The cannon fodder stepmother dressed as the villain Zai Zai

Chapter 17 The cunning thief

"What are you yelling about? Let me see!"

Ba Shanhu took the document and took a closer look. The scholar was actually a high school scholar and was about to take up a post in a nearby county.

"Brother, let's run away. If this is discovered, our village will be wanted! Let's go!"

The younger brothers were all shouting that all they were doing was fighting and robbing houses, just for money. Now not only did they have no money, but they might also risk their own lives. They didn't want that.

But Ba Shanhu rolled his eyes and had a plan in mind:
"You guys know nothing! This person is a new official, and no one must know him. Now that the official seal and documents are in our hands, why don't we just wash our hands in this golden basin, and all brothers will follow me to the county government office to take up their posts, and we will also get it If you are an official, why would you need to fight and kill every day? Isn't it wonderful?"

"That's what happened." Ba Shanhu told everything he had done that year.

They basically matched up. Looking at it this way, Duan Xuanguo was really killed by the bandit.

"What about that person? What do you do after you kill someone?" Xu Yaqin continued to ask.

Ba Shanhu confessed honestly: "Auntie, we are mountain bandits. After killing that person, we naturally dealt with him and threw him away in the wilderness. Now I'm afraid not even the bones are left."

"Duan Lang is dead..."

"Duan Lang, Duan Lang."

"You damn thief, give me Duan Lang and my sweetheart..."

Although Liu Qingxue was crazy, she could still understand normal people's speech. After Ba Shanhu told such a story, Liu Qingxue ran over like crazy and bit down on Ba Shanhu's neck so hard that it was bloody and bloody. .

"Ah - you lunatic! Why are you still biting people!" The Bashan Tiger screamed in pain, its face was ferocious, but it could not move.

Jiang Yuwei walked to Xu Yaqin and whispered: "Madam, it seems that the scholar is indeed dead and can't be found. You said that heart disease requires heart medicine. Now that the heart medicine is gone, Liu Qingxue's wind disease may be... It can’t be cured…”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but frown. It seemed that she was destined to fail the third test.

"Wait, what is this?" Xu Yaqin's sharp eyes saw half of a silk handkerchief exposed between Ba Shanhu's clothes. It looked like a woman's item.

Xuanhe immediately understood, took out the handkerchief from the bandit, and handed it to Xu Yaqin.

Xu Yaqin looked carefully. This handkerchief was exquisitely made and must be very expensive. It was embroidered with two beautiful patterns of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

"Where did this come from? Do you still have something to explain?" Xu Yaqin turned to Ba Shanhu.

Ba Shanhu lost his temper and replied truthfully: "My aunt, I found this handkerchief from a scholar back then. I thought it was quite valuable and smelled good, so I just took it with me. ”

"The bandit who killed a thousand swords." Xuanhe gave him another bite.

Before Xu Yaqin could react, Liu Qingxue's eyes suddenly widened.She looked straight at the handkerchief, her eyes were red, and two lines of tears had slipped down her face.

Obviously, Liu Qingxue recognized this silk handkerchief.

Xu Yaqin noticed this and took the initiative to hand the handkerchief to Liu Qingxue and asked in a low voice: "Liu Qingxue, do you recognize this handkerchief?"

"Duan Lang, Duan Lang..."

Liu Qingxue held the handkerchief and kept muttering Duan Lang's name. How could she not recognize this handkerchief?
Outsiders thought Liu Qingxue was crazy and she just missed her too much.She might not be able to recognize other things clearly, but everything about her lover was clearly engraved in her mind.This silk handkerchief was the token of love she gave to Duan Xuan.The embroidery pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water was sewn by her stitch by stitch, and it took me countless days and nights to sew it.

Even if Liu Qingxue is crazy, she can still remember such an important object.

With trembling hands, Liu Qingxue took the square handkerchief from Xu Yaqin's hand, held it tightly in her hand, and pressed it against her chest, while her tears kept falling.

Jiang Yuwei looked confused when she saw this posture:
"Madam, what's wrong with this crazy woman? What is she doing? Could she be even crazier?"

Xu Yaqin shook her head and replied: "No, in my opinion, this handkerchief is probably a token of love between her and Duan Xuan. She is thinking about people after seeing things. She probably remembered what happened back then and is feeling sad right now. "

"That's right. You are here for Duan Xuan, right?"

Ba Shanhu suddenly said: "I still have the two boxes that the scholar left here. I have hidden them in a safe and hidden place. If you want to see them, I can take you to see them. You can go there now."

Xuan He stared at him coldly: "How can a wicked person like you be so kind?"

The bandit repeatedly begged for mercy: "My aunt, I am tied up like this by you, and my life is in your hands. What other tricks can I play? I am just asking for a way to survive."

Xu Yaqin's mind sank. If she could really find Duan Xuan's two boxes, she might be able to find some useful information from them.

She raised her eyes and said, "Okay, I trust you this time. Xuanhe, let's go with him. Anyway, with you here, this thief can't do any tricks."

"Okay, ma'am."

In this way, Xuan He led the way under the pressure of Ba Shanhu. Xu Yaqin and Jiang Yuwei protected Liu Qingxue, who was unconscious, and they came to a remote and uninhabited place together.

"Xuanhe, are you sure the bandit wasn't joking? I feel like he took us to a secluded place in the barren mountains. We didn't see anyone along the way..." Jiang Yuwei sensed something was wrong and asked boldly.

Xuan He looked calm: "Third Madam, you don't know something. The bandits naturally have their own dens for selling stolen goods. Of course, the dens should be as hidden as possible. They are often located in the outskirts of this sparsely populated area. This is normal. You don't have to panic".

Xu Yaqin also reassured: "That's right, it'll be fine as long as Xuan He is here, just keep your heart in your stomach."

"Okay..." Jiang Yuwei was still a little scared, holding the arm of her personal maid tightly, and followed Xu Yaqin.

"Here we are, right there."

Ba Shanhu suddenly stopped, raised his eyes, looked at the thatched house in the bamboo forest in front of him and said:

"All the things we robbed are inside."

"Come here! Go in first."

Xuanhe had the most experience in the world. She pushed Ba Shanhu to the door and kicked him in to prevent any traps in the house.

Ba Shanhu rolled into the house, and suddenly there was a sound of people in the thatched house.

It turns out that this is indeed the place where the bandits of Heifeng Village sell their stolen goods. However, at this moment, there are no two boxes he mentioned in the room, only a group of bandits gathered here.

(End of this chapter)