The two raised their vigilance and pushed open the door of the main room.

The room was very quiet, and there were no outsiders, but there was a piece of paper on the table in the main room.

Li Xiaodao ran over first, picked up the paper, and after reading it, he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Msg... Xianggong..." She was pale and unable to speak.

Pei Zhiqi hastily stepped forward to take the paper and took a look, only to see two words scrawled on the paper: [If you still want to see your living parents, come to Xiaohe Village, [-] miles north of Qinghe Prefecture, alone].

Qinghe State... is [-] miles north of Jinsha State, even if you ride a horse fast, it will take you ten days.

"Sanggong..." Li Xiaodao held Pei Zhiqi's arm tightly, his voice trembling: "What should I do... Mom and Dad were kidnapped by the bad guys..."

Pei Zhiqi patted the lady on the back: "Don't be afraid, in my opinion, there is something strange about this matter."

"What's strange?" Li Xiaodao was puzzled.

Pei Zhiqi didn't speak, and just took his wife to look through the room where his father and mother lived. Everything in the room was neatly arranged without any mess, and the bedding was carefully covered with coarse cloth.

He took his wife to the kitchen where his father and mother were cooking. The pots and pans in the kitchen were all cleaned up, and there were not even rotten vegetables left.

"Miss, look, mom and dad went out according to plan, and everything was packed in advance. If they were kidnapped, firstly, the villagers would see it, and secondly, the house would not be so clean. There is no food left in the house," Pei Zhiqi explained to the lady beside him.

"What Xianggong means is that my father and mother knew who was coming to pick me up, and they followed with confidence? What happened to the note on the table?" Li Xiaodao thought: "Could it be an acquaintance who committed the crime? What if I pick him up?" The people of father and mother do know father and mother, but father and mother don't know that he has ulterior motives?"

Pei Zhiqi pondered: "This is indeed a possibility. But there is another possibility."

"What is it?"

Pei Zhiqi replied: "Perhaps my parents were indeed picked up safely by someone they knew well, but after they left, other people came here, and when these people came, my parents had already left, and the note left for us was replaced by this Zhang. Maybe the other party's purpose is not to let me go to Qinghe Prefecture, this note is just a bait..."

For a moment, Pei Zhiqi felt bad, he and his wife had unknowingly fallen into each other's tricks.

But he didn't say anything, so as not to frighten the lady.

After secretly calming down, Pei Zhiqi continued to analyze: "We sent a letter to our parents that we will be back soon, and it happened to arrive about five days ago. They must have missed it, but even if they missed it, it should be put under the door. , but this letter has disappeared; and my parents should have sent us a letter earlier when they were leaving, but I don’t know why we haven’t received this letter, there must be a reason for this.”

Li Xiaodao sighed worriedly: "Then what should we do now..."

Pei Zhiqi replied: "No matter what, get out of here first. Let's go to your father-in-law's house tonight to stay overnight. You can't stay at home. If my guess is right, someone must be watching from the dark. They didn't do anything at this time just because it was daytime. , and the villagers who came to the house.”

"Xianggong...does this mean...the people from Jie Yan's side have discovered you?" Li Xiaodao frowned.

"pretty close."

The contact Li Guanshi said has never come, but the bad guys came to the door first.

Now there is no chance to be patient and not to go to Beijing, to calm things down.

The two looked around again, then Pei Zhiqi took Li Xiaodao out of the yard and locked the door again.

Seeing that Pei Zhiqi locked the door again, the villagers who hadn't left at the door asked gossipingly, "Master Juren, aren't you staying at home tonight?"

Pei Zhiqi only made a smile, and replied: "Go to another place to stay tonight, and come back another day."

After saying goodbye to the villagers at the door, Pei Zhiqi and Li Xiaodao returned to the carriage.

Pei Zhiqi untied the horse, picked up the reins again, and sat in front to drive.

Li Xiaodao was not in the mood to sit in the carriage, and she also sat on the driver's side of the carriage, sitting next to Xianggong.

After Xianggong left home, he only drove with a heavy heart, without saying a word.

Li Xiaodao first opened his mouth and asked:
"But Xianggong, knowing that there is a high probability that this is a scam, you will still go to that place called Qinghe Prefecture, right?"

(End of this chapter)